List of shipwrecks in January 1866

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1866.

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1866
Ship State Description
Arbutus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore near Kilrush, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1][2]
Ardmore  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Arranmore, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Hibernia ( United Kingdom). Ardmore was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She came ashore on Tiree, Inner Hebrides on 6 January and was wrecked.[3][4][5]
Meridian  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south south east of Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship City of Boston ( United Kingdom). Meridian was on a voyage from New York City to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[2][6][7] She came ashore in Finian's Bay, County Cork on 3 January and was wrecked.[8][9]
Mincola United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore at
Montauk Point, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to New London, Connecticut. She was refloated and was subsequently towed in to New York City by the steamship Albatross ( United States)[10]
Naiad  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kirkcudbright.[11] She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Liverpool.[1]
Otillia  United Kingdom The
Argyllshire. Her 21 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[12] Otillia floated off on 21 January and was anchored off Gigha.[13]
Sea King  United Kingdom The ship put in to the
Shetland Islands in a waterlogged condition.[14]
Shamrock  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland.[15] She was towed in to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland by the tug Robert Scott ( United Kingdom).[16]
Shamrock  United Kingdom The ship was driven against the pier and sank at
Sunderland, County Durham to Peterhead.[16]
Unnamed Flag unknown The
Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[17]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1866
Ship State Description
Alfaretta United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (56°20′N 12°37′W / 56.333°N 12.617°W / 56.333; -12.617) with the loss of two of the sixteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brig Peerless ( United Kingdom). Alfaretta was on a voyage from Quebec City, and/or Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Province of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18][19]
Empire Queen  United Kingdom The ship was beached in the Rhymney River. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She had been struck by a sea and severely damaged by 18 January.[10]
Henry Taylor  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew survived.[20]
Inverugie  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore in the Bay of Smoegro,
Orkney Islands.[21]
Margaretta  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in
Ballydonegan Bay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Torquay, Devon. She drove ashore and was wrecked.[22]
Mary Winch  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[3][4]
Pleiades United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship St. Andrew (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America).[23] Pleiades was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick to Belfast, County Antrim.[24] She was towed in to Londonderry the next day by a tug.[8][12]
Quintus  United Kingdom The
Poole, Dorset to London.[25][4]
Sarah Emma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Queenstown, County Cork.[7]
Thurcaston United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°00′N 33°50′W / 42.000°N 33.833°W / 42.000; -33.833). Her crew were rescued by Tricolor ( 
Queenstown, County Cork.[26][3][27] She was still afloat on 14 May.[28]
Lizard Lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat capsized off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of three of her ten crew.[29]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1866
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near
Orkney Islands with the loss of ten lives. A man on a boat from Graemsay was also lost whilst attempting to rescue survivors. More than 60 survivors were rescued by the paddle steamer Royal Mail ( United Kingdom). Albion was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[30][31] She broke up on 7 January.[32]
August  Hamburg The
Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Peru to Hamburg.[33][4]
Barbara  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Trebetherick Bay.[34] She was refloated on 18 January.[10]
Challenge  United Kingdom The
Poole, Dorset.[25][4]
Fairfax  United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at Washington, Virginia.[37]
Fisgard  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. She was driven higher up the beach on 17 January and was severely damaged.[38]
Fortschritt Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Bilboa, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Bilboa.[9]
Gratitude  United Kingdom The 195-foot (59 m), 1,311-ton
packet ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and sank due to storm damage in deep water about 900 nautical miles (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) east of Boston, Massachusetts, at 41°30′N 53°00′W / 41.500°N 53.000°W / 41.500; -53.000 (Gratitude). All 304 people on board were rescued by the barque Fredonia ( United Kingdom). Gratitude was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, New York, United States.[39][40]
Great Northern  United Kingdom The
Isadore  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Miragoâne, Haiti. She was consequently condemned.[42]
Kensington  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Longsand, in the
Madras, India.[4][43]
Lucetta  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[30][4]
Marie René  France The ship struck a submerged object 24 nautical miles (44 km) south south east of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Honfleur, Manche. She put in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[43]
Mary  United Kingdom The
Argyllshire.[44] Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Kyles of Bute to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[45]
Mary Winks  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her five crew survived.[46]
Otter United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The
Seine-Inférieure, France.[23][24][47]
Pearl  United Kingdom The
Humber. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Manche, France to Goole. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.[4]
Roe  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her four crew were rescued by the smack Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom). Roe' was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London.[35][36][25][4]
Scotland  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in
Queenstown, County Cork by the tug Perseverance ( United Kingdom) on 15 January in a crippled condition.[48]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1866
Ship State Description
Cesarine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Peel, Isle of Man.[25]
Entracht  Kingdom of Hanover The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom for Bremerhaven. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[49]
Inigo
Egypt
The steamship was wrecked at "Sonakim", Ottoman Empire, Sixty-one passengers were rescued.[26]
James Hendry  United Kingdom The
Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[12]
Jeannie  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Ross Bay, Kirkcudbrightshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Washington to Wigtown.[32]
Marquis of Worcester  United Kingdom The ship arrived at Stanley, Falkland Islands on fire. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. She underwent temporary repairs to enable her to return to Swansea in ballast.[50]
Messenger  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[51][52]
USS Narcissus  United States Navy The Tug was wrecked at
Egmont Key, Florida, and sank with the loss of all hands.[53]
Trident  Hamburg The ship ran aground in the
Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Newport in a severely leaky condition.[54]
Ville d'Autrain  France The ship put in to
Seine-Inférieure in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Pontorson, Manche to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[22]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1866
Ship State Description
Blue Bonnet  United Kingdom The tug suffered a boiler explosion at Blyth, Northumberland.[55]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked by an explosion in her cargo of coal at Hartlepool, County Durham.[55]
Hannah  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham to Colchester, Essex.[56][57][58]
R. B Boggs  United States The ship was abandoned off "Nanset". Her crew were rescued by R. J. Leonard ( 
Granville, Nova Scotia, British North America.[59]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The
Argyllshire.[60]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1866
Ship State Description
Cayenne United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The
Aux Cayes, Haiti to New York, United States.[61]
Cook  United Kingdom The
collier was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[62]
Crusader, and
Earl of Elgin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey
 United Kingdom
The
Sunderland, County Durham to London.[32]
Delia  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued by the tug Flying Childers ( United Kingdom). Delia was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Plymouth, Devon.[56] She came ashore in Loch Tarbert and was wrecked.[63][64]
George and Mary  United Kingdom The
collier was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea.[62]
Halcyon  United Kingdom The
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and found to be severely leak. She was taken in to Nassau for repairs.[65]
Hilda  Belgium The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Løkken-Vrå, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[32]
Janet Kidston  United States The
Baltimore, Maryland.[66]
Landschipping  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Alice Williams ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Melrose  United States The
Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New York to Inagua.[67]
Swinemünde  Prussia The
Swinemünde. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[41]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1866
Ship State Description
Cambrian Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at
Waterloo, Lancashire.[68]
Elizabeth and Christine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on
Dantzic to Waterford.[56] She was refloated on 13 January and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[69]
Freedom  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at The Needles, Isle of Wight with the loss of one of her two crew. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Portsmouth, Hampshire. The survivor was rescued by the Totland Lifeboat. Freedom was subsequently towed in to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[70]
Friend of All Nations Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the assistance of Rambler ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. Friend of all Nations was subsequently taken in to Margate, Kent by a lugger.[21]
Jane and Ann  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[22]
Palinurus  United States The ship was wrecked in the
fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York.[30][71][72]
Panther  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Antelope ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of a crew member.[73]
Pattie Martin  United States The schooner was wrecked in the Hatteras Inlet with the loss of two of her five crew. The survivors were rescued on 12 January by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from a port in New Jersey to Hatteras Island, North Carolina.[74]
Rambler  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Margate Sand. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Neath, Glamorgan. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[22][21]
Reform  United Kingdom The trawler was abandoned in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon, Somerset.[32]
St. Patrick  United Kingdom The
Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Silloth, Cumberland.[75][76]
Triton  Prussia The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Columbus ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Liverpool.[68]
Witch of the Seas  United Kingdom The ship departed from Queenstown for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[77]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1866
Ship State Description
Alpha  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[41][60]
Avalon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Schoar. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands.[56]
Christiana  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Varuna ( United Kingdom). Christiania was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York.[78][79]
Come-on  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham to London.[22][41][60]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.[22][21] She was refloated on 17 January and towed in to Ayr.[38]
Escort  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice at New York, United States and was beached. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York.[80]
Favourite  United Kingdom The
fishing smack was wrecked on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew survived.[81][56]
James Foster, Jr.  United States The clipper ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and towed back to Liverpool.[82][32][83][84]
Louisa  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Monte Video, Uruguay.[56]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Castletown, Isle of Man. Her crew survived.[83]
Red Jacket  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Ballinskelligs Bay, County Kerry.[83]
Singapore  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the Liverpool No.2 Lifeboat. Singapore was on a voyage from Liverpool to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[62][85][54]
Sir Robert Peel  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Bawdsey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[51]
Wahorne  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Goole, Yorkshire.[32]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of all on board.[14]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1866
Ship State Description
Argonaut  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[86][78][87] She broke in two on 21 February.[88]
Bonanza  United Kingdom The
Newport, Monmouthshire to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony.[90]
Brothers  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south east of the Lemon and Ower Sand. Her crew were rescued by the smack Harriett Todd ( United Kingdom). Brothers was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[3][91][92]
Clarinda  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[41]
Fiducia Flag Unknown The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire, United Kingdom.[84]
Jacoba  Netherlands The full-rigged ship foundered in Tor Bay with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Silloth, Cumberland, United Kingdom.[10]
Noemi Austrian Empire The barque sprang a leak and was beached at Y Rhiw, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Dublin. United Kingdom.[93][14]
Prudhoe  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire with the loss of all fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China.[51][84][94]
William  United Kingdom The smack foundered in Stokes Bay. Her crew were rescued.[51]
William and Mary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was being towed to sea at Greymouth by the tug Lioness. The tug, through the pilot's inattention, drifted too far north causing the William and Mary to ground. Owing to the heavy swell, the Lioness was forced to cut the schooner loose.[95]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1866
Ship State Description
Abeona  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[96]
Agia Trias  Kingdom of Greece The ship was wrecked at
Berdyansk, Russia to an English port.[78][17]
Alarm  United Kingdom The
Portland, Dorset.[97] She had been refloated by 15 January.[69]
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Alexander  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Portland.[96][14] She had been refloated by 15 January.[69]
Alona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brixham, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[96]
Alexander  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Portland.[97] She had been refloated by 15 January.[69]
Amanda  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Portland.[97] She had been refloated by 15 January.[69]
Amanda  United Kingdom The brigantine sank or was driven ashore in Tor Bay with the loss of five of her eight crew.[96][98]
Arrow  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Portland.[97]
Belle  France The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[96]
Bessie Simmonds  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Portland. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Par, Cornwall. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Weymouth, Dorset.[97][96]
Blue Jacket  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[96] She was refloated on 13 January.[69]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Brixham with the loss of four of her crew.[96][99][80]
Briton  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[96]
Cambodia  United Kingdom The barque was severely damaged at Penarth, Glamorgan when the full-rigged ship Telegraph ( United Kingdom) was driven into her.[14]
Cambria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exmouth, Devon to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[96][14]
Charlotte United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The smack was driven ashore at Portland.[97] She had been refloated by 15 January.[69]
Cheshire Witch  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Tor Bay with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the Teignmouth Lifeboat China ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[71][96][98]
Colonel Buller  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her three crew took to a boat, but it capsized and they drowned.[96]
Courrier  Prussia The brigantine sank in Tor Bay with the loss of two of her crew.[96]
Dorset  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Broadsands. Her crew were rescued.[14][100]
Drian  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Brixham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[96][98]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The
Loire-Inférieure, France.[96]
Elizabeth Lewis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Ellen  United Kingdom The sloop sank in Tor Bay. She had been refloated by 20 January and taken in to Brixham.[101]
Emilie and Charles  France The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Broadsands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to the Charente.[96][98]
Ernest  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[98]
Forerunner  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[96]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Broadsands.[100]
George  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Larne, County Antrim.[102]
Grace  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[98]
Hannah Moore  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rat Island, Devon with the loss of nineteen of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.[103][104][47]
Hanover  Kingdom of Hanover The
Seine-Inférieure, France to Malbis, Alabama, United States.[96]
Helen  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[96]
Honour  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[14] She subsequently became a wreck.[57]
Horror  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[96]
I'll Away  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool.[105][91] She was refloated.[106]
James  United Kingdom The
Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Liverpool, Lancashire.[96][105]
James  United Kingdom The ship sank in Tor Bay.[96]
Jane and Anne  United Kingdom The brigantine sank in Tor Bay.[96]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Tor Bay with the loss of all but one of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Exmouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan.[96][14][98][107]
John Fyffe, and
Natolia
 United States
 United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship John Fyffe was driven into Natolia at Greenock, Renfrewshire. Both vessels were severely damaged.[33]
Kezia Page  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven onto the Copt Rocks. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Folkestone, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Folkestone.[69]
La Immacolata Concezione Papal Navy The corvette was driven into the steamship Aunis ( France) at Civitavecchia.[108]
Laurel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her three crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat Parsee ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Laurel was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[109][71][106]
Leonie  Belgium The barque was driven ashore in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[14][69]
Lively  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[96]
Maria Jaine  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Emden, Kingdom of Hanover to Faversham, Kent.[93][14]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The
Newport, Monmouthshire.[96][99]
Mary Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clovelly, Devon. She was refloated.[106]
Minda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Tor Bay. Three crew were rescued.[14]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portland. She was refloated the next day.[96] She had been refloated by 15 January.[69]
Occidentale  United Kingdom The barque foundered in Tor Bay with the loss of all sixty people on board. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Martinique.[110][111]
Palmer  Netherlands The brig was wrecked near Islay, Inner Hebrides, Unitedl Kingdom with the loss of three of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool[51][112]
Princess Beatrice  United Kingdom The barque sank at Brixham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Odessa, Russia to Dublin. She was refloated on 20 January.[96][14][113]
Providence  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued by another vessel.[96]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship sank in Tor Bay.[96]
Richard  United Kingdom The ship sank in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Liverpool.[96]
Salem  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[96]
Santissima Trinidad  Greece The ship foundered at Civitavecchia. Her crew were rescued.
Berdyansk, Russia to a British port.[10] Santissima Trinidad was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Civitavecchia for repairs.[114]
Sarah  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland. Her crew survived.[97] She had been refloated by 15 January.[69]
Scythian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exmouth to Port Talbot.[96]
Silvanus  United Kingdom The ship sank in Tor Bay.[96]
Sky  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[98]
Sophia Austen  United Kingdom The ship sank in Tor Bay.[96]
Southerly  United Kingdom The ship sank in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Exmouth to a French port.[96]
Speranza  Greece The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Lefkada. Her crew were rescued.[115]
Stanley  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Broadsands.[100][57] She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Waterford.[114]
Telegram  United Kingdom The fishing trawler, a sloop was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 20 January and taken in to Brixham.[96][101]
Thessidore  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham to London.[106]
Tom and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Brixham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Cardiff.[96][98][10][116] She had been refloated by 20 January with assistance from the sloop Phantom ( United Kingdom).[101]
Turk  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Portland.[97] She had been refloated by 15 January.[69]
Useful  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Brixham.[57] Her crew were rescued.[96] She was refloated on 13 January and taken in to Brixham.
Wild Rose  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Brixham. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Dublin.[96][98] She was refloated on 2 February and taken in to Brixham.[65]
Zoe  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in Tor Bay with the loss of six of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Cardiff.[96][99]
Zouave  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Elbury, Devon with the loss of six of her ten crew.[100]
Saltash Ferry  United Kingdom The ferry sank at its moorings.[117]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship foundered in Tor Bay with the loss of all hands.[96]
Unnamed  France The brigantine was driven ashore at Broadsands.[100]
Unnamed Flag unknown The
Churston, Devon.[100]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Churston.[100]
Eleven unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore at Elbury with some loss of life.[100]
Militades  Greece The ship was wrecked at Scutari.[17]
Unnamed  France The schooner collided with the brig Joaquim ( Spain) and sank off Alicante, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Joaquim.[118]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1866
Ship State Description
Alexis Marie  France The
Côtes-du-Nord, France.[116]
Bessie  United Kingdom The
collier, a steamship, was driven ashore and wrecked between Hayle and Porthminster, Cornwall.[93][91] Her nine crew were rescued by the Penzance Lifeboat Richard Lewis and the St. Ives Lifeboat (both Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Bessie was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Hayle.[75][109][98]
Bonita  United Kingdom The smack collided with another vessel in Tor Bay and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the other vessel.[119]
Cheval Trois  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Seine-Inférieure to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[75]
Cruiser  United Kingdom The ship collided with the schooner Percy ( United Kingdom) and sank at Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued by Percy. Cruiser was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.[14]
Diana, and
Gadabout
 United Kingdom The schooner Gadabout collided with the brig Diana and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. Diana was severely damaged.[93][14][120]
Ellen Edwards  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Tor Bay with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Nord, France to Liverpool.[99][121]
Emerald  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields, County Durham in a leaky condition.[14]
Emile and Charles  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brixham. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to the Charente.[116] She had been refloated by 2 March and taken in to Teignmouth, Devon.[122]
Eugene Felix  France The
Sunderland, County Durham to Boulogne.[91]
Express  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at
Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Lion Belge ( Belgium).[10]
Fal  United Kingdom The tug sank at Falmouth, Cornwall.[14]
Falcon  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Salthouse, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent.[69]
Fessonia  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland for Civita Vecchia, Papal States. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; a boat washed up at Pellworm, Duchy of Schleswig on 9 February.[123]
Fre Mad  Norway The brigantine was driven ashore at Kingsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. Her seven crew were rescued by the Kingsgate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Messina, Sicily, Italy.[93][109][71] Fre Mad was refloated on 15 January and taken in tow for London.[78]
Goodwin Light  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank on the Heaps Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[124][64]
Grace  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.[57]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with a
cutter and was consequently beached at Walmer, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure.[14][69]
Izri  United Kingdom The smack was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Jessy  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Brixham, Devon with the loss of five of her crew.[3] Eight survivors were rescued by the Teignmouth Lifeboat China ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[71]
Julia, or Julia C. McLean  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[106][91][125] She was refloated in mid-February and beached at Sea Palling.[126]
Lady of the Lake United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The smack was run into by Abeona ( United Kingdom) and was then driven against the pier and wrecked at Brixham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brixham to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[96][114]
Lavina  United Kingdom The
Saint John's, Newfoundland.[127]
Lisbonnaise  France The
Nord.[69]
London  United Kingdom
Victoria.[128]
Louise Marie  France The chasse-marée was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[14] She was refloated with assistance from HMS Research ( Royal Navy).[91]
Maple Valley United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned 6 nautical miles (11 km) west north west of
Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Islesman ( United Kingdom). Maple Valley was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Cork.[63] She came ashore in Loch Tarbert.[64]
Monda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Brixham, Devon with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from London to Berbice, British Guiana.[3]
Naiad  United Kingdom The schooner was driven into the barque Ubriksen ( Norway) at Falmouth and was severely damaged.[14]
Paquebot No. 1  France The ship ran aground and sank in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[59]
Phœnix  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore on Islay, Inner Hebrides.[105]
Pomona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portland. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to "Hegle". She was refloated and put back to Weymouth.[91]
Providence  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Boulogne with the loss of one of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Boulogne Lifeboat.[100][129]
Sally  United Kingdom The brigantine was beached at Hull, Yorkshire and was abandoned by her crew.[91]
Silentium  Netherlands The barque was driven into the barques Home and Stanton (both  United Kingdom) and was damaged at Falmouth.[14]
Stanley  United Kingdom The
Odessa, Russia to Ipswich. She was refloated with the assistance of three smacks and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition.[14]
Sovereign  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[124]
Tangerine  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Brixham. She was on a voyage from London to São Miguel Island, Azores. She was refloated and taken in to Brixham.[114]
Thoughtful  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham to London.[109][3][96]
Titania  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of her pilot. Her crew were rescued by Ann ( United Kingdom). Titania was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[91][57]
Tordenskjold Flag unknown The ship was blown out to sea from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered.[114][130]
Unition United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft.[14]
Wave United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner was driven ashore at Cowes.[14] She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Research ( Royal Navy).[91]
Western Queen  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Bideford, Devon.[91]
Zephyr  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her six crew were rescued by the lugger Champion ( United Kingdom). Zephyr was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[93][109][96]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent.[14]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight.[14]
Two unnamed vessels Flag unknown The sloops sank in the Bristol Channel off Portishead, Somerset.[14]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore in Walton Bay, Somerset.[14]
Three unnamed vessels  France The
fishing boats were driven ashore at Boulogne.[120]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship sank at Yorkshire with the loss of two lives.[17]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1866
Ship State Description
Adele  France The ship was driven ashore at
Seine-Inférieure. She had been refloated by 19 January and taken in to Cherbourg.[118]
Alcyon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[64] She had been refloated by 19 January and taken in to Cherbourg, but sank there.[118]
Alerte  France The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg.[64] She was on a voyage from Viviers to Plymouth. She had been refloated by 19 January and taken in to Cherbourg.[118]
Amalia  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. All on board were rescued by the steamship Laconia ( United Kingdom). Amalia was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Malta.[131]
Anna  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near
Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[132]
Badanza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Barry Island, Glamorgan.[132]
Cyclops  United Kingdom The ship departed from
Bombay, India for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[133]
Dewdrop United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The
Forfarshire.[69]
Dorothea  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued by the tug Aid ( United Kingdom).[98][57]
Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Southampton, Hampshire.[91] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Portsmouth.[64]
Emily  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cap La Hougue, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and made for Cherbourg.[64]
Eugene Felix  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Boulogne.[75][129]
Gaspard  France The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg.[64]
Harriett  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.[91] She was refloated on 14 January.[134]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Clevedon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Bristol.[132]
Jeune Louis  France The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg.[64]
Louis and Fanny  France The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Cardiff.[64]
Lusitanie  France The schooner was driven ashore in Loch Long. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Cardiff.[135] She was refloated and put back to Greenock.[5]
Marie and Fanny  France The
Nord to Liverpool.[64] She had been refloated by 19 January and taken in to Cherbourg.[118]
Old Honesty  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her eleven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Malta.[136]
Onward  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Margate.[91] She was refloated on 14 January.[134]
Pyrame  France The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo to Newport. She was refloated on 18 January and taken in to Plymouth.[10]
Royal Sailor  United Kingdom The
Queenstown, County Cork.[91][64]
Sally  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Hull Sand and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[57]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The trow sank off Portishead, Somerset. Her crew survived.[132]
Simeon Hardy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[93]
Swallow  United Kingdom The trow sank off Portishead. Her crew survived.[132]
Talbot  United Kingdom The trow sank off Portishead. Her crew survived.[132]
Thomas and Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clevedon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Bristol.[132] She was later refloated and completed her voyage.[114]
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Calderfoot, Cumberland.[80][66]
Victorine  Belgium The
Souter Point, Northumberland. Her eleven crew were rescued by the ferry Robert Chambers, the tugs Reynard, Robert Scott and William (all  United Kingdom) and the South Shields Lifeboat. Victorine was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to the River Tyne.[137][138][57]
Volunteer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°55′N 10°30′W / 41.917°N 10.500°W / 41.917; -10.500). She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Saint John, New Brunswick.[3][119]
Ystavets  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff.[91]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The trow foundered off Portishead. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire to Bridgwater, Somerset.[91]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in Walton Bay, Somerset with the loss of one of her four crew.[132]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1866
Ship State Description
Bansvale  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Both crew were rescued by the trawl boat Alice ( United Kingdom). Bansvale was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness to Garston, Lancashire.[75][105][132]
Billy  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank off Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of all hands.[125]
Black Agnes  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Peterhead Lifeboat.[109] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Moray Firth.[64]
Bonny  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Formby Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Formby Lifeboat.[105] She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Birkenhead, Cheshire.[132]
Brien Boru  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.[69] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Ayr.[78]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The
Poole, Dorset. She was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent the next day by the steamship Pioneer ( United Kingdom).[64][69][5]
Concordia  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked at Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from London to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais.[129][69]
Condor  United States The schooner was driven ashore at Scutari, Ottoman Empire.[17]
Fanny  United Kingdom The
Maldon, Essex to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 18 January and put back to Maldon.[78]
Fortuna  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunman Head, Mull of Galloway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[3][69]
Indian  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in the River Tyne by the steamship Earl Percy ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[64]
James Hall,
Margaret Ann, and
San Luis
 United Kingdom
 United Kingdom
 Hamburg
San Luis heeled over at Dover, Kent severely damaging James Hall and sinking Margaret Ann. San Luis was on a voyage from Laguna to Hamburg.[64]
Kurrachee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off
Ceylon. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Jasper ( United Kingdom) and found to be leaky.[135]
Marianna  Belgium The
Whitburn, County Durham. Her nine crew were rescued by the North Shields and South Shields Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to the River Tyne.[104]
Martha  United Kingdom The
Maldon, Essex to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[98][91][92]
Osep Austrian Empire The brig was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of four of the twelve people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Kavarna, Ottoman Empire to Hartlepool, County Durham.[109][71][131][64]
Osier  United Kingdom The
Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Workington, Cumberland.[69]
Outtan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llaniland,
Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[64]
Pelion  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool.[57]
Rescuer  United Kingdom The
Seine-Inférieure, France for North Shields, Northumberland unballasted.[57]
Rose Bud  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated with the assistance of five smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[69]
Salt  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank.[105]
Tower  United Kingdom The
Woodside, Cheshire.[75][132]
West Kent  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham to Tunbridge, Kent.[3][64][69]
W F Storer  United States The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lacashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom.[105]
Wilhelm  Kingdom of Hanover The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Papenburg. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[69]
William and Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wigtown. She was on a voyage from "Crutown" to Swansea, Glamorgan.[69]
Unnamed  Greece The ship was driven ashore at Scutari.[17]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1866
Ship State Description
Arno, and
Medina
 United Kingdom The
Berdyansk, Russia to Leith, Lothian. Arno was on a voyage from Leith to London. Severely damaged at the bows, 48 of the 60 people on board took to the lifeboats and were rescued by the full-rigged ship Flying Cloud ( United Kingdom). Arno consequently foundered; those on board were rescued by the steamship Conservator and the tug Wizard (both  United Kingdom).[30][3]
Bermuda  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Barra, Outer Hebrides with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Trinidad.[75][135]
Clorinda Wallace  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[64]
Conquest United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from the Ruvaal Lighthouse, Islay. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Falmouth, Cornwall.[142][38]
Ernst von Homeyer  Prussia The
Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[10]
General Sheridan  United States The schooner was lost off Cape Canso. Four of the crew were lost.[143]
Hazlewood  United Kingdom The
Dumfries-shire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Ramsey, Isle of Man.[78]
Malvina Davies  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of
Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated and put in to Weymouth, Dorset in a leaky condition.[78]
Marianne  Prussia The barque ran aground on the Noorder Haaks Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel to London.[69]
Ocean Bride  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Langton Matravers, Dorset with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[144][69]
Ruby  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mossel Bay. She had become a wreck by 10 February.[145]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1866
Ship State Description
Alfred and Fanny  France The ship was run down and sun by a
Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados.[69][5]
Bessie  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Savannah, Georgia, United States and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Savannah. She was refloated and taken in to Savannah for repairs.[119][146]
Confidence  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east north east of Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the brig Apollo ( Sweden).[10]
Earl of Auckland  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew survived.[124][64]
Hamilton
Barbadoes
The brig ran aground on the Skullmartin Rocks, in the Belfast Lough.[147] Her crew survived.[114]
James Gann  United Kingdom The sailing barge sank off the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.[69]
Jenny  Norway The barque was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Genoa, Italy.[69]
New Eagle  United Kingdom The sloop caught fire and was run ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Thornham, Norfolk.[69]
Sarah Jane  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was abandoned off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tetney, Lincolnshire to London.[10]
Setubal  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated with assistance.[69][5]
St. George United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig was driven ashore at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of all hands.[64]
Ville d'Avranche  France The ship departed from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine for Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[148]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire.[64]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1866
Ship State Description
Emily  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.[142]
Engolf  Norway The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[86]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1866
Ship State Description
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship departed from
Sunderland, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[130]
Lowther  United Kingdom The
Newport, Monmouthshire to Dublin. She was refloated on 6 March.[77]
Margaret Ann  United Kingdom The
Northern Light United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The
Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[149]
Onward  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Speymouth, Moray.[10]
Royal Albert  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in
Calcutta, India to London.[150][151]
Scotia  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the barque Ghilino ( Kingdom of Italy) off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was severely damaged. She was assisted in to Eyemouth, Berwickshire in a waterlogged condition.[10][152] Scotia was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[66]
Whampoa  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the
Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.[66]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1866
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to an English port. She was refloated on 24 January and towed in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire by a steamship.[153]
County of Argyle, and
Helen Baird
 United Kingdom The
Netherlands East Indies and Singapore. She was towed in to Greenock in a sinking condition the next day by the tug Flying Childers ( United Kingdom) and collided with the steamship Princess Royal ( United Kingdom). County of Argyle was beached near Cartsdyke, Renfrewshire.[154][155][156][157] She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Greenock.[80]
Jubilee  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Shanghai, China. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai.[158][65]
Powerful  Brazil The
River Plate.[159][65]
Shannon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off
Tartar  United Kingdom The
collier ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[10]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1866
Ship State Description
Countess of Durham  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off
Saint Vincent, Grenada and Demerara.[160]
Rover's Bride  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Buenayre Island" (Bonaire). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Curaçao. The crew survived but the master was drowned.[161][162]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1866
Ship State Description
Alina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on
Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands.[121]
Berdinkha  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent, where she was scuttled.[118]
Berta Austrian Empire The barque was wrecked near Santoña, Spain. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Civitavecchia, Papal States.[163]
Charles Williams  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque George S. Hunt ( United States).[88]
Chittham  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at
Egypt to Great Yarmouth. She was refloated.[118]
Commissioner  United Kingdom The paddle tug collided with the steamship Margaret ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Tyne, Her crew were rescued.[26] She was subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[164]
James Hay  United Kingdom The
Bootle, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Gaboon".[26][165]
Martha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner went aground while trying to cross the rivermouth bar at Greymouth. She was stuck fast, and all attempts to free her failed.[95]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1866
Ship State Description
Asia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cuxhaven.[118]
Chieftain  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock off the Isle of Mull. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim. She put in to the Caledonian Canal in a severely leaky condition.[121] She was subsequently towed to the Clyde for repairs.[65]
Dunmore  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands.[166]
George  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. George was refloated with assistance from the Caister Lifeboat and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[26][71]
John Cockrell  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck at Buenos Aires, Argentina and was damaged. She was beached on 23 January in a severely leaky condition. John Cockrell was consequently condemned.[167][49]
Miami  United States The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion in the Arkansas River upstream of Napoleon, Tennessee with the loss of about 150 lives.[168][169]
Mustang  United States The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from
Victoria.[170]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1866
Ship State Description
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exmouth, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth.[171]
Czar  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Hull, Yorkshire. After discharging cargo, she was refloated on 25 January and resumed her voyage.[121][172]
Dinanais  France Sailing from
Saint Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands.[173]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Tallisher Bay, Isle of Skye.[121]
Rozere  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[159]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1866
Ship State Description
Conquest  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Portaskaig, Islay. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[114]
Trial  United Kingdom The
Forfarshire to Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Blyth.[115]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1866
Ship State Description
Alphonsine  France The ship foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with loss of life.[174][114]
Coquette United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from "Crowell" to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[174][175]
Kate and Jane  United Kingdom The
Newport, Monmouthshire.[114]
Rosina  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Passage West, County Cork.[113] She was subsequently righted.[159]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1866
Ship State Description
Anna Marie  France The schooner collided with the brigantine Maria ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Delgada  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on São Jorge Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[176][177]
Equator  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off
Egypt. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[178]
Nora Creina  United Kingdom The ship departed from
Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[178]
Roscoe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked in
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[13][127]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1866
Ship State Description
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Rio Grande, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande.[159]
Princess Alexandra  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground south of Amager, Denmark.[121]
Roscarne
Victoria
The schooner was wrecked in the Kent Group, Tasmania. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hokitika, New Zealand to Melbourne.[179]
Theodore Knoop  United States The ship was run into by the
New Orleans, Louisiana.[88]
William Hunter  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Chapman Head Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[54]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1866
Ship State Description
Canton  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Filey Brigg. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Kate ( United Kingdom) and assisted in to Scarborough, Yorkshire, where she sank.[180][130]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1866
Ship State Description
Palmerston  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (31°50′N 34°41′W / 31.833°N 34.683°W / 31.833; -34.683). All 29 people on board were rescued by Trois Sœurs ( France).[181]
No. 2  France The
Gironde by the steamship Biddick ( United Kingdom).[171]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1866
Ship State Description
Alabama  United States The
New Orleans, Louisiana to Havana, Cuba and Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Havana, sailing for Liverpool on 2 February.[88]
Lord Hawkesbury  United Kingdom The
cutter foundered off the South Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[59][182]
Margaret and Rachel  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Great Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated but capsized and was beached at Otterspool.[119]
Myrtle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Savannah River. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[183]
Redman Pratt  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Ballinskelligs Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[7][33]
Volta  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[130][171]
W. H. Jenkins  United States The ship ran aground in the Savannah River. She was on a voyage from Savannah to Liverpool.[183]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1866
Ship State Description
Ann Millicent  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at
Bombay, India. The fire was extinguished and she resumed her voyage.[65]
Benedetto  Italy The barque collided with Cylypso ( United Kingdom) and sank off the South Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom.[77]
George Krell  Hamburg The ship sank between Banco Chico and Punta de India. She was on a voyage from Rosario, Brazil to an English port.[145]
Globe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at
Newport, Monmouthshire. She was on a voyage from Newport to the West Indies.[159]
Jane Hughes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and out in to Warkworth, Northumberland.[130]
Missouri  United States The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion in the Ohio River upstream of Evansville, Indiana with the loss of about 65 lives. Some of the survivors were rescued by the steamboat Dictator ( United States).[168][184]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1866
Ship State Description
Catherine  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Saltcoats, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[65]
Dragon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Doom Bar. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to the Charente.[159]
Fama  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Birkenhead, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Birkenhead.[159]
John Chisholm, and
Helen McGregor
 France
 United Kingdom
The
Sunderland, County Durham. The tug Helen McGregor went to her assistance but ran aground and sank. Her crew were rescued. John Chisholm was later refloated with assistance from other steamships and was towed in to Sunderland.[171]
London  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near
Mildmay  United Kingdom The
Haslar Creek. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[171]
Paulina  France The schooner was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Honfleur, Manche.[159][185]
Royal Union  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham to Calais, France.[159]
Witton Castle  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[171]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1866
Ship State Description
Albro  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at
Portuguese West Africa.[186]
Amalia and Leonard  United Kingdom The ship foundered off
Formosa.[159]
Anna Opiuch  Russia The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork, United Kingdom before 21 January. Her crew were rescued.[80][113]
Arendal  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near
Egypt. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Alexandria.[4]
Ariel  United Kingdom The
Queenstown, County Cork.[30]
Attillia  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[30]
Busy  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Stanton Sands, Devon between 11 and 18 January.[114]
Ayrshire  United Kingdom The
Forfarshire.[30]
Cambria  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her sixteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[59]
Canterbury  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 3 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constanța, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[4]
Castor  United Kingdom The ship foundered off
Ceylon before 13 January. Her crew were rescued.[78]
Catarina Maria Flag unknown The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay before 14 January.[10]
D. D. de Wolf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on
Saint Stephen, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[118]
Diana  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[30]
Diadem  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the United States with some loss of life.[187]
Dwight  United States The cargo
Key West, Florida. Crew saved.[188]
Ellen Maria  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at
Appalachicola, Florida, United States before 12 January.[93]
Ethelbrede  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on "Struck Point". She was on a voyage from
Netherlands East Indies to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[102]
Eugenie  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Ballymacotter, County Cork with the loss of thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[30]
Fairlie Howard  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the
Negapatam, India.[159]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on "Lady Island" before 12 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire.[10]
Haden  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Cardiff.[102]
Hattrick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on
Victoria.[159]
Henry Brooks  United Kingdom The ship schooner was abandoned off the Outer Hebrides before 18 January. Her crew were rescued by Norman ( United Kingdom). Henry Brooks was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Sydney, Nova Scotia, British North America.[26]
Huron  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Abersoch, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship.[189]
Iona  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of two of her crew.[15]
Islander  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pará, Brazil. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Pará.[158]
Jeanne  Belgium The barque was wrecked at Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Queenstown[30]
John  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyferris, County Down. She was refloated.[190]
Julia Ann  United Kingdom The ship was lost on
Formosa. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan.[158]
Julia and Leonora  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Formosa before 11 January.[78]
Legatus  Norway The ship foundered off "Utvaare" before 6 January.[17]
Lizzie Fenwick  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[26]
L. O. Hackenbridge  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, Vendée, France. She was on a voyage from L'Aiguillon-su-Mer to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was towed in to Ramsgate on 13 January in a leaky condition.[64]
Malakoff  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 December. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Deal, Kent.[59]
Margarethe  Russia The ship was driven ashore on
Maria  France The ship was wrecked at "Giajo" before 20 January. She was on a voyage from the Danube to a Mediterranean port.[121]
Marie Louise  France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux, Gironde before 26 January.[121]
Maria Reed  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at
Loire-Inférieure, France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Saint Nazaire for repairs.[86]
Mary E. Purdy  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Irma ( United Kingdom). Mary E. Purdy was on a voyage from Cardiff to Morehead City, North Carolina, United States.[59]
Mattie  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Molasses Reef. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Queenstown.[159]
M. C. Rowe  United States The schooner was wrecked on Beaver Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage home to Gloucester, Massachusetts from Newfoundland, British North America.[191]
Menzies  United Kingdom The ship put in to the Falkland Islands on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated.[192]
Merion's Bride  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at
Vera Cruz, Mexico.[59] Her crew were rescued.[193]
Nencey Packet  United States The ship foundered off St. Anns Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom on or before 7 January.[105]
Neptunus Stralsund The
Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Gibraltar.[130][171]
New Odd Fellow  United Kingdom The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked on "New Island".[190]
Nigre
Egypt
The steamship was wrecked at "Souvakem".[165]
P. M. Miller  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Jane Young ( 
Boston, Massachusetts.[86]
Royal Standard United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 14 January.[194]
Russell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the White Cliffs, in the Dardanelles before 17 January.[114]
Severn  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from
Calcutta, India to London.[30]
Saint Clair  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of Vendéebefore 22 January.[171]
Simeon Harvey  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Havre de Grâce.[3]
St. George  United Kingdom The barque ran aground off the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Maranhão, Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Maranhão on 29 January.[195]
Tartar  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Caister or Great Yarmouth Lifeboat.[71]
T. D. Marshall  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and capsized in the
Grays Thurrock, Essex. All on board were rescued.[57]
Venture  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundrum Bay.[190]
William  United Kingdom The ship sank at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[102]
William Hill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Liverpool. She was refloated on 15 January with the assistance of a steamship and was towed in to Belfast in a leaky condition.[190][147][38]
Woodlands  United Kingdom The barque was driven from her moorings, capsized and was severely damaged at Douglas, Isle of Man.[72]
Zambia  United States The ship departed from Queenstown for the River Tyne. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[196]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The
Lundy Island, Devon. Both people on board were rescued by Anne Williams.[17]

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