List of shipwrecks in 1866
The list of shipwrecks in 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1866.
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| Ship | State | Description |
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| Alex Majors |  United States
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The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Grand River.[1] |
| Edward |  United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Taewan".[2] |
| Emma |  Western Australia
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The schooner was wrecked at the North West Cape. She was on a voyage from Port Walcot to Fremantle. All on board survived the wreck, but were captured by the local inhabitants. They were subsequently killed and eaten.[3] |
| Ernestine | Stettin
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The ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to London, United Kingdom.[4] |
| General McNeil | Unknown | The sternwheel |
| Jane | United Kingdom
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The full-rigged ship was wrecked. |
| Kate | New Zealand
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The Okarito in late April or early May.[6]
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| Kenna |  Kingdom of Hanover
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The schooner departed from Seville, Spain for the River Tyne in late May or early June. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.[7] |
| Lanuca, or Laura |
United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked on Formosa.[2]
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| Lilly | United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore at "Taewan".[2] |
| Loda | United Kingdom
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The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from |
| Nelly | United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore at "Tawnfoo".[2] |
| Penang | United States
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The Saigon, French Cochinchina to Hong Kong. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a severely leaky condition.[9]
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| Polades | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked on Formosa.[2] |
| R. G. Porter | United States
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The schooner was lost at Point Pleasant, New Jersey.[10] |
| Rising Dawn | British North America
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The ship was sunk by ice at Ivituut, Greenland.[11]
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| Rylanders | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked.[2] |
| Santiago |  Chile
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The ship was wrecked on George Island, Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Iquique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[12] |
| Sarah | Victoria
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The Rangitikei River during a heavy gale early in the year. All hands were saved.[13]
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| Victoria |  United States
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The 487-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost in 1866.[14] |
References
Notes
- ^ Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
- ^ a b c d e f "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5866. Liverpool. 16 November 1866.
- ^ "A Shipwrecked Crew Eaten by Cannibals". Birmingham Daily Post. No. 5539. Birmingham. 12 April 1876.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12996. London. 3 April 1866. p. 7.
- ^ Gaines, p. 106.
- ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 127.
- ^ "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 10000. Newcastle upon Tyne. 24 August 1866.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5662. Liverpool. 23 March 1866.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 24029. Edinburgh. 5 July 1866.
- ^ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 25624. London. 9 October 1866. col F, p. 9.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 25634. London. 20 October 1866. col F, p. 9.
- ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 126.
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Victoria
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008 Archived 2010-11-29 at the ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
- Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.