List of shipwrecks in December 1868
The list of shipwrecks in December 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1868.
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1 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Castigliona | United Kingdom | The |
Cynthia | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4] |
Grietje | Netherlands | The fishing smack Criterion ( United Kingdom).[5]
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2 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Beyham | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Waterford. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by a lifeboat.[6] |
Madelon | France | The ship was wrecked at Naples, Italy.[7] |
Maids | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Ouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated.[8] |
Marie | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[1] |
3 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexandra | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[9] |
Annie | Denmark | The |
Ethuriel | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with the barque Liverpool ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated and towed back to Belfast.[10] |
Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned on St. Peter's Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11] She was taken in to Old Man's Bay, where she was condemned.[12] |
Flora | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked on Souter Point. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.[9][6] |
Gefuil | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on the Middle Sand, in the |
Harfruen | Flag unknown | The barque was towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.[9][6] |
Rival | United Kingdom | The ship struck the quayside at Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[8]
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Victoria | Denmark | The schooner collided with Berwick ( United Kingdom) and sank off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by Berwick. Victoria was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to the River Tyne.[14][15] |
William Gillies | United Kingdom | The |
Unnamed | Denmark | The Marsden, County Durham by the steamship Berwick ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Berwick.[20]
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4 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Andrew Jackson | United Kingdom | The Netherlands East Indies .
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Annie Kimball | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock in the Gaspar Strait and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She completed her voyage, but was consequently condemned.[21] |
Brothers | United Kingdom | The skiff capsized at Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her three crew were rescued by a steamship.[15] |
Clara Novello | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
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Juventa | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on rocks north of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Queenstown.[22][23] |
Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[24]
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Nancy Riley | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Guadeloupe. She was on a voyage from an English port to Guadeloupe.[25] |
Orpheus | United States | The ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from |
Sir Ralph Abercrombie | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of |
St. Pierre á Caens | Denmark | The Seine-Inférieure, France.[15]
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Swift | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Poronal Bay, Prince Edward Island for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4] |
5 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Annie Jane | United Kingdom | The fishing |
Ariel | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Bannow, County Wexford with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Waterford.[16][17][32] |
Castilian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harlech, Caernarfonshire and was wrecked with the loss of three of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Port Madoc Lifeboat John Ashbury ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Castilian was on a voyage form Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[17][33] |
City of Boston | United Kingdom | The Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed back to New York.[34]
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Earl | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked in the "Keroe Islands" was the loss of all but one of her seven or eight crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Waterford.[35] |
J. T. A. | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Langness Peninsula, Isle of Man.[36] |
Juventa | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool. She was refloated the next day and taken in to St. George's, Bermuda.[37] |
Kate Mills | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Forfarshire.[13]
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Thorwaldsen | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground in the Kingroad in a waterlogged condition.[13] She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[17] |
Vaillant | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel.[13] |
Vision | United Kingdom | The Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. Her five crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat Commercial Traveller ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[38][35] Vision was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Garston, Lancashire.[26][19]
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6 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Alarm | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Bremen. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of steamships.[17] |
Caroline Beeson | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[39] |
Eledona | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Vlissingen.[39] |
Express | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk off Gibraltar by the steamship Sidon. Her eight crew were rescued by Sidon. Express was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily, Italy to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[40] |
Fawn | United Kingdom | The smack struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and was wrecked with the loss of two of her five crew.[18] |
Gamester | United Kingdom | The |
Nordstjorn | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen.[39] |
North Britain | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England with the loss of seven of her nineteen crew. survivors were rescued by the Penzance Lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). North Britain was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Southampton, Hampshire.[41][16][42][43] |
Richard Lewis | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | The Penzance Lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of North Britain ( United Kingdom. Two of her crew were severely injured.[18] |
Stella | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Ipswich, Suffolk.[44] |
Tyne | New Zealand | The schooner ran aground near the entrance to Wellington Harbour and became a total wreck.[45] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Barking, Essex with the loss of both crew.[18]
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Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of a lugger and a steamship but found to be severely leaky and was taken in tow for London.[18] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off Ellewoutsdijk, Zeeland.[46] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground and sank off Ellewoutsdijk.[46] |
7 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Annette | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam, North Holland.[46] |
Bootry | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46] |
Caroline Beeson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 13 December and put back to Antwerp.[47] |
Catharina | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46] |
Clio | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46] |
Cornelia Catharina | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46] |
Courrier | Saint Pierre | The ship was lost near St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.[32] |
Drie Gesusters | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46] |
Elizabeth | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46] |
Goor Nagtias | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46] |
Henry and Maria | United Kingdom | The |
Isabella Thompson | United Kingdom | The |
Jenny Jenkins | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Lord Raglan and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Lord Raglan. Jenny Jenkins was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Exeter, Devon.[50][51] |
Maalstroom | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam.[46] |
Minniehaha | United States | The ship ran aground on the Conch Reef, off the coast of |
Potosi | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Tome, Japan. She was on a voyage from Tome to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but sprang a severe leak and had to be beached.[54] |
Pride of the Ocean | United Kingdom | The |
Sarah Ann | Newfoundland Colony | The ship departed from Saint John's. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[56]
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8 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Appearance | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Sarpsborg, Norway.[36] |
Assistant | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore at Rotterdam, South Holland.[39] |
Chanticleer | United Kingdom | The |
Clarendon | New Zealand | The 157-ton brig was deliberately run ashore to the north of Hokitika in order to save the crew when she sprang a leak.[45] |
Congress | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Fleetwood.[26][39] She was refloated and towed in to Fleetwood.[46] |
Express | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run down and sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by the steamship Sidon ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all hands.[59][60] She was on a voyage from a port in Sutherland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[30] |
Frances and Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the |
John P. Paint | United States | The Boston, Massachusetts for Queenstown, County cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presued foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
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Malanta | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Rotterdam.[39] |
May Flower | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[46] |
Stirling Castle | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Kinghorn, Fife. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland.[14][61][62] |
Voorwarts | Netherlands | The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Schullhoep, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from |
Unnamed | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Bosphorus with the loss of all but one of her crew.[64]
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9 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Adam Wilhelm | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[30] |
Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Harwich.[36] |
Heilingenhafen | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Kiel. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[65][46] |
John Black | United Kingdom | The brigantine was scuttled at Soldier's Point, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued.[51][61] She had been refloated by 28 December and taken in to Warrenpoint, Count Antrim.[66] |
Ilma | Sweden | The schooner ran aground on the Trindelen Rock and was abandoned by her crew.[46] |
Vectis | United Kingdom | The |
Voltaic | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.[61] She was refloated on 12 December and taken in to Londonderry.[69] |
10 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Atalanta | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but was consequently run onto the Outer Bank, off Happisburgh, Norfolk, where she was wrecked. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Happisburgh Lifeboat Huddersfield ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Atalanta was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[61][55][19] |
Catherine and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris, Anglesey.[70] |
Cham | France | The chasse-marée was wrecked on the Longnose Rock, off Kingsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[71][68] She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme to Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[69] |
Clyde | United Kingdom | The Argyllshire with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry.[14][72]
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Deborah | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Woodbridge, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull to Woodbridge.[36] |
Deerhound | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[46] |
Duxceline | France | The Gravesend, Kent.[71]
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Elizabeth and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris.[70] |
Elizabeth Brown | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand.[46] |
Emma | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the paddle steamer Prince Alfred ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Workington, Cumberland. She had been refloated by 15 December and taken in to Belfast for repairs.[73] |
Emerald | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, collided with the barque Fanny ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex.[51][46][68] Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[74] Emerald was refloated on 13 January 1869 and towed in to London.[75]
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Esther | Jersey | The ship was wrecked on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew survived.[36] |
Experiment | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Par, Cornwall.[36] |
Fruiterer | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Lowestoft.[36] |
Fruit Girl | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand.[46] |
Grance | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Margate. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[71] |
Grace Wright | United Kingdom | The Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Killala, County Mayo.[67]
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G. T. Ward | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at "Saalze". She was on a voyage from Lübeck to an English port.[46] |
Hannah Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and sank at Margate. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Boulogne.[71] |
Hero | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Dee. She was refloated and assisted in to the River Dee by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat.[70] |
Heviland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southend-on-Sea, Essex.[51] She was refloated the next day.[36] |
Ino, and Ranger |
United Kingdom | The lugger Ranger ran into the schooner Ino and was abandoned by her eleven crew, who got on board Ino, which was subsequently abandoned. All sixteen people on board Ino were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat Swift ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Ino was on a voyage from South Shields to Taganrog, Russia. She drove ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was wrecked. Ranger was subsequently taken in to Great Yarmouth by a lifeboat.[36][55][19] |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at |
Lion | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[72] |
Little Gem | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris.[70] |
Magdala | Canada | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Boisdale. She was on a voyage from Shediac, Nova Scotia to Dundalk, County Louth, United Kingdom. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky.[76] |
Margaret and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Warrenpoint, County Antrim with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Newry, County Antrim.[51] |
New Parliament | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Par.[36] |
Reindeer | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk in the Belfast Lough by the steamship Electric ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Electric. Reindeer was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin.[77][36] |
Rose and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Swansea, Glamorgan.[61] |
Stirling Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Vous Rocks, off the coast of Sunderland, County Durham.[78]
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Tonderghe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portwilliam, Wigtownshire to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[14] |
William | Isle of Man | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Ross Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Douglas.[14][47] |
William | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[69] |
William | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Pladda with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Troon to Belfast.[14][55][79][47][3] |
11 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was refloated on 15 December with the assistance of a number of tugs.[80] |
Bacabec | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Echo ( United Kingdom). Bacabec was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Sligo.[52][81] |
Belt | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Moville. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Bangor, County Down.[61] She was refloated on 15 December with the assistance of a number of tugs.[80] |
City of Hamburg | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[36][61][55] |
Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Argyllshire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry.[36][47]
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Express | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Barnstaple, Devon.[82] She was later refloated and taken in to Appledore.[49] |
Glenharvee | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Campbeltown with the loss of two of her crew.[36] |
Gossamer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Prawle Point, Devon with the loss of 31 of the 48 people on board.[83] |
Herald | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Bangor, County Down.[61] |
Jane | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jane was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[82][67][19] |
Jane | Isle of Man | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsey. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jane was on a voyage from Ramsey to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[82][67][3] |
Magnet | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg.[52][53] |
Nereid | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from |
Nethania | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk by a schooner off the North Foreland, Kent. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Caen, Calvados, France.[71][85] |
Prudence | United Kingdom | The |
Rehoboth | United Kingdom | The ship sank off |
Seaman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Bangor, County Down.[61] |
Thames | United Kingdom | The Newport, Monmouthshire.[82]
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Wasdale | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk off Lamlash, Isle of Arran with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Newport.[86] |
12 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Bangalore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was refloated on 14 December and put back to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[47] |
Bartolotto | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at "Port Mandri", Bourgas, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She had been refloated by 31 December and taken in to Piraeus.[87]
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Emily Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[69] |
Equity | United Kingdom | The smack collided with Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Queen Victoria.[14][88] |
Heilingenhafen | Prussia | The schooner was wrecked on "Hatheriff". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Kiel.[65][46] |
Hero | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the |
Liffey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portavogie, County Down with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim.[82] |
Nethania | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by a schooner and sank at Broadstairs, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France.[82] |
Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was holed in the |
Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Nefyn, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire.[82] |
Three Janes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Douglas, Isle of Man with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Douglas. She was refloated and take in to Douglas.[90] |
13 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Dorset | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Port Talbot, Glamorgan for Highbridge, Somerset. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[91] |
Eleanor and Grace | United Kingdom | The ship drove ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.[47][63] She was refloated on 17 December.[92] |
Lady Flora Hastings | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Trossach ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Tongue Sand. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent.[82][93] |
Nordstfjernan | Sweden | The barque ran aground off Häfringe Island and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Stockholm.[80][94] |
Pehr | Norway | The Charente-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall.[67][95]
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Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. The Aldeburgh and Thorpeness Lifeboats Ipswich and Pasco (both Royal National Lifeboat Institution) were launched but found no sign of her.[67][47] |
14 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Anne Milne | United Kingdom | The |
Beaufeau | France | The brig was wrecked on the Batten Reef, in Plymouth Sound. Her crew were rescued.[97] |
Canada | Flag unknown | The barque sank off Bettystown, County Meath.[47] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone.[49] |
Emily Burnyest | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near |
Helena | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Doom Bar.[97] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Vigo, Spain.[47] |
Hound | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on |
Marthe Helene | Norway | The ship was wrecked near Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Horten.[69] |
Orient | United Kingdom | The Stettin to Leith. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a severely leaky condition and was beached there.[47][80]
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Pher | Norway | The brig ran aground at St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall.[47] |
Providence | United Kingdom | The Cardiganshire.[99]
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Sarah Anne | United Kingdom | The |
Vegesack | Bremen | The ship departed from Cardiff for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[101] |
Veteran | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Troon to Belfast.[47] |
Unnamed | Denmark | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom.[14] |
15 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Advice | Canada | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°46′N 21°50′W / 50.767°N 21.833°W). Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamship Denmark ( United Kingdom). Advice was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Saint John, New Brunswick.[102] |
Architect | United Kingdom | The Shetland Islands on 3 February 1869.[105]
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Cavoda | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked near Drogheda, County Louth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone.[106][107] |
Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at |
Fancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at |
Fides | United States | The ship was driven ashore on |
Grace | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Broadstairs Lifeboat Bulmer White ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Grace was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Margate.[73][72][80][68] |
Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Cromarty.[110] |
Hooyland | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[67] |
Royal Dane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Seraglio Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port. She was refloated and subsequently resumed her voyage.[111] |
Royal Tar | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the |
Tyne | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Marmara Island, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Enos, Ottoman Empire.[108][76] |
Wilhelmine | Flag unknown | The ship capsized in the |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off the Copeland Islands, County Antrim with the loss of several of her crew. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[73] |
16 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Clyde | Canada | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Alma ( United Kingdom). Clyde was on a voyage from Verte Bay, Nova Scotia to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[112][66] |
Elizabeth Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven onto the Naylor Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate.[73][80] |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Angle Bay.[63] She was refloated on 30 December and taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire where she was condemned.[48]
|
17 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Daisy | United Kingdom | The smack was run into by the steamship Don Pedro ( Spain) and sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[80] She was raised on 19 December and taken in to Grimsby.[49] |
Forester | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lee Flat, in the Suriname River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Pernambuco, Brazil.[75] |
Lucien | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Myfor Bank. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London. She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[113] |
Millbank | United Kingdom | The Newport, Monmouthshire to Penarth.[63]
|
Pet | United Kingdom | The schooner struck rocks in East Tarbert Bay and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to São Miguel Island, Azores.[102] |
Preciosa | Sweden | The schooner was wrecked south of Egersund, Norway with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to an English port.[112][66] |
John Wesley | United Kingdom | The |
The Beal | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Horse Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.[114] |
18 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Callioup (or Galicub), and Charkeich (or Sharkie) |
Ottoman Empire | The steamships collided in the Black Sea at "Carabournon". Callioup sank with the loss of 50 of the 165 people on board. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Constantinople. Charkeich was consequently beached at Çeşme[115][116][117][118][119] |
Chevy Chase | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Scheelhoek, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[63] |
Dunsundie | United Kingdom | The ship strurck a sunken rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from "Burraira" to Hull, Yorkshire. She put in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition[120] |
Helen | United Kingdom | The Whitburn, County Durham.[49]
|
Henrietta Brewis | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°45′N 40°09′W / 44.750°N 40.150°W). Her crew were rescued by the barque Sharston ( United Kingdom). Henrietta Brewis was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bahia, Brazil.[96][121] |
L'Auguste | France | The lugger was lost on this date. Her crew were rescued by Noera ( United Kingdom).[122] |
Livonia | Italy | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[123]
|
Lucien | United Kingdom | The brig was driven onto the Mylor Bank, in the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London. She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[73][63] |
19 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Earl of Elgin, and Thames |
United Kingdom | The Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated on 21 December and taken in to London. Thames sank at Northfleet, Kent.[65][124][49] She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to London.[125] She was refloated.[24]
|
Hannah and Jane | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk.[49] She was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Blakeney.[76] |
Henrietta | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore near Beaumaris, Anglesey.[124] |
Oernen | Denmark | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Otto ( Denmark). Oernen was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Ebeltoft.[48] |
20 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Alarm | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Zuidwal, in the Wadden Sea. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[126] |
Florence | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Charlestown, Cornwall.[49] |
Harkaway | United Kingdom | The ship departed from The Downs for the Canary Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[127] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The Seine-Inférieure, France to the River Tyne.[100]
|
Villafranca | France | The |
21 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Adventure | United Kingdom | The |
Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Larne, County Antrim. She subsequently floated off and drove out to sea.[76] |
Commerce | United Kingdom | The Gravesend, Kent to Blyth.[114]
|
Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck off Race's Shoal, in the Seine-Inférieure, France.[108]
|
Estrella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Roques Reefs. All on board survived on an uninhabited island 6 nautical miles (11 km) from the wreck. They were rescued on 27 December by Bolivar ( Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela). Estrella was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Curaçao.[130] |
Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[129][114] |
Hamilton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[49] |
Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Portmacksand", Garliestown and was wrecked.[104]
|
Helen | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a sunken rock and foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House), in the North Sea. Her crew got on board the lightship. They were rescued on 23 December by the steamship Resolute ( United Kingdom). Helen was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen.[131][132] |
Kinloss | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the North Sea near Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland, with the loss of one of her five crew.[133] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen.[134] |
Peter Fordeskjold | Denmark | The barque ran aground on the Hittarp Reef. She was on a voyage from an English port to Copenhagen.[24] |
Starry Banner | United States | The Ireland (island) with the loss of 122 of the 164 people on board. Survivors were reported to have been rescued by a French barque and having been landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was reported to have been on a voyage from New York City to Alexandria, Egypt. However, the story was believed to be a hoax, with no vessel of that name listed in American Lloyd's Register and no accounts from survivors forthcoming from Boulogne.[24][125][135][136]
|
Weardale | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[49] |
22 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Active, and Brothers |
United Kingdom | The |
Jackal | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[24] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Cornish Diamond ( United Kingdom). Mary was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France.[108][137] |
Pioneer | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Kinghorn ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued by Kinghorn and the Caister Lifeboat. Pioneer was on a voyage from Torquay, Devon to South Shields, County Durham.[131][137][132] |
Sacra Famiglia | Italy | The ship was wrecked near Messina, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[64] |
Southern Empire | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the |
23 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Adele | Bremen | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Burma.[141]
|
Helen | United Kingdom | The Seine-Inférieure, France.[137]
|
24 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Adsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the |
Alderman | United Kingdom | The |
Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship struck a wreck in the Sunk Channel and was damaged. She was on a voyage from |
Castle | United Kingdom | The |
Diamond and Fuchsia |
United Kingdom | The collier Fuchsia, a brig, was run into by John and Mary ( United Kingdom) off Aldeburgh, Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew, who reached shore in their boat. Fuchsia was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She subsequently collided with the schooner Diamond ( United Kingdom, which was abandoned by her three crew; they got on board Fuchsia, which was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Those on board were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Pasco ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Diamond was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.< She was subsequently taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a derelict condition by the smacks Secret and Vesper (both United Kingdom).[64][24][144][132][19]
|
Isabella | United Kingdom | The |
Jeune Adolphe | France | The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[24] |
Julia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in |
Saucy Lass | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Merton ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of two of her crew.[24] Survivors were rescued by Merton.[146] |
25 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Anne Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Hatteriff". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Nyborg, Denmark.[48] |
Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leak condition.[22] |
Australian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool, Lancashire.[147] She was refloated on 27 December and taken in to Norfolk.[148] |
Chebucto | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in Annotto Bay, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[37][149] |
Cuthebert | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All 40 people on board were rescued by the barque America ( United States). Cuthbert was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool.[150] |
Sophie | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford.[11] |
Thomas Gillespie | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 17 nautical miles (31 km) south west of Cape Spartel, Morocco with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Genoa and Naples, Italy.[22][151][152] |
26 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ardwell | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Zierikzee, North Holland.[22][153] |
Cacique | French Navy | The |
Florence Nightingale | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off the coast of Africa with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate to Sierra Leone. The nineteen survivors reached the "Isle des Los" in a raft, from whence they were rescued by the whaler S. A. Paine ( United States).[155] |
Ida | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the brig Topsy ( United Kingdom) and sank at Deal, Kent.[22] |
Isabella | United Kingdom | The Maldon, Essex.[157]
|
Jane | United Kingdom | The |
Malvina | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the steamship Falcon ( Bremen) and was beached on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[22] She was later refloated with the assistance of six smacks and was towed in to London.[66] |
Maggie Lorimer | United Kingdom | The ship sank at |
Marsden | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[11][22] |
Mohawk | Canada | The brig ran aground at the entrance to the Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Cuba. She was refloated and taken in to Ballyhenry, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[159][66] |
Nancy | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire.[158][11] |
Orient | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and sank on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Hope ( United Kingdom). Orient was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[11][22][160] |
Portia | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[132] |
Sarah Nicholson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Eastern Passage. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[21] |
Sisters | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the brig Triune ( United Kingdom). Sisters was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[158][11][22][161] |
Speculation | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the smacks New Unity and Snowdrop ( United Kingdom). Speculation was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London.[25][132] |
Springflower | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[162] |
Standering, or Stanislaus |
United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her nine crew were rescued by the steamship Thames ( United Kingdom).[156][163] |
Traveller | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet sand, floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued by the brig Nexo ( Denmark). Traveller was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[11][22][146] |
Victoire Eugène | France | The ship departed from Casablanca, Morocco for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[164] |
No. 9 | United Kingdom | The pilot boat was run down and severely damaged by the steamship RMS China ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two lives. Twelve people were rescued by China.[156][22] No. 9 was taken in to Liverpool.[165] |
Ballywalter Lifeboat | United Kingdom | The Coastguard.[144]
|
27 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Baltic | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[158] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[11] |
Bride's Maid | Jersey | The |
Cabot, and Flying Cloud |
United Kingdom | The barque Cabot was driven into the brig Flying Cloud at Plymouth, Devon. Both vessels were driven on to the Batten Reef and were wrecked.[125][157] Cabot was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[144] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Sutton Harbour.[156] Flying Cloud was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Leith, Lothian.[144] Her ten crew were rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat.[19] |
Captain Manby | France | The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of Only Son ( United Kingdom) at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of two or five of her ten crew.[11][125][157][132] |
China | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by W. H. Jenkins ( United Kingdom). China was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[166][167] |
Concord | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Galway to Maryport, Cumberland.[48] |
George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[48] |
Hitena | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Worthing Lifeboat Jane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Hitena was subsequently taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[132] |
Miranda | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Iona ( United Kingdom). Miranda was on a voyage from Blakeney, Norfolk to London.[11][137][22] |
Okeanos | United Kingdom | The Seine-Inférieure. She floated off and sank. Her seven crew were rescued by the smack Four Brothers ( United Kingdom).[25][132]
|
Only Son | United Kingdom | The |
Queen of Britain | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Girdler Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. She was refloated and towed in to London.[123] |
Shepherdess | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Hamburg ( United Kingdom).[22] |
Triune | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All on board were rescued by Volunteer ( United Kingdom). Triune was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[158][11][22] |
Violette | United Kingdom | The barque capsized in the River Mersey. All ten crew were rescued by the gig Kate, the tug Speedwell (both United Kingdom), and the Liverpool Lifeboat Liverpool No. 1 ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Violette was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[165][168] She was righted on 1 January 1869 and taken in to Liverpool.[153][157] |
Wanderer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Meyer's Ledge, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Brake, Prussia.[22] |
Waterloo | United Kingdom | The barque collided with a Dutch brig and caught fire off the east coast of Kent. She ran onto the Goodwin Sands and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Hull, Yorkshire.[142][123][48] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Argyllshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballachulish, Inverness-shire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[48]
|
28 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Arlington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Nelson Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[123] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[169] |
Bilbao | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[123][170][132] |
Castle Eden | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Burma. She was refloated.[171]
|
Catherina | United Kingdom | The fishing smack Fox ( United Kingdom). Catherina was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to South Shields, County Durham.[172][153]
|
Dugueschin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sunderland, County Durham.[112]
|
Hedwig | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Geestendorf.[123] |
Home | United Kingdom | The brig was towed in to A Coruña, Spain by the steamship Luxor ( United Kingdom), being in a sinking condition.[123] |
Horace | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[173] |
Jesse | United Kingdom | The |
Leopard | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Westward Ho!, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Hope ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) with the loss of a crewman from the lifeboat. Leopard was on a voyage from Sombrero, Antigua to Gloucester.[174][25][112][19] |
Marie | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Glückstadt, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Flensburg, Prussia.[112] |
Moonbeam | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Geestendorf.[123] |
Morice | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Terneuzen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[112] |
Ocean Gem | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Kaloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Sunderland.[112][66][48] She was refloated on 28 January 1869 and taken in to Terneuzen, Zeeland.[175] |
Pace | Austria-Hungary | The barque was wrecked in Bideford Bay with the loss of four of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Bideford Lifeboat Hope ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Pace was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Venice.[174][112][123][176] She was refloated on 19 May 1869 and beached.[95] |
Princess | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ainsdale, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[66] |
29 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Carnatic | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain.[139]
|
Crossfell | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Albion ( Guernsey). Crossfell was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[25][177][132] |
George Bennett | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smack Mystery ( United Kingdom).[132] |
Josephine | United Kingdom | The ship struc the pier at Seine-Inférieure, France.[66]
|
Maria Elizabeth | Dantzig
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Euboea, Greece with the loss of all hands.[120] |
Provident | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Wolves Rock and was abandoned by her crew. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and towed in to Cardiff, Glamorgan in a severely leaky condition.[153] |
Syrian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Tarifa, Spain. She was refloated and put back to Gibraltar, but sprang a severe leak the next day. She was taken in tow by HMS Crocodile ( Royal Navy). The tow was passed to HMS Warrior ( Royal Navy) on 31 December.[87] |
Victoria | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, where she sank.[123][178] |
30 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Brunette | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the |
Loire et Bretagne | France | The |
Venus | Hamburg | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Wyk auf Föhr, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[48] |
31 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Anna Maria | Italy | The brig collided with the barque Biaggo Asserto ( Italy) off Gibraltar. She was taken in tow by the tugs Belge, Jackal and Lion (all United Kingdom) and beached at Gibraltar. Anna Maria was on a voyage from Genoa to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[179] |
Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near |
Hope | United Kingdom | The Newport, Monmouthshire to Martinique.[180]
|
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Aden | United Kingdom | The ship was reported missing, presued foundered with the loss of all hands.[107] |
Americana | United Kingdom | The ship was taken in to Dingle Bay in a derelict condition.[153] |
Annetta | United Kingdom | The |
Annetta | Norway | The barque foundered. Some of her crew were rescued.[124] |
Argo | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Visby, Sweden before 8 December.[36] |
Argos Nicholaos | Greece | The ship was wrecked at Media, Algeria before 24 December.[64] |
Bonne Amelie | France | The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Cabo de Santa Maria, Portugal with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[181] |
Charlotte Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dantzic. She was refloated and put in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a leaky condition.[99]
|
Chiozza | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the Black Sea.[99] |
Cocomandel | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire near Swatow, China.[26]
|
Cœur de Lion | France | The ship was wrecked at Bordeaux, Gironde before 29 December.[112] |
Constance | United Kingdom | The barque capsized at Taganrog, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Theban ( United Kingdom).[99][100] |
Dorritt | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to a Welsh port.[182] |
Emily McNear | United States | The ship was wrecked on Mackay's Shoals, in the Boston, Massachusetts to Mobile, Alabama.[10]
|
Ernst Reinhardt | Stettin
|
The ship was run down and sunk by Dionne ( |
Finke Senior | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Thomas Point, Baltimore, Maryland.[51]
|
Frederica Wilhelm | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Chefoo, China.[51]
|
Gleaner | Guernsey | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[124] |
Gloria | United Kingdom | The |
Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Rose Blanche, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to La Poile, Newfoundland Colony.[99]
|
Henriette | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 December.[183] |
Hill | Grand Duchy of Finland | The Bosphorus.[184]
|
Hope | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned 25 nautical miles (46 km) west north west of |
Hound | United Kingdom | The schooner sank in the Belfast Lough off Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.[185] |
James S. Ayer | United States | The fishing Grand Banks. Lost with all 12 hands.[186]
|
Jane Ann Marsh | Canada | The schooner was wrecked in Lake Ontario. Her seven crew were rescued.[187] |
Josephine Nichols | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast.[99] |
Kitty | United Kingdom | The Barking, Essex. Subsequently reported missing.[132]
|
Lise Amelie | Flag unknown | The ship foundered off the coast of Uruguay with loss of life.[188] |
Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[99] |
Mercur | Norway | The ship capsized at Taganrog.[99] |
Mile | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Gabarus, Nova Scotia, Canada before 26 December. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts.[120] |
Myrtle | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Burial Island, in the Belfast Lough.[99][47] |
Rebecca Laind | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a steamship and sank off Seville, Sapin.[189] |
Reinhardt | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked in the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Antwerp, Belgium.[124] |
Sardis | United Kingdom | The steamship was run down and sunk off Cape Spartel, Algeria by the steamship Thetis ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Thetis. Sardis was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London.[52][179] |
St. Anna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked. It was on a voyage from |
Thomas | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Carnsore Point, County Wexford with the loss of two of her crew.[185] |
Unione D | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom on or before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Trieste.[36] |
William Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Hardman Bay with the loss of all hands.[107] |
William Taylor | United Kingdom | The Lândana, Portuguese Angola before 6 December.[13]
|
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