List of shipwrecks in January 1872

The list of shipwrecks in January 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1872.

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January 1872
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1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Agincourt	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) off the Spurn Lightship ( Trinity House). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and taken in to the River Tyne in a leaky condition with the assistance of a tug. [1]
Blue	Canada	The barque was wrecked on the Brail Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat. [2]
Director	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Mistley, Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a derelict condition. [3]
Kingfisher	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cherbourg, Manche, France. [3] She was refloated and taken in to Margate. [4]
Margaret Pollock	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Rosneath Point, Argyllshire. [3] She was refloated and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [5]
Marguerite	France	The brig was driven ashore at Famagusta, Cyprus. [6]
Peace	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney. [3] [7] [2]
Seaman	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Gardiners Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newhaven, Connecticut. [8] She was refloated on 5 January and towed in to Newhaven. [9]
Solferino	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, France with the loss of three of her crew. [8]
Stroch	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore at Port-la-Nouvelle. [8]
Sussex	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Port Philip Heads, Victoria. [10]
Sybil	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gorleston, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [5] [11]
Thomas and Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and sank at "Pilroot", County Antrim. [3] [5]
Volonte de Dieu	France	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port-la-Novelle. [8]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Anonyma	United Kingdom	The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [12]
Bessie North	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and take in the Greenock, Renfrewshire in a leaky condition. [1]
Grocer	United Kingdom	The schooner sank off Dunwich, Suffolk with the loss of at least one of her crew. [5] [11] [13]
Johnny	Sweden	The ship was wrecked near Westervik. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Westervik. [5]
Koster	Germany	The schooner sank off the mouth of the Oste. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cephalonia, Greece to Hamburg. [14]
Laura	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Jutland (  United Kingdom ). Laura was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Sunderland, County Durham. [14]
Louisa Ann Fanny	United Kingdom	The steamship was run into at Gothenburg, Sweden by the steamship Carl XV (  Sweden) and sank at the stern. [5]
Oscar	Norway	The ship was driven ashore near Ålesund. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Drontheim. [5]
Robin	United Kingdom	The Mersey Flat sank off the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. [5] [11]
Seraphina	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and beached at Harwich, Essex. [5]
Union	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portgordon, Moray to Sunderland. [15] [16]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore on Great Cumbrae, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. [5]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The barque ran aground on the Kentish Knock. [8]
Eight unnamed vessels	Egypt	The lighters sank at Alexandria. Two of them were raised. [9]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Accord	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Colbert Sand. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition. [8] [17]
Dannevirke	Germany	The ship was wrecked at Grimstad, Norway. She was on a voyage from Kiel to Londonderry, United Kingdom. [8]
True Blue	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Algoa Bay. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [8]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Aurora	Denmark	The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Kjerteminde to Antwerp, Belgium. [18] She was later refloated and towed in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark. [16]
Clarissa	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground off Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham. [18]
Cygnet	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. Her three crew were rescued by the Maryport Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Workington, Cumberland. [18] [19]
Fire Queen	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. [18]
Flinn	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. [18]
James Ewing	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Harrington, Cumberland. [18] She was refloated and taken in to Harrington. [20]
Rough Diamond	Canada	The schooner was driven ashore near Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Connecticut, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick. [9]
Spirit of the Dawn	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Tŷ Croes, Anglesey with the loss of six of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to San Francisco, California, United States. [18] [21] She was refloated in mid-March and taken in to Rhosneigr. [22]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Dumfries	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ayr. [1]
Majesty	United Kingdom	The ship, a polacca or a smack. foundered in Barnstaple Bay. Her three crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat Bramads of Backs ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). [1] [21] [23]
Olagaival, or Olaquwel	Spain	The barque was wrecked on the Heleda Shoal, off Hong Kong. Her crew were rescued by Sophie, Koningen der Nederlanden. The barque was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Manila, Spanish East Indies. [24] [25] [26]
Silesia	Germany	The Hammonia-class ocean liner ran aground at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg. She was refloated and completed her voyage. [9] [27]
Star of England	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire at Callao, Peru and was scuttled. She was refloated on 8 January. [28]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
R. E. A. Parkinson	United Kingdom	The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. [14]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Duke of Sutherland	United Kingdom	The fishing smack collided with the fishing smack Devon (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Devon. [29]
Ebenezer	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Southwest Pass. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [30] She was refloated on 15 January and towed in to New Orleans. [31]
Shamrock	United States	The brig was driven ashore at Genoa, Italy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Genoa. [32]
Vancouver	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [20]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
John Clemens	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the Firth of Forth off the Bass Rock. Her crew were rescued. [32]
Lady Gwendolin	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Hamburg, Germany. [32]
Minnie Breslauer	United Kingdom	The freighter ran aground on a reef 1 mile off Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda and sank after trying to back off the reef. [33]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Christian	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain. [32] [34]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Napara" or "Napia", in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. Mary was refloated on 12 January and resumed her voyage following temporary repairs. [15] [16] [35]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Cabinet	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near The Manacles, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Newry, County Antrim. Her five crew had been taken off by the Porthoustock Lifeboat Mary Ann Storey ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). [36] [19] [37] [38]
Dublin	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with the steamship Maasstroom (  Netherlands) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. [39] [37]
Flora	Austria-Hungary	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballycroneen Bay. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. [29] [15]
John & Mary	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with a steamship and was beached on the Whitehouse Bank, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. [40]
Lilly	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her six crew got aboard the Kish Lightship ( Trinity House). [41] [39]
Madre Mimbelli	France	The ship was run down and sunk at Toulon, Var by L'Hermite (  French Navy). Her crew were rescued. [15] [30]
Princess Royal	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground off Thorpeness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [16]
Walmea	New South Wales	The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Richmond River. [42]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The smack sank off the Horse Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued. [15]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Ada	United Kingdom	The steamship ran into the steamship Sappho (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her twenty crew were rescued. Ada was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire. [15] [43] [44]
Alice	United Kingdom	The steamship sprang a leak and sank at Gateshead, County Durham. [15] [39]
Catherine McIver	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. [36] She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft. [45]
Cheviot	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Lindisfarne. [36] [46]
Confiance	France	The ship was driven ashore and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued. [30]
Diana	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Increase (  United Kingdom )n and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. [36] [16]
Elliott	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in Robin Hoods Bay. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Manche, France to Arbroath, Forfarshire. [36] She came ashore at Ness Point but was refloated on 13 January with assistance from the paddle tug Esk (  United Kingdom ). She consequently sank. Those on board were rescued by cobles. [47] [48]
Golden Eagle	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sombrero, Anguilla to Gloucester. [6]
Hazard	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Eynon, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. [36] She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Swansea, Glamorgan. [16] [49]
Jane Fish	United States	The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Jane Fish was refloated but then ran aground on the Longsand. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and towed in to Harwich. [30]
John and Mary	United Kingdom	The schooner was run into by the steamship Venezia (  United Kingdom ) in the Belfast Lough and was beached. Her crew were rescued by Venezia. John and Mary was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. [36] [50]
Little Freddy	Argentina	The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 38°30′N53°10′W / 38.500°N 53.167°W / 38.500; -53.167 ). Her eight crew were rescued by Hope (  United States). Little Freddy was on a voyage from Sombrero, Anguilla to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [31]
Majestas	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich in a leaky condition. [36]
Orphan	United Kingdom	The steamship was destroyed by fire at Nagasaki, Japan with the loss of one life. [51]
Pacific	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. [46] [16]
Reform	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and sank in Skerries Sound. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Plymouth, Devon. [15] [39]
Rover	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Stoer Head, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [9]
Treaty	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the Filey Brigg. She was on a voyage from Hull to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. [36]
Western Belle	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore near Prawle Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Hull to São Miguel Island, Azores. [36] [37]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Alarm	United Kingdom	The schooner capsized in the River Parrett. [15]
Bessie	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent . She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and taken in to Calais, France in a derelict condition. [15] [30] [16]
Boscoppa	United Kingdom	The ship struck a submerged object and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Fareham, Hampshire. She put in to Liverpool, Lancashire in a leaky condition. [15]
Celt	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Ballyhalbert, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Dublin. [15] She was refloated and completed her voyage. [16]
Confucius	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground, capsized and sank at Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She floated off, but sank with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by a fishing boat. [49] [47]
Happy Return	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. [15] She was on a voyage from "Port Malock" to London. [16]
Hematite	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Cap la Heve, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. [47]
Island Maid	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with Robert L. Lane (  United States) and sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon. Five of her eight crew were rescued by Robert L. Lane, three were reported missing. Island Maid was on a voyage from London to Salcombe, Devon. [15]
Lass of Courtown	United Kingdom	The ship ran ashore on, or sank off, Flat Holm. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bridgwater, Somerset. She was refloated on 11 January and towed in to Bridgwater where she was placed under repair. [15] [30] [52]
Lemari M.	Flag unknown	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Gwenissa (  United States). [53]
Loire et Bretagne	France	The ship was wrecked at the Point de La Coubre, Charente-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. [30]
Malcolm Brown	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in Compton Bay. [30] Her crew were rescued by Pride of Dorset (  United Kingdom ). [47]
Margaret	United Kingdom	The smack sank at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. [15]
Pearl	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Bolder Bank, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Torbay. She put in to Littlehampton, Sussex in a leaky condition. [15]
Polyxena	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked near the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. Her nineteen crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. [30] [45] [54]
Romp	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. [15]
Samuel Larrabee	Canada	The ship departed from Savannah, Georgia, United States for Bremen, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [55]
Sovereign	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pomaron, Portugal. [30] [54]
Star	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands. Her crew were rescued by the brig Williams (  United Kingdom ). Star was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Whitstable, Kent. [15] [16]
Unrestricted	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool. She was refloated and beached at Southport, Lancashire. [15] [27]
W. S. Heard	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth to New York, United States. [28]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Albert Victor	United Kingdom	The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India for Mauritius. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [56]
Atrevida	Spain	The felucca collided with a fishing boat and sank off Cádiz. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Ceuta. [57] [58]
Idaho	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Courtown, County Wexford, United Kingdom. All 23 people on board were rescued by the Courtown Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana. [30] [19]
L'Orient	France	The brig collided with the barque Pride of the Wear (  United Kingdom ) and foundered in the English Channel 45 nautical miles (83 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Pride of the Wear. [6] [59] [60]
Osprey	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground off Beachy Head, Sussex and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Poole, Dorset. [61] She subsequently became a wreck. [49]
William and John	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Amble, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Amble. [49]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The ship was wrecked off Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. [30]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
British Admiral	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Calcutta, India. [24]
Byethorn	United Kingdom	The ship departed from the River Tyne for Cartagena, Spain. Presumed subsequently foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all fourteen crew; a boat from the ship was washed up at Sandown, Isle of Wight in late January. [62]
Deptford	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and beached at Orford, Suffolk in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. [47] [63]
Horten	Norway	The barque was wrecked off the Caymanas Brake. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Matamoros, Mexico. [41]
Idalia	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Courtown, County Wexford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana. [54]
Industry	United Kingdom	The schooner sank at Donegal. [47]
Ravensworth	United Kingdom	The brigantine was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated but had to be beached. [49] [47]
Westalinden	Norway	The barque was run into by the steamship Churruca (  Spain) and beached in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex, United Kingdom. She was then run into by the steamship Hero (  United Kingdom ) and sank. [47]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Isabella Sarah	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Huitings", Norway and was abandoned by her crew. [50]
Jewess	United Kingdom	The tug was run into by a steamship and sank at Gravesend, Kent. [47]
Maize	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [64]
Marie Madeleine	France	The brig departed from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [65]
Statesman	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire. [66]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Grecian	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground at Honfleur, Manche, France. [6]
Pearl	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Liverpool. [9]
Tavistock	United Kingdom	The schooner departed from Port Talbot, Glamorgan for Waterford. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [67]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Beatitude	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Black Rock Ledge, off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [68]
Celinie	France	The brig was wrecked in Morroch Bay, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom with the loss of her captain. [9] She was on a voyage from Dublin to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. [59]
Friends	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore at Drigg, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Ellesmere, Cheshire. [69]
George	United Kingdom	The Thames barge sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. [69] She was refloated on 20 January. [70]
Jeune Antoinette	France	The smack ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledges, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. [69]
Lindesnaes	United States	The ship departed from New York for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [71]
Mary Ann	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with the barque Pedro (  Germany ) and sank in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. [69]
Meteor	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Glasgow. She was refloated and completed her voyage. [72]
Miaza	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. [9] [73]
Napier	Jersey	The smack was driven ashore at West Wittering, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. [6]
Stephensons	United Kingdom	The steamship struck the quayside at Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged, sinking at the bow. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool. [9]
Stettin	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on Skagen, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. [74]
Superior	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore on Piel Island, Lanashire. [69]
Thomas Chalmers	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Diana (  United Kingdom ). Thomas Chalmers was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Trouville, Seine-Inférieure, France. [10] [58]
Woodside	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore north of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [9] She was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Bridlington in a severely leaky condition. [70]
Wanderer	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked in the River Tay with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. [69] [75]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey. [59]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Ariadne	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to "Matero". She was refloated and put back to South Shields in a leaky condition. [76]
Bannockburn	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Nethertown, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness to Liverpool, Lancashire [69] [77]
Caernarvon	United Kingdom	The brigantine was wrecked on Cefn Sidan, Carmarthenshire with the loss of all hands, six or seven lives. [35] [78]
Devonshire Lass	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Platters Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex. [69]
Energy	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Blyth, Northumberland. [69] [63]
Freia	Denmark	The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Skagen. She was on a voyage from Bo'Ness, Lothian, United Kingdom to Kiel, Germany. [78]
Guiding Star	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her eleven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Civita Vecchia, Italy. [69]
James and Maria	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Belfast, County Antrim. [69]
Magdala	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulmer, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Leith, Lothian. [69] [59] [77]
Princess Alice	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Burlane Bank, off the coast of County Cork. She was refloated. [74]
Ruby	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on the Platters Sand. Her crew were rescued by Volunteer (  United Kingdom ). [79] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Exmouth, Devon. [69]
Superior	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Piel Island, Lancashire. [77]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire. [69]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Drie Gebroeders	Germany	The brigantine collided with a fishing vessel and was abandoned north of the Dogger Bank. She was subsequently taken in to West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom in a derelict condition. [58]
Leon	France	The brig was wrecked at Arzila, Morocco with the loss of one of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [80]
Francisco Calderon	Peru	The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 340 nautical miles (630 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage, from South Shields, County Durham to Macao and Hong Kong. [6] [10] [60]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The barque ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom and sank. [81]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Forest King	United Kingdom	The brigantine ran aground on Drakes Island, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. She was refloated on 22 January and taken in to Plymouth, Devon in a severely leaky condition. [6] [76]
Jane Campbell	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Newry, County Antrim. [82]
Pahse	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan. She put in to Shantou, China where the fire was extinguished. She resumed her voyage on 24 January. [42]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Beatrice	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Santander, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Santander. [6]
Charity	United Kingdom	The fishing yawl was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. [6]
Percy	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Ardglass, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire. [6] [83]
Unnamed	Italy	The barque foundered 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Saltee Islands, County Donegal, United Kingdom with the supposed loss of all hands. [84]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Africana	Italy	The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Genoa. [85]
Confidence	United Kingdom	The smack was towed in to West Hartlepool, County Durham in a derelict condition. [10] [58]
Ravenswheel	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked at Sines, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. [86] [87]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Anna	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Curaçao, Curaçao and Dependencies. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition and was beached. [10]
Bolton	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to London. [58] [88]
Fop Smit	Germany	The steamship ran aground at Bremerhaven. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Bremerhaven. [89] She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs. [90]
Luigia	United Kingdom	The barque sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. [10]
Nonpareil	United Kingdom	The sschooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores. [24] [25] [53]
Sapphire	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Kirkcaldy. [10]
Scipio	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground in Ramsey Bay and was abandoned. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. [10] [91]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Constance	United Kingdom	The brigantine was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Cicerone (Flag unknown). [28] [24]
Jessie Forrest	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Lagos. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lagos. [92]
Lizzie	United Kingdom	The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [12]
Pelham	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Natal Colony. She was on a voyage from London to a port in the Natal Colony. She was refloated and taken in to port. [93]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Dauntless	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Barker Island, County Sligo. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Ballina, County Mayo. [90] [62]
HMS Hotspur, and Lady Woodhouse	Royal Navy   United Kingdom	The ironclad HMS Hotspur collided with the steamship Lady Woodhouse off Plymouth, Devon. Both vessels were severely damaged. [87]
Seaflower	Jersey	The ship capsized with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Carmarthen. She was beached a Great Yarmouth and was subsequently righted. [86] [94]
Spray	United Kingdom	The Thames barge foundered in the North Sea off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Maldon, Essex. She was refloated on 29 January and beached at Grimsby. [86] [62]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Baltic	Sweden	The brig was damaged by an onboard explosion at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [89]
Florence Nightingale	United Kingdom	The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Bassian (  United Kingdom ). Florence Nightingale was on a voyage from Cardiff to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [95] [62]
Mary Ann Mandall	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Morecambe, Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship. [89]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Lizzie	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Culver Sand. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bridgwater, Somerset. She was refloated and beached at Littlestoke, Somerset. [90] [62]
Shepperton	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Lapseki, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to Hamburg, Germany. [95]
Woodburn	United Kingdom	The ship capsized at Greenock, Renfrewshire. [62]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Castor	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven, Germany. [31]
Earl of Aberdeen	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven. [31]
Emigrant	Sweden	The brigantine was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn, Sweden to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [90] [62]
Judith	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Lubawa, Courland Governorate to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Fraserburgh in a sinking condition. [31]
Lucien	France	The steamship ran aground off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Victoria (  United Kingdom and towed in to Cuxhaven, Germany. [96]
Robin	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground north of Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Altona, Germany. [96]
Sphinx	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [95] [62]
Telegraph	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Calais, France. [90] [62]
Thames	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Abaco Islands to Boston, Lincolnshire. [97]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The schooner was driven ashore in Wigtown Bay. She was refloated and taken into the River Cree in a leaky condition. [95]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
City of Halifax	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire. [31]
Clara Sayers	New South Wales	The barque was wrecked off Rodrigues with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Mauritius. [98]
Eclipse	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Ardrossan. [95] She was refloated on 10 February and towed in to Ardrossan by the tug Flying Meteor (  United Kingdom ). [99]
Eothen	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Stornoway. [24]
Majesty	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in Bideford Bay. Her crew were rescued. [100]
Raven	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lochbay, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [24] [25]
Suwonada	China	The steamship struck an uncharted rock in the Hainan Strait and sank south of Itay Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai. [42]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Ariel	United Kingdom	The clipper departed from London for Sydney, New South Wales. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; a lifeboat thought to be from the ship was discovered on King Island, Tasmania in August.
Catherine	Germany	The ship struck the Gladstone Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Lindisfarne, Northumberland. [101]
James Dackett	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked at "Ballymacollen", in Ballycotton Bay with the loss of five of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to Falmouth, Cornwall. [101] [102]
Manitoba	Canada	The barque was wrecked on the Bucks, on the coast of Cornwall, with the loss of five of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [101] [103]
Marys	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey and was severely damaged. sHe was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Beaumaris. [66]
Penguin	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Florida, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Havana, Cuba. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants. [104]
William and Thomas	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Messina, Sicily, Italy. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. [66] [105]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1872

Ship	State	Description
Agnes Brown	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to the Elbe. She was refloated on 1 February and taken in to the Elbe. [28]
Akola	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Cape Faro. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Trieste. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [60]
Amor	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Marstrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Copenhagen, Denmark. [6]
Anna	Russia	The ship ran aground off Toulon, Var, France. She was on a voyage from a Russian port to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [106]
Anne	Norway	The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were taken off by the tug Robert Owen (  United Kingdom ), which towed Anne in to Harwich, Essex. [79]
Ant	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk. [31]
Anton	Germany	The ship ran aground on a sunken anchor at Buenos Aires, Argentina and was beached. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires. She was consequently condemned. [20]
Artizan	United Kingdom	The steamship was abandoned off Cape Finisterre, Spain. [20]
Assomption	France	The brig ran aground on the Filey Brigg, off the coast of Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire. [70]
Astronom	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [90]
Bacchus	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to London. [6] [88]
Bavico	Italy	The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Genoa. [90]
Beautemps Beaupre	France	The barque ran aground off Cap-Haïtien, Haiti and was abandoned by her crew. [89]
Benjamin	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) from "Lanbruia". She was on a voyage from an English port to "Port Navale". [31]
Berendina Margaretha	Netherlands	The galiot was wrecked at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. Her crew were rescued. [15]
Benmore	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Horsens, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. [11]
Buona Maria	Italy	The ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Ancona. [11]
City of Halifax	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. [101]
County of Berwick	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Hellegat. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. [35] She was later refloated and completed her voyage. [107]
Cythorn	United Kingdom	The barque departed from the River Tyne for Carthagena, Spain in mid-January. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all fourteen crew; a boat from the ship washed ashore. [87]
Daniel O'Connell	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Kilrush, County Clare to Belfast, County Antrim. [106]
Deutschland	Germany	The ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rangoon, Burma. [49]
Dina	Denmark	The ship ran agroundl She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Copenhagen. She was refloated. [11]
Dione	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground near Gibraltar. She was refloated. [90]
Eiche	Germany	The ship was driven ashore near the Hohe Weg Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Geestemünde to Wilhelmshaven. [90]
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on the Ortiz Bank, off Buenos Aires before 6 January. Her crew were rescued by an Italian barque [108]
Elizabeth	British West Africa	The ship foundered. [95]
Elizabeth Tickell	United Kingdom	The ship struck rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to Teignmouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Burntisland, Fife. [77]
Eliza Thornton	Gibraltar	The ship was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 1 February and towed in to Swansea. [101]
Ella	Newfoundland Colony	The ship was driven ashore at Youngs Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Havana. [15]
Ellas Pana	Flag unknown	The ship was wrecked. [109]
Elpis	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire. She put in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [109]
Elverhoi	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Sulina, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Sulina to a British port. She was refloated. [49]
Emma	United Kingdom	The fishing smack caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew. [11]
Emily Stewart	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. [89]
Englishman	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lagos, Africa. She was refloated and taken into The Downs. [107]
Equity	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. [17]
Essex	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground at Inverness. [11]
Euphemia	United Kingdom	The fishing lugger collided with the steamship Dido (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the Firth of Clyde before 13 January. [59]
Evening Star	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was refloated. [49]
F. Adams	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to South Shields. She was refloated. [107]
Flora	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 January. [49]
Florida	United States	The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Apalachicola, Florida. [20]
Friedrick Buckman	Germany	The ship ran aground in the Elbe upstream of Altenbruch. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Cuxhaven. [86]
Galatea	United States	The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Boston, Massachusetts. [50]
Garnet	United Kingdom	The schooner was holed by ice and foundered in the Gut of Canso. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Guysborough, Nova Scotia. [95] [66]
Gloria	Norway	The ship ran aground at Cape Foutan, near Odessa, Russia. She was refloated and towed in to Odessa. [31]
Grace and Ann	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Penmon, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bray, County Wicklow. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. [100]
Helena Donner	Germany	The barque caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 January and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ventus (  United Kingdom ). Helena Donner was on a voyage from Swansea to Valparaíso, Chile. [104]
Helevig Sieve	Netherlands	The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Adrianople, Ottoman Empire to Rotterdam. She was refloated and taken in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland in a leaky condition. [20]
Hermino	Portugal	The schooner was wrecked at Casablanca, Morocco. [31]
Hibernica	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork. [11]
Indos	United Kingdom	The ship was lost off "Canea", Cyprus before 12 January with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port. [24] [25]
Ireland	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea on or before 3 January. [18] She was towed in to the Tudwall Roads by the Abersoch Lifeboat on 6 January. [14] [19]
Irene	Netherlands	The ship ran aground at "Mapatan". She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [20]
Jacobus Albers	Germany	The ship ran aground at Amsterdam, North Holland and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires. [31]
James Landells	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked at Two Rivers. [15] [52]
Jane Emily	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [95]
Jean Tullea	France	The brig was wrecked at "Lacalle". [49]
Jessie	Guernsey	The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [35] [78]
Joseph Heydon	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground whilst on a voyage from Hong Kong to Rangoon. She was refloated three days later and resumed her voyage. [35]
Josephine	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. [95]
Josephine Oulton	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Havana. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. [50]
Lioness	United Kingdom	The tug put in to Howth, County Dublin in a sinking condition. [17]
Manoel Legaffin	France	The ship was wrecked at Martinique. [86]
Marcus	France	The steamship was driven ashore at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure. [95] She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Quillebeuf-sur-Seine. [31]
Margaret	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Leith. [50]
Margaret	United States	The ship ran aground off the coast of Delaware. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated with assistance. [89]
Maria	Germany	The schooner was driven ashore at "Gioja". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to an English port. [36]
Maria Schongrund	Germany	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rügen. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Wolgast. [110]
Marseille	France	The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Maracaibo, Venezuela. [30]
Mary Anne	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Ardmore Bay. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Youghal, County Cork. [76]
Mary B.	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in Carmarthen Bay. [35]
Mary Blair	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from Sulina to a British port. [107]
Mary Burdell	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to New York. [60]
Marysville	United Kingdom	The ship was beached. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts. [20]
Mimi	United Kingdom	The pilot boat was driven ashore at Queenstown. [11]
Mount Carmel	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Outer Dowsing Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire, and sank. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Livorno, Italy. [106]
Messanger	United States	The fishing schooner was lost on the Western Banks. Lost with all 12 hands. [111] [112]
Newon Principio	Flag unknown	The ship ran aground on the Fontain Shoal, in the Adriatic Sea off Parenzo, Austria-Hungary. [60]
Nuova Giuseppe	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore on the Horseshoe Reef. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Queenstown. She was refloated and towed in to Philadelphia. [60] [106]
Ocean Wave	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Scarborough. She was refloated. [50]
Otranto	Italy	The ship ran aground near Veruda, Austria-Hungary. [90]
Patria	Italy	The barque was driven ashore at Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. [73]
Peter Rohland	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bremerhaven. [106]
Ralph Carlton	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to New York. [60]
Sara	Germany	The ship was driven ashore near Sandsfoot Castle, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Bridport, Dorset. [73] [59] She had been refloated by 19 January. [70]
Sea Harrier	United States	The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to New York. [39]
Sentinel	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Halifax. [50]
Skiddaw	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Alexandria. She was refloated. [50]
Sovereign	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London. [50]
Staatsraad	Netherlands	The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Galveston, Texas, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Plymouth, Devon in a leaky condition. [89]
Statelie	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged. She was on a voyage from Rangoon to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Rangoon. [49]
Strathardle	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Saint-Vallier, Quebec, Canada before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain to Montreal, Quebec. [105] She was refloated in April and towed in to Indian Cove, Newfoundland Colony. [113]
Susanna	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Samarang, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and put back to Rotterdam. [49]
Sveridge	Sweden	The steamship ran aground at "Kobberig". She was refloated. [77]
Tavistock	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in Carmarthen Bay with loss of life. [35] [107]
Teodoro	Greece	The schooner was wrecked near Agathopolis, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from "Frangaki" to Nicholaieff, Russia. [32] [109]
Thames	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground near Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to the Natal Colony. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [20]
Thebe and Ellen	Newfoundland Colony	The ship capsized. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Havana. [30]
Trial	United States	The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Richmond, Virginia to Bahia, Brazil. [50]
Urho	Russia	The ship ran aground off Snekkersten, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga to an Irish port. She was refloated. [77]
Victoria	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. She was reported to have been on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. [20]
Vidar	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. [76] She was refloated on 22 January and resumed her voyage. [107] [58]
Vittoria	Italy	The ship was driven ashore at Towyn, Merionethshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Cardiff. [49]
Welinki Knas Alexei	Russia	The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen in a leaky condition. [31]

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