List of shipwrecks in December 1878

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|ship=Peerless

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Cape Charles, Virginia in calm seas. Around noon a gale came up and she rolled over and she went to pieces. Eight crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service before she broke up. She was on a voyage from San Blas to Baltimore, Maryland.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015076784076&view=1up&seq=24 |title=Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1879 |publisher=University of Michigan |access-date=27 November 2019}}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 December 1878 |issue=12156 }}

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|ship=Rosamond

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Royal Diadem

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

|desc=The barque was severely damaged by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 January 1879 |issue=9675 }}

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|ship=Scotland

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

|desc=The steamship was severely damaged by fire at London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 December 1878 |issue=12151 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=A steamboat collided with another and sank in the Mississippi River with the loss of twenty lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=3 December 1878 |issue=29428 |page=3 |column=D }}

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|ship=Arabella

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Dutchman Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin. She subsequently floated off and was taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=6 December 1878 |issue=10641 }}

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|ship= Gypsy Queen

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

|desc=The brigantine stranded on the Kimmeridge Ledges, off St Alban's Head Dorset while en route from Navassa, West Indies to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{cite book|last1=Larn|first1=Richard|last2=Larn|first2=Bridget|title=Shipwreck Index of the British Isles – Dorset|date=1997|publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping|location=London|chapter=Volume 1, Section 6}}

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|ship=Eskbank

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Diamond Head, Kingdom of Hawaii. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii.

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|ship=Pallas

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at "Bland". She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to London. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark.

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|ship=Vice-Admiral May

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in Netherlands East Indies waters.

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|ship=Bretagne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. No further trace,.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 April 1879 |issue=29538 |page=7 |column=D }} presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 April 1879 |issue=9747 }}

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|ship=Harry

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Corn Islands, Venezuela. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to "St. Andreas".

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|ship=Oswego

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at West Quoddy, Nova Scotia, Canada. Seven crewmen made it to Campobello Island in the ship's boat, and eight crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. She was on a voyage from "Point Wolfe" to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 December 1878 |issue=29431 |page=11 |column=E }}

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|ship=Smerce

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship capsized at Amsterdam, North Holland.

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|ship=Wihelmina

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

|desc=The barque ran aground {{convert|1|nmi|km}} offshore on the bar at Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States, and broke up. Six crewmen made it to shore in the ship's boat, and the rest of the crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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|ship=Bel Stewart

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Norwalk Islands, Connecticut, United States. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim, Ireland, to Norwalk, Connecticut.

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|ship=Connaught Ranger

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Yambing", China. She was on a voyage from London,England, to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and taken in to Hong Kong in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Juan

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Brook, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 December 1878 |issue=9640 }} She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Exeter, Devon, England.

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|ship=Lena

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Bremen, Germany. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Bremen. She was refloated on the next day.

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|ship=Renown

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Amble, Northumberland, England. She was refloated and taken in to Amble in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 December 1878 |issue=16966 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Unique

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Angra, Azores.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 January 1879 |issue=12178 }}

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|ship=Acacia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Berwick upon Tweed. She was refloated and found to be leaky.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 December 1878 |issue=9641 }}

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|ship= Conflict

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

|desc= The barque was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hull, Yorkshire, England. She exhibited signs of collision damage. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{cite news |title=The Last (We Fear) Of The Missing Vessel Conflict |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=63 |date=25 September 1879 |page=4 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 September 1879 |issue=29681 |page=12 |column=D }}

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|ship=Lyger Sagen

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

|desc=The brigantine collided with the steamship United Service ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the English Channel ({{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Another Collision in the Channel |date=7 December 1878 |issue=29432 |page=10 |column=F }} Lyuger Sagen was on a voyage from Sicily, Italy to Bergen, Norway.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 December 1878 |issue=9642 }}

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|ship=Lyman Cann

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, to Dunkerque.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=13 December 1878 |issue=10642 }}

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|ship=Marie

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark, with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, England, to Christiania, Norway.

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|ship=Marigo

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Sulina, United Principalities. She was on a voyage from Samsun, Ottoman Empire to a Mediterranean port.

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|ship=Olivier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Portoferro, Sardinia, Italy. She was on a voyage from La Calle, Algeria to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

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|ship=Albert

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, United Kingdom, to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated with assistance from the Coastguard and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Angelica

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at West Souter Head, Cromartyshire. She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, to Sunderland, County Durham, England.

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|ship=Bessie Rowe

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship {{SS|Montana|1873|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. Bessie Rowe was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain, to Liverpool, Lancashire, England.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 December 1878 |issue=29433 |page=6 |column=B }}

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|ship=Bomarsund

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}

|desc=The transport ship was severely damaged at Sheerness, Kent, England, whilst being laden with guns from {{HMS|Undaunted|1861|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). A 6-ton gun was dropped into her hold. She was beached and sank. She was refloated and towed to Chatham, Kent, for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 December 1878 |issue=9643 }}

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|ship=Caroline Goodyear

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon, England. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, to Teignmouth. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Commissariat

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to Swinemünde, Germany.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 December 1878 |issue=12157 }}

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|ship={{SS|France|1864 CGT ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Cape Pinene, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated and put back to Marseille.

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|ship=General Scott

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

|desc=The schooner sprung a leak off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States, and was beached on the west beach to prevent sinking. Attempts were made over the next six days to refloat her, but she ended up a total loss. Her cargo and some equipment was salvaged. Her four crewmen made it to shore in the ship's boat.

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|ship={{SS|Longhirst|1873|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship struck rocks at Hartley, Northumberland, England, and sank. Her seventeen crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.

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|ship=Lyman Cann

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Dunkerque. She was refloated and taken in to Dunkerque.

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|ship=Nelson

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay, England. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France, to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.

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|ship=Andreas Rickmers

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} off Madeira. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ville de Tenfeau ({{flag|France}}). Andreas Rickmers was on a voyage from Bremen to Rangoon, Burma.

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|ship=Charles

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex. She was refloated and towed in to Dover, Kent.

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|ship=Courier

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherland to Stettin.

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|ship=Geyser

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom to Riga.

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|ship= {{ship|Russian yacht|Livadia|1873|2}}

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The Imperial yacht, aground on rocks on the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea since the night of 21–22 October, was destroyed by a violent storm.{{cite news |title=Loss of the Russian Imperial Yacht |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=17 |date=7 November 1878 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Teresa

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the steamship Vindolana ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached at Tilbury, Essex.

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|ship=Amethyst

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

|desc=The ship was run into by the steamship Camilla ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Üsküdar, Ottoman Empire and was severely damaged.

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|ship=Celeste Henri

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Calvados. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Courseulles-sur-Mer. She was refloated and taken in to Courseulles-sur-Mer.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 December 1878 |issue=10643 }}

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|ship=Chester

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Trouville-sur-Mer. She was refloated on 16 December.

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|ship=Europa

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

|desc=The ship ran into the schooner Pride of the Isles ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the North Sea and was severely damaged.

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|ship=Glide

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Öland, . She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Gloucester, United Kingdom. She was refloated and abandoned by her crew with some loss of life. Glide was taken in to Stockholm in a waterlogged condition.

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|ship=Ingeborg

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of one of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Grimsby ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ingeborg was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark.

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|ship= James Aiken

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

|desc=The ship grounded on a sandbank off the coast of India approximately {{convert|50|nmi|km}} from Madras. She was refloated and reached Madras a few days later.{{cite news |title=In a Fearful Gale off the Cape (Letter) |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=27 |date=16 January 1879 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Jessie

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Teignmouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=13 December 1878 |issue=10642 }}

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|ship={{SS|Bayard|1878|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship foundered with the loss of 22 of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued from a boat on 17 December by the brigantine Encarnacion ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Bayard was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=23 January 1879 |issue=29472 |page=6 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Disaster at Sea |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 January 1879 |issue=12185 }}

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|ship={{SS|Davaar|1878|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship struck Patterson's Rock, off the Isle of Mull. She was refloated and consequently sank. Her twelve crew survived. She was on her maiden voyage, from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Limerick.{{Cite news |title=Board of Trade Enquiry |newspaper=Glasgow Heral |location=Glasgow |date=9 January 1879 |issue=12184 }}

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|ship={{SS|Emily B Souder|1864|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but two of the 38 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Samaná, Dominican Republic.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=28 December 1878 |issue=29450 |page=8 |column=E }}

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|ship=Empress

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground at Montego Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from New York to Montego Bay.

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|ship=Graville

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Greas Nogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Hamburg, Germany.

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|ship=Kung Ring

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Baltzar ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}) and sank off Skagen, Denmark. All on board were rescued. Kung Ring was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 December 1878 |issue=29440 |page=8 |column=F }}

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|ship= Lady Hulse

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Lima, Peru. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Callao, Peru.{{cite news |title=Our Ships and Our Sailors |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=23 |date=19 December 1878 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Mystère

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Basse Jaune, off the Îles de Glénan, Finistère and sank.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 December 1878 |issue=16970 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Arthur

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground between Brouwershaven and Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 16 December.

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|ship={{SS|Breeze|1863|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Calais, France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Calais.

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|ship=Coromandel

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at "Wattara". Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Edward Albro

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

|desc=The ship departed from Nassau, Bahamas for New York, United States. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 July 1879 |issue=10366 }}

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|ship=E. M. Buehler

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Aspinwall, United States of Colombia.

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|ship=Express Tilton

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Aspinwall.{{Cite news |title=Storm in South America |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=10 January 1879 |issue=9564 }}

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|ship=J. P. Robinson

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Aspinwall.

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|ship=Lavernock

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

|desc=The steamship collided with Juan Cunningham ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and other steamship and sank in the Nervión at Portugalete, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=12 December 1878 |issue=2995 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 December 1878 |issue=9650 }}

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|ship=Lorine

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Aspinwall with the loss of a crew member.

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|ship=Alma

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Henry Morton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Aldeburgh-on-Sea |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=17 December 1878 |issue=7693 }}

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|ship=Eros

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Hawthorn Hythe, {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south of Seaham, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to the River Tyne. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 December 1878 |issue=12162 }}

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|ship=Gurtubay

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Maasdrooge, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 December 1878 |issue=29439 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship=Loch Long

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

|desc=The ship capsized at London. She was righted.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 December 1878 |issue=9648 }}

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|ship=Nuphar

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} from Honfleur, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.

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|ship=Amelie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom to Gravelines, Nord.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 December 1878 |issue=10643 }}

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|ship={{SS|City of Montreal|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at New York, United States and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.

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|ship=Compton

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

|desc=The steamship struck rocks at Malta and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Malta to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated with assistance from {{HMS|Antelope|1846|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and taken in to Valetta.

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|ship=Globe

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Haiti.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 December 1878 |issue=9646 }}

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|ship=Inverary

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Port Natal, Natal Colony. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to Port Natal. She was refloated on 15 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 January 1879 |issue=29475 |page=10 |column=F }}

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|ship=Quatre Sœurs

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at "Pentacottah", India with the loss of two of her nine crew.

}}

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|ship=Rival

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Portaferry, County Down.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 December 1878 |issue=9646 }}

}}

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|ship=Boatswain

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Colwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Cambrian

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She was declared a total loss.

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|ship=Charles Emilie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore and wrecked at Brook, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord.

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|ship=Emana

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from an English port to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Kastrup, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Ferdinande

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship {{SS|Mississippi|1871|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Crosby Channel. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Firth of Clyde

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Anjer, Netherlands East Indies whilst on a voyage from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies to a British port. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 June 1879 |issue=29604 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

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

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

|desc=The steam hopper ran aground in Champion Bay. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Adelaide, South Australia. She was refloated on 16 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 February 1879 |issue=29487 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Ithiel

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Brook. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Whitstable, Kent.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Le Creusot|1878|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

|desc=The steamship ran into the quayside at Sunderland, County Durham on being launched and was damaged.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunderlandships.com/view.php?year_built=1878&builder=4021&ref=101712&vessel=LE+CREUSOT |title=Le Creusot |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=26 October 2021 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Mona's Isle|1860|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The paddle steamer grounded on Burbo Bank off New Brighton, Cheshire, inward to Liverpool from Ramsey. She was refloated on 15 December and taken into Liverpool.{{cite news |title=Accident to the Steamer Mona's Isle |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000081/18781216/015/0006 |access-date=26 October 2021 |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |issue=9648 |date=16 December 1878 |page=6 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Redewater ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Redewater.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=16 December 1878 |issue=3588 |page=4 }} Spey was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Snowstorm and Wrecks |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 December 1878 |issue=12163 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?searchFor=spey&index=100882 |title=Spey |publisher=Aberdeen City Council |accessdate=6 December 2021 }}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at the Cliff End Fort, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 December 1878 |issue=12163 }}

}}

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|ship=Bwllfa

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to London. She was refloated on 18 December and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Evangelistra

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Civitavecchia, Italy. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Civitavecchia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 December 1878 |issue=9652 }}

}}

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|ship=Ibis

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Azores ({{coord|46|38|N|14|21|W}}). She was on a voyage from Dahomey to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was discovered on 17 December by Mary Cook ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which put four crew aboard with the intention of taking her in to Falmouth. She arrived at Queenstown, County Cork on 28 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=26 December 1878 |issue=3596 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 December 1878 |issue=9661 }}

}}

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|ship=Jean Agathe

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Selsey, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Lartington||2}}

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

|desc=The freighter suffered a cracked hull and massive leakage in a storm and headed for Bermuda, but struck a reef and sank 5 miles north west from the Royal Naval Dockyard.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59496 |title=Lartington (+1878) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=19 September 2023}}

}}

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|ship= Leader

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Ben Ledi ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} about {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of St Ives, Cornwall with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Ben Ledi.{{cite news |title=Serious collision at sea |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=23 |date=19 December 1878 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship= Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Sulina, United Principalities with the loss of seven of her crew.{{cite news |title=Seven Men Drowned At Sulina |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=23 |date=19 December 1878 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Avalon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 December 1878 |issue=9649 }}

}}

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|ship=Concha

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

|desc=The steamship ran agroujnd in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Pasajes. She was refloated and put back to Pasajes.

}}

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|ship=Genitore

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off "Jaleppia". She was on a voyage from Gaza, Egypt to Philippeville, Algeria.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 December 1878 |issue=29441 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Livingstone

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

|desc=The tug collided with a schooner at Leith, Lothian and was severely damaged.

}}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rye Sussex.

}}

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|ship=Seine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Dalton

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Brook, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Brăila, United Principalities to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Lightning ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Euphrosyne

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Adra, Spain. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 December 1878 |issue=12167 }}{{Cite news |title=Arrival of a Shipwrecked Crew |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=11 January 1879 |issue=1100 }}

}}

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|ship=Henrietta Adriana

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground at Oude-Tonge, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland to Java, Netherlands East Indies.

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Boston, Massachusetts for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 27 crew.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/H-Ships/homer1877.html |title=Homer |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 December 2021 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 January 1879 |issue=9675 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 February 1879 |issue=12226 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary Slussmann

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

|desc=The schooner was destroyed by fire at Aspinwall, United States of Colombia.

}}

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|ship=Adrianople

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Enos, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 January 1879 |issue=9667 }}

}}

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|ship=Aghios Nicolaos

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Enos.

}}

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|ship=Aios Nicolaios

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Dedeağaç, Ottoman Empire.

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Byzantin|1874|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship {{SS|Rinaldo|1872|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Dardanelles off Gallipoli,Ottoman Empire with some loss of life. Of the 164 people on board, more than 100 were rescued. Rinaldo rescued 90 and the steamship Viadomora ({{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}) rescued five. {{HMS|Flamingo|1876|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) was dispatched to search for survivors. Byzantin was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{cite news |title=The Collision in the Dardanelles |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=25 |date=2 January 1879 |page=7}}{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Tony|title=SS Byzantin (+1878)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135811|website=Wrecksite|access-date=5 November 2015}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=20 December 1878 |issue=29443 |page=6 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship=Ida

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Yantai (Chefoo), China.

}}

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|ship=John A. Briggs

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground near Petten, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bremen, Germany. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=John Beaumont

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the quayside and sank at North Queensferry, Fife. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from South Queensferry, Lothian to North Queensferry.

}}

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|ship=Lord Gough

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

|desc=The steamship was run into by {{HMS|Cleopatra|1878|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) in the Clyde and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 December 1878 |issue=9651 }}

}}

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|ship=Maria Vagliano

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Dedeagac, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Dedeagac to a British port.

}}

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|ship=Memphis

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Nicore".

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in the Berlengas, off Peniche, Portugal with the loss of eight of the 38 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Bussorah, Persia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=21 December 1878 |issue=29444 |page=6 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck Commissioner's Court |date=7 February 1879 |issue=29485 |pages=3-4 |column=F, A }}

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|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 December 1878 |issue=12166 }}

}}

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|ship=Rookwood

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

|desc=The brig departed from New York for London. No further trace, reported missing.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Star of the Sea

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Harwich, Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Albatross ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Thalia

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean south of Cape Horn, Chile. Some of her crew were rescued by Nushka ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}); a boat with eight crew aboard was reported missing. Thalia was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 January 1879 |issue=12203 }}{{Cite news |title=The Thalia, of Belfast |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=4 February 1879 |issue=19786 }}

}}

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|ship=Thessalia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Enos.

}}

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|ship=Tre Fratelli

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Roses, Spain.

}}

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|ship=Unity

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=Two lighters were wrecked at Enos.

}}

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|ship=Aurora

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 December 1878 |issue=29444 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship= Bride

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day.{{cite news |title=The Steamship Bride |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=24 |date=26 December 1878 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Charles Mitchell|1865|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tug Patriot ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 December 1878 |issue=29443 |page=11 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship=Constantin

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog to an English port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 January 1879 |issue=9668 }}

}}

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|ship=Coruripe

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Barra Grande. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aracaju to Pernambuco.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 December 1878 |issue=29444 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Doriga

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her eighteen crew were rescued hy the steamship Zena ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 February 1879 |issue=9689 }}

}}

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|ship=Fairy

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

|desc=The dandy-rigged sloop was wrecked on the Tuskary Rock. Her six crew were rescued by the File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg {{Lbs|Carnsore}} lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Sloop |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=24 December 1878 |issue=7933 }}{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=3 January 1879 |issue=19759 }}

}}

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|ship=Macgregor

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Narrows. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Melita

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated but was beached at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. All sixteen people on board were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat Godsend (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=3 January 1879 |issue=19759 }} Melita was refloated on 28 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Northumbria

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Malta. She was refloated on 20 December with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Notre Dame de la Grâce

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Benwell ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Her crew survived. Notre Dame de la Grâce was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Honfleur, Manche. She was refloated on 24 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 December 1878 |issue=9656 }}

}}

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|ship=Philena Winslow

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha. Ten crew reached Tristan da Cunha, from where they were rescued by the steamship Iris ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Philena Winslow was on a voyage from Cardiff to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 February 1879 |issue=12209 }}

}}

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|ship=Universe, and
Valkyrien

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

|desc=The barques collided in The Downs and were both severely damaged. Universe was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Southampton, Hampshire. Valkyrien was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Singapore, Straits Settlements.

}}

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|ship=Apenrade

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The derelict ship was driven ashore at Rivadeo, Spain in a capsized condition.

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|ship={{SS|C. S. Butler|1865|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. Her seventeen crew abandoned ship the next day. They were rescued by the schooner Trio ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). C. S. Butler was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Tyne Steamer |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=23 December 1878 |issue=3594 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Economy

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

|desc=The derelict schooner was assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by a tug. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Fanny

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Gurnard, Isle of Wight. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Lightning ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Nancy Lee

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Forth and Clyde Canal and was holed by ice. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.

}}

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|ship=Recompense

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Runton, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Whitstable, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 December 1878 |issue=16978 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=Samuel Wonson

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Liscomb, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/1878.htm |title=1878 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=1 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Surrey

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

|desc=The ship departed from the River Tyne for Madras, India. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=24 January 1879 |issue=10648 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barge was run down by the steamship Lumley ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent.

}}

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|ship=Broomhill

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

|desc=The steamship struck the Clough Rocks, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Conflict

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

|desc=The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 July 1879 |issue=29510 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Elizabeth Alice

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from an Italian port to Eyemouth.

}}

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|ship=Freya

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Ny-Hellesund, Denmark.

}}

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|ship= {{ship||Iserbrook|ship|2}}

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

|desc= The brig caught fire at her berth in Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales when members of her crew accidentally dropped a lit match into rum spilling from a cask the ship′s captain mistakenly had unplugged in the ship′s store room. The fire went out of control almost immediately and she was scuttled to prevent it from spreading. Her captain died in the fire.

}}

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|ship=Mersey, and
{{SS|Mona|1878|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
{{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The steam barge Mersey collided with Mona at Liverpool, Lancashire. Both vessels were severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 December 1878 |issue=12169 }}

}}

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|ship=Moses Adams

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

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

}}

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|ship= Northam

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

|desc=The ship sank after catching fire off the coast of Brazil. All the crew and twenty passengers were picked up by Albion ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and an Italian barque.{{cite news |title=News has been received at Lloyd's |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=25 |date=2 January 1879 |page=7 }}{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=SV Northam (+1878)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?231727|website=Wrecksite|access-date=5 November 2015}}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=17 January 1879 |issue=10647 }}

}}

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|ship=Parnaes

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 December 1878 |issue=9655 }}

}}

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|ship=Risør

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Lyngør. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=S. H. Pool

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

|desc=The schooner went ashore in a snowstorm on Stage Island, Maine near the mouth of the Saco River, she broke in two, a total loss. Her crew of four were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.

}}

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|ship=South Western

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

|desc=The steamship ran into the steamship {{SS|Bavarian|1865|2}} in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. South Western was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Whitehaven, Cumberland.

}}

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|ship=Surprise

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

|desc=The tug was run into by the steamship Countess of Galloway ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the Crosby Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was severely damaged. Some of her crew were taken off by Countess of Galloway.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 December 1878 |issue=9654 }}

}}

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|ship=Zia Catterina

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Clytie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the Northsand Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Clytie'. Zia Catterina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Venice.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=26 December 1878 |issue=3006 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 December 1878 |sort=}}

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|ship=Carl

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was run down and sunk in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom by the steamship Black Swan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued by Black Swan. Carl was on a voyage from London to South Shields.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=24 December 1878 |issue=29446 |page=6 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Diana

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

}}

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|ship=James A. Potter

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Long Island, New York in a gale and heavy seas and was wrecked. She grounded {{convert|125|yd}} offshore. One crewman washed overboard and drowned immediately after grounding, seven were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Barcelona, Spain.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 December 1878 |sort=}}

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|ship=Ann Taylor

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Hornsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 December 1878 |issue=29447 |page=9 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Francesco Garquilo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Boca del Sagua", Cuba. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 January 1879 |issue=9680 }}

}}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Mary Campbell

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

|desc=The smack sprang a leak and foundered {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off the Isle of Arran. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newry, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 December 1878 |issue=12170 }}

}}

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|ship=Meggie

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. She was scuttled off Cape Spartivento.

}}

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|ship=Merino

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Jarman Island" in a cyclone. She was on a voyage from the Laccadive Islands, Western Australia to Melbourne.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 April 1879 |issue=9745 }}

}}

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|ship=Vesta

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on the west coast of Jutland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Manche, France to Gothenburg, Sweden.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 December 1878 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{USS|Alabama|1850|2}}

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

|desc=File:Alabama 24 December 1871 RMG PY0261.tiff The paddle steamer caught fire and sank.

}}

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|ship=C. & C. Brooks

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

|desc=The schooner went ashore {{convert|3/4|nmi|km}} from Life Saving Station No. 25, 4th District on the New Jersey coast in heavy seas and sank, a total loss. Her crew of five were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.

}}

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|ship=Devon

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

|desc=The smack collided with another vessel. She was taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a derelict condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fred

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Drum Shoals. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 December 1878 |issue=12171 }}

}}

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|ship=Gjerson

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Dover, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ida

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Clough Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Marie Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Victoria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Marie Elizabeth was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Fehmarn.

}}

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|ship= Penair

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

|desc=The brigantine, broke her tow, and was driven onto the east bank of the River Hayle during a gale.{{cite news |title=Vessel Ashore |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=25 |date=2 January 1879 |page=5 }} She was towed off on 30 December and it was found there was little damage to her hull.{{cite news |title=The brigatine Penair |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=26 |date=9 January 1879| page=5 }}

}}

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|ship=Princess Royal

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at the Camden Fort, County Cork with some loss of life.{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 December 1878 |issue=9657 }}{{Cite news |title=The Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=7 February 1879 |issue= }}

}}

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|ship=Shamrock

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New Ross, County Wexford.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|State of Louisiana|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Hunter Rock, in the Larne Lough. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 December 1878 |issue=29450 |page=8 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 December 1878 |issue=9656 }} She was run into by the steamship {{SS|Norseman|1875|2}} on 28 December. State of Louisiana broke up on 4 January 1879.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 January 1879 |issue=9666 }}

}}

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|ship=Teal

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent whilst avoiding a collision. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 December 1878 |sort=}}

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|ship=Amazonia

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

|desc=The steamship ran ashore in the River Tyne.

}}

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|ship=Amelia

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was run into by a British steamship and sank in the North Sea 15 leagues ({{convert|45|nmi|km}} off Dunkerque, Nord with the loss of six of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Brest, Finistère.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 January 1879 |issue=12182 }}

}}

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|ship= County de Pictou

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|City of London|1876|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). County de Pictou was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States.{{cite news |title=A Disastrous Voyage |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=27 |date=16 January 1879 |page=7 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=6 January 1879 |issue=29457 |page=6 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=A Distrous Voyage |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=11 January 1879 |issue=2701 }}

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Emily B. Souder||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak in a severe storm in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. The 38 people on board left but the boats capsized, only two surviving.{{cite news |title=Disastrous Shipwreck |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=25 |date=2 January 1879 |page=7}}{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103308791&view=1up&seq=583 |title=American Marine Engineer December, 1914 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=14 November 2020}} She was on a voyage from New York to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.{{Cite news |title=Another Disastrous Wreck |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=3 January 1879 |issue=3936 |page=2 }}

}}

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|ship=Guiseppina Accame

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eleven crew were rescued by the schooner Albatross ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey). Guiseppina Accame was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{cite news |title=Gallant Conduct of a British Shipmaster |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=27 |date=16 January 1879 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=8 January 1879 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=10 January 1879 |issue=10646 }}{{Cite news |title=Singular Rescue of Sailors |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=11 January 1879 |issue=3568 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Heather Bell

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

|desc=The tug ran ashore in the River Tyne.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Louisa

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

|desc=The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by Campero ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Louisa was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Thursday Morning, January 2 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 January 1879 |issue=12178 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque ran ashore in the River Tyne. She was on a voyage from the Bull River to the River Tyne. She was then run into by the steamship Vauxhall ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and damaged.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 December 1878 |sort=}}

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|ship=Banshee

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Confidence

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Delphin

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus; her captain remained on board. She was on a voyage from Norway to Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=28 December 1878 |issue=1098 }}

}}

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|ship=Impetuous

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

|desc=The brigantine was run into by the barque Caroline Sainty ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey and sank in the North Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south east of Souter Point, County Durham and sank. Her crew survived. Impetuous was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Seaham, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Star |location=St. Peter Port |date=16 January 1879 |issue=94 |volume=65}}

}}

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|ship=San Juan

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

|desc=The brigantine stuck a rock and sank off Cabo Mondego, Portugal with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Torrevieja to Pontevedra.

}}

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|ship=Servia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put in to Newport, Rhode Island, United States.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 December 1878 |issue=16984 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 December 1878 |sort=}}

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|ship=Aftenstjernen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Montrose.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 December 1878 |issue=29451 |page=9 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carl

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ottenby, Öland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carrick Castle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Shanghai, China. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Freya

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to Honfleur, Manche, France. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lamperts|1878|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Øresund. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Reval, Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Mabel Jane

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} New Zealand

|desc=The schooner went aground and was wrecked north of the mouth of the Whanganui River during a gale. Her crew survived.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 231.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Norde

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Dublin, United Kingdom for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship {{SS|State of Louisiana|1872|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the Larne Lough and was beached. Norseman was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Larne, County Antrim.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Societé

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Croyde, Devon, United Kingdom.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 December 1878 |sort=}}

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|ship=Conatto

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Burntisland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Leith, Lothian for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 January 1879 |issue=9664 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elisa

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Hallands Väderö, Sweden.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=General Berge

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Gravelines, Nord. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 December 1878 |issue=9660 }}

}}

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|ship=Lord Howe

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

|desc=The ship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Waterford. No further trace,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 February 1879 |issue=29496 |page=12 |column=B }} presumed foundered with the loss of all seven crew.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Shipwreck and Loss of Life |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=22 January 1879 |issue=9574 }}{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=22 February 1879 |issue=4905 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tunis|1873|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated in January 1879.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 January 1879 |issue=9672 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William and Lucy

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

|desc=The ship was holed by ice and sank at King's Lynn, Norfolk.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 December 1878 |sort=}}

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|ship=Estella

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

|desc=The schooner capsized with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 19 January by the brig Dorotea ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Estella was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada to Antigua.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=14 February 1879 |issue=29491 |page=11 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=14 February 1879 |issue=7486 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 February 1879 |issue=9700 }}

}}

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|ship=Iris

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Point Heraclitza, Ottoman Empire.

}}

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|ship=Marianne

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Beacon Rocks, on the coast of County Durham. Her four crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat Florence Nightingale (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Marianne was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=30 December 1878 |issue=3598 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Schooner |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=31 December 1878 |issue=7939 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1878 |sort=}}

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|ship=King Arthur

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Bannow Bay.{{Cite news |title=News of the Day |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=1 January 1879 |issue=9556 }}

}}

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|ship=Urbino

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

|desc=The steamship struck the Galera Reef, off Cádiz, Spain and sank. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Cádiz.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck Commissioner's Court |date=28 February 1879 |issue=29503 |page=4 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Cowan

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Southwold |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=11 January 1879 |issue=7700 }}

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|ship=La Plata

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Empire ({{flag|United States|1877}}). La Plata was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 January 1879 |issue=29477 |page=12 |column=D }}

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|ship= Minerve

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Morning Point Neck on the Garrison, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.{{cite news |title=Wreck of a coal-laden French steamer |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=25 |date=2 January 1879 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Morgan Richards

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Danube. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, United Principalities to Malta. She was refloated on 2 January 1879 and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 January 1879 |issue=9664 }}

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|ship=Rapid

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

|desc=The schooner departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for Gravesend, Kent. No further trace, feared to have been run down and sunk with the loss of all four crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 January 1879 |issue=10229 }}

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|ship=Xema

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Tralee, County Kerry, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Tralee. She was refloated.

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|ship={{SS|Andes|1865|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Barranquilla, United States of Colombia. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She had been refloated by 20 December.

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|ship=Athens

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at New York and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Ben Lomond

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Ellen at Brăila, United Principalities and was beached. She was on a voyage from Brăila to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=6 December 1878 |issue=10641 }}

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|ship=British Enterprise

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

|desc=The ship arrived at Bombay, India on fire. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Dundee.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 December 1878 |issue=9643 }}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea before 5 December. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool.

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|ship=Carmenita

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from an English port to Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 December 1878 |issue=9638 }}

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|ship= Cornwall

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

|desc=The steamship ran into rocks at Land's End, Cornwall. The keel was replaced at Falmouth by Messrs. Harvey and Co.{{cite news |title=Hayle |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=21 |date=5 December 1878 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Countess of Kellie

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

|desc=The barquentine foundered before 7 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to the Rio Grande do Sul.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 December 1878 |issue=29434 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Eliza Mary

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Villaricos, Spain. She was refloated and towed in to Dover, Kent, where she arrived on 27 December.

}}

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|ship=Ellen Myvanwy

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Aberayon, Cardiganshire. She was refloated on 3 December.

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|ship=Frank Queen

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked between the Tonalá River and Santa Anna.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 January 1879 |issue=10206 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hooghly|1868|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Castillo Rocks, off Montevideo, Uruguay.{{Cite news |title=Collisions at Sea |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=4 January 1879 |issue=7451 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/mm.shtml |title=Messageries Maritimes (Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes) |publisher=The Ships List |accessdate=21 December 2021 }} She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Montevideo.

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|ship=Iris

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

|desc=The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from Benin City, Lagos Colony to Falmouth, Cornwall. Her six crew were rescued by the barque Alert ({{flag|Norway|1844}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 December 1878 |issue=9655 }}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Bermuda and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nimbus

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Cape Negro, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of two of her crew.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Northam

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire at sea. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.

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|ship=Octacilius

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. She was on a voyage from Sackville to Demerara, British Guiana.

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|ship=Piako

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

|desc=The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from London to New Zealand.

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|ship=Providencia

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 December.

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|ship=Scots Craig

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Matanzas, Cuba. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

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|ship=Servia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from New York to London. She was refloated and put in to Newport, Maine in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Sotir

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at "Tour St. Louis". She was refloated and towed in to Marseille.

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|ship=Sprite of the Plym

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

|desc=The barque departed from Curaçao for the English Channel on 5 December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all ten crew.{{cite news |title=Foundering of a Barque - Ten Lives Lost |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000376/18790429/028/0004 |access-date=18 January 2024 |work=Northern Evening Mail |issue=541 |date=29 April 1879 |location=West Hartlepool |page=4 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

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|ship=Venice

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in Courtenay Bay, Canada. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Saint John, New Brunswick.

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|ship= Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Switzerland}}

|desc=A steamship sank under the weight of snow on Lake Zurich{{cite news |title=A telegram from Berne |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=25 |date=2 January 1879 |page=7 }}

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|ship= Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Switzerland}}

|desc=A steamship sank under the weight of snow on the lake at Zug.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Tierra del Fuego, Chile before 14 December. She was on a voyage from Australia to an English port. An attack on her crew by the local inhabitance was repulsed with assistance from the corvette {{ship|Chilean corvette|Magallanes|1873|2}} ({{navy|Chile}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 February 1879 |issue=9696 }}

}}

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{{reflist|20em}}

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

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