List of shipwrecks in December 1877

The list of shipwrecks in December 1877 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1877.

1 December

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|ship=Crusader

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 December 1877 |issue=10589 }} Her 22 crew were rescued by the North Deal Lifeboat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lifeboat Services |date=17 December 1877 |issue=29127 |page=4 |column=C }} She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Hazard

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brigantine collided with Carnarvon Castle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued by Carnarvon Castle. Hazard was on a voyage from Mytilene, Greece to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=7 December 1877 |issue=29119 |page=6 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Casualties at Sea |newspaper=Reynolds's Newspaper |location=London |date=8 December 1877 |issue=1426 }}

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|ship=San Chiaco

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Strait of Malacca. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Utile

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

|desc=The barque was run into by the steamship {{SS|America|1863|2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|500|nmi|km}} west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by America. Utile was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 December 1877 |issue=29117 |page=6 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Collision Between a Mail Steamer and an Italian Barque |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=4 December 1877 |issue=3991 }}

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2 December

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|ship=Argo

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hjørring, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 December 1877 |issue=9866 }}

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|ship=Champion

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

|desc=The ketch was wrecked on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight with the loss of all three crew.{{Cite news |title=Loss of Three Lives |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=5 December 1877 |issue=19457 }}

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|ship=Eunice

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

|desc=The steamship collided with a Spanish steamship and ran aground off Santander, Spain.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=6 December 1877 |issue=29118 |page=7 |column=C-D }}

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|ship=Jacob Lindstrom

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

|desc=The barque was run into by Sophia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by the Harwich Lifeboat Springwell (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jacob Lindstrom was on a voyage from Kemi, Grand Duchy of Finland to Libourne, Gironde, France. She was taken in to Harwich, Essex on 6 December and subsequently rebuilt, becoming the British schooner Clacton.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=194 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 December 1877 |issue=29119 |page=11 |column=F }}

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3 December

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at sea, according to a message in a bottle that washed up on the coast of Fife on 2 June 1878.{{Cite news |title=Message from the Sea |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=5 June 1878 |issue=7760 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The smack collided with a foreign schooner and sank off the Nore.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 December 1877 |issue=29116 |page=6 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 December 1877 |issue=16650 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Emulation

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Land's End, Cornwall whilst on a voyage from Mount's Bay to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 January 1878 |issue=11890 }}

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|ship=John D. Tupper

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Londonderry for repairs.

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|ship=Julius

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Umeå, Sweden to Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=4 December 1877 |issue=29116 |page=8 |column=B }}

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|ship=Lady Havelock

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and sank at Benacre, Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Jersey, Channel Islands.

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|ship=Oasis

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship {{SS|Pennsylvania|1872|2}} ({{flag|United States|1877}}) and sank off The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her eighteen crew were rescued. Oasis was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 December 1877 |issue=29117 |page=10 |column=C }} She was refloated on 5 December and towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey.

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|ship={{SS|Olympias|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Terschelling. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Gibraltar.

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|ship=Quintero

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Norseman ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Cape São Roque, Brazil with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Norseman. Quintero was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=8 December 1877 |issue=1829 }}

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|ship=Sunda

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

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

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4 December

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|ship=Angeneita

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland to the Nieuwe Diep. She subsequently broke up.

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|ship=Anna

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship sank off Hven, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Höganäs, Sweden to Stettin.

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|ship=Flora

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland to Edam, North Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Florence Stephens

|flag={{flag|New South Wales}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Port Stephens. All on board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 January 1878 |issue=9373 }}

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|ship=Free Lance

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Bute Channel.

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|ship=Niord

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Schiedam, South Holland. She was refloated with assistance.

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|ship=Orient

|flag={{Flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The galiot collided with the steamship Breeze and sank in the North Sea. Her four crew managed to get aboard Breeze.{{Cite news |title=Two Vessels Sunk by a Hartlepool Steamer |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=7 December 1877 |issue=2971 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Osbourne

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Sophia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Osbourne was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London.{{Cite news |title=A Shipwrecked Crew at Hartlepool |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=5 December 1877 |issue=2969 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Pallas

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Prudent

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was reported to be on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Tunis, Beylik of Tunis.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 December 1877 |issue=29122 |page=10 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Seaham|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Breeze ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of the Haisborough Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her fourteen crew were rescued by Breeze and another vessel. Seaham was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/S-Ships/seaham1871.html |title=Seaham |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=1 September 2021 }}

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|ship=Sunda

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

|desc=The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 December 1877 |issue=11854 }}

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5 December

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|ship=Canadian

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Drumore Bank, off the coast of County Wexford. She was refloated. She was refloated.

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|ship=Cornwall

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the dock gates at Bristol, Gloucestershire and was damaged at the bow. She was on a voyage from Bristol to New York. She was docked for repairs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 December 1877 |issue=29118 |page=11 |column=F }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Chaussée de Keller, in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All 102 people on board were rescued by two chasse-marées and the luggers Cecile and La Jeune Florestine (both {{Flag|France}}). European was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Southampton, Hampshire{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=8 December 1877 |issue=29120 |page=6 |column=A-B }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=10 December 1877 |issue=29121 |page=6 |column=A-B }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck Commissioner's Court |date=21 December 1877 |issue=29131 |page=9 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Flying Dutchman

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

|desc=The tug ran ashore at the Cloch Lighthouse, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 8 December and towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Foredrin Fredrica

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked in White Bay, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Kinsale, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 December 1877 |issue=9328 }}

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|ship=Gorin

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on "Seiro". She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Korsør.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Notes |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=7 December 1877 |issue=2971 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Lady Zetland

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and sank {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=7 December 1877 }}

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|ship=Malleable

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

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Southampton, Hampshire.

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|ship=Progress

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew took to a boat and landed on Gigha. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Inverness.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 December 1877 |issue=11846 }}

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|ship=Providence

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was refloated.

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|ship=Sarah Ann Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Moville. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Londonderry.

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|ship=Silistria

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship collided with H. M. Castor ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and ran aground at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. Silistria was on a voyage from South Shields to Hamburg. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 December 1877 |issue=9868 }}

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|ship=Tamaulipas

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Dublin. She was refloated.

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|ship=Zerina

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

|desc=The ship departed from Betts Cove, Newfoundland Colony for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=General Shipping Items |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 March 1878 |issue=11932 }}

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6 December

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 December 1877 |issue=11843 }}

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|ship=Antias

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated with the assistance of five smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 December 1877 |issue=16653 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Conqueror

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

|desc=The fishing smack sank at Exmouth, Devon. Her four crew were rescued.

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|ship=Johann

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Chafyn Grove (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and Velindra ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{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 |access-date=20 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}

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|ship=Kensington

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Killiness Point, on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. She was later refloated and towed in to Whitehaven, Cumberland.

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|ship={{SS|Mizpah|1875|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south west of Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew. Mizpah was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Leith, Lothian.{{cite book |title=Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century |first=David |last=Renno |pages=292–95 |publisher=Amherst Publishing |location=Sevenoaks |year=2004 |isbn=1-903637-20-1}}

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|ship=Nina

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Donmouth, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Weather |date=7 December 1877 |issue=29119 |page=6 |column=C }}

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|ship=Paul

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Pioneer

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the quayside and sank at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated on 8 December.

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|ship=Portia

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Phoenix.

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Orcombe Point, Devon. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Exmouth |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=12 December 1877 |issue=5887 }}

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7 December

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|ship=Frankfort

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship struck rocks at Barrahead and was beached in Loch Boisdale. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Christiania, Norway.

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|ship={{SS|Friesland|1875|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was wrecked off Cape Corrubedo, Spain with the loss of all 144 people on board. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Corrubedo.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=22 December 1877 |issue=29132 |page=6 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/F-Ships/friesland1875.html |title=Friesland |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=16 October 2021 }}{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of a Steamer, with 412 Lives |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=Sheffield |date=21 December 1877 |issue=5928 |volume=61 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Disasters |date=1 January 1878 |issue=29140 |page=6 |column=A }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=3 January 1878 |issue=29142 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=James

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 December 1877 |issue=29121 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Penguin ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Bermondsey, Surrey.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 December 1877 |issue=16656 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Moonlight

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barquentine Elena ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). Moonlight was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Polly

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Tory Island, County Donegal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Sligo.

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8 December

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|ship=Adele Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Turneffe Atoll. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Flor

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Nieuwe Diep. She was then driven ashore on Texel, North Holland and broke up.

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|ship={{SS|Germania|1870|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Hoek van Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Harriet

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

|desc=The schooner sank at the entrance to Lough Swilly. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SS|Monkseaton|1870|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship {{SS|Jenny Otto|1877|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Jenny Otto. Monkseaton was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to the River Tyne.

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|ship=Napthalie

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the North Bank, off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Dublin.

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|ship=Renown

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Carlingford, County Louth and was beached.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 December 1877 |issue=11846 }}

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|ship=Seal

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

|desc=The tug was driven ashore at Cranfield Point, County Louth. She was refloated on 17 December and beached at Warrenpoint, County Down.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 December 1877 |issue=29129 |page=10 |column=F }}

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|ship=Sultana

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

|desc=The brigantine departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Zion Hill

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the King's Scar, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and sank. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 December 1877 |issue=9871 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 December 1877 |issue=9330 }}

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9 December

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The ship broke from her moorings at Dublin. She was driven against the pier and damaged.

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|ship=Annabourg

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a sandbank. Three crew initially survived the wreck, according to a message in a bottle that washed up in the Parkburn Forth, Scotland in February 1878.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=8 February 1878 |issue=4825 }}

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|ship=Captain Parry

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

|desc=The steamship struck the foundations of the North Bull Lighthouse, County Dublin and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated in January 1878 and towed to Belfast, County Antrim, where she arrived on 2 February for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 February 1878 |issue=9378 }}

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|ship=Faithlie

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

|desc=The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Leith, Lothian.

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|ship=Pearl

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Hartley, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Blyth, Northumberland.

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|ship=Victor

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

|desc=The tug sprang a leak and sank at Leith.

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10 December

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|ship=Cupid

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Dalton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Terceira Island, Azores to Hull, Yorkshire. She put in to Dover, Kent in a sinking condition.

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|ship={{SS|Good Hope|1868|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Ashrathi Rocks, in the Gulf of Suez. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet and Singapore, Straits Settlements{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=11 December 1877 |issue=29122 |page=6 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Helios

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Tananger. She was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily, Italy to Stavanger.

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11 December

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The snow was wrecked at Peniche, Portugal with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal and Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=15 December 1877 |issue=1044 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Reynolds's' Newspaper |location=London |date=16 December 1877 |issue=1427 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Ravenglass, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=12 December 1877 |issue=29123 |page=5 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=14 December 1877 |issue=29125 |page=10 |column=E }}

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|ship=Imbro

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Sõrve Peninsula, Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 December 1877 |issue=11847 }}

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|ship=Köningen Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Nantes. She was refloated on 9 January 1878 and beached at Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 January 1878 |issue=9357 }}

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|ship=Orion

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near the Zerel Lighthouse, Saaremaa, Russia.

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|ship=Stella

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The ship was towed in to Lagos, Lagos Colony in a sinking condition.

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12 December

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|ship=Achievement

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

|desc=The snow collided with the steamship Heron ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Heron. Achievement was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 December 1877 |issue=16664 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Barkley

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Pakefield Gat, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her five crew were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=4 January 1878 |issue=3249 |page=4 }} She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.

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|ship=Frigga

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore between Dover and the South Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom. Her nine crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Kalix to Dover. She was later refloated and towed in to Dover.

}}

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|ship=Hannah Rathkens

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her ten crew were rescued by the lugger Champion ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and the North Deal Lifeboat. Hannah Rathkens was on a voyage from Sandarne, Sweden to Highbridge, Somerset, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 December 1877 |issue=29125 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship=Jean Paul

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated with assistance and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 December 1877 |issue=16659 |page=6 }}

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13 December

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|ship=Albert

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Marstrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Papenburg.

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|ship=Dee

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

|desc=The steamship struck rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France to London. She put back to Saint-Nazaire.

}}

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|ship=Heckla

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at "Preston". She was on a voyage from Malmö to Oskarshamn.

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Maryport.

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|ship=Oscar

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship foundered off Læsø.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 December 1877 |issue=9876 }}

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|ship=Vigo

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Kilcorgan Point, County Galway. She was on a voyage from London to Sligo. She was later refloated and taken in to a port.

}}

14 December

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|ship=Ada Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Orwell. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was later refloated and taken in to Ipswich.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=18 December 1877 |issue=7589 }}

}}

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|ship=Autumna

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

|desc=The brigantine collided with the Bull Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was beached at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Autumna was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Exeter, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=B. D. Metcalf

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

|desc=The ship departed from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies for a British port. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 July 1878 |issue=16850 |page=6 }}

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|ship=British Rover

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk.

}}

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|ship=Hugh Streatfield

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated with assistance from the tug United Service ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Louisa

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Waterloo

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Torre del Mar, Spain. She was refloated the next day and taken in to The Downs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 December 1877 |issue=10591 }}

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15 December

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|ship=Aios

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Seville, Spain.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Albert Edward|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at the Coalhouse Fort, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 December 1877 |issue=16660 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The ship arrived at London on fire. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma and Bassein, India to London. The fire was extinguished.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 December 1877 |issue=9337 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 December 1877 |issue=16662 |page=6 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=August Tietje, and
Ludwig

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barques were severely damaged by fire at Wilmington, Delaware, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 December 1877 |issue=29128 |page=7 |column=E }}

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|ship=Azorian

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Waterford. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Louisa

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at New Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 December 1877 |issue=11851 }} She was refloated on 18 December and taken in to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Nordlyset|1877|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship foundered off Texel, North Holland with the loss of seven of her 23 crew and two lifeboatmen. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite web |url=https://nltimes.nl/2018/10/30/divers-find-1877-shipwreck-near-texel |title=Divers find 1877 shipwreck near Texel |first=Janene |last=Pieters |publisher=NL Times |access-date=30 October 2018 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{PS|Stad Middelburg|1865|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The paddle steamer struck floating wreckage, damaging both paddle wheels. She was on a voyage from Vlissingen, Zeeland to Queenborough, Kent. She put in to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=No. 1

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The pilot boat collided with the steamship Thomas Vaughan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was damaged. She was towed in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland in a severely leaky condition.

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17 December

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|ship=Christinenstadt

|flag={{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to "Dobery". She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and four smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eunomia

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=José, and
Raphael

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
{{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The steamship José collided with the full-rigged ship Raphael in the River Mersey. Both vessels were severely damaged. José was on a voyage from Barcelona to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Raphael was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India. Both vessels were taken in to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Tamaulipas

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Liffey at Dublin and broke in two. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She was a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 December 1877 |issue=9869 }}

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|ship=Wika

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Össby, Öland. She was on a voyage from Lübeck, Germany to Reval, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Karlskrona in a leaky condition.

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18 December

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|ship=Carolus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Southwold.

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|ship=Don

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Great Yarmouth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeune Farnand

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Halmstad, Sweden to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johanna

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Southwold and collided with Carolus ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship={{SS|Nordlysch|1877|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast with the loss of seven of her eight crew. Two lifeboatmen were drowned attempting a rescue. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thomas Etherden

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

|desc=The sailing barge collided with the barque El Dorado ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off Dungeness, Kent. Thomas Etherden was taken in tow by the luggers Lady Rose and Renown (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued by Renown. Thomas Etherden was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 December 1877 |issue=9880 }}

}}

19 December

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|ship={{SS|Charles Batters|1873|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Salt Scar Rocks, on the coast of Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 December 1877 |issue=29131 |page=4 |column=D }} She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 December 1877 |issue=9881 }}

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|ship=Desengano

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Haiti. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien to "Port Liberté", Haiti.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 January 1878 |issue=11881 }}

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|ship=Forester

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistane of two tugs.

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|ship=Steinvoia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Lydd, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Thomas Dugdale

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=The Steamship Thomas Dugdale |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=21 December 1877 |issue=19471 }}

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20 December

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|ship=Amy

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Salt Scar Rocks, on the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 December 1877 |issue=16667 |page=7 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bentinck

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

|desc=The steamship became waterlogged at Garston, Lancashire due to a port being left open.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betis

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on Piedra Aro, off Sant Feliu de Guíxols with the loss of eight of her 21 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Breeze

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Flensburg, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 December 1877 |issue=9340 }}

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|ship=Excelsior

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Rangoon, Burma.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gloamin

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Calais, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 December 1877 |issue=29132 |page=7 |column=F }} Gloamin broke up on 23 December.

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|ship=Go-Ahead

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Ramore Head, County Antrim and sank off Reviggerty Point. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Port Ellen, Islay to Portrush, County Antrim.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harwich

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg in a leaky condition and placed under repair.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lord Houghton

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

|desc=The steamship struck rocks off "Cape Tilly", France and was consequently beached at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dieppe.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 December 1877 |issue=11855 }}

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|ship=Mavis

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Seine. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to Rouen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Möwe|1857|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamships Fusi Yama and Severn (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached at North Greenwich, Essex, United Kingdom. Möwe was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Rose|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was sighted off Copenhagen, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Reval, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all seventeen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=12 January 1878 |issue=29150 |page=6 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barge sank off Dungenes, Kent, United Kingdom.

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21 December

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|ship=Chance

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

|desc=The galiot ran aground at Skibbereen, County Cork.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ebenezer

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Filey Brigg, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paraguay, and
Wiltshire

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

|desc=The steamship Paraguay collided with the full-rigged ship Wiltshire in the Atlantic Ocean. Both vessels were severely damaged and put in to Saint Vincent. Paraguay was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Wiltshire was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ceylon.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pioneer

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

|desc=The ketch foundered in Tor Bay off Hope's Nose, Devon. Her crew survived.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The anchor boat was run into by the Mersey Flat Catherine ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Mersey.

}}

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|ship=Sorromostro

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Bilbao and was holed. She was refloated the next day and put back to Bilbao.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=26 December 1877 |issue=2697 }}

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22 December

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|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 24 December and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 December 1877 |issue=16668 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Boreas

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Sadras, India.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 December 1877 |issue=11857 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Craig Ellachie

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The 226-ton brig went ashore at Timaru, New Zealand and became a total wreck when she parted her cables during a storm.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 221.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Brazilian ironclad|Independencia||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Brazil}}

|desc=The ironclad ran aground in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 25 December and towed in to Greenhithe, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jessie Meek

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Platters Rocks. She was refloated and was beached at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lion

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Swadman Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland, She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to a French port. She was refloated and taken in to North Sunderland, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mysterious Star

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Salto". Nine of her crew took to a boat; they were subsequently reported missing. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Lysekil, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 January 1878 |issue=10593 }}

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|ship=Nettuno

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of a fishing smack and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Peace and Plenty

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Heckness, Orkney Islands.

}}

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|ship=Vier Broeders

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Winchelsea, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Winchelsea Lifeboat Sea Sprite (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Vier Broeders was on a voyage from Groningen to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

}}

23 December

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|ship=Albany, and an
unnamed vessel

|flag={{flag|Cape Colony}}

|desc=The tug and a lighter were driven ashore and wrecked at Port Alfred.

}}

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|ship=Bertha

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The abandoned schooner was taken in to West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition by the tug Skylark ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 December 1877 |issue=11858 }}

}}

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|ship=Berdinkha

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the North Sands, Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard, and the Hartlepool Lifeboat, which rescued fourteen people. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=24 December 1877 |issue=29133 |page=11 |column=A }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 December 1877 |issue=29134 |page=9 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=4 January 1878 |issue=2488 }}

}}

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|ship=Cossack

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Königsberg, Germany.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 December 1877 |issue=29133 |page=7 |column=E }} She was refloated in early January 1878.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=9 January 1878 |issue=2997 |page=4 }}

}}

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|ship=Hampshire

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at sea. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the whaler James Allan ({{flag|United States|1877}}). Hampshire was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=4 January 1878 |issue=7138 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 March 1878 |issue=10602 }}

}}

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|ship=Petrel

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

|desc=The dandy rigged schooner was run down and sunk off Pladda by the steamship Rose. Her crew were rescued. Petrel was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Law Intelligence |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=6 June 1878 }}

}}

24 December

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|ship=Adonis

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

|desc=The tug struck the Drum Sands and was beached at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Blanche

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyhalbert, County Down.

}}

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|ship=Reward

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

|desc=The smack was run into by the schooner Residue and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. Reward was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Penzance, Cornwall.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Richmond

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the Clyde near Fort Matilda, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin. She was refloated and towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{PS|Sea Belle|1868|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle tug foundered in the North Sea with the loss of four of her seven crew.

}}

25 December

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|ship=Calypso

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Gironde.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 December 1877 |issue=29135 |page=3 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Chelydra

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Silver Bank, in the Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Notes |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=27 December 1877 |issue=2987 |page=4 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Danaë|1877|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the North Sea off the Danish coast. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the fishing smack Smiling Morn ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=31 December 1877 |issue=29139 |page=11 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 January 1878 |issue=29141 |page=12 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=A List of Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=4 January 1878 |issue=4820 }}

}}

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|ship=Dorothea

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The barque foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of eight of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Medora ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Dorothea was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Helsingør.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Barque. Loss of Eight Lives |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=9 January 1878 |issue=3253}}

}}

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|ship=Minerva

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked near Thisted, Denmark with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Memel to Rotterdam, South Holland Netherlands.

}}

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|ship=Petersburg

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

|desc=The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Leith, Lothian.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Staffa

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 December 1877 |issue=11859 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Joseph

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the coast of Borneo, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Labuan, Malaya to Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thetis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was refloated on 30 December.

}}

26 December

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|ship=Amanda

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Denmark to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carl Tottie

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Fredrikstad.

}}

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|ship=Borthwick

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherland. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to Greanton, Lothian, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Fire Queen

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 December 1877 |issue=29137 |page=9 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship=Fredrik VII

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Amrum, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drammen to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 December 1877 |issue=11860 }}

}}

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|ship=Havfruen

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sandefjord.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 December 1877 |issue=29136 |page=5 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Wilson

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom to Grimstad.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Wilson

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Otter Bank, in Loch Ryan and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at "Catacola Point", Greece. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Catacola" to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Petersburg

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

|desc=The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Leith, Lothian.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prospect

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Eyemouth Bay. Both crew were rescued by the Eyemouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Eyemouth, Berwickshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vertrauen

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Danzig.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 December 1877 |issue=29137 |page=9 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=28 December 1877 |issue=7132 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship||Walmer Castle|1855 ship|2}}

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.{{cite news |title=Multiple News Items |newspaper=Hampshire Advertiser |location=Southampton |date=29 December 1877 |page=2 |issue=3291 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wenonah

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galveston, Texas, United States. She was refloated.

}}

27 December

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|ship=Carfin

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

|desc=The steamship struck a submerged object at Troon, Ayrshire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Troon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gessein Schreuder

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Larvik, Norway to Delfzijl, Groningen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Janet

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

|desc=The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom for Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 May 1878 |issue=29256 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kinghorn

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leicester

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Bawean, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pauline

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Wierum, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to New York, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Saint Cloud

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tybee Island, Georgia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 December 1877 |issue=11861 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah King

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.

}}

28 December

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brierly Hill

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the Danish coast with the loss of all but one of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eastern Star

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Julie Ernestine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Pensacola.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nuovo Matteo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Delaware Breakwater. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Osteran

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Pensacola.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near "Briskins", Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 December 1877 |issue=11862 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Swaledale

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 30 December and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=A Dundee Bound Vessel Blockading the Suez Canal |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=1 January 1878 |issue=7626 }}

}}

29 December

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|ship=Altieri

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Marstrand, Sweden.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aura

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Notes |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=31 December 1877 |issue=2990 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ensimainen

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. All twelve people on board got aboard the Haisborough Lightship (22px Trinity House), from where they were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat British Workman (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Ensimainen was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fairy Queen

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Carr Rocks, off the coast of Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 December 1877 |issue=11863 }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 January 1878 |issue=9349 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Golden Fleece

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Fair Isle. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Shetland Isles to Fair Isle.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Fair Isle Mail Boat |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=11 January 1878 |issue=7145 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Grangemouth

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Firth of Forth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ida

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Östergarnsholm, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland to Helsingør, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jylland

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship struck rocks at Seaton, County Durham, United Kingdom and sank. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a pilot boat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=31 December 1877 |issue=9889 }}{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=9 February 1878 |issue=6553 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oceano

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Virgo ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Oceano was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London. She subsequently sank. She was refloated on 20 January 1878 and moved {{convert|1|nmi|km}} upstream and beached for temporary repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 January 1878 |issue=9369 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Despatch and a tug (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and put back to Glasgow.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 January 1878 |issue=9349 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William and John

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnsore Point County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.

}}

30 December

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|ship=Francesco

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Rodosto, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lena

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

|desc=The barque was run into by the steamship Alford and sank in the River Thames.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 January 1878 |issue=29140 |page=9 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 January 1878 |issue=10593 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Midas

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

|desc=The barque ran aground off Camden Fort, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fortunato

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Porto.

}}

31 December

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clausina

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Lampa Shoal, off the coast of El Salvador. Her crew were rescued on 2 January 1878 by the steamship Cyane (Flag unknown). Clausina was on a voyage from Guayaquil, Ecuador to La Unión, El Salvador.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 March 1878 |issue=29191 |page=11 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Clausina |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 March 1878 |issue=9942 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emmanuel

|flag={{flag|Malta|1875}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Marmara Island, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 January 1878 |issue=29142 |page=12 |column=A }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maiden Bower

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. All twelve people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 January 1878 |issue=11864 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sire

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Lemvig. She was on a voyage from London to Horsens.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 January 1878 |issue=16675 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tawtholite

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

|desc=The ship was run into by the steamship Erith ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend.

}}

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The steamship sailed from Madeira (from West Africa for London) and was not seen again. She, and crew of 12, were believed lost in storms in the Bay of Biscay in early December.{{cite news |title=Supposed loss of a steamer and 12 lives |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18780108/053/0003 |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=Edinburgh Evening News |issue=1446 |date=8 January 1878|page=3|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

}}

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|ship=Anna Ottilie

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Nexø. She was refloated and taken in to a port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 December 1877 |issue=9346 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie Johns

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea before 22 December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Balder

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kobbergrunden, off Fredrikshavn, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Holmstadt to Randers, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Barletta

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at "Bajo Seco", Venezuela. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Genoa. She was consequently condemnded.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 January 1878 |issue=9350 }}

}}

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|ship=Belaunce

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil before 15 December with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Mauritius.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 December 1877 |issue=16663 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Berlin

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner foundered at sea before 20 December. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bridgetown

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Donegal. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Donegal. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 January 1878 |issue=16674 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Camarata

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir at Seville, Spain. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Notes |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=13 December 1877 |issue=2976 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 December 1877 |issue=16658 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=Campidoglio

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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|ship=Chilianwallah

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 December.

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|ship=City of Dublin

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 18 December and taken in to Vlissingen.

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|ship=Cosmopolita

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire whilst on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Santander.

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|ship=David Harrison

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Rio Pongas before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio Pongas.

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|ship=Delight

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Dublin.

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|ship=Dido

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque foundered at sea before 10 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 December 1877 |issue=29123 |page=12 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=12 December 1877 |issue=2686 }}

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|ship=Diligent

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cloghy, County Down.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 December 1877 |issue=16656 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Dorothea

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Aalbek. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.

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|ship=Dorthea

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The barque foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=29 December 1877 |issue=7133 }}

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|ship=Dublin

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on Arranmore, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Killybegs, County Donegal to Troon, Ayrshire.

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|ship=Duen

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea before 27 December.

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|ship=Eidswold

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Aid ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and Ramsgate Lifeboat and was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=4 January 1878 |issue=3249 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Eldorado

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the tug Velos ({{flag|Portugal|civil}}). Elodorado was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Beaufort, Maine, United States. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Mindelo.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=12 January 1878 |issue=1048 }}

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|ship=Enrico Dandolo

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Marco Polo ({{flag|United States|1877}}). Enrico Dandolo was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Scarborough Shoal. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Hong Kong. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

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|ship=Frederico

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off "Roche's Point". She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Kinsale, County Cork.

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|ship=Glenericht

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 11 December. Nineteen people were rescued by Cheviot; the rest by Iquique (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Glenericht was on a voyage from London to Singapore.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=10 January 1878 |issue=29148 |page=10 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 January 1878 |issue=29151 |page=7 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=15 January 1878 |issue=29152 |page=9 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |date=20 January 1878 |issue=3007 |page=4 }}

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|ship=G. M. Jones

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

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship {{SS|Pottsville|1874|2}} ({{flag|United States|1877}}) and sank with the loss of eight of her nine crew. The survivor was rescued by Pottsville. G. M. Jones was on a voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=28 December 1877 |issue=4819 }}

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|ship=Harry

|flag={{flag|United States|1844}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from the Spanish Main to Baltimore, Maryland.

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|ship=Hestia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Kingsbridge, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 December 1877 |issue=16656 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Huntsville

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to New York.

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|ship=James

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Newcastle, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Drogheda, County Louth.

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|ship=Jane Stewart

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

|desc=The barquentine was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Johann Rudolph

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was destroyed by fire off Mindoro, Spanish East Indies before 17 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Sydney, New South Wales.

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|ship=John Bogle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Waterford.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 December 1877 |issue=16656 |page=7 }}

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|ship=John Parker

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean She was discovered at {{coord|37|30|N|48|40|W}} by Maggie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which set her afire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 February 1878 |issue=9383 }}

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|ship=King Ja-Ja

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

|desc=The steamship was abandoned off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her ten crew were rescued by the Orme's Head Lifeboat.

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|ship=Korsør

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Læsø. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Lady Shetland

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Caernarfon and was abandoned by her crew.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 December 1877 |issue=16652 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Leading Wind

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Astoria, Oregon, United States. She was refloated and taken in to San Francisco, California for repairs.

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|ship=Louis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew reached shore in a boat. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was subsequently towed in to Barcelona, Spain by the steamship Livonia ({{flagcountry|Italy|civil}}).

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|ship=Louise

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 December.

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|ship=Maggie V. Hugg

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Nevis. She was refloated and taken in to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Mardol

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Madeira with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Akyab, Burma.

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|ship=Mary E. Rankin

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Trieste.

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|ship=Merry England

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Pickles Reef before 17 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Mexican port to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=22 February 1878 |issue=10600 }}

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|ship=Nebo

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

|desc=The brig foundered off Prince Edward Island, Canada between 20 and 20 December with the loss of all nine crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 January 1878 |issue=11877 }}

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|ship=Nimbus

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Portland.

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|ship=Pallion

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Honfleur, Manche. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate.

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|ship=Pilgrim

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Columbia River. She was on a voyage from Astoria, Oregon, United States to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to San Francisco, California, United States for repairs.

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|ship=Sarah Watson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Ekapilly". Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Seal

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

|desc=The tug was driven ashore in the Carlingford Lough. She was refloated and beached at Warrenpoint, County Antrim.

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|ship=Segunda Triump

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

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|ship={{SS|Shadwan|1877|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Red Sea near Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Bombay, India. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Bombay on 18 November.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Notes |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=18 December 1877 |issue=2981 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Spray

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire.

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|ship=Spray

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Laboe, Germany. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kiel, Germany. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

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|ship={{SS|Teutonia|1856|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground {{convert|2|nmi|km}} off Cape Mayor, near Santander, Spain.

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|ship=Thomas and William

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

|desc=The ship ran aground "in the Hoorn". She was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex to Maassluis, South Holland. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

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|ship=Yeo

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged near Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bideford to Barnstaple.

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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.

1877-12

Category:Maritime incidents in December 1877