List of shipwrecks in December 1873

The list of shipwrecks in December 1873 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1873.

1 December

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|ship={{SS|Burlington|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Haken Adelstein ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent. Her crew were rescued. Burlington was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 December 1873 |issue=10586 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 December 1873 |issue=8071 }}

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|ship=Carl Herman

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The collier was wrecked in the Rottum Islands, Groningen, Netherlands with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Serious Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=3 December 1873 |issue=6350 }}

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|ship=Dart

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Methil, Fife. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Dr. Petermann

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated on 23 December, and placed under repair in January 1874.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 January 1874 |issue=10617 }}

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|ship=Euphrates

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Tønsberg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 December 1873 |issue=27863 |page=12 |column=D }}

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|ship=Jubilee

|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 Newry, County Antrim to Preston, Lancashire.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on the coast of Somerset.

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2 December

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|ship=Angostura

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Lune. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to the River Lune. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 December 1873 |issue=8072 }}

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|ship=Eroe

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.

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|ship=Euphrates

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage.

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|ship=Jacob Kjelland

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

|desc=The crewless barque was driven ashore at Blokhus, Denmark. She subsequently broke up.

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|ship=Norfolk Hero

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

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Tarragona, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.

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|ship={{PS|Sir George Grey|1856|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Crosby Channel, off the coast of Lancashire with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Lamartine ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite news |title=News of the Day |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=3 December 1873 |issue=4801 }}{{Cite news |title=Fatal Explosion of a Steamtug |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=3 December 1873 |issue=3411 |page=3 |volume=40 }}

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|ship=Telegraph

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

|desc=The tug sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated.

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3 December

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|ship=Celerity

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Riga, Russia for Stettin, Germany. Subsequently foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all 21 crew; a boat with a dead body on board washed up at Ventava, Courland Governorate.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 December 1873 |issue=8084 }}{{Cite news |title=The Loss of the Celerity |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=19 December 1873 |issue=6364 }}

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|ship=Lochnagar

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off the Nakkehoved Lighthouse, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 December 1873 |issue=10589 }}

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|ship={{SS|Surbiton|1869|2}}

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

|desc=The ship departed from Riga for Stettin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=St. Kevin

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Quebec City, Canada. Arson was suspected as the cause.

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|ship=Westella

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to London. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 December 1873 |issue=8073 }}

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4 December

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|ship=Economist

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Barry Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Llanelly, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Johanna Margaretha

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated and put back to Dublin, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 December 1873 |issue=15399 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Julia

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship departed from Savanna, Georgia for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 April 1874 |issue=8188 }}

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|ship=Liffey

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 December 1873 |issue=8074 }}

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|ship=Nautilus

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Horn Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Gävle to London.

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|ship=Problem

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

|desc=The brigantine struck the Swan Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland and sank. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Total Loss of a Montrose Schooner |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=8 December 1873 |issue=6354 }}{{Cite news |title=Board of Trade Enquiry at Montrose |newspaper=Dundee Couriere |location=Dundee |date=23 January 1874 |issue=6394 }}

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5 December

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|ship=Lizzie

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Daugava at "Muhlgraben", Russia.

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|ship=Mary Celeste

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The brigantine was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|20|N|17|15|W}}) by the brigantine {{ship||Dei Gratia|brigantine|2}} ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada), which put three of her crew aboard. Mary Celeste was taken in to Gibraltar.

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6 December

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|ship={{PS|Ardgowan|1866|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer collided with the steamship {{SS|Clara|1864|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire. All on board, more than 50 people, were rescued by Clara. Ardgowan was on a voyage from Greenock to Lochgilphead, Argyllshire.{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 December 1873 |issue=8076 }}

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|ship=Cairo

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship {{SS|Cramlington|1873|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=16 December 1873 |issue=7172 }} She was refloated on 10 December and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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|ship=Karl der Grosse

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Paladin

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

|desc=The steamship collided with {{HMS|Serapis|1866|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) at Malta. Paladin was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port. She was severely damaged and beached.{{Cite news |title=Collisions at Sea |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=8 December 1873 |issue=4805 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Malta.

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7 December

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|ship=Alicia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Loch Don. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Daar

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Poti.

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|ship=Jessy

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

|desc=The barque foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by Tyro ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada).

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8 December

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|ship=Amphion

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated.

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|ship=Colombo

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship= Consolation

|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The fishing lugger collided with the steamship {{SS|Vaderland|1872|2}} ({{Flag|Belgium}}) off South Foreland, Kent and sank.{{cite web|url=http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf |title=Belgian Merchant P-Z |publisher=Belgische Koopvaardij |access-date=1 December 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner was beached in Cloghy Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast.

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|ship=Fredericke Sophie

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Manø.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 December 1873 |issue=8077 }}

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|ship=Orion

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Manø. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Kiel, Germany.

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9 December

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|ship=Thornhill

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Point de Mots, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=American Shipping Disasters |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 December 1873 |issue=15420 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The Thames barge was run down and sunk by a tug in the River Thames with the loss of both crew.{{Cite news |title=Fog in the Metropolis |newspaper=Reynolds's Newspaper |location=London |date=13 December 1873 |issue=1218 }}

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10 December

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|ship=Star

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near New Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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11 December

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|ship=Amanda

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Amrum. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Elbe to the Eider.

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|ship=Amy

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at the Pigeon House Fort, Dublin and caught fire. The fire was extinguished. She was refloated on 23 December and taken in to Dublin.

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|ship=Ernst Moritz Arndt

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Gilleleje, Denmark and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Stettin.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 December 1873 |issue=8622 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 December 1873 |issue=10596 }}

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|ship=Galatea

|flag=22px Trinity House

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated.

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|ship={{SS|Iron King|1867|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in the Gulf of Saint Vincent. All on board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of an Emigrant Ship |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=15 December 1873 |issue=1022 |page=2}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?52454 |title=SS Iron King (+1873) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=30 April 2021 }}

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|ship=Max Dinse

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.

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|ship=Ouse

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Danube.

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|ship=Sportsman

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cape Pappas, Greece.

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|ship=Swansea

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

|desc=The ship collided with the schooner Princess Helena ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Gibraltar.

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12 December

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|ship=Meteor

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Dublin.

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|ship=Preston

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce. The fire was later extinguished.

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13 December

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|ship=Eugene and André

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Minden. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine.

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|ship=Greece

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Hudson River. She was refloated.

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|ship=Iron King

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Troubridge Shoals. All on board were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=South Australia |date=15 December 1873 |issue=27873 |page=8 |column=D }}

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|ship=Magdala

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the James River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Norfolk, Virginia, United States.

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|ship=Mongol

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on a reef {{convert|14|nmi|km}} off Hong Kong with the loss of sixteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 December 1874 |issue=28186 |page=7 |column=E }}

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14 December

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|ship=Caroline

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

|desc=The ship was driven onto the Garrec Rocks, on the coast of Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Beauvoir, Manche.

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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15 December

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Meadulse Skerries, in the Firth of Forth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.{{Cite news |title=Vessel Wrecked in the Forth |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=17 December 1873 |issue=6362 }}

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|ship=Alexandrine

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Halskov, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Arendine, or
Arentina

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The galiot ran into a steamship and sank off Leith. Her five crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Schooner Sunk in the Firth |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=17 December 1873 |issue=6362 }}

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|ship={{SS|Nebraska|1867|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.

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|ship={{SS|South Western|1870|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan.{{Cite news |title=Passenger Steamer Ashore at Ardrossan |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=17 December 1873 |issue=6362 }} She was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Ardrossan.

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16 December

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|ship=Ada Berendina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bremen, Germany.

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|ship=Balaclava

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off Aberdeen. Her five crew were rescued by a schooner. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=23 December 1873 |issue=4774 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Brunswick

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orlock Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 December 1873 |issue=27876 |page=6 |column=B }}

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|ship=David

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Burghead, Lothian to London, United Kingdom.

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|ship={{SS|Elba|1855|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all 32 crew. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg, Germany.{{Cite news |title=The Gale in the Baltic Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=24 December 1873 |issue=6368 }}{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of the Elba and Thirty-two Hands |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=31 December 1873 |issue=1034 |page=2}}

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|ship=Ernst and Julie

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Goos-on-Wiltow". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lübeck.

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|ship=Frans

|flag={{flag|Norway|184}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 December 1873 |issue=10602 }}

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|ship=Ivar

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship German Empire ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ivar was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=John Slater

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

|desc=The brig foundered off Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the steamship Garland ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). John Garland was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.{{Cite news |title=Rewards for Saving Life at Sea |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 January 1874 |issue=8108 }}

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|ship=Mosquito

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

|desc=The ship sank in the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Storm, and Great Loss of Life |newspaper=Reynolds's Newspaper |location=London |date=21 December 1873 |issue=1219 }} She had been refloated by 12 January 1874 and placed under repair.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 January 1874 |issue=8107 }}

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|ship=Ocean Bride

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Swadman Reef off the coast of Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 December 1873 |issue=10599 }}{{Cite news |title=Disastrous Gale |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=21 December 1873 |issue=1622 }} Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued two days later by a Danish schooner. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Sunderland, County Durham.

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|ship=Robert and Paul

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and was towed in to Helsingør, Denmark by the steamship Hertha (Flag unknown).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 January 1874 |issue=8101 }}

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|ship=Vine

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 20 February 1874.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 February 1874 |issue=10656 }}

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17 December

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|ship=Acorn

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Caledonia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Clyde.

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|ship=Æolus

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Tornby, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Danzig.

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|ship=Ann, and
Annie Brocklebank

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

|desc=The schooner Ann collided with Annie Brocklebank and was driven ashore at Whitehouse, County Antrim. One of the vessels had to be beached.

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|ship=Lucie

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked near Lemvig. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Portia

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Cambria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Portia was on a voyage from Helsingborg, Sweden to London.

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|ship=Regina

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Geestemünde, Germany to Kragerø.

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|ship=Urania

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked off Norderney. Her crew were rescued by the Norderney Lifeboat.

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|ship=William Scott Walker

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at North Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was consequently beached at Ross, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Montrose |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=29 December 1873 |issue=6372 }}

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18 December

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Thisted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Fredrikstad.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 December 1873 |issue=27878 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Drago Annetta

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cagliari, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

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|ship=Enrico

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Benghazi, Ottoman Tripolitania.

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|ship=Gronau

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Fedderwardersiel to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Hamburg.

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|ship=Nestor

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Whitby but struck the quayside and developed a severe leak.

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|ship=Pembroke

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned off Hanstholm, Denmark. Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamships North Star and Rosetta (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Pembroke was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to South Shields, County Durham. She subsequently came ashore at Thisted, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Sultan

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Coll, Inner Hebrides with the loss of all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Barque Wrecked on the Island of Coll |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=20 December 1873 |issue=6365 }}

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19 December

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|ship= Mary Brilliard

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 13-ton cutter (boat) was driven ashore and wrecked on Ruapuke Island in a gale.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 188.

}}

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|ship=Mozambique

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Europa Rocks, off Zanzibar.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 February 1874 |issue=10662 }}

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|ship=Wenvoe

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint-Nazaire.

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20 December

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|ship= Aborigine

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 132-ton brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked inside the mouth of the Hokitika River in a severe gale.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 189.

}}

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|ship=Ægean

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship departred from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Trieste. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 June 1874 |issue=28026 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship=Arcuturus

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

|desc=The steamship heeled over and sank at Galle, Ceylon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 January 1874 |issue=27892 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Carl

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Åhus. She was later refloated and taken in to Cimbritshamn in a severely leaky condition and was placed under repair.

}}

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|ship=John and Thomas

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock near Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire and was beached. She was on a voyage from Fraserburg, Aberdeenshire to the Clyde.

}}

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|ship=Obotvit

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Domesnes, Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Lübeck, Germany.

}}

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|ship= Redcliffe

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 22-ton ketch dragged her anchor and struck a reef at All Day Bay during a heavy sea. One crewman was drowned.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 188–189.

}}

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|ship=Skerryvore

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to the Clyde.

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|ship=Volante

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Domesnes.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque sank on the Engelbrake Sand in the North Sea off the German coast.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 December 1873 |issue=8088 }}

}}

21 December

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|ship=Carl

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 December 1873 |issue=8630 }}

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|ship=Emu

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

|desc=The dandy was driven ashore at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Marchioness of Londonderry

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

|desc=The ship struck a floating wreck and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to Seaham, County Durham. She was assisted in to Bridlington, Yorkshire the next day.

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22 December

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|ship=Flossie

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. She was refloated and towed to Ramsgate, Kent.

}}

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|ship=Marquis Ross

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Løkken, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Lübeck, Germany.

}}

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|ship=Modesta

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

|desc=The barque caught fire in the Capana River at Paraná and was scuttled.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 January 1874 |issue=10638 }}

}}

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|ship=T. A. Darrell

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Bermuda

|desc=The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached on the Chico Bank, in the River Plate.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 January 1874 |issue=8123 }}

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|ship=Tees

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Walo

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rock, in Cloughty Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Londonderry, United Kingdom. She floated off on 29 December, drove ashore on Burial Island and was wrecked.

}}

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|ship=William Owen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ottendorf, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to an English port.

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|ship=No. 24

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

|desc=The pilot cutter collided with the steamship Jones Brothers and foundered off Cardiff, Glamorgan.

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23 December

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|ship=Harmonie

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore on Falster, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rostock, Germany.

}}

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|ship=Patriotto

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

|desc=The brig ran aground and sank at Shadwell, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.

}}

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|ship=Rio Grande

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her six crew were rescued by a gig and the tug Dandy ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}. Rio Grande was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Press Association and Central News Telegrams |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=24 December 1873 |issue=6572 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=A Schooner Wrecked near Liverpool |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=24 December 1873 |issue=4819 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 December 1873 |issue=8090 }}

}}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Porthcawl, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Losses at Sea |date=24 December 1873 |issue=27881 |page=11 |column=D }}

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|ship=Spey

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 December 1873 |issue=8090 }}

}}

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|ship=Viscountess Arbuthnot

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|170|nmi|km}} off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the smack Edward and Sophia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Leith, Lothian.

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24 December

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|ship=Adelaide

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at "Glenarnie" and became waterlogged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Glenarnie.

}}

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|ship=Emma

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Warnemünde. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Wismar.

}}

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|ship=F. Chester

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was refloated.

}}

25 December

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|ship=Eureka

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Hull, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=R. P. Reynard

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Grounds. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 January 1874 |issue=8116 }}

}}

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|ship=Thorwaldsen

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|260|nmi|km}} west of Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by Annie Torrey ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Thorwaldsen was on a voyage from Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 February 1874 |issue=8127 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 February 1874 |issue=15452 }}

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26 December

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|ship=Gipsy Queen

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

|desc=The tug ran onto the wreck of a hopper and sank in the River Tyne with the loss of eighteen of the 46 people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Terrible Steamboat Accident |date=27 December 1873 |issue=27884 |page=8 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Steamboat Accident on the Tyne |date=31 December 1873 |issue=27887 |page=8 |column=E }}

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|ship= {{SS|Virginius|1864|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow from the Caribbean to New York by the screw sloop-of-war {{USS|Ossipee||6}} ({{navy|United States|1867}}).{{cite book |last=Bradford |first=Richard H. |title=The Virginius Affair |location=Boulder, Colorado |publisher=Colorado Associate University Press |year=1980 |isbn=0870810804 |page=144 }}.

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27 December

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|ship=Berling

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Zuyder Zee. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and continued her voyage, but consequently put in to Whitby, Yorkshire in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 December 1873 |issue=15420 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Confidence

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

|desc=The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Craigs ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and was beached at King's Cross, Arran. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug.

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|ship=Tempo

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Edith Rose ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Tempo was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Saint John, New Brunswick.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 January 1874 |issue=27898 |page=6 |column=E }}

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28 December

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|ship=Ancilla

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship struck the South Rock, in the Belfast Lough and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Trinidad.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 December 1873 |issue=10610 }}

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|ship=Fulix

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Port Said, Egypt.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 January 1874 |issue=10619 }}

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|ship=Goteborg

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Nedjau". She was on a voyage form Stockholm to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and assisted in to Ystad in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Iron Cross

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Dunany Point, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Southwest Pass.

}}

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|ship=Jonas Gabrielson

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Snogebæk, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Remembrance

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 December 1873 |issue=27886 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Vivandiere

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore on Burr Island, Connecticut, United States. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Barbados. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Wiggo

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked south of Cimbritshamn. Her crew were rescued.

}}

29 December

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|ship=Arcturus

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Gindurah Rock, off Galle, Ceylon. She was refloated but consequently sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 December 1873 |issue=10610 }}{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 December 1873 |issue=8096 }}

}}

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|ship=Clio

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Ballaugh, Isle of Man. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal.

}}

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|ship=Dryade

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Exile

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Mazagan, Morocco. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Gertrude

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

|desc=The schooner sank off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of five of the seven people on board.{{Cite news |title=Losses at Sea |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=1 January 1874 |issue=3435 |page=8 |volume=61 }}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked off Greenore, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Johanne Catherina

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Safi, Morocco.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 January 1874 |issue=10628 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 January 1874 |issue=8113 }}

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|ship=Ocean Belle

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Spit Sand, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Newport.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 January 1874 |issue=10614 }}

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|ship=Sarah Horn

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Burntisland|newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=7 January 1874 |issue=6380 }}

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|ship=Spy

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

|desc=The smack was abandoned in the North Sea. She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

}}

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|ship=Tapageur

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Madras India to Swansea.

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30 December

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|ship=Brownfield

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

|desc=The schooner sank off Douglas Head, Isle of Man. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Runcorn, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Losses at Sea |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=1 January 1874 |issue=3435 |page=8 |volume=61 }}

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|ship=Canute

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

|desc=The ship collided with the barque Pauchita ({{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) and ran aground off Spike Island, County Cork. She was refloated.

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|ship=Charles Bal

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Queenstown. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Lizzy

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

|desc=The ship was beached at Ballycrovane, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Morocco to Queenstown.

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|ship=Nymphen

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated and beached.

}}

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|ship=Polly

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Rosa B. Barbagalette ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Polly was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 January 1874 |issue=10627 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Ship and Nine Men |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=21 January 1874 |issue=3452 |page=3 |volume=61 }}

}}

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|ship=Robert Henderson

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off Hveen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Landskrona, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.

}}

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|ship= Tetuán

|flag=22px Cantonalist Rebels

|desc=Third Carlist War, Cantonal rebellion: The broadside ironclad burned and sank, perhaps due to sabotage, while undergoing repairs at Cartagena.

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|ship=Travancore

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

|desc=The barque was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.

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31 December

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|ship=Cleo

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Ballaugh, Isle of Man.

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|ship=Gertrude

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

|desc=The schooner sank off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of three of her crew.

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|ship=Kong Oscar II

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 3 January 1874.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 January 1874 |issue=8100 }}

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|ship=Pallas

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

|desc=The schooner capsized in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 January 1874 |issue=8642 }}

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|ship=Two Friends

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

|desc=The ship departed from London for Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=23 February 1874 |issue=1503 }}

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|ship=Absolon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Stubben, Germany. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 January 1874 |issue=8097 }}

}}

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|ship=Acadia, and
Arethusa

|flag={{Flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada
{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=Acadia collided with the barque Arethusa in Lower Cove, near Halifax, Nova Scotia. Both vessels were consequently scuttled.

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|ship=Alkle

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Gross Kahlegrundet, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Pori to Bristol, Gloucestershire United Kingdom. She was refloated and found to be waterlogged.

}}

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|ship=Alpha

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on "Carlos". She was refloated and taken in to Reval, Russia, where she arrived on 22 December in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Alwine

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship sank in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ancilla

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Cannon Rock, in Cloughty Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Trinidad. She subsequently sank.

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|ship=Arabia

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of thirteen of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by Tropic ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Arabia was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Vessel at Sea |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=13 December 1873 |issue=3420 |page=5 |volume=40 }}{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 December 1873 |issue=8081 }}

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|ship=Bjorg

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bandholm.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 December 1873 |issue=15411 |page=6 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flagicon|Newfoundland}} Newfoundland Colony

|desc=The schooner was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Tilt Cove to Saint John's. She was subsequently taken in to Catalina.

}}

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|ship=British Lion

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Wolfs Island", Nova Scotia, Canada.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 December 1873 |issue=27877 |page=6 |column=E }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Canessa Madre

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Shark River. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 December 1873 |issue=27866 |page=7 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carl Steinorth

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew were rescued by the Cuxhaven Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cassini

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at "Teke". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire She was refloated on 19 December and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 December 1873 |issue=10603 }}

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|ship=Cerdic

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Perim, Aden Governorate. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool. She was later refloated with assistance from the steamship Kwangtung ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Christine Brockleman

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. She subsequently broke up.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clutha

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Broadness Point.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 December 1873 |issue=10600 }} She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Comet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Davis Point". She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to a British port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 December 1873 |issue=27865 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Cornwall

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Ajax Reef. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to London.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ebenezer

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off "Wadero".

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eftichia

|flag={{flag|Ottoman Empire|red}}

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Sea of Marmara.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth Cann

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to Belfast, County Antrim.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Far West

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fortuna

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Cape Spartel, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires Argentina to Barcelona.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Franz Ludwig

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Stolpemünde.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ganger Rolf

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sandefjord. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure to Sandefjord.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ghiorgios

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Bourgas, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 December 1873 |issue=27881 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Giovanni Battista

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Lusinpicolo, Austria-Hungary. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 December 1873 |issue=8086 }}

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Greenore Point, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 January 1874 |issue=10612 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Henry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Providence, British Guiana.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Janet Forbes

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Davis Point". She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to a British port.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jerome

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Ayr. She was refloated on 26 December and taken in to Ayr in a sinking condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 December 1873 |issue=8096 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeune Leonie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore and sank at Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga to a British port. She was refloated and taken in to Visby, Sweden, where she was condemned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Juan Emilio

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked east of Nuevitas, Captaincy General of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Liverpool.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kelice

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamships Ajax and Holmside (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and was beached.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Havelock

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 December 1873 |issue=15407 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Lalour

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Louisbourg. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leander

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The derelict ship was towed in to Sisal, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Pensacola, Florida.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lehaute

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

|desc=The brig collided with the barque Constantia ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}) and sank at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The crewless schooner drove ashore on Juist, Germany.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria Rividi

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Black Sea.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 December 1873 |issue=8085 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Gotland. She was refloated and towed in to Stockholm.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha Cobb

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the South Breaker. She was on a voyage from Galway to New York.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Africa to Flensburg. She broke up on 5 December.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Rice

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia on or before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore, Maryland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 December 1873 |issue=10605 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Spencer

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and put back to Newcastle upon Tyne in a leaky condition.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Matchless

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Larache, Morocco before 11 December. She was on a voyage from Larache to an English port. She was declared a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 February 1874 |issue=10652 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Michelino

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hudson River.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Moyune

|flag={{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire at Shanghai.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Neptun

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship caught fire at Reval and was severely damaged. she was on a voyage from Reval to Lübeck, Germany.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 January 1874 |issue=27888 |page=7 |column=E }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ocean Wave

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Poplar Point. She was refloated and towed in to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 December 1873 |issue=8080 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Polly and Emily

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

|desc=The ship sank off Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was later raised and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 December 1873 |issue=8089 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Remo

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to New Orleans.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 December 1873 |issue=27879 |page=7 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rimac

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Merse Reef, in the Baltic Sea between 20 and 23 December. She was refloated and taken in to Riga.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 December 1873 |issue=27881 |page=11 |column=F }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sadney

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Marstrand. She was on a voyage from Gävle to an English port.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Saint Severe

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Progresso. She was on a voyage from Marseille to "Lagoon".{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 December 1873 |issue=27868 |page=7 |column=E }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Saxon

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Orkney Islands with the loss of all fourteen crew.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sir George Grey

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

|desc=The tugboat exploded and sank in the River Mersey off Waterloo, Lancashire with the loss of a crew member.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stephens

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground and sank in the River Ouse between Goole and Selby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, Fife to Selby.{{Cite news |title=St. Andrews |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=22 December 1873 |issue=6366 }}

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|ship=St. Helens

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

|desc=The steamship was presumed to have exploded and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all 21 crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.{{Cite news |title=Wrecks and Heavy Loss of Life |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford|date=19 December 1873 |issue=3425 |page=3 |volume=40 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 December 1873 |issue=8089 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stork

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Granton, Lothian. She was refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Peter

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Westervik, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen in a leaky condition.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stradella

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Lemvig, Norway with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Christiania, Norway.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sytende Mai

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland before 25 December.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Texas|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Stonewall Shoal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Port Royal, Jamaica.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Titania

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Lusure". She was on a voyage from Cephalonia, Greece to Antwerp, Belgium.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Triton

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore "below Bosch".{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 December 1873 |issue=8089 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ulisse

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship Lufra (Flag unknown) and sank. Her crew were rescued. Ulisse was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Genoa.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Uniao

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Porto.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Union

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Horn Reef, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Harburg, Germany.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vallhall

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Thisted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gothenburg. She was declared a total loss.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Willie Coe

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 January 1874 |issue=8120 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=W. R. Rickett

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Constantinople Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.

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|ship= Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=A full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall.{{cite book |last=Larn |first=Richard |title=The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly |year=1992 |publisher=Thomas & Lochar |location=Nairn |isbn=0-946537-84-4}}

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References

=Bibliography=

Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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Category:Maritime incidents in December 1873