List of shipwrecks in January 1865
The list of shipwrecks in January 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1865 .
1 January
2 January
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Andrew Wilson
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the Carr Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Fife and was abandoned by her crew. She was later boarded by some fishermen and take in tow by the tug Hercules ( United Kingdom ) but sank at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of one life.[ 9]
Annie
Guernsey
The ship struck rocks off Chausey , Manche , France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Granville, Manche . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Gorey, Jersey , Channel Islands in a severely leaky condition.[ 10] [ 11]
Celia
United Kingdom
American Civil War , Union blockade : The schooner , a blockade runner carrying a cargo of turpentine , was shelled, then boarded by a landing party from the gunboat USS Nipsic ( United States Navy ) and burned at Murrell's Inlet on the coast of South Carolina .[ 12]
Cricket
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at St. Ubes , Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 13]
Deerfoot
United Kingdom
The ship was crushed by ice and sunk at Narva , Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to London .[ 10]
Elizabeth
Russia
The brig was driven ashore near "Ostergarnsholm", Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[ 5] [ 14]
Idomeina
Italy
The barque struck the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Ancona , Papal States . She was towed in the River Tyne by the steamship Pilot ( United Kingdom ).[ 15] [ 10]
London
United Kingdom
The steamship departed from Gothenburg , Sweden for London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 16]
Pourvoyeur
France
The lugger sank in the Atlantic Ocean (49°25′N 4°57′W / 49.417°N 4.950°W / 49.417; -4.950 ). Her crew were rescued by the barque Herbert ( United Kingdom ). Purvoyeur was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Gloucester , United Kingdom .[ 17] [ 18]
Rambler
United Kingdom
The sloop was abandoned in the Bristol Channel . Her three crew survived. She was driven ashore at Breaksea Point , Glamorgan . Rambler was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Clonakilty , County Cork . She had become a wreck by 16 January.[ 19] [ 20]
3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Amphion
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Sheringham , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London . She was refloated the next day.[ 8]
Clayton
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France to South Shields , County Durham . She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate , Kent.[ 8]
John Bull
United Kingdom
The barque foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the mouth of the Rio Grande with the loss of two of her crew.[ 21] [ 22]
Lady Milton
United Kingdom
The ship departed from the "Waux River" for Queenstown, County Cork . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 23]
Pasha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead , Aberdeenshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 15] [ 8]
Plantaganet
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Portsal Rocks, off the coast of Finistère , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux , Gironde , France.[ 15] [ 10]
Stevens
United Kingdom
The sloop was beached at East Wemyss , Fife . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Methil , Fife to Bo'ness , Lothian .[ 2]
Surprise
New Zealand
The schooner became stranded on a sandspit at the mouth of the Whanganui River while carrying goods from Manukau .[ 24]
Wright
United States
The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Greytown, Nicaragua .[ 25]
4 January
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Amphion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sheringham , Norfolk .[ 15]
Anhambaí
Imperial Brazilian Navy
Paraguayan War : The gunboat ran aground at Corumbá and was captured by the Paraguayans.[ 26]
Ann Perry
United States
Carrying a cargo of lumber and potatoes , the 348-ton bark ran aground on the coast of California a few miles south of Cliff House with the loss of three lives.[ 27]
HMS Cadmus
Royal Navy
The Pearl -class corvette ran aground at Chatham, Kent . She was refloated.[ 28]
Iona
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Judah Cappe ( Netherlands ). Iona was on a voyage from Portland, Maine , United States to Puerto Rico.[ 29]
Knickerbocker
United States
The 858-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the coast of Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay between Fleet′s Point and Smith′s Point. She was still aground on 15 February when she was captured and burned by Confederate forces.[ 30]
Rattlesnake
United Kingdom
American Civil War , Union blockade : While trying to run the Union blockade and enter Charleston Harbor at Charleston , South Carolina , the 529-gross register ton screw steamer was forced aground on the coast of South Carolina just east of Breach Inlet by the armed schooner USS Potomska and the gunboat USS Wamsutta (both United States Navy ). She was burned and abandoned.[ 31]
Sceptre
British North America
The schooner foundered off Padre Island , Texas , Confederate States of America .[ 29]
Vesper
United Kingdom
The fishing smack foundered. Her crew were rescued by the brig Tyne ( United Kingdom ).[ 32]
5 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Calliance
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven onto a reef and wrecked at Camden Harbour, Western Australia .[ 33]
Camilla
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Nassau, Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Nassau. She was refloated on 7 January.[ 34]
Canterbury
New Zealand
The ship was driven ashore in Palliser Bay . She had been refloated and repaired by 15 July.[ 35]
Christian
United Kingdom
The schooner departed from North Shields , Northumberland for Perth . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all four crew.[ 32]
Contest
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island , Azores to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 2]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands.[ 36] [ 37] She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 38]
Lloyd' s
United Kingdom
The ship departed from a French port for Portsmouth , Hampshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 39]
Lochee
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Point de Galle , Ceylon with the loss of two of the 45 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brigantine Soon Hong ( Hamburg ). Lochee was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Calcutta , India .[ 40]
Lord Adolphus
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a Norwegian vessel.[ 41] [ 42]
Loochee
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off Galle , Ceylon with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Calcutta , India .[ 43] [ 34]
Orontes
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off Gibraltar whilst on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 44]
Pleiades
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven onto the Devil's Bank, in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Callao , Peru. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs .[ 37]
Robert McWilliams
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark. Four crew were reported missing, the rest were rescued by a lifeboat . She was on a voyage from Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland to London . She subsequently became a wreck.[ 8] [ 32]
Wilken
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Speymouth , Moray for Sunderland, County Durham . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 45]
6 January
7 January
8 January
9 January
10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
HMS Aurora
Royal Navy
The Imperieuse -class frigate was driven ashore near Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 55]
Bridgwater
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook , New Jersey , United States.[ 50]
Diligent
United States
The 140-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River upstream from Helena , Arkansas .[ 59]
Hoffnung
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Suffolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Seville , Spain.[ 55] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk.[ 32]
Lady Shelburne
United Kingdom
The brig foundered off Filfla , Malta . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Brăila , Ottoman Empire to a British port.[ 60] [ 61]
Mary
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Buenos Aires , Argentina. She was refloated on 18 January.[ 62]
11 January
12 January
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
CSS Columbia
Confederate States Navy
American Civil War : The ironclad ram struck rocks or a sunken wreck, grounded, and broke her back at Charleston , South Carolina , near Fort Moultrie . Confederate efforts to refloat her failed. Union forces captured her on 18 February and refloated her on 26 April.[ 65]
Geelong
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken wreck at Buenos Aires , Argentina and was beached.[ 66] She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies .[ 67] She was declared a total loss.[ 68]
Jefferson Davis
United States
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by Chattillon ( United Kingdom ).[ 34]
Pauline
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 South Shields , County Durham to Oporto , Portugal. She floated off and sank with the loss of a crew member.[ 54]
Rapid
British North America
The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso . She was on a voyage from Pugwash, Nova Scotia to a British port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 69]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The schooner struck rocks in the Farne Islands , Northumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Arbroath , Forfarshire to the River Tyne . She put in to Warkworth, Northumberland in a leaky condition.[ 13]
Wasp
United States
During a voyage in California from Freeport to San Francisco with a cargo of brick and cobble , the sloop struck a snag and sank in Steamboat Slough .[ 70]
13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Billy
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked off Southwold , Suffolk , England , with the loss of all six crew.[ 71]
Brazilie Packet
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
The brig parted her cables when anchored near the Brisons , off Cornwall , United Kingdom and went on the rocks at Progo Cove, Cape Cornwall . Her crew were either lost, or rescued by Mercutio Santos (Flag unknown). She was on her way from the Rio Grande to Falmouth, Cornwall carrying hides and horns.[ 72] [ 73]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of May , Fife . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Crail , Fife to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 74]
Christiana
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven into the barque Florence Bragington ( United Kingdom ) and sank at Plymouth , Devon .[ 73] She was on a voyage from Morwellham Quay , Devon to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 75]
Effort
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with Ocean Bride ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Orfordness , Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 73] [ 32]
Henrietta
United Kingdom
The sloop hit Barrel Point while attempting to cross Hayle Bar, in St Ives Bay , Cornwall, England, with the loss of all three crew and the pilot .[ 72] [ 75]
Ilma
Russia
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Merlimont , Pas-de-Calais , France with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Almería , Spain.[ 76]
Powerful
United Kingdom
The East Indiaman foundered off Guernsey , Channel Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to London .[ 76]
Premier
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in White Bay, County Cork . She was on a voyage from Iquique , Chile to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 77] She was refloated on 28 January and towed in to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 78]
Providential
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was on a voyage from Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure , France to North Shields , Northumberland . She was refloated the next day and taken in to North Shields.[ 32]
Westmoreland
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Longnose Rock, off Kingsgate, Kent . She was on a voyage from Grimsby , Lincolnshire to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated on 15 January and taken in to Ramsgate , Kent.[ 50]
Young America
United States
The 179- or 350-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag , broke in two, and sank in the Feather River 8 miles (13 km) below Marysville , California .[ 70]
14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Amélie
France
The sloop was wrecked near Fécamp , Seine-Inférieure . Her crew were rescued by the steam cutter Averne ( France ).[ 79]
Argo
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Maltreath , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Cette , Hérault , France.[ 80]
Artillery
United Kingdom
The horse boat sank at Plymouth , Devon .[ 81]
Azua
France
The barque was wrecked at Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands . She was on a voyage from Cartagena , United States of Colombia to Gonaïves , Haiti.[ 82]
Ceres
United Kingdom
While carrying roof slate to Hayle , Cornwall , England , the brigantine broke her moorings while in Boscastle , Cornwall, and ran up the beach during hurricane -force winds. She was badly damaged on the next tide and became a wreck.[ 72] Her crew survived.[ 83]
Champion
United Kingdom
The barque foundered off Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[ 84] She was on a voyage from Saint-Marc , Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 85]
Cygnet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven out to sea crewless from Exmouth , Devon.[ 75] She came ashore at Platte Saline Bay, Alderney , Channel Islands and was wrecked.[ 67]
Elgin
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Plymouth.[ 81]
Elizabeth Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner parted her moorings and was driven out of Newquay harbour and onto Towan Beach, north Cornwall, England.[ 72]
Fear Not
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the South China Sea .[ 86]
Fœderis Arca
Flag unknown
The schooner was driven ashore at Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 54]
Frieden
Norway
The ship was wrecked on Île Melon , in the Glénan Islands , Finistère , France with the loss of three of her eight crew.[ 79]
Gabrielle
France
The galiot was driven ashore on Île Melon. Her crew survived.[ 79] She was on a voyage from an English port to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 83]
HMS Geyser
Royal Navy
The Driver -class sloop was driven against the quayside at Plymouth.[ 87]
Henry Holman
United Kingdom
The schooner was run ashore at Penmanarch, Anglesey . Her eight crew were rescued. A crew member of the Holyhead Lifeboat was lost going to her assistance. Henry Holman was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bermuda .[ 76]
Hero
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She put in to Ramsgate , Kent in a leaky condition.[ 73]
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Mablethorpe , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to King's Lynn , Norfolk .[ 54]
Lelia
United Kingdom
American Civil War , Union blockade : The 640-gross registered ton sidewheel paddle steamer sprang a leak and sank in heavy seas in Liverpool Bay off the Great Orme , Caernarfonshire , near the North West lightship ( Trinity House ) was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Nassau, Bahamas or Bermuda . 46 lives were lost, the 12 survivors reaching the lightship. They could only be taken to safety two days later.[ 88] [ 89] [ 90] [ 91]
Lizzie
United Kingdom
The schooner sank off the coast of Finistère with the loss of all hands.[ 83]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The schooner sank off Langstone , Hampshire with the loss of two of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by a cutter from Fort Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 81] [ 87]
Prince Imperial
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Saint Ouens Bay, Jersey , Channel Islands . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France to Cardiff , Glamorgan . She was declared a total loss,[ 80] [ 67] but was refloated on 29 January and towed in to Saint Helier by the steamships Ariel and Fuon (Both France ).[ 92]
Rambler
United Kingdom
The smack collided with a Dutch schooner and another vessel off Portishead , Somerset and capsized. She came ashore at Clevedon , Somerset and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Savannah, Georgia , Confederate States of America .[ 80] f[ 67]
Samuel
United Kingdom
The ship was abendoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head , Sussex . She was on a voyage from Exmouth , Devon to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 83]
Snipe
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank.[ 73] Her crew were rescued by Jane Howard ( United Kingdom ).[ 32]
Swansea
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballydonaghan Bay .[ 19]
HMS Terrible
Royal Navy
The frigate ran aground at Sheerness , Kent .[ 87] [ 93]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea . All six people on board were rescued by the Rosslare Lifeboat.[ 94]
True Blue
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at "Chatillon", near Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France with the loss of seven of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Monastagem , Algeria to London .[ 79] [ 76]
15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Askalon
United Kingdom
The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°58′N 25°03′W / 46.967°N 25.050°W / 46.967; -25.050 ). All on board were rescued by the barque Almonde ( Denmark ). Askalon was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Port-au-Prince , Haiti.[ 95] [ 82] [ 96]
Cygnet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Alderney , Channel Islands .[ 80]
Ellen Sophia
United Kingdom
The brig struck rocks and sank off Dingle Head, County Cork with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 74] [ 97]
Juanito
Spain
The brig lost her way while carrying sugar and molasses from Cárdenas, Cuba to Greenock , Scotland , and struck the rocks at Duckpool , Cornwall , United Kingdom with the loss of one of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[ 72] [ 98] [ 99]
Liverpool No. 1 Lifeboat
United Kingdom
Illustration of the capsizing of the Liverpool No. 1 Lifeboat on its way to rescue the crew of Lelia , from the Illustrated London News . The lifeboat capsized in heavy seas in Liverpool Bay en route for the North West lightship ( United Kingdom ) in tow of the tug Blazer ( United Kingdom ) to recover the survivors of the sinking of the paddle steamer Lelia ( United Kingdom ) the previous day. Seven of the lifeboat′s eleven crew members drowned, the survivors being rescued by the tug.[ 89] [ 90]
Lotus
United States
Bound from New York City to Port Royal , South Carolina , carrying a shipment by the Adams Express Company , a cargo of sutler 's stores, four passengers, and a crew of five, the schooner ran ashore on the coast of South Carolina at North Shore Beach near Winyah Bay . While the sidewheel gunboat USS Sebago ( United States Navy ) was trying to help refloat her, Lotus was driven farther onto the beach, stranding her.[ 100]
North Heath
United Kingdom
American Civil War : The 541-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer , damaged while entering port at Wilmington , North Carolina , in October 1864, was scuttled as a blockship in North Carolina′s Cape Fear River near either Fort Lee or Fort Strong .[ 101]
USS Patapsco
United States Navy
American Civil War: The monitor struck a mine at Charleston , South Carolina , and sank with the loss of 62 lives almost 800 yards (732 meters) east of Fort Sumter at 32°45′55″N 79°53′29″W / 32.765252°N 79.891281°W / 32.765252; -79.891281 (USS Patapsco (1862) ) .[ 102]
Rosine
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Vigo , Spain for Sunderland, County Durham . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 103]
Wilmington
Confederate States of America
American Civil War: The incomplete ironclad was burned prior to launching at Wilmington , North Carolina , to prevent her capture by Union forces.[ 104]
16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Albert Jurss
Russia
The ship was damaged by fire in De Castries Bay. She was subsequently repaired.[ 105]
Colieton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Brielle , South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated on 21 January with the assistance of a tug .[ 50]
Euphemia Anderson
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Capbreton , Landes , France with the loss of all but three of her crew.[ 106]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sacramento ( United States ). Ganges was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 107]
Napoleon
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to North Shields , Northumberland . She was refloated the next day.[ 32]
Welcome Hill
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Walney Island , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Newry , County Antrim .[ 66]
17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
America
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium.[ 108] Her crew were rescued by a steamship .[ 109]
Beatrice
United Kingdom
The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay . Her crew were rescued by the barque Jean Bart ( France ). Beatrice was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Bordeaux , Gironde , France.[ 110] [ 111]
Cape Fear
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : Confederate forces scuttled the screw transport in the Cape Fear River near Smithfield, North Carolina , to prevent her capture by Union forces.[ 112]
Chippewa
United States
American Civil War: The steamer grounded on the south shore of the Arkansas River at Ivey's Ford , 14 miles (22.5 km) above Clarksville , Arkansas . Confederate forces captured her and her crew and passengers, removed her cargo, and burned her.[ 1]
Clarence
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and sank off The Skerries , off the coast of Anglesey . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Dublin .[ 74]
Columbian
United Kingdom
The 1,100-ton West India and Pacific Steamship Company iron screw steamer was blown onto rocks and wrecked by a hurricane off Ouessant , Finistère , France with the loss of 31 of the 34 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to the West Indies .[ 113] [ 80]
Crusader
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Port-au-Prince , Haiti. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Liverpool. She was refloated.[ 85]
Edith
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Ballyferris , County Down . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Padstow , Cornwall .[ 109] She was refloated and taken in to Donaghadee .[ 108]
Justus
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore in the Wester Ems . She was on a voyage from an English port to Groningen . She was refloated on 21 January and taken in to Emden , Kingdom of Hanover .[ 67] [ 114]
Pelteway
Confederate States of America
American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the steamer in the Cape Fear River at Smithfield, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[ 115]
Sir John Franklin
United Kingdom
During a voyage from Baltimore , Maryland , to San Francisco , California , with a cargo of lumber , dry goods , pianos , and distilled spirits , the 999-ton full-rigged ship hit rocks on the coast of California halfway between Pigeon Point and Point Año Nuevo and sank with the loss of 13 lives. There were three survivors.[ 116]
Steadfast
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Mostaganem , Algeria .[ 117] [ 50]
Suzanne
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°29′N 51°33′W / 47.483°N 51.550°W / 47.483; -51.550 ). Her fourteen crew were rescued by the barque Olrikken ( Norway ). Suzanne was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to South Shields , County Durham .[ 117] [ 50] [ 118]
Wanderer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was refloated with the assistance of two smack and resumed her voyage.[ 109]
18 January
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Calliope
Norway
The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom .[ 117] [ 50] [ 119]
Lavinia
Confederate States of America
The steamship caught fire at Havana , Cuba and may have been scuttled.[ 120]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Girvan , Renfrewshire . Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Runcorn , Cheshire .[ 74]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Cosswell Point, County Antrim with the loss of all hands.[ 74]
Rangoon
United Kingdom
The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and fire with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to Suez , Egypt .[ 121]
Reaper
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to "Vienna". She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 67]
Sonderberg
Trieste
The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rock. She was on a voyage from Troon , Ayrshire , United Kingdom to Odessa , Russia . She was refloated the next day and was assisted in to Belfast , County Antrim , United Kingdom.[ 67]
Thomas and Margaret
United Kingdom
The brig was run down and sunk off Sheerness , Kent by Lady Berridale ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of one of her six crew.[ 74] [ 32]
19 January
20 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Darien
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[ 108] [ 109]
John Randolph
Confederate States of America
The transport was wrecked on Sullivan's Island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor off Charleston , South Carolina .[ 122]
Louisa Ann
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off Portland Bill , Dorset . She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn , Cheshire . She put in to Weymouth, Dorset in a leaky condition.[ 83]
Marmora
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from London to Dundee , Forfarshire . She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and resumed her voyage.[ 83]
Wilhelmina Egberdina
Netherlands
The ship sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Brighton , Sussex , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi , Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 83]
21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Brancepath
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 50]
Granite City
Confederate States of America
American Civil War , Union blockade : The steamer , a blockade runner perhaps renamed Three Marys , was chased ashore off Velasco, Texas , by the screw steamer USS Penguin ( United States Navy ) and broke up.[ 104] [ 123]
James
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyferris , County Down . She was on a voyage from Troon , Ayrshire to Dublin . She was refloated.[ 124]
Liseon
British North America
The schooner was driven ashore at Campobello, New Brunswick . She was on a voyage from Windsor, Nova Scotia to New York . She was later refloated.[ 125]
HMS Lyra
Royal Navy
The Swallow -class sloop was driven ashore. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.[ 126]
Surprise
United Kingdom
The tug collided with the steamship Sofia ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Mersey . Her crew were rescued.[ 124]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (36°18′N 46°10′W / 36.300°N 46.167°W / 36.300; -46.167 ) with the loss of all hands.[ 127]
22 January
23 January
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
CSS Drewry
Confederate States Navy
The wreck of a Confederate gunboat on the James River in 1865, believed to be that of CSS Drewry . American Civil War , Battle of Trent's Reach : The gunboat ran aground on the James River in Virginia 400 yards (366 meters) downriver from obstructions at Trent's Reach and 1,500 yards (1,372 meters) above Battery Parsons . On 24 January, two 100-pound (45-kg) shells fired by the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment at Fort McPherson then struck her, one of them passing through her magazine . Her crew abandoned ship, and all but two reached safety before her magazine exploded, wrecking her and enveloping her in flames.[ 130] [ 131]
Henry
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to New York , United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 106]
Lady Jocelyn
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and damaged 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Madras , India . She was refloated the next day with assistance from Euphrates ( United Kingdom ).[ 132] [ 69]
Maria
Belgium
The tjalk was sunk at Antwerp in a collision with Sophia Frances ( Belgium ).[ 114]
Maynards
United Kingdom
The ship collided with HMS Cadmus ( Royal Navy ) and was severely damaged. She was towed in to Plymouth , Devon by HMS Cadmus .[ 50]
24 January
25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Agaphea
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Newcastle, County Dublin . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Dublin .[ 114] [ 96]
Armenian
United Kingdom
The Elder, Dempster & Co cargo ship ran onto the Arklow Bank in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and was wrecked with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Montague ( United Kingdom ). Four crew of the Arklow Lightship ( Trinity House ) were lost attempting a rescue. Armenian was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Madeira , Teneriffe , Canary Islands and the west coast of Africa.[ 137] [ 138]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the brig Ellen ( United Kingdom ) and ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Fécamp , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 58]
Niagara
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 139]
Seahorse
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 140]
Vincenzi Vicaro
Italy
The ship struck a rock at Ilfracombe , Devon , United Kingdom and was holed. SHe was on a voyage from Genoa to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom.[ 114]
Wave
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Horsey and Sea Palling , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to London .[ 58] [ 82]
26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
USS Dai Ching
United States Navy
American Civil War : The gunboat ran aground on the Combahee River in South Carolina while under fire by a Confederate artillery battery . She was shelled for seven hours, taking 30 hits, and nine members of her crew were wounded. The tug USS Clover ( United States Navy ) attempted to tow her off, but the tow line parted. After her last gun was knocked out, Dai Ching was burned by her crew to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. Her crew escaped aboard Clover except for five men captured by the Confederates.[ 104] [ 141]
Francis & Ann
Jersey
The schooner struck the Helwick Shoal, in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew, who reached the Helwick Lightship ( Trinity House ), from where they were rescued. Francis and Ann came ashore at Overton , Glamorgan .[ 142] She was on a voyage from Palermo , Sicily , Italy to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 143]
CSS Hornet
Confederate States Navy
American Civil War: The torpedo boat sank with the loss of at least one life after colliding with the steamer CSS William Allison ( Confederate States Navy ) on the James River in Virginia .[ 104] [ 144] [ 145]
Macduff
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Pará , Brazil .[ 146]
Sphere
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France when Adelaide ( United Kingdom ) drove into her. She was consequently beached.[ 147]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Youghal , County Cork to Kenmore. She was taken in to Crookhaven , County Cork in a derelict condition.[ 82]
27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Annie de Saint Jean de Luz
France
The ship was wrecked at Pernambuco , Brazil . she was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Pernambuco.[ 148]
Eclipse
United States
The 223-ton sternwheel paddle steamer exploded on the Tennessee River near Johnsonville, Tennessee , killing 38.[ 149]
Frances Harriet Mills
British North America
The ship ran aground at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia .[ 148]
Henrietta
Netherlands
The schooner was wrecked at Cap La Hougue , Manche , France. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Venezuela.[ 150]
Kate Carnie
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship ran aground at Rangoon , Burma . She was on a voyage from Rangoon to Singapore , Straits Settlements . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 140]
Robin Hood
United Kingdom
The pilot cutter was sunk in a collision in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe , Devon . Her crew were rescued. The wreck came ashore at Langland, Glamorgan .[ 142]
Scotia
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the steamship Merlin ( United Kingdom ) at Saint John's, Newfoundland , British North America and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Brigus , Newfoundland to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 151]
Tres Hermanos
Ecuador
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Guayaquil . She was refloated with the assistance of a lifeboat and a tug and taken in to Ramsgate , Kent, where she sank.[ 152]
28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
City of Benares
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Calcutta , India and was scuttled.[ 132] She was a total loss.[ 153]
Lord Maidstone
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) off Queenstown, County Cork . Her crew were rescued by Bombay Packet ( United Kingdom ). Lord Maidstone was on a voyage from Troon , Ayrshire to Málaga , Spain.[ 96]
Monad
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Pernambuco , Brazil . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Pernambuco.[ 148]
Pierre
Kingdom of Italy
The ship was abandoned off Cape Finisterre , Spain. She was on a voyage from Genoa , Italy to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 43] [ 34]
Wanderer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg , Sweden to London .[ 152]
29 January
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Anna Felicia
France
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Guernsey , Channel Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure .[ 143] [ 92]
Barbara Innes
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the Isle of May . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ipswich , Suffolk to Portgordon , Moray .[ 154]
Bee
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with a collier schooner off the Middle Lightship ( Trinity House ) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London . Bee was subsequently taken in to Brightlingsea , Essex .[ 155] [ 92] [ 156]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground on the Gimblet Rock. She was refloated and beached at Abererch , Caernarfonshire .[ 151]
Choice
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Governor Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall . She was taken in to Falmouth, where she sank.[ 152]
Cyclops
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen . She was on a voyage from Odense to Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom .[ 152]
Glimpse
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand. She was on a voyage from London to the Canary Islands . She was refloated and put in to Brixham , Devon in a leaky condition.[ 147]
Josephine
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into by a brig and sank in the English Channel off St Albans Head , Dorset . Her crew were rescued by the brig Hubertus ( United Kingdom ). Josephine was on a voyage from Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire .[ 150]
Marquis of Anglesey
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Pwllheli , Caernarfonshire with the loss of all four people on board. She was on a voyage from Pwllheli to Abersoch .[ 157]
Martha Brader
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in St. Catherine's Bay, Jersey , Channel Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine , France.[ 155] [ 96] She was refloated on 31 January and taken in to Jersey for repairs.[ 7]
Minero Judste
Mexico
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Clonakilty , County Cork , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Matamoras to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 7]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven into Ryde Pier , Isle of Wight . Both were damaged.[ 92]
Vulcan
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Belhaven , Lothian . Her four crew were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Aberdeen .[ 150]
Willie Ridley
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned off the coast of Cornwall . Her eight crew were rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire . She was later reboareded.[ 92] [ 94]
30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Anne and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Great Orme , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 143]
Assaye
United Kingdom
The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked near Galley Head , County Cork with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 158] [ 152] [ 159]
Certes
Malta
The ship was wrecked near Ardmore, County Waterford , United Kingdom with the loss of six of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Ardmore Lifeboat ant the Coast Guard .[ 160] [ 161]
Clontarf
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Winterton-on-Sea , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria , Egypt . She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leay condiotion, her crew refusing to proceed.[ 152]
Danish Beauty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore west of Dover , Kent . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 152]
Dekar
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Felixtowe , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Portland, Dorset .[ 147] [ 92]
Dom Pedro
Portugal
The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool.[ 152] [ 147]
Hants
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Ballycotton , County Cork . She was on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to Cork .[ 143] [ 160]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Glenarm , County Antrim .[ 15]
Jane and Agnes
Isle of Man
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Laxey to Saltney , Cheshire .[ 162]
John Venner
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River . Her captain died the next day.[ 163] [ 164] She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to Colombo , Ceylon .[ 153]
Lady Hobart
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Ireland's Eye , County Dublin . Her 22 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bermuda .[ 152] [ 165]
Louise
Prussia
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton, Cornwall , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Santos , Brazil to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 143] [ 147]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The sloop was abandoned in the Irish Sea . Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 9 ( United Kingdom ).[ 152] [ 78]
Marion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tara Point, County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Genoa , Italy to Ardrossan , Ayrshire . She was refloated on 23 February and taken in tow for Ardrossan.[ 143] [ 92]
Mary and Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Wear .[ 166] She was refloated on 8 February.[ 167]
Milla
Flag unknown
The ship foundered off Guernsey , Channel Islands .[ 154]
Newland
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned off Point Lynas , Anglesey . Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 9 ( United Kingdom ). Newland was taken in to Amlwch in a sinking condition.[ 143] [ 78] [ 92]
Osier
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Carrickfergus , County Antrim.[ 15]
Panope
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked at the Hook Lighthouse , County Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Liverpool.[ 152] [ 82]
Rebecca
France
The ship ran aground in the Rio Grande . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to the Rio Grande.[ 168]
Sara
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog , Kingdom of Hanover . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich , Suffolk to Geestemunde .[ 152] [ 147]
Sextus
Malta
The barque was wrecked in Ardmore Bay with the loss of eight of her seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Sulina , Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom .[ 152] [ 160]
Theodore
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine to Swansea.[ 152]
Trefew
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Great Orme. Her crew were rescued.[ 143] [ 92]
Zenith
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground and sank in the River Wear. She was refloated the next day.[ 166]
31 January
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Catana
United Kingdom
The brig struck a rock in the Bahamas and became severely leaky. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Nassau, Bahamas and Havana , Cuba .[ 29]
Dublin
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked in Dundrum Bay . Her four crew were rescued by the Dundrum Bay Lifeboat.[ 169]
Gleaner
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Calais , France to Blyth.[ 7] [ 170]
Great Northern
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Hartlepool , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to London . She was refloated.[ 170]
Huntley
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Red Sand. She was refloated and beached at Sheerness , Kent in a sinking condition.[ 119]
Inconstant
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Blyth. She was on a voyage from Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France to Blyth.[ 171] [ 170]
Julia
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Silver Key Bank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Catalina ( Spain ). Julia was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Port-au-Prince , Haiti.[ 172] [ 173]
Lady Hobart
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Malahide , County Dublin . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Bermuda .[ 143]
Macedonia
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated.[ 166] [ 170]
Marlesminde
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore in the Mariager Fjord . Her crew were rescued.[ 16]
Mary Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Sunderland. She was refloated on 7 February.[ 170]
Numero Quatro
Cuba
The ship was driven ashore at Clonakilty , County Cork , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Matamoros , Mexico to Liverpool.[ 119] [ 174]
Stirlingshire
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of seven of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana to London . The derelict came ashore in South Bay, County Wexford in a waterlogged condition.[ 155] [ 175] She was refloated on 31 January and taken in to Waterford .[ 136]
Victorine Maria
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arbroath , Forfarshire , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Blyth to Caen , Calvados .[ 7] [ 170]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1865
Ship
State
Description
Adelaide Bell
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Chincha Islands , Peru before 6 January.[ 80]
Africa
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Dundalk , County Louth . She was later refloated and towed to Belfast , County Antrim for repairs.[ 108]
Alectia
Flag unknown
The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands before 16 January.[ 176] [ 67]
Ariadne
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Marabout Channel and was beached.[ 66]
British Queen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Carboneras , Spain to South Shields , County Durham . She was refloated and taken in tow by a tug as she was in a leaky condition.[ 66] [ 67]
Catherine MacIvor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Oban , Argyllshire .[ 60]
Chief
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground near Provincetown, Massachusetts , United States. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 177]
Dahome
France
The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 178] [ 108]
Dunlop
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Pera , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Constanţa , Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall . She was refloated.[ 8]
Edmund Kay
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Alexandria. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Alexandria. She was refloated with the assistance of two steamships and taken in to Alexandria.[ 32]
Ellen and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Crow Rock and was abandoned.[ 179]
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall .[ 179]
CSS Equator
Confederate States Navy
American Civil War : The gunboat was burned on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina to prevent her capture by Union forces.[ 180] [ 181]
Flash
United States
The schooner was driven ashore near "Fronter Tobasco" before 19 January.[ 7]
Governor Elias
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Avona" before 10 January.[ 2]
Istamboul
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (45°20′N 6°36′W / 45.333°N 6.600°W / 45.333; -6.600 ) before 23 January. Her crew were rescued by the barque Zetus ( United Kingdom ). Istamboul was on a voyage from Constanţa to Falmouth.[ 117] [ 50] [ 118]
Jenny Jones
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Hackmatack ( United Kingdom ) and another vessel.[ 18]
Johnston Castle
India
The steamship was wrecked off the Sindhudurg Fort , Malvan .[ 182] [ 183]
King of Italy
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Côtes-du-Nord , France.[ 7]
Maid of Kent
New Zealand
The 40-ton schooner left Napier , New Zealand, for Kaipara Harbour in January, and was not sighted again. A section of her stern was washed up on the west coast of Northland near Maunganui Bluff several months later.[ 24]
Marie Elizabeth
Duchy of Holstein
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark before 18 January. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn , Denmark.[ 66]
Mary Ann Curry
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Cape Carabournou, Ottoman Empire before 17 January. She was on a voyage from Thessaloniki , Greece to a British port. She was refloated and put back to Thessaloniki.[ 58]
Monarch
United Kingdom
The tug sank at Portsmouth , Hampshire . She was refloated on 19 January and beached.[ 109]
Odd Fellow
United States
The 70-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice on the Mississippi River at Columbus, Kentucky , on either 1 or 6 January.[ 184]
Poictiers
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned off Cape Horn , Chile before 27 January. Seven crew were rescued by Nankin ( France ). Poictiers was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Callao , Peru.[ 78]
R. E. Lee
Mexico
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande before 9 January with the loss of twelve of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Castellina ( France ).[ 50]
Rotterdam
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam before 16 January. She was refloated.[ 176]
Sainte Anne
France
The ship was wrecked on the Noord Hinder sandbank, in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 8]
Saline
United States
The 176-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on Clark's Bar .[ 185]
Sarah Ellen
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Porlock , Somerset . She was on a voyage from Bridgwater , Somerset to Cork .[ 117]
Scanderby
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough before 19 January. She was refloated.[ 66]
Taneley
France
The ship collided with the steamship Mozambique ( France ) and sank. She was on a voyage from Madagascar to Réunion .[ 60]
Vibilia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Palurna".[ 117]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 38]
CSS Wasp
Confederate States Navy
American Civil War: The torpedo boat was sunk by Union artillery fire after running aground in the waters of Virginia .[ 186]
William
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Bridgwater Bay .[ 66]
William and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to London . She subsequently became a wreck.[ 8]
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