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.

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1 November

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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 Russian Empire 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

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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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 Russian Empire 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

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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

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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

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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

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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 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) 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]

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7 November

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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

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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

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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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1863
Ship State Description
Aquila  United States
The wreck of Aquila (Illustration from Harper's Weekly, 16 January 1864).
Carrying the disassembled monitor Camanche ( United States), the full-rigged ship sank during a storm while moored at Hathaway's Wharf in San Francisco, California. Aquila and her cargo were salvaged, and Camanche was commissioned a year later.[119][120]
USS Lehigh  United States Navy American Civil War: The monitor ran aground off Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, Confederate States of America, under heavy fire by Confederate forces. She was pulled free on the morning of 16 November by the monitor USS Nahant ( United States Navy).[68]
Ontario  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Bay of Buena Vista. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to London.[121][122]
William H. Stevens  United States
William H. Stevens
The wooden schooner ran aground in Lake Huron off the coast of Michigan between Bird Island and Scarecrow Island and eventually broke up. her wreck lies in 10 feet (3 m) of water at 44°53′46″N 83°19′39″W / 44.896217°N 83.32755°W / 44.896217; -83.32755 (William H. Stevens).[123][124]

16 November

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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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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

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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

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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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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

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List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1863
Ship State Description
Alcee  Italy The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the lugger Buffalo Gal and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent by the tug Success (both  United Kingdom).[5][66]
Hero of Kars  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Lutcken ( Kingdom of Hanover). Hero of Kars was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gibraltar.[139]
Perseverante  France The schooner was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Blyth.[5]
Raffaella  Mexico Second French intervention in Mexico: The schooner was sunk by the French at Champotón.[140]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was driven ashore on Little Cumbrae, Ayrshire.[141]

20 November

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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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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

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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

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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

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1863
Ship State Description
Elbe  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Fredericks ( Denmark). Elbe was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to South Shields, County Durham.[113]
Judith  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was refloated.[113]
Lady Buller  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated.[113]
Mary  United Kingdom The brig collided with the brigantine Ann ( United Kingdom) and ran aground at Ayr.[146][71]
Morning Light  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool.[146]
Pervorodna Wielizzi Poppovich  Russia The ship was wrecked near Trieste.[60]
Sisters  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[113]
Svensk Flagg  Sweden The brig was driven ashore in Glencallum Bay. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to a Swedish port.[71][156]
Visitor  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Barcelona ( Spain) and sank off the Tongue Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Barcelona. Visitor was on a voyage from Mogador, Morocco to London.[157][71]

25 November

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List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1863
Ship State Description
Allen Howsten  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Filey, Yorkshire and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[158]
Bertha  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Souter Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Cornwall to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated.[113]
Jeboyne  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Donaghadee, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[63][65]
Nellie Moore  United States The 226-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on Cumberland Island in Kentucky.[159]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunoon, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued.[160]

26 November

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1863
Ship State Description
Breeze United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Kitts The drogher was abandoned off Saint Kitts.[86]
Friends  United Kingdom The derelict barque drove ashore at the Glosholm Lighthouse, Finland.[113]
Princess Beatrice  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne, Victoria.[161] She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[115]
Theophilus  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. Her five crew were rescued by the Warkworth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aberdeen.[151][17]

28 November

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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

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1863
Ship State Description
Dart  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire.[113]
Eliza Bowen  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Ailsa Craig, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued.[63] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[60]
Glenmessen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to Bombay. She was refloated and taken in to Bombay.[179]
Jules Auguste  France The ship departed from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure for Dublin, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[180]

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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