List of shipwrecks in February 1889

The list of shipwrecks in February 1889 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1889.

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1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1889
Ship State Description
Dilbhur  United Kingdom The barque capsized at Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of one life.[1]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1889
Ship State Description
Hardengeren  Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack James ( United Kingdom). Hardengeren was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[2]
Lymington  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of all eight crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Mistley, Essex.[3][4]
Roseneath  United Kingdom The Glasgow barque was wrecked at Portpatrick, on a voyage from Dublin for the Clyde in tow of tug Defiance and with a reduced crew and two passengers. In a gale, after the tug's towing connection failed; Roseneath made for Portpatrick harbour but missed the entrance, drifted ashore on the tide, keeled over and became a total wreck. Six of the eleven people on board lost their lives, while the survivors were rescued by coastguard rocket apparatus.[5][3][6]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1889
Ship State Description
Acorn  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingscross, Isle of Arran and was subsequently destroyed by fire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glenarm, County Antrim to Irvine, Ayrshire.[2]
Cameo  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Portreath, Cornwall.[2]
Georgia B. McFarland  United States The schooner, bound for Trinidad from Fernandina, Florida, with timber, began sinking after having decks swept and being dismasted in a storm. On 10 February, the crew of seven were rescued from the cabin top by the ship-rigged Canute (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and landed at Bristol, England, on 8 March.[7][8]
Killochan, and
Nereid 		 United Kingdom The full-rigged ship Killochan collided with the steamship Nereid in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Both vessels sank. Killochan was on a voyage from Lyttleton, New Zealand to London. Seventeen of her 25 crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by the tugs Enterprise and Red Rose (both  United Kingdom). Nereid was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She lost six of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by Red Rose.[9]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[2]
Tweed  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a severe leak in the River Tyne. She was kept afloat with the assistance of a tug.[2]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1889
Ship State Description
Alert  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Southampton, Hampshire.[2]
Deux Cousinez  France The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées.[2]
Forest King  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[10]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The steamship Glencoe was in collision with the barque Largo Bay ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Glencoe sank with the loss of all 52 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. Largo Bay was severely damaged with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Auckland, New Zealand, and was later repaired at Southampton.[11][12][13]
R. & M.  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire.[2]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1889
Ship State Description
Fannie Belle  United States The schooner was wrecked at Langley Head, Miquelon Island. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Leda  Germany The steamship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Equity ( United Kingdom). Leda was on a voyage from Geestemünde to Odessa, Russia.[15]
Montmorency  United Kingdom The ship partially sank at Appledore, Devon and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Appledore.[15]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1889
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship departed from Port Seton for London with potatoes. No further trace, posted missing et Lloyd's 17 April.[16][17]
Esme  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Salvage Rocks, off Cape Negro, Nova Scotia, Canada.[18] She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Annapolis, Nova Scotia.[19]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1889
Ship State Description
Gazelle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Llanelly to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[18]
Juno  Norway The brig sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea 220 nautical miles (410 km) east north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Fawn ( United Kingdom). Juno was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Christiania.[20]
Princesse Josephine  Belgium The steamer ran aground and was wrecked off the coast of Algeria.[21]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1889
Ship State Description
Calvilla  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and sank on the Salvoreef, off Gotland, Sweden.[22][23]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Penrhos, Anglesey. Her four crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[24]
Ethel  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her six crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Sunderland, County Durham.[22]
Glen Grant  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Holyhead.[24]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Sairdyness, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. Mary was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to Lerwick, Shetland Islands. She subsequently broke up.[22]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown Fishermen at Ballycastle, County Antrim claimed that two steamships disappeared off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire in a squall. Unconfirmed.[24]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1889
Ship State Description
Annie  United States The schooner departed from San Francisco, California bound for Unalaska, District of Alaska and was never seen or heard from again. Her entire crew of eleven was lost.[25]
Arthur  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Hale Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat.[24]
Ben Avon  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the Scheveningen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Sydney, New South Wales.[24] She was refloated on 17 March and towed in to IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands.[26]
Grimsby fishing fleet  United Kingdom Sixteen smacks from Grimsby, United Kingdom and c.70 lives lost in a gale. The wrecked vessels include British Tar, British Workman, Eton, Harold, John Winteringham, Kitten, Searcher, Sea Searcher and Sir Frederick Roberts.[27]
Harvest Home  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Cardigan. Her four crew were rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Harvest Home was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated on 13 February and taken in to Pwllcam, Cardiganshire.[28]
Iphigenia  Denmark The brigantine was wrecked on the Hale Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rønne.[24][29]
Island  United Kingdom The smack was run into by the steamship Diadem ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Diadem.[24]
Nicholaos  Greece The barque was driven ashore at Mersin, Ottoman Empire. She became a wreck on 11 February.[30]
Presto  Norway The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Titania ( United Kingdom). Presto was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stavanger.[20]
Spearman  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Monkseaton ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Tagus.[31]
Standard  United States The full-rigged ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was refloated with the assistance of two tugs.[22]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1889
Ship State Description
Carl Rosenius  Norway The ship was driven ashore at Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Folkestone Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Haugesund to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 12 January and towed in to Dover, Kent.[23][20][32]
Eagle  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Black Head, Wigtownshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.[23]
Elizabeth Alice  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Maryport, Cumberland.[23]
Patrick United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The smack was abandoned in Ramsey Bay. Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Mary Isabella ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Patrick was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Killough, County Down.[24]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1889
Ship State Description
Jean Bart  France The barque was driven ashore at "Schoon" and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[29]
Leonidas  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the lugger Hope ( United Kingdom). Leonidas was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Motril, Spain.[23]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1889
Ship State Description
Christine  Netherlands The fishing boat from Den Helder was wrecked at Kallantsoog. Two people were killed.[33]
Glendoveer  United Kingdom The schooner was towed in to Padstow, Cornwall by the steamship Empress of India ( United Kingdom). Glendoveer ran aground on the Doom Bar and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Calstock, Cornwall.[20]
Goldsbro  United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked at Kijkduin. Her crew were rescued. Goldsbro was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to West-Hartlepool.[33]
St. Clair  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Leith, Lothian.[20]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1889
Ship State Description
Chase  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 17 February and put in to Newhaven, Sussex in a leaky condition.[34]
Ellington  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall.[32]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1889
Ship State Description
South Australian  United Kingdom The clipper foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rosario, Argentina.

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1889
Ship State Description
Amelia  United Kingdom The ship departed from Dunkerque, Nord, France for London. No further trace, reported overdue.[35]
Sentinelle  French Navy The dispatch boat ran aground between Cap Rosa and La Calle, Algeria. Her crew were rescued.[36]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1889
Ship State Description
Rose  United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier when departing Marseille for Cartagena and consequently foundered a few miles offshore with the loss of her captain.[34][37]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1889
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ketch foundered in the North Sea off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rye, Sussex.[34]
HMS Cumberland  Royal Navy The training ship, a former ship-of-the-line, was destroyed by fire in the Gareloch.[38]
St. Luce  United Kingdom The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°24′N 54°20′W / 42.400°N 54.333°W / 42.400; -54.333). Her crew were rescued by the steamship British Princess ( United States).[39][40]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1889
Ship State Description
Mary Sproat  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Strathspey and sank at Moville, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. Mary Sproat was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Sligo.[41]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1889
Ship State Description
Fernando  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship London ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent and was beached at Charlton, Kent.[41]
Hickman  United Kingdom The schooner collided with a steamship in the River Thames at Woolwich and was beached.[41]
Jean Augustine  France The fishing smack collided with the barque Actie ( Norway) and sank off the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Actie.[42]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1889
Ship State Description
Cleadon,
Harraton, and
Kelloe 		 United Kingdom The steamships Cleaton and Kelloe collided in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent and were both severely damaged. Kelloe ran into the steamship Harraton which was damaged and beached at Plaistow, Essex.[43]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1889
Ship State Description
Verbena  United Kingdom The Lowestoft fishing dandy grounded on the Goodwin Sands and the crew of eight abandoned the vessel.[44]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1889
Ship State Description
Ceylon  United Kingdom The steam yacht ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar. She was refloated.[45]
Josie Troop  Canada The barque was stranded, due to poor navigation, off Hatteras Island, North Carolina in heavy weather and broke up, with the loss of her captain and ten of her crew; her 1st mate and five crew were rescued by the men of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, with chalk.[46][47]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1889
Ship State Description
Elm  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Inishowen Head, County Donegal. She was refloated and put in to Portrush, County Antrim in a leaky condition.[39]
Margaret Traill  United Kingdom The schooner was severely damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham.[48]
Nero  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Hull, Yorkshire.[39]
Tjomo  Norway The barque collided with the steamship Oldenberg (Flag unknown) off the North Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom and was abandoned by all but two of her crew. Tjomo was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was subsequently towed in to Ramsgate, Kent by the tug Lady Vita ( United Kingdom).[47] Following temporary repairs, she departed for Newcastle upon Tyne on 4 March under tow of the tug Zealandia ( United Kingdom).[49]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1889
Ship State Description
Bottle Imp  United Kingdom The sloop was run into by the steamship John Wells ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Ouse near Goole, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. Bottle Imp was on a voyage from Hessle to Goole.[48]
Franziska  Germany The steamship collided with the barque Honor ( Norway) in the English Channel 19 nautical miles (35 km) south of Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. Franziska was taken in tow by the steamship Minnie ( United Kingdom) but sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Portland. Her crew were rescued. Franziska was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[48]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1889
Ship State Description
Clyde  United States The schooner was wrecked at Gerring Island, Kittery, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[50]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1889
Ship State Description
Ane Kjerstine  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Columbus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstadt, Norway to Penzance, Cornwall.[20][51]
Faerheit  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Lina  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Margaret Hain  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Port Gordon  United Kingdom The ship was lost 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Cape Flattery, Washington, United States with the loss of four of her crew.[52]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1889
Ship State Description
Pollie Williams  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Telephone ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Crosby Channel with the loss of her captain. Her mate was rescued by Telephone. Pollie Williams was on a voyage from Ulverston, Lancashire to Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.[53]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1889
Ship State Description
Africa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bahía Blanca, Argentina. She was refloated.[22][32]
Ajax  Denmark The steamship was driven ashore on the south coast of Lolland. She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen.[20]
Alexandra  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Widewall Bay.[54]
Alicia  Spain The steamship was damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[20]
Anglo-Indian  United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked off Formosa with the loss of the fourteen crew.[55]
Annie  United Kingdom The smack collided with the Bull Lightship ( Trinity House) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Arietta Zigemala Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Mağala, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Taganrog, Russia.[15]
Atalanta  Sweden The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to the Seine.[32]
Badsworth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Tringir Bozan Shoal, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Batoum, Russia to Shanghai, China. She was refloated on 12 February and taken in to Gallipoli.[22][32]
Betty Sauber  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[23]
Bradford, and
Pride of the West 		 United Kingdom The steamship Bradford collided with the schooner Pride of the West at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands and was beached. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Pride of the West sank. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Rotterdam.[15]
Busy Bee, and
Conde Wilfredo 		 United Kingdom
 Spain 		The steamship Busy Bee ran into the steamship Conde Wilfredo at South Shields, County Durham. Both vessels were severely damaged.[18]
Captain Peter Dahl  Norway The barque was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Caravelle  France The steamship sprang a leak in the Gironde and was beached. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Lisbon, Portugal.[22] She was refloated and towed back to Bordeaux for repairs.[32]
Cavaliere Ivanissevich  Italy The ship was lost in the Dry Tortugas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Venice.[2]
Choice  United Kingdom The ketch struck rocks and sank off the Isle of Arran. Her crew survived.[41]
Clarissa  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sizewell, Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire.[23]
Conte Oscar L. Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the East River at New York, United States.[42]
Dakar, and
Faleme 		Flags unknown The ship collided off Goeree, Zeeland. Dakar sank, Faleme was severely damaged.[39]
Dale  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia.[39]
Dallam Tower  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tandjong Kokko", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Probolinggo, Netherlands East Indies.[48]
Dijmphna  Denmark The steamship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Russia to Fredrikshavn. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør in a leaky condition.[18]
Dione  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned at "Doutelande" in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Newhaven, Sussex.[22]
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Emily ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[18]
Edith  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat and a tug. She was on a voyage from Newhaven to South Shields.[22]
Elsie  United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Llantwit Major, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Fairport  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the Weston Point Docks, Cheshire and broke her back.[39]
Fred B. Taylor Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Kannonsai", Japan. She subsequently became a wreck.[20]
Freihandel Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on Foulney Island, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States to Piel Island, Lancashire.[54]
Gebroeders Smit Flag unknown The ship ran aground at Bermuda. She was refloated with assistance.[23]
George Gilroy  United Kingdom The ship was beached at Demerara, British Guiana. She subsequently became a wreck.[15]
Goldsbro  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Kijkduin, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hartlepool, County Durham.[23]
Gunesa Flag unknown The ship ran aground off the Île Jaire, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Marseille.[32]
Harald Haarfanger  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau, Germany. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Hamburg.[48]
Heroine  United Kingdom The steam trawler foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Liberator ( United Kingdom).[23]
Holsatia  Germany The steamship was damaged by ice and sank in the Elbe at Swinemünde.[2]
Ingeborg  Russia The barque was towed in to Christiania, Norway by the steam trawler Albatross ( United Kingdom) in a waterlogged condition. Ingeborg was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to Antwerp.[34]
Invermark  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a smack. Invermark was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was subsequently towed in to Grimsby in a waterlogged condition.[15]
Isabel  Spain The schooner was run into by the steamship Scoresby ( United Kingdom) and sank at Cartagena.[32]
Iver Hvitfield  Denmark The barque foundered off Dunkerque, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Granville, Manche, France.[23]
James Cairns  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Jarrow, Northumberland.[2]
Jeune Henry  France The schooner sprang a leak and put in to Oporto, Portugal, where she was beached. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Tréguier, Côtes-du-Nord.[39]
John  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the smack Zealous ( United Kingdom). John was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Gravesend, Kent.[15]
Jupiter  Sweden The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Doris Brodersen ( Denmark). Jupiter was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands.[20]
Levant  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne.[23]
Libbie H  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[56]
Malta  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Genoa, Italy. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Livorno, Italy.[34]
Mascotte  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Duddon and broke her back.[54]
Milton  Norway The ship was wrecked on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[23]
Moravia Flag unknown The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.[48]
Morning Star  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to Perth.[15] She was refloated on 7 December and taken in to Arbroath in a leaky condition.[18]
Niclot  Germany The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north east of the Galloper Sand. Her eight crew were rescued by the smack Granville ( United Kingdom). Niclot was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[2]
Osauna  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the Savannah River.[22]
Otto  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Elbe at "Nuelstack". She was on a voyage from Laguna to Hamburg.[18]
Paraense Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at "Flynsknoll". She was on a voyage from New York to Brazil. She was refloated and put back to New York.[41][42]
Provencal  France The steamship was driven ashore at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands.[54] She was on a voyage from Marseille to Rotterdam, South Holland. She subsequently broke in two.[22]
Racer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Chania, Greece.[41]
Rebekka  Norway The barque was wrecked on the Chicho Bank. She was on a voyage from Sharpness, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires.[22]
Remus Spain Spanish East Indies The steamship struck a rock off Biliran and foundered with loss of life.[10]
Rolandseck  Germany The steamship ran aground at Torekov, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Liepāja.[41] She was refloated in late March and towed in to Helsingør in a severely damaged condition.[57]
Salacia  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hunstanton, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Scheldt  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Bec d'Ambès. She was refloated.[54]
Scilla  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[22]
Sorrento Flag unknown The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[48]
Sovereign  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the barque Marin ( France) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Marin.[58]
Star  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Florence ( United Kingdom). Star was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Sunderland.[24]
Sumatra  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea in late February. She was on a voyage from Batoum to Hong Kong. She put in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire and the fire was extinguished.[59]
Torbay  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pera. She was refloated on 17 February.[34]
True Briton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[2]
Uffo  Denmark The steamship was holed by ice and sank in the Haff. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Stettin, Germany.[2]
Umberto Primo  Italy The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Buenos Aires.[34]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Newport News, Virginia.[54]
Vauquelin  France The ship ran aground at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[54]
Vulcan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Malta. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp.[58] She was refloated in early March.[30]
Wallace  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Port Ellen, Islay. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Loch Indaal.[22]
Waterwitch  United Kingdom The steam yacht sank in Gourock Bay.[2]
Westphalia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at San Vincente de la Barquera, Spain with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Garston, Lancashire.[12]
William Hunter  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Blyth Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[42]
Wivenhoe  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the False Ras Ghareb Reef, in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Bombay, India.[22]
Unnamed Flag unknown A steamship was driven ashore on the south coast of Amack, Denmark.[34]
Unnamed Flag unknown A lighter collided with another lighter and sank at Elsfleth.[42]

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