List of shipwrecks in January 1881

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|ship=Baltic

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York. She was refloated and taken in to New York.

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|ship=Chingtoo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Takao, Formosa.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 February 1881 |issue=10334 }}

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|ship=Edith Godden

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Montego Bay, Jamaica. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Freigheit

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen. She was refloated.

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|ship={{SS|George B. McClellan||2}}

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

|desc=The tug exploded. Her smokestack fell on the master of the barge she was towing, killing him.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073739321&view=1up&seq=41 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general of steamboats for year ending June 30, 1881 |publisher=University of Michigan |access-date=13 December 2019}}

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|ship=Idaho

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Smith Point, Fire Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to New York City.

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|ship=Paulina

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Upper Middle". she was on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Queen of the Sea

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Flying Cloud ({{flag|United States|1877}}). Queen of the Sea was on a voyage from New York to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=25 January 1881 |issue=30100 |page=10 |column=F }}

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|ship=Saint Jean

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque collided with the barque Privateer ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite news |title=The French barque |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=131 |date=13 January 1881 |page=3 }} Saint Jean was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite news |title=Gale On The South Coast |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=8 January 1881 |issue=4225 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Thistle

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Dafmer ({{flag|Denmark}}) at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands and was severely damaged. Thistle was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 January 1881 |issue=2 }}

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|ship=Maria Sarah

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Fair Prospect Rock, {{convert|12|nmi|km}} off Port Antonio, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Pensacola, Florida, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The West Indies |date=2 February 1881 |issue=30107 |page=10 |column=B }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner collided with the barque Alexandra ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 January 1881 |issue=30104 |page=10 |column=E }}

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|ship=Farnley

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark with the loss of all 28 crew. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Reval, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=6 January 1881 |issue=30084 |page=11 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=The Loss Of The Tyne Steamer Farnley. Six Bodies Washed Ashore |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=6 January 1881 |issue=4223 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Happy Home

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Trinity Ledge, in the Bay of Fundy, and capsized with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Saint John, New Brunswick.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 January 1881 |issue=30084 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship=Hermann Johannes

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore on Borkum, Germany. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Delfzijl, Groningen. She was declared a total loss, but was subsequently refloated and towed in to Geestemünde, Germany.

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|ship=James Shaw

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Lupata

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

|desc=The ship sank about {{convert|200|yards}} from the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, off Oregon Coast, United States with the loss of all 30 crew.{{cite news |title=If Built Earlier Life Would Have Been Saved |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=134 |date=3 February 1881 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 January 1881 |issue=10310 }} She was on a voyage from Japan to a port in Oregon, United States.

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|ship=Volga

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on rocks {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south of the entrance to the "Narowsund".

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

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

|desc=The steamship struck the Stag Rocks, off Lizard Point, Cornwall and sank. Her ten crew were rescued by a fishing lugger. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Caen, Calvados, France.{{cite news |title=The Lizard |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=130 |date=6 January 1881 |page=4 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=5 January 1881 |issue=30083 |page=10 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Loss Of A Newcastle Steamer |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=5 January 1881 |issue=4222 |page=4 }}

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|ship={{SS|Brazilian|1852|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and broke in two. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite news |title=More Steamers Lost |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=130 |date=6 January 1881 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Caterina Olivari

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the Dardanelles at "Doganaslan".

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|ship={{SS|Hispania|1880|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Royal Alfred ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Liverpool.

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|ship=Magdalene

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

|desc=The fishing boat ran aground on the Annat Bank, at the mouth of the River Tay and sank. Her six crew were rescued by Star of Peace ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Montrose |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 January 1881 |issue=5 }}

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|ship=Persia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Meloria Bank, off Livorno.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=10 January 1881 |issue=30087 |page=6 |column=D }} She was refloated.

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|ship=Rosita

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Halliday Flats, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was abandoned by all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Puerto Rica.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=195 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}{{Cite news |title=Gale On The South Coast |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=7 January 1881 |issue=4224 |page=3 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=Reynolds's Newspaper |location=London |date=9 January 1881 |issue=1587 }}

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|ship=Star of Peace

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

|desc=The fishing boat ran aground on the Annat Bank. All twelve people on board were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat Mincing Lane (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Star of Peace was subsequently refloated and towed in to Montrose, Forfarshire by the tug Storm King ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Adam White

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Gijón, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 January 1881 |issue=17618 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Chingtoo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Takow, Formosa.

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|ship=Genova

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Middlesbrough.

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|ship={{ship||Indian Chief|1877 ship|2}}

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of seventeen of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Indian Chief was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Yokohama, Japan.{{cite book |title=Lifeboat In Danger's Hour| first=Patrick |last=Howarth |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London, New York, Sydney, Toronto |pages=39–43 |year=1981 |isbn=0-600-34959-4}}{{cite web |url=http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/14447.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923090453/http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/14447.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-date=23 September 2010 |title=Wreck Report for 'Indian Chief', 1881 |publisher=Portcities |author=Board of Trade |year=1881 |accessdate=25 November 2014}}

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|ship=John Zittlosen

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Idlewild ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the English Channel {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south east of Folkestone, Kent with the loss of five of the fifteen people on board.{{cite news |title=Fatal Collision off Folkestone |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003348/18810113/014/0003 |access-date=29 March 2022 |newspaper=The Kent Coast Times |issue=783 |date=13 January 1881 |location=Ramsgate |page=3|via=British Newspaper Archives}}{{cite news |title=Collision And Loss Of Six Lives |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=131 |date=13 January 1881 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 January 1881 |issue=10836 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 January 1881 |issue=30085 |page=4 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck Commissioner's Court |date=2 February 1881 |issue=30107 |page=7 |column=F }} John Zittlosen was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to New York, United States. The investigation held the Idlewild{{'}}s master and first officer to blame.{{cite news |title=Official Report: John Zittlosen and the Idlewild (s) |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001702/18810224/031/0004 |access-date=29 March 2022 |newspaper=Shipping and Mercantile Gazette |issue=13,580 |date=24 February 1881 |location=London |page=4}}

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|ship=Meredith

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Point Law, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Britannia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Steamer Aground at Point Law |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=8 January 1881 |issue=6938 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued by another steamship.{{cite book |title=Kent Shipwrecks |first=Alan |last=Bignell |publisher=Countryside Books |location=Newbury |year=2001|edition=Second |pages=44–46 |isbn=1-85306-719-9}} Nymphoea was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Athens, Greece.

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The schooner may have run aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was subsequently assisted in to the River Colne.

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|ship=Ada and Emma

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=8 January 1881 |issue=4190 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Sheringham Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dartmouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=7 January 1881 |issue=3404 }}

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|ship=Anson Stimson

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Brigantine Shoal bar, New Jersey. The wreck was probably caused by the death of the captain earlier and six crew were ill leaving only the mate and cook to sail the ship.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/1881.htm |title=1881 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=29 June 2021}}

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|ship=Catherine Richards

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Kildonan Point, Isle of Skye. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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|ship={{SS|Harelda|1879|2}}, and
{{SS|Léon|1873|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship Harelda collided with the steamship Léon and sank off Cabo da Roca, Portugal. Her 22 crew got aboard Léon, which also sank. All on board took to boats. Nine crew from Harelda and fifteen from Léon reached Lisbon. Twenty crewmen from Harelda and Léon were rescued by the steamship Liddesdale ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=13 January 1881 |issue=30090 |page=11 |column=D }} A number of survivors were rescued by the steamship Irene Morris ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Harelda was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to London. Léon was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Manila, Spanish East Indies.{{Cite news |title=Collision At Sea And Loss Of Two Large Steamers |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 January 1881 |issue=10835 }}

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|ship=Macbeth

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was being towed from London to the River Tyne by the tug Black Prince ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Macbeth was refloated and towed in to South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Sarah and Emma

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship caught fire at Cardiff and was scuttled.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 January 1881 |issue=6 }}

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|ship=Terrible

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

|desc=The fishing trawler caught fire and sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 January 1881 |issue=6 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=A large steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank with the loss of all hands.{{cite news |title=A Large Steamer |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=131 |date=13 January 1881 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Allianca

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

|desc=The schooner was run ashore on Madeira.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 January 1881 |issue=30086 |page=5 |column=E }}

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|ship=America

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} from Barletta, Kingdom of Italy. Five of her crew abandoned her; the rest refused to. America was on a voyage from Barletta to Brindisi, Italy.

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|ship=Eugenie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank at the "Île du Lin". She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.

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|ship=Norma

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

|desc=The barque departed from Howdon, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Holmstadt. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 March 1881 |issue=30136 |page=10 |column=E }}

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|ship=Reine des Fleurs

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Calais. She was on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to Calais.

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|ship=Rosalind

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

|desc=The ship ran aground east of Dunnose, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Bilbao, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Board of Trade Inquiry at Middlesbrough |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=23 February 1881 |issue=4264 }}

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|ship=Seagull

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.

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|ship={{SS|Scotia|1866|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Sanda Island. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 January 1881 |issue=8 }} She was refloated and taken in to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 January 1881 |issue=6 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The pilot boat was lost at Wicklow with the loss of all four people on board.

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|ship=Isaac and Isabella

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, where she sank.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 January 1881 |issue=17622 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Mulgrave

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Collier Hope, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping &c |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=10 January 1881 |issue=4226 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Penope

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

|desc=The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Capella ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) in the River Thames. She was beached at Shadwell, Middlesex, where she sank.

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|ship=Vincenzo

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Odessa, Russia.

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Saint Vincent. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Excel

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Cyphrenes|1872|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Excel was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Norfolk, Virginia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 January 1881 |issue=10311 }}

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|ship=Forest Eagle

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Leif Erickson ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and the steamship Trogan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Forest Eagle was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 January 1881 |issue=10309 }}

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|ship=Foxhound

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

|desc=The fishing smack was sighted in the North Sea. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all five crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 February 1881 |issue=5025 }}

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|ship=R. B.

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

|desc=The schooner collided with Elfin and sank off the Longships, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Elfin. R. B. was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Marans, Charente-Inférieure, France.

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|ship=Altofts

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and taken in to the Humber.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=11 January 1881 |issue=7456 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Despatch

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Cape Gutta, Cyprus and was damaged. She was taken in to Limassol in a disabled condition.

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|ship=Eliza Boustead

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

|desc=The ship collided with {{HMS|Defiance|1861|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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|ship=Highbury

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Antwerp, Belgium.

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|ship=Highflyer

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

|desc=The fishing schooner was wrecked at Carver's Harbor, Fox Island Main, Nova Scotia Canada. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SS|Mount Hermon|1880|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Genoa, Italy and was severely damaged. Her crew survived. She was on her maiden voyage, from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Genoa.{{Cite news |title=Board of Trade Inquiry |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 February 1881 |issue=42 }} She sank on 16 January.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=20 January 1881 |issue=4235 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Primrose

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 January 1881 |issue=9 }}

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|ship=Prinz Friedrich Karl

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Baltic Port, Russia. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Reval, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 January 1881 |issue=30089 |page=10 |column=E }} She was refloated in late January.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 January 1881 |issue=10314 }}

}}

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|ship=Urbanitet

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

|desc=The ketch ran aground at Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She capsized and sank the next day.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Bella Gaditana

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Abercarne ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Bella Gaditana was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pensacola, Florida, United States.

}}

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|ship={{ship||Hereford|ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|South Australia}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground at Point Lonsdale, Victoria. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria. She was later salvaged and repaired.{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=18916&vessel=HEREFORD |title=Hereford |publisher=Clydesite |access-date=31 March 2022 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jessie

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was abandoned {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of the Carr Rock. Her five crew were rescued by the tug Asia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jessie drove ashore at St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire and was wrecked.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nettlesworth

|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 Riga, Russia to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and taken in to Harwich, Essex

}}

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|ship=Scottish Chief

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was lost at Aberdeen with the loss of all three crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=13 January 1881 |issue=3409 }}

}}

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|ship=Star of the East

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

|desc=The barque capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The fishing vessel was wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was driven ashore and wrecked at Skateraw, Kincardineshire with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Snowstorm And Severe Gale |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=13 January 1881 |issue=33870 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The fishing boat was wrecked north of Clyth, Caithness with the loss of all six crew.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 January 1881 |issue=12 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The fishing boat was wrecked at Dunbeath, Caithness with the loss of all five crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 January 1881 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Arab

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Flimby, Cumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emma Francis

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|43|56|N|32|22|W}}). Her thirteen crew were rescued by the barque Wilhelm Foss ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Emma Francis was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Vera Cruz, Mexico.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 February 1881 |issue=30109 |page=12 |column=B }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disaster at Sea |date=4 February 1881 |issue=30109 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nellie Murphy

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Tusket, Nova Scotia, Canada to Norfolk, Virginia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 January 1881 |issue=11 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rosa Mary

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Billingham, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=13 January 1881 |issue=7458 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Toyokuni Maru|1880|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Inland Sea of Japan with the loss of 66 of the 80 people on board.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 February 1881 |issue=29 }} Survivors were rescued by the steamship Tokio Maru ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}). Toyokuni Maru was on a voyage from Osaka to Shimonoseki.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=West Stanley

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Filsand Reef, off Kuressaare, Russia. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Reval, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 January 1881 |issue=10314 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Arab

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Flimby, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Foxhound

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

|desc=The smack was run down and sunk in the Dogger Bank by the steamship Prinz Wilhelm ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The lighter sank at Alexandria.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 January 1881 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ardeer

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Hirondelle ({{Flag|France}}) and sank at Ouistreham, Calvados, France. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Collision Between Two Steamers |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 January 1881 |issue=10842 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Santoña, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cape San Antonio, Spain to a British port.{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 January 1881 |issue=10750 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cecelia

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground in Sandown Bay. She was on a voyage from Palma de Mallorca, Spain to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and put in to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 January 1881 |issue=10303 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chevington

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Alster ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Wapping, Middlesex. Her crew were rescued. Chevington was refloated on 17 January and beached.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was run down by the barque Talisman ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) approximately {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off the Eddystone Rocks, Cornwall. A nearby fishing boat rescued her four crew.{{cite news |title=Another Trawler Run Down |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 January 1881 |issue=10302 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde near Bowling, Dunbartonshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 January 1881 |issue=10303 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeanette

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lenore

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was run into by the steamship John Dixon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham with the loss of eight of the 22 people on board. Lenore was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Bombay, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=17 January 1881 |issue=30093 |page=8 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division |date=6 April 1881 |issue=30161 |page=6 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Fatal Collision With A Tyne Steamer |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=17 January 1881 |issue=4232 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Minnie Coles

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent by the tug Vulcan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=The Severe Weather |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 January 1881 |issue=17626 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Saint-Germain|1874|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Colón, United States of Colombia to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to Fort-de-France, Martinique.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sverre

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore {{convert|1+1/2|nmi|km}} south of Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship collided with Tweedsdale ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Madras, India and was severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William Owen

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

|desc=The barque collided with a steamship off the Goodwin Sands and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to an American port. She was assisted in to Dover, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 January 1881 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Agnes Strout

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

|desc=The schooner was run down by the steamship Gemma ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and sank in the North Sea off Dunwich, Suffolk. Her six crew were rescued by Gemma. Agnes Strout was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division |date=1 March 1881 |issue=30130 |page=4 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie Ripley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Terneyden", North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 January 1881 |issue=10304 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bannockburn

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed fire at Chittagong, India.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Caroline Goodyear

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the steamship {{SS|Laconia|1856|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Bristol Channel {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north west of the Bardsey Lighthouse, Caernarfonshire with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Laconia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cashier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Newcastle, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Newcastle.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 March 1881 |issue=10339 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John

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

|desc=The brig departed from Hartlepool, County Durham for London. Subsequently lost with all nine crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lumley

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

|desc=The brig stranded on a rock approximately {{convert|1|mile|spell=in}} offshore, off Upgang, Yorkshire with the loss of all ten crew. The Upgang Lifeboat Joseph Sykes and the Whitby Lifeboat Robert Whitworth (both file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) were unable to rescue her crew despite numerous attempts to do so.{{cite news |title=Shipwreck And Loss Of Life |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=5 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck at Whitby |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=17 January 1881 |issue=4232 |page=3 }} Lumley was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Motril, Spain.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Samaria|1868|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Mary was on a voyage from Belize City, British Guiana to Goole, Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Una

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

|desc=The ship departed from Roscoff, Finistère, France for Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. No further trace, reported overdue.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 March 1881 |issue=30150 |page=11 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 January 1881 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|BAP|Apurímac}}

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The frigate was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=BAP Atahualpa

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The monitor was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces. She was salvaged later in 1881 and became a storage hulk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eneret, or
Merit

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground off the Essex coast. Eight of her fifteen crew died before the Harwich Lifeboat Springwell (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) rescued them on 20 January.{{Cite news |title=Gallant Lifeboat Services At Harwich |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=21 January 1881 |issue=4236 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fairy Maid

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship {{SS|British Queen|1880|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the Bar Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henrietta

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ingerid

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked off the coast of Essex with the loss of two of her sixteen crew. Seven survivors were rescued on 21 January by the Harwich Lifeboat Springwell (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) or reached shore in a boat. Ingerid was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Naples, Italy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Livonia

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat, but her captain refused to leave. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=18 January 1881 |issue=30094 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=North Wales

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Java, Netherlands East Indies. All 21 people on board were rescued on 18 January by tugs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Patterdale

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Princess Royal

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

|desc=The ship was sighted in the Bristol Channel between Steep Holm, Somerset and Lundy Island, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, reported overdue.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=BAP República

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The torpedo boat was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=BAP Talismán

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The troopship was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=BAP Toro Submarino

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The submarine was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trafalgar

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 January 1881 |issue=17627 |page=3 }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|BAP|Unión|1865|6}}

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=File:Lisle-Lo último de la Unión.png War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The corvette was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 January 1881 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=BAP Apurimac

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The training ship, a steam frigate, was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=BAP Atahualpa

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The monitor was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces. She was salvaged and hulked after the war and scrapped in the early 1900s.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bessie

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France for Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. No further trace, reported overdue.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chalaco

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The steam transport was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The dandy went ashore on Clodgy Point, St Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off by the steamship Gwent ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) before the dandy went ashore.{{cite news |title=St Ives |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=5 }} Enterprise was on a voyage from Porthlethen, Cornwall to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eolos

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|863-naval}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Alicante, Spain. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gaskea

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

|desc=The ship was beached at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Brake. She was refloated and taken in to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hugh Fortescue

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Dreadnought ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition. She subsequently sailed for London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 January 1881 |issue=30094 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kong Carl

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

|desc=The barque anchored off Sully, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rusør to Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence Disasters at Sea |date=26 January 1881 |issue=30101 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Limeña

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The steam transport was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|BAP|Loa}}

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The training ship was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oroya

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The steam transport was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peter Jebsen

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Danube at Sulina, United Principalities.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pioneer

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=BAP República

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The torpedo boat was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=BAP Rímac

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The troopship was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces. She was salvaged in June 1881.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Bernhard

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was beached at Bremen. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stooomvarts

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Lühe. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 January 1881 |issue=17629 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Talismán|ship|2}}

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The steam transport was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

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|ship=Toro Submarino

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The submarine was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces. The Chileans later salvaged her as a war trophy.

}}

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|ship={{ship|BAP|Unión|1865|6}}

|flag={{navy|Peru|1881}}

|desc=War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The corvette was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

}}

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|ship=Three unnamed lighters

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lighters ran aground and sank at Havre de Grâce.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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|ship=Abraham Thomas

|flag=file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

|desc=The Great Yarmouth lifeboat capsized while returning with the sole survivor of Guiding Star. Two people survived; there were seven people on board at the time.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Admete

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued by rocket apparatus and breeches buoy. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Lisbon, Portugal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Adolphus

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore at Lyme, Dorset.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alexandre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque collided with the barque Mirella ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was then driven ashore between Lavernock Point and Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amazon

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

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore and damaged at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=America

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Bristol Channel . All but one of her crew were rescued by the tug Dunrobin ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). America was on a voyage from Sharpness, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She came ashore at Warren Point, near Minehead, Somerset, United Kingdom and the other crew member was rescued.

}}

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|ship=Amiral Cecile

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Lavernock Point. Her nine crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. Two bears were also rescued. She subsequently broke up.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anna Decéil

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore at Ipswich, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Penarth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie Catherine

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann Polly

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann Turgoose

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aphrodite

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Eastbourne, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Bari, Italy.{{cite book |title=Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century |first=David |last=Renno |pages=312–15 |publisher=Amherst Publishing |location=Sevenoaks |year=2004 |isbn=1-903637-20-1}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aquila, and
Wallace

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
{{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The barque Wallace was driven into the paddle steamer Aquila at Weymouth, Dorset, driving Aquila into the jetty and severely damaging her.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Arabistan

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barquentine was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Harlingen, Friesland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 January 1881 |issue=10305 }} Arabistan was refloated. She was towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a derelict condition on 21 January.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=August

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Doboy, Georgia, United States to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Weymouth, where she collided with the steamship Great Western ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Battle of Corunna

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

|desc=The brig was drive ashore at Gorleston with the loss of all eight crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 January 1881 |issue=17 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Belgian

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore at Dovercourt, Essex, United Kingdom. Her four crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bon Père

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lower Hope, Kent. She was on a voyage from Barfleur to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Baron Vrancyzany

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Barnard Sand. She floated off and was driven ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk with the loss of all but one of the thirteen people on board.{{Cite news |title=The Late Storm |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=25 January 1881 |issue=7917 }} She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Philadelphia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked on Barry Island, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newport, Monmouthshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 January 1881 |issue=30102 |page=11 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Buckhurst

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

|desc=The steamship was driven into Creole ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and then drove ashore at Penarth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bombay, India.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cambrian

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

|desc=The pilot boat sank in the Bristol Channel off Lynmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The schooner was driven into a lighter and then into the quayside at Weymouth and was damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Catherine de Boer

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore north of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Newcastle upon Tyne.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=C. G. Michels, or
G. C. Michels

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was damaged in a gale in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She drove ashore at Lavernock Point. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charles

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The chasse-marée sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands, ten to twelve lives.{{cite news|title=Miscellaneous|newspaper=The Cornishman|issue=132|date=20 January 1881|page=4}}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 January 1881 |issue=10305 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charlotte

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=The Gale and Snowstorms |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=19 January 1881 |issue=4234 |page=4 }} She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charlotte Dunbar

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was found ashore on Burnt Island, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom after an overnight gale, and became a wreck. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Audierne and/or Morlaix, Finistère, France. There was no sign of the crew or the ship's boat.{{cite book|last=Larn|first=Richard|title=The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly|year=1992|publisher=Thomas & Lochar|location=Nairn|isbn=0-946537-84-4}}{{cite journal |title=Casualties &c. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000861/18810119/082/0011 |access-date=29 March 2022 |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=20,820 |date=19 January 1881 |location=London |page=11|via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite news |title=Vessel Ashore At St Agnes, Islands Of Scilly |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=Cornwall And The Storm |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=21 January 1881 |issue=4043 |page=5 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clara and Jessie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Wexford. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cleveland,
Iron Era, and
John Bowes

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

|desc=The steamship Cleveland collided with the steamship John Bowes in the River Tyne. She then collided with the steamship Iron Era. All three vessels were severely damaged. John Bowes was beached, but was refloated and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Concezione S.

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Avalon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which lost a crew member effecting the rescue. Concezione S. was refloated with assistance and towed in to Harwich, Essex.{{Cite news |title=A Terrible Incident At Sea |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=21 January 1881 |issue=4236 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Courier

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Harwich. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the smack Jemima ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cyril

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

|desc=The trow was driven ashore at Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dauntless

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Delhi

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Shaldon, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Deptford

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

|desc=The collier, a schooner, was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of Two Vessels and Eighteen Men |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 February 1881 |issue=8106 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Diligence

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

|desc=The trow was driven ashore and severely damaged at Penarth.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence Disasters at Sea |date=19 January 1881 |issue=30095 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Donna Maria

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Wexford.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dorothea

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore at Shotley, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Ipswich to Perth, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dour

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

|desc=The smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of five crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=15 February 1881 |issue=30118 |page=5 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dupuytren

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore at Saltfleet. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Seville, Spain.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eclipse

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

|desc=The luggage boat was one of four vessels driven through the pier at Ryde, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=The Severe Gale And Snowstorm |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 January 1881 |issue=8082 }} destroying {{convert|200|ft|m}} of the pier.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Edith Morgan

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Black Rocks, in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire and/or Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Edith Mary

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of five of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Edward Peck

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was beached {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north of Bude, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Edwin

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

|desc=The skiff was wrecked at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Penarth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Lavernock Point.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Erin

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Wexford.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emilie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lavernock Point.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eris

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore in Studland Bay. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 January 1881 |issue=30096 |page=11 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Etta

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Lavernock Point. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=20 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }} She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fairy

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Shotley. She was refloated on 3 February.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fear Not

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Felix and Rosalie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner foundered approximately {{convert|1.5|nmi|km}} west of Boscastle, Cornwall. Five men and a boy landed near King Arthur's Castle. She was on a voyage from Trouville, Manche, France to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{cite news |title=Shipwreck At Boscastle |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Filomene

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

|desc=The brig ran aground near Lavernock Point and was wrecked. She was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Firefly|1877|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Forester|gunboat}} sank in the River Medway at Upnor, Kent. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Gale and Snowstorms |date=20 January 1881 |issue=30096 |page=11 |column=A-D }}{{Cite news |title=The Great Storms |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 January 1881 |issue=8082 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fishguard Lass

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat George Moor (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=21 January 1881 |issue=20479 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Florence Muspratt

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Wexford.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Franeés

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Aldeburgh. Her six crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 January 1881 |issue=17631 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=General Havelock

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

|desc=The collier was driven into Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=The Great Snow Storm |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=22 January 1881 |issue=5058 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Georgiana

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

|desc=The trow was driven ashore at Penarth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glenorcum

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Goeland

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The chasse-marée was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom to Bordeaux.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Greek Slave

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore north of Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Guiding Star

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

|desc=The schooner went ashore at Great Yarmouth. The captain and two crew were ashore, and the mate left on board drowned when the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat Abraham Thomas (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) capsized after taking him from the vessel.{{cite news|title=Padstow|newspaper=The Cornishman|issue=133|date=27 January 1881|page=5}}{{cite news|title=The Cornishman (comment)|newspaper=The Cornishman|issue=133|date=27 January 1881|page=7}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gyda

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

|desc=The brig drove ashore at Winterton-on-Sea. Her four crew were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat Edward Birkbeck (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Dunkerque, Nord, France.{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 January 1881 |issue=17632 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gylfe

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orfordhaven, Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hanna

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Lemon and Owers Sandbank, in the North Sea with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Eleanor ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Hanna was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hasselo

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Maplin Sand. Her eight crew were rescued by the Clacton Lifeboat Albert Edward (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Hasselo was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Havelock

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

|desc=The collier was one of four vessels driven through the pier at Ryde, Isle of Wight, destroying {{convert|200|ft|m}} of the pier.{{Cite news |title=Severe Gale |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=18 January 1881 |issue=4233 |page=4 }} She was consequently scuttled.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Helena

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hercules

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Hayle, Cornwall. She was refloated beached at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Subsequently taken in to Gorleston, Suffolk in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence Disasters at Sea |date=19 January 1881 |issue=30095 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=H. S. B.

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Italia

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Ridge Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=19 January 1881 |issue=30095 |page=10 |column=E }} She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Ipswich. Italia floated off and ran aground on the Guard Sand.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore at Lyme.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jean and Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Penarth Head, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeanne Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore between Lavernock Point and Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeune Emile

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johan

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Lavernock Point. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Ward

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

|desc=The collier was one of four vessels driven through the pier at Ryde, destroying {{convert|200|ft|m}} of the pier. She consequently sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. W. S.

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Laura

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leader

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked at Sizewell, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lerrin

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

|desc=The crewless schooner was driven ashore in Bideford Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 January 1881 |issue=10305 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lily

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lily Green

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lucknow

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

|desc=The ship was one of four vessels driven through the pier at Ryde.{{Cite news |title=The Severe Gale And Snowstorm |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 January 1881 |issue=8082 }} destroying {{convert|200|ft|m}} of the pier. She was wrecked.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Halliday Flats, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Mill Bay in a leaky condition. Marie subsequently drove ashore at Dovercourt. She was later refloated and towed in to Harwich.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maja

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Clougher Head, County Louth, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha and Anne

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martin Maria

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of ten of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Monaco.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marmora

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

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk at Bordeaux by the steamship Hathersage ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Martha

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand. She was refloated on 30 January and towed in to the River Thames in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha

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

|desc=The skiff was wrecked at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Great Yarmouth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Ann White

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Newquay, Cornwall with the loss of her captain.{{Cite news |title=Vessel Wrecked on the Cornish Coast |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=20 January 1881 |issue=8583 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Medina

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Cowes.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence Disasters at Sea |date=19 January 1881 |issue=30095 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Miner

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Penarth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mirella

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

|desc=The barque collided with the barque Alexandre ({{flag|France}}) and was then driven ashore and damaged at Lavernock Point. Her ten crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. Mirella was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Miss Beck

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthdinllaen. Her five crew were rescued by the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat George Moor (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marton

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton, County Durham. Four of her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus; the rest remained on board.{{Cite news |title=Another Severe Storm |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=19 January 1881 |issue=7463 |page=5}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mystery

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Wrexham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nana Deceil

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her four crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull to Calais.{{Cite news |title=The Weather |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=19 January 1881 |issue=7033 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=New Unity

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked on the Grain Spit, off the Isle of Grain, Kent. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Norton

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Olive Branch

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk. Her six crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Palestine

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Sizewell. Her nine crew were rescued by the rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to West Hartlepool, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Parkside

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Penarth Head.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pearl

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Shotley.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Penelope|1867|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The central-battery ironclad was driven from her moorings at Harwich and ran aground in the River Stour.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Percy

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Lowestoft, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all nine crew.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Shipwrecks |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=16 February 1881 |issue=10221 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=16 February 1881 |issue=3438 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=P. F.

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Aldeburgh. Her ten crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Kennetpans, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Portia

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Maplin Sand and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=The Great Storm |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=21 January 1881 |issue=7035 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Providence

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Middleton. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Hartlepool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Providence

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The smack ran aground on the Warden Ledge, off the Isle of Wight and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kerzerho, Morbihan to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rambler

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Wexford. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Wexford.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rapid

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Gorleston with the loss of all seven crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Reindeer

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

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bloody Point, near Harwich.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Reine du Ciel

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her four crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull to Calais.{{Cite news |title=The Great Storms |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=22 January 1881 |issue=7916 }} She was refloated on 28 January and taken in to Great Yarmouth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Restless

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth. Six of her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus and breeches buoy.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=19 January 1881 |issue=3649 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rhoda

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. All five people on board were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Seaham, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rhoda Jemima

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore in Studland Bay. Her crew were ashore at the time.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Richard

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at "Little Stoke", Somerset. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rising Sun

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

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Sunderland. Also reported as happening at Seaham, County Durham, that being her destination.{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 January 1881 |issue=10751 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robert and John

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rook

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

|desc=The steamship sank at Lookdow, near Tobermory, Isle of Mull. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Gothenburg, Sweden.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rosa Joseph

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall. Her five crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Cherbourg, Manche.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rosetta Patrona

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

|desc=The barque foundered off Dunwich with the loss of all on board. The ship's dog survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Genoa.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ruhtinas

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Aldeburgh with the loss of two of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Turku to Gibraltar.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sancho

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=21 January 1881 |issue=3416 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sans Souci

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah Jane

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

|desc=The three-masted schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of the mate from her four crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Great Yarmouth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah Jane

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Shaftesbury

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

|desc=The training ship was driven from her moorings at Grays, Essex and driven upstream. She was driven ashore. All 376 people on board were rescued by two tugs. She was refloated and towed to Greenhithe, Kent.{{cite web |url=http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/TSShaftesbury/ |title=Industrial School Ship 'Shaftesbury' |publisher=The Children's Homes |accessdate=7 January 2023 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Silvas

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore and severely damaged at Shotley. She was on a voyage from Ipswich to Beverley, Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sisters

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

|desc=The skiff was wrecked at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Southwick

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Potato Garth, in the River Wear and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Sunderland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Spencer

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore in the River Stour between Harwich and Mistley, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Springwell

|flag=file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

|desc=The lifeboat capsized off Harwich with the loss of one of her twelve crew whilst going to the assistance of a barque.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ste. Anne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Lavernock and Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Star of Peace

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

|desc=The fishing smack was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Success

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Grimsby. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to a French port. Se was refloated on 20 January and towed in to Grimsby in a severely leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sunderland Packet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lower Hope.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sunny South

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

|desc=The skiff was wrecked at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Swift

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore north of Grimsby. She was on a voyage from Brussels, West Flanders, Belgium to Goole, Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tartar

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

|desc=The brig came ashore at Shovepoint, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Whitstable, Kent. She was refloated the next day.{{cite news |title=A Crew Missing And The Front Of A Hotel Destroyed |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tartar

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

|desc=The wherry was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaview, Isle of Wight.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tatworth

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Topaz

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

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dover. Both crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trader

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore at Lyme.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Twin Brothers

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

|desc=The skiff was wrecked at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Twin Brothers

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unity

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore in Studland Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Velindra

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Bristol.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Veracity

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore north of Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victor

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

|desc=The tug was damaged by ice and sank at Leith.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victor

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing lugger was driven ashore at Pevensey Bay, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victor

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Minatitlán.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wave

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

|desc=The trow was driven ashore at Penarth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=West Kent

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

|desc=The barge was driven through Southend Pier, Essex, destroying {{convert|25|yd|m}} of the pier.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=White Eagle

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lavernock Point.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wild Wave

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

|desc=The skiff was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Why Not I

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

|desc=The skiff was wrecked at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat. She was refloated on 28 January and taken in to Hoylake, Cheshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zoe

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven out to sea from Penarth. No further trace.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 January 1881 |issue=30098 |page=12 |column=A }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=No. 5

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

|desc=The pilot boat was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eastbourne Lifeboat

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

|desc=The lifeboat was damaged during launching to go to the assistance of Aphrodite ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=26 unnamed vessels

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} (24)
{{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}} (2)

|desc=Twenty-six barges sank in the River Thames at North Woolwich, Middlesex with the loss of three lives.{{Cite news |title=The Severe Gale And Snowstorm |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 January 1881 |issue=8082 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

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

|desc=At least eight fishing boats went ashore at Harwich.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

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

|desc=Several trows from Gloucester and Bristol were driven ashore, some of them at the mouth of the River Ely.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

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

|desc=Several vessels foundered at Ryde.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Many unnamed vessels

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

|desc=Many vessels foundered at in Brixham harbour, Devon with some washed onto the streets.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The luggers were driven ashore and wrecked at Dover.{{cite book |title=Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks |page=127 |first=Richard |last=Larn |publisher=David and Charles |location=Newton Abbott |year=1977 |isbn=0-7153-7202-5}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
22px Board of Customs

|desc=The steam launches were sunk by ice in the River Thames at Gravesend.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Gale and Snowstorms |date=19 January 1881 |issue=30095 |page=10 |column=A-D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Four unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=The ships were driven ashore between Lavernock Point and Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Six unnamed vessels

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

|desc=A brigantine and five smacks sank off Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Twelve unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The fishing boats were wrecked at Selsey, Sussex. Their crews survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence Disasters at Sea |date=21 January 1881 |issue=30097 |page=3 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=A barque and a brig were driven ashore at Lower Hope.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Harwich.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at Gorleston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was run into by the barque Brunette ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was severely damaged at Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ketch was abandoned off Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire. Her three crew reached the island in their boat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at Portland, Dorset.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vesseks

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=A brig and a brigantine were driven ashore north of Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ferry broke from her moorings at Penarth. She was run into and sunk by a barge. Both crew members were rescued.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=20 January 1881 |issue=3650 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The barges sank at Southend, Essed.{{Cite news |title=Extraordinary Gale & Snowstorm |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=Colchester |date=22 January 1881 |issue=2615 |page=5 |volume=51 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Horsey Island, Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The yacht sank at Seaview.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Dunwich with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bloody Point.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=22px Trinity House

|desc=The pilot cutter was driven ashore and severely damaged at Harwich.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Achilles

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

|desc=The ketch sank off the mouth of the River Ely. Twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Padstow, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=21 January 1881 |issue=3651 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anthrodite

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and four of the crew were drowned.{{cite news |title=Further Wrecks And Loss Of Life |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bolivia

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Barfleur, Manche, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Calvados, France to the Hampton Roads, Virginia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clan Campbell

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on the south coast of Ailsa Craig. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off Cemaes, Anglesey. Her three crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Gales And Snowstorms |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=22 January 1881 |issue=2796 }} She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bangkok, Siam.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hardangeren

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at "Kulo".

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Heinrich Elise

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Viana do Castelo, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Porto, Portugal.

}}

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|ship=Joseph and Mary

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brook Ledge, off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall to London.

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|ship=Lucille

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned with the loss of five crew of her eight crew. Lucille was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was subsequently boarded by four crew from the barque James Mason ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to the River Tyne.

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Newquay, Cornwall with the loss of one of her three crew. She was on a voyage from a French port to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

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|ship=Pandora

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on Wisbech Eye, in the River Nene and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

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|ship=Peace

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Hurst Castle, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Brussels, West Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.

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|ship=Penelope Tutton

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Hedwig (Flag unknown). Penelope Tutton was on a voyage from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela to Swansea, vGlamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 February 1881 |issue=32 }}

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|ship=Rising Sun

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

|desc=The schooner went ashore in the River Thames. Her crew were rescued.{{cite news |title=Delay Of Train And Thames Traffic |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Susan

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

|desc=The fishing dandy collided with the barque Draupner ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and sank off Lowestoft with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Draupner.{{Cite news |title=Catastrophes At Sea |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=28 January 1881 |issue=4044 |page=7}}

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|ship=Visitor

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

|desc=The brig sank {{convert|2|nmi|km}} off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.

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|ship=William McGowan

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Seaham, County Durham.

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|ship=Unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=Nine vessels were wrecked off Great Yarmouth and nearly fifty lives were lost. Many wrecks on the coast around Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=Thirty vessels were beached near Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{cite news |title=30 Vessels Beached Near Cardiff |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=4 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Misener Haven" with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Warren Point, Somerset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The sfishing smack was wrecked on the Longsand with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued on 21 January by the lugger Secret ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 January 1881 |issue=30099 |page=11 |column=E }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The fishing boat capsized off Portnaguran, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides with the loss of all six crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Anna Maria

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

|desc=The schooner struck a reef off the Carse of Ardseer. She was beached at Fort George, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom, where she became a wreck. Her four crew were rescued; one by a coble and three by the File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Nairn Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=The Great Gale And Snowstorm |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 January 1881 |issue=18 }} She was on a voyage from Kragerø to Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=22 January 1881 |issue=6940 }}{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=25 January 1881 |issue=8087 }}

}}

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|ship=Attila

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Eleven of her fifteen crew were rescued by the smacks Admiral and Jane Elizabeth (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Attila was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to La Spezia, Italy. She was subsequently towed in to Ramsgate, Kent by the tug Bradford ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=21 January 1881 |issue=33877 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Bothalwood

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

|desc=The barque struck rocks in St Ouen's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Leith, Lothian.{{cite web |url=http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/14503.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924074559/http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/14503.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-date=24 September 2015 | title=Wreck Report for 'Bothalwood', 1881 |publisher=plimsoll.org |accessdate=11 Aug 2017}}

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|ship=Chimera

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.

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|ship={{SS|Collaroy||2}}

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

|desc=File:Collaroy beached state library of nsw pic.jpg The paddle steamer ran ashore at Collaroy. She was refloated on 9 September 1884. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

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|ship=Gracia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near the Tuskar Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and put in to Queenstown, County Cork in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Hannah

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her six crew.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 January 1881 |issue=20 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and sank at Civitavecchia, Italy. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Civitavecchia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=11 February 1881 |issue=30115 |page=10 |column=F }} She was later refloated.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/L-Ships/linda1873.html |title=Linda |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=11 January 2023 }}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Weser. She was refloated and put back to Bremen.

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|ship=Otto

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Hobbles Sands, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Hull.

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|ship=Pegasus

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 21 crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Titian|1876|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Pegasus was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorga to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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|ship=Victory

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Kessock, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Oban, Argyllshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in the Humber.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Achilles

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 21 crew were rescued by the barque Achilles ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=British Lady

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

|desc=The schooner sank near the Runnel Stone, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the ferry Queen of the Bay ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{cite book |last=Noall |first=Cyril |title=Cornish Lights and Ship-Wrecks |year=1968 |publisher=D Bradford Barton |location=Truro }} British Lady was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall.

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|ship=Buckinghamshire

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.

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|ship=Cecile

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.

}}

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|ship=Eliza Jane

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by the barque Amable Catarina ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). Eliza Jane was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hertha

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the south coast of Læsø.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Levang

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Gullane Ness, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Saint-Malo. She was refloated and taken in to Leith, Lothian for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Lynwood

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Grouville Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 January 1881 |issue=20480 }}

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|ship=Mary Lowerson

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

|desc=The ship departed from Belfast, County Antrim for Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. No further trace, reported overdue.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 September 1881 |issue=30300 |page=12 |column=C }}

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|ship=Souerah

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Also reported as lost off Casablanca, Morocco on 16 January.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The fishing boat foundered off the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides with the loss of all six crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=24 January 1881 |issue=30099 |page=10 |column=E }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Antwerp.{{Cite news |title=Casualty To A Steamer |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 January 1881 |issue=20480 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barge broke from its moorings at Lambeth, London and sank in the River Thames near Waterloo Bridge.{{Cite news |title=The Snowstorm |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 January 1881 |issue=17632 |page=3 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Albertine

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aracaju, Brazil to the English Channel.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=British Lady

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off the Runnel Stone, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Queen of the Bay ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). British Lady was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Lower Hope, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Penzance.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Forest Fairy

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in the Gulf of Volos. She was refloated with the assistance of an Ottoman Navy, warship.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Invicta

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

|desc=The yacht was sunk by ice in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. No-one was aboard at the time.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Message

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Basses-Pyrénées to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Mintie||2}}

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

|desc=The sternwheeler was sunk in Perdido Bay when her boiler exploded {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} east of Minez Ferry. Three people were killed.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&dq=ships+sunk+in+the+carrabelle%2C+fla.+1899+hurricane&pg=PA35 |last=Singer |first=Stephen D. |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing |publisher=Pineapple Press |location=Sarasota, Florida |edition=Second |orig-year=1992 |year=1998 |isbn=1-56164-163-4 |pages=30}}

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|ship=Thomas

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Lower Hope. She was on a voyage from London to Penzance.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 January 1881 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alarm

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

|desc=The tug was holed by ice and sank at Bristol, Gloucestershire. The sole crew member aboard was rescued by the tug White Cloud ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Foundering Of A Steam Tug In The Floating Harbour |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=24 January 1881 |issue=10201 }}

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|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Eastbourne, Sussex.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Gloamin

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

|desc=The steamship struck the Carr Rocks and was beached at Boarhills, Fife. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leopoldine

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Bristol Channel {{convert|40|nmi|km}} west of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Annie ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada). Leopoldine was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to the Congo River.

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|ship=Pandora

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

|desc=The steam yacht was driven ashore near Hampstead Point, Isle of Wight. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 January 1881 |issue=17635 |page=6 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 January 1881 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ardandhu

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship {{SS|State of Indiana|1874|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire. Arandhu was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 28 January and taken in to Glasgow.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 February 1881 |issue=10317 }}

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|ship=Atlantique

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cette, Hérault. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cette.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fairwind

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

|desc=The barque was anamdpmed in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Jumna ({{flag|United States|1877}}). Fairwind was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Penarth, Glamorgan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=5 February 1881 |issue=30110 |page=8 |column=A }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hebe

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Liepāja, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Boston.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henry Brand

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Intrepid

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Alexandria, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Alexandria.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 January 1881 |issue=30102 |page=11 |column=E }}

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|ship=Joven Pepe

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

|desc=The steamship was driven onto the foundations of the mole when entering Cette, France in a gale and became a wreck; the crew were saved.{{cite news |title=Casualties - Foreign |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000861/18810129/083/0010 |access-date=30 January 2023 |work=Lloyd's List |issue=20829 |date=29 January 1881 |location=London |page=10|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maude

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 January 1881 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bonita

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

|desc=The ship departed from Harbour Grace for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 May 1881 |issue=30198 |page=11 |column=F }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship sank in the Weilingen, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The Portuguese or Spanish schooner collided with the barque Alexander ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank between Cape Trafalgar, Spain and Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 February 1881 |issue=10755 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 January 1881 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bear

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated and put back to Middlesbrough.{{Cite news |title=Shipping &c |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=28 January 1881 |issue=4242 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=29 January 1881 |issue=7472 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Breizel

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Calais to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Claremont

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Whale Chine, Isle of Wight. Thirteen of her eighteen crew took to the ship's lifeboat; the rest were rescued by the Brooke Lifeboat Worcester Cadet (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Claremont was on a voyage from Garrucha, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cresswell

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Overton, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Five of the thirteen people on board reached shore in a boat, the rest were rescued by rocket apparatus.{{Cite news |title=Shipping &c |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=29 January 1881 |issue=4243 |page=4 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|PS|Eleanor|1873|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked at Leestone Point, Kilkeel, County Down.{{cite book | first = Brian| last = Patton| year = 2007| title = Irish Sea Shipping| pages = 178–84| publisher = Silver Link Publications| location = Kettering|isbn= 978-1-85794-271-2}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 January 1881 |issue=30103 |page=12 |column=B }} Her passengers were taken off.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=29 January 1881 |issue=3423 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glasgow

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Amicitia (Flag unknown). Glasgow was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glentruim

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to a Mediterranean port.{{Cite news |title=Steamer Aground |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=28 January 1881 |issue=8590 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Bowen

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

|desc=The ship departed from "Coesaw" for London. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 June 1881 |issue=30234 |page=6 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peckham

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her eleven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Demerara, British Guiana.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robert Preston

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.

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{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Bolt Head, Devon. Her crew reached Hope Cove in the ship's lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=29 January 1881 |issue=30104 |page=10 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Telegraph||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Cooley Point, County Louth. Her passengers were taken off. She was salvaged but was deemed beyond economical repair and was scrapped.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Apollo

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

|desc=The steam trawler struck a sunken wreck and sank off the Isle of May, Fife. Her crew were rescued by Lass o{{'}} Doon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Cambronne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Port Tennant, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 January 1881 |issue=25 }}

}}

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|ship=Harvest Queen

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean by eight of her ten crew, who were rescued by McLaurin ({{flag|United States|1877}}). Harvest Queen was presumed to have foundered that night,{{cite news|title=Loss Of A British Barque |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=136 |date=17 February 1881 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Supposed Foundering of a Vessel |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=14 February 1881 |issue=10219 }} but she was observed to founder on 1 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 February 1881 |issue=30116 |page=11 |column=F }} Both crew aboard were rescued on 31 January by the full-rigged ship Olive S. Southard ({{flag|United States|1877}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=14 February 1881 |issue=3436 }}

}}

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|ship=Hugh Taylor

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in Robin Hoods Bay. She was on a voyage from Arzew, Algeria to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs on 30 January and taken in to the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=1 February 1881 |issue=3425 }}

}}

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|ship=Island Belle

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She came ashore south of Portpatrick and capsized.

}}

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|ship=William Burkett

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Tyne at Walker, Northumberland whilst avoiding a collision with some lighters. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Carienoch

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Great Yarmouth.

}}

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|ship=Carlo

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Bilbao, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 February 1881 |issue=30110 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Don Pedro II

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Potomac River. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rio de Janeiro.

}}

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|ship=Gipsy

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

|desc=The fishing trawler foundered off Inchcape, Fife. Her six crew were rescued by the schooner Lass of Doon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 February 1881 |issue=10753 }}

}}

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|ship=Ganjam

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Gordewarn, India.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mortha

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship departed from New York, United States for Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, reported overdue.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 June 1881 |issue=30222 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Oriola

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Plum Point, Jamaica. Attempts by {{HMS|Contest|1874|6}} and {{HMS|Druid|1869|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}) over the next two days to refloat her were unsuccessful and she became a wreck.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 March 1881 |issue=30133 |page=5 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Siroken

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Nith ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Siroken was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The floating crane was run into by the steamship Harrington ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 February 1881 |issue=30107 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Blanche

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Torre del Mar, Spain to Faro, Portugal. She was refloated and towed in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Favorite

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Quillimane River, Africa. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 February 1881 |issue=30106 |page=12 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 February 1881 |issue=10856 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary Black

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|44|N|44|00|W}}). Her crew were rescued by the barque Johannes Foss ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Mary Black was on a voyage from Paraíba, Brazil to the English Channel.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 February 1881 |issue=30111 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Severn

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Mayumba ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Mayumba. Severn was on a voyage from Sunderland to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=7 February 1881 |issue=30111 |page=8 |column=A }}{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland050.html#severn4 |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 10 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=8 January 2023 }}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed'

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship foundered off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Walton-on-the-Naze |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=Colchester |date=5 February 1881 |issue=2617 |page=4 |volume=51 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Albicore

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 February 1881 |issue=30106 |page=12 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship=Alice Starret

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in the Guadalquivir {{convert|10|nmi|km}} from Seville, Spain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Seville.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 February 1881 |issue=30108 |page=6 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Bismarck

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The tug was wrecked at Alfândega, Portugal.

}}

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|ship=Lizzie

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Oliver Emery ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Lizzie was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks And Loss Of Life |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=10 February 1881 |issue=10216 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 February 1881 |issue=35 }}

}}

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|ship=Phoenix

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in Faxe Bay, Iceland. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 March 1881 |issue=30144 |page=13 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Roraima

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Shark River, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to New York, United States. She was later refloated and taken in to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 February 1881 |issue=10862 }}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Copenhagen, Denmark. She put in to Kristiansand.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in January 1881 |sort=}}

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|ship=Abraham Lincoln

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Doboy, Georgia to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated nd taken in to Bermuda.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 January 1881 |issue=10298 }}

}}

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|ship=Adirondack

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at Bremen, Germany. The fire was extinguished.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 January 1881 |issue=13 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 January 1881 |issue=10301 }}

}}

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|ship=Affinity

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Shotley, Suffolk. She was refloated on 2 February and taken in to Harwich, Essex for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=3 February 1881 |issue=7476 |page=4 }}

}}

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|ship=Alice Lyne

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to the Newfoundland Colony. She was subsequently towed in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Allen McDonnell

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Ballyquinton Point, County Down.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alma

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Iloilo, Spanish East Indies to the English Channel.

}}

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|ship=Amati

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Key West, Florida, United States and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Amythyst

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Sulina, United Principalities to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Angelina

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kastlösa, Öland, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 February 1881 |issue=10337 }}

}}

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|ship=Ansom Simpson

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Absecom, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to Newport.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Armorique

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Old Harbour, Jamaica.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bertha, or
Hertha

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 January 1881 |issue=17622 |page=6 }} She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 January 1881 |issue=10300 }}

}}

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|ship=Bertha

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

|desc=The ship was lost at Kristiansan. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Drontheim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 January 1881 |issue=10308 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Blanche

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Blyth

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on rocks in Santoria Bay. Her crew survived.{{cite news |title=The Weather |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=132 |date=20 January 1881 |page=6 }} She broke in two on 12 January.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bristol

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Atlanticville, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New York. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cebu

|flag={{flagicon|Spain|civil-1785}} Spanish East Indies

|desc=The steamship sank in the Pasig River.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=City of Rotterdam

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Maas. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 January 1881 |issue=10310 }}

}}

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|ship=Chinaman

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Craiglands ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the Amherst Rocks, in the Yangtze Estuary. All on board survived. Chinaman was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Nagasaki, Japan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=25 January 1881 |issue=4239 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 January 1881 |issue=23 }}

}}

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|ship=Commodore

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Vigo, Spain.

}}

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|ship=Congo

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Brownsville, Texas, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyageb from Bordeaux, Gironde to Santos, Brazil.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Constantia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Maas. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Daniel Steinmann|1874|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Nolleplatje, off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=David

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 January 1881 |issue=17626 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=D. W. Hennesey

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Edward Beck

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Morwenstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elissa

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellida

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boroen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Dunkerque.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=E. L. Margaret

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Cardiff whilst avoiding a collision with the steamship Louise ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 January 1881 |issue=30092 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Equador

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The clipper was lost off "Faraman", Spain with the loss of thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.{{Cite news |title=Disasters At Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=28 January 1881 |issue=10752 }}

}}

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|ship=Erl Konig

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Key West. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Espervier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Chittagong, India and broke her back. She was refloated and put back to Chittagong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Express

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at New Brighton, Cheshire. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 January 1881 |issue=17638 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fanny

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Jomako", Netherlands East Indies.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=The Weather |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=24 January 1881 |issue=4238 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Galatea

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock off Elderslie, Renfrewshire and damaged her propeller.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gardenia|1879|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wyk auf Föhr, Germany. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Bremen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=31 January 1881 |issue=30105 |page=11 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck Of A Steamer |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=31 January 1881 |issue=8592 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Geestemünde

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Westhampton, New York. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York. She was refloated and taken in to New York.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Georg Freiherr von Vincke

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was subsequently towed in to Arendal, Norway in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 January 1881 |issue=17619 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Govino

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Gravesend.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=G. T. Haendal

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship put in to the Falkland Islands on fire and was scuttled at Port William. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii. She burnt to the waterline and was a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gustav

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Lillesand, Norway.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hakon

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Torekov. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Malmö.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 January 1881 |issue=30084 |page=7 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 January 1881 |issue=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Happy Return

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harmonie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Mandal, Norway. She was on a voyage from Falkenberg, Sweden to Bo'ness, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 January 1881 |issue=10832 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Haytian

|flag={{flagicon|Haiti|1859}} Haiti

|desc=The steamship was damaged by ice in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She arrived at Philadelphia waterlogged at the bow.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Helena

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Amazon ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}). Helena was on a voyage from Saint-Malo to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Heros

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground at Long Island, in the Strait of Sunda. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to the English Channel. She was refloated and taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Highbury|1879|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Antwerp. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and put back to Philadelphia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hommo

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Groningen, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Iron Duke

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was refloated and taken in to Dunkerque.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James Stewart

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by W. E. Heard ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada). James Stewart was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the Newfoundland Colony.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 January 1881 |issue=30087 |page=6 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Jamestown|ship|2}}

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord |43.10|-22.00|format=dms}}). All 27 people on board were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Ethiopia||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jamestown was discovered ashore at Hafnir, Iceland on 26 June.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jessica

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Gironde. She was refloated. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Bordeaux.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Job Derislab

|flag=Flag unknown

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johann Carl

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Little Popo, Africa. She was plundered by the local inhabitants and was declared a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Ellis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Charles, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Waterford to the Hampton Roads, Virginia. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 January 1881 |issue=17639 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=John L. Tracey

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 January.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 March 1881 |issue=10340 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{PS|Josephine|1867|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer sprang a leak and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from Cuba to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite web |url=https://www.boem.gov/Environmental-Stewardship/Archaeology/19th-Century-Steamships.aspx |title=19th Century Steamships |publisher=Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |access-date=17 July 2018 }}

}}

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|ship=Josie T. Marshall

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Amityville, New York.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Journal

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

|desc=The barque was sunk by ice at Arichat, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Georgetown to Baltimore, Maryland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kaffrarian

|flag={{flag|Cape Colony}}

|desc=The tug was driven ashore at Port Alfred, Cape Colony. She was abandoned as a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kate Bousfield

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Frontignan, Hérault. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 January 1881 |issue=25 }} She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Cette.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kent

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

|desc=The tug was sunk by ice in the River Trent at Keadby, Lincolnshire. She was declared a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kwasind

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore north of Cape Charles, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Baltimore.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Tyler

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Maas. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=L. C. Geneva

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore "at the Morches". She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leetch

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and was severely damaged. She put back to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom, where she was condemned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Licè

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 January 1881 |issue=17617 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lizzie Garder

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between Girvan and Ballantrae, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Stranraer, Wigtownshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lord Nelson

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

|desc=The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lotus|1873|2}}, and
Philip Fitzpatrick

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
{{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The steamship Lotus and the barque Philip Fitzpatrick collided at Pauillac, Gironde, France. Both vessels were severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Louisa

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was severely damaged at Honfleur, Manche, France when she heeled over as the tide went out.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Louise

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lucknow

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Pullar Bank. She was refloated and taken in to Spithead, Hampshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Luna

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship collided with an icebreaker off Lewes, Delaware, United States and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Lewes.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lyna

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kristiansand, Norway. She was a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to New York. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Macgregor

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at "Kumpari", Ceylon after 5 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Marseille.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Machado Segundo

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship collided with Summer Cloud ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Machado Segundo came ashore on Madeira on 8 January.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Madre Maria

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

|desc=The barque caught fire at sea. She was beached at Morant Bay, Jamaica where she burnt out. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Vada. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria Frederica

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner collided with the brigantine Cupido (Flag unknown) at Paternoster, Cape Colony and was severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria Sarah

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Manchioneal, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Pensacola, Florida, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marquis of Lorne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Bristol. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Penmaenmawr, Carnarfonshire and was scuttled.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 January 1881 |issue=10293 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Boston. She subsequently came ashore at Boston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Ilfracombe, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Massachusetts

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The fire was extinguished.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Matthias

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore at Erwarton, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maude

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Holy Island, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 January 1881 |issue=22 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Midas

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was refloated and taken in to Menai Bridge, Caernarfonshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mineta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Dunkerque. She was refloated and taken in to Dunkerque in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Moderation

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Black Middens, off the mouth of the River Tyne. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 January 1881 |issue=17637 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mountain Ash

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Galle, Ceylon to Marseille. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Netley Abbey

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Antwerp. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Dartmouth, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Dartmouth on 25 January.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nora Creina

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

|desc=The smack sank off the Lemon and Owers Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her six crew reached the Lemon Lightship (22px Trinity House ), from where they were rescued by the smack Rowena ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Notre Dame de la Garde

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship collided with L. C. K. (Flag unknown) and was severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nynhalden

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig was lost off "Terre Nègre", Gironde, France. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ollivier Madeleine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Le Palais, Morbihan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Our Boys

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and sank off Shoeburyness, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 January 1881 |issue=17624 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Panellinion

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Ceuta, Spain. She was on a voyage from Varna, Bulgaria to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated, and was subsequently towed in to Gibraltar in a sinking condition by the steamship Heptarchy ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Papermaker

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

|desc=The barge was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Phœnix

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Minatitlán, Mexico.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prometheus

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Maassluis, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Maassluis.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Quail

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Renown

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Resolutionnen

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Rolf ({{flag|Denmark}}). Resolutionnen was on a voyage from Dram to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She was subsequently towed in to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Wrecks And Casualties |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=25 January 1881 |issue=10202 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rowland Evans

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

|desc=The ship collided with Mary Eyde (Flag unknown) at Pernambuco, Brazil and was beached.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sachen

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

|desc=The ship capsized and caught fire at New York. She was severely damaged.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 January 1881 |issue=30100 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=San Francisco de Paul

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered off Cape Finisterre. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Dahomey ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). San Francisco de Paul was on a voyage from Torrevieja to A Coruña.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Selina

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

|desc=The steam trawler struck rocks and was beached at Cullercoats, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Senior

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Maas. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam. She was refloated with assistance on 1 February.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Siam

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

|desc=The barque ran aground, capsized, and sank at Barranquilla, United States of Colombia with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Barranquilla.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=15 January 1881 |issue=4196 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sirius

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

|desc=The barque was damaged by ice in the Baltimore River. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Malpas.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sjofroken

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 January.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 February 1881 |issue=10323 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sly Boots

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was run down by the steamship Compton ({{flag|United States|1877}}) on or before 7 January. All five crew were drowned.{{cite news |title=Loss Of A Brixham Trawler And Crew |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=131 |date=13 January 1881 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Casablanca, Morocco before 24 January. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Marseille.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Spring

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was severely damaged at London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stanbo

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

|desc=The barque was severely damaged by ice in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She put back to Philadelphia for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 January 1881 |issue=10298 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Success

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Burr Island, County Down. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 January 1881 |issue=24 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tarsus

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Minehead, Somerset.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence Disasters at Sea |date=21 January 1881 |issue=30097 |page=3 |column=E }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 January 1881 |issue=18 }} Her ten crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Wreck Of Two Barques On The Somerset Coast At Minehead |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=24 January 1881 |issue=10201 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Umvoti

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

|desc=The ship collided with Tweedsdale ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Madras, India and was severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vesta

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque ran aground at Galveston, Texas, United States and sprang a severe leak. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victor Hamille

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore. She was refloated and towed in to Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Village Flower

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Woodbridge, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ville de Brest|1870|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore {{convert|20|nmi|km}} from Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure to Havana. She was refloated and taken in to Havana.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=West Stanley

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Galvestonto Reval, Russia. She was refloated in May, and was towed in to Farsund, Norway on 9 May by the steamships Hero, Neptun and Poseidon (all {{flag|Norway|1844}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 May 1881 |issue=30190 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Widdington

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Oanima ({{flag|United States|1877}}) and was beached at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Widdington was on a voyage from New Orleans to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=W. T. Harward

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near the Delaware Breakwater.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Young Harry

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

|desc=The fishing lugger was run into by the lugger Albion ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Albion.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zephyr

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Blythe Sands, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and towed back to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=43

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

|desc=The barge was holed by ice and sank at Memphis.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at the South Foreland, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Navarino, Greece.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lighter sank at Dunkerque.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The steam trawler was lost at South Shields.

}}

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