# List of shipwrecks in December 1888

The list of shipwrecks in December 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1888.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concha Ballester | Spain | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean east of Bermuda. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the barque Somand ( Norway). Concha Ballester was on a voyage from Brunswick, Georgia, United States to Málaga. |
| Lady Stuart | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Safi, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. |
| Plover | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the English Channel south of Plymouth, Devon, according to a message in a bottle that washed ashore near Devonport Dockyard. |
| Vasco da Gama | Norway | The barque was run into by the steamship Boulmer ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was severely damaged. She was towed into the River Tyne the next day and beached. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Afton | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the Bristol Channel. |
| Baines Hawkins | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Pound Point. She was on a voyage from Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was run into by the steamship South Tyne ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. |
| Lord Provost | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore south of Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to South Shields, County Durham. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Seaton | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with Argo ( United Kingdom) and sank off Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig ran aground on the Elbow Bank, in the Solent. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The steam trawler was driven onto the Skerry Rocks and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vendome | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Man to Neath, Glamorgan. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clan Macintosh | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to a British port. |
| Gothia | Germany | The ship ran aground Hveen, Sweden. She was refloated with the assistance of another ship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hartlepool | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock and was wrecked at "Naarlevig", south of Egersund, Norway with the loss of seventeen of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from the Danube to Bergen, Norway. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Bryce | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in a hurricane in the South Atlantic with the loss of a crew member. |
| Pioneer | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by the barque Crusader ( United States) and sank in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Dungeness, Kent. Her nine crew were rescued by Crusader. Pioneer was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Mediterranean port. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hawk, and Recepta | United Kingdom | The steamship Hawk and the collier Recepta collided in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. Both vessels were severely damaged. Hawk was on a voyage from London to Hamburg, Germany. She was beached at Plumstead Marshes, Kent and her passengers were taken off. Recepta was severely damaged at the bow. A stowaway on board was killed. She completed her voyage to London. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| F. J. Robson | United Kingdom | The steamship put in to A Coruña, Spain on fire. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to Odessa, Russia. |
| Yaquina Bay | United States | Yaquina Bay The passenger ship broke her tow and ran aground in Yaquina Bay at Newport, Oregon. All on board were rescued. She was declared a total loss. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bellingham | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by an onboard explosion off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Two of her crew were injured. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Savona, Italy. |
| Dewdrop | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel was driven ashore and wrecked near the Grebe. Her crew were rescued. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Perch Bank. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Violet | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Volante | United Kingdom | The steam yacht foundered off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cledona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Limerick. |
| Elba | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground 3+1⁄2 nautical miles (6.5 km) south west of North Sunderland, Berwickshire. She was refloated on 14 December with the assistance of four tugs and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham in a leaky condition. |
| Nicolina | Italy | The barque, on a voyage from Greenock, Scotland, to Buenos Aires with coal, and seeking shelter off Kingstown, County Dublin in as gale, ran aground on Burford Bank in Dublin Bay. When her crew abandoned ship, the pilot and helmsman remained and she floated off but then went ashore on Clontarf Strand. She was refloated and towed in to Dublin Port. |
| Strathspey | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Irvine. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner sank on the Hale Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betty | Russia | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to New York, United States. |
| Lumberman's Laddie | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground and was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the steamship Ann Webster ( United Kingdom). Lumberman's Laddie was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asia | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Africa ( United Kingdom in the River Thames and was beached near Gravesend, Kent . |
| Atalanta | Russia | The barque ran aground in the North Sea with the loss of several lives. |
| Neptune | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by a British fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| W. H. Green | Norway | The schooner collided with the steamship Dowlais ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Dowlais. W. H. Green was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Santa Catharina. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wild Rose | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Bridlington. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| China | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. She was refloated. |
| Gamma | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the Humber and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Odessa, Russia. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Detachment Gribe, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hay and Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the Arbroath Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amalfi | Germany | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg. |
| B. S. Mimbelli | Malta | The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar. |
| Hankow | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mendocino | United States | The auxiliary schooner bottomed out crossing the Bar at Humboldt Bay and went ashore on the south side. On the 25/26 she refloated at high tide crossing the channel and grounding on the north side becoming a total loss. Her engineer, his wife, and infant daughter drowned when a lifeboat overturned, or just the daughter. |
| Racer | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Skerries, County Dublin. |
| Storm Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay (45°20′N 9°20′W﻿ / ﻿45.333°N 9.333°W﻿ / 45.333; -9.333) with the loss of six of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Gulnare ( Norway). Storm Queen was on a voyage from Sebastopol, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benan | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Point Cloates, Western Australia. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong. |
| Harmony | Netherlands | The fishing smack collided with the barque J. C. Julius ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by J. C. Julius. |
| Kate Adams | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River opposite Commerce, Mississippi with the loss of 33 lives. |
| Saltburn | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from the Barns Ness Lighthouse to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John H. Hannah | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River off Plaquemine, Louisiana with the loss of 21 lives. |
| Mary Anning | United Kingdom | The steamship was holed by the anchor of the steamship Galatz ( United Kingdom) and sank at Cardiff Docks while loading coal. |
| Mary Davies | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Seaford, Sussex. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alaska, and Thomas Joliffe | United Kingdom | The steamship Alaska and the tug Thomas Joliffe became jammed together in a channel at Penarth, Glamorgan and were both severely damaged Alaska subsequently heeled against Thomas Joliffe, sinking her. Alaska was taken in to Penarth and Thomas Joliffe was refloated. |
| Gulf of Guayaquil | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered between the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire and the Tuskar Rock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a port on the west coast of South America. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Suakim | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace, reported overdue. |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Abbotsbury, Dorset with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Harwich, Essex. |
| Stephen D. Horton | | The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors took to the boats; they were rescued on 30 December by the barque Twilight ( United Kingdom). Stephen D. Horton was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glance | United Kingdom | The schooner was wercked at Mazagan, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maude | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Dungeness, Kent whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Macgregor | United Kingdom | The steamship was lost in Ascension Bay, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The tug foundered off Prawle Point, Devon. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| H. C. Warmoth | United States | The steamship was sunk in a collision with the steamship Sarah ( United States) in the Pearl River. A passenger was killed. |
| Jane Owen | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Avon ( United Kingdom). Jane Owen was pn a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Aberdovey, Merionethshire. |
| Rare Plant | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Mountbatten Bay. She was refloated. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada-Gane | United Kingdom | The ketch foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset with the loss of all four crew. |
| Agamemnon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Mihara Bay. She was refloated and towed in to Hiogo, Japan. |
| Alf | United Kingdom | The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Alundra | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at San Cataldo, Sicily, Italy. She was later refloated and taken in to Brindisi, Italy. |
| Amana, and Belgravia | United Kingdom | The steamships collided in the Suez Canal and were both severely damaged. Amana was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Bombay, India. Belgravia was on a voyage from Calcutta India to New York, United States. She put in to Port Said, Egypt for temporary repairs. |
| Anapira | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Lutetia ( United Kingdom) off Lowestoft, Suffolk and was severely damaged. Anapira was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London. She was assisted in to Lowestoft by a tug and sank there. |
| Anna | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Hesseloen". Her crew were rescued by the salvage ship Helsingør ( Denmark). Anna was on a voyage from Varberg to "Veile". |
| Anna | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Hallands Väderö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Riga, Russia. She was later reflaoted and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Îles de Glénan, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Arcachon, Gironde, France to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Astracana | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship collided with the steamship Borussia ( Germany) and was abandoned 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Cherbourg, Manche, France. Her crew were rescued by Borussia. Astracana was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| August | Germany | The steamship was holed by the propeller of the steamship Rydal Fell ( United Kingdom) and sank at Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. |
| Avon | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken rock in the River Severn and was beached. She was on a voyage from Sudbrook, Monmouthshire to Bristol. |
| Benalder | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put back to Hamburg in a leaky condition. |
| Benmore | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Bilosara", Russia. She was later refloated and taken in to Kertch, Russia in a leaky condition. |
| Bermudez | Venezuela | The steamship sank after collision with steamer Nutrias, also Venezuelan, in the River Orinoco 15 nautical miles (28 km) below Ciudad Bolivar. |
| Bradley | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another vessel and sank in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. She was refloated on 21 December and towed in the Higham, Kent. |
| Brooklands | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "St. Georges". |
| Bruno and Marie | Germany | The barque was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the barque Augusta ( Sweden). Bruno was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Cameo | United States | The ship was driven ashore in Vineyard Bay. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New London. |
| Cameo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank in the Christianiafjord. She was on a voyage form Christiania, Norway to London. |
| Carl Friedrich | Germany | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from St. David's to Colberg. |
| Cashie Doo | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore at Saigon, French Indo-China. She was on a voyage from Pulo Ubi to Saigon. |
| Castine | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Bermuda. She was refloated. |
| Chamois | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Odessa, Russia. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Countess of Lancaster | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall. |
| Crest | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Ostre Hage", Denmark. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Easington | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Sea of Marmara 20 nautical miles (37 km) from the entrance to the Bosphorus. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Eidern | Sweden | The barque collided with the steamship Vorwarts ( United Kingdom). Eidern was on a voyage from Sweden to Valencia, Spain. She was towed into the Weser in a waterlogged condition by Vorwarts. |
| Eldorado | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Duclair, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Eleois | United States | The ship was beached on Crooked Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Africa to New York. |
| Ella | Sweden | The barque was driven ashore at Beadnell, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Elsa | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Colberg to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Laura ( Denmark) and taken in to Copenhagen. |
| Erato | Norway | The steamship was driven ashore at "Karlavigen", near Tønsberg. |
| Escalona | Flag unknown | The ship put in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony on fire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremen, Germany. |
| Esther | Norway | The barque was run into by the steamship Express ( United Kingdom) at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Cardiff for repairs. |
| Ethel Horatio | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wismar, Germany. |
| Ethel Horatio | United States | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Laguna to New York. |
| Etta | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Creadon Bay, County Waterford with the loss of her captain from the eighteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated on 31 December and taken in to Woodstown Beach. |
| Fabian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Makronisos, Greece. She was later refloated and taken in to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. |
| Franceschino | Cyprus | The ship was wrecked at Kyrenia. |
| Franz von Mathies | Germany | The brig collided with the barque St. Olaf ( Russia) and was abandoned in the Skaggerak. Her crew were rescued by St. Olaf. Franz von Mathies was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Halmstadt, Sweden. |
| Garry | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. |
| George Lamb | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. |
| Giorgio Washington | Italy | The barque was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Glencoe | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Dantsic, Germany. She was later refloated and towed in to Dantsic. |
| Golden Grove, and Walley | United Kingdom | The steamships collided at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. Both vessels were severely damaged and were beached. |
| Gothia | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore at Falsterbo. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to New York. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen. |
| Governor | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Key West, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Navassa Island to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. |
| Govina | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another vessel and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She was later refloated and taken in to Tilbury, Essex. |
| Graf Bismarck | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at Vinkenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Gustave et Victor | France | The pilot boat was run down and sunk 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Les Casquets, Channel Islands by the barque Agon ( Norway with the loss of two lives. |
| Hamlet | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Kallundborg. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and towed in to Fredrikshavn. |
| Henry Wesley | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Hermann Heinrich | Germany | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tromoen", Norway. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Kragerø, Norway. |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. |
| Inchmurren | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the barque Baltimore ( United States). Inchmurren was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| James Mason | United Kingdom | The brig was severely damaged by fire at Wilmington, Delaware. |
| Japanese | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Donaslaw", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Gibraltar. |
| Jasper | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off the coast of Wigtownshire with the loss of all eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| John Ward | United Kingdom | The ketch capsized in a squall and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Sheerness, Kent. |
| Joseph and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Bude, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Bude Lifeboat. |
| Kamroon | India | The flat ran aground on the Sunderbund, in the Hooghly River and broke in two. |
| Kate | Guernsey | The brig ran aground on the Shingles, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jersey, Channel Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition. |
| Knight Templar | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of Finistère. |
| Kronprinds Carl | Norway | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Kristiansand. She was refloated and put in to Mandal in a leaky condition. |
| Lily of Devon | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued on 13 December by Bluebird ( United Kingdom). |
| Magda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Negroponte, Greece. She was later refloated. |
| Margaret Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey. |
| Miranda | Sweden | The steamship was driven ashore at Nasby, Öland. She was later refloated with the assistance of a steamship but consequently sank with the loss of one life. |
| Munk | Germany | The ship struck a sunken wreck and sprang a severe leak. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Plymouth. She put in to Lyngør, Norway. |
| Myrthe | France | The barque was wrecked at Casablanca, Morocco. Her crew were rescued by Marbella ( Spain). |
| Nerissa | Germany | The steamship ran aground on the Haven Hole Spit, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |
| Nino Bixio | Italy | The barque collided with the barque Ran ( Norway) at Buenos Aires and was severely damaged. |
| Olaf Nielssen | Norway | The brigantine was abandoned in the North Sea with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Norge ( Norway). |
| Onalaska | United States | The brig was driven ashore at Cape May, New Jersey. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Philadelphia for repairs. |
| O. R. Bishop | Germany | The barque caught fire. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She put back to San Francisco. |
| Orient | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Nyborg, Denmark. |
| Ozama | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Saint Domingo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Saint Domingo. |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Rosario, Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent for repairs, being leaky. |
| Punctum | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore near Skegness, Lincolnshire. |
| Pytheas | France | The ship was wrecked at Cette, Hérault. She was on a voyage from Spain to Cette. |
| Richard | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona, Sweden to Aalborg, Denmark. |
| River Derwent | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Caloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from London to Terneuzen, Zeeland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Salama | Russia | The barque was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kristianstad, Sweden to Valencia. |
| Santos | Germany | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Lühesand. She was refloated. |
| Scalpa | United Kingdom | The steam yacht was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Colchester, Essex. |
| Sea Bird | United States | The ship collided with a schooner and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port-de-Paix, Haiti to New York. She was subsequently towed in to New York. |
| Serethe | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Budapest (Flag unknown). Serethe was on a voyage from London to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Snaefell | Isle of Man | The paddle steamer collided with the steamship Maranhense (Flag unknown) and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Sophie | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Lista. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Odense, Denmark. |
| St. Kilda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newry, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Warrenpoint, County Down. |
| Svelvig | Norway | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr, United Kingdom to Christiania. |
| Tagus | United Kingdom | The brig was taken in to Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire in a derelict condition. |
| Tempo | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony after 17 December. |
| Texada | France | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. |
| Thalia | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Pisagua, Chile. |
| Thor | Denmark | The barque was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Horsens. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Trevose | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Uganda | Denmark | The steamship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Bonnie Bell ( United Kingdom). Uganda was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Kolding. |
| Venice | Flag unknown | The ship was driven onto reefs off Bermuda and was severely damaged. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken wreck near "Lamyit", Japan and was damaged. She was taken in to Nagasaki, Japan. |
| Voyageur | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Barfleur, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France. |
| Wastdale | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Liepāja, Russia. |
| William K. Chapman | Canada | The barque collided with the steamship Bedlormie ( United Kingdom) and sank off the North Foreland, Kent. William K. Chapman was on a voyage from Hamburg to New York. |
| Woodlawn | Natal Colony | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar. |
| No. 13 | India | The flat was destroyed by fire at Chitpore. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | A steamship was driven ashore at Dagerort, Russia. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | A steamship sank in Port Yarrock Bay, County Kerry, United Kingdom. |