List of shipwrecks in January 1884

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1884 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1884.

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1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1884
Ship State Description
Halo  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near Cabo Corrobedo, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Romania to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[1][2]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1884
Ship State Description
Bentuther  United Kingdom The
Seine-Inférieure, France to the River Mersey.[3]
I. N. Bunton  United States The tow steamship was wrecked in the Ohio River when she struck the pier of the Davis Island Dam with the loss of four lives.[4]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1884
Ship State Description
Duke of Westminster  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Atherfield, Isle of Wight. Her twenty passengers were landed by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Brisbane, Queensland.[3]
Jessamine  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Veritas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the
South Foreland Lighthouse, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated the next day.[5]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1884
Ship State Description
Annie Eline  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardglass, County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Denmark to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[5]
Rowan  United Kingdom The ssteamship was driven ashore near Pauillac, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Brindisi, Italy to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated on 6 January and completed her voyage.[5][6]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore on Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1884
Ship State Description
Emma  Germany The
Pillau. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherland to Liepāja, Russia.[6]
Inverarnan  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the
Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, reported overdue.[7]
Leap  United Kingdom The smack struck a rock and sank at Glandore, County Cork.[8]
Lockett  Cape Colony The
East London. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Samuele  Italy The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Madeira, where she became a wreck. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[6]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1884
Ship State Description
Elmina  United Kingdom The
Long Beach, New Jersey.[9]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1884
Ship State Description
Annan  United Kingdom The
Dantsic, Germany to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[10]
Benisaf  United Kingdom The steamship was driven on to the Devil's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs.[11]
Bessie Morris  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on an uncharted rock in the
French Indo-China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Constance  United Kingdom The ship departed from
Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. No further trace,.[12] reported missing.[13]
Windsor  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground in the Belfast Lough.[10]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1884
Ship State Description
Louisa  United Kingdom The
River Dee.[11]
Triumph  United Kingdom The
Odessa, Russia to London.[11]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1884
Ship State Description
Henrietta  United Kingdom The barge collided with the steamship Saxon Prince ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Sloyne. Her crew were rescued.[14]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1884
Ship State Description
Loire Inférieure  France The
Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.[14]
Volmer  Denmark The
Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom ot Kiel, Germany.[14]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1884
Ship State Description
Fusilier  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked about 4.3 nautical miles (8 km) south of Koitiata, New Zealand.

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1884
Ship State Description
Bessie Wilkinson  United Kingdom The ship departed from
Newport, Monmouthshire for Skibbereen, County Cork. No further trace, reported overdue.[15]
HMS Clarence  Royal Navy The reformatory ship caught fire in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. She sank the next day.[16]
Freia  Germany The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom for Marsala, Italy. No further trace, reported missing.[17]
Medusa  United Kingdom The ship departed from Leith, Lothian for Montevideo, Uruguay. No further trace,[18] reported missing.[19]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1884
Ship State Description
Anna  United Kingdom The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, reported overdue.[20]
City of Columbus  United States
United States Revenue-Marine).[21][4][22]
Miningu  United Kingdom The ship departed from Penarth, Glamorgan for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No further trace,.[12] reported missing.[13]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1884
Ship State Description
Stephenson  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Malmö, Sweden.[23]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1884
Ship State Description
Benavon  United Kingdom The
Orkney Islands. She was subsequently reboarded and towed in to Longhope, Orkney Islands by two tugs.[24]
Corsair  United Kingdom The ship departed from the River Tyne for Totnes, Devon. No further trace, reported overdue.[20]
Laura  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on Stronsay, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[25]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1884
Ship State Description
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship departed from
Sunderland, County Durham for London. No further trace, reported missing.[26]
Patie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Goat Island, off Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[27]
St. Gothard  United Kingdom The
the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Romania to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated.[25]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1884
Ship State Description
Cicerone  United Kingdom The
Humber. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. Cicerone was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[25] She was subsequently taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[28]
Jane Grey  United Kingdom The
St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire. Her four crew were rescued by the steam trawler Chevy Chase ( United Kingdom). Jane Grey was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Dunbar, Lothian.[27]
Queen of the Isles  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Stokes Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[25]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1884
Ship State Description
Alma  Norway The barque was abandoned off Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Maryport Lifeboat. She was reboarded the next day and found to be severely damaged.[28]
Caerleon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven at Towyn, Caernarfonshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[28]
Eliza  United Kingdom The lighter was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.[25]
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Her two crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat.[24]
Excel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan.[28]
Guide  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea.[25]
Heather Bell  United Kingdom The steamship was driven into HMS Warrior ( Royal Navy) then drove ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was refloated.[28]
Ida  United Kingdom The
Garston, Lancashire and damaged. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]
Irene  United Kingdom The yacht sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[28]
Jane Sarah  United Kingdom The ketch was abandoned off Tenby. Her three crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat.[24]
Moy  United Kingdom The ship departed from
Argyllshire. No further trace, reported missing.[30]
Silksworth  United Kingdom The ship sank in the
Rye, Sussex.[25]
Waterwitch  United Kingdom The yacht sank at Greenock.[28]
Weasel  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Greenock.[28]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1884
Ship State Description
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Silloth, Cumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.[31] She was refloated in late April.[32]
Caspian Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Sinkerplaat, in the Scheldt.[29] She subsequently broke in two.[31]
Concepcion  Spain The ship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Havana, Cuba.[28]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Westport to the Bristol Channel.[29]
Emma  Germany The schooner was driven ashore in the Scheldt at the Marguerite Polde.[29]
Olinde Rodriguez  France The
Loire-Inférieure in a leaky condition.[28]
Olympus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at "Oosterputten". She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[28][29] She was refloated on 28 January and put back to Antwerp.[31]
Si Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Scheldt. She subsequently broke in two.[31]
Vijf Gebroeders Flag unknown The lighter sank in the Schledt at "Saaflings".[28]
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships ran aground in the Scheldt.[28]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1884
Ship State Description
City of Lucknow, and
Simla 		 South Australia
 United Kingdom 		The clipper City of Lucknow collided with the full-rigged ship Simla in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of The Needles, Isle of Wight. The steamship Guernsey ( United Kingdom) rescued six of the 28 crew of City of Lucknow and eleven of the 50 people from Simla.City of Lucknow was on a voyage from Port Adelaide to London. She was subsequently taken in tow by two tugs. Simla was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[33] Nicholas Vagliano (Flag unknown) rescued all 24 people remaining aboard Simla on 28 January.[34]
Cyrus  United Kingdom The
Oporto, Portugal and was holed. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Oporto.[35]
Louis  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[29]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1884
Ship State Description
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough.[31]
Alliance  United Kingdom The schooner was driven into Deal Pier, Kent, which was severely damaged.[36]
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough.[31]
Albert  United Kingdom The schooner was severely damaged at Maryport, Cumberland.[31]
Alura  Norway The barque was driven ashore at Maryport. Her crew were rescued.[37]
Amelia  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the Holy Loch.[38]
Arran  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the Gare Loch.[38]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was later refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim.[31]
Bon Pasteur  France The
Seine-Inférieure to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[37][31]
Charles Walker  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford.[39]
Cviet  Austria-Hungary The
Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall.[41] She broke up on 1 February.[42]
E. A. Bird  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough.[31]
Edith  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Happisburgh, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[41]
Elizabeth Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough.[31]
Emily  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on the Holy Island, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Belfast.[35]
Eugenie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the
Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[35]
Evans  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Aberdeen.[31]
G. D. T.  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Greenock. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat from HMS Shannon ( Royal Navy). Gleaner was on a voyage from Paisley, Renfrewshire to Dublin.[38]
Harmonie  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore in Batten Bay. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[37]
H. Porter  United Kingdom The
Irvine, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 25 April.[35][32]
John Clifton  United Kingdom The ship sank at Greenock with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by a lifeboat from HMS Shannon ( Royal Navy). John Clifton was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[38]
Katherine  United Kingdom The smack sank in the Holy Loch.[38]
Lauderdale  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Medea ( United Kingdom), which lost five of her crew effecting the rescue. Lauderdale was on a voyage from Junín to Hamburg, Germany.[34]
Liffey Maid  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Sutton Harbour, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Stranraer, Wigtownshire. She was later refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Sutton Harbour.[31]
Lyon  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Holy Loch. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Dundalk.[38]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Castlemaine, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Killorglin, County Kerry.[31]
Mary Campbell  United Kingdom The ship sank at Maryport.[31]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The
Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Mary Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was later refloated and towed in to Belfast.[31]
Mary Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was later refloated and towed in to Belfast.[31]
Nokomis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at
Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[43]
Olive Branch  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth. She was refloated and towed in to Sutton Harbour, where she was beached.[31]
Phillis  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown.[38]
Pursuit  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Campbeltown. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Royal Victoria  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown.[38]
Royal William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Sea Belle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Plymouth.[31]
Snowdrop  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore on the Holy Island. She was on a voyage from Paisley to Belfast.[35]
St. George  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Maryport.[31]
Thomas  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough.[31]
Turkistan  United Kingdom The ship broke from her moorings at Glasgow and was driven broadside on down the Clyde. She collided with the steamship Toward and Solway then with Maglona (all  United Kingdom) before running into and sinking a ferryboat.[38]
Venture  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough.[31]
Virginia  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on the Holy Island. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Troon.[35]
William  United Kingdom The ship sank at Maryport.[31]
William Meyer  Germany The barquentine was driven ashore on the Holy Island. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Troon, Ayrshire.[35]
Zoe  United Kingdom The schooner was driven into a bridge at Laira, Devon and severely damaged.[31]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque was wrecked in the Solway Firth. She was then driven through the pier at Maryport.[37]
Two unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The
fishing vessels were driven ashore at Plymouth.[37]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner sank in the Holy Loch.[38]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1884
Ship State Description
Alice  Germany The
Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[44]
Augusta  Sweden The schooner foundered with the loss of the master and one crew.[45]
Bannisan  United Kingdom The
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire.[43]
Clarence  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Walney Islanda, Lancashire and sank with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rock Ferry, Cheshire to Workington, Cumberland.[43]
G. D. T. Canada Canada The brigantine was driven ashore in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, and was wrecked.[46]
Goefredo  Portugal The steamship ran aground off Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. She was refloated and sent to Liverpool, Lancashire for repairs.
Clarence Flag unknown The steamship foundered off "Hilpaford" with the loss of three lives.[45]
Helen Finlayson  United Kingdom The ship broke from her moorings and was driven into the steamship Iberia ( United Kingdom) at Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[35]
Juno  United Kingdom The
Calcutta, India.[45][43]
Nokomis Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Foyle with the loss of sixteen lives.[45]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque capsized off Ilfracombe, Devon, United Kingdom.[45]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked near Liverpool with the loss of all hands.[45]
Several unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were lost at
Dungeness.[45]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1884
Ship State Description
Champion Canada Canada The
Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Hamburg, Germany.[47]
David Anterson  United States The ship was driven ashore at Penedo, Brazil. She was on a voyage from San Salvador, El Salvador to an American port.[35]
Frances Ann  United Kingdom The
Garston, Lancashire.[35]
Lizzie Porter  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Bannec, Finistère, France.[31]
Louise  United Kingdom The Mersey Flag was wrecked at Garston.[35]
Simeon  United Kingdom The
Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey downstream of Garston.[35]
Speel  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by F. De Maeschalk (Flag unknown). Speed was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dover, Kent.[48]
Sybil Wynn  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Ballyholme Bay, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Limerick.[31]
Willie  United Kingdom The
Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Garston.[35]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1884
Ship State Description
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship sank in the North Sea with the loss of two of her crew.[35]
Chin Kiang  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Huitan Point, China with the loss of 56 of the 74 people on board. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai, Chian.[48][49]
Engelbrecht  Sweden The
Seine-Inférieure, France to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition.[38]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1884
Ship State Description
Bezaleel  United Kingdom The
Benin River to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands.[48]
Elise Pettersen Flag unknown The
Mandal, Norway. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[38]
Eulomene  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the
Calcutta, India.[38]
Gioja  Norway The brig was driven ashore at "Sonatlie", Sicily, Italy. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss.[38]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1884
Ship State Description
Brunel  United Kingdom The tug foundered in the North Sea. Her six crew took to a boat; they were rescued 36 hours later by the brig Cholmely ( United Kingdom).[42]
Champion Canada Canada The
Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Hamburg, Germany.[50]
Crescent  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Donnai ( France) and sank in the Dardanelles. Her crew were rescued by Donnai. Crescent was on a voyage from Sulina, Romania to Gibraltar.[42]
Lathom  United Kingdom The
Calcutta, India to London.[51][42]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1884
Ship State Description
Acorn  United Kingdom The
Aviles, Spain.[39]
Adjutant  United Kingdom The
Calcutta, India to London.[52]
Albert Edward Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Harwich Lifeboat capsized.[51]
Alexandra  Austria-Hungary The ship was driven ashore at
Fiume.[5]
Annabella  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the
Orkney Islands. Wreckage came ashore near Rackwick, Hoy.[42]
Ashton  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[25]
Attielia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim.[14]
Attievita  Italy The ship ran aground on the Bancho Bank, in the
Cape Verde Islands. She was a total loss.[38]
Augusta  Sweden The schooner foundered at sea with the loss of two of her crew.[41]
Auguste Anna  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Luarca, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Luarca.[29]
Ayrshire  United Kingdom The
Charente-Inférieure, France.[31]
Bjornstjerna Bjornson Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Liverpool.[31]
Caearu  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Port Talbot in a severely leaky condition.[35]
Carlo Mainetto  Italy The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Westport, County Mayo, United Kingdom.[39]
Danzing  United Kingdom The
Fusan, Joseon. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai, China.[10]
De Tvende Brodre  Norway The ship was presumed to have foundered in the
Friesland, Netherlands.[8]
Dona Maria  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by a smack and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the smack Pet ( United Kingdom). Dona Maria was on a voyage from "Bury" to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[38]
Earl of Clarendon  United Kingdom The
Montrose, Forfarshire.[31]
Elmirande  United States The ship ran aground at New York. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to New York.[38]
Emma United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The
pilot cutter No. 9 ( Netherlands) and was run ashore at Dymchurch, Kent with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by No. 9.[41][43]
Emil Flag unknown The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[35]
Fastnet  United Kingdom The tug ran aground in the Bute Channel, off the coast of Glamorgan, and sank.[10]
Flower of Dart  United Kingdom The smack sank in the North Sea. Two crew were rescued by the smack Queen of Ocean ( United Kingdom).[38]
G. P. Williams  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Larne.[35]
Haab  Norway The ship was driven ashore at Mochras, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile.[28]
Hals  United Kingdom The steamship sank near A Coruña, Spain. There were at least five survivors.[53]
Hans Holmboe Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Skinburness Bank, off Silloth. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Harkaway  United Kingdom The
Garston, Lancashire.[39]
Haura  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Stronsay, Orkney Islands.[42]
Hawthorns  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[39] She was refloated on 27 January and sailed for London.[31]
Hebe  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Courtmacsherry, County Cork.[39][31]
Herbert Beech  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven onto the Kaloot Bank, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[39]
Herrington  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sands. She was on a voyage from
St. Ubes, Portugal. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[31]
Hey my Nannie  United Kingdom The smack foundered off King's Cross Point, Isle of Arran. Her crew survived.[35]
Holland  Netherlands The brig was wrecked at "Rykjobing".[38]
Hwai-Yuen  China The steamship was wrecked on the Hieshan Islands on or before 12 January. Five people were rescued; 199 people were reported missing.[54][52] She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Hong Kong.[10]
Island Belle  United Kingdom The
Vera Cruz, Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Janie Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[14]
J. C. Trufant  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered at sea before 29 January. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Jonathan Weir Canada Canada The
Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Cuba.[39]
Latona  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on the coast of Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and had put in to Havana, Cuba in a leaky condition by 24 January.[29]
Laurel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Rothiesholm Bay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Lida  Netherlands The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Hythe, Kent with the loss of all seven crew.[43]
Lizzie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands, Her crew were rescued.[27]
Lizzie Burroughs  United Kingdom The
Egilshay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Loch Ness  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Montrose. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Russia to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated on 8 January and resumed her voyage.[6][8]
Lorne  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked near Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued.[39]
Madras  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kirkcudbright. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[24]
Mary Hubert Flag unknown The steamship sank in a gale on Lake Superior.[55]
Malembra  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone. She was refloated.[5]
Mameluke Flag unknown The
Bombay, India to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[52]
Marie Charlotte  France The
San Francisco, California, United States to Westport.[39]
Miningu  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay. Wreckage washed up at Criccieth and Harlech, Caernarfonshire and Barmouth, Merionethshire.[42]
Minion  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Nereus  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Ainsdale, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. Nereus was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Port Mackay, Queensland. She was refloated on 17 March, but had to be scuttled due to a severe list.[31][56]
Ottawa  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore north of Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[28]
Paul Revere  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Alas Strait. She was refloated and put in to Manila, Spanish East Indies in a leaky condition.[14]
Penda  Norway The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Terschelling. She was on a voyage from Larvig to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and towed in to Terschelling.[29][39]
Prima  Germany The
Reval, Russia to London.[5]
Providence  United Kingdom The smack collided with the jetty and sank at Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Barton-upon-Humber.[28]
Republic Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore at
Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Rotterdam. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Granville ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Dover, Kent.[5]
Royal Bluejacket  United Kingdom The schooner sank off Penarth, Glamorgan. Her five crew were rescued by the tug Hazard ( United Kingdom).[31]
Royal Oak  United States The schooner was lost at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[57]
Slavianska C.  Austria-Hungary The
Natal, Brazil to New York.[41]
Strathlyon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Llandudno, Denbighshire.[28]
Swatow  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Ningbo, China.[10]
Topsy  United Kingdom The
dredger and sank at Hull. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.[39]
Tre Ougini Flag unknown The ship caught fire and was abandoned off Cape São Roque, Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Viatka  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Torekov, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Liepāja. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[10]
Widdrington  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Saint John, New Brunswick. She was refloated.[35]
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown Two
Shetland Islands.[27]

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