The list of shipwrecks in February 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1862.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Bjarke | ![]() | The ship sank in the River Towy. She was on a voyage from Middelfart to Carmarthen, United Kingdom. [1] [2] |
Cairo | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Ancona, Papal States. [2] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Trieste. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Ancona. [3] |
Dream | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Aldabra Island, Seychelles and was subsequently caught fire. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool. [4] |
Emily | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. [2] |
Lydia and Martha | ![]() | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship below Weir's Point off Roanoke Island, North Carolina. [5] |
Sarah | ![]() | The brig was run into by the steamship Möwe (![]() |
Yorkshire | ![]() | The ship departed from New York, United States for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isabella and Dorothy | ![]() | The barque was wrecked off "Famajusta", Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Beyrout, Ottoman Syria to "Sumsal". [9] |
John Etherden | ![]() | The sailing barge collided with the schooner Eliza and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Faversham, Kent to Lambeth, Surrey. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Macao | ![]() | The ship departed from Melbourne, Victoria for Manila, Spanish East Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [11] |
Phoenix | ![]() | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Isabel (![]() |
Sefton | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Don | ![]() | The brig was run down and sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by the brig Alderman (![]() |
Grange | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff Glamorgan. She was refloated. [14] |
Moore | ![]() | The brig was driven onto the Copt Rocks, on the Kent coast. [7] |
Prince Albert | ![]() | The ship struck the Highland Rock and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Runcorn, Cheshire. [13] |
Queen of the South | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Moscos Islands, Burma. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penang, Straits Settlements to Rangoon, Burma. [15] |
Schulan | ![]() | The tugboat ran aground on the Grodener Stock. She capsized and sank the next day. [16] |
HMS Snake | ![]() | The Arrow-class gunvessel ran aground on the Encounter Rock. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. [17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arbutus, and Duke | ![]() | The steamship Arbutus ran aground off "North Twin Island", in the Belfast Lough, colliding with the schooner Duke, which ran ashore on that island. Arbutus was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Lancaster, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. Duke was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast. [18] |
Betsy | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Skullmartin Rocks, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Belfast, County Antrim. [13] |
Caroline | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, France. [13] |
Duke | ![]() | The ship was run into by a steamship and was beached in the River Lagan. [16] |
Erin | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. [13] [19] |
Endeavour | ![]() | The sloop collided with a schooner off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and was abandoned. She was taken in to King's Lynn, Norfolk in a derelict condition. [13] |
Nouveau Cantabre | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Sangatte, Pas-de-Calais. [19] |
HMS Pantaloon | ![]() | The Racer-class sloop ran aground off Point Mannhané, on the east coast of Africa and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and towed in to Bombay, India by HMS Orestes (![]() |
Woodside | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Laugharne Sands, in Carmarthen Bay. [22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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David Lyon | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. [23] |
Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from North Berwick, Lothian to London. [16] |
Modern Times | ![]() | The ship departed from New York for Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Appleton Belle | ![]() | American Civil War: The 103-ton paddle steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at the mouth of the Duck River near Paris, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces. [25] [26] |
Britius | ![]() | The ship departed from New York, United States for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [8] |
CSS Curlew | ![]() | ![]() |
E. H. Herbert | ![]() | The steam tug sank without loss of life off North Carolina near New Inlet. The schooner William H. Mailler (flag unknown) rescued her crew. [28] |
Janet and Mary | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated. [19] |
Julius | ![]() | American Civil War: The steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at Florence, Alabama, to prevent her capture by United States Navy gunboats. [29] |
CSS Lynn Boyd | ![]() | American Civil War: The 227-ton paddle steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at the mouth of the Duck River to prevent her capture by Union forces. [30] [31] |
Minerva | ![]() | The brig ran aground at Drogheda, County Louth. Her four crew were rescued by the Drogheda Lifeboat. [32] |
Nelson | ![]() | The ship struck the Oyster Rocks, off Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Helier, Jersey. She was refloated and taken in to Saint Aubin, Jersey in a waterlogged condition. [33] [19] |
Reward | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea. [34] She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea. She was refloated. [19] |
CSS Samuel Orr | ![]() | American Civil War: The 279-ton sternwheel paddle steamer, in use as a hospital boat, was burned on the Tennessee River at the mouth of the Duck River to prevent her capture by Union forces. [35] [36] |
CSS Time | ![]() | American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at Florence, Alabama, to prevent her capture by United States Navy gunboats. [37] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza | ![]() | The ship sank off "Helwick Head". She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [34] |
Fox | ![]() | The smack sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [19] |
Gala | ![]() | The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Kurrachee, India. She was refloated. [38] |
CSS Muscle | ![]() | American Civil War: The cargo steamer was captured by the gunboats USS Conestoga, USS Lexington, and USS Tyler. She sprang a leak and sank in the Tennessee River while under tow by Union forces to Cerro Gordo, Tennessee. [31] |
Planter | ![]() | The schooner was run down and sunk off the Happisburgh Lighthouse, Norfolk by the brig Mathew (![]() |
Sam Kirkman | ![]() | American Civil War: The sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the [Tennessee River at Florence, Alabama, to prevent her capture by Union forces. [40] |
CSS Sea Bird | ![]() | American Civil War, Battle of Roanoke Island: The sidewheel paddle steamer was rammed and sunk near Roanoke Island, North Carolina, by the gunboat Commodore Perry (![]() ![]() |
Tiberius | ![]() | The ship departed from New York, United States for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [8] |
Venus | ![]() | The brig ran aground at Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Poole. She was refloated and taken in to Pool in a leaky condition. [19] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The brigantine foundered off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. [42] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The brig foundered off Land's End with the loss of all hands. [42] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The barque foundered off Land's End with the loss of all hands. [42] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The full-rigged ship foundered off Land's End with the loss of all hands. [42] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all hands. [42] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anna Rebecca | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by the smack True Ambassador (![]() |
Magnolia | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China to London. [43] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alfonse | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. [44] |
CSS Appomattox | ![]() | American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The armed steamer was burned by her crew at the entrance to the Dismal Swamp Canal near Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to prevent her capture by Union forces. She blew up when the flames reached her store of gunpowder. [45] |
CSS Black Warrior | ![]() | American Civil War], Battle of Elizabeth City: The schooner was burned by her crew at Elizabeth City, to prevent her capture by Union forces. |
Costanza | ![]() | The ship sank off Lipari. She was on a voyage from "Ballagich" to Genoa. [44] |
CSS Fanny | ![]() | American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The armed screw steamer was forced aground by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS John L. Lockwood (![]() ![]() |
CSS Forrest | ![]() | American Civil War], Battle of Elizabeth City: The gunboat was out of the water on a marine railway undergoing repairs at Elizabeth City when she was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces. |
Friends | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Sharpness Point, Gloucestershire. [44] |
Lively | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. [44] |
Marksman | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Pula, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia to Liverpool, Lancashire. [47] |
Mayflower | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the East Gare Sand, off the mouth of the River Tees. Her eight crew were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat. [48] |
CSS M. C. Etheridge | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of naval stores, the 144-ton schooner was set afire by her crew when the gunboat USS Whitehead (![]() |
Providence | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the Long Scarr Rocks, on the coast of County Durham. Her eight crew were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat. [48] |
Unidentified gunboat | ![]() | American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The incomplete gunboat was captured and burned by Union forces while still on the building ways at Elizabeth City. [51] |
Unidentified schooner | ![]() | American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The schooner was burned at the wharves at Elizabeth City, after Union forces captured the city. [51] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Drie Gezusters | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was wrecked on Blanoxland, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to the Weser. [52] |
Jessie | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. [19] |
Jeune Sophie | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the La Teignouse Channel. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Loire. She was refloated and put in to Le Palais, Morbihan. [53] |
Raven | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Cork. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition. [54] |
Swift | ![]() | The ship departed from Ramsgate, Kent for Tenerife, Canary Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [55] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Duen | ![]() | The sloop ran aground and capsized at Ballyness, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Derry to Ballyness. [52] |
Golconda | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cocanada, India. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Masulipatam, India. [56] |
Oriental | ![]() | The barque caught fire at English Harbour, Antigua and was scuttled the next day. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. She was refloated on 15 February. [57] [58] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adah | ![]() | The brig was wrecked in Placentia Bay. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. [59] |
Lord Seaton | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [60] |
Swan | ![]() | The barque sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. [47] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Edisto | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed in Bulls Bay off the coast of South Carolina, by an armed boat from the barque USS Restless (![]() |
Elizabeth | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed in Bulls Bay off the coast of South Carolina by an armed boat from the barque USS Restless (![]() |
Lucy E. Ashby | ![]() | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze. [63] |
Lynnhaven | ![]() | American Civil War: Captured while carrying a cargo of corn near Elizabeth City, North Carolina, by the sidewheel gunboat USS Delaware (![]() |
Shanghae | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore in the Yangtze. [63] |
Theodore Stony | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 54-ton schooner, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed at Bulls Bay, by an armed boat from the barque USS Restless (![]() |
Wandoo | Flag unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed at Bulls Bay, by an armed boat from the barque USS Restless (![]() |
Two unidentified lighters | ![]() | American Civil War: The lighters were scuttled as blockships in the channel abreast of Fort Caswell, North Carolina, by Confederate forces. [51] |
Unidentified schooner | ![]() | American Civil War: Captured near Elizabeth City, by the sidewheel gunboat USS Delaware (![]() |
Unidentified schooner | ![]() | American Civil War: Captured while carrying a cargo of furniture near Elizabeth City, by the sidewheel gunboat USS Delaware (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Acachan | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to the Rio Grande do Sol. [68] [69] |
Bastille | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Aline (![]() |
Camoens | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. [70] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexander II | ![]() | The steamship caught fire at Reval. [47] |
Blakeley | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 44°25′N11°26′W / 44.417°N 11.433°W ). Her crew were rescued by Clemence (![]() |
Hinda | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Sines. [70] [9] |
Ravensdale | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [70] |
Spartan | ![]() | The steamship was abandoned in a sinking condition. All on board were subsequently rescued by William Fotheringham (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Competitor | ![]() | The barque caught fire, exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cádiz, Spain. [57] [75] |
Mary Younge | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and sank off Groomsport, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Cardiff. [76] |
Progress | ![]() | The ship collided with Mabel (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arabella | ![]() | The ship was damaged by fire at Wellington, New Zealand. [77] |
Asworth Trumball | ![]() | The ship departed from New York for Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No furthert trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [78] |
Calliope | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Long Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Genoa, Italy. [52] |
Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the River Spey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [79] |
Johanna | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Oporto, Portugal. [53] |
Kate | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and resumed her voyage. [53] [80] |
Primero | ![]() | The 331-ton screw steamer was lost in the North Atlantic Ocean during a voyage from Port Royal, South Carolina, South Carolina, Confederate States of America to New York. [81] |
Progress | ![]() | The collier collided with the collier Mabel in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Progress was taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire in a derelict condition by some of the crew of Mabel. [52] [80] |
Seine | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the Skerweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands to Swansea, Glamorgan. [52] |
Usworth | ![]() | The ship departed from New York for Queenstown. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [82] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adelina | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at North Sunderland, County Durham. [53] She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. [80] |
Eliza Charles | ![]() | The ship departed from New York, United States for Gloucester. No further trace, presumed found with the loss of all hands. [78] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Achilles | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. [83] |
Carrs | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Grand Turk (![]() |
Elizabeth Ann | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Burriana, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire. [9] |
Giovanni G. | ![]() | The brig was wrecked near Ribeirinha Point, Flores Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. [85] [86] |
USS Isaac N. Seymour | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: The paddle steamer struck an abandoned anchor and sank in Hatteras Inlet off North Carolina, Confederate States of America. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
Juddah Tonso | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Byzantium (![]() |
Mary Nevis | ![]() | American Civil War: The sloop was stripped and burned by United States Navy forces after she ran aground and bilged at Bayes Pass, Florida, Confederate States of America. [87] [88] |
Portia | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea with the loss of nine of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was taken in to Dublin in a derelict condition. [89] |
Sulina | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Athlete (![]() ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth and Hannah | ![]() | The schooner ran aground and sank on the Gaa Sands, off the mouth of the River Tay. Her six crew were rescued by the Buddon Ness Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Newburgh, Fife. [32] [9] |
Giaour | ![]() | The brig struck a sunken rock off Lemnos, Greece and was wrecked. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Salonica, Greece. [12] [63] |
Mary Ellen | ![]() | The brig was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition. [75] |
Paragon | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth Dockyard to Deptford Dockyard, Kent. [9] |
Restless | ![]() | The tug was wrecked on Horse Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. [94] |
Silistria | ![]() | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 39°59′N24°40′W / 39.983°N 24.667°W ). Her crew were rescued by Agnes (![]() |
Success | ![]() | The barque was wrecked at Ventry, County Kerry with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. [97] |
W. H. Wolfe | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Oporto, Portugal. [94] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Beatin | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Solent (![]() |
Ben Cushing | ![]() | The Brig ran ground on French Reef, Florida and was wrecked. [100] |
HMS Defence | ![]() | The Defence-class ironclad collided with HMS Fenella (![]() |
Isabella | ![]() | The brig ran ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hartlepool, County Durham. [9] She was consequently condemned. [101] |
Metcalfe | ![]() | The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees to Sunderland, County Durham. [9] She was consequently condemned. [101] |
Speedwell | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham. [9] |
Squando, and Warbler | ![]() | The ships were damaged when Charlotte. A. Stamter (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Boscawen | ![]() | The school ship ran aground at Southampton, Hampshire. [103] |
Cambridge | ![]() | The 242-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the White River at Grand Glaise, Arkansas, with the loss of 42 lives. [104] |
CSS James Johnson | ![]() | American Civil War: The 525-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was undergoing conversion into a gunboat on the Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee, when she was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces. [105] |
CSS James Woods | ![]() | American Civil War: The 585-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was undergoing conversion into a gunboat on the [Cumberland River at Nashville, when she was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces. [105] |
Kitty Cordes | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) north west of Faial Island, Azores. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the steamship Annie Childs (![]() |
Klei Old Ambt | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to "Gallas". [9] |
W. R. Gasfabach | ![]() | The brig was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. [9] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann Heaton | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Lynas, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba. [70] [109] |
Aurora | ![]() | The brig foundered off Cedeira, Spain. Her crew reached land in the longboat. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Lisbon. [110] |
China | ![]() | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by a pilot cutter. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia. China was refloated and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a waterlogged condition. [111] |
Defiance | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at "Dulwich", County Mayo. [70] |
Deptford | ![]() | The barque collided with another vessel and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Garrawalt (![]() |
Fleurian de Bellevue | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean .Her crew were rescued by the brigantine Example (![]() |
Johanne | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom with the loss of twelve of her thirteen crew. The survivor was rescued by the smack Alfred (![]() |
Mary E. Dunworth | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. [85] [99] |
Matilda | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her eight crew. Three crew reached shore in the longboat. Three survivors were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. [116] [119] |
Morning Light | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on São Jorge Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Dundalk, County Louth. [120] |
Neptune | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Jane Dowell (![]() |
New Brunswick | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India. [121] |
Rimac | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at "Kildadan", County Clare. [121] |
Santa Cruz | ![]() | The 96-ton screw steamer was lost in the Yangtze River below Sterling Island. [122] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jessie | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on Martin's Reef, off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rica to Halifax, Nova Scotia. [68] [123] |
Minna | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Four crew were rescued by Capriciosa (Flag unknown), the rest by an American ship. [102] |
Niagara | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were taken off the wreck the next day by the brig Maine (![]() |
Oporto | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore in Blacksod Bay. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Galway. [109] |
USS R. B. Forbes | ![]() | American Civil War: The armed screw steamer was driven ashore on the Currituck Banks on the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America about four miles (6.4 km) south of Currituck Inlet in a gale. After the armed screw steamer USS Young America (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alliance | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peterhead to Sunderland, County Durham. [126] [127] |
Edith | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Sparrow Hawk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. [94] |
Haswell | ![]() | The steamship ran aground and was damaged at Sunderland. [101] |
Lord Byron | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked on the Île de Sein, Finistère, France. Her nine crew were rescued. [128] [129] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. [130] [59] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew survived. [131] |
Minnetonka | ![]() | American Civil War: The 158-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was captured and burned on the Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee by Confederate States Army forces. [31] |
Newbottle | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition. [121] [94] Subsequently repaired. [112] |
Robert Gilfillan | ![]() | American Civil War: The schooner, carrying a cargo of assorted provisions from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Santo Domingo or Haiti (sources differ), was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean by the merchant raider CSS Nashville (![]() |
Sisters | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Patch Rock and sank. Her nine crew were rescued by the Caistor Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London and/or Rochester, Kent. [94] [119] [101] |
Trojan | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to the Clyde. [102] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Billow | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Constantine (![]() |
Charlotte A. Stamter | ![]() | The ship, which had been damaged on 22 February by collision with Squando and Warbler (both ![]() |
Dettmar | ![]() | The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Malacka (![]() |
Hope | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Commodore (![]() |
Lord Byron | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Île de Sein, Finistère France. Nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Brest, Finistère. [79] |
Mathilde | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. [121] |
CSS Prince | ![]() | The 223-ton sidewheel transport struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River near Island Number Ten and Hickman, Kentucky, with the loss of 74 lives. [135] |
Sisters | ![]() | The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Barber Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her nine crew were rescued by the Caistor Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. [116] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Banff, and London | ![]() | The brigantine Banff and the schooner London collided in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. The crew of London got aboard Banff, but that vessel was thought to be in a sinking condition and was abandoned by all on board. They were rescued by Cynthia Ann (![]() |
Conqueror | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship ( ![]() |
Elizabeth Searle | ![]() | The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Spey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [101] |
Kesia | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Wellington (![]() |
Martlet | ![]() | The ship capsized at Sunderland. She was righted. [101] |
Northern Chief | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mealon (![]() |
William Darley | ![]() | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Aid (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alice Smith | ![]() | The ship was lost at the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. [138] |
Almirante do Tago | ![]() | The ship was lost in the Tagus. [70] |
Anglo Saxon | ![]() | The fishing schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts on the 20th and vanished, probably sank in a gale on the Georges Bank on the 24/25th. Lost with all 10 crew. [139] [140] [141] |
Annie Buckman | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 February. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Shanghai, China. [138] |
Annie Laurie | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 18 February and vanished, possibly lost in a gale on the 24/25th on the Georges Bank. All 9 crew were killed. [142] [143] |
Autocrat | ![]() | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore before 27 February. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Boston. [91] |
C. A. Nicholas | ![]() | American Civil War, Battle of Roanoke Island: Converted into a makeshift fort by Confederate forces after running aground on Roanoke Island in Croatan Sound in North Carolina, the barge was destroyed by the gunboat USS Southfield (![]() |
Clara Eva | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 20 February and vanished, possibly lost in a gale on the 24/25th on the Georges Bank. All 9 crew were killed. [142] [145] |
Contest | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 11 February and vanished, possibly lost in a gale on the 24/25th on the Georges Bank. All 9 crew were killed. [142] [146] |
CSS Dunbar | ![]() | American Civil War: The 213-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk in Cypress Creek off the Tennessee River about two miles (3.2 km) below Florence, Alabama, to prevent her capture by Union forces. Her wreck was burned on 21 April by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Tyler (![]() |
Dreadnaught | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 18 February and vanished, possibly lost in a gale on the 24/25th. Lost with all 9 crew. [148] [149] [150] |
Ebenezer | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated on 8 February and towed in to Sunderland, County Durham. [19] |
Eliza | ![]() | The ship was lost near Nuevitas, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba. [23] |
Eliza Laing | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. [23] |
Ella | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Newport, Rhode Island. She was on a voyage from New York to Livorno, Italy. [44] |
Enterprise | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 23 February and vanished, probably lost in a gale on the 24/25th. Lost with all 9 crew. [151] [152] [153] |
Friggia | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Singapore, Straits Settlements. [138] |
George F. Wonson | ![]() | The fishing schooner probably sank in a terrible gale on the Georges Bank on the 24/25th after leaving Gloucester, Massachusetts on the 21st. Lost with all 9 crew. [154] [155] [156] |
Harriet Haseltine | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira on or before 2 February. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. [38] |
Hazard | ![]() | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Hamburg. [70] |
Isabella Dorothy | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Cyprus. [70] |
John J. Crittenden | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 22 February and vanished, possibly lost in a gale on the 24/25th on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 10 hands. [157] [158] [159] |
Lady Flora Hastings | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. [128] |
Lanchester | ![]() | The ship foundered before 22 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Matanzas, Cuba. [138] |
Liberty | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. [19] |
Malacca | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Pratas Shoal. Her crew were rescued by the barque Susannah (![]() |
Marie Hortense | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. [160] |
May Queen | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 17 February and vanished, possibly lost in a gale on the 24/25th on the Georges Bank. All 11 crew were killed. [142] [161] |
Nebraska | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 10 February and vanished, probably lost in a gale on the 24/25th. Lost with all 9 crewmen. [162] [163] |
North Star | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 10 February and vanished, possibly lost in a gale on the 24/25th on the Georges Bank. All 9 crew were killed. [142] [164] |
Ocean Flower | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 15 February and vanished, possibly lost in a gale on the 24/25th on the Georges Bank. All 9 crew were killed. [142] [165] |
Oconomowoc | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts 10 February and vanished, possibly lost in a gale on the 24/25th on the Georges Bank. All 10 crew were killed. [142] [166] |
O.K. | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: Captured from the Confederates by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Santiago de Cuba (![]() |
Robert Pennell | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores before 24 February. [120] |
Rosebud | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 25 January. [101] |
San Nicolo | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 7 February. [167] |
Sarah Fleming | ![]() | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Teignmouth, Devon. [44] |
Scandia | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey, United States before 4 February. She was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown. [52] |
Science No. 2 | ![]() | The 116-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank up to her boiler deck in the Ohio River at Pomeroy, Ohio. [168] |
Sonora | ![]() | The brigantine was lost in Placentia Bay before 6 February. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. [52] |
Susannah | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on Bintang Poin, China. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China to Falmouth. [63] |
Tolo | Unknown | The full-rigged ship was lost at San Juan Island on the coast of Washington Territory. [169] |
Winteren | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Barnegat before 4 February. She was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown. [52] |
Woodside | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Longbourne Sands in Carnarvon Bay. [3] [13] |
Unidentified barge | ![]() | American Civil War: Grounded in Croatan Sound on Roanoke Island, filled with sand, and armed to serve as a makeshift fort, the barge was destroyed by the gunboat USS Southfield (![]() |
Unnamed | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at "Amastra" before 7 February. [167] |