List of shipwrecks in 1867
The list of shipwrecks in 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1867 .
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1867
Ship
State
Description
Antelope
United States
The passenger-cargo steamer burned at Buffalo , New York . She was rebuilt and returned to service.[ 1]
Carlotta
Flag unknown
The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," 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 .[ 2]
Charles E. Pope
Flag 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 .[ 2]
Ciudad Condal
Spain
The steamship sank on 12 July or 12 August. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Sisal , Mexico.[ 3]
Cordula
Flag unknown
The full-rigged ship 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 .[ 2]
HMS Doterel
Royal Navy
The Britomart -class gunboat ran aground four times between 26 June and 19 September.[ 4]
Eliza
Flag unknown
The coal hulk was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly . Her figurehead is in the Tresco Abbey Gardens on Tresco .[ 5]
General McNeil
Flag unknown
The sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Howards Bend near St. Louis , Missouri , sometime during the 1860s.[ 6]
G. W. Hinson
Flag 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 .[ 2]
Hawkhead
New Zealand
Wreckage from the schooner was discovered off the east coast of New Zealand's South Island in June 1867, several months after the vessel was reported missing.[ 7]
HMS Investigator
Royal Navy
The survey ship ran aground in the River Niger . She came under cannon fire from the local inhabitants, with two of her crew killed. She was refloated after 11 days and taken in to Lagos in a severely damaged condition.[ 8]
John Williams
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Niue , in the Pacific Ocean before 1 April. Her crew survived.[ 9] [ 10]
O.K.
United States
The 48- or 75-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost in either 1867 or 1881.[ 11]
Phoenix
New Zealand
The schooner left Okarito for Dunedin on 13 May, and was not seen again.[ 7]
Platt Valley
United States
The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River near the Arkansas shoreline across from Memphis , Tennessee , after striking the wreck of the sidewheel ram CSS General Beauregard ( Confederate States Navy ).[ 12]
Shooting Star
United States
The clipper was wrecked off the coast of Formosa .
Thomas Bazley
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the River Niger at Lokoja . She was refloated after 14 days.[ 8]
Village Belle
New Zealand
The brigantine left Bluff Harbour in late April en route for Newcastle, New South Wales . She sat out a storm in Foveaux Strait for several weeks, but was not seen again after that.[ 13]
References
Notes
^ Krueger, Andrew, "‘Spectacularly intact’ 1897 shipwreck discovered in Lake Superior," Forum News Service, September 15, 2016 Accessed 9 July 2021
^ a b c d "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" " . Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01 .
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 25895. London. 21 August 1867. col F, p. 10.
^ "Naval Disasters Since 1860". Hampshire Telegraph . No. 4250. Portsmouth. 10 May 1873.
^ "Eliza" . Geograph. Retrieved 8 August 2012 .
^ Gaines, p. 106.
^ a b Ingram & Wheatley, p. 147.
^ a b "The West Coast of Africa". Daily News . No. 6707. London. 1 November 1867.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 25890. London. 15 August 1867. col F, p. 11.
^ Wingfield, Chris (2015). "Ship's bell, United Kingdom". In Jacobs, Karen; Knowles, Chantal; Wingfield, Chris (eds.). Trophies, Relics and Curios?: Missionary Heritage from Africa and the Pacific . Leiden: Sidestone Press. pp. 127–9. ISBN 978-90-8890-271-0 .
^ Gaines, p. 30.
^ Gaines, p. 95.
^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 150.
Bibliography
Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869