List of shipwrecks in August 1867
The list of shipwrecks in August 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1867 .
1 August
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1867
Ship
State
Description
Defiance
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the River Parrett . She was on a voyage from Bridgwater , Somerset to Ilfracombe , Devon . She was refloated with assistance from a tug .[ 1]
Dyson
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Archangelsk , Russia .[ 2]
Edward and Christopher
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked at Stony Bay, close to the entrance to Akaroa Harbour , during a heavy gale.[ 3]
Friedrich
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk.[ 2] She was refloated and taken into Archangelsk for repairs.[ 4]
Heinrich
Flag unknown
The galiot was driven ashore at "Havannah". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London , United Kingdom .[ 5]
I. O. U.
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Havana , Cuba .[ 6]
Mary Ann Christina
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked on Ninety Mile Beach during a strong gale. She was driven ashore in order to save the crew, some 3 km south of the wreck of the Vixen (see below).[ 7]
Ocean Bride
United Kingdom
The dandy was wrecked on the Denouilles Rocks, Jersey , Channel Islands . Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine , France.[ 2] [ 5]
Star of Canada
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Saint Lawrence River . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Montreal , Quebec , Canada .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Although condemned, she was refloated in September and towed to Quebec City in a hogged and twisted condition. She arrived on 20 September.[ 11]
Vixen
New Zealand
The schooner (also reported as a ketch) was wrecked on Ninety Mile Beach during a strong gale. The ship capsized, and all but one of her crew drowned.[ 7]
2 August
3 August
4 August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1867
Ship
State
Description
Baltique
France
The ship was driven ashore at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kalix , Sweden to Livorno , Italy . She was refloated and taken into Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 17]
Charles Marie
France
The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Boulogne , Pas-de-Calaisl to Sunderland.[ 8]
James Cruickshank
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carboneras , Spain to Aberdeen .[ 21] [ 8]
St. Bartholemy
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken into Copenhagen , Denmark in a leaky condition.[ 22]
6 August
8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1867
Ship
State
Description
Armenian
United Kingdom
The steamship caught fire off Singapore , Straits Settlements . She was on a voyage from Singapore to Straits Settlements . She put back to Singapore, where the fire was extinguished with assistance from HMS Rifleman , HMS Zebra (both Royal Navy ) and other vessels.[ 23]
Emily Gifford
United States
The ship collided with the steamship Malta ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Long Island , New York . Her crew were rescued by Malta . Emily Gifford was on a voyage from New York City to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 24]
Johanna Maria
Netherlands
The ship departed from Batavia , Netherlands East Indies for a Dutch port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 25]
New Simon Peter
United Kingdom
The fishing lugger collided with the sloop Brilliant ( Jersey ) and sank in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Brilliant .[ 16] [ 26]
Santa Marguerita Ligure
Italy
The ship was driven ashore at Ceuta , Spain. She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom . She was refloated and towed into Gibraltar .[ 10]
Sea Flower
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock in Baleachrach Bay and was holed. She was on a voyage from Runcorn , Cheshire to Aberdeen . She put into Portaskaig , Islay .[ 27]
9 August
10 August
11 August
12 August
13 August
14 August
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1867
Ship
State
Description
Anastasia
Trieste
The brig was wrecked at Cape Spartel , Morocco. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Trieste.[ 43]
Edward Moore
New Zealand
The 16-ton schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 8 km south of the mouth of the Manawatu River .[ 3]
Geneva
United Kingdom
The schooner struck The Platters, off the coast of Anglesey and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn , Cheshire to "Llanellhaiarn" or "Llanarthison".[ 28] [ 29] Geneva was refloated on 23 August and taken into Holyhead , Anglesey.[ 44]
Mariner
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Canada to Portsmouth , Hampshire . She put into Poole, Dorset in a leaky condition. Extra crew were taken aboard to work the pumps and she completed her voyage the next day.[ 19]
Zone
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 180 nautical miles (330 km) east of Cape St. Mary's, Falkland Islands . She was on a voayeg from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Lambayeque, Peru .[ 45]
15 August
16 August
17 August
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1867
Ship
State
Description
Alliance
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of the Spurn Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Iona ( United Kingdom ).[ 47] Alliance was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme , Somme , France.[ 48]
Robert Hudson
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford . Her crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat.[ 49] [ 50]
Trajan
United States
Carrying a cargo of lime in barrels , the 125-foot (38 m) bark burned in the harbor at Newport , Rhode Island , after the lime became wet, reacted with the water, and caught fire. To extinguish the blaze, she was scuttled in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water in Narragansett Bay off Goat Island . There were no deaths in the fire or sinking.[ 51]
18 August
19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1867
Ship
State
Description
Florence
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on Seal Island, Maine , United States with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cornwallis, Nova Scotia , Canada to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 53]
Happy Return
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Fécamp , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Caen , Calvados , France. She was refloated on 25 September and taken into Fécamp for repairs.[ 56]
Octavie
France
The ship struck a rock and sank in the Loire . Her crew were rescued.[ 42]
Sarah Jane
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on Cape Sable Island , Nova Scotia , Canada . She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Quebec City , Canada.[ 57]
20 August
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1867
Ship
State
Description
Carl Johann
Sweden
The ship ran aground at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 58]
Hirnant
United Kingdom
The schooner -rigged steamship was wrecked on the Isle of May , Fife . Her crew survived.[ 59] Hirnant was on a voyage from Gourdon, Aberdeenshire to Leven, Fife .[ 60]
Singapore
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer struck an uncharted rock and was wrecked at Hakodate , Japan . All 145 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yokohama to Hakodate.[ 61]
Venus
United Kingdom
The cutter struck the Fourquier Rocks, in the Channel Islands and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine , France. She put into Gorey, Jersey in a leaky condition.[ 59]
21 August
22 August
23 August
25 August
26 August
27 August
28 August
29 August
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1867
Ship
State
Description
Emmy
Grand Duchy of Finland
The schooner ran aground at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 75]
John Pedder
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft , Suffolk and sank. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to London .[ 76] [ 73]
Marie Leocadie
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Christchurch Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Bridport , Dorset. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 75]
Wey
United Kingdom
The barque collided with another vessel and was beached at Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Berdyanski , Russia to Queenstown, County Cork . She was refloated.[ 75]
30 August
31 August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1867
Ship
State
Description
Admiral Lyons
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Clanyard Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Quebec City , Canada . She was refloated and put into Greenock , Renfrewshire in a leaky condition.[ 76]
Amelia
France
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Sierra Leone.[ 8]
Anastasia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Cape Spartel , Morocco before 15 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Trieste .[ 80]
Annie Wilson
United Kingdom
The barque foundered off Cape Horn , Chile before 3 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao , Peru to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 80] [ 31]
Bruto
Italy
The brig caught fire in the Gulf of Lyon and was beached near Antibes , Alpes-Maritimes , France before 26 August. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom to Genoa . She was subsequently towed into Genoa.[ 76] [ 73]
Currency
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Bombay , India . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay.[ 75]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Swatow , China with the loss of eight lives.[ 6]
Exertion
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Dordrecht , South Holland , Netherlands to Findhorn , Moray .[ 20]
Fleetwing
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Matan". She had been refloated by 4 August and taken into Quebec City.[ 4] She was consequently condemned.[ 81]
Frank Herbert
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on Georges Bank . Lost with all 8 hands.[ 82]
Heinrich George
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was abandoned.[ 8]
Innocencia
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Castello Reef with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Tarragona to Monte Video , Uruguay.[ 8]
Ironsides
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Green Island, Canada. She had been refloated and taken into Quebec City by 5 August.[ 4]
Jennie Tyler
United States
The schooner was lost on her passage from Para to New York . Lost with all 8 hands.[ 83]
Mary Durkee
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River before 3 August. She was on a voyage from Three Rivers , Quebec , Canada to Penarth , Glamorgan .[ 8] [ 9] She subsequently floated off and drove out to sea.[ 4]
Miguel de Cervantes
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Anegonda Reef. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to San Juan, Puerto Rico .[ 4]
Nestorian
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at "Matan". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. She had been refloated by 4 August and taken into Quebec City.[ 4]
Newsky
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore on Öland , Sweden before 7 August. She was on a voyage from London to Stockholm , Sweden. She was later refloated.[ 29]
Novanside
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River . She was refloated.[ 58]
Pro Tem
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Point Levi , Quebec. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 8]
Raphael
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Nagasaki , Japan for Shanghai , China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 84]
San Pietro
Italy
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Riva , Ottoman Empire before 17 August. She was on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to a British port.[ 73]
S. L. Tilley
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool.[ 85]
St. David
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Matane , Quebec. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 86]
Sunny Side
United States
The fishing schooner sank on the Georges Bank . All 9 crewmen killed.[ 87] [ 88]
Tantje Trinend
Flag unknown
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Leith.[ 8]
Venice
United Kingdom
The steamship departed from Cardiff , Glamorgan for Trieste. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 89]
Wave
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew were rescued.[ 76]
Weile
Denmark
The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to a Danish port.[ 8]
William Melhuish
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated.[ 58]
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