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The list of shipwrecks in June 1861 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1861 .
1 June
2 June
3 June
4 June
5 June
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The Sunderland, County Durham to
Hamburg . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[14]
6 June
8 June
9 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Glynn
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the
10 June
11 June
12 June
13 June
15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Alarm
United Kingdom
The tug suffered a boiler explosion at Bristol , Gloucestershire and sank with the loss of one of her crew.[33]
Christiana Kean
United States
Guadalete
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated the next day and taken in tow for London.[30]
Hersilia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Poondy",
John Fowler
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Walpole Rocks, on the Kent coast. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate , Kent.[30] [29]
Lawson
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Toulon , Var , France.[36]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the
Therese
France
The schooner was driven ashore at Mundesley , Norfolk . United Kingdom .[30]
Zarah
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Rosherville , Kent. She was on a voyage from London to the Clyde . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[30]
16 June
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Berenica
United Kingdom
The Cape Colony with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from an English port to
Cape Town , Cape Colony.
[38]
Bittern
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Westplaat, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[30] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[39]
Cataract
United States
The 393-ton screw steamer burned at Erie, Pennsylvania , with the loss of four lives.[40]
Luigi
Kingdom of LombardyโVenetia
The ship ran aground on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk.[30]
Old England
United Kingdom
The
17 June
18 June
19 June
22 June
23 June
24 June
25 June
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Commerce
United Kingdom
The Davis Straits.
[54] Her crew survived.
[55]
28 June
29 June
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Hanno
Portugal
The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Pernambuco , Brazil . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Pernambuco.[10]
Louisa
France
The ship capsized in the
Prince of Wales
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 70 nautical miles (130 km) south of Pernambuco with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Montevideo , Uruguay.[10]
30 June
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Baltic
United Kingdom
The
Baton Rouge
Confederate States of America
The 65-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Tennessee River in Tennessee .[58]
Bedouin
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 June. She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Galway .[17]
Carl
Norway
The ship was driven ashore near "Kloven". She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Tromsรธ . She was refloated.[56]
Chieftain
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on a rock off Coll , Inner Hebrides before 15 June.[59]
Coronet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Elizabeth Wilhelmine
Sweden
The ship capsized in
Gambia
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Lowestoft , Suffolk before 22 June.[47]
Hubet
Norway
The brig became waterlogged at "Margum", Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia , British North America between 4 and 13 June.[17]
Josepha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Garrucha , Spain. She was consequently condemned.[29]
Lord Raglan
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[60]
Mary Fry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the
New Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and sank in the Cรดtes-du-Nord, France.
[61]
Parsee
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Bognor Rocks, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex . She was on a voyage from London to Poti , Russia.[18]
Rollo
United States
The fishing schooner left Halifax, Nova Scotia in mid June for the Seal Island Grounds and vanished. Lost with all 8 crew.[62] [63] [64]
Sparrow
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 June. Her crew were rescued by Allendale ( United Kingdom .[14]
Sympathy
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Hauxley Sand, on the coast of Northumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Alnmouth , Northumberland.[2]
Unidentified vessel
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : Confederate forces scuttled the vessel in the Warwick River in Virginia .[65]
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Bibliography
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