List of shipwrecks in March 1867
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The list of shipwrecks in March 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1867.
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1 March
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Luna | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland.[1] |
2 March
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Bosphorus | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Valencia, Spain with the loss all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Valencia.[2][3][4][5][6] |
Confiance | France | The ship was driven ashore at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure.[7] |
Conqueror | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Fortune Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.[8] |
Constanza | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Monte Video, Uruguay.[9] |
Couronne | French Navy | The ironclad frigate was driven ashore and damaged in the Îles d'Hyères, Var with the loss of several lives. |
Fortuna | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Monte Video.[9] |
George Washington | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Valencia with the loss of eight lives.[4][5] |
Gratitude | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Aberdovey, Merionethshire.[7] |
Hoogezand | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore.[7] |
James E. Brett | United States | The barque was driven ashore at Newhaven, Connecticut. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Newhaven. She was refloated.[8][10][11] |
Rosa | Spain | The schooner was wrecked at Valencia.[4] |
Sultana | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Valencia with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Valencia.[2][3][5][6] |
3 March
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Anacharsis | France | The ship foundered off the mouth of the Júcar with the loss of at least eleven lives.[12] |
Carl | Prussia | The schooner ran aground on the Shalotine Bank and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Tientsin, China.[13] |
Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[1] |
Confiance | France | The brig collided with the barque Giuseppina Oneto ( Italy) and foundered with the loss of ten of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Giuseppina Oneto. Confiance was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[14][15] |
Emma | Colony of Western Australia | The ship departed from Port Walcott for Fremantle. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16] |
Lady Gray | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Adour and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées.[4][5] |
XL | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Whitburn Steel, on the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Sunderland.[1] |
4 March
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Atalanta | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and was run ashore at Muckross, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Havana, Cuba.[2][17] |
Bee | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Isle of May, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Faroe Islands to Leith, Lothian.[18][19][20][21] |
Leonie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Autoche Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Tonnay-Charente, Charente-Inférieure, France.[4][5] |
Liberty | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France to Plymouth, Devon.[22][23] |
Rinaldo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde, Prussia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20] |
Two True Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cresswell, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland.[1] |
William Bell | United States | On March 4, 1867, the pilot boat William Bell, No. 24, lay full of water, a mile inside of the outer bar, eighteen miles east of Montauk Point, near the village of Amagansett, Long Island. There were four pilots on board at the time she struck the beach in bad weather. The vessel was reported as a total loss.[24] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Kastrup. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20] |
5 March
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Cassard Janmell | United States | The brig was wrecked on the Île à Vache, Haiti. She was on a voyage from New York to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[25] |
Ceyn Amlwch | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26] |
Clifton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wisbech Eye. She was on a voyage from Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 7 March.[12] |
Kinghorn | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Scheelhoek, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[27] |
St. Catherine | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the ultimate loss of one of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28][29] |
6 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Amathea | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Appalachicola, Florida, United States.[30] |
Coldstream | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and was wrecked on a sandbank off Pellworm, Prussia. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.[31][12] |
Grace Longstaff | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cádiz, Spain.[20][12] |
Nordcap | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Tinamayor, Spain. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Santander, Spain.[8][11] |
Palmyra | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Rangoon River. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to an English port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[32] |
Shause | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on "Olyphant Island".[31] |
7 March
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Echo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[5] |
Emma | Colony of Western Australia | Emma, a 116 ton, two-masted wooden schooner, departed Tien Tsin Harbor (later Cossack) for Fremantle on 3 March, with 42 passengers and crew, but never arrived. Those on board included the explorer Trevarton Sholl and Charles Nairn, the first European to settle in the Pilbara region and a brother-in-law of the vessel's owner, Walter Padbury. By 24 April, Emma was regarded as "conisderably overdue" at Fremantle.[33] The wreckage of Emma was discovered on a reef at Point Maud, Coral Bay, during the late 1970s or early 1980s.[34] |
Florence | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Mussel Scarp. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[20] |
James and Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[12] |
Lelia Alice | United Kingdom | The barque foundered north of Madeira. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Medina ( United Kingdom). Lelia Alice was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[35][36] |
Leveret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Blakeney.[12] |
Louise | Prussia | The schooner was abandoned off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her seven crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[37] |
Neptune | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cork.[20][5] |
Progress | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Île à Vache, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Manzanillo, Cuba.[25] |
Shark | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated but grounded again.[5] |
William Hayman | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier at Hartlepool, County Durham and was beached. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Hartlepool.[20] |
8 March
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Cleaver | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ada ( British North America). Cleaver was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Pasajes, Spain.[38][39] |
Jeune Marie | France | The lugger was wrecked on the Boeufs. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[22][23] |
J. G. Nickels | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Tenerife, Canary Islands.[11] |
Otway | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[19][20] |
Progress | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Manzanilla, Cuba.[40] |
Taraipine | New Zealand | The schooner left Wairoa on March 7, and anchored overnight at Paritu, south of Gisborne. She sailed the next day and was not seen again.[41] |
9 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Brotherly Love | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by the steamship Bradley and severely damaged. She was assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk by the smack Hunter ( United Kingdom) and was beached.[5][12][42] |
City of Florence | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Calcutta, India.[4] |
Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Hayle, Cornwall.[4] |
Thames | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[43] |
10 March
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Desiderato | Austrian Empire | The brig sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands, Spain. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Genoa, Italy.[44] |
Helene | France | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[45] |
Joseph Colin | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at the Landguard Fort, Felixtowe, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland.[5] |
Mystery | United Kingdom | The smack was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by a Swedish vessel. Her crew were rescued by Castleton ( United Kingdom).[46][47] |
Olaf Kyrre | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at Waterloo, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marianople to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[5] |
Pellicano | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 14 March by Bellona ( United Kingdom). Pellicano was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.[48][49] |
Sir John Moore | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong.[50][51] |
Squire | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was run ashore at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, where she was wrecked.[23] Her four crew were rescued by the Donna Nook Lifeboat.[52] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[5] |
Vienna | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a derelict condition.[5] |
11 March
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Anenome | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Port Eynon, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
Atlanta | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Bo'ness, Lothian.[4][5] |
Gangerrolf | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[4][5][23] |
Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Jersey, Channel Islands for "La Poule", Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53] |
Lioness | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock at A Coruña, Spain and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from A Corunña to Falmouth, Cornwall.[48][54] |
Phare | Belgium | The brig was driven ashore near Covehithe, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to Sunderland, County Durham.[5][12] |
Sir Robert Calder | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Londonderry. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55] |
12 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cora Linn ( United Kingdom). Alfred was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[56] |
Alpha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kalundborg, Denmark to hull, Yorkshire.[9] |
Athanasian, and Saint Louis | United Kingdom France | The steamship Athanasian collided with Saint Louis at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Le Verdon-sur-Mer. Saint Louis sank, She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Le Verdon-sur-Mer.[57] |
Jenny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Cardiff. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[9] |
Maria Wilhelmina | Wismar | The ship ran aground on Secland's Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[8] |
Marie Christine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bangsbostrand, near Fredrikshavn. She was on a voyage from Nykjobing, Denmark to Hartlepool, County Durham.[9][12] She was refloated on 29 March and taken in to Fredrikshavn.[58] |
Naiad | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Castletown, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Clare to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[30] |
Nora | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Langsund, Norway to Barrow in Furness, Lancashire.[22][23] |
Rover | United States | The bark struck a coral reef called Qixingyan near Oluanpi, Formosa, and drifted into the area of Kenting, Formosa. Surviving crew members who made it to shore were massacred by Taiwanese Aborigines, prompting an unsuccessful U.S. military expedition against the offending Paiwan tribe. |
Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Pointe Saint-Mathieu, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère to Jersey, Channel Islands.[9] |
Victorie | France | The ship was driven ashore near Le Conquet, Finistère.[9] |
Warren | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn. She was on a voyage from Rostock to London.[9] |
13 March
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Cholmley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hartlepool, County Durham.[9] |
Daring | United Kingdom | The fishing smack struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and was wrecked with the loss of all five crew.[22][59] |
Inga | Norway | The ship capsized and foundered off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Five survivors were rescued by Ydale (Flag unknown). Inga was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Christiania.[60][61] |
Mahlenhof | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom.[30] |
Oregon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Cawsand Bay. Her crew were rescued.[50] |
Sir Duncan Cameron | New Zealand | The cutter was wrecked at Napier during a severe gale, with the loss of four lives.[41] |
Thomas Fielden | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°30′N 11°56′W / 47.500°N 11.933°W). Her crew were rescued by the brig Emilia Sophia ( Italy). Thomas Fielden was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Salobreña, Spain.[62] |
Utopia | United Kingdom | The ship sank 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by the barque Samuel ( United Kingdom). Utopia was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay and Kurrachee, India.[50][63][64] A Board of Trade enquiry revealed that she had run aground at the entrance of the Brunswick Dock, Liverpool on or about 6 March. She was refloated after four to six tides and was then leaking at a rate of 20 inches (51 cm) per hour. The condition of the ship was not disclosed to Lloyd's surveyors. Had it been, she would not have been permitted to sail.[65] |
Wind | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at "Seapark", County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Wicklow.[22][23] |
14 March
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Alma | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and put back to Cuxhaven.[66] |
Harry | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) west north west of Heligoland. Her eight crew were rescued by the galiot Ehrenfeld ( Bremen). Harry was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.[67][68][66] |
Jane Gray | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated.[9] |
Jeanne Marie | France | The ship was wrecked at "Bœufs". She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[9] |
Laurits | Denmark | The ship was lost near Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire United Kingdom to Rudkøbing.[30] |
Mahala | United States | The ship caught fire at Bordeaux and was run ashore.[9] |
Maitland | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lady Love ( United Kingdom). Maitland was on a voyage from the Black Sea to a British port.[69] |
Percy Douglas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Palmerston ( United Kingdom) and was towed to Gravesend, Kent.[30] |
Robinson Crusoe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[40] |
Stately | New Zealand | The 80-ton schooner was wrecked at Oamaru during a gale, when she was driven onto rocks. All hands were saved.[41] |
Syrian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore north of Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[30] She was refloated.[70] |
Thea | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued.[71] |
Thomas Fielden | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued.[72] |
William and Sarah | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of the Isles of Scilly, Her crew were rescued by schooner Heimdahl ( Denmark). William and Sarah was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Bridgwater, Somerset.[8][51] |
15 March
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Alliance | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Trinidad. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Queenstown, County Cork.[40] |
David McNutt | United Kingdom | The clipper, a barque, was severely damaged by fire at Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[73] |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Harwich, Essex.[8] She was further damaged when Kezia Page ( United Kingdom) ran into her.[11] |
Fychow | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States whilst on a voyage from New York, United States to London. No further trace, presumed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[74][26] |
16 March
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Carl Johan | Norway | The ship foundered with he loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Eugenie ( United Kingdom). Carl Johan was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bergen.[75] |
David McNutt | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[44] |
Desiderato L. | Italy | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Genoa.[70] |
Florida | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Liverpool for Alexandria, Egypt Eyalet. Subsequently foundered with the loss of all 37 crew; wreckage from the ship washed up on the Irish coast.[76] |
Herald | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all sixteen crew.[77][78] |
Hind | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York City. She broke up on 5 April.[79] |
Laurids | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Rønne, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to "Veile".[50] |
Messina | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde near Gourock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to the Mediterranean. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[80] |
17 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Blessings | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bridgwater, Somerset.[81][10] |
Carnanton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Samson, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[45] |
Devonia | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in Polkerris Bay, Cornwall. Her five crew were rescued by the Fowey Lifeboat.[52] |
Elwy | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a steamship and sank off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the steamship. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[66] |
Gipsey | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore between Penzance and St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire.[67] |
Lea Fray | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and sank at Falmouth. Her crew were rescued.[82] |
Marmion | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Gyllyngvase, Cornwall with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to South Shields, County Durham.[50][83] |
Providence | Guernsey or Jersey | The brig collided with Gambia ( United Kingdom), struck the Albert Pier, and sank off the harbour at Penzance, Cornwall. Both crews were saved.[84][85] |
Sea Spray | United Kingdom | The brig was driven into Colombia ( United Kingdom) and sank at Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Enos, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth.[50][83][86] Sea Spray was refloated on 17 June.[87] |
Stephen Knight | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon.[54][49] |
St. Oswain | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in The Downs whilst on a voyage from South Shields to Pondicherry, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[88] |
Tavarnes Baston | Brazil | The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked near Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Bahia.[8][89] |
Theria | Portugal | The brigantine was driven ashore at Trefusis, Cornwall.[86] |
Urania | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Cardiff. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[10] |
Virginie | France | The schooner was run down and sunk off Dunkerque, Nord by the steamship Glengarry ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Glengarry. Virginie was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Bordeaux, Gironde.[66] |
18 March
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Alexander | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The brig was damaged in a gale at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth.[90] |
Alipede | Portugal | The brig was damaged in a gale at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Portugal to London.[90] |
Angela | Russia | The schooner was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Lübeck. She was refloated.[91] |
Araminta | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall with the loss of one of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Duchess of Sutherland ( United Kingdom). Araminta was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[48][91][92] |
Atlas | United Kingdom | The barque collided with several vessels and was damaged at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth.[90] |
Auxilar | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a gale at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from the Isles of Scilly to North Shields, Northumberland.[90] |
Belem | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the coast of County Down. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Genova ( Italy). Belem was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar.[45][81][11] |
Bethesda | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel of the coast of Sussex and sank with the loss of five of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from the River Wear to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[66] |
Cambridge | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Landscape ( United Kingdom). Cambridge was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[66] |
Catch | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with Euphrosyne ( United Kingdom) and was damaged at Falmouth.[90] |
Centurion | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Rose Sand, off the coast of Lincolnshire. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the Theddlethorpe Lifeboat.[67][52] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain.[81][37] |
Ceres | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to the River Dee.[67] |
Charles Souchay | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[48][49] |
Columba | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship collided with another vessel and was damaged at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Aberdeen.[90] |
Consul | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Falmouth and was abandoned by all but two of her crew. she was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to South Shields.[90] |
Deutschland | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The brig was damaged in a gale at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth.[90] |
Douglas | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Superb ( United Kingdom. Douglas was on a voyage from "Aquilas" to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[93][91] |
Egbert | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[90] She was on a voyage from the Danube to South Shields.[8] |
Elflida | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the coast of Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Gladiator ( United Kingdom). Elflida was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan.[93][55] |
Emma Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Charlestown, Cornwall. She was refloated.[11] |
Eugenie | Belgium | The brig was damaged in a gale at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Antwerp, Belgium.[90] |
Euphrosyne, and Ida Patrone | United Kingdom Italy | The barque Euphrosyne collided the barque Ida Patrone and was abandoned off Falmouth with the loss of twelve of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Falmouth. Euprhosyne subsequently drove ashore. Ida Patrone sank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth.[90][68] |
Flink | Prussia | The full-rigged ship foundered 14 nautical miles (26 km) east of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Memel.[94][45][10] |
Freraro Baston, or Yervis Bastas | Brazil | The paddle steamer was wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bahia.[95][67][82] |
Giovanni Po | Austrian Empire | The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Enos, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp.[90][8] |
Iberia | Portugal | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Trefusis, Cornwall with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[90][51] |
Indomitable | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Empreza (Flag unknown). Indomitable was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America.[96] |
Iris | Norway | The barque was damaged in a gale at Falmouth.[90] |
James | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Combe Martin, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[67] |
Jean Baptiste | France | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to Bordeaux, Gironde.[75] |
John and Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship struck The Manacles and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford.[51] |
Leader | United Kingdom | The brigantine was damaged in a gale at Falmouth.[90] |
Margenstern | Prussia | The brigantine was damaged in a gale at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[90] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was damaged in a gale at Falmouth.[90] |
Mary Lewis | United Kingdom | The schooner ran around and sank off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her five crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat. She was refloated and beached.[67][52] |
Narcissus | United Kingdom | The brigantine was damaged in a gale at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Exeter, Devon.[90] |
Nidros | Norway | The barque foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Alexandrine ( United Kingdom)/, Nidros was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth.[91][46] |
Ophelia | Russia | The barque was damaged in a gale at Falmouth. She was towed in to Falmouth by the tug Dandy ( United Kingdom).[90] |
Oregon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to South Shields.[97] Oregon was refloated on 20 March and taken in to Sutton Harbour.[10] |
Osprey | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Taganrog to a British port.[98][93] |
Rose and Mary | United Kingdom | The brig struck a sunken rock at Vigo, Spain and was holed. She was on a voyage from London to Vigo.[99] |
Sarah Ann | Jersey | The brigantine was wrecked off Selsey, Sussex. Her six crew were rescued by the Selsey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Jersey to London.[94][52][37] |
Scylla | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Puller Shoal, in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, Sussex and was wrecked with the loss of five of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by a coaster.[90] |
Stonewall Jackson | United Kingdom | The barque was sighted in distress by the steamship City of Manchester ( United Kingdom) and was taken in tow. The tow was lost and Stonewall Jackson foundered off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Simon's Bay, Cape Colony.[94][100][101][99][102] |
Uhla | United Kingdom | The brig was driven from her moorings at Falmouth. She ran aground and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[90] |
Vesta | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven into the barque Luconia ( Netherlands) and was then driven ashore at Penryn, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Bridgwater, Somerset.[90] |
Waterhen | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a gale at Falmouth.[66] |
William Henry | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Howth Banks, in the North Sea off the coast of County Dublin.[95] Her six crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[37] |
Woodfield | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a gale at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Sunderland.[90] |
Yorkshire | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to London.[90] |
Yrali | Norway | The barque was damaged in a gale at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth.[90] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore east of Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom.[67] |
19 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Comstable | France | The schooner was driven ashore in Sennen Cove, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Comstable was refloated and beached in Whitsand Bay. She was taken in to Hayle, Cornwall in a derelict condition the next day.[49][103] |
Danielo Manin | Italy | The barque ran aground on the Saba Bank. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Kingston, Jamaica.[40] |
Fullwood | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Gilbert ( United Kingdom). Fullwood was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[69] |
Ole Vig | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[75] |
William and Henry | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Malahide, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[94][10] |
20 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Contest | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked west of Dale, Pembrokeshire.[81][10][99] |
Countess of Fortescue | United Kingdom | The schooner was beached at Dale. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Pembroke.[81][10] |
Dirk | United Kingdom | The schooner was beached at Dale. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Gloucester.[81][10] |
Felipito | Argentina | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Buenos Aires. She was refloated and taken in to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.[81] |
Geertruida Maria | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Cardiff. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom.[81][10] |
John | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Dale.[81] |
Joven Henriette | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Tenerife, Canary Islands.[11] |
L'Aigle | France | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Gloucester, United Kingdom to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[93] |
Malaga | United States | The brig was wrecked on Roanoake Island, North Carolina.[25] |
Patrie | Norway | The ship collided with Vulcan ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to London.[54][49] |
Providence | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and sank west of Dale.[81] |
Sevarres | Brazil | The paddle steamer sprang a leak and foundered off the Irish coast 50°30′N 10°25′W / 50.500°N 10.417°W. Her crew were rescued by the barque Affiance ( United Kingdom). Sevarres was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bahia.[75][104][89][105] |
Toscano | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Charleston, South Carolina.[48][93] |
Wolverine | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool.[81][10] |
21 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alida | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[51] |
Annie Ramsey | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Clarissa Ann Marshman ( United States). Annie Ramsey was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[79] |
Dagmar | Russia | The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her eighteen crew took to the boats; thirteen were rescued by the smack Paragon ( United Kingdom), five were reported missing. Dagmar Was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Liverpool.[106][107] |
Freja | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at St. Ubes.[11] |
J. B. Curtis | United States | The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew survived.[104] |
Leonidas | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier at Ryde, Isle of Wight and sank. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ryde.[108] |
Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[109] |
Sarah Bridget | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Goodwin Sands.[109] |
William Veil | United Kingdom | The ship wasb abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[93] |
22 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Burlington | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[110] Her nine crew were rescued by the smack Beulah ( United Kingdom).[111] Burlington was on a voyage from London to North Shields, Northumberland.[91] She was refloated on 4 April and towed in to Southend, Essex.[110] |
Diosma | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Fire Queen ( United Kingdom). Diosma was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[54] |
Early | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Sandiland Point, County Down. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[112] |
Gem | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[112] |
Habein, Halem, Helen, or Harem | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off Ballycotton, County Down.[101][113][114][93] |
Harlequin | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on Grassholm, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued on 24 March by Lowther ( United Kingdom). Harlequin was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Kirkcudbright.[96][99] |
John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 8 April.[14] |
Quaxonia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated.[112] |
Sarah Bright | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[112] |
23 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Amaranth | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Grace ( United Kingdom).[91] |
Elizabeth Ann | New Zealand | The cutter was wrecked at "Tairna". She was on a voyage from "Tairna" to Wellington.[115] |
Loretto | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. Her fourteen crew were rescued by a tug and the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Loretto was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.[52][116] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth. Her three crew were rescued by the Drogheda Lifeboat.[48][52] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Drogheda, County Louth.[117] |
Wild Horse | British North America | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Tramore Bay. Her ten crew were rescued by the Tramore Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool.[48][52][93] She was refloated on 9 April.[118] |
William | France | The sloop was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. Her six crew were rescued by the Tyrella Lifeboat.[52] She was on a voyage from Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord to Iceland.[54] |
24 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean.[69] |
Clyde | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off the Westgat and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hamburg.[48][99] |
Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Cork.[119] |
Edgar Cecil | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked. Her crew were rescued on 7 April by the steamship Saint-Laurent ( France).[120] |
Fleur de Maria | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Sandgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.[49][91] |
Noel Raphael | France | The brig was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef. Her crew were rescued by Mincarlo ( United Kingdom). Noel Raphael was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Swansea, Glamorgan.[48][49] |
25 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ark | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by a smack.[49] |
Camilla | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. United Kingdom.[54][121] |
Commerciante | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Cabo de Bico. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Lisbon.[54] |
Confidence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fethard, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[93] |
Diana | Sweden | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[122] |
Jonkheer | Netherlands | The East Indiaman went ashore on rocks in Mount's Bay near Polurrian, Cornwall, United Kingdom during a storm with the loss of 21 of the 22 people on board. The survivor, a Greek sailor, climbed the cliff in Mullion parish and was discovered the following morning.[123] She was on a voyage from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland.[124][92][125] |
Onward | United Kingdom | The paddle tug collided with another vessel and sank at South Shields, County Durham.[91] She was refloated the next day. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[126] |
Quick | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Oregon Inlet with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to an American port.[127] |
St. Elmo | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked in Bullslaughter Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[128][47] |
Verona | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at Swinemünde, Prussia.[54] |
Wasp | Cape Colony | The ship capsized in Table Bay in a squall with the loss of all hands.[129] |
26 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Clio | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by City of Kandy ( United Kingdom). Clio was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Benin, Africa.[69] |
Galilee | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off Cape Point, Cape Colony and put in to Table Bay.[32] |
Jonah King | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[93] |
New Hampshire | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Koomar ( United States). New Hampshire was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bombay, India.[58] |
Nicolo | Austrian Empire | The schooner was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[99] Her fourteen crew were taken off on 30 March by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[130][37] |
Robert | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[131] |
Sir Robert Campbell | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Howth, County Dublin.[93] |
Tamarac | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Glenbrook, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.[75] |
27 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore on Arranmore, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Tralee, County Kerry. She was refloated but found to be leaky.[130][71] |
Aurora | Italy | The barque was driven ashore at Lewes, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 10 May and towed in to Philadelphia for repairs.[132][55] |
Conquest | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She was refloated on 30 March and taken in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire in a leaky condition.[71] |
Montmorency | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Napier, New Zealand. She had arrived with immigrants from the United Kingdom on the 24th. They had all disembarked, and the crew abandoned the ship during the fire, but all cargo was lost.[133] |
Nevin | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Galway.[130][71] |
Osprey | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Georges ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Georges. Osprey was on a voyage from Morocco to Queenstown, County Cork.[96][99] |
St. Elmo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Bullslaughter Bay, Pembrokeshire.[96] |
28 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Camillo Cavour | Italy | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Genoa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Chincha Islands, Peru to Genoa.[72] |
Friedrich | Bremen | The ship collided with the steamship City of Antwerp ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by City of Antwerp. Friedrich was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[134][135][136] |
Georgina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Messina, Sicily, Italy.[75] |
Pacifico | Italy | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Genoa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Genoa.[72] |
Town of Preston | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Middle Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Warrenpoint, County Antrim to Preston, Lancashire. She was refloated and was beached at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[137] |
Tweedsdale | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Innellan, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[138][139] |
Victoria | Italy | The schooner was driven ashore at Malpica de Bergantiños, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.[104] |
29 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Branch | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Navestone, off the coast of Northumberland and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Inverness to London. She was refloated and taken in to North Sunderland, County Durham.[72][71] |
Harmony | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bideford, Devon. Her three crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat Hope ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[72][52][140] |
Hound | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to New York City. She was refloated on 3 April.[141] |
Nummer 6 | Prussia | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Matchaprorgo Island". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[142][108] |
30 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Brabo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk for repairs.[58] |
Earl of Dublin | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was driven ashore near Ballyhalbert, County Down and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin.[92] She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim, where she arrived on 1 July 1868. Repaired by Harland and Wolff and returned to service on 19 August 1869 as Duke of Edinburgh.[143][144] |
Isabella and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[72] |
Orient | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Torekov, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Stettin.[139] |
31 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Concurrent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands.[71] |
Jesse Jamieson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Goeree-Overflakkee, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port.[130][71] |
La Prudence | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sea Palling, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Seville, Spain.[72][52] |
Nicolina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Papa Stronsay, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Newhaven, Connecticut, United States.[110] |
O. P. Q. | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. She put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, where she sank.[130][71] |
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Achilles | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 March. Her crew were rescued by China ( United Kingdom).[145][139] |
Achilles | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Hellas. She was refloated.[4] |
Ada G. York | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America before 14 March. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[54] |
Aimable Virginie | France | The schooner foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by the barque Phœbus ( United Kingdom). Aimable Virginie was on a voyage from Auray, Morbihan to Seville, Spain.[62] |
Andalusia | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from New York to Charleston, South Carolina.[114] |
Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cárdenas, Cuba.[19] |
Belle Wood | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool.[11] |
Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[81] |
Caberfeigh | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Owers Sandbank. Her five crew were rescued by the yacht Urania ( United Kingdom).[146] |
Carron | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Patterson's Rocks. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Cuba.[93] |
C. E. Rosenburg | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Tabasco coast. She was on a voyage from Aspinwall, United States of Colombia to Cuba.[130] |
Clopman | Denmark | The ship was sunk by ice at Odense.[4] |
Clutha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Point Mainide". She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Zanzibar.[81] |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Martín García Island, Uruguay.[75] |
Eliza Young | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Navy Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Dublin. She was consequently condemned.[112][71] |
Emma | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a sunken wreck off the Norfolk coast and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Sisters ( United Kingdom). Emma was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Devonport, Devon.[12] |
Fido | Hamburg | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Hamburg.[130] |
Fortuna | Bremen | The barque was struck by lightning and severely damaged at Galveston, Texas, United States.[75] |
Foscano | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 March.[49] |
Gambia | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk by the brig Aeron Vale ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Aeron Vale. Gambia was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool.[48][49] |
George | Prussia | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Celandine ( United Kingdom).[48][54][49] George was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[99] |
Georgia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia.[54] |
Glenlee | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned before 2 March. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to London.[147] |
Golden Sunset | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Enderbury Island, Phoenix Islands before 14 March. She was on a voyage from an Australian port to San Francisco, California.[70] |
Harriet | Austrian Empire | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the barque Franzalvis ( Austrian Empire).[148][139] |
Henry | New Zealand | The schooner went ashore and was wrecked on Māhia Peninsula towards the end of the month. All hands were saved.[149] |
Hippolytus | Jersey | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Advance ( British North America). Hippolytus was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[96][99] |
Ida Mcleod | United States | The ship was lost before 26 March. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[139] |
Ine Alexandra | Flag unknown | The derelict ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire.[54] |
J. C. Nickels | United States | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands.[150][82] |
Joren Heretta | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Tenerife. Her crew were rescued.[82] |
Lotus | Bremen | The brig was wrecked at Cartagena, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[151] |
Maddalina | Italy | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of Cape Clear Island. Her crew were rescued by Clans Tomeson ( Norway). She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.[148][71] |
Marine | British North America | The brigantine foundered off Saint Kitts. Her crew survived, three reaching Saint Kitts, the rest were rescued by Devonshire ( United Kingdom).[54] |
Mary Glover | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Vancouver Island.[114] |
Pelegana | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Tenerife. Her crew were rescued.[82] |
Pilgrim | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool.[2] |
Reflect | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Buenos Aires.[50] |
Sicilian | United States | The barque was driven ashore at Chelsea, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Boston, Massachusetts. She had been refloated by 12 March and towed in to Boston.[112][91] |
St. George | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Dixcove, Gold Coast.[19] |
Tuscano | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was discovered on 2 April by the barque Annie Troope ( British North America), which towed her in to Queenstown.[152] |
Washington | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Vancouver Island.[114] |