# List of shipwrecks in January 1862

The list of shipwrecks in January 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1862.

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Advocate | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The fishing schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union forces in the Petit Bois Channel on the coast of Mississippi. She had been captured by the screw steamer USS New London ( United States Navy) on 1 December 1861. |
| Alice Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Whitton Sand, in the Humber with the loss of all five people on board. She was on a voyage from Great Grimsby to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. |
| Granite State | United States | The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Ocean Traveller | United States | The fishing schooner sank in a gale on a trip from Gloucester, Massachusetts to Newfoundland. Lost with all 10 crew. |
| Prinz Regent | Prussia | The schooner was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Thomas Ann Cole | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cyguena ( France). Thomas Ann Cole was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle Creole | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Newport, Rhode Island. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York |
| Courier | Prussia | The barque was driven ashore near Odessa. |
| Glentanner | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship struck the Rocas reef off the north-eastern Brazilian coast and foundered. The crew took to the boats. One group of nine crew reached Pernambuco; the captain and eight others were rescued on 5 January by the ship Arey ( United States) and brought to Berehaven, County Cork. Glentanner was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork, for orders, with guano. |
| Lady Flora Hastings | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. |
| Northern Light | United States | The clipper collided with the brig Nouveau St. Jacques ( France) and was consequently abandoned at sea. All on board were rescued by Bremenhaven ( Bremen) and Norma ( Norway). She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to New York. |
| Nouveau St. Jacques | France | The brig sank after colliding with the clipper Northern Light ( United States). Her crew were rescued by Northern Light. |
| Orient | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to London. Female passengers were taken off the next day by the barque Commissaris der Konings ( Netherlands). Orient put in to Ascension Island on 5 January in a severely damaged condition. |
| Uranus | Flag unknown | The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Galați, Ottoman Empire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna and Olga | Russia | The ship was driven ashore near Bolderāja. She was on a voyage from Riga to London, United Kingdom. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of a Broadstairs lugger. |
| Diligence | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to port. |
| Elvina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alicante, Spain. She was refloated with assistance from a Broadstairs lugger. |
| Euphrosyne | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Porto Santo Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Macao, China. |
| Middlesex | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Jamaica. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Zephias | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Confederate States of America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardenas, Cuba to New York, United States. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adonis | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Mugglin Rocks off the coast of County Dublin and consequently sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Bray Head, County Wicklow. Her six passengers and twenty crew reached land in the ship's boats. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Waterford, Plymouth, Devon and London. |
| Ann Percival | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Seine ( France). Ann Percival was on a voyage from Demerara to Pembroke. |
| Belisario | Gibraltar | The schooner was wrecked at Conil de la Frontera, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Santi-Pietri | France | Santi-Pietri. The prison hulk, a former ship-of-the-line, was destroyed by fire at Toulon, Var. |
| Edward Everett | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the Belgian-French border. Some of her crew were rescued by a tug, the rest too to a boat; they were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Baltimore, Maryland. She was refloated on 18 February. |
| Gloria | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liepāja to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør in a severely leaky condition. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Palermo, Sicily, Italy. |
| Record | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at St. George's, Bermuda. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of tugs. |
| Salacca | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with a brigantine and foundered off the Runnel Stone. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Llanelly, Glamorgan. |
| Samuel Killam | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by W. Padmore ( United States). Samuel Killam was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| No. 25 | United Kingdom | The pilot boat was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived. She subsequently came ashore at Combe Martin, Devon. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benlomond | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Canadian coast. |
| Bouchma | Dantzic | The ship struck a sunken wreck on the Kosbergrund and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Content | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Dr. Bunting | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Canadian coast. Her crew survived. |
| Evergreen | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Canadian coast. Her crew survived. |
| John and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition. |
| John Pink | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Canadian coast. |
| La Canadienne | United Kingdom | The survey ship was wrecked on the Canadian coast. |
| Rebecca Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Signet | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Canadian coast. |
| Sutlej | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Canadian coast. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| W. Padmore | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by the steamship Merlin ( United Kingdom). W. Padmore was on a voyage from New York to Livorno, Italy. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza Laing | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Colin Campbell ( United Kingdom). Eliza Laing was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown, County Cork. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Scarborough, Yorkshire. The one person on board was rescued. |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The ship departed from New York, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Julie and August | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The brig ran aground on the Osterlief, in the Baltic Sea. She had been refloated by 13 January. |
| Marcia | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: Intended for scuttling as a blockship in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet," the 343-ton bark, a former merchant ship, struck bottom and sank while crossing Port Royal Bar near Port Royal, South Carolina. |
| True Briton | United Kingdom | The tug caught fire in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey and was scuttled. |
| Unidentified vessels | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The vessels, at least some of them barges, were burned in the Pamunkey River in Virginia near West Point and White House. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Fenwick | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Snake | United Kingdom | The smack foundered off Ballywalter, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Crinan, Argyllshire. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Appleton | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship foundered off Mauritius. Her crew were rescued by Tivoli ( United Kingdom). Appleton was on a voyage from London to Colombo, Ceylon. |
| Australia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Akyab, Burma. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Eleanore | Sweden | The brig ran aground near "Marsland". She was refloated on 11 January and found to be leaky. |
| Harriet Cann | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Skerweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Gloucester. She floated off and came ashore at Southerndown, Glamorgan on fire. |
| USS Meteor | United States Navy | American Civil War, Union blockade: The full-rigged ship, a former whaler, was scuttled in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate States of America, as part of the "Stone Fleet." |
| Petit Pierre | France | The fishing smack was run into by an Austrian barque and sank in the English Channel off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| USS Potomac | United States Navy | American Civil War: Union blockade: The former whaler was scuttled in Charleston Harbor, as part of the "Stone Fleet." |
| Waverley | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Indian Ocean (19°31′S 78°10′E﻿ / ﻿19.517°S 78.167°E﻿ / -19.517; 78.167). Her thirteen crew were rescued by Minniehaha ( United Kingdom). Waverley was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Zar David | Russia | The ship was wrecked at Yevpatoria with the loss of four of her crew. |
| Zobia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| China | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near the entrance to Dardanelles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Enos, Ottoman Empire. |
| Cresswell Packet | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Gaa Sands, in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tay. Her three crew were rescued the next day by the fishing boat Jane ( United Kingdom). |
| Earl of Hardwicke | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Pocklington Reef. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hong Kong. |
| Experiment | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Low Hauxley, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dollard | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Riel Rocks, on the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of thirteen of the seventeen people on board. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Druid | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Naples, Italy. Her nine crew were rescued the next day by the Eastbourne Lifeboat. She was refloated on 14 January with assistance from the tug Victoria ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Newhaven, Sussex. |
| Janet Kidston | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Batten Bay. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated. |
| Mathews and Ann | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition. |
| Mooltan | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken in to Southampton. |
| Ranger | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The ship was captured and destroyed by USS Minnesota ( United States Navy. |
| HMS St Vincent | Royal Navy | The Nelson-class ship of the line was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated. |
| Vesta | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The ship was captured and destroyed by USS Minnesota ( United States Navy. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cromwell | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
| George C. Ross | United States | During a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to New York with a cargo of coffee, honey, and logwood, the brig was wrecked on Long Cay in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. |
| Giaour | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and damaged in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Constantinople on 18 January. |
| Ina | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Real de las Catalanca Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Nuevitas, Cuba. |
| John | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lauriston | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Premier ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Premier. Lauriston was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Little Ben | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Pelikaan | Netherlands | The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Eliza Jane ( United Kingdom). |
| Salem | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the English Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of six of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued hy Catharina ( Hamburg). Salem was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Sir J. Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Silver Key. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Havana, Cuba. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Puntales, Spain. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Seville, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Cádiz in a severely leaky condition. |
| Thomas Fielden | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. Refloated in a sinking condition, she was towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire by HMRC Argus ( Board of Customs)) and beached there. Thomas Fielden was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| William | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of New York | United States | American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of tents and ordnance, including gunpowder, rifle muskets, artillery shells, and hand grenades, the 574-ton screw steamer was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America at Hatteras Inlet. Her entire crew was saved after hanging onto her rigging for 42 hours. |
| Trebiskin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Trois Frères | France | The ship was wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edwin | United Kingdom | American Civil War: The Confederate-owned schooner was run ashore in Chesapeake Bay. Her cargo was landed and she was set afire. She was supposedly on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Barbadoes. |
| Louisiana | United States Army | American Civil War: The steamer ran aground on the Hatteras Inlet Bar, off the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America. She was refloated. |
| Skandinavian | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beaver | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Galway. She was refloated. |
| George Marshall | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Beagle Reef, in the Bass Strait and was consequently beached on Flinders Island, Tasmania. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Nugget | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Calcutta, India for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken under tow for Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ancilla | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 81-ton schooner was destroyed by the gunboat USS Hatteras ( United States Navy) at Cedar Key, Florida. |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Cockburn Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the Bank's River, Brazil. |
| Chance | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the Lytham Lifeboat. |
| Dromo | France | The ship was driven ashore on "Bliss Island", Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to the Bristol Channel. |
| Little Jenny | United Kingdom | The ship departed from São Miguel Island, Azores for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Matanzas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Laguna de los Padres, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port. |
| Rattler | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 66-ton sloop was destroyed by the gunboat USS Hatteras ( United States Navy) at Cedar Key, Florida. |
| Rook | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated with assistance from the Dundalk Lifeboat and taken in to that port. |
| Shamrock | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. |
| Stag | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 200-ton schooner was destroyed by the gunboat USS Hatteras ( United States Navy) at Cedar Key, Florida. |
| William | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and was damaged at Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage form Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hayle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Ilfracombe in a sinking condition. |
| William H. Middleton | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 69-ton sloop was destroyed by the gunboat USS Hatteras ( United States Navy) at Cedar Key, Florida. |
| Wyfe | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was destroyed by the gunboat USS Hatteras ( United States Navy) at Cedar Key, Florida. |
| York | United Kingdom | American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the armed screw steamer USS Albatross ( United States Navy), the blockade runner ran aground on the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America east of Bogue Inlet. While Albatross and the barque USS Gemsbok ( United States Navy) provided covering fire, boat crews from Albatross set her on fire. |
| Unidentified vessels | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: A sailboat, a launch, and a ferry scow were destroyed by the gunboat USS Hatteras ( United States Navy) at Cedar Key, Florida. Three schooners carrying lumber and turpentine and five fishing smacks partially laden with goods were destroyed at Sea Horse Key and Cedar Key, either destroyed by USS Hatteras or burned by the Confederates to prevent their capture by USS Hatteras. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bellona | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Dundrum, County Down with the loss of three of her four crew. Her captain was rescued by the Tyrella Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundrum. |
| Crisis | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Eleven of her nineteen crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Genevieve | British Mauritius | The barque went ashore close to the Otago Heads at the entrance to Otago Harbour, New Zealand. She was carrying a cargo of sugar and coffee from Mauritius. The crew were saved, but most of the cargo was lost. |
| Malayer | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Dartmouth, Devon and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Boadicea | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Demerara, British Guiana with the loss of a crew member. Two others were severely injured. |
| Cadiz, Jason, and Rover | United Kingdom France United Kingdom) | The brigs Cadiz and Jason and the schooner Rover all collided at Swansea, Glamorgan and were all driven ashore and damaged. Cadiz was on a voyage from the Charente to Swansea. Jason was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure to Swansea. Rover was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Swansea. They were all condemned. |
| Jeresina Delia | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Malta. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Guadeloupe. Her crew were rescued. |
| Neapolitan | United States | American Civil War: During a voyage from Messina, Italy, to Boston, Massachusetts, with a cargo of dried and fresh fruit and sulphur, the 322-ton barque was captured and burned in the Strait of Gibraltar within 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) of Ceuta by the merchant raider CSS Sumter ( Confederate States Navy). Her twelve crew were rescued by the barque Investigator ( United States). |
| Orleans | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Youghal, County Cork with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from "Sidney" to Cork. |
| Pocahontas | United States | American Civil War: Bound for Roanoke Island, North Carolina, carrying 80 crewman and Union Army soldiers and a cargo of 113 horses, the 428-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was driven ashore by a storm on the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America 20 miles (32 km) north of Cape Hatteras and broke into three pieces with the loss of 90 horses. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. C. Williams | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship below Weir's Point off Roanoke Island, North Carolina. |
| Bonita | France | The schooner was wrecked in Dursey Sound. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Queenstown, County Cork and Limerick, United Kingdom. |
| Gnat | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and sank at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage form Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Tenerife, Canary Islands. She was later refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered in Dursey Sound, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | Denmark | The yacht ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from an English port to Rønne. |
| Elba | British North America | The ship was driven ashore near Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Livorno, Italy. |
| J. W. Wilder | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner, ran aground on the coast of Alabama about 15 miles east of Mobile and was captured by a boarding party from the screw steamer USS R. R. Cuyler, assisted by the screw steamer USS Huntsville and two cutters from the frigate USS Potomac (all United States Navy). |
| USS Margaret Scott | United States Navy | American Civil War, Union blockade: The barque was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate States of America, as part of the "Stone Fleet." |
| Oregon | United States | The schooner was lost on Quaddy Head. Lost with all 8 hands. |
| Prince Alfred | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged by fire at Hartlepool, County Durham. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carter | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The schooner was scuttled as a blockship by the gunboat CSS Ellis ( Confederate States Navy) in Croatan Sound off Roanoke Island, North Carolina, below Weir's Point. |
| Imogen | United Kingdom | The brig was attacked by three pirate boats 7 nautical miles (13 km) north east of the Ninepin Islands, China. Her crew were taken prisoner and she was set afire and destroyed. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong] to Shanghai, China. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Josephine | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The schooner was [scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in Croatan Sound. |
| Poulton | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the Point of Ness, in the Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to "Portsea". |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom 6 nautical miles (11 km) from The Lizard with the loss of eleven of her seventeen crew. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne McLeod | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Arkwright | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of The Highlands, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Colleen Bawn | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Dublin. She was refloated, but ran aground on the North Bull, broke her back, and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Coquimbo | Unknown | The full-rigged ship was lost east of Dungeness Spit on the coast of Washington Territory. She later was salvaged. |
| Eupheme | France | The schooner was wrecked at Druidston, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of six of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom to Roscoff, Finistère. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba. She sank on 24 January. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Howth, County Dublin. She was refloated with assistance from the Howth Lifeboat and taken in to Howth. |
| Padre | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked in Mounts Bay with the loss of all thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Poultons | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tankerness, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. |
| Queen of Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Ballymacow", County Waterford. All 24 people on board were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Waterford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork. |
| Amalies Minde | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Ebeltoft to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky condition. |
| Columbus | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Lother Rock, in the Pentland Firth, with the loss of all but one of the fifteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to the West Indies. |
| Deane | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Towyn, Merionethshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Gregorius | Austrian Empire | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Kilredane", County Limerick, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork and Limerick, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at "Gallysworth", Pembrokeshire. |
| Kangaroo | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of seven of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Lady Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Golsen Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Louisiana | United States Army | American Civil War: The steamship ran aground off the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America for the second time since 14 January after New Brunswick (flag unknown) collided with her and carried away her anchor. She may have been refloated. |
| Ocean Chief | United Kingdom | The clipper was destroyed by arson at Bluff Harbour, New Zealand. Several days earlier, the ship had sustained major damage when she went aground during an attempt to enter the port. |
| Pardoe | Trieste | The barque was wrecked in Mounts Bay with the loss of thirteen lives. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Prudence | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near Milltown, County Galway with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford. |
| Tiger | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Broomhill", County Waterford with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York and/or Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Unidentified schooner | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton and naval stores and trying to exit Mobile Bay via the eastern Swash Channel, the schooner ran aground on the coast of Alabama about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Fort Morgan. The screw steamers USS Huntsville and USS R. R. Cuyler (both United States Navy) then burned her. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angelita | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Dunmannus Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Canmore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Mataró, Spain. |
| Charles Wyman | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Little French Key. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to New York. |
| Elgin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mucaras Reef. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba. |
| Ellen Morrison | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Passage East, County Waterford. She was refloated and towed in to Waterford. |
| Eos | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Great Egg Harbour, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Limerick to New York, United States. She was consequently condemned. |
| Flimzen | Sweden | The barque was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Giorgetta | United States | The ship was wrecked south of Barnegat, New Jersey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin, United Kingdom. |
| Hiawatha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Corkbeg, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Indian Ocean | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Annestown, County Waterford. All 25 crew were rescued by Europa ( United Kingdom). Indian Ocean was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Iyd, or Tyo | Netherlands | The galiot ran aground in the Vlie. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to London, United Kingdom. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Westport. She was refloated on 28 January but drove ashore againd and was scuttled. |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near "Aberbach". She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Youghal, County Cork. |
| John Coggin | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields. |
| Julia | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton, was forced to run herself aground on the coast of Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River by the screw steamer USS Mercedita and other pursuing ships of the Gulf Blockading Squadron (all United States Navy), which then burned her to prevent her from falling back into Confederate hands. |
| Mary Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Galen", County Cork. She was on a voyage from Limerick to the Kingroad. |
| Nevin | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Brownstown, County Westmeath with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana. |
| New Quay | Russia | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west south west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. |
| USS Peri | United States Navy | American Civil War, Union blockade: The vessel, earmarked for scuttling as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet," was blown out to sea by a gale, where she drifted for three days before disappearing. |
| Phœbus | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Raleigh ( United Kingdom). Phœbus was on a voyage from South Shields to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Pioneer | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire. Seven of her eight crew took to the longboat and were presumed lost. The eighth crew member was rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat. Pioneer was on a voyage from Galaţi, United Principalities, to Caernarfon, Wales. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 28 January with assistance from the tug Peep o' Day Boy ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballymona Bay. |
| Unidentified barque | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The barque, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton, was forced to run herself aground on the coast of Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River by the screw steamer USS Mercedita and other pursuing ships of the Gulf Blockading Squadron (all United States Navy), which then burned her to prevent her from falling back into Confederate hands. |
| Unnamed | Austrian Empire | The barque foundered off the coast of County Waterford, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at "Ballyrobbin", County Galway with the loss of all hands, at least four lives. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Scharrenberg Bank, off Brielle, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Energy | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Great Castle Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the barque Comet ( United Kingdom). |
| Indian Ocean | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Annestown, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by Europa ( United Kingdom). Indian Ocean was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Jenny | Norway | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Sligo, United Kingdom. |
| La Force | France | The brig was wrecked in Freshwater Bay with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Senegal. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Ballyteague Bay. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Prudenter | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Douarnenez, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Rokeby | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) west by south of Milford Haven. Her crew were rescued by an American ship, but subsequently reboarded her. She was towed in to Milford Haven in a sinking condition by the steamship Rokeby ( United Kingdom). |
| Severn | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off Milford Haven with the loss of all hands. |
| Unidentified vessel | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The vessel was sunk near Norfolk, Virginia. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered off Milford Haven with the loss of all hands. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Advance | United States | The 96-ton sidewheel towboat exploded on the Ohio River off Barnes Warehouse above New Matamoros, Ohio, killing three people. |
| RMS America | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Cork. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Virago ( Royal Navy) and resumed her voyage. |
| Asia | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned 102 nautical miles (189 km) off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. Her nineteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| USS India | United States Navy | American Civil War, Union blockade: The vessel was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate States of America as part of the "Stone Fleet." |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged near Wigtown. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Clyde. She was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Garliestown, Wigtownshire. |
| John Hart | United States | The 220-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded in Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated. |
| Spuell and Moss | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie Porter | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Berbice, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from Berbice to London. She was refloated on 27 February and taken in to Berbice. |
| Ella | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk by a steamship in the River Mersey. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hercules | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Dragør, Denmark. |
| Zenith | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the vessel as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angelica | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at Creden Head, County Waterford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and ran aground off the north Norfolk coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| John & Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, and foundered. Her five crew and the ship's dog were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated. |
| Princess Alice | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank and sank. Her five crew took to a boat and were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat. Princess Alice was on a voyage from Seaham, county Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Rio | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at "Muldhor", Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| W. A. Brown | United States | The brigantine foundered in the Bristol Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Corinthian ( Denmark). W. A. Brown was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork with the loss of all hands, at least four lives. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cheviot | United Kingdom | The ship was run into and sunk by the steamship Ætna ( United Kingdom) 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of 33 of her 34 crew. Cheviot was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Feof | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "Dunally" or "Dunworky", County Cork. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Flying Dragon | United States | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 1,127-ton full-rigged ship sank in a storm near Arch Rock in San Francisco Bay, California. |
| Hector | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rostock. |
| Jacob Horton | United States | The ship was wrecked at Granville, Manche, France with the loss of one of her 23 crew. Eighteen survivors were rescued by Moise Roux ( France). Jacob Horton was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London, United Kingdom. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gravelines, Nord, France. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft. |
| HMS Shannon | Royal Navy | The Liffey-class frigate ran aground on the Calshot Spit. She was refloated. |
| Thomas Fielden | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Alma ( United Kingdom). Thomas Fielden was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Tripleet | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Chatham, Kent. She was refloated. |
| William Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a derelict condition. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crown | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bahia, Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Hector | Rostock | The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. |
| Hetton | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with a barque in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. She was towed in to Scarborough by the tug Ryhope ( United Kingdom), where she sank. |
| Huguenot | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at "Metimont", Pas-de-Calais, France. Her eighteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy was run down and sunk in the Swin by the steamship General Havelock ( United Kingdom), which rescued her crew. |
| Maryland | Unknown | Carrying a cargo of coffee, the barque was wrecked at Inagua in the Bahamas. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barbara Davidson | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Cayeux-sur-Mer, Somme, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Colmar | Sweden | The ship was lost near Onsala. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Gothenburg. |
| Onward | United Kingdom | The paddle tug struck the pier at North Shields, Northumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 4 February. |
| Sirocco | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. |
| Southern Star | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner, in ballast, as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abelazado | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Oporto before 15 February. |
| Aberfoyle | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Oporto before 15 January. |
| Alfred Herman | Bremen | The schooner was wrecked on Formosa. Her crew survived. |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Britannia and Canada (both United Kingdom). Alice was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Mauritius. |
| Alice Maud | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Bass Harbor, Maine. She was refloated and taken in to Eastport, Maine for repairs. |
| Argentine | Austrian Empire | The ship was driven ashore at Clardott Point before 22 January. She was on a voyage from Odessa to an English port. She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and taken in to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. |
| Arizona | United States | The sternwheel paddle steamer struck an abutment on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, and sank in mid-January. She was refloated in mid-February. |
| Ashburton | South Australia | The ship ran aground at Adelaide. She was declared a total loss. |
| Belle Pauline | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cadaqués, Spain. |
| Bogota | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: Loaded with 300 short tons (272 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, the 300-ton merchant ship was scuttled as a blockship in Maffitt's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate States of America as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| Bonne Mère | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Rosas, Spain. |
| Cairo | United Kingdom | The barque was lost off Berdyansk, Russia. Three crew were rescued by the brig Fanny ( United Kingdom). |
| Cheronese | Russian Empire | The steamship ran ashore in Kertch Bay before 3 January. |
| Christen | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Mediterranean Sea before 6 January. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. |
| Clorinde | France | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Cette, Hérault. She was refloated. |
| Cynisca | United States | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 13 December 1861 and vanished, probably lost on 1 January on the Georges Bank in a gale. Lost with all 9 hands. |
| Destinado | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Africa to London. She was refloated and taken in tow for London. |
| Dictator | Unknown | The barque capsized in the Pacific Ocean off the United States West Coast between Puget Sound in Washington Territory and San Francisco, California. |
| Diligent | France | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Nice, Alpes-Maritimes. She was refloated. |
| Dove | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 146- or 151-ton bark, a former whaler, was scuttled as a blockship in Maffitt's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| Edith | United States | The ship was wrecked at Oporto before 15 January. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mary Heaton ( United Kingdom). Ellen was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown, County Cork or Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Sinope, Ottoman Empire with the loss of all on board. |
| Forest King | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Coquimbo, Chile to Queenstown. |
| George Avery | United Kingdom | The ship was presumed to have foundered in the Black Sea before 22 January with the loss of all hands. |
| Grapeshot | United States Army | While under tow in the North Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of hay and oats, the armed transport parted the hawser during a storm that struck from 13 to 16 January and was driven ashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Confederate States of America 14 miles (22.5 km) north of Cape Hatteras. |
| Hamilton | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Double Island, Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Swatow, China to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Iskandria | United States | The brig was wrecked on Formosa. Her crew survived. |
| John Bonham | United Kingdom | The ship foundered between 4 and 14 January. she was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
| Jubilee | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 233-ton barque, a former merchant ship loaded with stone, was scuttled]as a blockship in Maffitt's Channel in Charleston Harbor as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| Kaluna | Unknown | The 96-ton schooner was wrecked on Humboldt Bar in Humboldt Bay on the coast of California. |
| Lais | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Southampton, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to New York City. |
| Lifeboat | United States | The schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 27 December 1861 and vanished. Probably lost in the 1 January gale. lost with all 9 hands. |
| Loodianah | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Nagasaki (Flag unknown). Loodianah was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Queenstown and/or Liverpool. She was taken in to Galle, Ceylon by Nagasaki. |
| Maia | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Maceió, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Liverpool. |
| Majestic | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 397-ton full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship in Maffitt's Channel in Charleston Harbor, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| Margaret Scott | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 330-ton barque was scuttled as a blockship in Maffitt's Channel as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Paramaribo, Brazil. She was refloated on 7 January and beached at Egremont, Lancashire. |
| Marmion | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked near "Carabournou", Ottoman Empire before 9 January with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Odessa to an English port. |
| Mary Lee | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Shanghai, China and was scuttled. |
| Mechanic | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 335-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler, was scuttled as a blockship in Maffitt's Channel as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| Messenger | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 216-ton barque, a former whaler, was scuttled as a blockship in Maffitt's Channel in Charleston Harbor, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| Metropolitan | United States | American Civil War: The barque was captured and burnt in the Mediterranean Sea by CSS Sumter ( Confederate States Navy) before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Miles Standish | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Timor Strait. Her crew were rescued by Ville de Dieppe ( France). Miles Standish was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong. |
| Mona's Queen | Isle of Man | The paddle steamer collided with the steamship Sligo ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey |
| Navinto | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 27 January. She was on a voyage from Moulmein to Leith, Lothian. |
| Newburyport | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 341-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler, was scuttled as a blockship in Maffitt's Channel as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| USS New England | United States Navy | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 336- or 368-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler, was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| Noble | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 274-ton barque, a former whaler loaded with stone, was scuttled as a blockship in Maffitt's Channel as part of the "Stone Fleet" on either 25 or 26 January. |
| Oscar | New South Wales | The steamship was wrecked at Invercargill, New Zealand. All on board were rescued. |
| Pelissier | France | The steamship was wrecked at "Pandurma", Ottoman Empire before 15 February. |
| Queen Esther | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Cuba. |
| Rambler | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Cuba to an English port. |
| Republic | United States | The steamer was lost at the Golden Gate off San Francisco, California. |
| R. H. Gamble | United States | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Queenstown. |
| Rosalie | Unknown | The schooner was stranded at Point Arena, California. |
| Sappho | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi, Morocco. |
| Scandinavian | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Saline | United Kingdom | The ship foundered "east of Benley". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| San José | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at French Wells, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas where she arrived on 7 January. |
| Sparking Wave | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the Pacific Ocean during a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. |
| USS Stephen Young | United States Navy | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 200-ton brig, a former merchant ship, was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel as part of the "Stone Fleet." |
| T. H. Allen | Unknown | The 48-ton schooner was wrecked with the loss of one life while trying to cross Humboldt Bay on the coast of California. |
| Thomas Sparks | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Hong Kong before 10 January. |
| USS Timor | United States Navy | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 289-ton full-rigged ship was scuttled in Maffitt's Channel as part of the "Stone Fleet." |
| CSS Tuscarora | Confederate States Navy | The armed sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed at New Orleans, Louisiana, by an accidental fire. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Canada ( United Kingdom). Vesta was on a voyage from a Spanish port to an English port. |
| Victor Henri | France | The ship was wrecked at Benicarló, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette to Oran. |
| Village Belle | British North America | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia to the West Indies. |
| Vrie Gezusters | Dantzic | The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark before 15 January. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. |
| Unidentified barge | United States | The barge sank off the coast of North Carolina on the outer Hatteras Bar in early January. |