The list of shipwrecks in August 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1865.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie Mae | The 31-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Kingston, Illinois. [1] | |
| Daniel Shatterick | The schooner collided with the schooner Elizabeth and sank in the Belfast Lough. [2] | |
| Hannah Booth | The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [2] | |
| Henriette | The schooner collided with Pero ( | |
| Louise Marie | The schooner was driven ashore near "Roo", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rødvig, Denmark. She was refloated on 6 August and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark. [5] | |
| Sergei | The schooner was driven ashore near Callundborg, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rostock. She was refloated on 3 August and taken in to Callundborg for repairs. [6] | |
| Shooting Star | The barque struck a sunken rock off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. She put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. [5] | |
| S. J. Sanderson | | The brig was wrecked on the Bird Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Jacmel, Haiti. [7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | The ship was lost near Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Varde, Denmark to Grimstad, Norway. [2] | |
| Clifton | The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London. She was refloated the next day and put back to Bristol. [8] | |
| Defiance | | The 27-ton ketch was driven ashore and wrecked during a fierce storm at Hokitika. [9] |
| Hendrika | The ship was wrecked near Bremen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom to "Farge". [2] | |
| Johannes | The ship sprang a leak and sank north of the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall. [10] | |
| Margaretha Catherina | | The ship was wrecked on the Dunkerchensand. Her crew were rescued. [2] |
| Montezuma | | The 136-ton brig parted her cables and was driven ashore and wrecked during a fierce storm at Hokitika. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Calcutta, Shamrock, and an unnamed barque | The full-rigged ship City of Calcutta ran aground in the Clyde at Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire. The steamship Shamrock ran aground and collided with City of Calcutta. A barque under tow then also ran aground, blocking navigation of the river completely. City of Calcutta and Shamrock were refloated the next day. [11] | |
| Elizabeth | The ship ran aground at Varberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Prussian port. [12] | |
| Embla | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Wiken", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Antwerp, Belgium. [12] | |
| Gem | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near "Ording", Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Hamburg. [13] | |
| Jacobus | The ship was run down in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. [12] She was towed in to Varberg, Sweden in a severely damaged condition. [4] | |
| Nancy | The ship ran aground on The Manacles, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 9 August and towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall. [13] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta Josephine | The ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Swansea, Glamorgan. [14] | |
| Smerch | The monitor struck an uncharted rock and sank off the Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adieu | The brig was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile. [15] | |
| Arrow | The 290-ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded in the North River in New York City off Manhattan′s 13th Street, killing five people. [16] [17] | |
| Edith | The ship was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated and beached, but heeled over and sank. [6] | |
| Glenlee | The ship caught fire at Mauritius and was scuttled. She was refloated.. [18] [19] | |
| Loi | The ship was wrecked on the South Bishop, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Roscoff, Finistère to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [4] | |
| Williamson | The ship capsized and sank at Fayal Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. [20] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Africana | The schooner was damaged in a storm at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Ajax | The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [20] | |
| Alabama | The cutter foundered at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Augustina | The pilot boat sank at Santa Lucía. [21] | |
| Buena Vista | The schooner was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Carolina | The barque was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Conceiçao | The ship was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay. [22] | |
| Del Canto | The schooner was run into by the barque Ensgezindgheid ( | |
| Delfin | The pilot boat sank at Santa Lucía. [21] | |
| Facio | The schooner was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Concordia. [21] | |
| George | The cutter foundered at Buenos Aires . [21] | |
| Goyana | The schooner was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| I. I. | The full-rigged ship was damaged in a storm at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Jean Bart | The ship was wrecked at Montevideo. [22] | |
| Jeja | The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Juanita | The barque was driven ashore south of Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Manuela | The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Maria | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Maria | The pilot boat sank at Santa Lucía. [21] | |
| Nox | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Arroyo Seco, Montevideo, Uruguay. [21] | |
| Oronsa | The ship was driven ashore in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. [4] | |
| Paraense | The steamship was damaged in a storm at Buenos Aires. [21] | |
| Virtuosa | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Buenos Aires. [21] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | The schooner was driven ashore at West Point, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to London. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. [13] | |
| Alice Richardson | The ship was driven ashore on Amager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. She was refloated and taken in to Dragør, Denmark. [23] | |
| Gyrn Castle | The ship departed from Singapore, Straits Settlements for Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [24] | |
| Juddah Manaan | The barque ran aground in the Hooghly River. [25] | |
| Scotland | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. [25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra | | The steamer was holed off the north Taranaki coast while trying to navigate through an entrance in a reef and sank as the vessel was running for shore. All hands were saved. [26] |
| Elizabeth | The brig ran aground on the Sondre Rosse, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [27] | |
| Friends | The smack was run down and sunk off Belfast, County Antrim by the paddle steamer Royal Consort ( | |
| Ino | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire. A message in a bottle washed up in Dundrum Bay on 25 September giving the news. [28] | |
| Lady of the Lake | | The steamship was driven ashore at Hokitika. All on board were rescued. [29] |
| Moeris | The steamship was driven ashore near Fort Saint-Jean, La Joliette, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Marseille. [30] [31] | |
| Queen of India | The ship was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. [32] | |
| W. H. Hazelden | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated. [25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich | The paddle steamer ran aground in the River Orwell. A boat was crushed by one of the paddle wheels during refloating operations killing one of the four people on board. Ipswich was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Ipswich, Suffolk. | |
| Pewabic | ||
| Regent | The ship was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. [41] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Britannia | The fishing smack was run down by a steamship and sank in the North Sea. One of her four crew were reported missing. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Zingari ( | |
| Flash | | The schooner was wrecked on the Burch's Look-out Reef, off the Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [42] |
| Shifty | The ship was wrecked on the Cannon Rock, off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Queensferry, Flintshire to Belfast, County Antrim. [27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Artemus, and Sker | Artemus collided with the schooner Skeroff Holyhead, Anglesey. Artemus was taken in tow by the tug Prince Arthur ( | |
| Meteor | The cargo ship was damaged in a collision with Pewabic ( | |
| St. George | The ship departed from the Rio Bento for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [46] | |
| Strathpeffer | The ship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee. [47] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sharp | The schooner was wrecked on the Elbow End Bank, at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire. [5] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Novar | The schooner was wrecked on the Elbow End Bank, in the River Tay with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. [48] [20] | |
| Sam Cearns | The ship was damaged by fire at Birkenhead, Cheshire. [10] | |
| St. Hilda | The schooner was holed by her anchor and severely damaged at Dundee. [49] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abeona | The ship was wrecked at "Southshots", Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. [50] | |
| George V | The ship departed from Arkhangelsk, Russia for the Humber. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [51] | |
| Pilot, and an unnamed fishing boat | The schooner Pilot collided with a fishing boat, which capsized sank with the loss of her captain. Five survivors were rescued by other fishing boats. Pilot was consequently beached at Beadnell, Northumberland. [5] | |
| Primrose | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool. [52] | |
| Providence | The sloop was wrecked on the Isle of May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to the Isle of May. [53] | |
| Sardinian | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Aden. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arata | The ship ran aground in the Min River. She was on a voyage from Foochow, China to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [54] | |
| Elizabeth Wright | The schooner was driven ashore at Lossiemouth, Moray. She was on a voyage from the River Spey to Banff, Aberdeenshire. [20] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lossiemouth in a severely damaged condition. [53] | |
| Primrose | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool. [55] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RMS China | The steamship ran aground at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated. [56] | |
| Prudence | The ship was run ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France to Runcorn, Cheshire [57] She was refloated on 19 August and towed in to dover, Kent. [58] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kate | The ship sank at St. Andrews, Fife. [53] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adonis | The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. [58] | |
| Colbert | The ship was driven ashore near Bahia, Brazil. [22] | |
| Euxine | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 44°50′N35°39′W / 44.833°N 35.650°W ). Her 23 crew were rescued by the brig Demetrio Fario ( | |
| Fernanda | | The schooner was wrecked in Table Bay. [60] |
| Hugh Lindsay | The paddle steamer was wrecked at "Bassadore" in the Persian Gulf. All on board survived. [61] [62] | |
| Lephenstrath | The ship arrived at Havana, Cuba on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Havana. She was later refloated. [63] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balbec | The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. [64] | |
| Mathieu | The brig was severely damaged in the Rio Pongo. [25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Speed | The ship was wrecked in the Mutlah River, India with the loss of 292 of the 536 people on board. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to British Guiana. [50] [65] | |
| Remark | The brig foundered in the Pacific Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Tahiti. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to New Zealand. [66] | |
| Sarah Ann | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. [67] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ladonia | The 75-ton screw towboat was lost. [68] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argosy No. 3 | The steamer went aground and suffered a steam explosion at Hatfield's Landing, White Mills, Kentucky, 80 nautical miles (150 km) downstream of Louisville, Kentucky. At least ten people died. [69] | |
| Evelyn | The steamship ran ashore on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Limerick. She was refloated and taken in to Londonderry for repairs. [70] | |
| USS Commodore McDonough | The sidewheel gunboat foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast while under tow from Port Royal, South Carolina, to New York. [71] | |
| Sarah Ann | The ship collided with the schooner Helen ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Jacob | The yacht foundered off Zoutelande, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of three lives. [70] | |
| Ishjornen | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Boddam, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Boddam to a Baltic port. [70] |
| Perseverance | The ship ran aground in the Exe Estuary and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exeter, Devon. [72] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mullogh | | The steamship was wrecked at Sumner. [73] [74] |
| Providence | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. [70] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jane and Isabella | The schooner sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her four crew reached Gigha in their boat. [75] | |
| Spartan | | The steamship struck rock in the Lachine Rapids, Saint Lawrence River and sank. She was refloated on 4 October and taken in to Montreal, Province of Canada for repairs. [76] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gratitude | The barque was wrecked at Agger, Denmark with the loss of all but two of her crew. [77] | |
| Mountaineer | The ship departed from Mobile, Alabama, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [78] | |
| Reaper | The ship was wrecked on the Little Fiskars Rocks, on the Swedish coast. [19] | |
| Triumph | The barque was driven ashore on Cross Island, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She had been refloated by 30 September and towed in to Eastport, Maine for repairs. [79] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alphonsine Irma | The ship was wrecked at Galle, Ceylon. [19] | |
| Indiz | Flag unknown | The steamship was damaged by fire at Yokohama, Japan. [80] |
| Industry | The schooner sank at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [72] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Josephine | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Gunnet Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and put in to North Shields, Northumberland in a leaky condition. [72] | |
| Uzella | The schooner was driven ashore near Burg auf Fehmarn. Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein, or from Flensburg to Danzig. [81] [82] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harvest Queen | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. [81] [83] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Edwards | The schooner was run down and sunk 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire by the steamship Aleppo ( | |
| Fear Not | The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore north of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Berwick upon Tweed, but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. [86] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Purmerend, North Holland, Netherlands. [87] |
| Chiga Bene | The ship was wrecked at Padang, Netherlands East Indies on or before 28 August. [80] | |
| Eliza | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the Mine Head Lighthouse, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Skibbereen, County Kerry. [87] | |
| Empress | The ship was wrecked near Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. [72] | |
| Gem | | The 25-ton schooner was wrecked on a sandbar at Poverty Bay towards the end of August. [88] |
| Hira | | The schooner left on a regular journey from Tauranga to Whangamata during a gale on 18 August and was not seen again. Her nameboard and hatch were found by the crew of the schooner Fancy late in August. [88] |
| John Croper | The ship was lost near Singapore, Straits Settlements. [3] | |
| Merry Monarch | The ship was wrecked on "Cosmolado Island", north of Madagascar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States. [87] | |
| Meteor | The vessel burned and sank at Sault St. Marie, Michigan in mid August. Raised and repaired. [89] | |
| New Zealand | The steamship was wrecked at Hokitika, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Otago to Hokitika. [90] | |
| Prince of Wales | The ship ran aground and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Siam to Bombay, India. [32] | |
| Shard | The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. [59] | |
| Stockman | The 81-ton screw steamer burned at Bear Creek, Michigan. [91] | |
| Thomas Campbell | The ship departed from Troon, Ayrshire for Madras, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [92] | |
| Titania | | The steamship was wrecked at Hokitika. [90] |
| Wokee | The steamship struck rocks between "Bohan Island" and "Davis Island" before 28 August and was beached on "Napier Island" in a waterlogged condition [93] |