List of shipwrecks in December 1887

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

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1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1887
Ship State Description
Atahualpa  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Coquimbo, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.[1]
Frank Wilson  Germany The ship departed from Pernambuco, Brazil for Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[1]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1887
Ship State Description
Beatrice  United Kingdom The trow sank at Bristol, Gloucestershire.[2]
Catherine  United Kingdom The barque collided with the steamship Clyde ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Clyde.[3]
Cecilia Rio Grandense  Spain The brig was wrecked at Ambergris Cay, north of the Abaco Islands, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Barcelona, Spain with sugar and rum.[4][5]
Charles  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Boulder Bank, in the English Channel off Rye, Sussex. She floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack.[2]
Judith  Portugal The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (35°00′N 13°50′W / 35.000°N 13.833°W / 35.000; -13.833). Her crew of nine were rescued by the barque Strauss ( Norway) and landed at Falmouth, Cornwall. Judith was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to São Miguel Island, Azores.[6][4][7]
Sophia  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked in Loch Eribol.[8]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1887
Ship State Description
Seaton  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Argo ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of two of her crew.[9]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1887
Ship State Description
Lorne  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the east coast of Hainan, China with the loss of four lives from about 70 people on board. Two people were reported missing.[10][11] She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Hong Kong.[12]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1887
Ship State Description
Donegal  United Kingdom The ship departed from Savannah, Georgia, United States for Trieste. No further trace, reported missing.[1]
Kalmia Flag unknown The ship departed from Oporto, Portugal for the Newfoundland Colony. No further trace, reported overdue.[1]
Ludwig  Germany The ship departed from Savannah for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[1]
Mary Jane  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank at Liverpool.[13]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1887
Ship State Description
Ethel  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Sheep Island, Argyllshire.[13] She was refloated on 12 December and towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[14]
San Vincente  United States The steamship caught fire and sank off Pigeon Point, 45 nautical miles (83 km) south of San Francisco, California. Eleven crew, who abandoned ship in a lifeboat, drowned. Her captain and second mate were taken off by a boat from Queen of the Pacific ( United States).[15]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1887
Ship State Description
Unnamed  United Kingdom A fishing smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Roveyhead, Shetland Islands. Her crew survived.[16]
Unnamed  United Kingdom A fishing smack foundered 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Shetland Islands with the loss of all four crew.[16]
Unnamed  United Kingdom A fishing yawl foundered off the Orkney Islands with the loss of all three crew.[16]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1887
Ship State Description
John  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Earl Percy ( United Kingdom) and sank at Deptford, Kent.[14]
Lizzie Perry Canada Canada The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbados. She was on a voyage from Port Eads, Louisiana, United States to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[14][17]
Tyne Queen  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the smack Lena ( United Kingdom). Tyne Queen was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Copenhagen, Denmark.[6]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1887
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Lambay Island, County Dublin and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cork.[14]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1887
Ship State Description
A.B.C.D.  United Kingdom The Thames barge was driven ashore at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Harwich, Essex.[6]
Brighouse  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall and sank. Her fifteen crew took to the lifeboats and reached theSevenstones Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued a fortnight later by the steamship Alert ( Trinity House). Brighouse was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[18][19]
Cliff  United Kingdom The Thames barge was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex.[20]
Huntsman  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Walton-on-the-Naze. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Iris  United Kingdom The smack was run into by the steamship Kenley ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Kenley.[6]
Juliana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hastings, Sussex.[6]
Lufra  Norway The steamship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Genoa, Italy. No further trace, reported overdue.[21]
Ohio Flag unknown The steamship ran aground in the Zuidergat. She was refloated.[6]
Philanthropist  United Kingdom The schooner was damaged by fire at "Pinsend".[6]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1887
Ship State Description
Bee  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hythe, Kent.[6]
City of Perth  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Rusoer ( Norway) in the River Mersey and was abandoned with the loss of one life. City of Perth was on a voyage from Coleraine, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was subsequently towed in to Liverpool by the tug Storm Cock ( United Kingdom).[6]
Resolve  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat. Resolve was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[6]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1887
Ship State Description
Brighouse  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted off the Longships, Cornwall whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all sixteen crew; a lifeboat washed up a St. Ives, Cornwall on 16 December.[22]
Lizzie Ella  United States The sloop was lost in the Gulf of Mexico whilst on a fishing trip to the "Snapper Banks".[23]
Peregrine White  United States The fishing schooner was wrecked at Hermitage Bay, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Sancho  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off St. Helen's, Isle of Wight whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Bonanza, Spain. No further trace, reported missing.[25]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1887
Ship State Description
James  United Kingdom The barge was run down and sunk at Deptford, Kent by the steamship Rainbow ( United Kingdom).[4]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1887
Ship State Description
Alice Fisher  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Crosby Channel in the Mersey Estuary.[26]
Elizabeth Dawson  Sweden The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Toledo ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth Dawson was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland.[19]
Orion  United Kingdom The brigantine became stranded on the breakwater at Plymouth, Devon and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Teignmouth, Devon.[27]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1887
Ship State Description
Grace L. Fears  United States The fishing schooner was lost in a storm.[24]
Hjemlos  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cymran", Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Rhoscolyn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to Grimstadt.[27]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1887
Ship State Description
Forest  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Mervion at Bilbao, Spain.[27] She subsequently became a wreck.[28]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1887
Ship State Description
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ketch was run into by the steamship Raleigh ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames near Erith, Kent. She was refloated the next day.[28]
Pembroke Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Thunderbolt Reef, off the mouth of the Shark River, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. She was refloated and put back to Cape Town in a leaky condition.[29]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1887
Ship State Description
Flora  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Thames Estuary near Higham, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[28]
Merchant Prince  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Bremerhaven, Germany.[28]
Pembroke Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Cape Recife, Cape Colony.[19]
Phönix  Denmark The schooner was run into by the steamship Galvanic ( United Kingdom) at London. She was beached with assistance from the tug Britannia ( United Kingdom) but consequently sank.[28]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1887
Ship State Description
Friedeburg  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to a British port. No further trace, reported missing.[1]
Glenavon  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Astoria, Oregon, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.[1]
Louise  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground and sank off Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Le Hourdel, Somme.[30]
Peconic  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[30]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1887
Ship State Description
Lively  United Kingdom The lighter caught fire and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by the tug Flying Scotchman ( United Kingdom), which was towing Lively from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[31]
Newcastle City  United Kingdom The steamship struck a shoal in the Nantucket Shoals, 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. She sank within sight of the Nantucket Lightship ( United States Lighthouse Board). All 27 people on board reached the lightship in two lifeboats. They were rescued on 7 January 1888. Newcastle City was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New York, United States. Divers discovered her wreck in 2008 in 100 feet (30 m) of water at 40°37′N 069°37′W / 40.617°N 69.617°W / 40.617; -69.617 (Newcastle City).[32][33]
Roelas  Spain The steamship was run into by the steamship Cascapedia ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the tug Sailor Prince ( United Kingdom).[30][31]
Strathnairn  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[34]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1887
Ship State Description
Algitha  United Kingdom The steamship departed from the River Tyne for Savona, Italy. No further trace, reported missing,[35] presumed foundered with the loss of all 23 crew.[36]
Nellie Martin  United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on rocks at the south end of Douglas Island, District of Alaska. Both crew survived. She was on a voyage from Juneau to Shakan, District of Alaska.[37]
Union  Germany The steamship caught fire in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Four of her ten crew were rescued by the steamship Allerwash ( United Kingdom). Union was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was towed in to Bridlington, Yorkshire by Allerwash.[34] She was subsequently towed in to Hull, Yorkshire on 27 December.[38]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1887
Ship State Description
Chibine Ottoman Empire Egypt The steamship ran aground at Suakin. She was on a voyage from Suakin to Aden, Aden Governorate. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[39]
Darien  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Livorno, Italy. No further trace, reported missing.[35]
Delveti Dubrovacki  Austria-Hungary The barque collided with the steamship Pathan ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of two of the fourteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Pathan. Delveti Dubrovacki was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Demerara, British Honduras.[20][40]
Granton  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Vivo ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex and was beached. Granton was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to London.[34] She was refloated on 27 December and taken in to Deptford, Kent.[41]
Hilding  Sweden The steamship was driven ashore north of Söderhamn.[38][42][43]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1887
Ship State Description
Climax  United Kingdom The schooner sank in the Swillies.[38]
Lord Collingwood  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Gibraltar whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Savona, Italy. No further trace, reported missing,[35] presumed foundered with the loss of all 45 crew.[36]
25 unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven shore and wrecked in the Gulf of Patras.[44]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1887
Ship State Description
Demerara  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of the Isles of Scilly whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. No further trace, reported overdue.[45]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1887
Ship State Description
Maud  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Black Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) south of Sulina, Romania with the loss of six of her eighteen crew. Survivors took to a boat; they were rescued three days later by the barque Theodora ( Greece). Maud was on a voyage from Sulina to Gibraltar.[46][47][48][49]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1887
Ship State Description
Kaieteur  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Hecla ( United Kingdom). Kaieteur was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[50]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1887
Ship State Description
Henry and Richard  United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (32°46′N 77°34′W / 32.767°N 77.567°W / 32.767; -77.567). All fourteen people on board were rescued by the steamship Timor (Flag unknown). Henry and Richard was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Martinique.[51]
Lancaster  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shab Ali Reef, in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[52]
Lombardian, and
Uganda 		 United Kingdom The barque Lombardian ran into the steamship Uganda and capsized at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire and capsized. Uganda was severely damaged.[53]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1887
Ship State Description
Aeron Queen  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Swan Island.[4]
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated on 18 December and beached at Mucking, Essex.[27]
Alejandro  Spain The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Bahia Blanca, Brazil.[41]
Ardgay  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Balangan, Netherlands East Indies.[28] She was abandoned as a total loss.[30]
Bear  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Craigmore Rocks, in the Firth of Forth and sank. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[34]
Ciscar  Spain The steamship arrived at Gijón from Hamburg, Germany on fire. She was scuttled.[27]
Clapeyron  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 1 January 1888.[53]
Climax  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Britannia Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey. She floated off and came ashore on Anglesey.[41]
Dauntless  United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier and sank at IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands and sank.[27]
Dowlais  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Danube 25 nautical miles (46 km) from its mouth.[41] She was refloated.[38]
Ecossaise  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Gijón, Spain.[4]
Edouard Raoul  France The barque was wrecked at Sulina, Brazil. All on board were rescued.[54]
Edvidge  Austria-Hungary The barque was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2]
Firm  Norway The brigantine was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent,United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.[38]
Flamingo  Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France. Her crew were rescued.[41] She was refloated and taken in to Trouville-sur-Mer in a severely leaky condition.[38]
Florence J. Henderson  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[8]
Henriette Flag unknown The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada to Martinique.[6]
James Wilkie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stavanger, Norway.[2]
Johanna  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at sea with the loss of eight of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Carleton (Flag unknown). Johanna was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Iquique, Chile.[55]
Italia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Tees at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Belfast, County Antrim.[34]
Jehu  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Recepta ( United Kingdom) 15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Whitby, Yorkshire. Jehu was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exmouth, Devon. She was assisted in to Whitby, where she sank.[54]
Jessmore  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Romania to Antwerp. She subsequently sank.[6]
J. L. B.  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Cape Ball".[28]
John Ray  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Sunderland, County Durham.[14]
Jura  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Madeira.[14]
Lady Tyler  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis.[14]
Lanoy  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Navassa Island to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and taken in to Kingston, Jamaica.[8]
Libero  Austria-Hungary The barque was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Savona, Italy.[30]
Lord Charlemont  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Yangon River.[14] She was later refloated and taken in to Rangoon, Burma.[54]
Machin  Spain The steamship was driven ashore and damage at Point Ajó, near Cartagena.[14]
Marie  United States The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint Martin's. She was refloated and put back to New York in a leaky condition.[28]
Mary  United Kingdom The smack was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Saxon Prince ( United Kingdom). Mary was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[27]
Mary Evans  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Santos, Brazil. Her crew survived.[53]
Mary Sinclair  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Passage West, County Cork.[8]
Mereo  Germany The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Selero", Denmark.[27] She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Flensburg. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark.[30]
Neptune  Sweden The barque was abandoned at sea. She was discovered by the steamship Bilbao ( Spain), which towed her in to Cartagena, Spain.[8]
Ocean  Norway The barque ran aground in the Castletown River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Dundalk, County Louth, United Kingdom.[2]
Paolina  Norway The schooner was wrecked on Cape Sacheve, Finistèrre, France. She was on a voyage from Portimão, Portugal to Antwerp.[14]
Penelope  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Sondre Rosse, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Riga, Russia.[34]
Planet  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at the Coal House Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp.[54]
Pluto  Germany The full-rigged ship was run down and sunk in the Elbe by the steamship Carl Woermann ( Germany).[13]
Presto  Sweden The brig foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Karlshamn.[28]
Prima  Denmark The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Vesta ( Sweden). Prima was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Copenhagen.[8] She subsequently came ashore at "Torsnas", Öland.[56]
Prima Donna  France The barque was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Rebecca  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Dunwich, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Plymouth, Devon.[6]
Renown  Germany The barque sank off Den Helder, North Holland with the loss of five of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by a lifeboat between 9 and 12 December.
R. F. Matthews  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore on the north coast of Anholt, Denmark.[41]
Riberia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sandwich, Kent.[2]
Rosa Bianchi  Italy The barque struck a rock and was wrecked at "Tjiparage", Netherlands East Indies. Her crew survived.[13][56]
San Luigi  Italy The ship was wrecked at Cape Palos, Spain with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Civita Vecchia to Alicante, Spain.[10]
Scotland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Seagirt, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York.[27]
Sebulon  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[56]
Septima Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on Pulo Obi, French Indo-China. She was refloated and taken in to Saigon, French Indo-China in a leaky condition.[8]
Skyro  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[8]
Smiling Morn  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Dimlington, Yorkshire. Five of her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[30]
Star of Peace  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Amble, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[34]
Stjernen  Norway The schooner was lost at Rive de Sella, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Stockholm City  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Boston.[34]
Transfear  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Nore.[6]
Vibilia  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to New York. She was refloated.[34]
Volunteer  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Donaghadee. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[38]
Wasp  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Stockpool Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Wetherby  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Ketelplaat, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Colón, Colombia.[28]
Will Dawn  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore near Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[38]
HMS Wrangler  Royal Navy The Banterer-class gunboat was severely damaged in a hurricane. She put in to the Turks Islands on 7 December.[57]
York City  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Salvo Reef, off Gotland, Sweden and sank. Her crew were rescued.[30][34]
Unnamed Flag unknown A schooner caught fire off the Bar Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were believed to have survived.[22]
Unnamed Haiti Haiti A schooner capsized in a hurricane off Cap-Haïtien between 6 and 8 December with the loss of thirteen of her crew.[57]
Unnamed  United Kingdom A schooner capsized in a hurricane with the loss of thirteen of her crew.[42]

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