List of shipwrecks in January 1874

The list of shipwrecks in January 1874 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1874.

1 January

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|ship=Ellen Constance

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

|desc=Cantonal Rebellion: The steamship was rammed and sunk by the armoured frigate {{ship|Spanish ironclad|Vitoria||2}} {{nowrap|({{navy|Spain|1873}})}} at Cartagena, Canton of Cartagena, with the loss of three of her 22 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sinking of a British Steamer |date=12 January 1874 |issue=27897 |page=5 |column=A }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78117732/the-siege-of-carthagena/ |title=The Siege of Carthagena |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=Alicante |page=8 |date=10 January 1874 |issue=2778 |edition=Second |access-date=2021-05-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |title=MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT—THE "ELLEN CONSTANCE" AND THE "VITTORIA."—QUESTION. |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1874/apr/17/merchant-shipping-act-the-ellen |date=17 April 1874 |column=711 |house=House of Commons |speaker= |position=}}

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|ship=Emanuel Aimee

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

|desc=The ship ran around off Seven Fathoms Point, Africa.{{Cite news |title=The West Coast of Africa |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 February 1874 |issue=10646 }}

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|ship=Iron Cross

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Clogherhead, County Louth. Her 34 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 January 1874 |issue=27891 |page=11 |column=A }}

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|ship=Laurel

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

|desc=The steamship was beached on Rutland Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ballina, County Mayo.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 January 1874 |issue=10616 }}

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|ship=Marley Hill

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Whitehaven. She had become a wreck by 5 January.

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|ship=Memphis

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Waterford, United Kingdom and was severely damaged.

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|ship={{ship||Surat|ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 1,000-ton three-masted ship foundered at Surat Bay (formerly Forsyth's Bay) on New Zealand's Catlins coast. She was carrying 271 passengers and 37 crew, all of whom survived.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 189–190.

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The steamboat ran aground and sank in the River Tay. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Dundee, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Newburgh Steamer in the River |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=2 January 1874 |issue=6376 }}

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|ship={{SV|Western Light||2}}

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

|desc=The schooner was lost off the coast of Maine. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1874.htm |title=1874 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=5 July 2021}}

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2 January

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Londonderry.

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|ship=Bloomer

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Marie Gabrielle ({{flag|France}}). Bloomer subsequently sank. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 April 1874 |issue=10700 }}

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|ship=Exampler

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 6 January and towed in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 January 1874 |issue=10614 }}

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|ship=Jessie Oscar

|flag={{flagcountry|France}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} east of Rye Harbour, Sussex, United Kingdom.

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|ship=John Walton

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

|desc=The ship collided with Scotia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned off Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. John Walton was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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|ship=Mary Angele

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Donaghmore.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 January 1874 |issue=8107 }}

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|ship=Roxana

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

|desc=The steamship struck the boom at Penarth, Glamorgan and was holed. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Malta. She was consequently beached.

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|ship=Stephensons

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on "Ras Arak". She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bombay, India. She was refloated and taken in to Aden.

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|ship=Two Friends

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Cromer, Norfolk in a leaky condition and making for Great Yarmouth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 February 1874 |issue=27936 |page=7 |column=D }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Beaufort and Wilmington, North Carolina, United States.

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3 January

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|ship=Davila

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Pasajes. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 February 1874 |issue=8129 }}

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|ship=Fairy Queen

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

|desc=The ferry collided with a steamship in the River Mersey and was severely damaged.

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|ship=John and Mary

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

|desc=The sloop foundered in the English Channel off Cap La Hougue, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of all but her captain.

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|ship=Mary Jane

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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|ship=Queen of Devon

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Tom Bell

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the barque Famenegilda Danevaro ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was beached. Tom Bell was on a voyage from Cardiff to Alicante, Spain.

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|ship=Western Ocean

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

|desc=The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 June 1874 |issue=28026 |page=7 |column=F }}

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4 January

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|ship=George

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

|desc=The Thames barge collided with the steamship Dagmar ({{flag|Denmark}}) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.

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|ship=River Krishna

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the South Rock, off the Tuskar Rock and was wrecked. Her 25 crew were rescued by St. Nicolas ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 January 1874 |issue=27892 |page=11 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 January 1874 |issue=10616 }}{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 January 1874 |issue=8101 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 January 1874 |issue=8101 }}{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 January 1874 |issue=8102 }}

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5 January

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|ship=Clio

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Ystad, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona to Gothenburg, Sweden.

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|ship=Ormsby

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of sixteen of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Aletha ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ormsby was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Steamer Ormsby |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=11 January 1874 |issue=1625 }}

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|ship=Try Again

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Paysandú, Uruguay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 February 1874 |issue=10645 }}

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6 January

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|ship=Anna and Margaretha

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The sschooner was abandoned off the Leman and Ower Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a German steamship. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Marine Matters |newspaper=Graphic |location=London |date=17 January 1874 |issue=216 }}

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|ship=Duchess of Sutherland

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Oresund. ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). Duchess of Sutherland was on a voyage from Cuxhaven, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 January 1874 |issue=15433 |page=7 }}

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7 January

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|ship=Alarm

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

|desc=The schooner collided with Protector do Reino ({{flag|Portugal|civil}}) and sank in Morte Bay. Her crew were rescued by Protector do Reino.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 January 1874 |issue=15429 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Dagupan

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Masbate Island, Spanish East Indies.

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|ship=Glide

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to a Norwegian port. She was refloated and put in to Mollösund.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=10 January 1874 |issue=6383 }}

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|ship=Heroine

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the barque Laguna ({{Flag|France}}) and foundered in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the pilot boat No. 7 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Heroine was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 January 1874 |issue=15432 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Collision off Point Lynas |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 January 1874 |issue=8111 }}

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|ship=Neva

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the River Itchen.{{Cite news |title=Southampton County Court |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=4 July 1874 |issue=2927 |page=8 |volume=51 }}

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8 January

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenborg, Sweden to a British port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 January 1874 |issue=10619 }}

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|ship=Sherman

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

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Little River, South Carolina. All on boardn were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana.

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|ship=Tamerlane

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Alceste Reef, in the Gaspar Strait. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to New York, United States. She had been refloated by 22 January and was subsequently taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies and placed under repair.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 February 1874 |issue=10653 }}

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9 January

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|ship=Aurelia

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

|desc=The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland for Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Calumet

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

|desc=The ship struck rocks and sank at Bermuda.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 February 1874 |issue=10646 }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The smack foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Five of her ten crew were rescued by the Theddlethorpe Lifeboat, the others reached shore in their boat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=16 January 1874 |issue=4645 }}

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|ship={{SS|Ravensworth Castle|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her 42 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Leith, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Stranding of a Large Steamer |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=10 January 1874 |issue=4834 }}

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|ship=Sherman

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

|desc=The steamer sprang a leak and sank off Cape Fear, North Carolina.

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10 January

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|ship=E. H. Oakes

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Ayr.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 January 1874 |issue=8119 }}

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|ship=Hesperus

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 January 1874 |issue=8106 }} She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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11 January

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|ship=Barao de Tifle

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

|desc=The paddle steamer foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued by Fairwind ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Baras de Tifle was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pará, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 February 1874 |issue=15452 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to London. She was refloated and put back to Alexandria in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Dolphin

|flag={{flagcountry|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but later sank near Rotterdam.

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|ship=Earl of Aberdeen

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Paardenmarkt, off the Dutch coast.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 January 1874 |issue=8648 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=13 January 1874 |issue=6385 }} She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.

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|ship=Europa

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Western Empire ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Western Empire. Europa was on a voyage from London to Topsham, Devon.

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|ship=Panther

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Tilly Point with the loss of at least 23 lives. She was on a voyage from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada to San Francisco, California.

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|ship=Shamrock

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Dog's Head Sand, in The Wash. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 January 1874 |issue=8108 }}

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12 January

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Stranraer, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated.

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Scrabster, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Wick, Caithness. She was subsequently taken in to Scrabster.

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|ship={{SS|John Fenwick|1861|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of nine of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Martha ({{flag|Netherlands}}). John Fenwick was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Hamburg, Germany.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/J-Ships/johnfenwick1861.html |title=John Fenwick |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=22 February 2020 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Saving Life at Sea |date=3 April 1874 |issue=27967 |page=6 |column=C }}

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|ship=Lizzie English

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Holkham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Gibraltar. She was refloated on 14 January and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Lizzy

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Cape Rizutto, Italy whilst on a voyage from Naples, Italy to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 April 1874 |issue=8182 }}

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|ship=Zubaran

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom.

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13 January

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|ship=Intrepid

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

|desc=The ship was towed in to Granton, Lothian in a sinking condition and was beached. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Aberdeen.

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|ship=Johanna Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship caught fire at Penang, Malaya and was scuttled.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 February 1874 |issue=8139 }}

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|ship=Valetta

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Monster, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.

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14 January

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|ship=Isabella

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Emmanuel Head, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member.

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|ship={{SS|James Southern|1865|2}}

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

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

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|ship=Jennett Evans

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Shoreness Bay. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Glasson Dock, Lancashire.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Brouwerplatte, in the North Sea off the German coast, and sank.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 January 1874 |issue=8113 }}

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15 January

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

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Annie Ainslie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in Lake Timsah.{{Cite news |title=Collision at Sea |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=17 January 1874 |issue=6389 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Suez, Egypt for repairs.

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|ship=Calcutta

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kilmore, in Ballyteigue Bay. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=16 January 1874 |issue=6388 }} She became a wreck on 20 January.

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16 January

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|ship=Haydn, and
Vera

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}
{{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The barque Haydn and the steamship Vera collided in the English Channel {{convert|35|nmi|km}} off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. Haydn was abandoned with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Vera. Haydn was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bahia, Brazil. She came ashore at The Needles, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Vera later sank. All on board were rescued by the full-rigged ship Marchmont ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Vera was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.{{Cite news |title=Dreadful Wrecks |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=21 January 1874 |issue=55854 }}

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|ship=Lady Franklin, and
Sparta

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

|desc=The brigantines collided off Pladda, in the Firth of Clyde. Both vessels were abandoned by their crews. Lady Franklin was on a voyage from Troon to an Irish port. A tugboat was sent out to search for the vessels, but found no trace. They were presumed to have foundered.

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|ship=Montezuma

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Monte Video, Uruguay. She was refloated on 18 January and taken in to Monte Video.

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|ship=Rainbow

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

|desc=The fishing smack was run into by the steamship Meteor ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at the mouth of the River Liffey. Two of her five crew were drowned. Survivors were rescued by the Meteor.{{Cite news |title=Law Intelligence |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=21 January 1875 }}

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|ship={{SS|Relief|1851|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship struc an uncharted rock and was wrecked near Hirado, Japan. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to Shanghai, China.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks |newspaper=The Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=10 February 1874 |issue=996 |volume=59 }}

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17 January

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|ship=Charles Edwin

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

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk by a barque off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the barque William Frederick ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Charles Edwin was on a voyage from London to Amlwch, Anglesey.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 January 1874 |issue=8654 }}

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|ship=Judith

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

|desc=The schooner was damaged by fire at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

}}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Workington. She was refloated and taken in to Workington.

}}

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|ship=Surf

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the brig Istria ({{Flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}) and sank off Ailsa Craig with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Istria.

}}

18 January

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|ship=Adam White, and
Harvest Maid

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

|desc=The schooners collided at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Adam White was severely damaged. Harvest Maid was beached.

}}

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|ship=Æolus

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clarendon Head, Caithness. Her six crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.

}}

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|ship=Bruce

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 January 1874 |issue=10628 }} She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Pensacola, Florida, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship struck sunken wreckage and damaged her propeller. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to New York. She was towed back to Queenston by {{SS|Gaelic|1872}}.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 January 1874 |issue=8114 }}

}}

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|ship=Farnham

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 January 1874 |issue=10628 }} Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Georg Wilhelm

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lista, Norway. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 January 1874 |issue=15438 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Ida

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Holy Isle. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 20 January.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=I{{'}}ll Try

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown.

}}

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|ship=Jessie

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered. Her six crew were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat Bolton (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jessie was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Calais, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Loch Ard|ship|2}}

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

|desc=The ship broke from her moorings in the Clyde upstream of Helensburgh. She collided with a Customs cutter and two schooners. All on board were taken off by a steamship. Loch Ard was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Weather And The Gale |date=20 January 1874 |issue=27904 |page=7 |column=D }} She was refloated. She had been refloated by 27 January, resuming her voyage on that day.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Minnehaha|cargo ship|2}}

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked off Peninnis Head, Isles of Scilly with the loss of ten of the nineteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dublin.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Lamlash. Isle of Arran.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore on Holy Isle.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The schooners were driven ashore at Campbeltown. One of them was refloated.

}}

19 January

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|ship=Dryad

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Roeia Bay, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Essex

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned off Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her six crew were rescued by the Banff Lifeboat John and Sarah (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Essex subsequently came ashore in Banff Bay.

}}

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|ship=Jeanne and Joseph

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Killarney

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands, caught fire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated in early February and taken in to "Oostkolk" for temporary repairs.

}}

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|ship=Linda Flor

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The barque Mary collided off the barque Witness ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off Deal, Kent and foundered. Mary was on a voyage from London to Tobago.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=21 January 1874 |issue=3452 |page=3 |volume=61 }}

}}

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|ship=Melbourne

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean and was abandoned by her crew.{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=20519&vessel=GREENOCK|title=Greenock |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=20 May 2021}} She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 August 1874 |issue=10805 }}

}}

20 January

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|ship=Criterion

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Smyrna.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dinnington

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated and put back to Goole.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 January 1874 |issue=8114 }}

}}

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|ship=Scottish Bride

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Parodi C. ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). Scottish Bride was on a voyage from New York, United States to Málaga, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 February 1874 |issue=10656 }}

}}

21 January

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|ship=Elizabeth Hamilton

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

|desc=The ship collided with George ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and ran aground at St. George's, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from St. George's to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 February 1874 |issue=8137 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 February 1874 |issue=8679 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Frieda

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Garston, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Runcorn, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 January 1874 |issue=8115 }}

}}

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|ship=Northumberland

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paragon

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at "Itapoan", Brazil and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 February 1874 |issue=15456 |page=3 }}

}}

22 January

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|ship=Bernhard

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship departed from Lagos, Lagos Colony for Aarhus, Denmark. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 August 1874 |issue=28086 |page=9 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Diamantina

|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1870}}

|desc=The steamship struck rocks and was beached at Port Macquarie. She was repaired and refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ensign

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

|desc=The brig struck a reef off the Isla de Juventud, Cuba and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 March 1874 |issue=10665 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Golden Plover

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Dunkirk, Nord. She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Dunkirk. She was later refloated and towed in to Dunkirk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Liffey

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Salisbury Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 January 1874 |issue=8116 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Netherton

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Calais, France.

}}

23 January

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|ship={{SS|Alexander Lavally|1870|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York City, United States

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremen, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ville de La Rochelle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Pomaron (aka Pomarão), Portugal to Antwerp. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged.

}}

24 January

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|ship=Endymion

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 January 1874 |issue=8118 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the East Knock Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lochnagar

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

|desc=The ship sank at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paradox

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 January 1874 |issue=8118 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victor

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Smith's Point, New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 January 1874 |issue=8660 }}

}}

25 January

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|ship=Harriet

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

|desc=The sloop collided with the steamship Tanjore ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 January 1874 |issue=15445 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ituna

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Excelsior ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ituna was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to Whitehaven, Cumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 February 1874 |issue=8126 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Olivia

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew survived.

}}

26 January

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Jackson

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Sow and Pigs Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kathleen

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

|desc=The barque collided with Mallowdale ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Mallowdale. Kathleen was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremen, Germany. She was subsequently beached at Dover, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marco Polo

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret Ridley

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea east of Malta with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by a Greek brig. She was on a voyage from Harbour Grace, Nova Scotia, Canada to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stjorn

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Jérémie, Haiti. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 February 1874 |issue=8147 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Louis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Strömstad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Hull.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Superb

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vest

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

|desc=The tug sank at Belfast, County Antrim.

}}

27 January

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. H. Nicolai

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea and was scuttled. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Severn ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seaflower

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

|desc=The smack sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} east of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the smack Eliza Louisa ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=31 January 1874 |issue=7185 }}

}}

28 January

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|ship=Clifton Belle

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

|desc=The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Greenock, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mohawk

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

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

}}

29 January

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|ship=Egyptien

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Livorno, Italy. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Livorno.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza Augusta

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Campbeltown.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James Paterson

|flag={{flag|Queensland|1870}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Masthead Island.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 March 1874 |issue=8162 }} She was on a voyage from Maryborough to Sydney, New South Wales. She was later refloated and taken in to Gladstone{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 April 1874 |issue=8186 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Cory

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 January 1874 |issue=10638 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Ellen

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

|desc=The smack foundered off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived .

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 January 1874 |issue=8123 }}

}}

30 January

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|ship='{{SS|Glaucus|1864|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at Boston, Massachusetts and was scuttled.

}}

31 January

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|ship=Ayos Stefanos

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Carabournou", Ottoman Empire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 February 1874 |issue=27928 |page=6 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Louisa

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

|desc=The schooner struck the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 February 1874 |issue=8127 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Yarra

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Oyster Bank, near Newcastle, New South Wales. Due to a heavy gale she was returning to Newcastle after departing for Sydney.{{cite news |title=Loss of the schooners Yarra and Surprise |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13330963 |access-date=4 August 2021 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |issue=11,143, Vol.LXIX |date=3 February 1874}}

}}

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|ship=A. D. Whidden

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Apple River, Nover Scotia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Kemp, Nova Scotia to Portland, Maine, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aeroliet Schaap

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 January 1874 |issue=15435 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anetta

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Yevpatoria before 3 January.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 January 1874 |issue=8100 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anna Coltjornsen

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eleven crew were rescued by Brisk ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Anna Coltjornsen was on a voyage from "Doboy" to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Axel

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Porkkalanniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to "Dahlbruck".{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 January 1874 |issue=8101 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cato

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Goranno". She was on a voyage from Genoa Italy to Monte Video, Uruguay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charger

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of "Zebu" on or before 3 January. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{PS|Cheshire|1863|2}}

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

|desc=The ferry collided with a Mersey Flat and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated about a week later, repaired and returned to service.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 November 1876 |issue=8988}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=China

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Goatzacoalcos River, Mexico before 8 January.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 January 1874 |issue=10620 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Christiania

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Cape St. John, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=3 February 1874 |issue=1486 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Duchess

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 January 1874 |issue=8122 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ernst August

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Mullet Platte, in the North Sea off the German coast before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 January 1874 |issue=8642 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Felix

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Chateau Rouge, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Burin, Newfoundland Colony.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 January 1874 |issue=10635 }}

}}

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|ship=Gustavo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Crete.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harlingen

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Grind. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated with assistance.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 January 1874 |issue=8110 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Indian Empire

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

|desc=The ship put in to Cochin, India on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Calcutta, India.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 January 1874 |issue=15434 |page=7 }} She had been refloated by 29 January.

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|ship=Ingolf

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Kusegen, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, denmark.

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|ship=Johann

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Santo Domingo Tonalá, Mexico before 14 January.

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at Bull Point, Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 February 1874 |issue=10650 }}

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|ship=John C.

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Malamocco, Italy. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 February 1874 |issue=8124 }}

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|ship=John and Jennifer

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in Holyhead Bay. Her five crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Fowey, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=6 February 1874 |issue=11178 }}

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|ship=Lapwing

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Shandong Peninsula (Shantung Promontory), China before 10 January. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 January 1874 |issue=27898 |page=6 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 January 1874 |issue=10622 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 February 1874 |issue=10641 }}

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|ship=Louise Clemens

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Penmon, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Genoa. She was refloated on 22 January and taken in to Bangor, Caernarfonshire.

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|ship=Marguerite

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked off Husum. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.

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|ship=Maria Needham

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wilmington, Delaware, United States. he was on a voyage from Wilmington to Liverpool.

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|ship=M. B. Almon

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Lescomb", Nova Scotia before January 13.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=14 January 1874 |issue=8649 }}

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|ship=Melita

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

|desc=The barque ran aground off Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure. She was declared a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 January 1874 |issue=10628 }}

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|ship=Mermaid

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on "Neira Island" before 27 January.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 January 1874 |issue=8120 }}

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|ship=Osprey

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in "Beak Bay", Bahamas before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=12 January 1874 |issue=6384 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 January 1874 |issue=8107 }}

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|ship=Paolo Schiaffino

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Pico Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown.

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|ship=Pauline and Ermida

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig ran aground and was wrecked at San Carlos. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to San Carlos.

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|ship=Polly

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 January 1874 |issue=10617 }}

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|ship=Proteus

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. She was refloated and taken in to Finkenwerder for repairs.

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|ship=Red Jacket

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Cape Ras Herelash, on the north coast of Africa.

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|ship=Saladin

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 January 1874 |issue=10627 }} She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Savernake

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked near Falmouth, Cornwall with loss of life. She was on a voyage from Falmouth to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 January 1874 |issue=8108 }}

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|ship=Saxon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands or the Shetland Islands with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 January 1874 |issue=8106 }}

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|ship=Segesta

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on "Scies Island", Greece before 15 January. SHe was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=St. Lucia

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Buluan ({{Flag|Spain|civil-1785}}) at Manila, Spanish East Indies before 20 January and was beached.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 March 1874 |issue=8703 }}

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|ship=Tamesa

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Pearl River (Canton River). She was on a voyage from Pazhou (Whampoa), China to New York.

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|ship=Tuapan

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore north of Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Helsingborg.

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|ship=Unido

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 January with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Portugal.

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|ship=Walhall

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Danish coast. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Wick Lassies

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Mittelgrund. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Germany to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Arendal, Norway in a leaky condition.

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|ship=William Jones

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and towed in to Dover, Kent.

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|ship=Winona

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore before 8 January. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Zarah

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Amerique|1857|2}} ({{flag|France}}). Zarah was on a voyage from Pensacola to Swansea, Glamorgan.

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References

=Bibliography=

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

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Category:Maritime incidents in January 1874