List of shipwrecks in December 1851

The list of shipwrecks in December 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1851.

1 December

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|ship=Annie McNabb

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Petite Passage.

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|ship=Celino

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the English Channel {{convert|40|nmi|km}} south of the Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Africa ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Celino was on a voyage from Licata to Dunkirk, Nord, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 January 1852 |page=6 |issue=21004 |column=E }}

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|ship=Herald

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Petite Passage. She was on a voyage from Cornwallis, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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|ship=Lady Hilda

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 December 1851 |issue=24330 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Minerva

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend.

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|ship=Narcisse Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore between "Hyeen Island" and Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark.

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|ship=Princess Royal

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground at New Romney. She was refloated.

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|ship=Saucy Jack

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack ran aground and was wrecked on the Kimmeridge Ledges, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Success

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was holed by an anchor and sank at Aberdyfi, Merionethshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aberdyfi{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 December 1851 |issue=24331 |page=8 }}

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2 December

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|ship=Countess of Mayo

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The vessel was driven onshore and wrecked at Macquarie Island in a heavy swell. All hands were saved by the whaling barque Lord Duncan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 54.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 April 1852 |page=8 |issue=21101 |column=F }}

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|ship=Hermann

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground south east of Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Ystad.

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|ship=Lilla

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|43|35|N|41|50|W}}). All eleven people on board were rescued by Susan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and she was set afire. Lilla was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=19 December 1851 |issue=2355 }}

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|ship=President

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Harlequin ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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3 December

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|ship=Active

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Daugava. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Archimedes

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Neuwerk. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg, where she arrived on 5 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 December 1851 |issue=1730 }}

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|ship=Frederick and Lykka

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Öland. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Visby.

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|ship=Gluckauf

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kunda, Russia.

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|ship=Lydia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Pregolya River. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Pillau, Prussia and an English port. She was refloated and towed in to Holstein, Prussia.

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|ship=Maria

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Porto Botto", Sardinia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Cette, Hérault, France.

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|ship=Perseverance

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Reval, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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|ship=Snekkan

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kunda.

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4 December

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|ship=Coralie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Pasages, Spain to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She had been refloated by 21 February 1852 and taken in to Montevideo, Uruguay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 February 1852 |page=7 |issue=21046 |column=F }} Also reported as occurring on 14 December.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 February 1852 |issue=8586 }}

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|ship=Deben

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the River Nene. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

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|ship=Isabella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked off the mouth of the Rio Grande.

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|ship=Margaretha Everarda

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Harboøre, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vyborg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She had broken up by 11 December.

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|ship=Meta

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Neufähr, Prussia. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Sophia

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with the steamship Princess Royal and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

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|ship=West Indian

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony to London. She broke up on 7 December.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 January 1852 |issue=8573 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 February 1852 |issue=5115 }}

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5 December

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|ship=Columbus

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Harold Rock, in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Limerick, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Eendraght

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground of the Fredericksort Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to an English port. She was refloated on 7 December and taken in to the Holtenau Canal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 December 1851 |issue=1733 }}

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|ship=Emelie and Lucie

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Jérémie, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Bremen.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 February 1852 |issue=26554 }}

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|ship=Matador

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Leman Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gibraltar. She was refloated on 6 December and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Margaret Rait

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground between Benbecula and South Uist, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Greensbay, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Ottawa

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|42|15|N|53|00|W}}). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Waterford.

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|ship=Paragon

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to King's Lynn.

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|ship=Perseverance

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Reval, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Saint Petersburg.

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|ship=Prompt

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Great Yarmouth.

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|ship=Shakespear

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was sighted in the Bay of Bengal whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=27 August 1852 |issue=3530 }}

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|ship=Stephany

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Melluži, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Riga, Russia.

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6 December

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|ship=Arethusa

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of the Nakkehead Lighthouse, Denmark with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Memel. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.

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|ship=Borussia

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of the Nakkehead Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Memel. She was refloated on 19 December and towed in to Helsingør.

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|ship=Columbus

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Harold Rock, off the coast of County Limerick, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Raahe.

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|ship=Effort

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop ran aground in the River Dee downstream of Connah's Quay, Flintshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Chester, Cheshire. She was refloated but drove ashore and sank.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=10 December 1851 |issue=24336 |page=8 }} Effort was refloated on 26 December.

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|ship=Eliza Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Riga, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to an English port

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|ship=Fortuna

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was damaged in the English Channel by an explosion in her cargo of coal, which killed two of her crew. She consequently put in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bremen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 December 1851 |page=8 |issue=20980 |column=C }}

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|ship=Minerva

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=12 December 1851 |issue=9236 }}

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|ship=Queen of the Isles

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Holyrood, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 January 1852 |page=7 |issue=21017 |column=F }}

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|ship=Sophia

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Gotland and consequently put in to Ystad in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Vanderbuilt

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The steamboat ran aground in the Hudson River at New York.{{Cite news |title=Latest from America |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 December 1851 |issue=24346 |page=6 }}

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7 December

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|ship=Bee

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore in the Larne Lough. She was on a voyage from Larne to Belfast, County Antrim.

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|ship=Dibdin

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Lady Bulwer ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Dibdin was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Economy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop sank off Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Helen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and scuttled at Lamlash, Isle of Arran.

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|ship=Laurel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop sank off Skateraw, Kincardineshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Spey to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Lucie

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship departed from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies for Amsterdam, North Holland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=25 August 1852 |page=7 |issue=21203 |column=A }}

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|ship=Martha

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Maryport. She was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Maryport.

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|ship=Plenty

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Mouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary whilst avoiding a collision with another brig. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Spring

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was in collision with the barque Canada ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Huntcliff, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Sinking of a Ship, with Loss of All Hands |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=17 December 1851 |issue=326 }}

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|ship=Stornoway

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India and China.

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8 December

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|ship=Alexander

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. She subsequently caught fire and was burnt out. The wreck subsequently floated off in a waterlogged condition.

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|ship=Alpha

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tay to Leith, Lothian.

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|ship=Aurelia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Niding Rock, in the Baltic Sea off Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.

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|ship=Ballot

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to the Clyde. She was refloated on 10 December and taken in to Dunbar.

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|ship=Daniel

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore near Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Danzig.

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|ship=Earl of North Esk

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Alloa. She subsequently floated off and sank.

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|ship=Effort

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop sank at Chester, Cheshire.

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|ship=Eliza

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Larne, County Antrim.

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|ship=Elize

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She had become a wreck by 12 December.

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|ship=Hallyards

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Honduras to Greenock.

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|ship=Irene

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jersey, Channel Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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|ship=Isabella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship fan aground and capsized at Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Donegal.

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|ship=Jane Watson

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Kingstown. She was refloated.

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|ship=Johanna Frederike

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship struck a rock in Loch Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Danzig.

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|ship=John

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Thorpeness Reef, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.{{Cite news |title=Rewards for Saving Life from Shipwreck |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 January 1852 |issue=8554 }}

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|ship=Laurel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was run ashore at the mouth of the River Spey.

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|ship=Marianne

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to the Clyde. She had been refloated by 10 December.

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|ship=Mary Hardy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Muasdale, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Patriot

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Irvine, Ayrshire.

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|ship=Peruvian

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Helensburgh, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 10 December.

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|ship=Rhind

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Lady Rock, off the coast of Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 December 1851 |issue=26521 }}

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|ship=Robert Bradford

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Porth Dafarch, Anglesey with the loss of twelve of her twenty crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=St. Lawrence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Corran, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Moville, County Donegal to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=St. Paul

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Masbate Island, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Salem, Massachusetts to Manila, Spanish East Indies.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 April 1852 |issue=26618 }}

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|ship=Susan

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 December 1851 |issue=8528 }}

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|ship=Violante

|flag={{flag|Malta|1814}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Malta to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar.

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|ship=Vivid

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 February 1852 |issue=5114 }}

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|ship=William Clewes

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near North Berwick, East Lothian. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Alloa.

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9 December

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|ship=Aberdeen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kamouraska, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 December 1851 |page=7 |issue=20992 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 December 1851 |issue=1748 }}

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|ship=Agenoria

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Folkestone, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 December 1851 |issue=24339 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Ben Nevis

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Bally David Creek, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 December 1851 |issue=8530 }}

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|ship=Faugh-a-Ballagh

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 December 1851 |issue=1731 }}

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|ship=Frithiof

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The schooner ran ashore and was wrecked near Brook, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=12 December 1851 |issue=24338 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Ottawa

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Clyde near Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 December 1851 |issue=26519 }}

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|ship=Patrick Henry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Deal. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate in a leaky condition.

}}

10 December

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|ship=Active

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 12 December.

}}

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|ship=Camoena

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 December 1851 |issue=1734 }}

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|ship=Canning

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Kalundborg, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Courier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was sighted in distress whilst on a voyage from Mauritius to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was trying to put back to Mauritius. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 June 1852 |page=8 |issue=2110 |column=F }}

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|ship=Ebenezer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized and sank in a squall off Carlingford, County Louth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Preston, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Ebenezer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and was abandoned by her crew.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=15 December 1851 |issue=24340 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Mary Ridley

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Morro Reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan. She put back to St. Jago de Cuba and was beached. She was consequently condemned.

}}

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|ship=Prince of Wales

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekins Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland.

}}

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|ship=Romulus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Brăila, Ottoman Empire for Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. Believed subsequently foundered in the Black Sea as she did not pass Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Loal Intelligene |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=13 February 1852 |issue=2371 }}

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|ship=Nestoria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Rothesay Bay. She was on a voyage From Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to the Clyde. She was refloated on 13 December.

}}

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|ship=Watchful

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Hull, Yorkshire.

}}

11 December

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|ship=Adelaide

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her four crew were rescued by South Carolina ({{flag|United States|1851}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 January 1852 |issue=1758 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 January 1852 |issue=2362 }}

}}

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|ship=James Carmichael

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|60|nmi|km}} east south east of Malta. Her crew were rescued by Concordia ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}). James Carmichael was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Lawrence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in West Loch Tarbert.

}}

12 December

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|ship=Annechina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Colt Island, County Dublin, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Schiedam, South Holland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Skerries, County Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 December 1851 |issue=1736 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Storms

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 December 1851 |issue=24341 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Union

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Rügen. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Stralsund. She was refloated on 14 December and towed in to Stralsund.

}}

13 December

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|ship=Annechina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Colt Island, County Dublin, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chili

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Themis

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Brigantine Bay, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Ragged Island, Bahamas. She was later refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Truxillo

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Two Sisters. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Eastport, Maine.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 January 1852 |page=8 |issue=21022 |column=D }}

}}

14 December

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|ship=Bloomer

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore on "Jersey Island", Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to New York, United States. She had become a wreck by 22 December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was beached at Wick, Caithness.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lalla

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from either Ramsey, Isle of Man, or Panama City, Republic of New Granada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie and Emilie

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate Kent.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 December 1851 |issue=24342 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Perseverance

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Woodbridge, Suffolk. She was refloated on 16 December and was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zebra

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The cutter was driven ashore near Elizabeth Castle, Saint Helier and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Saint Helier.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 December 1851 |issue=24344 |page=8 }}

}}

15 December

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|ship=Bridget

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool, Lancashire, United States. Bridget was refloated the next day and taken in to Dover, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 December 1851 |issue=24343 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Castilian Maid

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clermont

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The steamship sank in the White River with the loss of 23 lives.{{Cite news |title=United States |newspaper=The Preston Guardian etc |location=Preston |date=3 January 1852 |issue=2053 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground and was damaged on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Frantz

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Torekov, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rostock.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hellas

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig ran aground and capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Iris

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Half-Moon Rock, off Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jedore

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Goose Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Sydney, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 January 1852 |issue=26541 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=7 January 1852 |issue=24360 |page=8 }}

}}

16 December

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|ship=Arcadian

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by General Dunlop ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Arcadian was on a voyage from "Bedique" to New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 January 1852 |page=7 |issue=21006 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Riga, Russia. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 December 1851 |page=8 |issue=20985 |column=E }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Patriot

|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Duchy of Schleswig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Rønne, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen Norway to Königsberg, Prussia.

}}

17 December

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|ship=Elizabeth Hughes

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with Mimer ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}) and sank in the English Channel off Dodman Point, Cornwall with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Mimer. Elizabeth Hughes was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 December 1851 |issue=26527 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fawn

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 February 1852 |page=8 |issue=21031 |column=F }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Myrtle

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The schooner was in collision with the full-rigged ship Britannia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Britannia. Myrtle was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Antigua.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=5 February 1852 |page=5 |issue=21030 |column=D-E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Platina

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of New York. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to New York.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Porgy

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Barbados

|desc=The schooner capsized in a squall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Barbados.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=11 February 1852 |issue=24390 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Theodora en Sara

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque collided with Corinthian ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the English Channel between Start Point, Devon and the Eddystone Rock. Her crew were rescued by Corinthian. Theodora en Sara was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trial

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Little River, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 January 1852 |issue=26542 }}{{efn|There are several coastal settlements in Nova Scotia called Little River: Little River, Digby; Little River, Victoria County; and Little River Harbour. It is unclear at which one the wreck occurred.}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Waterlily

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America for Zakynthos, Greece. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 April 1852 |page=7 |issue=21092 |column=E }}

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18 December

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|ship=Belle Kate

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Magaguadavic, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 December 1851 |issue=1741 }} She was refloated the next day and towed in to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 December 1851 |issue=1742 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Omnibus

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Dunkirk, Nord.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Primrose

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ranger

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was in collision with Challenger ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Challenger. Ranger was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was reboarded the next day and taken in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=19 December 1851 |issue=1740 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Typhis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated and put in to Yorkshire in a leaky condition.

}}

19 December

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|ship=Caledonia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Concordia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground whilst on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen Murray

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=22 December 1851 |issue=26528 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 December 1851 |issue=24346 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Governor McDonald

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to the Gambia River. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harmonia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg. She was refloated and put back to Hull.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Idia, or
Selia

|flag=22px Kingdom of Sardinia

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Alnmouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Williams

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=19 December 1851 |issue=9237 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mill Hall

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was in collision with the steamship Perth ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned off the Newarp Lightship (22px Trinity House ). Her crew took to the longboat were rescued by a fishing smack. Mill Hall was on a voyage from London to Seaton Sluice, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiralty Court, Thursday, April 7. |date=8 April 1853 |page=7 |issue=21397 |column=B }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wear

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. She was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely leaky condition.

}}

20 December

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|ship=Anne

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Holmsand, in the Humber.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aurora

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Pinghai, Korea and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Macao, China. She was plundered by the local inhabitants.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 February 1852 |issue=1795 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glocester

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The sloop collided with the barque Triumph ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the east coast of the United States.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hope

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret Ann

|flag={{flagc|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Hudson River. She was on a voyage from New York to San Juan de Nicaragua, Nicaragua. She was refloated and towed in to New York, where she arrived on 23 December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paragon

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost at Wam Squeak Point, near Prospect Harbour. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to St. Stephen's, Newfoundland, British North America.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rose and Ellen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tamarac

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the wreck of Vesta ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the mouth of the Humber and was damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Hull, Yorkshire. She arrived at Hull in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tidy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to London. She was refloated the next day.

}}

21 December

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Charlbro'", Devon. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Exeter, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=24 December 1851 |issue=24348 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fame

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Romain River, British Honduras.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margery

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Irvine

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Anegada Shoals and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=26 January 1852 |issue=24376 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Navigateur

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Point Galata, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to an English port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 January 1852 |page=7 |issue=21018 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=St. Andrew

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hartlepool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wilson

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was run down and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|7|nmi|km}} off the Cromer Lighthouse, Norfolk by the brig Six. Wilson was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiralty Court, Thursday, March 25. |date=26 March 1853 |page=7 |issue=21073 |column=B }}

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22 December

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|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clausina

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Port Wallace, Nova Scotia, British North America to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fowler

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Tralee, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Tralee to Bristol, Gloucestershire or Gloucester.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 January 1852 |issue=8570 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John, or
John Riga

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Hog Island Inlet. She was on a voyage from Galway to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 January 1852 |issue=1754 }}

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|ship=Liverpool

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Element ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Liverpool was on a voyage from Coquimbo, Chile to Cork.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=15 March 1852 |page=6 |issue=21063 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Trientje

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Sylt, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 January 1852 |issue=20150 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tweelingen

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship departed from Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 March 1852 |page=7 |issue=21060 |column=E-F }}

}}

23 December

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|ship=Independence

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Jersey Beach", near the Shark River Inlet. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She broke up on 7 January 1852.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=27 January 1852 |issue=26548 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ingrid Catherina

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Domsters Reef. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Ystad.

}}

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|ship=Scotia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Bonaire to Boston.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 January 1852 |page=7 |issue=21005 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 January 1852 |issue=8551 }}

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|ship=St. David

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The tug collided with the steamship Severn ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Avon.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=27 December 1851 |issue=24351 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Tricker

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and sank in the Bristol Channel off Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 December 1851 |issue=8542 }}

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24 December

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|ship=Emerald

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=2 January 1852 |issue=3496 }}

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|ship=Grace Wright

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground and was damaged in the canal between Blacksod Bay and Broadhaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Westport, County Mayo in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=27 December 1851 |issue=26533 }}

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|ship={{HMS|Sampson|1844|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The frigate was driven ashore and damaged on Ascension Island. She was refloated.

}}

25 December

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|ship=Clio

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Skimmer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The hulk caught fire and exploded in the Benin River at Bonny with loss of life.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 March 1853 |page=8 |issue=21364 |column=8 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 March 1853 |page=7 |issue=21365 |column=F }}

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|ship=Springflower

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The skiff was lost on the Helwick Bank in the Bristol Channel.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archivedate=22 December 2014 }}

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26 December

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|ship=Eliza

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank in the Gwyndraeth Estuary. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furnesss, Lancashire to Porthcawl, Glamorgan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 January 1852 |page=7 |issue=21014 |column=F }}

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|ship=Speculation

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Warkworth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Warkworth to London. She was refloated and taken in to Warkworth.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=30 December 1851 |issue=24353 }}

}}

27 December

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|ship=Anna Alida

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship departed from Zoutkamp, Groningen for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

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|ship=Arrow

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and capsized. Her crew were rescued by the smack Aurora{{'}}s Increase ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |authorlink=Hervey Benham |page=183 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

}}

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|ship=Blossom

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Sampson ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Frederick Warren

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to New York. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Harleys

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Euboea, Greece. She was on a voyage from Corfu to Zakynthos, Greece. She was refloated on 12 April 1852 and taken in to Syros, Greece.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 April 1852 |issue=8645 }}

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|ship=Orion

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.

}}

28 December

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|ship=Amis Reunis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Ouessant, Finistère and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated and put in to Carnac, Morbihan in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 January 1852 |issue=26543 }}

}}

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|ship=Bertha

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on a reef south of Gorgona Island, Republic of New Granada. Her fourteen crew survived the wreck, but one of them died before they reached "Molo" in their boat. She was on a voyage from Panama City, Republic of New Granada to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 February 1852 |page=7 |issue=21041 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=17 February 1852 |issue=2372 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 February 1852 |issue=5120 }}

}}

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|ship=E. C. Scranton

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the East River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.

}}

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|ship=Home

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Canouan Island, Grenadines. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 February 1852 |issue=1784 }}

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|ship=Liverpool

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Eighteen people were rescued by Element ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Liverpool was on a voyage from Coquimbo, Chile to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 March 1852 |issue=8610 }}

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|ship=Paragon

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Squeak Point, British North America. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 February 1852 |issue=2370 }}

}}

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|ship=Queen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Straits of Scio. She was on a voyage from Zakynthos, Greece to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.

}}

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|ship=Una

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Neah Bay Island. She was on a voyage from Queen Charlotte Island to Victoria, Colony of Vancouver Island.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 March 1852 |issue=8624 }}

}}

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|ship=Venus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=31 December 1851 |issue=26536 }}

}}

29 December

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Cleone ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=24 January 1852 |issue=1770 }}

}}

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|ship=London Merchant

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.

}}

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|ship=Olive

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Liscomb, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 January 1852 |issue=24372 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Phantom

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at Newport, Monmouthshire.

}}

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|ship=Pilgrim

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of Arklow, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Arklow.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=31 December 1851 |issue=23454 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Sylphide

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground off Shoeburyness, Essex.

}}

30 December

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|ship=Alpha

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued the next day by Governor ({{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America). Alpha was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 January 1852 |page=8 |issue=21012 |column=B }}

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|ship=Economy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Mundesley, Norfolk. She caught fire and was destroyed. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to London.

}}

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|ship=Ellen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Mercia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Dunnose, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 January 1852 |page=7 |issue=21000 |column=E }}

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|ship=Pink

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Horse Rocks, off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Dunkirk, Nord, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=9 January 1852 |issue=3497 }}

}}

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|ship=Sabina

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Palma de Mallorca, Spain. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.

}}

31 December

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|ship=Carolina Margaretha

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dragør. She was on a voyage from Stege to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 2 January 1852 and taken in to Copenhagen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 January 1852 |page=8 |issue=21010 |column=F }}

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|ship=Tres Hermanos

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ubes, Portugal. She was on a voyage from "Carrel" to Cádiz.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 January 1852 |issue=8572 }}

}}

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|ship=Villa de Jabea

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at St. Ubes. She was on a voyage from Santander to "Jabea".

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|ship=Adelaide

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores.

}}

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|ship=Agnes

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bahama Banks before 24 December. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. She was refloated and put in to Charleston, South Carolina.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 January 1852 |issue=1772 }}

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|ship=Alida Margaretha

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Orne before 31 December and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Caen, Caen to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

}}

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|ship=Angelica

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 4 December but capsized. She was taken in to Dover in that condition. Angelica was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to Riga.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 December 1851 |page=7 |issue=20981 |column=E }}

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|ship=Arabia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with assistance from {{ship|Ottoman frigate|Feyzâ-i Bahrî||2}} ({{navy|Ottoman Empire|1844}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Constantinople |date=2 January 1852 |page=6 |issue=21001 |column=A }}

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|ship=Baracoa

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked off Cuba. She was on a voyage from Montego Bay, Jamaica to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

}}

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|ship=Bathurst

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Bonaca Island, British Honduras before 5 December with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 January 1852 |issue=1766 }}

}}

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|ship=British Queen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Muskeget Island, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New York, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Intelligence |date=5 January 1852 |page=5 |issue=21005 |column=A }}

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|ship=Cassandra

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean before 8 December. All on board were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 January 1852 |page=7 |issue=21021 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Celine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 December. She was discovered by {{HMS|Havannah|1811|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) on that date. A skeleton crew was put aboard and she was taken in to Brest, Finistère, where she arrived on 6 December. She had been on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Bordeaux, Gironde.

}}

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|ship=Christine

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Mallorca, Spain before 3 December. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Commerce

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Turnberry, Ayrshire and Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire before 23 December. Her crew survived.

}}

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|ship=Conway Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 February 1852 |issue=24395 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Diadem

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked in Plettenberg Bay on 4 or 14 December. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 February 1852 |page=7 |issue=21030 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=14 February 1852 |issue=24382 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Elfa

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Gothenburg, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=The Equestrian Statue of Gustavus Adolphus |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 December 1851 |issue=8538 }}

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Black Rock, off Mount Desert, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 December 1851 |issue=26535 }}

}}

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|ship=Ellen, or
Helen

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate before 24 December. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated but consequently sank.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 February 1852 |issue=8586 }}

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|ship=Ellen Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Terceira Island.

}}

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|ship=Emblem

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She was refloated on 5 January 1852 and taken in to "Nagara".{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=20 January 1852 |issue=2364 }}

}}

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|ship=Freihandel

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 December. All on board were rescued by St. George ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Freihandel was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Liverpool, Dec. 20. |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 December 1851 |issue=23436 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 December 1851 |issue=8538 }}

}}

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|ship=George and Anna

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Her crew and 24 passengers were taken prisoner by the local inhabitants.

}}

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|ship=Ghazeepore

|flag=22px India

|desc=The steamship was lost in the Hooghly River before 2 December.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 February 1852 |issue=24383 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 February 1852 |issue=2369 }}

}}

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|ship=G. H. Harrison

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the coast of the Cape Colony before 8 December. Her crew were rescued by Adderley ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Gleaner

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near North Berwick, Berwickshire before 10 December. She was on a voyage from South Shields, county Durham to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.

}}

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|ship=Hope

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off the coast of Massachusetts, United States before 8 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=23 January 1852 |issue=26545 }}

}}

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|ship=Ida Jacoba

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Rotterdam, South Holland.

}}

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|ship=Industry

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 December. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Industry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on an island {{convert|60|nmi|km}} north of Bergen, Norway with the loss of at least four lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 March 1852 |page=7 |issue=21066 |column=F }}

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|ship=Industry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Yalta, Russia before 8 December. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 January 1852 |issue=1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Lela

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Susan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Lela was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 December 1851 |page=7 |issue=20987 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Maria

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Porto Ottiolu, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Cette, Hérault, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 December 1851 |issue=26517 }}

}}

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|ship=Marie

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 14 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 December 1851 |issue=26524 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey on 5 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 December 1851 |page=3 |issue=20979 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Minerva

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ostend.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 December 1851 |page=2 |issue=20976 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Miranda

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Terceira Island.

}}

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|ship=Ocean

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

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|ship=Othello

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Anholt, Denmark. She was towed in to Helsingør, Denmark on 10 December.

}}

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|ship=Pearl

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Terceira Island with the loss of two of her crew.

}}

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|ship=Rachel

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|33|15|N|23|00|W}}). Her crew were rescued by the brig Aimable ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite news |title=The Mediterranean |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertise |location=Dublin |date=22 December 1851 }}

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|ship=Sabina

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Saucy Jack

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was refloated on 8 December and towed in to Weymouth, Dorset.

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|ship=Speedy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Terceira Island.

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|ship=Sprightly

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Terceira Island.

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|ship=St. Andrew

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham before 16 December.

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|ship=Susan

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Terceira Island.

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|ship=Trial

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Pictou, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Prince Edward Island.

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|ship=Triumph

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} British North America

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia before 9 December. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Tyendenaga

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Cariboo Island" with the loss of seventeen lives. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 December 1851 |page=7 |issue=20986 |column=E }}

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|ship=Wilhelmine Charlotte

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rostock.

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|ship=William

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from New York to Prince Edward Island.

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|ship=William Clewes

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at North Berwick before 10 December.

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Notes

References

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