| Ship | State | Description |
| Alarm | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice.[1] |
| Alice | New South Wales | The brigantine was driven ashore.[2] |
| Aurora | New Zealand | The schooner was driven ashore at Timaru.[3] |
| B. C. Schriviner | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[4] |
| Betsy | New Zealand | The cutter left Napier bound for Auckland and was never seen again.[5] |
| Cessina | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked on Flinders Island, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Adelaide, South Australia.[6] |
| Challenger | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Avoca ( South Australia and sank in Port Phillip Bay.[7] |
| Charles Edward | New Zealand | The steamship struck a rock near Hokitika and sank.[8] |
| Clarissa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Tahiti.[9] |
| Colonist | New South Wales | The ship ran aground on the Elizabeth Reef. She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia.[3] |
| Countess of Sheffield | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Torres Strait.[10] |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands with loss of life. Five survivors took to the jolly boat, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Southport, Lancashire on 23 March.[11] |
| Edward Edgar | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Valentia Island, County Cork according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Ilfracombe, Devon in September.[12] |
| Eli Whitney | United States | The ship was wrecked on Tahiti. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California.[13] |
| Gilman D. King | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[4] |
| Highlander | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Newcastle, New South Wales.[14] |
| Il'mena | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship sank. She was refloated by means of air bags.[15] |
| Jane | New Zealand | The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from the Bay of Islands to Thames.[16] |
| Jeanie Oswald | South Australia | The ship ran aground in the Fitzroy River. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to Rockhampton, Queensland. She was consequently condemned.[17] |
| John Collins | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[4] |
| Lagos | United Kingdom | The sailing barge was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 31 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lagos, Africa.[18] |
| Layard | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Timaru.[3] |
| Leon | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in Chichora Bay and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[19] |
| Lizzie Lane | Unknown | The sloop was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[4] |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.[19] |
| Metch | Imperial Russian Navy | The gunboat sank at Tranzund, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated by means of air bags.[15] |
| Myrtle | United States | The schooner was wrecked in the Aleutian Islands late in 1870.[20] |
| Othello | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice.[1] |
| Pocumtuck | United States | The fishing schooner was run ashore near Ship Harbor, Nova Scotia. Condemned and sold.[21] |
| Scudd | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[4] |
| Star of the East | New Zealand | The steamship was lost near Napier.[3] |
| Stormbird | New South Wales | The schooner was abandoned off Green Cape.[3] |
| Summer Cloud | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked in Wreck Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle.[22] |
| United Brothers | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice.[1] |