List of shipwrecks in January 1887

The list of shipwrecks in January 1887 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1887.

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1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1887
Ship State Description
Tell Tale  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Porthcawl, Glamorgan.[1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1887
Ship State Description
Duke of Connaught  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was run into by the steamship Dragoman ( United Kingdom) and sank off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire with the loss of fourteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Dragoman. Duke of Connaught was on a voyage from London to Maryport, Cumberland.[2]
Londesborough  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Robin Hoods Bay.[3]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1887
Ship State Description
Connaught  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Galita". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to New York City, United States.[3]
Martha  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Glanwern ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent.[3]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1887
Ship State Description
Alfonso  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Knott Spit, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cette, Hérault, France. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the River Wyre.[4]
Sjordronningen  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Beachy Head, Sussex, United. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat William and Mary ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Sjordronningen was on a voyage from New York City, United States to Hamburg, Germany.[5]
Wembdon  United Kingdom The steamship struck the North and South Rock, off the coast of County Down, and sank. Her sixteen crew got aboard the North and South Rock Lightship ( Trinity House). Wembdon was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Troon, Ayrshire.[4]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1887
Ship State Description
City of Bristol  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire.[4]
St. George  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the schooner Louisa ( United Kingdom) at Liverpool, Lancashire and became severely leaky.[6]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1887
Ship State Description
Achilles  United States The steamship ran aground on a shoal 1 to 2 nautical miles (1.9 to 3.7 km; 1.2 to 2.3 mi) south of Block Island, Rhode Island. She later broke up and sank.[7]
Eliezer  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Laguna de Términos, Mexico for the English Channel. No further trace, reported overdue.[8]
Muskota Canada Canada The ship departed from Banjoewangie, Netherlands East Indies for the English Channel. No further trace,[9] reported missing.[10]
Western  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Kenmore ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. Her crew were rescued by Kenmore.[6]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1887
Ship State Description
Bridget Annie  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Salcombe, Devon.[11]
City of Brussels  United Kingdom The ocean liner was rammed and sunk by the ocean liner Kirby Hall ( United Kingdom) in thick fog off Great Orme, Caernarfonshire or Liverpool, Lancashire. Eight crew and two passengers were killed.[12][13]
Nor  Norway The steamship was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[14] Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Bergen.[15]
Rescue  United Kingdom The tug was run into by the steamship W. S. Caine ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued.[11]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1887
Ship State Description
Isabel  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with the assistance of the smacks Gipsy and Zealous (both  United Kingdom) but then ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Harwich, Essex.[16][11]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1887
Ship State Description
Bolina  United Kingdom The schooner sank south of Gugh, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire, to London.[17][18]
Caterina  Italy The barque foundered near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all twelve crew.[19] Also reported as having been wrecked on the Nash Sands in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of all 13 people on board.[20]
Firth of Olna  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Banjoewangie, Netherlands East Indies to Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace,[9] reported missing.[10]
Forth  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Wexford.[21]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1887
Ship State Description
Celtic Monarch  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned 140 nautical miles (260 km) west of the Fastnet Rock. Her 29 crew were rescued by Lake Superior ( United States). Celtic Monarch was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[21][22]
Ella  Sweden The barque ran aground and was wrecked in Belgrave Bay (Belle Grève), Guernsey, Channel Islands. There were no casualties. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[23][24]
Jane and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The fishing smack was run into by the fishing smack Scotia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Scotia.[21]
Twee Gezusters  United Kingdom The dandy foundered off Swansea, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the tugs Fawn, Privateer and Times (all  United Kingdom). Twee Gezusters was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire to Fremington, Devon.[25]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1887
Ship State Description
Annie  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Goole to Calais, France.[21]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The crewless Mersey Flat sprang a leak and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]
Holland  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Dartford, Kent.[18]
Pongola  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from the Natal Colony to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs and taken in to Portland, Dorset.[21]
Star  United Kingdom The derelict smack was discovered 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire by Ann and Sarah and Gipsy Queen (both  United Kingdom). She was towed in to Hoylake, Cheshire.[18]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The fishing trawler foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[26]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1887
Ship State Description
Calliope  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore east of Beachy Head, Sussex. She was refloated.[21]
Harbinger and
Nordens Dronning 		 United Kingdom
 Norway 		The barque was run into by the steamship Fire Queen ( United Kingdom) i the River Mersey and was severely damaged. In attempting to beach her at Egremont, Lancashire, United Kingdom, Nordens Dronning ran into the schooner Harbinger, which was also severely damaged.[27]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Arizona ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by Arizona.[27]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1887
Ship State Description
Jackal  United Kingdom The steam lighter sank at Greenock, Renfrewsire.[22] She was later refloated.[28]
Redcliffe  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Barrel Rocks and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[15]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1887
Ship State Description
Industry  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by a steamship in the River Thames at Charlton, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[22]
Theodosius Christian  Germany The ship departed from Mobile, Alabama, United States for West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[29]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1887
Ship State Description
Centurion  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at North Head, New South Wales. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle, New South Wales.[30][31]
Graville  France The steamship was wrecked on Seghalah, in the Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Madras, India. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants then set afire.[28][32]
Orwell  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Sinbad in the River Thames at Plaistow, Essex and was beached.[22]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1887
Ship State Description
Elizabeth Bennett  United Kingdom The ship collided with the schooner Mary ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned off the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her five crew were rescued by Mary. Eliabeth Bennett was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Liverpool, Lancashire. She came ashore at Pegwell Bay, but was subsequently refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[15]
Hallowe'en  United Kingdom The clipper was driven ashore between Hope Cove and Salcombe, Devon with the loss of one of her 27 crew. Twenty-four survivors were rescued the next day by the Hope Cove Lifeboat; two swam ashore.[33][34] She was on a voyage from Fuzhou, China to London.[15]
Stewart  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Bank, off Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to workington.[15]
Wergeland  Norway The ship departed from Belize City, British Honduras for Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[35]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1887
Ship State Description
Argus  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Llangennith, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lannion, Côtes du Nord, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[20]
Brentford  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Peniche, Portugal with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Malta.[28][36]
HMS Firm  Royal Navy The Forester-class gunboat was driven ashore at Beadnell, Northumberland. Nineteen of her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus; the rest remaining aboard.[37]
Theodore Birely  United States The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Fall River, Massachusetts. Her engineer died.[38]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1887
Ship State Description
Kate  United Kingdom The smack was run into and sunk in the Silver Pits by Caroline Augusta  Sweden) Her crew were rescued by Caroline Augusta.[39]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1887
Ship State Description
Defrance  Norway The steamship was driven ashore at Usinish, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kinjgdom with the loss of all hands.[28] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Blyth, Northmberland, United Kingdom.[40]
Kapunda  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship collided with the barque Ada Melmore ( United Kingdom) off the coast of Brazil and sank with the loss of about 300 lives. Sixteen survivors were rescued by Ada Melmore.[41][42][43]
Obock  France The steamship collided with the smack Sir Robert Peel ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at East Greenwich, Middlesex, United Kingdom.[28]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1887
Ship State Description
Marion  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on rocks at Coldingham, Berwicksire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Perth.[40][44]
Unnamed  China The steamship collided with the steamship Nepaul ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Huangpu River near the Gutzlaff Signal Tower, Shanghai with loss of life. Eighty of her crew were reported missing.[40]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1887
Ship State Description
Gustave Aime  France The brigantine was driven ashore at Gibraltar with the loss of her captain.[44]
Hettie  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Accitera Reef, off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gibraltar.[44][45]
Klopemana Flag unknown The brig was driven ashore and sank at Gibraltar.[44]
Laura Emma  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Gibraltar.[44] She was refloated.[46]
Marie Eugenie  France The schooner was driven into the hulk No. 14 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar) and damaged at Gibraltar.[44]
Mater  Austria-Hungary The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[44]
Minatitlan  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Gibraltar.[44]
Ocean King  United States The schooner was wrecked at sea. Her crew rescued on 9 February by C. B. Manning (Flag unknown).[47]
Welsh Belle  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[44] She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[39]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1887
Ship State Description
Barranca  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Porthleven, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to East London, Cape Colony.[48][49]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1887
Ship State Description
Amoy, and
Thames 		 United Kingdom The barque Amoy collided with the steamship Thames off the South Foreland, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Sunderland, County Durham. Thames was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to São Migyel Island, Azores. She was severely damaged and was taken in tow for the River Thames by the tug Dover ( United Kingdom).[50]
Francis Perkins  United States The schooner was wrecked on the Barnegat shoals, off the coast of New Jersey with the loss of two of the nine people on board. Her wreck sank in 80 feet (24 m) of water.[51][52]
Greata  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at North Queensferry, Fife.[50]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1887
Ship State Description
Minerva  France The schooner collided with the steamship Rayner ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Usk. Minerva was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[46]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1887
Ship State Description
Coniston Fell, and
Ribble 		 United Kingdom The steamship Ribble was in collision with Coniston Fell and sank in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the lifeboat Wolverhampton II ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Coniston Fell was beached at The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[20][53]
Unnamed  Italy The barque was wrecked on the Nash Sands, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of all eleven crew.[54]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1887
Ship State Description
Aagot  Norway The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at East Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss to Haugesund.[55]
Aberfeldy, and
Mascotte 		 United Kingdom The full-rigged ship Aberfeldy was run into by the steamship Mascotte and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Hull, Yorkshire. Mascotte was severely damaged. She put in to Lowestoft waterlogged at the bow.[56]
Beranger  France The brig sprang a leak and sank 27 nautical miles (50 km) off Cezimbra, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[55]
Lavinia  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was run down and sunk 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of the Eddystone Rock by the steamship Opah ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[55]
Lindus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitley, County Durham.[56] She was refloated and taken in to the River Tyne.[55]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1887
Ship State Description
Ada Melmore  United Kingdom The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Kapunda ( United Kingdom) off the coast of Brazil on 20 January causing Kapunda to sink. Sixteen survivors were rescued by Ada Melmore. Ada Melmore was damaged in the incident and was taking on water. She was able to transfer her crew and survivors to the barque Ulysse ( France), losing two, and was abandoned to sink on 28 January.[41][43][57]
Tancred  Norway The barque ran aground in the River Ouse. She was being towed from Hull to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[55]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1887
Ship State Description
Brighton  United Kingdom The paddle steamer struck a rock north of Guernsey, Channel Islands and foundered. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to Guernsey.[58][59]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1887
Ship State Description
Abel  Norway The barque was driven ashore at Alnmouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Blyth, Northumberland.[50]
Alice Fisher  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Llanlivet Major, Glamorgan and was abandoned by her crew.[60] She was later refloated and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan.[22]
Altmore  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Lobos Island, Canary Islands. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Matanzas, Cuba.[56]
Amelia  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Knavestone Rock and sank near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[61][46]
Annie Morice  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[44]
Badsworth  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Garston, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Rock Ferry, Cheshire.[50]
Bahrenfeld  Germany The steamship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was refloated on 22 January and resumed her voyage.[44]
Baltic  Norway The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Libava, Courland Governorate.[46]
Barbo  Norway The barque was wrecked at "Murrillorofs, Cuba. She was on a voyage from the Black River, Jamaica to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[55]
Bertha  Germany The ship was driven ashore on Fenwick Island, Delaware, United States. She was a total loss.[11]
Bessarabia  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[15]
Bittern  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Spijkerplaat, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.[21]
Blair Athole  United Kingdom The steamship was thought to have foundered in the Black Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south of Serpent Island, Russia after 20 January. Wreckage thought to have come from the ship was sighted by the steamship Behara ( United Kingdom).[39][62]
Bore  Jamaica The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Maria.[50]
Brentford  United Kingdom The steamship wrecked at Peniche, Portugal with the loss of all but one of those on board.[63]
Carl Christoph  Russia The brigantine was driven ashore at Spurn Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Riga to Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[55]
Charger  United States The schooner was lost on a voyage from Ipswich, Massachusetts to Boston, Massachusetts. Lost with all four hands.[64]
Charlotte Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cemlyn, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Connah's Quay, Flintshire to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[55]
Chesapeake  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground and was damaged at Demerara, British Honduras.[6]
City of Augusta  United States The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Savannah, Georgia.[56]
Delaware  United States The steamship was driven ashore in St. Andrew's Sound. She was on a voyage from New York to Fernandina.[56]
Egret Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was later refloated.[18]
Elizabeth  Germany The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States.[11] Two lifeboats took off the crew, but were swamped by a large wave. All of Elizabeth's crew and five of the rescuers were drowned. Elizabeth was on a voyage from Hamburg to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[65]
Elphinstone  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship B. Grainger ( UKGBI) at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was beached.[4]
Ensign  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Punta Mala, Spain. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Bilbao, Spain.[18]
Esperance  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dundrum, County Down, United Kingdom.[50]
Fawn  United Kingdom The ketch collided with a steamship and was beached at Port Eynon, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[50]
Franceschino  Italy The barque was driven ashore at Portogoro. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Venice.[3]
George R. Crowe  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Brisbane, Queensland.[28]
Hangchow  China The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tsingseu".[56] She was refloated in February and taken in to Amoy.[66]
Hangereid  Norway The barque collided with the steamship W. J. Radcliffe ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned by her crew. Hagereid was subsequently taken in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom.[30]
Harvest Maid  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[15]
Harvey Mills  United States The ship foundered off the coast of California with the loss of 21 lives.[67]
Hematite  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blackstraw Bank, off the coast of Wigtownshire.[18]
Inchmarnock  United Kingdom The ship was lost at sea. Her crew were rescued by Sydenham ( United Kingdom). Inchmarnock was on a voyage from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies to a British port.[68]
Ipswich  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at Borsele, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Antwerp, Belgium.[21]
J. B. Gray  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Faro.[50] She was later refloated and towed in to Faro, where she was condemned.[69]
John and Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Filey, Yorkshire.[50]
Jules  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[22]
King's Cross  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Monster, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs.[60]
Lorenzino  Italy The barque was driven ashore at "Mandarts Droogte". She was on a voyage from Panaroekan, Java, Netherlands East Indies to Lisbon, Portugal.[55]
Leon Veneto  Italy The barque sank at Alexandria, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Naples to Alexandria.[46]
Lotus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Long Beach, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to New York City. She was a total loss.[4]
Louisa  United Kingdom The dandy was beached at the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[44]
Lydia  Sweden The barque was driven ashore near Varberg. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Varberg.[46]
Maria  Norway The schooner ran aground at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea to Dublin, United Kingdom.[39]
Messenger  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was driven ashore and wrecked at Preston, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Onni  Norway The barque ran aground in the Savannah River. She was refloated and put back to Savannah, Georgia for repairs.[44]
Oxenholme  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Norfolk to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage,[60] but subsequently ran aground at Small Point, Maine.[22]
Paul Thormann Flag unknown The ship put in to Mauritius on fire.[46] She was severely damaged.[70]
Pheasant  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at New Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Liverpool.[4]
Pickwick  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the Île-d'Aix, Charente-Inférieure, France.[4]
Planter  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Mahela", Natal Colony.[60]
Port Adelaide  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Norfolk, Virginia. The fire was extinguished.[56]
Prince de Conde  France The barque ran aground on Sarn Badrig, in Carnarvon Bay. She was refloated.[30]
Prinz Georg  Germany The ship ran aground in the Schuylkill River.[21] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[60]
Prosperino Palosso  Italy The ship sank at Alexandria. She was on a voyage from Batoum, Russia to Alexandria.[46]
Proteus  United States The barque was sunk by ice in the Delaware River.[44]
Recta  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[22]
Rivas  Spain The steamship was driven ashore at Bilbao. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Bilbao.[15]
Sara Anderson  United Kingdom The barque was lost with all on board. She was on a voyage from Coquimbo, Chile to an English port.[25]
Silo  Norway The barque was wrecked on the coast of Tabasco, Mexico.[44]
Skandia Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and sank near Malmö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Alloa to Pillau, Germany.[44]
HMS Starling  Royal Navy The gunboat ran aground at "Taedlain Island" before 10 January. She was refloated.[71]
Stahleck  Germany The steamship was driven ashore on Amager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Karlshamn, Sweden to Barcelona, Spain.. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[50][46]
St. Peter  United Kingdom The fishing trawler collided with the fishing trawler Argo and sank in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Stratheden  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked in the Paracel Islands. Her crew were rescued; three by the steamship Olympia ( Germany, the rest by Chinese junks.[60]
Swan  United Kingdom The ketch collided with a steamship and was beached at Port Eynon.[50]
Thorwaldsen Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Oosterhorn". She was on a voyage from Riga to Antwerp. She was later refloated and taken in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands.[11]
Topinamba  Portugal The brigantine was wrecked at "Bujurn", Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[55]
Tordenskjold  Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Porto Plata".[15]
Tweed  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Ringene", Norway. She was on a voyage from Sevastopol, Russia to Christiania, Norway.[3]
Tweed  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Hochfeld ( Germany) in the River Thames and was beached at Thames Haven, Essex. Tweed was on avoyage from the River Tyne to London.[55]
Ulrikke Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Bahía Blanca, Argentina. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[44]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Plough Seat Rock, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth, Moray to Sunderland. She put in to Berwick upon Tweed in a leaky condition.[50]
Ville de Brest  France The steamship ran aground at Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania. She was on a voyage from Malta to Tripoli.[18] She was refloated.[21]
Vindolana  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to London. She was refloated on 20 January with assistance from the tugs Challenge and Granville (both  United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage.[28]
Viola  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Princess Bay, New Jersey.[28] She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Perth Amboy, New Jersey. She was later refloated and taken in to Perth Amboy.[44]
Wans Fell  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[60]
Willesden  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Grestian Bank, in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Inférieure and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Rouen.[60]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Spanish Bay. She was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily, Italy to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland Colony. She was refloated and assisted in to Harbour Grace.[72]
Yves et Alphonse Conseit  France The steamship, a coaster was wrecked at Chardonnières, Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[39]

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