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The following list includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1861 .
1 September
2 September
3 September
4 September
5 September
6 September
7 September
8 September
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1861
Ship
State
Description
Drobak
Norway
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her fifteen crew were rescued by Baron Clyde ( United Kingdom ). Drobak was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom .[28]
Malakoff
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the South China Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai , China .[29] [30]
Retreat
United Kingdom
The ship collided with John Wells United Kingdom and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Waterford to Quebec City.[31]
Robert
Netherlands
The Cape de Gatt, Spain, by the
steamship Vencedor do Africa (
Spain ) and sank. All nine people on board were rescued by
Vencedor do Africa .
Robert was on a voyage from
London , United Kingdom, to
Syria ,
Greece .
[32]
10 September
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1861
Ship
State
Description
Joseph Hasselet
United States
The Great Egg Harbour, New Jersey with the loss of five of the seven people on board. The survivors clung to a plank, but one of them drowned the next day. Her captain was rescued on 13 September by the schooner
N. E. Clark (
United States ).
Joseph Hasselet was on a voyage from
Stony Point, New York to
Milford, Delaware .
[33]
11 September
12 September
13 September
14 September
15 September
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1861
Ship
State
Description
Alma
United Kingdom
The sloop was run down and sunk at Holyhead , Anglesey by Admiral Moorsom ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of two of her three crew.[48] [49]
Deptford
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Whitby , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland , to Hull , Yorkshire .[5]
Margaret
New Zealand
The schooner hit the Molyneux bar at the mouth of the Clutha River in New Zealand .[50]
Pioneer
New Zealand
The schooner hit the Molyneux bar at the mouth of the Clutha River in New Zealand .[50]
Providence
United Kingdom
The
Superior
United Kingdom
The Arzila, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.
[32]
Waterlily
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Mogador, Morocco, to Hull. She was refloated and towed in to
Ramsgate , Kent.
[28]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Kipern Rocks, Anglesey .[48]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Kipern Rocks.[48]
16 September
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1861
Ship
State
Description
Armida
Italy
The brig ran ashore at Apes Hill, on the Barbary Coast and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , to Genoa , Italy . She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar , where she was placed under repair.[32] [52] [21]
Colonist
United Kingdom
The steamship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of thirteen of the 25 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brig Harmony ( Wismar ). Colonist was on a voyage from Copenhagen , Denmark, to Hull , Yorkshire .[53] [45] [54]
Comet
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Garrucha , Spain.[54] [52]
Cora
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Scull Martin Rocks, off the coast of
Destiny
Gibraltar
The ship struck rocks at Point de Cruses, Morocco, became waterlogged and was abandoned. Her ten crew were rescued by the felucca Isabelita ( Spain ). Destiny was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Genoa , Italy . The wreck was plundered by three Spanish vessels.[32]
17 September
18 September
19 September
20 September
21 September
22 September
23 September
24 September
25 September
26 September
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1861
Ship
State
Description
Cavalier
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and taken in to the Sloyne .[56]
Henry Clay
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Islay , Inner Hebrides . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York , United States.[73]
William Barker
United States
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Tory Island , County Donegal , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Troon , Ayrshire , United Kingdom to Genoa , Italy .[74]
27 September
28 September
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1861
Ship
State
Description
Arnold
Prussia
The schooner was wrecked at Wick, Caithness , United Kingdom with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian , to Wick.[77]
Glasgow
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay . She was on a voyage from Wick to Ballywalter , County Down .[74]
Hydrus
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the English Channel off St Alban's Head , Dorset . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire , to Exeter , Devon .[21]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Ballywalter.[74] [52]
Mechanic
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
M. H. Sheldon
United States
Carrying a cargo of coal , the schooner was wrecked on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island .[79]
Neva
United Kingdom
The steamship was run into by the steamship H. L. Hvindt ( Denmark ) and sank in the Kattegat . Her crew were rescued by H. L. Hvindt . Neva was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[80] [52]
Ocean Skimmer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cronstadt. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cronstadt.
[78]
Peace
United Kingdom
The
29 September
30 September
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1861
Ship
State
Description
Anagance
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Nord, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[84]
Aristide
Flag unknown
The ship sank in the Danube at Sulina , Ottoman Empire .[85]
Couva
United Kingdom
The ship departed from New York for Londonderry . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[69]
George
United States
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Walmer Castle , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium, to New York .[52]
Malay
United Kingdom
The
Rose
Norway
The ship was wrecked at Whaligoe , Caithness , United Kingdom with the loss of all four crew.[88] [89]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1861
Ship
State
Description
Addie
United Kingdom
The snow was wrecked at Lisbon , Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Pernambuco , Brazil .[55]
Ann Jane
New Zealand
The schooner hit the Molyneux bar at the mouth of the Clutha River , New Zealand.[50]
Armada
Spain
The ship was driven ashore near Ceuta . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Genoa , Italy .[31]
Azoff
Russia
The ship sank at
Cheshire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Melancholy Point".[74]
Coquette
United States
The schooner went ashore on the bar at Port Hood, Nova Scotia and became a total wreck. Crew saved.[90]
Diston
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and was abandoned.[91]
E. K. Kane
United States
The schooner went ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia and became a total wreck. Crew saved.[90]
Hampton
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 September. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[20] [51]
Helen
United Kingdom
The Garmouth, Morayshire. Her crew survived.
[92] [42]
Jason
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Goole , Yorkshire .[45]
Leonidas
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Frederikshavn , Denmark, before 3 September. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia , to Hartlepool. She broke in two on 30 September.[93]
Lion Belge
Belgium
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom to Sydney , New South Wales .[31]
Persevere
Unknown
The full-rigged ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) off Cape Flattery on the coast of Washington Territory .[94]
Prince Arthur
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean .[85] She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool , Lancashire .[74]
Republic
United States
The schooner went ashore at Ragged Island and became a total wreck. Crew saved.[90]
Salem
United Kingdom
The barque departed from Quebec City for Belfast , County Antrim . Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hand; her longboat was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean.[95]
San Paolo
Italy
The ship caught fire and was beached in
Telemaco
Russia
The steamship foundered west of Málaga , Spain, before 8 September with the loss of all but one of her crew.[16] [96]
Towns (or W. W. Townes )
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : The 89-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was scuttled as a blockship in the Warwick River in Virginia .[97]
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Bibliography
Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869