List of shipwrecks in July 1862
The list of shipwrecks in July 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1862 .
1 July
2 July
3 July
4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1862
Ship
State
Description
Cactus
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River . She was refloated.[ 7]
Gleaner
United Kingdom
The ship was run ashore south of Seaham , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Seaham. She had broken up by 8 July.[ 7]
Richard O′Brien
United Kingdom
American Civil War . Union blockade : The schooner , a blockade runner bound from Jamaica to Matamoros , Mexico, with a cargo of rum , sugar , and medicines, was forced aground and burned about 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Galveston, Texas and 6 miles (10 km) east of Velasco, Texas , Confederate States of America by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Rhode Island ( United States Navy ).[ 8]
William
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar , Yorkshire .[ 7]
5 July
6 July
7 July
8 July
9 July
10 July
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1862
Ship
State
Description
Aberaman
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Panela Rocks, off the coast of Argentina and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to the River Plate .[ 24]
Allendale
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in Hell Gate .[ 11]
Belle Italia
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : The sloop or schooner was scuttled at Lamar, Texas , to prevent her capture by the approaching barque USS Arthur ( United States Navy ). She was refloated later in July or in August.[ 25]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Goldstone Rock, off the coast of Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Montrose, Forfarshire . She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Lindisfarne , Northumberland.[ 7]
John Bull
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Miscou Island , New Brunswick , British North America . She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick to Fleetwood , Lancashire. John Bull was refloated on 25 July and taken in to Little Shippegan.[ 26] [ 27]
Kendal
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Cape Marston, New South Wales and was subsequently destroyed by fire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Tasmania to Colombo , Ceylon .[ 28]
Monte Christo
Confederate States of America
American Civil War: The schooner was burned by the Confederates at Lamar, Texas to prevent her capture by the bark USS Arthur ( United States Navy ).[ 29] [ 30]
11 July
12 July
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1862
Ship
State
Description
Aglae
France
The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham , United Kingdom to Isigny-sur-Mer , Calvados . She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich , Essex in a leaky condition.[ 7]
Betsey Packet
United Kingdom
The smack capsized and sank off Sanda Island with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Larne , County Antrim .[ 33]
John and Rebecca
United Kingdom
The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Cley-next-the-Sea , Norfolk. She was refloated and towed in to Wells-next-the-Sea.[ 7]
13 July
14 July
15 July
16 July
17 July
18 July
19 July
20 July
21 July
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1862
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the barque Waterlily ( United Kingdom ) in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Spurn Point , Yorkshire . She was taken in tow by the smack Myrtle ( United Kingdom ) but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued Agenoria was on a voyage from Lowestoft , Suffolk to South Shields , County Durham .[ 42]
Caroline
France
The schooner collided with the brig Teresetta ( Italy ) and sank in the English Channel off the coast of Devon , United Kingdom . Caroline was on a voyage from Stockholm , Sweden to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 49]
Egberdina Annechiena
Netherlands
The brig foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Port-au-Prince , Haiti. Her twelve crew took to two boats. Those in one boat were rescued by a Bremen vessel. The others reached Port Royal , Jamaica on 30 July. Egberdina Annechiena was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Port-au-Prince.[ 51] [ 46]
Ellen Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Hirsholmene , Denmark.[ 48]
USS Sallie Wood
United States Navy
American Civil War : Disabled by Confederate artillery fire from Argyle Landing , Mississippi , and Island No. 82 in the Mississippi River , the troop transport ran aground on Island No. 82 and was abandoned by her passengers and crew under Confederate shelling. Confederate forces then stripped and burned her.[ 29]
Southerner
United States
The 393-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk in a collision on the Mississippi River at College Point, Louisiana .[ 52]
Vigilant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sennen , Cornwall .[ 48]
22 July
23 July
24 July
25 July
26 July
27 July
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1862
Ship
State
Description
Golden Gate
United States
Carrying 262 passengers, a crew of 96, and a cargo of gold bullion and specie and possibly gold dust and nuggets on a voyage from San Francisco , California, the 2,067-ton sidewheel paddle steamer caught fire and ran aground in heavy fog on the coast of Mexico 15 miles (24 km) north of Manzanillo , Mexico then broke up in huge breakers with the loss of between 176 and 198 lives. The approximately 100 survivors made it to shore and began to walk toward Manzanillo, but were picked up along the way by boats from the steamer St. Louis (flag unknown) and by the Manzanillo customs boat ( Mexico ).[ 61]
Rafaellina
Italy
The polacca ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was wrecked.[ 62]
28 July
29 July
31 July
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1862
Ship
State
Description
Abraham
United Kingdom
The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in Melville Bay .[ 68] [ 69]
Alexander
United Kingdom
The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in Melville Bay. Her crew survived.[ 70] [ 68] [ 69]
Arveskong
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore near the entrance to the Agger Canal , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oporto , Portugal to Stockholm .[ 17]
Boomerang
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked in the Pentland Firth before 19 July. Her crew survived.[ 71]
Capitol
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : The sidewheel paddle steamer , damaged by fire at Liverpool, Mississippi , on 28 June, was sunk as a blockship in the Yazoo River in Mississippi .[ 72]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked off Madagascar . She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Cape Town , Cape Colony .[ 73]
Edgar
United Kingdom
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from a Baltic port to a British port.[ 7]
Edward Barron
British North America
The brig foundered before 14 July. Her nine crew took to two boats; they were rescued that day by the schooner S. F. Abbott ( United States ). Edward Barron was on a voyage from Cienfuegos , Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 26]
Ellerslie
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by ice in Arksuth Fjord, Greenland. She was consequently condemned.[ 74]
Falstaff
Dantzic
The ship was taken in to North Shields , Northumberland , United Kingdom in a derelict condition.[ 7]
Firefly
United States
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Florida , Confederate States of America before 8 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aspinwall , Granadine Confederation to New York .[ 75]
Frank
United States
The schooner was wrecked in the Yangtze after 6 July whilst going to the assistance of Swordfish ( United Kingdom ).[ 34] [ 36]
Gezina Reina
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked before 24 July.[ 42]
Hendrik
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Lisbon , Portugal.[ 17]
Hersilia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lapland , Norway before 26 July. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to London.[ 26]
Hudson
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ensign ( United Kingdom ). Hudson was on a voyage from Richibucto , New Brunswick , British North America to Cork .[ 76]
J. Wakefield
United States
The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Basilan Strait before 18 July. She was on a voyage from Manila , Spanish East Indies to London.[ 36]
Lord Gambier
United Kingdom
The whaler was lost in Melville Bay before 5 July. Her crew were rescued.[ 77]
Manelett
United Kingdom
Carrying a cargo of coal , the schooner was wrecked on Block Island , Rhode Island , United States.[ 78]
Muta
United Kingdom
The brig grounded at Narva , Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to Hartlepool , County Durham . She continued her voyage but consequently put in to Lillesand , Norway in a waterlogged condition.[ 7]
Prioress
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Rifleman Shoals. She was on a voyage from Shediac , New Brunswick to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Liverpool on 31 July.[ 66]
Prospect
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Dunstanburgh Castle , Northumberland.[ 7]
Regina Hellechina
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked before 24 July.[ 42]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The whaler , a steamship , was lost in the Davis Strait . Her crew survived.[ 70] [ 79] [ 80]
Sara Hendrika
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Porto de Pedras , Brazil before 15 July. she was on a voyage from Bahia , Brazil to Falmouth.[ 24]
Sœbloemerten
Denmark
The ship foundered off Aalborg .[ 48]
Thames City
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rothschild ( United States ). Thames City was on a voyage from Mauritius to London.[ 81]
Wanderer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Islay , Inner Hebrides . She was on a voyage from Troon , Ayrshire to Londonderry . She was refloated on 26 July.[ 82]
Unidentified schooner
Confederate States of America
American Civil War, Union blockade : The schooner was forced ashore near Mobile, Alabama in early July by the gunboat USS Kanawha ( United States Navy ). Confederate forces then burned her.[ 83]
Unidentified schooner
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : Loaded with concrete , the schooner was scuttled as blockship by Confederate forces in Aransas Bay off the coast of Texas .[ 84]
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Bibliography
Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
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