List of shipwrecks in January 1874

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Ellen Constance  United Kingdom Cantonal Rebellion: The steamship was rammed and sunk by the armoured frigate Vitoria ( Spanish Navy) at Cartagena, Canton of Cartagena, with the loss of three of her 22 crew.[1][2][3][4][5]
Emanuel Aimee  United Kingdom The ship ran around off Seven Fathoms Point, Africa.[6]
Iron Cross  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Clogherhead, County Louth. Her 34 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[7]
Laurel  United Kingdom The steamship was beached on Rutland Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ballina, County Mayo.[8]
Marley Hill  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued.[9] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Whitehaven. She had become a wreck by 5 January.[10]
Memphis Norway The barque ran aground at Waterford, United Kingdom and was severely damaged.[7]
Surat New Zealand The 1,000-ton three-masted ship foundered at Surat Bay (formerly Forsyth's Bay) on New Zealand's Catlins coast. She was carrying 271 passengers and 37 crew, all of whom survived.[11]
Union  United Kingdom The steamboat ran aground and sank in the River Tay. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Dundee, Forfarshire.[12]
Western Light United States The schooner was lost off the coast of Maine. Crew saved.[13]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Anne  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Londonderry.[9]
Bloomer  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Marie Gabrielle ( France). Bloomer subsequently sank. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Queenstown, County Cork.[14]
Exampler  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 6 January and towed in to Liverpool.[9][15]
Jessie Oscar  France The sloop was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Rye Harbour, Sussex, United Kingdom.[9]
John Walton  United Kingdom The ship collided with Scotia ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned off Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. John Walton was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[9]
Mary Angele  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Donaghmore.[16]
Roxana  United Kingdom The steamship struck the boom at Penarth, Glamorgan and was holed. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Malta. She was consequently beached.[9]
Stephensons  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on "Ras Arak". She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bombay, India. She was refloated and taken in to Aden.[17]
Two Friends  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Cromer, Norfolk in a leaky condition and making for Great Yarmouth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[18]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore between Beaufort and Wilmington, North Carolina, United States.[19]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Davila Spain The steamship was wrecked at Pasajes. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Fairy Queen  United Kingdom The ferry collided with a steamship in the River Mersey and was severely damaged.[17]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the English Channel off Cap La Hougue, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of all but her captain.[21]
Mary Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Runcorn, Cheshire.[17]
Queen of Devon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.[17]
Tom Bell  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Famenegilda Danevaro ( Italy) at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was beached. Tom Bell was on a voyage from Cardiff to Alicante, Spain.[17]
Western Ocean  United Kingdom The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
George  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the steamship Dagmar ( Denmark) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[23]
River Krishna  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the South Rock, off the Tuskar Rock and was wrecked. Her 25 crew were rescued by St. Nicolas ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[23][8][24][25][15][26]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Clio  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Ystad, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona to Gothenburg, Sweden.[10]
Ormsby  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of sixteen of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Aletha ( United Kingdom). Ormsby was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[27]
Try Again  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Paysandú, Uruguay.[28]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Anna and Margaretha Netherlands The sschooner was abandoned off the Leman and Ower Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a German steamship. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Lisbon, Portugal.[29][30]
Duchess of Sutherland  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Oresund. ( Germany). Duchess of Sutherland was on a voyage from Cuxhaven, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[31]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Alarm  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Protector do Reino ( Portugal) and sank in Morte Bay. Her crew were rescued by Protector do Reino.[32]
Dagupan Flag unknown The steamship ran aground off Masbate Island, Spanish East Indies.[33]
Glide  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to a Norwegian port. She was refloated and put in to Mollösund.[34]
Heroine  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the barque Laguna ( France) and foundered in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the pilot boat No. 7 ( United Kingdom). Heroine was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to London.[3][21][35]
Neva  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the River Itchen.[36]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenborg, Sweden to a British port.[33]
Sherman United States The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Little River, South Carolina. All on boardn were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana.[37]
Tamerlane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Alceste Reef, in the Gaspar Strait. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to New York, United States.[38] She had been refloated by 22 January and was subsequently taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies and placed under repair.[39][40]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Aurelia United States The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland for Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]
Calumet United States The ship struck rocks and sank at Bermuda.[41]
Mary  United Kingdom The smack foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Five of her ten crew were rescued by the Theddlethorpe Lifeboat, the others reached shore in their boat.[5]
Ravensworth Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her 42 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Leith, Lothian.[42][38][5]
Sherman United States The steamer sprang a leak and sank off Cape Fear, North Carolina.

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
E. H. Oakes  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Ayr.[37]
Hesperus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[3] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Barao de Tifle United States The paddle steamer foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued by Fairwind ( United Kingdom). Baras de Tifle was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pará, Brazil.[44][45]
Canute  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to London. She was refloated and put back to Alexandria in a leaky condition.[31]
Dolphin  Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage,[46][43] but later sank near Rotterdam.[47]
Earl of Aberdeen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Paardenmarkt, off the Dutch coast.[48][49] She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.[16]
Europa  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Western Empire ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Western Empire. Europa was on a voyage from London to Topsham, Devon.[50][48]
Panther United States The ship was wrecked off Tilly Point with the loss of at least 23 lives. She was on a voyage from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada to San Francisco, California.[20][51]
Shamrock  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Dog's Head Sand, in The Wash.[21] Her crew were rescued.[43]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Brothers  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Stranraer, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated.[48]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Scrabster, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Wick, Caithness. She was subsequently taken in to Scrabster.[52]
John Fenwick  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of nine of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Martha ( Netherlands). John Fenwick was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Hamburg, Germany.[53][54]
Lizzie English  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Holkham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Gibraltar.[48][21] She was refloated on 14 January and resumed her voyage.[55]
Lizzy  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Cape Rizutto, Italy whilst on a voyage from Naples, Italy to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[56]
Zubaran Spain The steamship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[48]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Intrepid  United Kingdom The ship was towed in to Granton, Lothian in a sinking condition and was beached. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Aberdeen.[46]
Johanna Elizabeth Netherlands The ship caught fire at Penang, Malaya and was scuttled.[57]
Valetta  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Monster, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.[46]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Isabella France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Emmanuel Head, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member.[29][58]
James Southern  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham.[29] She was refloated.[19]
Jennett Evans  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Shoreness Bay. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Glasson Dock, Lancashire.[19]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship ran aground on the Brouwerplatte, in the North Sea off the German coast, and sank.[59]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Amelia  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Annie Ainslie ( United Kingdom) and sank in Lake Timsah.[60] She was later refloated and taken in to Suez, Egypt for repairs.[37]
Calcutta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilmore, in Ballyteigue Bay. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58][19] She became a wreck on 20 January.[47]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Haydn, and
Vera		  Germany
Denmark		 The barque Haydn and the steamship Vera collided in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. Haydn was abandoned with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Vera. Haydn was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bahia, Brazil. She came ashore at The Needles, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Vera later sank. All on board were rescued by the full-rigged ship Marchmont ( United Kingdom). Vera was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[52][61][62]
Lady Franklin, and
Sparta		  United Kingdom The brigantines collided off Pladda, in the Firth of Clyde. Both vessels were abandoned by their crews. Lady Franklin was on a voyage from Troon to an Irish port. A tugboat was sent out to search for the vessels, but found no trace. They were presumed to have foundered.[52][59]
Montezuma France The steamship ran aground at Montevideo, Uruguay. She was refloated on 18 January and taken in to Montevideo.[57]
Rainbow  United Kingdom The fishing smack was run into by the steamship Meteor ( United Kingdom) and sank at the mouth of the River Liffey. Two of her five crew were drowned. Survivors were rescued by the Meteor.[62][63]
Relief United States The steamship struc an uncharted rock and was wrecked near Hirado, Japan. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to Shanghai, China.[20][51]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Charles Edwin  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk by a barque off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the barque William Frederick ( United Kingdom). Charles Edwin was on a voyage from London to Amlwch, Anglesey.[64]
Judith  United Kingdom The schooner was damaged by fire at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.[52]
Neptune  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Workington. She was refloated and taken in to Workington.[52]
Surf  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the brig Istria ( Austria-Hungary) and sank off Ailsa Craig with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Istria.[65]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Adam White, and
Harvest Maid		  United Kingdom The schooners collided at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Adam White was severely damaged. Harvest Maid was beached.[66][67]
Æolus  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clarendon Head, Caithness. Her six crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.[66][65]
Bruce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.[66] She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Pensacola, Florida, United States.[59]
Celtic  United Kingdom The steamship struck sunken wreckage and damaged her propeller. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to New York. She was towed back to Queenston by SS Gaelic (1872).[68]
Farnham  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde.[65] Her crew were rescued.[59]
Georg Wilhelm  Russia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lista, Norway. Her crew were rescued.[65][61]
Ida  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Holy Isle. Her crew were rescued.[65] She was refloated on 20 January.[67]
I'll Try  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown.[66]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered. Her six crew were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat Bolton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jessie was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Calais, France.[64][69]
Loch Ard  United Kingdom The ship broke from her moorings in the Clyde upstream of Helensburgh. She collided with a Customs cutter and two schooners. All on board were taken off by a steamship. Loch Ard was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria.[69][66][59] She was refloated.[61] She had been refloated by 27 January, resuming her voyage on that day.[70]
Minnehaha  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked off Peninnis Head, Isles of Scilly with the loss of ten of the nineteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dublin.[65]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Lamlash. Isle of Arran.[69]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The ships were driven ashore on Holy Isle.[66]

[65]

Two unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The schooners were driven ashore at Campbeltown. One of them was refloated.[66]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Dryad  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Roeia Bay, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. She was refloated.[47]
Essex  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her six crew were rescued by the Banff Lifeboat John and Sarah ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[69] Essex subsequently came ashore in Banff Bay.[47]
Jeanne and Joseph  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[59]
Killarney  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands, caught fire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[47][71] She was refloated in early February and taken in to "Oostkolk" for temporary repairs.[44]
Linda Flor  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[47]
Mary  United Kingdom The barque Mary collided off the barque Witness ( United Kingdom) off Deal, Kent and foundered. Mary was on a voyage from London to Tobago.[72][47][67]
Melbourne  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean and was abandoned by her crew.[73] She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire.[74]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Criterion  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Smyrna.[57]
Dinnington  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated and put back to Goole.[47]
Scottish Bride Canada Canada The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Parodi C. ( Italy). Scottish Bride was on a voyage from New York, United States to Málaga, Spain.[57][75]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth Hamilton United States The ship collided with George ( United Kingdom) and ran aground at St. George's, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from St. George's to New York.[76][77]
Frieda  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Garston, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Runcorn, Cheshire.[67]
Northumberland  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland.[67]
Paragon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The barque was driven ashore at "Itapoan", Brazil and was wrecked.[78]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Bernhard  Germany The ship departed from Lagos, Lagos Colony for Aarhus, Denmark. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[79]
Diamantina New South Wales The steamship struck rocks and was beached at Port Macquarie.[80] She was repaired and refloated.[81]
Ensign  United Kingdom The brig struck a reef off the Isla de Juventud, Cuba and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[82]
Golden Plover  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Dunkirk, Nord.[39] She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Dunkirk. She was later refloated and towed in to Dunkirk.[83]
Liffey  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Salisbury Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[71]
Netherton  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Calais, France.[71][39]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Alexander Lavally France The steamship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York, United States.[20] She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York City, United States[41]
Rose Spain The steamship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremen, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[39]
Ville de La Rochelle France The steamship was driven ashore at Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Pomaron (aka Pomarão), Portugal to Antwerp. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged.[84][83]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Endymion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.[39]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the East Knock Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated with assistance.[84]
Lochnagar  United Kingdom The ship sank at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.[39]
Paradox  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[39]
Victor United States The ship was driven ashore at Smith's Point, New York.[84]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Harriet  United Kingdom The sloop collided with the steamship Tanjore ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames. Her crew were rescued.[83][85]
Ituna  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Excelsior ( United Kingdom). Ituna was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[86][87]
Olivia  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew survived.[84]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Jane Jackson  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Sow and Pigs Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland.[84]
Kathleen Canada Canada The barque collided with Mallowdale ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Mallowdale. Kathleen was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremen, Germany.[84] She was subsequently beached at Dover, Kent.[85]
Marco Polo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.[84]
Margaret Ridley  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea east of Malta with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by a Greek brig. She was on a voyage from Harbour Grace, Nova Scotia, Canada to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[86]
Stjorn Norway The brig was driven ashore at Jérémie, Haiti. She was consequently condemned.[88]
St. Louis Norway The ship was driven ashore at Strömstad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Hull.[37]
Superb  Russia The brig was driven ashore at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[84]
Vest  United Kingdom The tug sank at Belfast, County Antrim.[84]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
J. H. Nicolai  Germany The barque was abandoned at sea and was scuttled. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Severn ( United Kingdom).[28]
Seaflower  United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the smack Eliza Louisa ( United Kingdom).[89]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Clifton Belle  United Kingdom The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Greenock, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]
Mohawk  United Kingdom The ship departed from Pensacola for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
Egyptien France The steamship was driven ashore at Livorno, Italy. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Livorno.[90]
Eliza Augusta  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Campbeltown.[91]
James Paterson Queensland The steamship was driven ashore on Masthead Island.[92] She was on a voyage from Maryborough to Sydney, New South Wales. She was later refloated and taken in to Gladstone[81]
Jane Cory  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[93]
Jane Ellen  United Kingdom The smack foundered off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived .[93]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[91] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[90]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1874
ShipStateDescription
'Glaucus United States The steamship caught fire at Boston, Massachusetts and was scuttled.[76]

31 January

Unknown date

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