| Ship | State | Description |
| Activ |
Norway |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 August.[38] |
| Adelheid |
Germany |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark.[16] |
| Albert |
France |
The steamship was wrecked on the Île de Batz, Finistère.[30] |
| Amandus |
Germany |
The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Papenburg to Königsberg.[16] |
| Annie |
United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[16] |
| Architect |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16] |
| Attilio |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Akyab, Burma.[13] |
| Aurora |
Italy |
The brig was driven ashore on Heligoland. She subsequently sank but her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Harburg, Germany.[16][20] |
| Azalea |
United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground in the Sligo River. She was refloated on 4 August and taken in to Sligo.[2] |
| Billy |
Germany |
The barque was wrecked on a reef in Spanish East Indies waters. Her crew were rescued.[39] |
| British Statesman |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was wrecked before 19 August with much loss of life. There were ten survivors; seventeen people were reported missing.[40][41][42] |
| Burdwan |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in the Macclesfield Straits before 24 August. Her crew were rescue.[42] |
| Chatsworth |
United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Santander, Spain. She was refloated with assistance.[6] |
| Cilurnum |
United Kingdom |
The full-rigged ship caught fire at sea and was abandoned with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to San Francisco, California.[43][31] |
| Clan Matheson |
United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Calcutta, India.[1] She was refloated.[3] |
| Comet |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Ballantrae, Ayrshire.[20] |
| Dryad |
United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Liverpool.[3] |
| Elise |
France |
The schooner foundered off Ibiza, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure.[34] |
| Elizabeth |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Islandmagee, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Larne.[30] |
| Embla |
United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[2] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[6] |
| Felix |
Sweden |
The ship was wrecked at Gothenburg.[20] |
| Granville |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore on Storgrundet, in the Luleå Archipelago, Sweden. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[16] |
| James Groves |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[16] |
| Jarvis Lord |
United States |
The lake freighter sank in Lake Michigan on 17 or 18 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from St. Ignace, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois. |
| Johannes |
Russia |
The schooner was driven ashore at Fort Ruyter, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Riga.[15] |
| John Samuels |
United Kingdom |
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Islandmagee. Her crew were rescued.[30] |
| Julie |
Germany |
The brig was driven ashore at "Sandrus", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Gävle, Sweden.[16] |
| M. A. Dixon |
China |
The steamship was wrecked at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. All on board were rescued.[4] |
| Panormos |
Ottoman Empire |
The ship collided with an Italian ship in the Sea of Marmara and was severely damaged. She put in to Gallipoli,[34] and was subsequently towed in to Constantinople.[44] |
| Peer of the Realm |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon. The wreck was towed in to Penarth, Glamorgan on 14 August.[16] |
| Phineas P. Henderson |
United States |
The ship was destroyed by fire at Manila, Spanish East Indies.[4] |
| Raven |
United Kingdom |
The sloop was abandoned in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire. The tug Pathfinder subsequently put two people on board, but she capsized with their loss.[15] Raven was on a voyage from Rhyl, Denbighshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[20] |
| Rogaland |
Norway |
The barque capsized in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her nine crew. Survivors took to a raft; they were rescued a few days later, on 12 August, by the barque John R. Stanhope ( United States). Rogaland was on a voyage from West Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada to Conway, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom.[37] |
| Salvador |
Brazil |
The steamship collided with the steamship Memnon ( United Kingdom) and sank.[25] |
| Sjælland |
Denmark |
The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but pu tin to Helsingør in a leaky condition.[4] |
| Stanley |
United Kingdom |
The Thames barge collided with the steamship Tern ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Yantlet Creek.[34] |
| Tangier |
United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground in the Great Bitter Lake. She was on a voyage from Bushire, Persia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13] |
| Tomma |
Sweden |
The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Oskarshamn to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Gothenburg in a leaky condition.[16] |
| Tunstall |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was wrecked on the Baldayo Bank, off the north coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Yokohama, Japan.[41][30] |
| Vision |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in Wick Bay. Her crew were rescued.[15] |
| Washington |
Norway |
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Nicosian ( United Kingdom). Washington was on a voyage from Fredrikshavn, Denmark to Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom.[20] |
| Wendola |
Germany |
The schooner ran aground and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Neder Kalix, Sweden to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Stockholm, Sweden in a waterlogged condition.[2] |
| Willy |
Germany |
The barque was wrecked on the Fiery Cross Reef, in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[15] |
| Unnamed |
India |
A buggalow was wrecked in the Gulf of Aden before 25 August with the loss of more than 100 lives.[42] |