List of shipwrecks in December 1863

Somme, France in January 1864.^[15]

Poole, Dorset.^[9][10] She was dismantled in situ.^[11]

St. Anthony's Lighthouse, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Vera Cruz, Mexico.^[4][5][16] Magicienne was refloated on 19 December and beached at Flushing, Cornwall.^[17]

Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Liverpool.^[9][19]

Bourgneuf, Charente-Inférieure to Gloucester.^[4][20][16]

Loire-Inférieure.^[21][22]

Mersey Flat was driven ashore near Leasowe.^[5]

Seine-Inférieure.^[29][30]

Penmarc'h, Finistère. No further trace.^[30]

Sunderland, County Durham.^[21][11][22]

Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Calais to Bordeaux, Gironde.^[16][10]

Berdyansk, Russia to Falmouth. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship.^[4][20][16]

Seine-Inférieure, France.^[4][23] She was subsequently beached at Margate, Kent.^[5]

Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.^[21][22]

collier was driven ashore near Gwithian, Cornwall.^[4]

Seine-Inférieure, France.^[27]

collier departed from Texel, North Holland, Netherlands for the River Tyne. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[36]

Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.^[37][38][12]

Kingstown, County Dublin. She was refloated.^[39]

ironclad Couronne ( French Navy). The boat was then swamped with the loss of all sixteen people on board - two others having remained on board Argus, which then drove ashore and was wrecked with the loss of her captain.^[42]

Egypt.^[44]

Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Llanelly, Glamorgan.^[9]

New Brighton, Cheshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.^{[40][20][35][45]}

Crosby, Lancashire. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Liverpool.^[45]

Calcutta, India to London.^[49] She was righted and refloated the next day.^[47][32]

Aberdovey, Merionethshire.^[50][51]

Mersey Flat capsized and sank off Birkenhead, Cheshire. Her two crew were rescued by the tug Talbot ( United Kingdom).^[35][28]

Charente-Inférieure, France.^[27]

Seine-Inférieure.^[42]

Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.^[11]

Boston, Massachusetts to Liverpool.^{[28][55][45][42][54]}

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

Old Calabar, Africa.^{[24][27][42][53]}

Mersey Flat was driven against the quayside and sank at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued.^[40]

Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Nantes to Liverpool.^[13]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

fishing boat was lost in the North Sea.^[37] Her crew were rescued.^[38]

Spurn Point, Yorkshire with loss of life.^[37]

fishing boat was lost in the North Sea.^[37] Her crew were rescued.^[38]

fishing boat was driven ashore on the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands.^[37]

Foo Chow Foo, China to London.^{[34][26][28][11]}

Victoria.^{[24][26][47][25]} Fusilier was refloated on 11 December and towed in to London.^[12]

pilot cutter was run down and sunk at Waterford by the steamship Beta ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.^[27][62]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

fishing boat was lost in the North Sea.^[37]

Maldon, Essex.^[64][25][32]

Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure, France,^[52][32] or from Bremen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.^[66]

collier departed from Blyth, Northumberland for Calais. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.^[67]

Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Santos, Brazil.^[37] She was refloated on 8 December.^[21]

Thames barge was driven onto the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the steam yacht Irene ( Trinity House). John Watts was on a voyage from London to Harwich, Essex.^[26][10]

fishing smack.^[68]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

Bombay, India to Liverpool.^[34] She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs.^[35]

Mersey Flat was driven against the quayside and sank at Garston, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.^[40][35]

Montrose, Forfarshire to Liverpool.^[69]

fishing boat was lost in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member.^[37]

fishing boat was lost in the North Sea.^[37] Her crew were rescued.^[38]

fishing boat was lost in the North Sea.^[37] Her crew were rescued.^[38]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

fishing boat was lost in the North Sea.^[37] Her crew were rescued.^[38]

St. Mawes, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Jersey, Channel Islands. She was refloated.^[27][6]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

Mersey Flat was driven against the quayside and sank at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued.^[40]

fishing boat was lost in the North Sea.^[37] Her crew were rescued.^[38]

fishing smack.^[68]

fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.^[58]

Mersey Flat sank off Garston.^[26] Her three crew were rescued.^[40]

Burma to Liverpool. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Hercules, Speedwell and another (all  United Kingdom) and taken in to Birkenhead.^[35][28]

Mersey Flat sank in the Salisbury Dock, Liverpool. All eight people on board were rescued.^[35][28]

Seine-Inférieure, France.^[27][13]

Mersey Flat was driven against the quayside and sank at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued.^[40]

Mersey Flat was driven against the quayside and sank at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued.^[40]

Mersey Flats were driven on to the Pluckington Bank, off the coast of Lancashire.^[34]

Mersey Flat sank at Seacombe, Cheshire.^[34]

Mersey Flats, two belonging to Mr Evans, two belonging to Mr Wilkinson, and six others, sank in the River Mersey.^[35]

Mersey Flats sank in the Salisbury Dock, Liverpool.^[28]

schooners were driven ashore on the Peniel Sands, Anglesey. Their crews were rescued.^[28]

fishing boats were driven ashore and wrecked at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. The crew of one were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat and those of the other were rescued by the smack Emma ( United Kingdom).^[55]

Barbadoes.^[55]

Madras, India.^[79][80]

Egypt.^[52][32]

Seine-Inférieure.^[26]

Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.^[27]

Loire-Inférieure to Liverpool.^{[26][35][28][55]}

fishing smack was abandoned in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the fishing smack Catherine ( United Kingdom), which lost two of her crew effecting the rescue.^[68]

Crosby, Lancashire.^[28]

collier, a barque, foundered in the North Sea. Her ten crew were rescued by the smack Secret ( United Kingdom).^[37] She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London.^[64][70]

Barking smack (both  United Kingdom).^[37]

collier, a brig, was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London.^[52][37] She was taken in to the Nieuw Diep on 11 December.^[65]

Maltreath, Anglesey.^[9]

Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.^[27][54]

Egypt.^[22]

Calcutta, India.^[88]

Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.^[41][12][30]

Fredrikshald. Levant was refloated on 27 December and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.^[27][54][48]

Sunderland, County Durham to London.^[27][32]

St. Anthony's Lighthouse, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. She was refloated with assistance.^[52]

Dantzic to Sunderland.^[90][91]

Nord. She was on a voyage from Gravelines to London and/or Newcastle upon Tyne.^[66][11]

Øster-Risør to London, United Kingdom.^[89][95]

Calcutta, India.^[90][76]

Montrose, Forfarshire.^[21][12]

Dantzic to London.^[67][89] Kelloe came ashore on Rømø, Denmark on 15 December and was wrecked.^[17]

Groningen.^[89]

Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her four crew were rescued by the smack Neva ( United Kingdom). Zion was on a voyage from London to the Clyde.^[21][22]

Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Cádiz, Spain.^[52][32]

Dantzic to London.^[21][22]

fishing smack Uncle Tom ( United Kingdom). Frederick Francz was on a voyage from a port in Mecklenburg-Schwerin to London.^[52][37]

Irvine, Ayrshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Irvine Lifeboat.^[103]

Fearn, Ross-shire.^[12]

Fernandina, Florida, Confederate States of America, the schooner was forced aground on Cumberland Island on the coast of Georgia by the barque USS Braziliera ( United States Navy).^[104]

Cape Verde Islands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Nelson, New Zealand.^{[90][105][106]}

Sunderland, County Durham for Dingwall, Ross-shire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.^[107]

Dantzic to Granton, Lothian. She was refloated.^[108]

Forfarshire.^{[67][108][99]}

Calcutta, India.^[109]

New Brighton, Cheshire.^[31]

Newport, Monmouthshire to Bilboa, Spain.^[41][12]

Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated and taken in to Preston, Lancashire.^[82][31]

French Algerian. Her crew were rescued by the steamer Ida ( United Kingdom).^[113]

Ceylon.^[84][86] She had broken up by 21 December.^[117]

Calcutta, India to Aden.^[48] She had been refloated by 25 December and taken in to Aden.^[71]

Dungenes, Kent. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to London. She was refloated on 11 January 1864 and resumed her voyage.^[118]

Ningpo, China.^[119]

Kentish Knock Lightship ( Trinity House). Concord was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.^[67] She was subsequently taken in to Ramsgate, Kent by four smacks, including Persian ( United Kingdom).^[121][65]

Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated and put in to Fowey, Cornwall.^[121][65]

Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.^[86] She had been refloated by 14 December and subsequently resumed her voyage.^[2]

San Francisco, California.^[41][12][65]

receiving ship USS Vermont ( United States Navy) rescued her crew.^[126]

Pillau, Prussia to Aberdeen.^[121][108]

Friesland, Netherlands. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russian Empire to London.^[1][89]

Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nyland, Sweden to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.^[127][17]

Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bermuda and Nassau, Bahamas.^[131][132]

Sunderland, County Durham to London.^{[67][65][133]}

Christiansund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Dublin. She had become a wreck by 18 December^[121][17]

Rye, Sussex. Her 24 crew survived. Regina was on a voyage from Naples, Italy to Gibraltar and London. She was refloated on 4 January 1864 and taken in to London.^{[86][85][134]}

El Ferrol, Spain.^[130] She was refloated with assistance.^[85]

Cronstadt, Russia to London.^[17]

Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Londonderry.^[86] She was refloated the next day but was so leaky that she had to be beached.^[1]

Poole, Dorset.^[2]

Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of four of her six crew.^[67][17][33]

Crosby, Lancashire.^[84] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Prince Edward Island.^[86] Warbleton was refloated on 13 January 1864 and taken in to Liverpool.^[144]

Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aberdeen.^[145][89]

Egypt.^[146]

Sunderland, County Durham.^[69]

Sunderland, County Durham to Caen, Calvados.^[69][148]

Forfarshire to South Shields.^[69][33]

Schwarzort, Prussia with the loss of two of her eight crew.^[69][50][51] She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Memel, Prussia.^[17]

Groningen to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.^[117][17]

Stettin to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool.^[129]

Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Londonderry. She was refloated the next day.^[51]

Cronstadt, Russia to London.^[48]

Friesland, Netherlands. Fourteen people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Hamburg.^{[117][59][76]}

Savanilla, Granadine Confederation to Bremen.^[149]

hermaphrodite brig USS Governor Buckingham (all  United States Navy) and reach Wilmington, North Carolina, Confederate States of America, with a cargo of clothing, cotton, dry goods, general provisions, and liquor and $1,200 in cash, the 563-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the western side of Frying Pan Shoals off Cape Fear, North Carolina. Her crew abandoned ship in her boats, and boat crews from Governor Buckingham captured 42 of her crew. Union forces could not refloat her, and she was abandoned. She broke up a few days later, becoming a total loss.^[93][150]

Büyükliman, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued.^[151]

Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated and towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.^[152]

Amble, Northumberland to Berwick upon Tweed.^[50][51][33] She came ashore at Cheswick, Northumberland on 23 December and was wrecked.^[56]

Dantzic brig. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Malabar Coast, India.^[145]

Sunderland, County Durham.^[59]

Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Hope ( United Kingdom).^[67]

Montrose, Forfarshire.^[56]