List of shipwrecks in December 1872

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The list of shipwrecks in December 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1872.

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1 December[edit]

For the wreck of the French ship Celeste Marie on this date, see List of shipwrecks in November 1872 § 30 November.
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1872
Ship State Description
Amanda  Norway The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west south west of Lindesnes. Her crew were rescued by Impe ( Russia). Amanda was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Mandal.[1][2]
Charles H. Moller  United States The schooner foundered off Sandy Hook, New Jersey with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing smack Lewis Blackford ( United States). Charles H. Moller was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to New York.[3]
Comet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4]
Durette  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to "Lybeck".[4]
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The lugger was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[4]
Inlia  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
John Robinson  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham.[6]
Laura  Denmark The schooner collided with Neptunus ( Denmark) and foundered south of Hals. Her crew were rescued. Laura was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Horsens.[7][8]
Lena  United Kingdom The steamship either struck a wreck or ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Aarhus, Denmark. She put in to Aarhus in a sinking condition.[6]
Nordstjernen  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Kiel, Germany.[4]
Severn  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Strangford, County Antrim.[4]

2 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1872
Ship State Description
Fanny Palmer  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Greystones, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[6]
Fortunato  Italy The brig was wrecked on the Galloper or the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of five of the twelve people on board. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Betsey ( United Kingdom). Fortunato was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Genoa.[9][10][11]
Germania  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium.[4]
Hipparchus  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Cape Henry, Virginia whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[12]
Jenny Lemelin  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Temerario ( Italy). Jenny Lemelin was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[13][14]
Judithe  Denmark The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Stege.[6]
Mary Salter  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim.[4]
Oskar II  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at "Wiken".[15]
Peace  United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone, Cornwall and was lost. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Cork.[16]

3 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1872
Ship State Description
Annie Albert  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near the Corsewall Lighthouse, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées.[16][17]
Aurora  Italy The ship was wrecked at Santa Lucia, Naples.[18]
Camilla  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank at the mouth of the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newquay, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[19]
Città di Genova  Regia Marina The transport ship was severely damaged in a storm at Naples.[18]
City of Manchester Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in a waterlogged condition.[20] Her 24 crew were rescued by Constance ( United Kingdom). City of Manchester was on a voyage from Quebec City to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[21]
Fingal  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Honfleur, Manche, France. She broke in two the next day.[22]
Gratitude  United Kingdom The smack collided with the steamship Alert ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her crew.[16]
Giuscardo  Regia Marina The Ruggeiro-class frigate was driven ashore at Naples.[18]
Harbinger  United Kingdom The barque was run into by the steamship Fairy Queen ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the River Thames at London.[4]
Hypolite  France The schooner ran aground on the Paternoster Rocks, on the north coast of Jersey Channel Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[19][23]
Imperator Alexander II  Russia The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque La Plata ( Brazil). Imperator Alexander II was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[24][20]
Indian Queen  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with some loss of life. Survivors were rescued by Don Guillermo ( United Kingdom).[25][26]
Italia  Regia Marina The frigate was severely damaged in a storm at Naples.[18]
Jorgeuse  Portugal The ship foundered off Madeira. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Pernambuco, Brazil.[27]
Louisa  United Kingdom The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south south west of The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of four of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued on 13 December by the brig Friede ( Sweden). Louisa was on a voyage from Quebec City to Sunderland, County Durham.[7][28] Louisa was taken in to Guernsey, Channel Islands in a waterlogged condition on 16 December.[29]
Magdala Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in a leaky condition.[19]
Nellie, and an
unnamed vessel 		Flag unknown The steamship Nellie ( United Kingdom) ran into a barque in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. Nellie was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Lubawka, Courland Governorate. She was assisted in to Dover, Kent in a severely damaged condition. The barque sank, all hands presumed lost.[19][23]
Redwing  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[19]
Samson  United Kingdom The tug collided with the Mersey Ferry Woodside ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey with the loss of two of her crew.[16]
Terribile  Regia Marina The Formidable-class ironclad was driven ashore at Naples.[18]
Una  United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Longscar Rocks, on the coast of County Durham.[16]
Unnamed  Greece The brig was driven ashore at Portici, Italy.[18]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore at Portici.[18]
Eleven unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore and wrecked at Pozzuoli, Italy.[18]
Several unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore and wrecked at Salerno, Italy.[18]

4 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1872
Ship State Description
Captain Cook  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber and was abandoned. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London. Captain Cook floated off and drove ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire in a waterlogged condition.[19][30][31] She was refloated on 5 December and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by the tug Victor ( United Kingdom).[32]
Caroline Coventry  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Boetsche (Flag unknown). Caroline Coventry was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[33]
Cæsar  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked west of Gravelines, Nord, France with the loss of five of her six crew. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque, Nord.[19][34]
C. C. Griswold  United States The schooner foundered in Lake Michigan with the loss of all hands.[28]
Fashion  United Kingdom The smack collided with a Yorkshire Billyboy and sank off the Gunfleet Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the smack Snowdrop( United Kingdom).[34]
Harmony  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by the steamship Zembro ( United Kingdom).[19]
Julia  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Kitty Glidden ( United Kingdom).[35][24] Julia came ashore in Letter Mullen Bay, County Galway on 7 January 1873 and was wrecked.[36]
Jupiter  United States The barque foundered in Lake Michigan with the loss of all hands.[28]
Louis Joseph  France The brig collided with the steamship Thomas Adam ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Thomas Adam. Louis Joseph was on a voyage from Phillippeville, Algeria to Dunkerque, Nord.[22][13][37]
Margarita  Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked west of Gravelines. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[19]
Maria Cecile  France The ship was lost off Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados.[38]
Maud  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Aberdeen.[38]
Middlesex  United States The schooner foundered in Lake Michigan. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Nathanial D. Carlisle  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Rio do Fogo, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Montevideo, Uruguay.[39]
Rosina  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Thomas Lee ( United Kingdom). Rosina was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Dartmouth, Devon. She came ashore and was wrecked near "Portnas", County Donegal on 14 December.[1]
Saturn  United States The barque foundered in Lake Michigan with the loss of all hands.[28]
Sphinx  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Gibraltar for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[40]
Susanna  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with a barque in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was towed in to the River Tyne by the paddle tug Sea Belle ( United Kingdom).[32]
War Spirit  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was towed in to Vigo, Spain in a waterlogged condition by the steamship Atlantic ( United Kingdom).[22]
W. O. Brown  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in Lake Michigan with the loss of all hands.[28]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Gravelines, Nord with the loss of all but one of her crew.[19]
Unnamed  France The pilot boat was run down and sunk at Calais by the steamship Breeze ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of the three people on board.[23]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Calais with the loss of three lives.[23]

5 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1872
Ship State Description
Ant  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[13]
Amalia Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The barque ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Skutskär, Sweden to London. She was refloated and taken in Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.[13]
Batavia  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Norseman ( United Kingdom). Batavia was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London.[41]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated but sank off the Wallet Sand. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Hermes  Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of seven of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Stavanger.[13][43]
Kjoge  Denmark The barque was run into by the steamship Nelly ( United Kingdom) and was assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.[37]
Marguerite  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Tinkerplat, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.[22] She was refloated but then ran aground on the Springgerplaat.[43]
Maria Theresa  Italy The brig collided with a schooner and was beached at Prawle Point, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Mary Austin  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Dunkerque.[22]
Mary Celeste Canada Canada The brigantine was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
Ocean Star  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Thurso, Caithness.[22] She was on a voyage from Thurso to Granton, Lothian.[30]
Othello  United States The ship was driven ashore at Réville, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Savannah, Georgia.[22] She was refloated on 19 January 1873 and towed in to Cherbourg, Manche by the steamship Princess ( United Kingdom).[44]
Stafford  United States The brig was driven ashore at Salerno, Italy. Her crew were rescued.[37]
Thetis  Denmark The brigantine collided with the barque Augusta ( Norway) and was abandoned 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[38] Her crew were rescued by Augusta. Thetis was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Oporto, Portugal.[14]
Thomas Haden  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[22][32]
Wind's Eye  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the cutter Faret ( France) and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Kelter ( Germany). Wind's Eye was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[7][8][45]

6 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1872
Ship State Description
Albacore  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Little Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.[46]
Bilboa  United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for the Nieuwe Diep. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47][48]
Congress  United States The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south east of Rockport, Texas with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a Mexican vessel. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Rockport.[49]
Elwell  United Kingdom The barque caught fire and was abandoned in the Strait of Magellan. Her fifteen crew took to a boat; only three of them were still alive on 14 March, when they were rescued by the steamship Tropic. Elwell was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Cbile.[50][51]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Batten Reef, in the Cattewater. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth, Devon.[14]
Friso  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from an English port to Rotterdam, South Holland.[37]
Gazelle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Honfleur, Manche, France. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[14]
George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ross, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to London.[37]
Ivanhoe  United Kingdom The ship departed from Amble, Northumberland for Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47]
James W. Elwell  United Kingdom The barque caught fire and was abandoned 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Cape Horn, Chile, consequently sinking. Her fifteen crew took to a boat; only three of them survived to be rescued ten weeks later by the steamship Tropic ( United Kingdom). James W. Elwell was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[52]
Marchioness of Lorne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the Isle of Mull.[37]
Norge  Norway The ship was driven ashore at "Sodrenarker". She was on a voyage from a Swedish port to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[37]
Pizarro  United Kingdom The ship departed from Boston, Massachusetts, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53]
Recompense United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig sank off Bognor Regis, Sussex.[13] Her crew were rescued.[14] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Guernsey.[38]
Reubens  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Wear. She was refloated.[17]
Scottish Maid  United Kingdom The tug sank at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. The only crew member on board survived.[54]
Twee Gebroeders  Netherlands The schooner was wrecked near Larache, Morocco. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Larache.[38][14]
Venture  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[37]
William and Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Rye, Sussex.[38]
William Nelson  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground in the Loire downstream of Le Pellerin, Loire-Inférieure.[8]

7 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1872
Ship State Description
American Congress  United States The ship departed from New York for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55]
Bertha von Borstel  Germany The ship departed from West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom for Steinhausersiel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[56]
Leo  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47]
Soblomsten  Norway The sloop was taken in to New Hellesund in a derelict condition.[24]
Wellington  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Hartlepool, County Durham for Lowestoft, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57][58]

8 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1872
Ship State Description
Affo  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of all four crew.[59]
Amelia Augusta  France The schooner foundered west of Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of at least three lives.[25]
Ann and Elizabeth, or
Mary Elizabeth 		 United Kingdom The schooner foundered off New Brighton, Cheshire with the loss of all hands.[25]
Audaz  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Bimmies Island". She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall.[24]
HMS Cambridge  Royal Navy The first rate ship of the line was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon.[60] She was refloated the next day.[61]
Eleanor Canada Canada The barque ran aground off Cardiff, Glamorgan. All but one of her crew were taken off by the Penarth Lifeboat George Gay ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Her crew returned the next day, she was refloated and taken in to Cardiff for repairs.[62][63]
Eliza  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by an Italian vessel and driven ashore at Plymouth. Four of her eight crew were rescued by rocket apparatus, the others by the Plymouth Lifeboat Prince Consort ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Eliza was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Gibraltar.[60][61]
Fleetwing  United Kingdom The lugger was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Garibaldi  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Wimereux with the loss of two of her four crew.[64][63] She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Aylesford, Kent.[25]
Gaspar Joseph  France The schooner was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to the Charente.[63]
Gracie  United Kingdom The barque foundered off Penarth, Glamorgan with the loss of all but one of her crew.[63]
Hope  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore and wrecked in Porteynon Bay. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cork to Swansea, Glamorgan.[62]
Hope  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Freshwater, Isle of Wight with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Lisbon, Portugal.[24][5]
Ibis  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Leda ( United Kingdom). Ibis was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. She was subsequently towed in to Great Yarmouth by a tug.[63][65]
Jane  United Kingdom The Thames barge was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Calais, France.[63]
J. C. Bolebohe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Shipper Island", Ceylon. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Jessie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Islandmagee, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[29]
Jules Désiré  France The schooner was driven ashore at the Fort de la Crèche, Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[63]
Lavinia  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Fécamp for Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[66]
Leborne  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to New York, United States.[63]
Margareta  Denmark The galiot foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Leda ( United Kingdom).[63]
Margaret and Ann  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at the Mumbles. Margaret and Ann was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Swansea. She was later refloated and take in to Swansea.[62][59][67][68]
Mersey  United Kingdom The steam Mersey Flat collided with Great Western ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey.[69]
Mystery  United Kingdom The cutter was in collision with the schooner John Pearce ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Penarth. All fourteen people on board were rescued by John Pearce.[62] Mystery was on a voyage from Flat Holm to Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.[63]
Natalia  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Bombay, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of 24 crew.[70]
Nor  Norway The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Mandal in a leaky condition.[2]
Omega  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of County Kerry.[33]
Prince Consort Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat struck a rock in the Cattewater whilst going to the assistance of Eliza ( United Kingdom and was severely damaged.[61]
Rose Bud  United Kingdom The ship departed from Leith, Lothian for Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55]
Sir Charles Napier  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank in the River Crouch. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Harwich, Essex.[7]
Tailard,  France The brig collided with the schooner Ann Williams ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew survived, two were rescued by Ann Williams. Tailard was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[25][71]
Thames  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada. She was on a voyage from an English port to Richibucto. She was consequently condemned.[72]
Trois Anges  France The lugger was driven ashore at Plymouth. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[60][73]
Volante  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Pregel, Germany. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Königsberg.[8]
Wallace  United Kingdom The brig capsized in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[62]
Widdington  United Kingdom The brig foundered at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived.[63]
Two unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The Thames barges sank in the River Thames with the loss of all hands.[64]

9 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1872
Ship State Description
Antine Zorenz  Germany The brig was driven ashore near Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[24] She was refloated on 11 December.[59]
Auspicious  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Long Nose Point. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Antwerp, Belgium.[20]
Bristol Packet  United Kingdom The trow was driven ashore in the River Avon.[24]
Canada Canada Canada The barque foundered off Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her crew.[25]
Choice  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank off Holmpton, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[25]
Commercien  Netherlands The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway to Dordrecht, South Holland.[24]
Curaçao Packet  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore near Plymouth. Her crew survived.[64] She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Curaçao.[24]
Dyreborg  Denmark The schooner ran aground at Bilbao, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[69]
Earl of Moray  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Casablanca, Morocco and was wrecked.[25][69]
Echo  Norway The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[24]
Edith Canada Canada The full-rigged ship was driven into the barque Gimle ( Norway and the brig Hope ( United Kingdom) in Plymouth Sound and was severely damaged.[64]
Eliza  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven onto the Batten Reef, off Plymouth and was wrecked. Four of her eight crew were rescued by rocket apparatus and four by the Plymouth Lifeboat Prince Consort ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[64]
Excel  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, Sussex. Her five crew were rescued by the Selsey Lifeboat Four Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[64]
Exhibition  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.[20]
Fearful  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Batten Reef, in the Cattewater. Her eight crew were rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat Prince Consort ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[64] She was later refloated.[74]
Fijenoord  Netherlands The ship ran aground at Hellevoetsluis.[24]
Flanders  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Fratelli Baghino  Italy The brig was wrecked on the Batten Reef with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.[64][24][5] Fratelli Baghino was on a voyage from Paysandú, Uruguay to Plymouth.[61]
General Havelock  India The steamship struck a sunken rock and sank at Vingora. She was on a voyage from Cochin to Calcutta.[25]
Giovanna  Italy The ship was driven against the quayside and was damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire.[20]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[69]
Goeree Lightship  Netherlands The lightship was driven ashore on the coast of Zeeland.[20]
Gracia  United Kingdom The barque foundered off Penarth.[25]
Great Britain  United Kingdom The ship collided with Crystaline ( United Kingdom) and was driven ashore and severely damaged at Waterloo, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Dobay". She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire.[5][75]
Hector  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her six crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[63]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[33]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on South Ronaldshay, Orkney Islands.[24]
James Mason, and
Llanelly 		 United Kingdom The steamship collided James Mason with the steam coaster Llanelly ( United Kingdom) in the Crosby Channel and was beached at Crosby, Lancashire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pomaron, Portugal or vice versa. Llanelly was severely damaged. She was taken in to Liverpool.[64][24][69][5][75]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea. All seven people on board were rescued by the smack Eagle ( United Kingdom). Jane was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[41][76]
Jane and Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was beached at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire of Londonderry.[77]
Jeune Desiré  France The ship was wrecked off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Basse-Indre, Loire-Inférieure.[24][20]
Leburna  Norway The ship barque was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to New York, United States.[24]
Lorenz  Germany The brigantine was driven ashore near Plymouth. All on board were rescued by the Coastguard.[64]
Louise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[69]
Margaret Tod  Germany The steamship was driven ashore near Lemvig, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Stettin.[24]
Maria  France The schooner was run down and sunk off Penarth by the steamship Stamford ( United Kingdom).[25]
Marie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Long Nose Point.[20]
Marion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[25]
Mary Eleanor  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her seven crew were rescued by the barque Ortive ( United Kingdom) before she foundered.[78] Mary Eleanor was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Cork.[15]
Melpomene  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, Victoria.[5]
Mersey  United Kingdom The steam flat collided with Great Western ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool with the loss of two lives.[64][25]
Ocean Monarch  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in St Brides Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to "Fiddown".[25]
Ornen  Norway The brig was driven ashore near Plymouth. Her crew survived. Ornen was on a voyage from the Gulf of Bothnia to Seville, Spain.[64] She was refloated on 13 December and taken in to Sutton Harbour, Devon.[45]
Patria  Sweden The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[79]
Queen Victoria  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Hull, Yorkshire[65][33]
Ravensdown  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[64]
Rothesay  United Kingdom The brig collided with the schooner Rival ( United Kingdom). Three of her crew were rescued by Rival. Rothesay was reported missing.[71]
San Juan  United States The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis.[24]
Saulus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bristol. She was on a voyage from New York to Gloucester.[20]
St. Louis  United States The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico 170 nautical miles (310 km) off the mouth of the Mississippi River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York.[80]
Stralsund  Germany The brig was wrecked on the Kimmeridge Ledges, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset, United Kingdom. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Swanage Lifeboat Mary Heape ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Stralsund was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg or vice versa.[64][63]
Superbus  Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore at Bristol.[20]
Susan Gray  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the Scroby Sands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rotterdam.[24]
Thalia  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[65][33]
Theopholite Marie  France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Rame Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all twelve crew.[59]
Thomas A. Allen  United States The steamship struck a submerged object and sank in the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee with the loss of two of her crew.[81]
Thomas Gales  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House)' with the loss of all seven crew.[82][83]
Tinto  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Down End Rock, off Bideford, Devon with the loss of eight of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[64][25][20]
Tomas  Spain The brig ran aground on the Great Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead for repairs.[5]
Travancore  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Walton Bay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Trinidad.[24][20]

10 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1872
Ship State Description
Abergeldie  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All sixteen people on board were rescued by the full-rigged ship Acadia ( United Kingdom). Abergeldie was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[35][84]
Bee  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[69]
Choice  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) east south east of the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Edgar ( United Kingdom).[41] Choice was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[65]
Dorothea  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to London.[33]
Eleda  Norway The barque was driven ashore on Coquet Island, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and sailed for Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.[69]
Emma Jane  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Penarth, Glamorgan with the loss of all but one of those on board. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.[41]
Falcon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued but her captain was reported missing. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[25]
Friendship  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[33]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The brig sank off the mouth of the Weser and 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Kearsarge ( United States). Glencoe was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bremerhaven, Germany.[1][85]
Hato  Russia The brig collided with the brig Luisella ( United Kingdom) and was driven ashore at Wear Point, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Hato was on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[69]
Huddersfield  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Wangeroog, Germany. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and put in to Cuxhaven, Germany flooded midships and astern.[86]
Ino  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Gjedser, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nakskov, Denmark to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[69]
Jeune Leonora  United Kingdom The lugger foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by Themis ( Norway).[87] Jeune Leonora was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure[88]
Kathleen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the East Barrow Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to London.[33]
Lark  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the East Barrow Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole to London.[33]
Maria  United Kingdom The brigantine put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[25]
Nereid Canada The ship was sighted off Reedy Island, Delaware, United States whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[89]
Railway King Canada The ship was driven ashore at Cape Canso, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Havana, Cuba.[41] She was a total loss.[86]
Sacramento  United States The steamship was wrecked on a reef 200 nautical miles (370 km) south east of San Diego, California. All on board, more than 150 people, were rescued by the steamship Montana ( United States). Sacramento was on a voyage from Panama City, United States of Colombia to San Francisco, California.[41][81][90]
Sainte Philomene  France The ship was driven ashore at Newton Noyse Point, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea.[69]
Sondelad  Norway The ship departed from New York, United States for Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53]

11 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1872
Ship State Description
Alberta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[77]
Aunt Sally  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent.[33]
Brothers  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Rhyl, Denbighshire. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat.[41][86]
Constant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Amager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wismar, Germany to Gothenburg, Sweden.[2]
Dagmar  Russia The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a fishing smack.[65]
Florence  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her 22 crew were rescued by the steamship Edgar ( United Kingdom). Florence was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Civita Vecchia, Italy.[41][86]
Franklin  United States The emigrant ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. All on board, about 200 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to San Francisco, California.[41][91]
Haminja  Norway The schooner departed from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[92]
Johns  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. Johns was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to London. She came ashore at Great Yarmouth and was wrecked.[41][93]
Karmt  Norway The steamship was wrecked on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage, from Hangosund to Oporto, Portugal.[94][1]
Nea Kalliope  Greece The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[86]
Sea  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.[86]
Stirling Castle  United Kingdom The ship departed from New York, United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53]

12 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1872
Ship State Description
Allan  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Adriatic ( United Kingdom).[95][72] Allan was on a voyage from Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Ann and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship foundered off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[7][8]
Claribelle  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Adriatic.[96]
Despatch  United Kingdom The tug ran aground in the River Mersey at Waterloo, Lancashire.[8]
Gettysburg  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana.[8]
Industry  United Kingdom The brig departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, preusmed foundered with the loss of all nine crew.[97][98]
Isabella Heron  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) east of the Outer Dowsing Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sancho Panza ( United Kingdom). Isabella Heron was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Chatham, Kent.[33][76]
Köningen Elizabeth  Germany The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Ernest ( United Kingdom). Köningen Elizabeth was on a voyage from an English port to Königsberg.[7]
Lincoln  United Kingdom The ship departed from New York, United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53]
Orion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands.[33]
Reubens  Norway The barque foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Drøbak.[33]
Southland  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Kyming Island". She was on a voyage from Yantai to Shanghai, China.[99]

13 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1872
Ship State Description
Anna Maria Canada Canada The schooner was wrecked at Point Aconi, Nova Scotia.[100]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Tuskar Rock. Her crew took refuge in the lighthouse, apart from four who were rescued by the Coastguard and two who were rescued by the Carnsore Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed in to South Bay, County Wexford by the tugs Petley and Ruby (both  United Kingdom).[1][82]
Gilda Trieste The ship was wrecked at Royan, Charente-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[15]
Margaret and Jane  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Caernarfonshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[1]
Norden  Sweden The ship put in to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Barcelona, Spain.[1]

14 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1872
Ship State Description
Annie Broughton  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned east of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Nerius ( United Kingdom). Annie Broughton was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Leith, Lothian.[1]
B. L. George  United Kingdom The brig was severely damaged at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.[101]
Delia Canada Canada The brigantine departed from the Gut of Canso for Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53]
Eliza  France The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Diogenes ( Brazil). Eliza was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[101]
G. J. Troop  United Kingdom The brig was severely damaged at Sydney, Nova Scotia.[101]
H. B. Emery  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by the steamship Sunderland ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Sunderland. H. B. Emery was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.[102][103]
Jenny Lind Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of six of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and a Deal lugger. Jenny Lind was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Genoa, Italy.[35][104]
John and George  United Kingdom The smack was beached at Penarth She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bridgwater, Somerset.[101]
Kate Upham  United Kingdom The brig was severely damaged at Sydney, Nova Scotia.[101]
Kokola  Russia The barque collided with the steamship Danube ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Seratiff, Spain. Her fourteen crew were rescued. by Danube. Kokola was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[1][105]
Margaret Ann  United Kingdom The ship was beached at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Swansea, Glamorgan.[15]
Maria  Germany The barque ran aground on the Westerground. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[101]
M. B. Albon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.[101]
Reindeer  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak, capsized and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Pantelleria, Italy with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the brig Mary Ann and/or the steamship George Prescott (both  United Kingdom). Reindeer was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall.[105][106]
Supply  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Hook Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[15][107]
Wangerland  Germany The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bahia, Brazil. She was refloated with the assistance of the lugger Buffalo Gal ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Ramsgate in a leaky condition by the tug Restless ( United Kingdom).[101][83]

15 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1872
Ship State Description
Dove Canada Canada The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Olaf Trygvesen (Flag unknown). Dove was on a voyage from Liverpool, Nova Scotia to Windsor, Nova Scotia.[100]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia, Canada.[100]
Emma Jane  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the barque Matilda ( Austria-Hungary) and sank in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Matilda. Emma Jane was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.[108]
Napier Canada Canada The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by J. A. Wright ( United Kingdom). Napier was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba.[109]
Otterburn  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Odessa, Russia.[27][110]
Rinaldo  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[89]
Royal Arch  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the New Calabar River, Africa. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Roquelle ( United Kingdom). Royal Arch was on a voyage from New Calabar to Liverpool, Lancashire.[111][112][113]
Sarah Jane  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Paul Colleen Point, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[93]

16 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1872
Ship State Description
Bertha  United Kingdom The ship departed from the River Tyne for Pará, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[114]
Chancellor  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Hamburg ( France). Chancellor was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cienfuegos, Cuba.[115]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The brig was driven against the quayside at Douglas, Isle of Man and damaged.[116]
Henrietta  United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Ruatan. Her crew were rescued.[117]
Martha James  United Kingdom The ship was beached in Llandudno Bay at Old Llandudno. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[118][74]
Union  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at East Blatchington, Sussex. Sixteen of her 27 crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus, the rest subsequently got ashore. She was on a voyage from New York to London, United Kingdom.[119]
Union  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Maiahu Bank, off the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Pará.[120]

17 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1872
Ship State Description
Annie Lisle  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[87] She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated on 26 December and taken in tow for London.[121]
Arethusa  United Kingdom The schooner collided with a smack and the tug Spurn ( United Kingdom, was driven against the pier, and sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[87][122] She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dublin.[88]
Beccles  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Amble, Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[95]
Consul  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland with the loss of seven of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by breeches buoy. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Italy.[95][123]
Cornelius  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Grimsby.[87]
Don United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely leaky condition.[72][96]
Duff  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the North Shields and South Shields Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[95][123][124][72] Also reported that nine crew were lost.[125]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The smack was damaged at Scarborough, Yorkshire.[122]
Fearless  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.[118]
Gallilee  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Scarborough.[122]
General Lee  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Scarborough.[122]
Gloamin Canada Canada The barque was run ashore near Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[126][127]
Hope  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) off the Codling Lightship ( Trinity House) by the barque Calderbank ( United Kingdom). Her three crew were rescued by Calderbank. Hope was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Dublin.[128]
Intrepid  United Kingdom The smack was damaged at Scarborough.[122]
Jamais  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields and South Shields Lifeboats.[123]
Liza Cornish  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[129]
Luconia  Germany The brig was wrecked on the coast of Pas-de-Calais, France. Her thirteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Bremen.[87]
Madre de Solga, or
Madre de Soza 		 Italy The brig was wrecked north of Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of eight of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to South Shields.[95][123][130]
Maiden Queen  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Scarborough.[122]
Matchless  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Hauxley, Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[95][131] She was refloated on 19 December and taken in to South Shields.[127]
Minerva  Italy The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Blyth with the loss of six of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to Blyth.[130]
Natalian  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[95][123]
Ocean  United Kingdom The brig capsized, was driven ashore and was wrecked near Amble with the loss of all hands.[95][116]
Rose Bud  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[129]
Rose in June  United Kingdom The fishing boat was wrecked at Elie, Fife with the loss of two of her six crew.[132]
Russell  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hauxley with the loss of all hands.[95]
Sorrento  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and broke in two. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Her 32 crew, plus eight crew of the Walmer Lifeboat Centurion ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), who had been put on board to assist, were rescued by the Kingsdown Lifeboat Sabrina ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[133][134][130][135][136]
Union  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire to Hartlepool.[87]
Victor  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Scarborough.[122]
Victor  United Kingdom The smack was damaged at Scarborough.[122]
Wave  United Kingdom The collier, a schooner, was severely damaged at Scarborough.[122]
Unnamed  Netherlands The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dungeness. Her crew were rescued.[87]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack was run down and sunk at Grimsby by the schooner Arethusa ( United Kingdom).[87]

18 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1872
Ship State Description
Bliss  United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to London.[118]
Bracer  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hauxley, Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[131]
Commandeur Solling  Norway The brig was driven ashore at Seaton Delaval, County Durham, United Kingdom. One of her ten crew was rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus, the rest were rescued by the West Hartlepool Lifeboat Forester's Pride ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[118][129][137]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship put in to Leith, Lothian in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[127]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham with the loss of six of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboats Northumberland ( United Kingdom) and Tom Perry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Gleaner was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France.[118][116][28]
Father Matthews  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hauxley with the loss of all hands.[131][72][116]
Jamais  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Teignmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the Teignmouth Lifeboat.[95]
Martha Radman  United States The barque was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp, Belgium.[95]
Northumberland  United Kingdom The lifeboat capsized off South Shields with the loss of four of her crew.[138][57]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The trow was driven ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan.[72]
Princess Alexandria  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Stubben, Germany. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to an English port.[126] She was refloated the next day.[139]
Providence  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River North Esk. One of her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[140]
Sofie  Denmark The galiot was in the North Sea off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of four of her five crew. The survivor was rescued by a fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Randers to Wells-next-the-Sea.[141]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship foundered in the North Sea off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.[129]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the River North Esk with the loss of four of her crew.[57]

19 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1872
Ship State Description
Emma Trenchman  Germany The ship ran aground in the Hellegat. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[126]
Grampus  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[118][127]
Ida  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham.[116]
Neston  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Nore.[126]
Providence  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire with the loss of five of her six crew.[118][74]

20 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1872
Ship State Description
Calcium  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[142] She was refloated on 27 December.[80]
Charles and Edward  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Reef. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Cárdenas, Cuba.[143]
Francis Collins Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her nine crew were rescued by James Jardine ( United Kingdom. Francis Collins was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Pará, Brazil.[144][113]
George Downes  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on reefs north west of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Demerara, British Guiana.[145]
Hays  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Briggs, off Groomsport, County Down and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Belfast, County Antrim.[146]
Helen Mar  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[147][148]
Maria S.  Austria-Hungary The ship sank at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[146]
Mozart  Germany The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Berdyanski, Russia to a British port.[146]
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