List of shipwrecks in November 1863
The list of shipwrecks in November 1863 includes ships sunk, foundered, wreckered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1863 .
1 November
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Alpha
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Dogger Bank . Her seven crew were rescued by the fishing smack Superior ( United Kingdom ).[ 1]
Anna Maria
Austrian Empire
The brig was wrecked on the Girdler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to London , United Kingdom .[ 2]
Annandale
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Bay of Biscay . Her crew were rescued by the brig Maria Young ( United Kingdom ).[ 3] She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to South Shields , County Durham or vice versa .[ 4] [ 5]
Ann Griffiths
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Amrum , Duchy of Holstein . She was on a voyage from Bremen to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 6] [ 7]
Annie
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her five crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the fishing smack Signal ( United Kingdom ).[ 1]
Auckland
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the sloop Ulrika ( Denmark ). Auckland was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg .[ 8] [ 9]
Aurora
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship was wrecked at "Valska" with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from "Kyloyn" to Sunderland.[ 10] [ 11]
Bandon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Kinsale , County Cork to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 12]
Catharina
Prussia
The ship was lost near Gothenburg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel to London.[ 13]
David Legg
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton , Sussex .[ 14]
Earl of Montague
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Ida ( United Kingdom ). Earl Montague was on a voyage from Sunderland to Havana , Cuba .[ 15] [ 5]
Heinrich
Stralsund
The ship sank in the North Sea. Her seven crew were rescued by the sloop Marie ( Hamburg ). Heinrich was on a voyage from Burntisland , Fife , United Kingdom to Altona .[ 16] [ 17]
Helena
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the brig Arrow ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk with the loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Arrow . Helena was on a voyage from [ 2] [ 18] [ 19]
Hoffnung
Russia
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Fredrikshavn , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Riga .[ 12]
Horizon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Calcutta , India . She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[ 20]
Lady Mary Stewart
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 12]
Lena
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore on Hirsholmene . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Lemvig .[ 12] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Fredrikshavn .[ 20]
Lion
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the North Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) north of the Leman and Ower Bank. Her eight crew were rescued by the steamship Osborne ( United Kingdom ). Lion was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 2]
Mary , and a schooner
United Kingdom Flag unknown
Mary was run into by a derelict schooner off the mouth of the Humber . She was abandoned and consequently foundered. Mary was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to London The schooner also foundered.[ 14]
Mistress of the Seas
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Seacombe , Cheshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay. She was refloated and towed back to Liverpool.[ 21]
Probe
United Kingdom
The brig departed from the River Tyne for Alexandria , Egypt . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 22]
Tamworth
Norway
The ship ran aground on the Trunk-hill Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana , Cuba [ 23]
Thames
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to the Nieuw Diep.[ 14]
War Hawk
United Kingdom
The barque was lost off "Surraf". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to London.[ 12]
2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and capsized at Whitby , Yorkshire .[ 24] [ 20] [ 25]
Anna Maria Z
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Girdler Sand, off the north Kent coast. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to London .[ 12]
Caroline and Marie
Denmark
The ship was wrecked at Agger . She was on a voyage from London to Copenhagen .[ 16] [ 7]
Dauntless
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the Victoria Dock , London. She was on a voyage from Little Bay , Newfoundland , British North America to London. She was refloated on 17 September 1864.[ 26]
Glance
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Mostyn , Flintshire .[ 27]
Guiding Star
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Serranilla Reef, off the Mosquito Coast . Her crew survived; four of them were rescued by Tamar ( United Kingdom )[ 28] [ 29]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Whitstable , Kent. She was refloated on 9 November and taken in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire.[ 30] [ 5]
Jersey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked "on Mallo". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Malmö , Sweden.[ 10]
John
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Coatham , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 31] [ 32]
Lady of the Lake
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Inchkeith , Fife .[ 18]
Lion
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore north of the mouth of the River Tyne . Her crew were rescued by a steamboat .[ 33]
Lord Byron
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Filey Brigg , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Caen , Calvados , France.[ 12]
Maple
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey .[ 18] She was refloated on 5 November.[ 14]
Maria
Netherlands
The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Deal, Kent . She was on a voyage from Gijón , Spain to London. She was refloated and taken in to Margate , Kent in a leaky condition[ 20]
Matthew
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ballyquintin Point, Wigtownshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Troon , Ayrshire .[ 34]
Meerschaum
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Investigator Shoal. Eleven crew were rescued by Niphon ( United Kingdom ). Meerschaum was on a voyage from Manila , Spanish East Indies to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies .[ 35]
Passport
British North America
The steamship struck a rock and sank at Toronto , Province of Canada .[ 36]
Pearl
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Greatstone , Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 20] She was refloated the next day and assisted in to Dover , Kent.[ 37]
Prudence
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off the Dudgeon Sand, in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by the brig Caroline ( United Kingdom ). Prudence was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Rochester, Kent .[ 2]
Richard
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Mostyn.[ 24]
San Geralenna
Odessa
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Radosten ( Rostock ). San Geralema was on a voyage from Odessa to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 16] [ 7]
Sara Hendrik
Flag unknown
The schooner was wrecked near Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire , United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[ 38] [ 39]
Sofia
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore at "Hisinglandet".[ 6]
Taje
Grand Duchy of Finland
The sloop struck a sunken wreck in the North Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Narva , Russia to Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom .[ 16] [ 7] [ 40]
Three Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Devon . Her crew were rescued.[ 25]
William George
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Schiedam , South Holland , Netherlands to Seaham.[ 34] [ 41]
William Sinclair
United Kingdom
The barque was beached at Penrhos, Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Newry , County Antrim to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 2] She was refloated on 9 November and towed in to Holyhead , Anglesey.[ 4]
Zwaluw
Netherlands
The ship was beached on Heligoland in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Harlingen, Friesland and/or Zwolle , Overijssel .[ 10] [ 39] She was consequently condemned.[ 42]
Unnamed
flag unknown
The ship was wrecked at Niton , Isle of Wight .[ 43]
3 November
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Alarm
United States
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Preparis Reef, in the Bay of Bengal . Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Sultana ( United Kingdom ). Alarm was on a voyage from Akyab , Burma to Singapore , Straits Settlements .[ 44]
Amazon
United States
The packet ship was destroyed by fire off the North Foreland , Kent , United Kingdom . All on board were rescued by the Broadstairs, Kingsdown and Margate Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to New York .[ 45] [ 46] [ 47]
Audax
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Carabourno, Ottoman Empire for London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 13]
Avon
United Kingdom
The brig was lost off "Hangosund", Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 27] [ 32]
Circassian
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and sak at Pori , Grand Duchy of Finland .[ 48]
Deux Claire
France
The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee , North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Constanţa , Ottoman Empire to Dunkerque , Nord .[ 41]
Elise
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Lemvig , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Varel , Kingdom of Hanover .[ 18]
Elivine
Stettin
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Stettin.[ 41]
Eliza Young
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Bullock's Point , Rhode Island , United States. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Providence, Rhode Island .[ 36] She was later refloated and taken in to Providence.[ 49]
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The ship sank off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea . Her crew survived.[ 18]
Europa
Austrian Empire
The steamship was driven ashore near Larnaca , Ottoman Cyprus . She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Beyrout , Ottoman Syria . Europa was refloated on 6 November with assistance from HMS Cossack ( Royal Navy ) and Impetueuse ( French Navy ) and taken in to Larnaca.[ 50] [ 51] [ 52]
Johann Heinrich
Dantsic
The ship was wrecked near Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exmouth , Devon , United Kingdom to Dantsic.[ 18]
Lord Byron
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Filey , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Caen , Calvados , France.[ 14]
Mark Breeds
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her seven crew were rescued by the fishing smack Edwin ( United Kingdom ). Mark Breeds was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Rochester, Kent .[ 14] [ 53]
Nor
Sweden
The brig ran aground whilst on a voyage from Gävle to Lowestoft , Suffolk , United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Mandal, Norway in a leaky condition.[ 49]
Ocean Pearl
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off Callao , Peru. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso , Chile to the Chincha Islands , Peru.[ 54]
Orion
Bremen
The schooner was wrecked at Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire , United Kingdom. Her nine crew were rescued; four of them by the Pwllheli Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands .[ 55] [ 56] [ 46]
Otto
Norway
The ship departed from Randers for London , United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 13]
Speedwell
United States
The ship was beached on the coast of Somerset , United Kingdom.[ 55] She was on a voyage from a port in New Brunswick , British North America to Penarth , Glamorgan , United Kingdom.[ 25]
Thomas Edwards
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) north east of Cromer , Norfolk .[ 55] [ 31] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Dartmouth, Devon .[ 39]
4 November
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Gipsy
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Pickering ( United Kingdom ). Gipsy was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 55]
Jane
United Kingdom
The collier , a brigantine , foundered in the North Sea 30 to 40 nautical miles (56 to 74 km) east of Spurn Point , Yorkshire with the loss of all ten crew.[ 57] [ 40]
Jan Hendrick de Jonge
Netherlands
The barque was wrecked at Porth Wen , Anglesey , United Kingdom .[ 38]
Kelton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Pánuco River . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tampico , Mexico to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 58]
Mary and Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands .[ 16]
Olga
Russia
The ship was wrecked on Langø , Denmark, She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Narva .[ 55]
Plynlymon
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Port Madoc , Caernarfonshire .[ 31] She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Port Madoc.[ 59]
Queen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Fishguard , Pembrokeshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness , Lancashire to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 31] She was refloated on 7 November.[ 7]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Aalborg , Denmark for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 13]
St. Eloi
France
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 55 leagues (165 nautical miles (306 km) east south east of Bahia , Brazil . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 60]
Zephyr
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Fishguard and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to London.[ 31] She was refloated on 7 November.[ 7]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner was wrecked at Porth Wen.[ 38]
5 November
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Curlew
United States
The 343-ton screw steamer collided with the steamer Louisiana (Flag unknown) and sank in the Chesapeake Bay off Point Lookout , Maryland .[ 61]
Nestor
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Amrum , Duchy of Holstein . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Hamburg .[ 16] [ 48]
Nassau
United States
The 518-ton steamer sank at Brazos Pass on the coast of Texas , Confederate States of America .[ 62]
Partridge
United States
The schooner was lost at Brazos Pass.[ 62]
Queen of the Netherlands
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the schooner Arche ( Kingdom of Hanover ). Queen of the Netherlands was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria , Egypt Eyalet .[ 36]
Sicilia
Italy
The barque was wrecked on the Hartwell Reef, off Boa Vista , Cape Verde Islands with the loss of 72 of the 154 people on board. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Montevideo , Uruguay.[ 63] [ 64] [ 65] [ 66]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Ouessant , Finistère , France with the loss of all hands.[ 57]
6 November
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Amanda
United States
American Civil War , CSS Alabama's Indian Ocean Expeditionary Raid : The 598-ton barque , bound from Manila , Spanish East Indies to Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom , with a cargo of hemp and sugar , was captured and burned in the Netherlands East Indies or Indian Ocean by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy ).[ 67] [ 68] [ 69]
Anine
Sweden
The ship was wrecked near Strömstad with the loss of 21 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Aalborg , Denmark.[ 8] [ 48]
Brigand
United Kingdom
The brigantine was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by a smack . She was on a voyage from Villareal , Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne.[ 8] [ 5] She was seen to founder 35 nautical miles (65 km) north east of the Lemon and Ower Lightship ( Trinity House ) by Heimdal ( United Kingdom ).[ 70] [ 9]
Christian Ludwig
Dantsic
The ship was abandoned in the Skaggerak . Her crew were rescued by Fina ( Sweden ). Christian Ludwig was on a voyage from Dantsic or Stralsund to Dublin , United Kingdom .[ 8] [ 63] [ 71]
Isis
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Wingo", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to "Oscarsbourne".[ 8]
Jane and Agnes
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Garwick Glen, Isle of Man and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Douglas, Isle of Man . She was refloated with assistance from the paddle steamer Mona's Queen ( ) Isle of Man ) and towed in to Douglas.[ 72]
Juno
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Frederick VII Koog". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields , County Durham .[ 48]
Margarethe
Hamburg
The barque was driven ashore at Harboøre , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool , County Durham.[ 11]
Quebec Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to London .[ 73]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Llandudno , Caernarfonshire . She was on a voyage from Garston , Lancashire to Holyhead , Anglesey .[ 37]
St. Catherine
Netherlands
The ship ran aground off Skagen , Denmark and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London , United Kingdom.[ 16]
[ 73]
7 November
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Abrahams Minde
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig . She was on a voyage from Rønne to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom .[ 16] [ 7]
Allen Collier
United States
American Civil War : The steamer was boarded and burned by Confederate guerillas at her mooring on the Mississippi River at Bolivar Landing or Whitworth's Landing in Mississippi , Confederate States of America , across from and about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) above Laconia, Arkansas , Confederate States of America.[ 68] [ 74]
Angelicana
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Aspö Islands . Her crew were rescued.[ 41] She was on a voyage from Frederikshavn , Denmark to an English port.[ 48]
Brechin
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Dogger Bank . Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Queen ( United Kingdom ). Brechin was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Newcastle upon Tyne.[ 40]
Carolina
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to New York . She was subsequently taken in to the Aspö Islands.[ 41]
Catharina
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Holmstad , Norway to London , United Kingdom.[ 16]
Eliome
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Stettin .[ 34]
Eliza Gann
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was refloated with assistance from the tug Powerful ( United Kingdom ).[ 7]
Emanuel
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Klitmoller Sand, in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Aalborg , Denmark.[ 16]
James Dixon
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the brig Eli ( Austrian Empire ) at the mouth of the River Tyne . She then ran aground and sank at South Shields , County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields and South Shields Lifeboats. James Dixon was refloated on 22 November and taken in to South Shields. She was subsequently salvaged, rebuilt and returned to service.[ 75] [ 76] [ 5]
Lord Seaham
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Frances Anne ( United Kingdom ). Lord Seaham was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to London.[ 48]
Madonna
United Kingdom
The derelict brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Janets ( United Kingdom ). Madonna was on a voyage from Sundsvall , Sweden to Hartlepool , County Durham . She was driven ashore at "Wexoe", Denmark on 13 November.[ 77] [ 78] [ 11]
Margaretha
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom.[ 16]
Regent
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina , Confederate States of America to Ostend.[ 16] [ 4] [ 7]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The smack collided with Coronella ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to the Isle of Man .[ 34]
Sea Nymph
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks in the North Channel. She was towed in to a port in the Colony of Natal in a leaky condition.[ 79]
Union
United States
The barque struck the Pilot Rock, off Arichat, Nova Scotia , British North America . She capsized and sank. She was on a voyage from New York to Pictou , Nova Scotia .[ 80]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the steamship Olaf ( Russia ) and sank off "Nytelene Island" with the loss of all hands.[ 5]
8 November
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Anandale
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Mary Young ( United Kingdom ). Anandale was on a voyage from Thessaloniki , Greece to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 16]
Arthur Leary
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex . All thirteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon , Portugal. Arthur Leary had become a wreck by 12 November.[ 81] [ 7] [ 82]
Commerce
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage form Blyth, Northumberland to Gravesend, Kent . She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 48]
Cornubia
Confederate States of America
American Civil War , Union blockade : Pursued by the screw steamer USS Niphon ( United States Navy ), the sidewheel paddle steamer was run aground by her crew near New Inlet , North Carolina . She was then captured by Union forces.[ 83]
Medusa
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at East London , British Kaffraria . Her crew were rescued, but a rescuer was lost. She was on a voyage from London to the Colony of Natal .[ 84] [ 85]
Planter
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kessingland , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rye, Sussex .[ 16]
Prince Albert
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Whitby , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London.[ 48]
Pursuit
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Løkken-Vrå , Denmark, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 16] [ 4]
Shepherd
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Skagens Rev and wrecked south of Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith , Lothian .[ 16] [ 73]
Sophie
France
The ship was driven ashore east of Gravelines , Nord . Her crew were rescued.[ 10]
Themis
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea (55°33′N 5°45′E / 55.550°N 5.750°E / 55.550; 5.750 ). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields , Northumberland to the Nieuw Diep.[ 48]
Venture
Italy
The brig ran aground on the Half Ebb Rock, off Harwich , Essex , United Kingdom .[ 9]
9 November
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Alexina
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Rio Grande . She was on a voyage from Matamoros , Mexico to New York , United States.[ 86]
Anglia
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer ran aground in the Aran Islands , County Galway and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts , United States. She was refloated the next day and put in to Galway . Anglia was subsequently repaired at Liverpool.[ 87] [ 52] [ 88]
Arion
Denmark
The barque collided with another barque and was beached at Seaham , County Durham , United Kingdom and was abandoned by all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated the next day.[ 5]
Artemas
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Stoney Binks, off the mouth of the Humber . She was on a voyage from the Humber to Sunderland. She put in to Whitby , Yorkshire the next day in a leaky condition.[ 11]
Czar
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in Gibraltar Bay . She was on a voyage from Patras , Greece to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated with the assistance of a tug .[ 4]
Flora
Denmark
The brig collided with an American liner and was abandoned in the English Channel off Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a Norwegian vessel. Flora was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to Christiania , Norway.[ 8] [ 70] [ 89]
George Robinson
United Kingdom
The brig was beached in the River Blackwater . She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 90]
Hirondelle
France
The ketch was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent with the loss of all hands.[ 7]
Matchless
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark.[ 8] [ 9] [ 91]
Postillonen
Sweden
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom.[ 8] [ 9]
Stirling
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Whitby , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from London to Souths Shields. She was refloated.[ 9] [ 48]
Vine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to London .[ 8]
Viscamo
Bremen
The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico .[ 9] [ 92] [ 91]
Vriendschap
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Dantzic .[ 89]
Three unnamed vessels
Flags unknown
A barque and two schooners were driven ashore at the Landguard Fort , Felixtowe , Suffolk .[ 9]
10 November
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
RMS Anglia
United Kingdom
The steamship struck the Black Rock, off Galway . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 93] She was refloated and taken in to Galway.[ 89]
Anna Catrina
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Alexandria , Egypt . She was refloated and put in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.[ 48]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Salo , Grand Duchy of Finland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 70]
Familien
Norway
The brig ran aground and was wrecked at Hayle , Cornwall , United Kingdom . Her crew survived.[ 94]
Frederikka
Norway
The ship collided with a smack and ran aground on the Leman and Ower Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to London , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[ 30]
Glencairn
United Kingdom
The barque was sighted off the Brisons , off the Cornish coast. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Hayle.[ 94]
Orion
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore near Seaham , County Durham , United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[ 48]
Winged Racer
United States
American Civil War , CSS Alabama's Indian Ocean Expeditionary Raid : During a voyage from Manila , Spanish East Indies to New York with a cargo of camphor , hemp , hides , jute , porcelain , and sugar , the 1,768-ton clipper was captured and burned in the Java Sea near the Sunda Strait by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy ).[ 67] [ 68] [ 95]
11 November
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Adrien
France
The lugger was wrecked at Gunwalloe , Cornwall , United Kingdom with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure .[ 10] [ 87] [ 56]
Captain John Brickell
United States
The 188-ton sternwheel paddle steamer collided with a flatboat on the Ohio River , ran ashore on the Ohio side of the river, and sank in shallow water at West Columbia , Confederate States of America . She later was refloated.[ 96]
Contest
United States
American Civil War , CSS Alabama's Indian Ocean Expeditionary Raid : The 1,098-ton clipper , carrying a cargo of Chinese silk , tea , and goods from Yokohama , Japan , to New York City , was captured and burned off the Gaspar Strait in the Netherlands East Indies by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy ).[ 67] [ 97] [ 68]
Edith Pepper
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Sandawood Reefs, in the South China Sea with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to China .[ 98] [ 99]
Herman
Denmark
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Plumeour", Finistère , France. Her six crew were rescued.[ 100]
Leon Isabella
France
The chasse-marée was driven ashore at "Donamenenez", France with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure .[ 91] [ 90]
London
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off Gurnard's Head , Cornwall with the loss of all seven crew.[ 101] She subsequently came ashore at Zennor .[ 94]
Pauline
France
The lugger was wrecked at Brest, Finistère with the loss of all hands.[ 100]
Penelope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hovdend, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated and assisted in to Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland , Netherlands.[ 102]
Providence
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cape Cornwall , Cornwall with the loss of five or six of her crew. Two survivors were rescued by the steamship East Anglian ( United Kingdom ). Providence was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth , Devon .[ 10] [ 87] [ 101] [ 103] [ 94]
Thomas and Elizabeth
Guernsey
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine , France.[ 102]
Transit
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Whitehaven , Cumberland .[ 104] [ 105]
William
United Kingdom
The smack was driven against the pier and sank at Brixham , Devon .[ 106]
Unnamed
Norway
The brig was wrecked at Hayle , Cornwall. Her crew survived.[ 87]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The ship foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Landunvez , Finistère with the loss of all hands.[ 100]
12 November
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Almora
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and sank at Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated on 17 November.[ 10] [ 107]
Commodore
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Agrigento , Sicily , Italy to Ipswich , Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of smacks and taken in to Harwich , Essex in a leaky condition.[ 102]
Criminil Rath Brandt
Prussia
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Gloucester . She was refloated on 14 November with assistance from the smack Eight ( United Kingdom ) and taken in to Harwich , Essex in a leaky condition.[ 91] [ 90]
Enchantress
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the barque Petronella ( Netherlands ) and sank in the English Channel off Dover , Kent . She was on a voyage from Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 108] [ 11]
Gustave
France
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mostaganem , India . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from India to an English port.[ 109] [ 110]
Julia
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Exeter , Devon .[ 90] [ 11]
Mœrles
Italy
The ship was abandoned off The Lizard , Cornwall , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Naples .[ 108] [ 102]
Stucley
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Clovelly , Devon. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bude , Cornwall. She was refloated the next day.[ 49]
Tamaya
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Valparaíso , Chile to Liverpool. She was refloated.[ 103]
Victoria Cross
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bombay , India . She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 111] [ 48] [ 102]
13 November
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
John Stanton Jr.
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Cardiff , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Shanghai , China . She was refloated and towed in to Bristol , Gloucestershire in a leaky condition.[ 36]
Maritana
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on North Uist , Outer Hebrides . Her six crew survived.[ 112] She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to a port in Northumberland .[ 113]
Prince Alfred
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at a port in the Colony of Natal .[ 79]
Sunbury
British North America
The ship exploded and sank at Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island . She was on a voyage from "Indian Town" to Frederickton , Newfoundland .[ 104]
Sunnyside
United States
Carrying a cargo of cotton , the 330-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River near Island No 16 at Pomeroy , Ohio , with the loss of 30 to 40 lives.[ 114]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The ship collided with Penelope ( United Kingdom ) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Egepatera ( Greece ).[ 115]
14 November
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Anna Kimball
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship ran aground in the River Tay . She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Calcutta , India . She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Samson ( United Kingdom ) and taken in to Dundee in a severely leaky condition.[ 116] [ 90]
Diana
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Bomarsund [sv ] . She was refloated.[ 117]
La Foi
France
The ship was towed in to Lorient , Morbihan in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Monte Video , Uruguay.[ 49]
Madonna della Libera
Italy
The ship was struck by lightning , sprang a leak and sank in the Gulf of Lyons . Her crew were rescued by Mogador Packet ( United Kingdom ).[ 63]
Moult
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from "Landshipping" to Hayle , Cornwall .[ 73]
Queen of England
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Colombo , Ceylon for London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 118]
15 November
16 November
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Belle Brune
France
The ship struck The Manacles . She was on a voyage from Saint-Brieuc , Côtes-du-Nord to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom . She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[ 90]
City of Montreal
The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) upstream of Rimouski , Province of Canada . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 125]
Gratitude
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at "Landsholm". she was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to London . She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[ 126]
Isca
Flag unknown
The vessel went aground in San Francisco Bay during a storm.[ 127]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Magnificent ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Mersey . Her crew were rescued.[ 77]
Nepenthe
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Hartland Point , Devon with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff.[ 107]
Ostsee
Hamburg
The steamship was driven ashore at Løkken-Vrå , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kiel , Prussia, via Frederikshavn to Hamburg.[ 52]
Pandar
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Teignmouth , Devon to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham.[ 128] [ 49] [ 5]
Stella Mahitana
Netherlands
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued cr General Havelock ( United Kingdom ). Stella Mahitana was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Domingo .[ 129] [ 117]
Sylph
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from London to São Miguel Island , Azores . She was refloated and taken in to The Downs .[ 91]
William
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Magnificent ( United Kingdom and sank in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France.[ 107]
17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Breeze
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on Poplar Island , Maryland , United States. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Barbadoes . She was refloated and put back to Baltimore.[ 80]
Brilliant
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near St Catherine's Point , Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Cork to Poole, Dorset .[ 90] [ 129]
Luna
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Koppalin , Prussia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London .[ 128] [ 49]
Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on Hogland , Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 130] [ 110]
Teviotdale
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 52] She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Sloyne .[ 78]
18 to 20 unidentified boats
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : The boats were destroyed on the Piankatank River in Mathews County, Virginia , by a Union expedition.[ 131]
18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Amazon
United Kingdom
The ship sank4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Ilfracombe , Devon . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona , Spain.[ 132] [ 129] [ 117]
Bagley
United States Army
The 396-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank at Aransas Pass on the coast of Texas , Confederate States of America .[ 133]
Charlotte
New Zealand
The 40-ton cutter was lost near Sumner with the loss of all hands during a gale. Her upturned hull was sighted three days later off Pigeon Bay , Banks Peninsula .[ 134]
Eslington
United Kingdom
The barque collided with the transport ship King Arthur ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (49°32′N 9°20′W / 49.533°N 9.333°W / 49.533; -9.333 ). Her crew were rescued by King Arthur , which lost a crew member during the rescue. Eslington was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[ 135] [ 136]
Penelope
United Kingdom
The ship collided with another vessel and sank. Her crew were rescued by Egeratacia ( United Kingdom ). Penelope was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Garrucha , Spain.[ 126]
Radiant
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on "Tekerskar" or "Treskow. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to London .[ 11] [ 113]
Robert Gilroy
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Calcutta , India .[ 137]
Thirteen unidentified vessels
Confederate States of America
American Civil War , Union blockade : A Union expedition destroyed a sloop and 12 boats at Gwynn's Island in the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Virginia , Confederate States of America.[ 138]
19 November
20 November
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Brigadier
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on Whitburn Steel, off the coast of County Durham . She was refloated and taken in to South Shields .[ 128] [ 49]
Charles
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her 24 crew were rescued by Paragon ( United Kingdom ). Charles was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to London .[ 142]
Janet Patterson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto , New Brunswick to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 143]
King Arthur
United Kingdom
The clipper was wrecked on Pongok Island , Netherlands East Indies . She was on a voyage from Shanghai , China to London.[ 144] [ 145]
Lancashire Lass
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Douglas, Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn , Cheshire to Douglas.[ 15] She was refloated on 25 November and taken in to Douglas.[ 146]
Manhattan
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Chatham, Massachusetts .[ 147]
Sclorenza
Papal States
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point , Glamorgan , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Civitavecchia .[ 109] [ 110]
Silver Cord
British North America
The schooner was driven ashore at St. Michael's. She was on a voyage from Toronto , Province of Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia .[ 148]
Sparrow Hawk
United Kingdom
The smack collided with the smack Standard ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Standard .[ 110]
21 November
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Black Hawk
United States
American Civil War : The 26-ton sidewheel transport ran onto the bank of the Mississippi River at Hay Point, Louisiana , 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) below the mouth of the Red River of the South , with her upper works destroyed after being ambushed by the 1st Louisiana Regiment ( Confederate States Army ).[ 149]
Margaret Reid
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Königsberg , Prussia to London . She was refloated and put in to Helsingør , Denmark in a leaky condition.[ 110]
Mesopotamia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Shinnecock Inlet . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New York , United States.[ 148]
Negociant
France
The brig was driven ashore at Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 110]
Thirsk
United Kingdom
The schooner departed from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire for Middlesbrough , Yorkshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 150]
22 November
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Celine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Avon . She was on a voyage from Algiers , Algeria to Bristol , Gloucestershire . She was refloated the next day.[ 109]
Kate
Spain
The brig ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Cartagena, Spain . She was refloated and towed in to Cowes , Isle of Wight.[ 110] [ 141]
Royal William
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by the schooner Alvilde ( Denmark ). Royal William was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg .[ 151]
Spring
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate , Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate.[ 141]
23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Amelia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Crosby, Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Livorno , Italy to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 109]
David Crockett
United States
The ship ran aground at New York . She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to New York and Liverpool. She was refloated.[ 147]
Devonshire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Crosby in a capsized condition.[ 109]
Généreuse
France
The schooner collided with the brig Kate ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea off Whitby , Yorkshire , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued by Kate .[ 5]
Gertrude
Sweden
The ship departed from Gothenburg for Bombay , India . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 152]
Hope
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Margate , Kent . She was refloated.[ 113]
Hudsons
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off Dover , Kent whilst on a voyage from the River Wear to Cronstadt , Russia . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 153]
Jolly
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from North Shields , Northumberland to Cartagena, Spain . She refloated and towed in to Cowes , Isle of Wight.[ 5]
Survey
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Hooghly River . She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta , India. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 154]
Unidentified vessels
Confederate States of America
American Civil War , Union blockade : A joint expedition by elements of the 52nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment ( Union Army ), the vessel May Queen ( United States ), and the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Mahaska and gunboat USS General Putnam (both United States Navy ) burned three schooners , scows , and boats on the East River in Mathews County .[ 155]
24 November
25 November
26 November
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Carleton
United Kingdom
The brig ran ashore at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from London to Seaham , County Durham .[ 161] [ 113]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The schooner ran ashore at Flamborough head. She was on a voyage from Exeter , Devon to South Shields , County Durham.[ 161] [ 113]
Glengarry
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff , Glamorgan . She was refloated.[ 161]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew survived.[ 113]
Isis
United Kingdom
The schooner ran ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Guernsey , Channel Islands to South Shields.[ 161] [ 113]
Mary Ann
Confederate States of America
The schooner was bound from Calcasieu, Louisiana , for Tampico , Mexico, with a cargo of cotton when she was captured and destroyed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas by the armed screw steamer USS Antona ( United States Navy ).[ 162]
Verwachting
Netherlands
The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom for Harlingen, Friesland . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 163]
Weardale
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at North Point, Maryland . She was on a voyage from the Pedro Keys to Baltimore, Maryland .[ 150]
27 November
28 November
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off North Somercotes , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherland to "Nikrog". She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 65]
Anne Elizabeth
Norway
The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea between Hiiumaa and the Packerort Lighthouse, Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom .[ 164] [ 165]
Aristide Le Juste
France
The ship was driven ashore in Thorness Bay . She was on a voyage from Lannion , Côtes-du-Nord to Portsmouth , Hampshire , United Kingdom. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 66]
Eva
United Kingdom
The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colón, Cuba to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 166] [ 167]
Heart of Oak
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground in the Menai Strait and sank. Her crew were rescued.[ 125] She was on a voyage from Garston , Lancashire to Portmadoc , Caernarfonshire .[ 168]
29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Amelia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Atilla ( United States ). Amelia was on a voyage from New York , United States to London .[ 169]
Anna Elizabeth
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Osmussaar , Russia . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom .[ 170] [ 171]
Antelope
China
The steamship ran aground upstream of Nankin . She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Ningpo . She suffered a boiler explosion during attempts to refloat her and was wrecked with the loss of 21 of her crew and 20 troops.[ 172] [ 173] [ 174]
Bulwark
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash , Isle of Arran . She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Blyth, Northumberland .[ 113] She broke up in a gale on 1 December.[ 175]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "Kalbodan". Her crew were rescued.[ 28]
Garonne
Netherlands
The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland for Harlingen, Friesland . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 163]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship passed through The Downs whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Kurrachee , India . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 176]
Hyderaspes
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Girdler Sand, off the Kent coast. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope Cape Colony , Madras and Calcutta , India. She was refloated.[ 177]
Indian Chief
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on Preston Island , Fife . She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire to Sunderland, County Durham . She was further driven ashore on 8 December but was refloated on 11 December and found to be severely damaged.[ 178]
30 November
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1863
Ship
State
Description
Admiral
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the North East Bay of Sweden before 6 November. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire to Dantsic . She was refloated and taken in to "Kanso" in a leaky condition.[ 9]
Albert
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off "Osterholmen". She was on a voyage from London to Söderhamn , Sweden.[ 6]
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 37]
Albion
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Hull to Pillau , Prussia . She was later refloated with assistance.[ 126]
Alice Webb
Flag unknown
American Civil War , Union blockade : Carrying assorted cargo, the schooner was beached inside Bogue Inlet on or before 3 November.[ 181]
Amicitia
Dantzic
The ship was driven ashore near Hela , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Brake , Kingdom of Hanover .[ 103]
Anna
United Kingdom
The ship sank "on Kjdeltsund". She was on a voyage from Hull to Fårø , Sweden.[ 6]
Anna Heyers
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Lemvig , Denmark.[ 157]
Ann and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The collier departed from the River Tyne for London in late November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 182]
Anne
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Wadervarne". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Aalborg , Denmark.[ 89]
Argo
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kaaseberga". She was on a voyage from Narva , Russia to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 52]
Brodricks
United Kingdom
The collier departed from the River Tyne for London in late November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 183] [ 182]
Caroline
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea before 7 November. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to New York . She was subsequently taken in to the Aspö Islands , Grand Duchy of Finland .[ 34]
Cid
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Elbe . She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to Altona .[ 38]
Duchess of Gloucester
United Kingdom
The ship was towed in to Greenock , Renfrewshire in a derelict condition before 12 November. She had been on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Coleraine , County Antrim .[ 102]
Duodecimus
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Wallis Point, Malta . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Malta.[ 125]
Elizabeth and Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Tille, in the North Sea before 25 November. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to "Heppen".[ 157] [ 156]
Elizabeth Maria
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore near Trieste . She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Trieste.[ 129]
Elwing
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Gothenburg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull to Stettin .[ 6]
Emma Colvin
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of New Caledonia before 1 December.[ 184] [ 185]
Esther
United Kingdom
The collier departed from the River Tyne for London in late November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 186]
Flint Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto the Green Island Rocks, in Cloughy Bay.[ 187]
Fortuna
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Sylt , Duchy of Holstein on or before 22 November.[ 161]
Four Brothers and Four Sisters
United Kingdom
The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Shanklin , Isle of Wight .[ 187]
Frederick Bunning
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 November.[ 104]
George
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Schiedam , South Holland , Netherlands to Seaham , County Durham .[ 6]
Georgina
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by fire at Ardrossan , Ayrshire . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bahia , Brazil .[ 4] [ 7]
Golden Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off the mouth of the River Plate before 22 November. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 188] [ 189]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned on the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Altona.[ 6]
Hermann
Flag unknown
The ship was lost near "Wingo", Sweden before 4 November.[ 91]
Hero
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 48]
Hillechina
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Mandal, Norway for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 190]
Inverke
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off The Lizard , Cornwall .[ 111]
Iris
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Wingo", Sweden before 6 November. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Oscarshamn , Sweden.[ 89] [ 9]
James
United Kingdom
The collier departed from the River Tyne in late November for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 182]
Jessie
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sweden.[ 77]
Jeune Lucy
France
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Landes .[ 78]
Johanna Matilda
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore on Klädesholmen . She was on a voyage from North Shields , Northumberland to Gothenburg .[ 11]
Julia Chism
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by John Shyres ( United Kingdom ).[ 36]
Julia Clasia
Netherlands
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by John Rhymas ( United Kingdom ). Julia Clasia was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies .[ 91]
Julius
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea before 10 November.[ 49]
Kate
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Abersoch , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn , Cheshire to Plymouth , Devon .[ 4] [ 7]
Konigen von Preussen
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore on Klädesholmen , Sweden before 3 November. She was on a voyage from North Shields to Königsberg .[ 11]
Lady Mary
United Kingdom
The collier departed from the River Tyne for London in late November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 183]
Laurel
United States
The brig was wrecked at Lamartine , Province of Canada , British North America before 14 November.[ 80]
Ludwig
Sweden
The ship ran aground near Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Bombay , India.[ 6]
Maria
France
The ship was lost near Carmen . She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Carmen.[ 103] [ 102]
Maria Finnige
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from "Riga" to Ghent , East Flanders .[ 146]
Mary Muncaster
United Kingdom
The barque departed from the River Tyne for Spain in late November. Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all fifteen crew. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Norderney , Kingdom of Hanover in early December.[ 191]
Meteor
UKGBI
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Korsør , Denmark to Bergen , Norway. She was and refloated taken in to Helsingør , Denmark, where she arrived on 20 November in a leaky condition.[ 157] [ 71]
Mimosa
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked near "Bega".[ 128]
Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Amrum. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Hamburg .[ 4]
Norman
United States
American Civil War: After being captured by Confederate forces on the coast of Florida at the mouth of the Perdido River , the schooner was run aground and burned by her Confederate prize crew to prevent her recapture by the approaching screw steamer USS Bermuda ( United States Navy ).[ 192]
Richard Pearse
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Devon. All eight people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to Dublin .[ 193]
Robert Peel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Narva , Russia.[ 6]
Salazes
France
The barque collided with the steamship John Bright ( United Kingdom ) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[ 128]
Silver Wave
United States
The 245-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River at Columbus, Kentucky .[ 194]
Spray
United Kingdom
The collier departed from the River Tyne for London in late November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 182]
Suomi
Russia
The ship was taken in to Risør , Norway in a derelict condition.[ 187]
Thomas
British North America
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 November.[ 195]
Thomas Wright
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Saint Domingo . She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America to Aux Cayes , Haiti.[ 111]
Wanderer
United Kingdom
The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 November. Her crew were rescued by Wild Horse ( United Kingdom ).[ 110]
William Broderick
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. Her crew survived.[ 70]
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