| Ship | State | Description |
| Alantas |
Flag unknown |
The ship foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed up between Étaples and Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, France on 7 September.[3] |
Alfred Marie, and Onni |
Netherlands
Norway |
The schooner Onni and the brig Alfred Marie collided. Onni sank; her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Køge, Denmark. Alfred Marie was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Delfzijl, Groningen. She put in to Helsingør, Denmark.[28] |
| Bridegroom |
United Kingdom |
The barquentine was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile.[3] |
| Cambridge |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Holywood Bank, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[10] |
| Chimon |
Greece |
The schooner collided with the steamship Ceres ( Netherlands) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
| Colombo |
Italy |
The schooner ran aground on the Marzocco Bank, in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Susa, Ottoman Tripolitania to Livorno.[5] |
| Colombo |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Belfast. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15] |
| Dauntless |
United Kingdom |
The smack ran aground on the North Rock, off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Belfast.[28] |
| Earl of Wemyss |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Levuka, Fiji Islands to the Ba River. She was refloated and taken in to Ba, Fiji Islands in a leaky condition.[41] |
| Elisa |
Spain |
The barque was in abandoned early September. Her were rescued by the brig Claason ( United Kingdom).[46] |
| Elise |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[10] |
| Eliza Ann |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
| Eliza Campbell |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Falmouth, Cornwall.[3] |
| Frederick Scalla |
Germany |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig F. Y. Merryman ( United States).[47] |
| Gainsford |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Casillo", Uruguay.[15] |
| George |
United Kingdom |
The Thames barge struck a sunken wreck and sank at the Nore. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to London.[5] |
| George Gordon |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Eastern Fields Reef, off the coast of Queensland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[30][48] |
| Glencoe |
United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground on the Plough Rock, off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew survived.[41] |
| Halcyon |
United States |
The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Cette, Hérault, France.[41] |
| Janie |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was wrecked in the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to the Rio Grande.[41] |
| John Eills |
Canada |
The ship was wrecked on the Memory Rock. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to New York, United States.[6] |
| Kate |
United Kingdom |
The ketch was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[10] |
| Lake Champlain |
Canada |
The steamship sank at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Liverpool. She was later refloated.[40] |
| Lastingham |
United Kingdom |
The ship was lost on Port Jackson Head, Cook's Straight with the loss of fourteen of the 31 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand.[49][6] |
| Levant |
United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands.[5] |
| Levenvale |
United Kingdom |
The steamship struck a rock and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the Île Vierge, Finistère, France. Her crew survived.[39] She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Poti, Russia.[28] |
| Marseille |
France |
The steamship was driven ashore near Key West. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[41] |
| Minnie Butler |
 |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Kepler ( United Kingdom).[50] |
| Œnone |
United Kingdom |
The yacht sprang a leak and was beached near Knockadoon Head, County Cork. She was severely damaged and was abandoned as a total loss.[10] Œnone was refloated on 9 September and towed in to Youghal, County Cork.[14] |
| Perseverance |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Oxwich, Glamorgan.[5] |
| Saintonge |
United Kingdom |
The steamship collided with another vessel and was beached at Swansea, Glamorgan.[28] |
| St. Pierre |
France |
The steamship collided with the steamship Janus ( United Kingdom) and sank at Bordeaux.[40] |
| Sully |
France |
The barque was driven ashore in the Marquesas Keys. She was on a voyage from Mexico to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and towed in to Key West, Florida, United States.[26] |
| Swallow |
United States |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Nineteen crew were rescued by the barque Ernst Ludwig Holtz ( Germany).[51] |
| Traveller |
Norway |
The barque ran aground in the River Avon near the Clifton Suspension Bridge. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[40] |
| Ville de Bordeaux |
France |
The steamship was driven ashore on Guadeloupe. She was refloated and towed in to Martinique.[14] |
| Whitby Abbey |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople.[26] |
| William |
United Kingdom |
The brigantine was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her seven crew survived;[11] three of them were rescued from a raft by the steamship Maggie ( United Kingdom).[12] |
| Zazel |
United Kingdom |
The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked in Llandudno Bay. Her crew were rescued.[10] |
| Unnamed |
Austria-Hungary |
The ship was run down and sunk off the coast of Istria by the steamship Calabria ( Italy) with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Calabria.[2] |