- Source: List of shipwrecks in December 1881
- Orang Māori
- Catlins
- List of shipwrecks in December 1881
- List of shipwrecks in 1881
- List of shipwrecks in December 1944
- List of shipwrecks in January 1881
- List of shipwrecks in April 1881
- List of shipwrecks in October 1881
- List of shipwrecks in November 1881
- List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (1881–1890)
- List of shipwrecks of Canada
- List of shipwrecks in May 1881
The list of shipwrecks in December 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1881.
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2 December
3 December
4 December
5 December
6 December
7 December
8 December
9 December
10 December
11 December
12 December
13 December
14 December
15 December
16 December
17 December
18 December
19 December
20 December
21 December
23 December
24 December
25 December
26 December
27 December
28 December
29 December
30 December
Unknown date
References
= Bibliography
=Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.