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List of shipwrecks in December 1868

The list of shipwrecks in December 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1868.

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1 December

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List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1868
Ship State Description
Castigliona   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of County Wexford with the loss of five of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. She was refloated on 12 December and towed into Liverpool by the steamships Duncannon and Ross, and the tug William Wallace (all   United Kingdom).[1][2][3]
Cynthia   United Kingdom The ship departed from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
Grietje   Netherlands The fishing vessel was wrecked in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Criterion (  United Kingdom).[5]

2 December

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List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1868
Ship State Description
Beyham   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Waterford. She was refloated and assisted into Grimsby, Lincolnshire by a lifeboat.[6]
Madelon   France The ship was wrecked at Naples, Italy.[7]
Maids   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Ouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated.[8]
Marie   Prussia The ship was wrecked at Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[1]

3 December

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List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1868
Ship State Description
Alexandra   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[9]
Annie   Denmark The schooner was wrecked on Souter Point, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to the Tyne.[9][6]
Ethuriel   United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the barque Liverpool (  United Kingdom) and was beached in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated and towed back to Belfast.[10]
Flora   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned on St. Peter's Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11] She was taken into Old Man's Bay, where she was condemned.[12]
Flora   Denmark The schooner was wrecked on Souter Point. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.[9][6]
Gefuil   Sweden The ship was driven ashore on the Middle Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Gävle to the Humber.[9][13]
Harfruen Flag unknown The barque was towed into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.[9][6]
Rival   United Kingdom The ship struck the quayside at Ramsgate, Kent and became severely leaky. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[8]
Victoria   Denmark The schooner collided with Berwick (  United Kingdom) and sank off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by Berwick. Victoria was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to the River Tyne.[14][15]
William Gillies   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at "Carrendall", Argyllshire. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Campbeltown Lifeboat Lord Murray (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). William Gillies was on a voyage from London to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[16][17][18][19]
Unnamed   Denmark The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Marsden, County Durham by the steamship Berwick (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Berwick.[20]

4 December

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List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1868
Ship State Description
Andrew Jackson   United Kingdom The clipper was wrecked on a reef in the Gaspar Strait in the Netherlands East Indies.
Annie Kimball   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the Gaspar Strait and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She completed her voyage, but was consequently condemned.[21]
Brothers   United Kingdom The skiff capsized at Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her three crew were rescued by a steamship.[15]
Clara Novello   United Kingdom The ship departed from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
Juventa   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on rocks north of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Queenstown.[22][23]
Martha   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Francis Carvill (  United States). Martha was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[24]
Nancy Riley   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Guadeloupe. She was on a voyage from an English port to Guadeloupe.[25]
Orpheus   United States The ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[26]
Sir Ralph Abercrombie   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Tristan d'Acunha. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Telegraph (  Cape Colony). Sir Ralph Abercrombie was on a voyage from London to Yokohama, Japan.[27][28][29]
St. Pierre á Caens   Denmark The schooner was wrecked on the Spital Scar Rocks, near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[15]
Swift   United Kingdom The ship departed from Poronal Bay, Prince Edward Island for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]

5 December

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List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1868
Ship State Description
Annie Jane   United Kingdom The fishing sloop collided with the fishing boat Celine (  Belgium) and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Galloper Sandbank. Her crew were rescued by a Russian schooner.[30][31]
Ariel   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Bannow, County Wexford with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Waterford.[16][17][32]
Castilian   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harlech, Caernarfonshire and was wrecked with the loss of three of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Port Madoc Lifeboat John Ashbury (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Castilian was on a voyage form Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[17][33]
City of Boston   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed back to New York.[34]
Earl   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in the "Keroe Islands" was the loss of all but one of her seven or eight crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Waterford.[35]
J. T. A.   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Langness Peninsula, Isle of Man.[36]
Juventa   United Kingdom The ship sank off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool. She was refloated the next day and taken into St. George's, Bermuda.[37]
Kate Mills   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saint Andrews, Fife. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire.[13]
Thorwaldsen Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Kingroad in a waterlogged condition.[13] She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[17]
Vaillant   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel.[13]
Vision   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. Her five crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat Commercial Traveller (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[38][35] Vision was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Garston, Lancashire.[26][19]

6 December

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List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1868
Ship State Description
Alarm   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bremen. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of steamships.[17]
Caroline Beeson   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[39]
Eledona   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Vlissingen.[39]
Express   United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk off Gibraltar by the steamship Sidon. Her eight crew were rescued by Sidon. Express was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily, Italy to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[40]
Fawn   United Kingdom The smack struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and was wrecked with the loss of two of her five crew.[18]
Gamester   United Kingdom The fishing smack was damaged by fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham.[15]
Nordstjorn   Bremen The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen.[39]
North Britain   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England with the loss of seven of her nineteen crew. survivors were rescued by the Penzance Lifeboat Richard Lewis (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). North Britain was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Southampton, Hampshire.[41][16][42][43]
Richard Lewis   Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Penzance Lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of North Britain (  United Kingdom. Two of her crew were severely injured.[18]
Stella   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Ipswich, Suffolk.[44]
Tyne   New Zealand The schooner ran aground near the entrance to Wellington Harbour and became a total wreck.[45]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The fishing smack sank in the River Thames at Barking, Essex with the loss of both crew.[18]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of a lugger and a steamship but found to be severely leaky and was taken in tow for London.[18]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Ellewoutsdijk, Zeeland.[46]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground and sank off Ellewoutsdijk.[46]

7 December

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List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1868
Ship State Description
Annette   Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam, North Holland.[46]
Bootry   Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46]
Caroline Beeson   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 13 December and put back to Antwerp.[47]
Catharina   Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46]
Clio   Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46]
Cornelia Catharina   Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46]
Courrier   Saint Pierre The ship was lost near St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.[32]
Drie Gesusters   Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46]
Elizabeth   Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46]
Goor Nagtias   Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46]
Henry and Maria   United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the barque Jason (  Norway) and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Jason.[14][44][48]
Isabella Thompson   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Clare, Nova Scotia, Canada.[49]
Jenny Jenkins   United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Lord Raglan and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Lord Raglan. Jenny Jenkins was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Exeter, Devon.[50][51]
Maalstroom   Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46]
Minniehaha   United States The ship ran aground on the Conch Reef, off the coast of Florida. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated but ran aground again. She was refloated and taken into Key West, Florida on 10 December for repairs.[52][53]
Potosi   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Tome, Japan. She was on a voyage from Tome to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but sprang a severe leak and had to be beached.[54]
Pride of the Ocean   United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[55]
Sarah Ann   Newfoundland Colony The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland, United States for Saint John's. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[56]

8 December

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List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1868
Ship State Description
Appearance   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Sarpsborg, Norway.[36]
Assistant   Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore at Rotterdam, South Holland.[39]
Chanticleer   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef north east of Pemba Island, Zanzibar. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Zanzibar.[57][58]
Clarendon   New Zealand The 157-ton brig was deliberately run ashore to the north of Hokitika in order to save the crew when she sprang a leak.[45]
Congress   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Fleetwood.[26][39] She was refloated and towed into Fleetwood.[46]
Express   United Kingdom The brigantine was run down and sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by the steamship Sidon (  United Kingdom) with the loss of all hands.[59][60] She was on a voyage from a port in Sutherland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[30]
Frances and Charlotte   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Chichester, Sussex.[50]
John P. Paint   United States The barque departed from Boston, Massachusetts for Queenstown, County cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
Malanta   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Rotterdam.[39]
May Flower   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted into Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[46]
Stirling Castle   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Kinghorn, Fife. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland.[14][61][62]
Voorwarts   Netherlands The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Schullhoep, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Rotterdam.[26][30] Voorwarts was refloated on 17 December.[63]
Unnamed   Prussia The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Bosphorus with the loss of all but one of her crew.[64]

9 December

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List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1868
Ship State Description
Adam Wilhelm   Denmark The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[30]
Ann   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and towed into Harwich.[36]
Heilingenhafen   Prussia The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Kiel. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[65][46]
John Black   United Kingdom The brigantine was scuttled at Soldier's Point, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued.[51][61] She had been refloated by 28 December and taken into Warrenpoint, Count Antrim.[66]
Ilma   Sweden The schooner ran aground on the Trindelen Rock and was abandoned by her crew.[46]
Vectis   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Nyanza (  United Kingdom). Vectis was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[67][68]
Voltaic   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.[61] She was refloated on 12 December and taken into Londonderry.[69]

10 December

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List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1868
Ship State Description
Atalanta   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but was consequently run onto the Outer Bank, off Happisburgh, Norfolk, where she was wrecked. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Happisburgh Lifeboat Huddersfield (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Atalanta was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[61][55][19]
Catherine and Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris, Anglesey.[70]
Cham   France The chasse-marée was wrecked on the Longnose Rock, off Kingsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[71][68] She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme to Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[69]
Clyde   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near "Feaghaig", 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Campbeltown, Argyllshire with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry.[14][72]
Deborah   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Woodbridge, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull to Woodbridge.[36]
Deerhound   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[46]
Duxceline   France The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Gravesend, Kent.[71]
Elizabeth and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris.[70]
Elizabeth Brown   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand.[46]
Emma   United Kingdom The ship collided with the paddle steamer Prince Alfred (  United Kingdom) and was beached at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Workington, Cumberland. She had been refloated by 15 December and taken into Belfast for repairs.[73]
Emerald   United Kingdom The collier, a brig, collided with the barque Fanny (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex.[51][46][68] Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[74] Emerald was refloated on 13 January 1869 and towed into London.[75]
Esther   Jersey The ship was wrecked on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew survived.[36]
Experiment   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Par, Cornwall.[36]
Fruiterer   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Lowestoft.[36]
Fruit Girl   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand.[46]
Grance   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Margate. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[71]
Grace Wright   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Macherioch, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Killala, County Mayo.[67]
G. T. Ward   United States The schooner was driven ashore at "Saalze". She was on a voyage from Lübeck to an English port.[46]
Hannah Mary   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and sank at Margate. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Boulogne.[71]
Hero   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Dee. She was refloated and assisted into the River Dee by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat.[70]
Heviland   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southend-on-Sea, Essex.[51] She was refloated the next day.[36]
Ino, and
Ranger 		  United Kingdom The lugger Ranger ran into the schooner Ino and was abandoned by her eleven crew, who got on board Ino, which was subsequently abandoned. All sixteen people on board Ino were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat Swift (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Ino was on a voyage from South Shields to Taganrog, Russia. She drove ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was wrecked. Ranger was subsequently taken into Great Yarmouth by a lifeboat.[36][55][19]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Hayle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken into St. Ives.[61]
Lion   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[72]
Little Gem   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris.[70]
Magdala   Canada The ship was driven ashore in Loch Boisdale. She was on a voyage from Shediac, Nova Scotia to Dundalk, County Louth, United Kingdom. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky.[76]
Margaret and Ann   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Warrenpoint, County Antrim with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Newry, County Antrim.[51]
New Parliament   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Par.[36]
Reindeer   United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the Belfast Lough by the steamship Electric (  United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Electric. Reindeer was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin.[77][36]
Rose and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Swansea, Glamorgan.[61]
Stirling Castle   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Vous Rocks, off the coast of Fife. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.[78]
Tonderghe   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portwilliam, Wigtownshire to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[14]
William   Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Ross Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Douglas.[14][47]
William   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[69]
William   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Pladda with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Troon to Belfast.[14][55][79][47][3]

11 December

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List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1868
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was refloated on 15 December with the assistance of a number of tugs.[80]
Bacabec   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Echo (  United Kingdom). Bacabec was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Sligo.[52][81]
Belt   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Moville. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Bangor, County Down.[61] She was refloated on 15 December with the assistance of a number of tugs.[80]
City of Hamburg   United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated the next day and taken into Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[36][61][55]
Clyde   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Campbeltown, Argyllshire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry.[36][47]
Express   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Barnstaple, Devon.[82] She was later refloated and taken into Appledore.[49]
Glenharvee   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Campbeltown with the loss of two of her crew.[36]
Gossamer   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Prawle Point, Devon with the loss of 31 of the 48 people on board.[83]
Herald   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bangor, County Down.[61]
Jane   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jane was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[82][67][19]
Jane   Isle of Man The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsey. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jane was on a voyage from Ramsey to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[82][67][3]
Magnet   United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg.[52][53]
Nereid   United Kingdom The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[84]
Nethania   United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk by a schooner off the North Foreland, Kent. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Caen, Calvados, France.[71][85]
Prudence   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey. Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).> Prudence was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.[67][3][19]
Rehoboth   United Kingdom The ship sank off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew survived. she was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lymington, Hampshire.[36]
Seaman   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bangor, County Down.[61]
Thames   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnsore, County Wexford with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.[82]
Wasdale   United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk off Lamlash, Isle of Arran with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Newport.[86]

12 December

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List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1868
Ship State Description
Bangalore   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was refloated on 14 December and put back to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[47]
Bartolotto Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Port Mandri", Greece. She was on a voyage from Bourgas, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She had been refloated by 31 December and taken into Piraeus.[87]
Emily Anne   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[69]
Equity   United Kingdom The smack collided with Queen Victoria (  United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Queen Victoria.[14][88]
Heilingenhafen   Prussia The schooner was wrecked on "Hatheriff". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Kiel.[65][46]
Hero   United Kingdom The ship sank in the Irish Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north west of Puffin Island, Anglesey. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[82][69][89]
Liffey   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portavogie, County Down with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim.[82]
Nethania   United Kingdom The brig was run into by a schooner and sank at Broadstairs, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France.[82]
Rose   United Kingdom The ship was holed in the River Usk and capsized. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.[49]
Ruby   United Kingdom The ship sank at Nefyn, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire.[82]
Three Janes   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Douglas, Isle of Man with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Douglas. She was refloated and take into Douglas.[90]

13 December

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List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1868
Ship State Description
Dorset   United Kingdom The ship departed from Port Talbot, Glamorgan for Highbridge, Somerset. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[91]
Eleanor and Grace   United Kingdom The ship drove ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.[47][63] She was refloated on 17 December.[92]
Lady Flora Hastings   United Kingdom The schooner collided with Trossach (  United Kingdom) and sank off the Tongue Sand. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent.[82][93]
Nordstfjernan   Sweden The barque ran aground off Häfringe Island and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Stockholm.[80][94]
Pehr   Norway The brig was driven ashore at St Mawes Castle, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Norway to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken into Falmouth, Cornwall.[67][95]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. The Aldeburgh and Thorpeness Lifeboats Ipswich and Pasco (both   Royal National Lifeboat Institution) were launched but found no sign of her.[67][47]

14 December

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List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1868
Ship State Description
Anne Milne   United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire and sank at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 4 January 1869 and taken into Perth.[73][63][96]
Beaufeau   France The brig was wrecked on the Batten Reef, in Plymouth Sound. Her crew were rescued.[97]
Canada Flag unknown The barque sank off Bettystown, County Meath.[47] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone.[49]
Emily Burnyest   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Trefusis Point, Cornwall. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[47]
Helena   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Doom Bar.[97] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Vigo, Spain.[47]
Hound   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Great Cumbrae, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire.[98]
Marthe Helene   Norway The ship was wrecked near Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Horten.[69]
Orient   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith. She was refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark in a severely leaky condition and was beached there.[47][80]
Pher   Norway The brig ran aground at St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken into Falmouth, Cornwall.[47]
Providence   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Ramsey Bay. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.[99]
Sarah Anne   United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank at Laugharne, Carmarthenshire with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Swansea, Glamorgan.[65][100]
Vegesack   Bremen The ship departed from Cardiff for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[101]
Veteran   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Troon to Belfast.[47]
Unnamed   Denmark The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom.[14]

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List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1868
Ship State Description
Advice   Canada The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°46′N 21°50′W / 50.767°N 21.833°W / 50.767; -21.833). Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamship Denmark (  United Kingdom). Advice was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Saint John, New Brunswick.[102]
Architect   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued by Claribel (  United Kingdom). Architect was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to an English port.[103][104] She came ashore at Hillswick, Shetland Islands on 3 February 1869.[105]
Cavoda   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked near Drogheda, County Louth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone.[106][107]
Eclipse   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Digby, Nova Scotia to the Clyde.[24]
Fancy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Silivri, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berdyansk, Russia to a British port.[108][109]
Fides   United States The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen.[98]
Grace   United Kingdom The schooner sank at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Broadstairs Lifeboat Bulmer White (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Grace was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated on 16 December and taken into Margate.[73][72][80][68]
Happy Return   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Cromarty.[110]
Hooyland   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[67]
Royal Dane   United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Seraglio Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port. She was refloated and subsequently resumed her voyage.[111]
Royal Tar   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Rouen (  France). Royal Tar was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Goole, Yorkshire.[47]
Tyne   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Marmara Island, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Enos, Ottoman Empire.[108][76]
Wilhelmine Flag unknown The ship capsized in the Black Sea at the entrance to the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[73][80][63][76]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The brig foundered off the Copeland Islands, County Antrim with the loss of several of her crew. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[73]

16 December

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List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1868
Ship State Description
Clyde   Canada The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Alma (  United Kingdom). Clyde was on a voyage from Verte Bay, Nova Scotia to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[112][66]
Elizabeth Mary   United Kingdom The schooner was driven onto the Naylor Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and taken into Margate.[73][80]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship sank in Angle Bay.[63] She was refloated on 30 December and taken into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire where she was condemned.[48]

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List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1868
Ship State Description
Daisy   United Kingdom The smack was run into by the steamship Don Pedro (  Spain) and sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[80] She was raised on 19 December and taken into Grimsby.[49]
Forester   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Lee Flat, in the Suriname River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Pernambuco, Brazil.[75]
Lucien   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Myfor Bank. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London. She was refloated and taken into Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[113]
Millbank   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Penarth.[63]
Pet   United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks in East Tarbert Bay and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to São Miguel Island, Azores.[102]
Preciosa   Sweden The schooner was wrecked south of Egersund, Norway with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to an English port.[112][66]
John Wesley   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Lough Swilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Galway.[102] She was refloated on 22 December.[76]
The Beal   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Horse Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.[114]

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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1868
Ship State Description
Callioup (or Galicub), and
Charkeich (or Sharkie) 		  Ottoman Empire The steamships collided in the Black Sea at "Carabournon". Callioup sank with the loss of 50 of the 165 people on board. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Constantinople. Charkeich was consequently beached at Çeşme[115][116][117][118][119]
Chevy Chase   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Scheelhoek, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[63]
Dunsundie   United Kingdom The ship strurck a sunken rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from "Burraira" to Hull, Yorkshire. She put into Gibraltar in a leaky condition[120]
Helen   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham.[49]
Henrietta Brewis   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°45′N 40°09′W / 44.750°N 40.150°W / 44.750; -40.150). Her crew were rescued by the barque Sharston (  United Kingdom). Henrietta Brewis was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bahia, Brazil.[96][121]
L'Auguste   France The lugger was lost on this date. Her crew were rescued by Noera (  United Kingdom).[122]
Livonia   Italy The ship ran aground and was damaged at Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[123]
Lucien   United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Mylor Bank, in the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London. She was refloated and taken into Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[73][63]

19 December

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List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1868
Ship State Description
Earl of Elgin, and
Thames 		  United Kingdom The steamship Earl of Elgin collided with the steamship Thames in the River Thames and was beached at Tilburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated on 21 December and taken into London. Thames sank at Northfleet, Kent.[65][124][49] She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to London.[125] She was refloated.[24]
Hannah and Jane   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk.[49] She was refloated on 22 December and taken into Blakeney.[76]
Henrietta   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore near Beaumaris, Anglesey.[124]
Oernen   Denmark The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Otto (  Denmark). Oernen was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Ebeltoft.[48]

20 December

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List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1868
Ship State Description
Alarm   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Zuidwal, in the Wadden Sea. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[126]
Florence   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Charlestown, Cornwall.[49]
Harkaway   United Kingdom The ship departed from The Downs for the Canary Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[127]
Mary Ann   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to the River Tyne.[100]
Villafranca   France The lugger was wrecked on Havre de Pas, Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by the tug Toby (  Jersey). Villafranca was on a voyage from Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[128][129]

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List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1868
Ship State Description
Adventure   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a port in Mayenne, France.[129]
Catherine   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Larne, County Antrim. She subsequently floated off and drove out to sea.[76]
Commerce   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Blyth.[114]
Ellen   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck off Race's Shoal, in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[108]
Estrella   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Roques Reefs. All on board survived on an uninhabited island 6 nautical miles (11 km) from the wreck. They were rescued on 27 December by Bolivar (  Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela). Estrella was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Curaçao.[130]
Favourite   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[129][114]
Hamilton   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[49]
Harriet   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "Portmacksand", Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Barsalloch, Wigtownshire. She was refloated but drove ashore near Garliestown and was wrecked.[104]
Helen   United Kingdom The schooner struck a sunken rock and foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of the Dudgeon Lightship (  Trinity House), in the North Sea. Her crew got on board the lightship. They were rescued on 23 December by the steamship Resolute (  United Kingdom). Helen was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen.[131][132]
Kinloss   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the North Sea near Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland, with the loss of one of her five crew.[133] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen.[134]
Peter Fordeskjold   Denmark The barque ran aground on the Hittarp Reef. She was on a voyage from an English port to Copenhagen.[24]
Starry Banner   United States The steamship was reported to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) west of Ireland (island) with the loss of 122 of the 164 people on board. Survivors were reported to have been rescued by a French barque and having been landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was reported to have been on a voyage from New York City to Alexandria, Egypt. However, the story was believed to be a hoax, with no vessel of that name listed in American Lloyd's Register and no accounts from survivors forthcoming from Boulogne.[24][125][135][136]
Weardale   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[49]

22 December

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List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1868
Ship State Description
Active, and
Brothers 		  United Kingdom The schooner Active collided with Brothers in the River Usk. Both vessels were beached. Brothers was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[126]
Jackal   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock off Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[24]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Cornish Diamond (  United Kingdom). Mary was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France.[108][137]
Pioneer   United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Kinghorn (  United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued by Kinghorn and the Caister Lifeboat. Pioneer was on a voyage from Torquay, Devon to South Shields, County Durham.[131][137][132]
Sacra Famiglia   Italy The ship was wrecked near Messina, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[64]
Southern Empire   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hermione (  United Kingdom) and the brig Johann Amelia (  Portugal). Southern Empire was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[138][139][140]

23 December

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List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1868
Ship State Description
Adele   Bremen The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Those on board took to four boats. One boat with nine people on board reached land, five people in another boat were rescued by Frederick (  United States). Those in the other two boats were reported missing. Adele was on a voyage from Bremen to a port in Aracan, Burma.[141]
Helen   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[137]

24 December

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List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1868
Ship State Description
Adsey   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort, Felixtowe, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex.[76]
Alderman   United Kingdom The brig was run into by the steamship Valetta (  United Kingdom) and sank off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Valetta. Alderman was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[108][76][137][132]
Alexander   United Kingdom The ship struck a wreck in the Sunk Channel and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She put into Lowestoft, Suffolk.[48]
Castle   United Kingdom The smack was abandoned off Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. Her nine crew were rescued by the Aberystwyth Lifeboat Evelyn Wood (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[142][19] Castle was on a voyage from Kingstown, County Dublin to Aberystwyth.[143] She came ashore and was wrecked.[24]
Diamond and
Fuchsia 		  United Kingdom The collier Fuchsia, a brig, was run into by John and Mary (  United Kingdom) off Aldeburgh, Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew, who reached shore in their boat. Fuchsia was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She subsequently collided with the schooner Diamond (  United Kingdom, which was abandoned by her three crew; they got on board Fuchsia, which was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Those on board were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Pasco (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Diamond was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.< She was subsequently taken into Lowestoft, Suffolk in a derelict condition by the smacks Secret and Vesper (both   United Kingdom).[64][24][144][132][19]
Isabella   United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken into Lowestoft in a sinking condition.[24]
Jeune Adolphe   France The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Julia   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Aberlady Bay. She sank the next day and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cockenzie, Lothian to Pont-Audemer, Eure, France.[145]
Saucy Lass   United Kingdom The ship collided with Merton (  United Kingdom) and sank off the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of two of her crew.[24] Survivors were rescued by Merton.[146]

25 December

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List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1868
Ship State Description
Anne Catherine   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Hatteriff". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Nyborg, Denmark.[48]
Annie   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put into Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leak condition.[22]
Australian   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool, Lancashire.[147] She was refloated on 27 December and taken into Norfolk.[148]
Chebucto   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Annotto Bay, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[37][149]
Cuthebert   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All 40 people on board were rescued by the barque America (  United States). Cuthbert was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool.[150]
Sophie   United Kingdom The ship foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford.[11]
Thomas Gillespie   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 17 nautical miles (31 km) south west of Cape Spartel, Morocco with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Genoa and Naples, Italy.[22][151][152]

26 December

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List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1868
Ship State Description
Ardwell   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Zierikzee, North Holland.[22][153]
Cacique   French Navy The convict hulk sank at Cayenne, French Guiana with the loss of several lives.[154]
Florence Nightingale   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked off the coast of Africa with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate to Sierra Leone. The nineteen survivors reached the "Isle des Los" in a raft, from whence they were rescued by the whaler S. A. Paine (  United States).[155]
Ida   United Kingdom The ship collided with the brig Topsy (  United Kingdom) and sank at Deal, Kent.[22]
Isabella   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Thames (  United Kingdom).[156] Isabella was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Maldon, Essex.[157]
Jane   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Margate, Kent.[158][11]
Malvina   United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Falcon (  Bremen) and was beached on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[22] She was later refloated with the assistance of six smacks and was towed into London.[66]
Maggie Lorimer   United Kingdom The ship sank at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dunkerque.[48]
Marsden   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[11][22]
Mohawk   Canada The brig ran aground at the entrance to the Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Cuba. She was refloated and taken into Ballyhenry, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[159][66]
Nancy   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire.[158][11]
Orient   United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Hope (  United Kingdom). Orient was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[11][22][160]
Portia   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[132]
Sarah Nicholson   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Eastern Passage. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[21]
Sisters   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the brig Triune (  United Kingdom). Sisters was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[158][11][22][161]
Speculation   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the smacks New Unity and Snowdrop (  United Kingdom). Speculation was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London.[25][132]
Springflower   United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[162]
Standering, or
Stanislaus 		  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her nine crew were rescued by the steamship Thames (  United Kingdom).[156][163]
Traveller   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet sand, floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued by the brig Nexo (  Denmark). Traveller was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[11][22][146]
Victoire Eugène   France The ship departed from Casablanca, Morocco for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[164]
No. 9   United Kingdom The pilot boat was run down and severely damaged by the steamship RMS China (  United Kingdom) with the loss of two lives. Twelve people were rescued by China.[156][22] No. 9 was taken into Liverpool.[165]
Ballywalter Lifeboat   United Kingdom The lifeboat capsized in the Belfast Lough with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard.[144]

27 December

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List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1868
Ship State Description
Baltic   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[158] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[11]
Bride's Maid   Jersey The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Trouville, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Trouville.[48]
Cabot, and
Flying Cloud 		  United Kingdom The barque Cabot was driven into the brig Flying Cloud at Plymouth, Devon. Both vessels were driven on to the Batten Reef and were wrecked.[125][157] Cabot was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[144] She was refloated the next day and taken into Sutton Harbour.[156] Flying Cloud was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Leith, Lothian.[144] Her ten crew were rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat.[19]
Captain Manby   France The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of Only Son (  United Kingdom) at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of two or five of her ten crew.[11][125][157][132]
China   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by W. H. Jenkins (  United Kingdom). China was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[166][167]
Concord   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Galway to Maryport, Cumberland.[48]
George   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[48]
Hitena   United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Worthing Lifeboat Jane (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Hitena was subsequently taken into Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[132]
Miranda   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Iona (  United Kingdom). Miranda was on a voyage from Blakeney, Norfolk to London.[11][137][22]
Okeanos   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She floated off and sank. Her seven crew were rescued by the smack Four Brothers (  United Kingdom).[25][132]
Only Son   United Kingdom The collier, a schooner, was driven ashore at Boulogne. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[11][142][125]
Queen of Britain   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Girdler Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. She was refloated and towed into London.[123]
Shepherdess   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Hamburg (  United Kingdom).[22]
Triune   United Kingdom The brig ran aground and was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All on board were rescued by Volunteer (  United Kingdom). Triune was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[158][11][22]
Violette   United Kingdom The barque capsized in the River Mersey. All ten crew were rescued by the gig Kate, the tug Speedwell (both   United Kingdom), and the Liverpool Lifeboat Liverpool No. 1 (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Violette was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[165][168] She was righted on 1 January 1869 and taken into Liverpool.[153][157]
Wanderer   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Meyer's Ledge, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Brake, Prussia.[22]
Waterloo   United Kingdom The barque collided with a Dutch brig and caught fire off the east coast of Kent. She ran onto the Goodwin Sands and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Hull, Yorkshire.[142][123][48]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The lighter struck rocks at Kilcreggan, Argyllshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballachulish, Inverness-shire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[48]

28 December

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List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1868
Ship State Description
Arlington   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Nelson Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[123] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[169]
Bilbao   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and taken into Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[123][170][132]
Castle Eden   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated.[171]
Catherina   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Fox (  United Kingdom). Catherina was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to South Shields, County Durham.[172][153]
Dugueschin   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham.[112]
Hedwig Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near Geestendorf.[123]
Home   United Kingdom The brig was towed into A Coruña, Spain by the steamship Luxor (  United Kingdom), being in a sinking condition.[123]
Horace   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[173]
Jesse   United Kingdom The Thames barge was abandoned in the Thames Estuary off Faversham, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gravesend to Murston, Kent.[96]
Leopard   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Westward Ho!, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Hope (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution) with the loss of a crewman from the lifeboat. Leopard was on a voyage from Sombrero, Antigua to Gloucester.[174][25][112][19]
Marie   United Kingdom The ship sank at Glückstadt, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Flensburg, Prussia.[112]
Moonbeam   United States The ship was driven ashore near Geestendorf.[123]
Morice   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Terneuzen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[112]
Ocean Gem   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Kaloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Sunderland.[112][66][48] She was refloated on 28 January 1869 and taken into Terneuzen, Zeeland.[175]
Pace   Austria-Hungary The barque was wrecked in Bideford Bay with the loss of four of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Bideford Lifeboat Hope (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Pace was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Venice.[174][112][123][176] She was refloated on 19 May 1869 and beached.[95]
Princess   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ainsdale, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[66]

29 December

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List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1868
Ship State Description
Carnatic   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Archimedes (  Italy). Carnatic was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain.[139]
Crossfell   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Albion (  Guernsey). Crossfell was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[25][177][132]
George Bennett   United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smack Mystery (  United Kingdom).[132]
Josephine   United Kingdom The ship struc the pier at Ramsgate, Kent. She was holed by her anchor and sank. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France.[66]
Maria Elizabeth   Dantzig The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Euboea, Greece with the loss of all hands.[120]
Provident   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Wolves Rock and was abandoned by her crew. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and towed into Cardiff, Glamorgan in a severely leaky condition.[153]
Syrian   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Tarifa, Spain. She was refloated and put back to Gibraltar, but sprang a severe leak the next day. She was taken intow by HMS Crocodile (  Royal Navy). The tow was passed to HMS Warrior (  Royal Navy) on 31 December.[87]
Victoria   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth, where she sank.[123][178]

30 December

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List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1868
Ship State Description
Brunette   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and put into Harwich, Essex.[48]
Loire et Bretagne   France The steamship collided with a fishing smack at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was beached.[132]
Venus   Hamburg The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Wyk auf Föhr, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[48]

31 December

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List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1868
Ship State Description
Anna Maria   Italy The brig collided with the barque Biaggo Asserto (  Italy) off Gibraltar. She was taken in tow by the tugs Belge, Jackal and Lion (all   United Kingdom) and beached at Gibraltar. Anna Maria was on a voyage from Genoa to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[179]
Ellen   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France to Hamburg.[48]
Hope   United Kingdom The barque was towed into Gibraltar in a derelict condition. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Martinique.[180]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1868
Ship State Description
Aden   United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[107]
Americana   United Kingdom The ship was taken into Dingle Bay in a derelict condition.[153]
Annetta   United Kingdom The barque was lost near Swatow, China before 4 December.[8]
Annetta   Norway The barque foundered. Some of her crew were rescued.[124]
Argo Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Visby, Sweden before 8 December.[36]
Argos Nicholaos   Greece The ship was wrecked at Media, Algeria before 24 December.[64]
Bonne Amelie   France The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Cabo de Santa Maria, Portugal with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[181]
Charlotte Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dantzic. She was refloated and put into Gothenburg, Sweden in a leaky condition.[99]
Chiozza Flag unknown The ship foundered in the Black Sea.[99]
Cocomandel   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire near Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Swatow, China.[26]
Cœur de Lion   France The ship was wrecked at Bordeaux, Gironde before 29 December.[112]
Constance   United Kingdom The barque capsized at Taganrog, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Theban (  United Kingdom).[99][100]
Dorritt   United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to a Welsh port.[182]
Emily McNear   United States The ship was wrecked on Mackay's Shoals, in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Mobile, Alabama.[10]
Ernst Reinhardt   Stettin The ship was run down and sunk by Dionne (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Dionne. Ernst Reinhardt was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.[82][69]
Finke Senior   United States The ship was driven ashore at Thomas Point, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland.[51]
Frederica Wilhelm   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Chefoo, China.[51]
Gleaner   Guernsey The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[124]
Gloria   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 December.[30] She was subsequently towed into L'Orient, Morbihan, France.[82][77]
Harmony   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Rose Blanche, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to La Poile, Newfoundland Colony.[99]
Henriette   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 December.[183]
Hill   Grand Duchy of Finland The barque was lost at the entrance to the Bosphorus.[184]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned 25 nautical miles (46 km) west northwest of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the steamship Memnon (  United Kingdom). Hope was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Martinique. She was towed into Gibraltar by Memnon.[153][179]
Hound   United Kingdom The schooner sank in the Belfast Lough off Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.[185]
James S. Ayer   United States The fishing schooner was lost on the Grand Banks. Lost with all 12 hands.[186]
Jane Ann Marsh   Canada The schooner was wrecked in Lake Ontario. Her seven crew were rescued.[187]
Josephine Nichols   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast.[99]
Kitty   United Kingdom The schooner departed from Lowestoft, Suffolk for Barking, Essex. Subsequently reported missing.[132]
Lise Amelie Flag unknown The ship foundered off the coast of Uruguay with loss of life.[188]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship was lost off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[99]
Mercur   Norway The ship capsized at Taganrog.[99]
Mile   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Gabarus, Nova Scotia, Canada before 26 December. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts.[120]
Myrtle   United Kingdom The ship sank off Burial Island, in the Belfast Lough.[99][47]
Rebecca Laind   United Kingdom The ship collided with a steamship and sank off Seville, Spain.[189]
Reinhardt Flag unknown The ship was wrecked in the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Antwerp, Belgium.[124]
Sardis   United Kingdom The steamship was run down and sunk off Cape Spartel, Algeria by the steamship Thetis (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Thetis. Sardis was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London.[52][179]
St. Anna   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. It was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to a British port.[26]
Thomas   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Carnsore Point, County Wexford with the loss of two of her crew.[185]
Unione D Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom on or before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Trieste.[36]
William Edward   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Hardman Bay with the loss of all hands.[107]
William Taylor   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Lândana, Portuguese Angola before 6 December.[13]

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