List of shipwrecks in December 1865
The list of shipwrecks in December 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1865 .
1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Dane
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked at Cape Recife , Cape Colony . All on board were rescued.[ 1] She was on a voyage from Simons Bay to Zanzibar .[ 2]
Ed Air
United States
The 35-ton screw steamer was stranded at Big Bone, Kentucky .[ 3]
Esterios
Flag unknown
The schooner was wrecked in the Kowie River , Cape Colony.[ 2] She was on a voyage from Grahamstown , Cape Colony to London , United Kingdom .[ 4]
Loyalist
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire at Holmes Hole , Massachusetts , United States. She was on a voyage from Wareham, Dorset to New York , United States.[ 5] [ 6]
P. Breman
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Antigonish, Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Chatham, New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 7]
Progress
United States
The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Arkansas River in Arkansas with the loss of 20 lives.[ 8]
HMS Research
Royal Navy
The Camelion -class sloop ran aground at Harrington Point, County Waterford . She was refloated the next day and sailed for Portsmouth , Hampshire .
Sarnia
British North America
The barque was driven ashore east of Swansea , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Cork to Cardiff , Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Swansea.[ 9]
Uncas
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship collided with the steamship Mæander ( United Kingdom ) and sank off the Tusker Rock . Her crew were rescued by Mæander .[ 10] [ 11] [ 9] Uncas was on a voyage from Callao , Peru to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 12]
2 December
3 December
4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Christiana
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the smack United Friends ( United Kingdom ) and sank off the Cork Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew were rescued by United Friends , which was severely damaged. Christiana was on a voyage from Ipswich , Suffolk to Scarborough , Yorkshire .[ 18] [ 20] She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Harwich , Essex .[ 21]
Congress
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Calais , France. . She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to China .[ 22]
Dolphin
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at South Shields , County Durham when the brig Halcyon ( United Kingdom ) heeled over onto her.[ 19]
Dresden
United States
The ship departed from Belfast , County Antrim , United Kingdom for Boston, Massachusetts . No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[ 23]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk .[ 19] [ 24] She was on a voyage from Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland to Gosport , Hampshire .[ 22] She was refloated on 8 December and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk.[ 13]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Well Bank and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by the barque Æquivalent ( Norway ). Harmony was on a voyage from Danzig to London.[ 25] She was subsequently discovered in the Dogger Bank and was towed in to South Shields by the tugs Rapin and Robin Hood (both United Kingdom ).[ 26]
Herschel
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay . All on board were rescued.[ 27] [ 28]
Hound
United Kingdom
The fishing smack was abandoned in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon . Her crew were rescued by Union ( United Kingdom ). Hound was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 29]
James Lamb
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Hooghly ( United Kingdom ). James Lamb was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana to London. She was subsequently discovered by Queen of the South ( United Kingdom ), which put six crew on board with the intention of taking her in to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 30] [ 31]
Lymons
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Bondy Island" before 5 December. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 30] [ 32]
Matthewan
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the lugger Hjorne ( France ) and sank. she was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 18]
Rover
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Elbow End Sand, off the mouth of the River Tay . She was refloated and taken in to Dundee , Forfarshire in a leaky condition.[ 33]
5 December
6 December
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Barbadian
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford with the loss of one of the 40 people on board. Twenty-five people reached shore in boats, the rest were rescued by the Rosslare and Wexford Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Barbadoes .[ 36] [ 37] [ 22] [ 38] [ 39]
Benjamin
United Kingdom
The Humber Keel sank in the Humber at Hull , Yorkshire .[ 40]
D' Alberti
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and was beached 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Montauk Point , New York , United StatesShe was on a voyage from New York City to Guadeloupe .[ 6] [ 41]
Invergordon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Bredegrund, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to London . She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 22] [ 42]
Leander
United Kingdom
The paddle tug collided with Harmony ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Tynemouth , Northumberland . Her four crew were rescued by Harmony .[ 24]
Pioneer
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked in the River Tay .[ 22]
Princess
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Abertay Sand, at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 43]
Seraphina
United Kingdom
The lugger ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolf.[ 22]
Sioux City
United States
The 379-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Mississippi River at St. Louis , Missouri . She later was refloated.[ 44]
Vivid
United Kingdom
The Humber Keel was run into another Humber Keel and sank in the Humber at the mouth of the River Hull . All on board were rescued by a French vessel.[ 40]
7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Blue Bell
United Kingdom
The schooner was damaged by fire at Aberdeen .[ 45]
Casilda
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Caravan ( United Kingdom ). Casilda was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama .[ 46] [ 47]
Cranefoot
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked in St. George's Bay , Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 42]
Firefly
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Holkham , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 26]
Hope
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Belgian ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Mersey . She was refloated on 10 December and beached at Woodside, Cheshire .[ 48]
Jane McDonald
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Ystad , Sweden to London . She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 13] [ 49]
Jenny
Netherlands
The galiot abandoned in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat . She was driven ashore at Cairnbulg , Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 49] [ 26]
Marquis of Bute
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Rhymney , Glamorgan . She was refloated and taken in to Penarth , Glamorgan in a severely damaged condition.[ 13]
Neptunus
Stralsund
The ship was driven ashore at Darßser Ort . She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Swinemünde , Prussia . She was refloated the next day and towed in to Stralsund for repairs.[ 50] [ 51]
Onulaska
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire for Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 52]
8 December
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Daniel O' Connell
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay . Five crew were rescued by the Tyrella Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Newry , County Antrim .[ 53] [ 49] [ 39]
Gem of the Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Runnel Stone . She was on a voyage from Penzance to Saint Ives , Cornwall . She was taken in tow, but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued.[ 50]
Gertrude
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off the Lista Lighthouse , Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Stettin . She had broken in two by 12 December and was a total loss.[ 54]
Navigator
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Niding Reef, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Vindava , Courland Governorate to Grimsby , Lincolnshire . She was refloated and put in to Gothenburg , Sweden in a leaky condition.[ 49]
Surprise
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Stornoway , Isle of Lewis , Outer Hebrides . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic , Caernarfonshire to Alloa , Clackmannanshire She had become a wreck by 28 December.[ 55]
Trym
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Eskmeals , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from the British Cameroons to Liverpool.[ 53] [ 13] [ 5] She was refloated in mid-December and resumed her voyage.[ 56]
Wickopee
United States
The ship ran aground at Peel, Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston, South Carolina .[ 53]
9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in the Dardanelles . She was on a voyage from Brăila , Ottoman Empire to an English port.[ 57] [ 58]
Chevalier
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Crosby, Lancashire .[ 48] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 59]
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "Cerito Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ketch , Russia to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 60] She was later refloated and taken in to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire , where she arrived on 25 December.[ 61]
Forwartz
Prussia
The schooner was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.[ 58]
Frederick
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at Demerara , British Guiana . She was on a voyage from Demerara to Hartlepool , County Durham . She was refloated but had to be beached. Frederick canted over and was wrecked.[ 62]
Gertrude
Norway
The ship was driven ashore near Farsund .[ 50]
James Caskie
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 63]
Lord Mostyn
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with Eugenie ( United Kingdom ) and was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire .[ 48]
Maitland
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats , Northumberland .[ 48] She was refloated and towed in to the River Tyne .[ 26]
Maria
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore north of Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Stockton-on-Tees. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 26]
Moderation
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Demerara , British Guiana . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Demerara. She was refloated.[ 64]
Phoenix
Norway
The barque was wrecked on the Jadder, in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to Arendal .[ 41]
Seraphina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Crosby. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco , Brazil to Liverpool.[ 65]
Symbol
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 26]
Tasmanian
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana , Cuba .[ 38]
Upland
Rostock
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Psara , Greece . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Mahon , Spain to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[ 66]
10 December
11 December
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Admiral
France
The ship collided with General Havelock ( United Kingdom ) in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by General Havelock .[ 68] [ 69]
Canning
British North America
The brigantine departed from Greenock , Renfrewshire for Barbadoes . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 70]
Charles
France
The ship departed from "Kneuel", Morbihan for Naples , Italy . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 71]
Fanny
Prussia
The brig ran aground at Swinemünde . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Swinemünde.[ 5] She was refloated on 15 December.[ 72]
Lucy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk .[ 73] She was later abandoned by her crew.[ 30]
R. R. H.
British North America
The brig was wrecked at Broad Cove, Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 41]
12 December
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Constitution
United States
The 944-ton screw steamer was wrecked at Cape Lookout , North Carolina with the loss of 40 lives.[ 74]
Emilie Friederike
Prussia
The ship was abandoned off the coast of Norway. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde .[ 51]
Friedrich Overbeck
Lübeck
The ship schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Riga , Russia with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Tayport , Fife , United Kingdom to Riga.[ 25]
Pladda
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Cobblers Reef, off Barbadoes . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Barbadoes.[ 75] [ 76]
Ross D Mangles
United Kingdom
The ship ran ashore at Dunkerque , Nord . She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was later refloated.[ 5]
HMS Sphynx
Royal Navy
The sloop of war was driven ashore on the coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Port Royal . Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[ 77]
Summer Fly
United Kingdom
The schooner was severely damaged by fire in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Dénia , Spain to Liverpool , Lancashire . The fire was extinguished with assistance from the tug Cruiser ( United Kingdom ) and she was taken in to Liverpool.[ 78] [ 79]
Volunteer
United Kingdom
The schooner was run in to by the steamship Minerva ( United Kingdom ) and sank with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Plymouth , Devon .[ 42]
13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Ella
United States
The 173-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River at Little Rock .[ 80]
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kavarna , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Sulina , Ottoman Empire to an English port. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 60]
Fanny Buck , andSamphire
United States United Kingdom
The steamship Samphire collided with the barque Fanny Buck in the English Channel 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) off Dover , Kent and was severely damaged at the bows with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by La Belgique ( Belgium ). Samphire was on a voyage from Dover to Calais , France. She was towed in to Dover. Fanny Buck was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom . Two of her crew had got on board Samphire and were rescued by La Belgique . She put in to Dover severely damaged at the bows[ 81]
Hound
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank off the coast of Brazil . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Pará , Brazil.[ 82]
Juanita
Spain
The ship collided with the steamship Millbank ( United Kingdom ) and was beached at Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Maranhão , Empire of Brazil . She was subsequently refloated and towed in to Gibraltar in a waterlogged condition.[ 83] [ 84]
Maas
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground near "Bueill". She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 5]
Maid of the Yarra
Flag unknown
The steamer was wrecked just inside the mouth of New Zealand's Hokitika River . Her keel struck the bottom of the river's channel and she became unresponsive. A heavy sea was running, and breached over her. She became beached and it was found that she had been badly holed. All crew and passengers survived.[ 85]
Ovington
United Kingdom
The paddle tug capsized and sank at Sunderland, County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 5] [ 51]
Palmar
Belgium
The ship was wrecked on "Balmahuy Island", Argyllshire , United Kingdom. Her captain was rescued.[ 86]
William Edward Ashby
United States
The ship collided with the steamship Ariadne ( United States ) and sank off Barnegat, New Jersey . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France to New York .[ 87]
14 December
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Anne Laity Banfield
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Scallmartin Rocks, in the Belfast Lough . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Monte Video , Uruguay.[ 42] She was refloated on 16 December and towed in to Belfast , County Antrim by two tugs .[ 7]
Ayrshire
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Muckle Roe , Shetland Islands . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 55] [ 88]
Ino
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was refloated with the assistance of a smack and a tug and taken in to Southend-on-Sea , Essex.[ 51]
Lucy
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk .[ 26]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The fishing trawler collided with the steamship Tuskar ( United Kingdom ) and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of Lambay Island , County Dublin . Her four crew survived.[ 89]
Zwarte Dost
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Pinke Gat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Groningen .[ 51]
15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Ada
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Aberdeen . She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hong Kong . She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 5]
Albion
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in Bridlington Bay . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Hastings ( United Kingdom ). Albion was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham to Perth .[ 90]
Amphitrite
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea , Norfolk , having been abandoned by her crew.[ 91] [ 51] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Chatham, Kent .[ 42]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship collided with a brig and sank in the English Channel off St Alban's Head , Dorset . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight to Plymouth , Devon .[ 92]
Camilla
United Kingdom
The brig foundered off Folkestone , Kent . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Fécamp , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 21]
Delogate
France
The schooner sank in the Mediterranean Sea . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Massina ( United Kingdom ).[ 31]
Duchess of Portland
United Kingdom
The ship was beached at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from South Shields to London . She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington , Yorkshire.[ 5]
Dunkfaskeil
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore at Gröde , Duchy of Holstein . She was on a voyage from Bremen to an English port.[ 72]
Hawk
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Caernarfon . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Barmouth , Merionethshire .[ 5] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Caernarfon.[ 21]
Jens Nordentoffs
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore at Hals .[ 5]
Ludgemas
Sweden
The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Smyrna , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated with the assistance of some smacks and assisted in to Harwich , Essex.[ 5]
Margarethe
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at Thorup, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Bordeaux , Gironde , France.[ 21] [ 93]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked at Runswick , Yorkshire with the loss of all three people on board.[ 51]
Norsomheden
Dantzic
The ship was wrecked near "Fairwater". She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Kristiansand , Norway.[ 5]
Peerless
United States
The 227-ton sidewheel paddle steamer capsized and burned after striking the wreck of the gunboat USS Black Hawk ( United States Navy ) in the Ohio River 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) upstream of Cairo, Illinois .[ 94]
St. Anne
France
The lugger sank off "Portzall". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Grande Island" to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 72]
Statesman
United Kingdom
The ship departed from North Shields , Northumberland for New York , United States. Subsequently reported as missing.[ 95]
Uchimoff
Russia
The steamship ran aground at "Ingurbournen", in the Dardanelles .[ 42]
Yuba
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Charleston, South Carolina , United States.[ 42]
Zeeploeg
Netherlands
The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom. Her seven crew were rescued by the tug Aid ( United Kingdom ) and the Ramsgate Lifeboat.[ 91] She was on a voyage from South Shields to Trieste .[ 42] [ 39]
16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Admiral
United States
The steamboat was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri .[ 96]
Calypso
United States
The 245-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at St. Louis.[ 97]
China
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the coast of County Wicklow .[ 98]
Geneva
United States
The 127-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at St. Louis.[ 99]
Highlander
United States
The 241-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank after striking ice in the Tennessee River at Johnsonville, Tennessee .[ 100]
Lizzie Fenwick
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Don ( Spain ). Lizzie Fenwick was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 101]
Metropolitan
United States
The 313-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at St. Louis.[ 102]
USS New Ironsides
United States Navy
The broadside ironclad was destroyed by fire while laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
Omaha
United States
The 307-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at St. Louis.[ 103]
Persian
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk .[ 5] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Trieste . She was refloated the next day and assisted in to Lowestoft , Suffolk , where she ran aground.[ 21]
Reina de las Mares
Spain
The ship was run into by the steamship Alabama ( United States ) and was cut in two. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to New York , United States.[ 46]
Rosalie
United States
The 158-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at St. Louis.[ 104]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham .[ 90]
Unnamed
Kingdom of Greece
The ship was wrecked on Kythira .[ 93]
Unnamed
France
The ship was wrecked on Kythira with the loss of all hands.[ 93]
17 December
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Aurora
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Boston, Lincolnshire for London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 105]
Cotopaxi
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Roar Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Kent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria , Egypt . She was refloated with assistance from the Coast Guard and resumed her voyage.[ 21]
George Duncan
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia , Italy . Her crew were rescued by HMS Arethusa ( Royal Navy ). George Duncan was on a voyage from Brăila , Ottoman Empire to Cork .[ 106] [ 41] [ 105]
Marietta
Italy
The brig was wrecked near Bône , Algeria with the loss of three of her nine crew.[ 107]
Nicolina
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked near Bône. Her crew were rescued.[ 107]
Ocean Star
United States
The ship was wrecked on the coast of New Jersey . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia , British North America to New York .[ 108]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Galeta Island , Algeria. Her crew were rescued by the brig Unione ( Austrian Empire ). Resolution was on a voyage from Trieste to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 109]
Ripple
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Londonderry . She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich , Essex.[ 21]
Roanoke
United States
The 266-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked in the Mississippi River near Commerce, Missouri .[ 104]
Taxarchis
Greece
The brig collided with the barque Isabella Harnet ( United Kingdom ) and was abandoned in the Sea of Marmara with the loss of a crew member. She was subsequently taken in to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[ 29]
Vulfraud
France
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Algeria. Her crew were rescued.[ 107]
18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Arethusa
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and towed in to Sheerness , Kent .[ 21]
Israel R. Snow , or Israel L. Snow
United States
The 95-ton schooner , carrying a cargo of 800 bushels of lime and 100 bushels of potatoes from Rockland, Maine , to Savannah, Georgia , was beached on Tybee Island , Georgia , leaking and with her cargo on fire.[ 110]
Jubilee
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Shanghai , China . She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai.[ 111]
La Plouzecan
Flag unknown
The ship collided with a steamship and foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme Head , Caernarfonshire , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued.[ 92] She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Cádiz , Spain.[ 112] [ 57]
Noel
British North America
The brigantine was wrecked on Tiree , Inner Hebrides . Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to the Clyde .[ 113] [ 114] [ 115]
Powerful
Brazil
The steamship was wrecked at Albardão with the loss of 21 lives out of about 500 people on board. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to the Rio Grande .[ 116] [ 111]
Saltram
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Mawes , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Neath , Glamorgan to Torquay , Devon .[ 57] [ 84]
Theodor
Russia
The barque was wrecked at Pozzallo , Sicily , Italy . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 93] [ 29]
19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Erstatningen
Norway
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Harris , Outer Hebrides , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued.[ 55]
Galatea
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the brig Jordan off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire and was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Goole , Yorkshire .[ 93]
Minna Larsen
Norway
The brig was driven ashore at "Agnona", Sicily , Italy . Her crew were rescued.[ 72]
Rob Roy
United Kingdom
The skiff was run into by the tug Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom and sank in the Swash, off the coast of Glamorgan .[ 72] [ 6]
Sirocco
British North America
The ship was wrecked at Red Island , Newfoundland .[ 117]
Unidentified
British North America
The ship, thought to be either Captain Ross or Captain Stirling , was wrecked at Red Island.[ 117]
20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Aggripina
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Cyclone ( United Kingdom ). Aggripina was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 118] [ 28]
Borysthenes
France
The steamship struck a rock and was wrecked off Cape Blanco , French Algeria with the loss of 53 lives. More than 200 survivors reached Plane Island .[ 119] [ 107] [ 120] She was on a voyage form Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Oran , Algeria.[ 31]
Christiana
United States
The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to New York .[ 121]
Lilly
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Port William, Wigtownshire . She was on a voyage from Runcorn , Cheshire to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 84]
R. A. Hevin
United States
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ship Island , Mississippi .[ 122]
Nordtyset
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Taganrog , Russia to Great Yarmouth.[ 6]
Okadona
United States
The ship wrecked off Fayal Island , Azores . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore, Maryland .[ 123]
Philomele
France
The brig was wrecked near Bougie , Algeria. Her crew were rescued.[ 107]
St. Malo
France
The steamship ran aground on the Crapaud Rock, off Jersey , Channel Islands . She was on a voyage from Jersey to Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 84]
Tararua
New Zealand
The steamship ran aground at Cape Farewell . She was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales to Nelson . She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.[ 124]
Two Marys
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 125]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The barque ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk. She was refloated.[ 6]
21 December
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Adele
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Nieuwpoort to Cardiff , Glamorgan . She was refloated with the assistance of a smack and put in to Calais , France in a leaky condition.[ 41]
Admiral Magon
France
The brig was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine . One crew member was left on board, he was subsequently rescued by Gustav (Flag unknown) along with three cats and a dog.[ 126] [ 127]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dublin .[ 128]
Edouard Virginie
France
The ship was driven ashore near Malltraeth , Anglesey , United Kingdom . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to Liverpool[ 84]
Ellen Forrest
United States
The schooner was wrecked on Block Island , Rhode Island .[ 129]
Himalaya
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Anna Kimball ( United States ). Himalaya was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Silloth , Cumberland .[ 55]
Jane Lowden
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. Of her eighteen crew, only her captain survived to be rescued on 18 January 1866 by Ida Elizabeth ( Netherlands ). Jane Lowden was on a voyage from Quebec City to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 130]
Johann II
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth , Devon , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United States.[ 84]
Martha
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near Donaghadee , County Down . She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island , British North America to Liverpool.[ 128]
Mary E. Thompson
United States
Carrying a cargo of cotton , hides , and wool , the brig was wrecked on Block Island.[ 129]
22 December
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Auguste
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Annagassan , County Louth , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to Newry , County Antrim , United Kingdom.[ 106] [ 41]
Coke
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea , Northumberland to Goole , Yorkshire .[ 31]
Ellen Maria
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Apalachicola, Florida , United States and was scuttled.[ 61]
Europa
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground and was damaged at Swansea , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Alicante , Spain to Swansea.[ 31] She was refloated on 25 December and taken in to Swansea.[ 41]
Jew
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition.[ 122]
Mohawk
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off the coast of County Kerry in distress. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Portugal to London . Subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands, wreckaged washed ashore on the coast of County Kerry.[ 131]
New Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Brune ( France ) and sank in the English Channel . Her crew were rescued by Brune .[ 41] New Friendship was on a voyage from Youghal , County Cork to Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 87]
Oceana
Norway
The barque ran aground on the Upper Middle Sand. She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to New York in a leaky condition.[ 29]
Ocean Bride
United Kingdom
The tug was run down and sunk off Sunderland, County Durham by the steamship Reliance ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued.[ 84]
São José II
Portugal
The brigantine was wrecked at São Miguel Island , Azores . She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island to Lisbon .[ 60]
Scotchman
United Kingdom
The schooner departed from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland for Tralee , County Kerry . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 132]
Three Sisters
United States
The ship caught fire in the Scheldt and was beached near Vlissingen , Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to New York . She was severely damaged.[ 84]
23 December
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
City of Dunedin
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Middle Rangafulla Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Calcutta , India .[ 133]
Ernste
Sweden
The ship departed from Helsingborg for Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 134]
Ibis
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballycroneen Bay, County Cork with the loss of nineteen of the 40 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the steamship City of London ( United Kingdom ). Ibis was on a voyage from London to Cork .[ 135] [ 136] [ 31]
Idaho
United States
The 522-ton screw steamer was stranded at Barnegat, New Jersey .[ 137]
Tigress
United States
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°30′N 49°30′W / 39.500°N 49.500°W / 39.500; -49.500 ). Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Triton ( Denmark ). Tigress was on a voyage from Navassa Island to Hull[ 138] [ 139]
Tritonia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated with the assistance of some smacks and resumed her voyage.[ 41]
Waverley
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Shipwash sand. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. She was refloated with the assistance of some smacks and resumed her voyage.[ 41]
Wilhelmina
Stralsund
The schooner was driven ashore at Rattray Head , Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. The Peterhead Lifeboat People' s Journal ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ) rescued one man. Wilhelmina was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Newry , County Antrim , United Kingdom.[ 84] [ 106] [ 41] [ 39]
24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Armada
British North America
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Goat Island , Maine , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 140] [ 141]
Ayrshire
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Muckle Roe , Shetland Islands . She was on a voyage from Lerwick , Shetland Islands to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 142]
Echo
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Bathurst , Gambia Colony and Protectorate .[ 143]
Edouard
France
The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Bridlington , Yorkshire , United Kingdom . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 41]
Heinrich
Greifswald
The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Skagen , Denmark with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Swinemünde , Prussia .[ 62]
John
United Kingdom
The sloop sank at Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 41]
Leviathan
British North America
The schooner was driven ashore at Cutler, Maine , United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , United States to Saint John, New Brunswick .[ 141]
Mary Blades
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . All sixteen people on board were rescued by the schooner Koret ( United States ). Mary Blades was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom.[ 144]
Newton
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked off Nantucket, Massachusetts , United States with the loss of all hands.[ 145] She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.[ 146] [ 122]
Owen Glendower
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Mauritius . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to a port in Peru.[ 144] [ 147]
Vision
New Zealand
The cutter went ashore on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and was wrecked.[ 148]
25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Argus
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Harwich , Essex to South Shields , County Durham .[ 41] She had become a wreck by 1 January 1866.[ 34]
Hadgill
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 41]
Isaac and Isabella Blackburn
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Middlesbrough , Yorkshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 41]
Martina Adriana
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 149]
Newton
United States
The 699-ton full-rigged ship was lost off Nantucket Island , Massachusetts .[ 150]
St. Lawrence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Carngaholt", County Kerry . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Alicante , Spain.[ 34]
26 December
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Aggrippina
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned, Her crew were rescued by Cyclone ( United States ). Aggrippina was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 151]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of County Donegal with the loss of four of her 27. She came ashore on "Island Crone" on 27 December.[ 152] [ 64] [ 153] [ 154]
Frithiof
Norway
The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Nova Scotian ( United Kingdom ).[ 46] [ 87] Frithiof was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States to Liverpool.[ 34]
Lexington
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Islay , Inner Hebrides with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana , Cuba .[ 66]
Ljderhorn
Norway
The barque foundered in the Black Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sulina , Ottoman Empire to an English port.[ 87]
Margaret Potter
United Kingdom
The schooner was lost in the Irish Sea with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Faleon ( United Kingdom ).[ 155]
Martina Adriana
Netherlands
The full-rigged ship sank off Hook of Holland , South Holland . She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 41]
Micmac
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Balranald, in the Monach Islands , Outer Hebrides . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Montreal , Province of Canada , British North America to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 156] [ 47] [ 157] [ 158]
Old Colony
United States
The ship was driven ashore near Fort Lafayette , New York .[ 122] She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to New York. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 126]
Paramount
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Colonsay , Inner Hebrides . She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas , United States to Liverpool.[ 159] She came ashore on Islay on 11 January 1866.[ 140]
Tenasserim
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow with the loss of two of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Arklow Lifeboat Arundel Venables ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Tenasserim was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Calcutta , India .[ 160] [ 87] [ 39] [ 161]
William Carey
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Orpheus ( United Kingdom ). William Carey was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[ 162] [ 163]
27 December
28 December
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Commonwealth
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire at Groton, Connecticut .[ 165]
Ida May
United States
The 220-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the Red River of the South 100 nautical miles (190 km) downstream of Shreveport, Louisiana .[ 166]
Neptune
United States
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Cambois and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea , Northumberland , United Kingdom .[ 167] She was on a voyage from New York to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom.[ 62]
Prosper
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook , New Jersey . SHe was on a voyage from Martinique to New York .[ 149]
Severn
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the brigantine R. B. Gove ( United Kingdom ). Severn was on her maiden voyage. from Calcutta , India to London .[ 157]
Sligo
United Kingdom
The steamship struck a sunken rock and was beached at The Rosses , County Donegal . She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 167]
Stafford
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bombay , India . She was refloated.[ 55] [ 62]
Tom Cringle
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on the Bondicar Rocks, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Aberdeen .[ 62]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. The clipper Carrier Dove ( United States ) was unable to give assistance. All hands presumed lost.[ 63]
29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Annabel
United Kingdom
The brig ran ashore and was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Montrose to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 168]
Auguste Maria
France
The ship was driven ashore on the Bee Sands, Devon , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine to Plymouth , Devon.[ 55] She was refloated on 31 December and taken in to Dartmouth, Devon .[ 64]
Cleverage
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Troon , Ayrshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Pernambuco , Brazil .[ 64]
Commonwealth
United States
The 1,732-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Groton, Connecticut , with the loss of one life.[ 169]
Eldorado
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Liverpool for Buenos Aires , Argentina. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 170]
Harrisons
United Kingdom
The brig was driven on to the Fish Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham .[ 167] She was on a voyage from Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure , France to Hartlepool , County Durham.[ 155] She was refloated on 1 January 1866 and taken in to Hartlepool.[ 62]
Juliet
United Kingdom
The barque , carrying sugar and 400 casks of rum from Demerara , British Guiana , to London , was making for Padstow Harbour in Cornwall , England , and drifted ashore. Her seventeen crew were saved by the Padstow Lifeboat ) Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ), and 280 casks of rum were salvaged later.[ 171] [ 39] [ 172]
Kezia
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Burntisland , Fife . She was on a voyage from London to Burntisland.[ 173]
Lady Louisa
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off the mouth of the River Shannon . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Holyrood ( United Kingdom ). Lady Louisa was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Monte Video , Uruguay. She was towed in to the River Shannon by Holyrood .[ 161]
Leves
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Tynemouth , Northumberland . Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat Constance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Leves was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to the River Tyne . She was refloated and towed in to South Shields , County Durham in a severely damaged condition.[ 168]
Princess
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at Dover , Kent .[ 55]
St. George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Colonsay , Inner Hebrides . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to the Bristol Channel [ 174] [ 175]
Union
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat William Wake ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Union was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex to the River Tyne.[ 168] [ 167] She was refloated on 16 January 1866 and taken in to South Shields.[ 176]
Viceroy
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Ellen , Islay . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 156] [ 47] [ 149] [ 177]
Wynyard
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat Constance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Wynyard was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to the River Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[ 168] [ 167]
Zezia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Burntisland , Fife . She was on a voyage from London to Burntisland. She had broken up by 2 January 1866.[ 158]
30 December
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Blair
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Lamlash , Isle of Arran . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Ardrossan , Ayrshire or vice versa . She was refloated on 19 January 1866.[ 47] [ 133]
Diana
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Holy Isle , in the Firth of Clyde . Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Pernambuco , Brazil .[ 178]
Echo
France
The brig was driven ashore on Tiree , Inner Hebrides , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island , British North America to Glasgow , Renfrewshire and/or Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom.[ 179] [ 115] [ 108]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Golden Head, in Galway Bay . She was on a voyage from "Louando" to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 158]
Eugenie
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Ballycroneen Bay, County Cork with the loss of thirteen of her 25 crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 167] [ 152] [ 161] [ 180]
Guy Mannering
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was abandoned off the Mull of Kintyre , Argyllshire . Her crew were rescued by J. P. Wheeler ( United States ). Guy Mannering subsequently foundered.[ 34]
Huntress
United States
The 138-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank on the Red River of the South near Alexandria, Louisiana .[ 166]
Kate
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east south east of Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Guide ( United Kingdom ). Kate was on a voyage from Herne Bay , Kent to Seaham , County Durham .[ 34] [ 181]
Lady Louisa Stewart
United Kingdom
The ship was driven against the breakwater at Nairn and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Nairn to the River Tyne . She was consequently beached in Cromarty Bay in a waterlogged condition. Lady Louisa Stewart was taken in to Inverness for repairs.[ 182]
Margarethe
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore at Baltimore, County Cork , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Savanilla , United States of Colombia to Bremen.[ 149]
Norma
Bremen
The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. Norma was on a voyage from Richmond, Virginia to London , United Kingdom.[ 183] [ 64] She broke up on 1 January 1866.[ 34]
Palmer
Netherlands
The brig was wrecked on Eileach an Naoimh , Argyllshire , United Kingdom with the loss of two of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[ 88]
Princess of Wales
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandgate, Kent . Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard . She was on a voyage from London to Demerara , British Guiana .[ 168] [ 66] [ 161] [ 64]
Rance
France
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine to Cardiff , Glamorgan.[ 66] [ 64]
Richmond
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Swansea.[ 64]
Sarah Emma
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Minard , County Kerry . Her six crew were rescued by the Coastguard She was on her maiden voyage, from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 34] [ 154]
Union
United States
The 116-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Detroit, Michigan .[ 184]
31 December
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The schooner sank off Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 168] Albion came ashore at Lowestoft the next day.[ 34] [ 62]
Angler
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 185] [ 29]
Beeswing
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France to Whitby , Yorkshire .[ 168] [ 66]
Bermuda
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew survived. She was on her maiden voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Trinidad . She came ashore on Barra on 7 January 1866 and was wrecked.[ 186]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey , Channel Islands . She was refloated on 1 January 1866 and taken in to Saint Helier , Jersey.[ 149]
Germania
United States
The ship was wrecked on Iona , Inner Hebrides , United Kingdom with the loss of fourteen of the 46 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[ 187] [ 188] [ 175] [ 164]
Goldena
United States
The sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at the White River Cutoff between the Arkansas River and the White River in Arkansas and was abandoned.[ 189]
Hydra
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Hull , Yorkshire . She floated off and sank in the Humber . Her crew were rescued.[ 158] [ 190]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Westhaven, Forfarshire with the loss of three of her crew.[ 64] She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 157]
J. P. Wheeler
United States
The ship was wrecked near Oban , Argyllshire , United Kingdom .[ 156] She was on a voyage from New York to Glasgow , Renfrewshire , United Kingdom .[ 47] She was later refloated and taken in to Oban in a leaky condition.[ 118]
Keoka
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore south of St. Bees Head , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven , Cumberland.[ 34]
Laura
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Stranraer , Wigtownshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Ayr .[ 66]
Leander
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and damaged 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Crookhaven , County Cork . She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Liverpool.[ 66] [ 183] She was refloated on 3 January.[ 157]
Mary
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Luce . She was on a voyage from Drogheda , County Louth to Workington , Cumberland .[ 158]
Oscar
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at St. Catherine's Point , Isle of Wight . She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[ 34]
Seahorse
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Scarlet Point, near Castletown, Isle of Man with the loss of a crew member.[ 191] [ 192] She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Dublin .[ 149]
Shamrock
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Peterhead , Aberdeenshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Peterhead.[ 177]
Surinam
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Kirk Michael , Isle of Man .[ 34]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Aberdour , Fife and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire .[ 158]
William and John
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lindisfarne , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to the Barking Creek . She was refloated and taken in to Lindisfarne for repairs.[ 158]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date in December 1865
Ship
State
Description
Actea
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Port Natal , Cape Colony .[ 29]
Adamant
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Little River. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , United States to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 28]
Alcyone
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "Bondy Island", near the mouth of the Cape Fear River , before 5 December. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 30] [ 32] [ 128]
Ana Catarina
Argentina
The brig ran aground in the Strait of Magellan . She was refloated with assistance from the transport ship Talisman ( French Navy .[ 193]
Argus
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Ramsgate , Kent . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Manzanilla, Trinidad .[ 194]
Beatriz
Spain
The steamship collided with another vessel and sank at San Sebastián .[ 183]
Benjamin Adams
United States
The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands with the loss of seventeen of the 31 people on board.[ 195]
Berlin
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Lovells Island , Massachusetts , United States and was abandoned by her crew.[ 6]
British Lion
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Liverpool.[ 56]
Carioca
France
The vessel struck the rocks under Hermitage Rock Battery on Alderney , Channel Islands in late December. Gunner James Moore of the Royal Artillery on Alderney rescued seventeen of her crew; he was later awarded a Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal.[ 196]
Castor
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off "Arencompalee". India . Her crew were rescued.[ 106] [ 41]
Chili
France
The ship ran aground at San Antonio, Chile . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to San Antonio. She was refloated and ordered to Valparaíso for repairs.[ 29]
Compeer
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Sandy Island, Georgia , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama , United States.[ 72]
Daisy
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Balbec Strait. She was on a voyage from Saigon , French Cochinchina to Sourabaya , Netherlands East Indies .[ 46]
Darling
United States
The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River at Plum Point, Tennessee . She later was refloated.[ 197]
Dieu Protège Alexandre et Leiu
France
The fishing boat was wrecked at Dungeness , Kent. Her seven crew were rescued by the Dungeness Lifeboat Providence ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 39] [ 198]
Douglas
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Cluny Bay. She was on a voyage from "Pennant" to the Clyde .[ 53]
Elizabeth Beck
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Penzance , Cornwall . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 26]
Elizabeth Ryan
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia , British North America before 28 December. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia .[ 140]
Energy
United States
The ship was driven ashore on Sicily , Italy . She was on a voyage from Trieste to New York , United States.[ 128]
Esterias
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Port Arthur, Cape Colony .[ 1]
Ethelrida
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Port Arthur.[ 1]
Glasgow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Cape Henry , Virginia , United States before 5 December.[ 30] [ 5]
Guadaloupe
Spain
The ship was wrecked on Brava Island , Cape Verde Islands before 21 December with the loss of more than 600 lives. She was on a voyage from A Coruña to Montevideo , Uruguay.[ 66] Also reported as losing 60 of 180 passengers.[ 64]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Key West, Florida United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool.[ 125]
Harriet Wild
Isle of Man
The schooner was blown out to sea from Ramsey . She was subsequently wrecked on the Scottish coast with the loss of all hands.[ 192]
Industry
United Kingdom
The schooner was run ashore near Ramsey. Her crew survived.[ 192]
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Larne , County Antrim . She was refloated on 23 December.[ 87]
Jeanne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Maryport , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Silloth , Cumberland.[ 55]
Lelia , orLydia
Italy
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Roberts Cove, County Cork , United Kingdom on 19 or 29 December. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard . She was on a voyage from Ottoman Syria to Liverpool.[ 183] [ 199] [ 34]
Lilian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Maranhão , Brazil .[ 183]
Lyderhorn
Norway
The barque was abandoned at the entrance to the Bosphorus . She was on a voyage from Sulina , Ottoman Empire to an English port. She came ashore at Büyükdere , Ottoman Empire and was wrecked.[ 60] She had been refloated by 4 January 1866.[ 164]
Kadie
Cape Colony
The coaster was wrecked at Port Arthur.[ 1]
Marance
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Malta ( United Kingdom ). Marance was on a voyage from Bombay , India to Aden .[ 65] [ 200]
Mariner
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Rosina ( United Kingdom ).[ 201]
Melody
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Minatitlán , Mexico.[ 183]
Nouveau Pacifique
France
The ship was driven ashore at "Eoine". She was refloated on 17 December and taken in to Saint-Nazaire , Loire-Inférieure .[ 6]
Nestor
Greifswald
The ship was driven ashore between Falsterbo and Trelleborg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom . She was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør , Denmark for repairs.[ 84]
Ornen
Denmark
The schooner collided with the steamship Ambères ( France on or before 13 December and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ambères .[ 42] Ornen was towed in to Penzance in a waterlogged condition on 16 December.[ 5]
Polly
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Ceylon .[ 51]
Princess Royal
United Kingdom
The barque foundered off Ceylon before 11 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madras , India to Amherst , Burma .[ 21] [ 200]
Prosper
France
The brig was driven ashore near Sandy Hook , New Jersey , United States. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to New York.[ 202]
Qua Lee
China
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Shandong .[ 46]
Regoleto
Mexico
The schooner was abandoned off the East Triangle Key. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Manhattan ( United States ).[ 34]
Rodolph
United States
The 249-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River 15 nautical miles (28 km) downstream of Little Rock, Arkansas .[ 8]
Roger A. Heirn
United States
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Sand Island, off Mobile, Alabama . She was on a voyage from Mobile to Liverpool.[ 198] [ 34]
Ruby
United States
The 78-ton sidewheel ferry foundered in the Mississippi River .[ 104]
Ruterpe
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Madras before 8 December.[ 203]
Simla
United Kingdom
The East Indiaman caught fire and was abandoned at sea before 16 December. Her crew were rescued by Star of India ( United Kingdom ). Simla was on a voyage from Bombay to Liverpool.[ 1] [ 159] [ 204]
Susan
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Holywell, Cornwall with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to St. Ives, Cornwall .[ 98]
Victor
Courland Governorate
The brig was found by the steamship Jutland ( United Kingdom ), abandoned and making water in the North Sea, 200 nautical miles (370 km) from Spurn Point . The crew were taken onboard from the ship's boats and she was towed in to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom on 7 December. Victor was on a voyage from Libau to London . Victor resumed her voyage on 25 December.[ 14] [ 205] [ 206]
William Edward
United States
The ship sank off Barnegat, New Jersey , United States. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France to New York.[ 46]
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