List of shipwrecks in November 1881

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The list of shipwrecks in November 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1881.

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1 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1881
Ship State Description
Christian Loven  Sweden The ship ran aground at Understen and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to a port in the Norrland.[1]
Johnnie Boy  United Kingdom The ketch was wrecked near Eastbourne, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to Eastbourne.[2]
Lady Stuart  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the schooner William Stonart ( United Kingdom) and sank. Lady Stuart was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[3]
Neautan  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Amherst, Burma whilst on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Bombay, India. No further trace, reported missing.[4]
Prairie Flower United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ketch struck rocks off Noirmont Point and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Saint Helier, Jersey.[1][5]

2 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1881
Ship State Description
Cadogal  France The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Audierne, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Bordeaux, Gironde.[3]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The smack ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Hedwig, and
Oscar 		 United Kingdom The ships collided off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire and were both severely damaged. Hedwig was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Oscar was on a voyage from the Bull River to Liverpool. They were towed into the River Mersey by the tugs Fire Queen and Rescue (both  United Kingdom).[7]
Liffey  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7][8]
Red Rose  United Kingdom The cutter ran aground at Great Yarmouth and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Solide  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned off Montão de Trigo Island, Brazil. She foundered the next day.[9]

3 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1881
Ship State Description
Henrietta  Norway The full-rigged ship was abandoned in a sinking condition and caught fire. Her crew were rescued by the barque Mendoza ( United Kingdom).[10]
Kaffraria  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground "at Haff". She was refloated on 5 November and taken in to Pillau, Germany.[11]

4 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1881
Ship State Description
City of Dunedin  United Kingdom The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported missing.[4]
Coronet  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the brigantine Trust ( United Kingdom). Coronet was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Musquash, New Brunswick, Canada.[12][13]
Cypriano  France The steamship ran aground at Ergasteria, Greece.[6] She was refloated and taken in to Ergasteria.[11]
Glenwilliam  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Seville, Spain. She was refloated.[6]
Neptun  Netherlands The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Caldedonia ( United Kingdom); her captain refused to leave. Neptun was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[14]
War Eagle  United States The steamboat collided with a drawbridge at Keokuk, Iowa and was wrecked with the loss of eight lives.[15]

5 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1881
Ship State Description
Albion Colombia United States of Colombia The steamship foundered off Barbacoas Point with the loss of 32 of the 40 people on board. She was on a voyage from the River Sinn to Cartagena.[16][17]
Drumtochty  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Troon.[6]
La Marie Françoise  France The ketch was driven ashore at Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Dover, Kent.[6]
Limosa  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Kertch, Russia.[11]
Sandsend  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Flensburg, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Flensburg. She was reflaoted and taken in to Flensburg.[11]
Vriendschap  Netherlands The kuff sprang a leak and was beached at Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Delfzijl, Groningen.[6]

6 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1881
Ship State Description
Elgina, and
Vulcan 		 United Kingdom The steamship Elgina collided with the smack Vulcan in the Clyde. Both vessels were severely damaged. Elgina put back to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Vulcan put in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[11]
Lady Mostyn, and
R. L. Alston 		 United Kingdom The steamships collided in the River Tees and were both severely damaged.Lady Mostyn was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was beached and later refloated. R. L. Alston was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Middlesbrough. Both vessels were taken in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[11][18]
Thetis  Norway The brig was discovered abandoned in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom by the steamship Sumus ( United Kingdom). She was towed in to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[11]

7 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1881
Ship State Description
England's Glory  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bluff, New Zealand. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Bluff.[19]
Shamrock  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Barcelona, Spain. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Victor ( United Kingdom) and taken into The Downs.[14]
William and Susan  United Kingdom The dandy collided with the steamship Reliance (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man) and sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north east of the Whiteford Lighthouse, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by Reliance.[11]

8 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1881
Ship State Description
Carmona  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated with the assistance of six barges.[14]
Crest  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at sea. A crew member was severely wounded. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to South Shields, County Durham. The fire was extinguished.[20]
James Hall  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Tees. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and found to be leaky.[14]
Lockyer  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted off the Sand Heads whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 26 people on board.[21]

9 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1881
Ship State Description
Langrigg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Whitehaven, Cumberland for Clarecastle, County Clare. No further trace, reported missing.[4]

10 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1881
Ship State Description
Caroline Martin  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dongnosen Point".[22]
Dolphin  Denmark The schooner foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the Frenchman's Rock with the loss of one of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas to Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands.[23]
Florence  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°00′N 43°30′W / 44.000°N 43.500°W / 44.000; -43.500). Her crew were rescued by the barque Blanche ( United Kingdom).[24]
Ocean Wave  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Brenda ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Her crew survived.[22]

11 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1881
Ship State Description
Ardenlea  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Rothesay Bay. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was declared a total loss.[25]
Athlete  Tasmania The steamship struck an uncharted rock in the Banks Strait off the Forster Islands and was beached. She was on a voyage from Launceston to Hobart.[26]
Charles Murdoch  United Kingdom The ship departed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for London. No further trace, reported missing.[4]
Fairy  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Fervent and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. All on board were rescued by Fervent. Fairy was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[10][27]
Kappa Flag unknown The ship ran aground off Point Lynas, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from "Tattal" to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a severely leaky condition.[27]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Finkenwerder, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London. She was refloated on 13 November and beached at Hamburg.[28]
Ranee  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the tug Ranger ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Garston, Lancashire.[27]
Scio  United Kingdom The brig struck the Heriot Rocks and became leaky. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Copenhagen, Denmark. She put back to Leith for repairs.[28]

12 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1881
Ship State Description
Alverton  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Mugia, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cette, Hérault, France.[29][30] The crew survived.[19]
Brunswick, and
Carlingford 		 United States The steamship Brunswick collided with the schooner Carlingford ( United States) and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Dunkirk, New York. Three crewmen killed when a lifeboat was capsized by the sinking ship.[31][32] Carlingford sank with the loss of a crew member.[31][33]
Chieftain  Norway The barque was wrecked on Jederens Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Frank  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Gilsland ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames, at Shadwell, Middlesex.[27]
Hobart, and
Salisbury 		India India The steam hopper barges collided at Madras and sank with the loss of sixteen of the twenty people on board.[34]
Otto  Germany The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Reval, Russia.[27]

13 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1881
Ship State Description
City of London  United Kingdom The steamship departed from London for New York, United States. She subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 41 people on board. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Kilkee, County Clare on 21 February 1882.[35][36]
Harvest  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near the Kullen Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Swinemünde, Germany.[28]
Lydia  United Kingdom The barque departed from Niuzhuang, China. Subsequently lost with all on board. The body of the captain's wife washed up on "Iron Island", in the "Gulf of Petchelee".[37]

14 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1881
Ship State Description
Dot Canada Canada The ship was sighted in the Gut of Canso whilst on a voyage from Crapaud, Prince Edward Island to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[4]

15 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1881
Ship State Description
Morea  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted off Constantinople, Ottoman Empire whilst on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to London. Presumed subsequently foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands, 25 or 26 lives, possibly after colliding with another steamship; wreckage thought to be from Morea and the other vessel washed up on Gozo, Malta.[38][39] A longboat from Morea was discovered at 35°00′N 18°25′E / 35.000°N 18.417°E / 35.000; 18.417 by the barque St. Olaf ( Norway).[40]

16 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1881
Ship State Description
Flamingo  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. Her crew were rescued. Flamingo was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[41][12] She was declared a total loss,[13] and broke in two in late December.[42]
Highbury  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to the Black Sea. She broke in two and sank the next day. Her crew were rescued.[41][43]
H. J. Pallisen  Denmark The steamship was driven ashore on Dragør.[43]
Otterburn  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky and was beached on the Longsand. Otterburn was abandoned the next day, her crew getting aboard the Kentish Knock Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued by the yacht Argus ( Trinity House).[44]
Pilgrim  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She was later refloated and towed in to Cardiff for repairs, being leaky.[45]
Send  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Nine of her twelve crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat, the rest got aboard the Cockle Lightship ( Trinity House). Send subsequently sank.[41]
Solway  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Rockabill, County Dublin with the loss of twelve of the 33 people on board. Six people were reported missing, three were severely wounded. Solway was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was assisted in to Dublin by the steamship Caledonia ( United Kingdom).[41]
Urd  Norway The schooner was driven ashore on "Kraaka" and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikshald to Harwich, Essex.[20]
William and Lucy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Longsand. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack. William and Lucy was on a voyage from London to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[46]

17 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1881
Ship State Description
Ægean  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to Copenhagen, Denmark.[46]
Brankston  United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier in the Nieuwe Waterweg and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Maassluis Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Bilbao, Spain.[41]
Martinique  France The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Bon, Algeria. She was on a voyage from Tunis, Tunisia to Susa, Persia.[46]
Morna  United Kingdom The steam yacht collided with the pier at Sheerness, Kent and ran aground. She was severely damaged.[43]

18 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1881
Ship State Description
Prstis  Greece The brig was driven ashore near "Galippa", Tunisia. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Gibraltar.[44]
Snipe  United Kingdom The yacht collided with the steamship Inveraray Castle ( United Kingdom) and sank in Loch Fyne. All on board survived.[44]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Limerick, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[47]

19 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1881
Ship State Description
Boreas  Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Maranhão, Brazil with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Maranhão.[44]
Suliote  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Valparaíso, Chile.[44]
Whitwell  United Kingdom The sailing barge was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France to London.[48]

20 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1881
Ship State Description
Anonyma  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Loch Eribol.[44]
Dora  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Otto ( United Kingdom) and sank at the mouth of the River Tyne. Dora was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to the River Tyne.[48]
Elizabeth Barclay United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The schooner struck the Conister Rock and foundered. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim.[48]
Florence  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the steamship Grenadier ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was severely damaged.[48]
Gem  United Kingdom The steamboat broke from her moorings in St Mary's Pool, Isles of Scilly and went ashore at William's Bay, becoming a total wreck. Gem was bound for Southern Africa for employment as a river boat.[49] Three crew were rescued by the pilot-cutter Presto ( United Kingdom).[50][51]
Ida and
Picciola 		Flag unknown
 Norway 		The ships collided and were both severely damaged. Both were on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to a French port. Both put in to Malmö, Sweden.[48]
Providentia  Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from the grand Duchy of Finland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[48]
Rosebud  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Dunwich, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. Shew as on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Chatham, Kent.[48]
Thomas Cochran Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of the mouth of the River Don. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Demerara, British Guiana.[48]
Warrior  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Homs, Ottoman Tripolitania with the loss of five of her nineteen crew.[52][53][54]

21 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1881
Ship State Description
Columbus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Queenstown, County Cork.[44]
Dryburgh Abbey  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[48] She was refloated the next day.[44]
Ellen  United Kingdom The smack collided with the ship Meridian ( United Kingdom) off Moelfre, Anglesey and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Meridian.[24]
Gem  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[55]
Gladstone  United Kingdom The tug was damaged by fire at Millwall, Essex.[48]
Hiawatha  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Pernambuco.[12]
Laurentia  Russia The brig was driven ashore at Kuressaare.[48]
Warne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Yenikale Channel. She was on a voyage from London to Kertch, Russia.[44]

22 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1881
Ship State Description
Anetta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Horse Isle, in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of three of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Bowling, Dunbartonshire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[55]
Barbara  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire with the loss of one of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Zanzibar and Cardiff, Glamorgan.[56][55]
Culzean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Lagg Bay with the loss of all eighteen crew. She was being towed from Dundee, Forfarshire to Greenock, Renfrewshire by the tug Conqueror ( United Kingdom).[53]
Henry Edye  Belgium The steamship was sighted off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board on or about 27 November.[57]
Isabel  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore near Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Port Talbot.[58]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[44]
Mary Catherine  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Dowling's Bay, County Donegal.[24]
Nerissa  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground west of Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 25 November.[20]
Patriot  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Doolough, County Mayo with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Galway.[24]
Queen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne.[44]
S. Nicola  Greece The brig was beached at Homs, Ottoman Tripolitania in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued.[47]
St. Fillan  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the schooner Victoire ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Saltcoats, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued by Victoire. St. Fillan was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.[24]
T. W. Harris  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered off Ayr with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the Ayr Lifeboat.[13][55]

23 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1881
Ship State Description
Annabelle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spanish Point, County Clare. Her crew were rescued.[55]
Bedouin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spanish Point. Her crew were rescued.[55]
Moderator  United Kingdom The steam barge collided with the steam barge Dart ( United Kingdom) in the River Avon and was beached near the Clifton Suspension Bridge.[55]

24 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1881
Ship State Description
Cordelia  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Upapa ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the New Deeps. Her crew were rescued by Upapa. Cordelia was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to London. She was towed in to Gravesend, Kent by the tug Dreadnought ( United Kingdom).[24]
F. W. Gaylord  United States The steamship collided with the steamship D. T. Lane ( United States) and sank in the Ohio River. Her cook was drowned.[31]
Konkordia  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Exmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[55] She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Exmouth. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Exmouth.[24]
Lily of Devon  United Kingdom The fishing smack struck the pier at Lowestoft, Suffolk and sank.[24]
Oncle Felix  France The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°06′N 11°35′W / 49.100°N 11.583°W / 49.100; -11.583). Her crew were rescued by Mikado ( United Kingdom). Oncle Felix was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Valparaíso, Chile.[20]

25 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1881
Ship State Description
Hebe  United Kingdom The schooner was beached on Fair Isle, where she became a wreck. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth, Moray to Sunderland, County Durham.[59]
Jane Miller Canada Canada The steamship foundered in Colpoy's Bay, Ontario with the loss of all 26 people on board.
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was towed in the Queenstown, County Cork in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from New Richmond, Quebec, Canada to Glasson Dock, Lancashire.[20]

26 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1881
Ship State Description
Arne  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Saint François. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Saint François.[60]
Baltic  Sweden The barque was driven ashore at Höganäs.[58]
British Navy  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven into the full-rigged ship Larnaca ( United Kingdom) and sank off Margate, Kent with the loss of 22 lives, including one from Larnaca. Eighteen survivors from British Navy were rescued by Larnaca and three by the tug Cruiser ( United Kingdom). British Navy was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales[61][62][54][63]
Champion  United Kingdom The fishing smack was lost on the Red Sand, off the Kent coast. Her crew were rescued by the tug Douro ( United Kingdom).[58]
Countess  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset.[58]
Excelsior  Germany The barque was driven ashore and sank at Crother's Point, St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 22 January 1882 and taken in tow by the tugs Lady of the Lake and Queen of the Bay (both  United Kingdom), when she capsized and sank. There were no deaths.[47][64]
Foam  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Lindisfarne, Northumberland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[58]
George Clark  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to South Shields.[58]
Ida  United Kingdom The barge was driven ashore at South Shields. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to South Shields.[58]
Isabella  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[58]
John and Frederick  United Kingdom The fishing smack was severely damaged in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. She put in to Great Yarmouth on 29 November.[23]
Laura  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Sharpness, Gloucestershire.[58]
L'Esperance  France The brigantine ran into the brigantine Pest ( United Kingdom) and sank in The Downs. Her seven crew were rescued; five by the smack Refuge ( United Kingdom) and two by a French schooner.[58][23]
Malaga  Germany The steamship ran aground off Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.[58]
Michael Henry Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the assistance of the brigantine Harriet ( United Kingdom). She was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. Her thirteen crew survived. She was consequently condemned.[65]
Monitor  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[58]
Polly  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Tabasco, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to the English Channel.[9]
Providence  United Kingdom The Thames barge foundered off Whitstable, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Imberza ( Norway).[47]
Scio  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Methil, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[58]
Valuta  Norway The barque was driven ashore at Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cape Town. She was refloated and taken in to Cape Town in a leaky condition.[58]
Unnamed Nova Scotia Canada The barque was lost off the North Foreland. Her crew were rescued.[58]
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown Two barqued and a schooner were reported missing off Margate, Kent.[58]

27 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1881
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with two other vessels and was then driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[61][58][54][23]
Baron van Pallandt  Netherlands The barque was driven ashore in Jennycliff Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat, but her captain, first and second mates refused to leave.[58] They later abandoned ship and reached shore in a boat.[54]
Daring, and
Lizzie Waters 		 United Kingdom The brigs collided off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and were both severely damaged. Daring was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She also collided with the barge Cambria ( United Kingdom). Lizzie Waters was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rochester, Kent. They were both towed in to Great Yarmouth for repairs.[58]
Ellen and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mostyn, Flintshire.[58]
Frank Picard  France The fishing lugger was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.[58][54]
Harvest Home  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland.[54]
Hetty Allen  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada for Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. No further trace, reported missing.[4]
Jackal  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Trevose Head, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[61] She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Falmouth, Cornwall and the Natal Colony.[47]
Jane Elsie  France The schooner was abandoned off Great Yarmouth. There was no loss of life.[61]
Liverpool  United Kingdom The ship collided with Larnaca (flag unknown) in The Downs, sank. The captain, pilot and some of the crew were lost.[61]
Lord Palmerston  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Jamaican ( United Kingdom). Lord Palmerston was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Cork.[17]
Naval Reserve Canada Canada The full-rigged ship was wrecked at St Bees, Cumberland All 25 crew were rescued.[61][54] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States.[58]
Raaf  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Malmö, Sweden. She was later refloated and towed in to Vlissingen, Zeeland.[66]
San Fernando  Spain The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts United States to Cádiz.[47]
Unnamed barques Flags unknown Two barques were driven ashore at the "back" of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[61]
Unnamed Flag unknown A schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. It is assumed that she was lost with all hands.[61]

28 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1881
Ship State Description
Annie Arbib  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from, Cronstadt, Russia to London.[67][66]
Caduceus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Woolseners, in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire and was wrecked. Her ten crew were rescued by the Bembridge Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Salerno, Italy.[58][54]
Calzean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Sound of Jura with the loss of all sixteen crew.[68]
Century  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon.[58]
Constantina  Greece The brigantine was driven ashore near Cape Bon, Tunisia.[69]
Fritz von Godow  Germany The brigantine ran aground and capsized at Caernarfon. Five of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[58][70]
Honour  United Kingdom The schooner was holed by an anchor and put in to Queenborough, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon. Subsequently taken in to Sheerness, Kent for repairs.[58]
H. T. Stanes  United Kingdom The brig foundered at sea. Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Albion ( Norway). H. T. Stanes was on a voyage from Tobago to London.[71]
John Herbert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon.[58]
Martha Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon.[58]

29 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1881
Ship State Description
Alsace Lorraine, and
Rhondda 		 France
 United Kingdom 		The steamships collided off Faro Point, Sicily, Italy. Alsace Lorraine sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brindisi, Italy to Cette, Hérault. Rhondda was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She put in to Messina, Sicily.[66][72]
Annie Vernon  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Belfast, County Antrim.[47]
Cape of Good Hope  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Sebastian's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Cape Town, Cape Colony.[66]
Recco Secundo  Italy The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°06′N 15°38′W / 46.100°N 15.633°W / 46.100; -15.633). Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Cid ( France). Recco Secundo was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queentown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[71]
Romulus  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by another steamship and was beached at Scutari, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Odessa, Russia.[66]

30 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1881
Ship State Description
Alsace-Lorraine  France The steamship was run into by the steamship Rhondda ( United Kingdom) and sank off Messina, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Messina to Cette, Hérault, France.[73]
Archiduc Rudolphe  Belgium The steamship collided with the steamship Stephensons ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Antwerp. She was beached and sank. She was raised in 1898 and scrapped.[72][74]
Fanny Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Valersay Bay. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Saint John's.[75]
George  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Tynemouth, Northumberland. All eight people on board were rescued by the barque Francesca ( Norway).[72]
India  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Ouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was later refloated and towed back to London.[76]
Pizzaro  Spain The ship was wrecked at Pasaja. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Bilbao.[69]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1881
Ship State Description
Achilles  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at San Francisco, California, United States after 18 November.[20]
Ada Wiswell  United States The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from New York to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her crew were rescued.[66]
Albion  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent.[62]
Alderman Ridley  United Kingdom The tug sank a Belfast, County Antrim.[43]
Althea  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Taganrog, Russia.[55]
Amigos  Spain The barque was driven ashore at the Rammeken Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Havana, Cuba.[58]
Amphitrite  Germany The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Memel.[43]
Anna Bell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush, County Clare and was abandoned by her crew.[20]
Anna Jane  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned at sea in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Copenhagen, Denmark.[7]
Anna Fell  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore in Boland Bay.[44]
Arctic  United States The ship was destroyed by fire in the Squan Inlet. She was on a voyage from Trieste to New York.[24]
Arnon  Norway The barque was driven ashore at Schull, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Caen, Calvados, France.[44]
August  Sweden The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[44]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne.[6]
Bedouin  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Boland Bay.[44]
Belle Aventure  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kirkmaiden, Wigtownshire with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[44]
Bremen  Germany The Weser lightship was run into by another vessel. She was consequently towed in to the Geeste.[14]
Canadienne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on White Island.[6]
Catharine  Spain The brigantine was wrecked. Her crew survived.[66]
Catherine Jane  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked near Clifden, County Galway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Tralee, County Kerry.[7]
Charles Bal  United Kingdom The ship collided with a railway bridge at Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands after 18 November. The bridge was severely damaged.[55]
Claverhouse  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at the mouth of the Mellacorée River and was wrecked before 17 November. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Mellacorée River.[43]
Cleveland  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at the Kullen Lighthouse, Sweden. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen by a steamship.[28]
Compton  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Domesnes, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[47]
Concordia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Lappohja, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was refloated and towed in to Karlshamn, Sweden in a leaky condition.[28]
Crimea  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Killough, County Down.[24]
Dagmar  Norway The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Festinalente (Canada Canada). Dagmar was on a voyage from Shediac, Nova Scotia, Canada to Dublin, United Kingdom.[7] She was subsequently discovered by Herbert Beech (Canada Canada), which put four crew aboard. They took Dagmar in to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[6]
Edith Lorn  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Columbia River.[46]
Eliza Spi  United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 November.[59]
Emma Jane  United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.[28]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Carrickfergus, County Antrim.[58]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Virginia ( United Kingdom) and sank at Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[20]
Forest Deer  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Stoke's Bay.[24]
Fortuna  United States The schooner was driven ashore in Palanan Bay.[11]
France  France The ship was lost at sea. Some of her crew were rescued, others were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to the Bull River.[44]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[55]
Fritz von der Lancken  Germany The barque was driven ashore at "Steenrevet". She was on a voyage from Dantsic to the Natal Colony. She was refloated with assistance.[7]
Gibraltar  Sweden The steamship ran aground at Lonstrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stockholm.[48]
Glamorganshire  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from New York to Dunkerque. She was later refloated and taken in to Dunkerque in a leaky condition with the assistance of a number of tugs.[58]
Granite City  United Kingdom The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Daniel Taylor ( France). Granite City was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada to Queenstown.[71]
G. W. Wolff  United States The ship ran aground in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Belfast.[20]
Hansine  Denmark The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Aalborg.[43]
H. A. Parr Canada Canada The barque was abandoned at sea with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Carniola ( United Kingdom).[46]
H. B. Jones Canada Canada The ship ran aground in the Bay of Bulls. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Betts Cove, Newfoundland Colony. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[46]
Helen  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at "Friberga", Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from "Sprangviken" to Papenburg.[20]
Helen  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore on North Pharay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Henriette  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Guadeloupe.[27]
Iduna  Sweden The schooner ran aground on the Kjarsgaard. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Malmö.[48]
Imperial  United Kingdom The ship became waterlogged and was abandoned off the Bird Rocks. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool.[3]
Innsfall  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her eight crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[62][54]
Isaiah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran in a derelict condition.[55]
James Ennis  United Kingdom The fishing boat was wrecked at Bondicar, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the Bondicar Lifeboat.[48]
Jane Cory  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ostby, Öland. She was on a voyage from Riga to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen for repairs.[58][66]
Jane Millin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.[48]
Janthine  France The schooner was driven ashore near Zierikzee, Zeeland.[46]
Jeune Elise  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Osmington, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trouville, Manche to Swansea, Glamorgan.[58]
John Davie  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Chittagong, India.[24]
John Williamson  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Odessa, Russia.[6]
Jovellanos  Spain The steamship was wrecked at Pasaja between 16 and 26 November. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cádiz.[20][58]
Juanita Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at the Brandy Pots. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[14]
Koomar  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean after 5 November with the loss of all nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[77]
Lambertha  Netherlands The kuff was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway to Kampen, Overijssel. She was refloated and put in to Kristiansand, Norway in a waterlogged condition.[66]
Largo Law  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at San Francisco.[43]
Lauretta  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the barque Maria Stoneman ( United Kingdom). Lauretta was on a voyage from Quebec City to Conway, Caernarfonshire.[27]
Leda  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Thessaloniki, Greece. She was refloated and towed in to Vlissingen, Zeeland.[58][47]
Lizzie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne.[55]
Lottie  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube at Sulina, Romania.[24]
Luigi V  Italy The barque ran aground at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[27]
Luna  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to a French port.[58]
Mardell  Norway The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°30′N 41°30′W / 45.500°N 41.500°W / 45.500; -41.500). All 22 people on board were rescued by the barque Mermaid ( United Kingdom).[58]
Maria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was towed in to Port Erin by the tug Fury (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) Isle of Man.[3]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Bredegrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull to Stockholm. She was refloated with assistance, and put in to Malmö on 22 November.[44]
Mary Louise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montrose, Forfarshire.[43]
Masonic  United Kingdom The ketch ran aground on the Blyth Sand, in the Thames Estuary, and sank.[24]
Mercurius  Netherlands The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam.[46]
Morven  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Hammond's Knoll, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and broke her rudder. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Finland to London. She was refloated and taken to Great Yarmouth under sail. Subsequently towed to London by the tug Cruiser ( United Kingdom).[6]
Mouse  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore in Loch Swin.[58]
Nanny Latham  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Ellen, Islay. She was on a voyage from Loch Quily to Cardiff.[24]
Necochea  Argentina The ship was driven on to the Swash, in the Bristol Channel.[58]
Nentwater  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire.[11]
New Era  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Bojeador, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco.[11]
Olga Elkan  United Kingdom The schooner struck the breakwater at Cuxhaven, Germany and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Runcorn, Cheshire.[20]
Olympic Kuiper  Germany The barque was driven ashore "at Kellen". She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Rostock.[28]
Pallas  Germany The ship was wrecked at Quemoy, Formosa before 23 November. Her crew were rescued.[75]
Patriot  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Doolough, County Mayo with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Galway.[78]
Polka  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool.[44]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by another barque. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to the Clyde.[43]
Reaper  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Macduff, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Inverness. She was refloated and taken in to Macduff.[48]
Retreiver  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to IJmuiden, North Holland.[3]
Rialto  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at New York.[11]
Rob Roy  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Islay, Inner Hebrides.[58]
Royal Arch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne.[55]
Sandringham  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Haulbowline, County Cork.[24]
Sarah Lightfoot  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Waterford.[20]
Saturn  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Settermullen", County Galway.[47]
Sea Foam  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Stranraer, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cape Town, Cape Colony.[48]
Sentinel  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. All on board were rescued.[53]
Shakespeare  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Rio Grande at "Petelinga", Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India.[24]
Signal  Germany The steamship was driven ashore on Kuressaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[46]
Speed  Norway The brig was driven ashore at "Segarstadt", Öland.[47]
Stag  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Elleboog Sandbank, in the Scheldt.[47]
Stolaf  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Knob Point, Mainland, Shetland Islands. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Thinca  Norway The barque was driven ashore at Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Thistle  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by the steamship Rebecca ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Rebecca.[79][48]
Thor  Norway The brig was driven ashore at Sandhead, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dram to Liverpool.[44]
Urania  Norway The barque ran aground on the Kalkgrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga to Dordrecht, South Holland. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen.[24]
Uranus  Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and set afire. Her crew were rescued by the barque Templar (Canada) Canada. Uranus was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Musquobodoit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.[14][12]
Useful  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked on the Boulmer Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. Her seven crew were rescued by a fishing boat.[48]
Vesta  Russia The barque was severely damaged by fire at Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[58]
Visitor  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lanlivet, Cornwall.[14]
Vorwarts  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Bergkvara. She was on a voyage from Hudiksvall to Kiel, Germany. She was refloated and put in to Kalmar.[44]
Wetherall  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bilbao, Spain. She was later refloated and taken in to Bayonne, Basses-Pryénées.[6]
Wilhelm  Germany The steamship was driven ashore at Kristianopel, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Kalmar, Sweden.[55]
Williams  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool.[27]
Zeta  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Craster, Caithness. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Zetland  Norway The ship was driven ashore on Pecks Beach, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to New York.[7]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship struck the Barrels Rock near Courtmacsherry Bay.[67]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship ran aground on the Jenkin Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[14]

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