List of shipwrecks in 1868

The list of shipwrecks in 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1868.

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1868

Ship	Country	Description
Ajax	United Kingdom	The steamship sank at Shanghai, China. [1]
Aline	France	The steamship was severely damaged at King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom between 23 August and 19 September. She departed on the latter date for London, United Kingdom for repairs. [2]
Amaranth	United States	The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Smith's Bar in Kansas. [3]
Confidence	Prussia	The brig foundered. Her crew were rescued by the smack Columbine (  United Kingdom ). [4]
Cumberland	United Kingdom	The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. [5]
Echunga	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Napier, New Zealand. [6] [7]
Emeline	United States	The whaling schooner was lost in the Arctic. [8]
Fairy Queen	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground in the River Deben and was scuttled. She was raised in 1872, repaired and returned to service. [9]
Graf von Schliffen	Rostock	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Iona, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom. [10]
Growler	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on Vancouver Island, Colony of British Columbia before 11 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Victoria, British Columbia to Sitka, Department of Alaska. [11] [12]
Isablella	United Kingdom	The ship, which had departed from Rangoon, Burma for Queenstown, County Cork on 15 April, was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean on either 25 July or 15 August. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [13]
Murden	United Kingdom	The brig was destroyed by fire 60 nautical miles (110 km) off the Berlengas, Portugal. Her crew survived. [14]
Schalun	Imperial Russian Navy	The gunboat was driven ashore and wrecked at Cronstadt with the loss of seven of her crew. [15]
Vervisseling	Flag unknown	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Sagua La Grande, Mexico. [16]
Vyecha	Imperial Russian Navy	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [15]
W. A. Fisher	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Auckland, New Zealand. [17]
Wildfire	United Kingdom	The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. [5]

References

1. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6482. Liverpool. 4 November 1868.
2. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 13771. London. 23 September 1868. p. 7.
3. Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
4. "Yarmouth". Bury and Norwich Post. No. 4539. Bury St. Edmunds. 22 June 1869. p. 7.
5. "Loss of Whaler River Tay". Dundee Courier. No. 4752. Dundee. 26 October 1868.
6. "(untitled)". Dundee Courier. No. 4579. Dundee. 7 April 1868.
7. "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 8818. Glasgow. 8 April 1868.
8. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)
9. "The Loss of the Fairy Queen of Ipswich". Ipswich Journal. No. 7235. Ipswich. 18 July 1874.
10. "Greenock". Glasgow Herald. No. 8956. Glasgow. 16 September 1868.
11. "Ship News". The Times. No. 26185. London. 24 July 1868. col D, p. 11.
12. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 6935. London. 24 July 1868.
13. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 13862. London. 7 January 1869. p. 7.
14. "West Indies and South America". Dundee Courier. No. 4667. Dundee. 18 July 1868.
15. "Losses of Russian Ships of War". Pall Mall Gazette. No. 4157. London. 18 June 1878.
16. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6427. Liverpool. 1 September 1868.
17. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6503. Liverpool. 28 November 1868.

Ship events in 1868
Ship launches:	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873
Ship commissionings:	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873
Ship decommissionings:	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873
Shipwrecks:	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873