List of shipwrecks in July 1866
The list of shipwrecks in July 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1866 .
1 July
2 July
3 July
4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
Calypso
New South Wales
The brig was en route from Newcastle , New South Wales to Dunedin , New Zealand with a cargo of coal. She struck a gale in Foveaux Strait and was damaged, and changed course for Stewart Island to repair the damage. Here she struck an uncharted reef and was holed. Her captain changed course again, to try to make harbour, but she hit bottom close to the island's southern shore, becoming a wreck.[ 10]
Marinus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Berry Head , Devon . She was on a voyage rom South Shields , County Durham to Genoa , Italy .[ 11] [ 12]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Barcelona , Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Cette , Hérault .[ 13]
6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
Chaucer
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on the Cabezos, off Málaga , Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London .[ 1] [ 14]
Conqueror
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank off Bet Island, Queensland . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Bombay , India .[ 6] [ 15]
Ephesus
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 16] [ 17]
Vencedor de Africa
Spain
The steamship ran aground on the Cochinos Reef, off the coast of Spain.[ 18]
7 July
8 July
9 July
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
HMS Amazon , andOsprey
Royal Navy United Kingdom
The Amazon -class sloop HMS Amazon collided with the steamship Osprey in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) south west of Portland, Dorset . Osprey was on a voyage from Cork to Antwerp , Belgium. She sank with the loss of twelve of the 32 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMS Amazon , which later sank with the loss of sixteen lives. Survivors took to the boats, and reached Torquay , Devon the next day with assistance from the smacks Jane and Water Lily and two other boats (all United Kingdom ). HMS Amazon was on a voyage from Spithead , Hampshire to Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25]
Anna Lange
Bremen
The full-rigged ship caught fire at Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom and was scuttled. She was severely damaged.[ 14] [ 11]
10 July
11 July
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
Ada
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boca Chica , Dominican Republic .[ 26]
Albina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boca Chica. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Matamoros , Mexico.[ 26]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Ventava , Courland Governorate to London [ 27]
Corio
New South Wales
The collier foundered with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Bulli to Sydney .[ 28]
Providence
France
The schooner ran aground off the Pointe des Renarde and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure . Providence was refloated the next day and towed in to Brest , Finistère .[ 29] [ 27]
Royal William
United Kingdom
The dredge boat , a smack , was run down and sunk at Harwich , Essex by the paddle steamer Avalon ( United Kingdom ). Her three crew were rescued.[ 30] [ 29]
Saltram
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the tug Cruizer and sank off South Stack , Anglesey . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 14]
Victoire
France
The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure . She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate , Kent for repairs.[ 14] [ 11]
12 July
13 July
14 July
15 July
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
A. L. Peck
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked in the Turks Islands . She was on a voyage from New York to Santa Cruz.[ 38]
Annie Laurie
New Zealand
The cutter foundered five miles from the Aldermen Islands in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty .[ 39]
Billow
United Kingdom
The brigantine was abandoned off The Skerries, Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 20]
Bury St. Edmunds
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Suffolk . She was refloated and put in to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 29]
Deux Frères
France
The lugger struck the Vinotiere Rocks, in the Conquet Channel and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Imperatrice" to Le Tréport , Seine-Inférieure .[ 4]
Euras
United Kingdom
The ship was beached at St. Ubes , Portugal on fire and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Spain to South Shields , County Durham .[ 40] [ 41]
Mimmie Dyke
Victoria
The schooner was wrecked in the Kent Group , Tasmania . Her crew were rescued.[ 42]
Rajah
United Kingdom
The steamship ran into the Arsenal Pier, Woolwich , Kent and sank in the River Thames downstream of the Town Pier, Woolwich.[ 29]
16 July
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
Chapman
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Bombay , India .[ 43]
Pawnee
United States
The barque ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford , United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Monte Video , Uruguay. She subsequently floated off and was boarded by the Coastguard . Pawnee was taken in to for Waterford , United Kingdom.[ 20]
Robert
Prussia
The schooner foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of the Old Head of Kinsale , County Cork , United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire , United Kingdom to Seville , Spain.[ 44]
Sarah
United States
The fishing schooner sprung a leak and sank on the Georges Bank . Crew saved.[ 45]
Vivid
New Zealand
The schooner encountered bad weather while en route from Wairoa to Napier and began to leak. She filled fast and was abandoned by her captain and two passengers off Māhia Peninsula . The wreckage of the boat came ashore two days later.[ 36]
17 July
18 July
19 July
20 July
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
Atlas
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on a reef on a reef in the Indian Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to Mauritius .[ 48]
Deese
Flag unknown
The schooner was wrecked on Cape Farewell , New Zealand. The crew abandoned ship and were marooned on the spit until rescued by the steamer Tararua .[ 49]
Nordstjern
Kingdom of Hanover
The galiot was driven ashore near Helsingborg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom . She was refloated.[ 40]
Palestro
Regia Marina
Third Italian War of Independence , Battle of Lissa : The coastal defense ship exploded and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Lissa with the loss of 211 of her 230-man crew after the ironclad warship SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max ( Austrian Navy ) rammed her, dismasting her and setting her afire.
Picayune
Italy
The ship was lost near Mount Desert, Maine , United States. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 4]
Re d'Italia
Regia Marina
Re d'Italia Third Italian War of Independence, Battle of Lissa: The Re d'Italia -class ironclad capsized and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Lissa with the loss of 400 of her 566-man crew after the ironclad warship SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max ( Austrian Navy ) rammed her.
Wallsend
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Plough Rock, in the Farne Islands . Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Tweedmouth , Northumberland . She was refloated the next day and taken in to North Shields , Northumberland.[ 41]
21 July
23 July
24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
Margaretha Hendrika
Flag unknown
The schooner ran aground on the East Rock, off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London , United Kingdom.[ 41]
25 July
27 July
28 July
29 July
30 July
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
Sir John Mandeville
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.[ 46]
Spring Flower
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground off Eierland , North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Schiedam , South Holland , Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated and taken in to De Cocksdorp , North Holland.[ 56]
Tyne Queen
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Englishman's Shoal, in the Bosphorus . She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to a port in the Black Sea .[ 46] [ 52]
31 July
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1866
Ship
State
Description
Alfred
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Maldon, Essex . She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[ 52]
Juno
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Söderhamn , Sweden to Southampton , Hampshire . She was refloated on 2 July with the assistance of three smacks and a tug . Juno was towed in to Harwich , Essex in a waterlogged condition.[ 56]
Ostrich
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Marsden, County Durham with the loss of ten of her fourteen crew.[ 5] She was on a voyage from North Shields , Northumberland to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 52]
Ouse
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore on Eierland , North Holland , Netherlands. She had been refloated by 2 July and taken in to Amsterdam , North Holland.[ 56]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey , Cardiganshire to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 5] [ 57]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank with the loss of all hands.[ 5]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1866
Ship
State
Description
SMS Arcona , andSMS Herta
Prussian Navy
The corvettes ran aground at Kiel before 6 July. They were on a voyage from Kiel to the Mediterranean Sea . They refloated with assistance from SMS Gazelle and SMS Victoria (both Prussian Navy ) and put back to Kiel.[ 58]
Aurora
Hamburg
The ship sank in the Skaggerak . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 14] [ 11]
Barwon
New South Wales
The steamship was run ashore and wrecked near Port Phillip , Victoria due to her crew being drunk . Her crew survived.[ 59]
Caroline
New Zealand
The ketch sailed from Okarito some time in July, and was not seen again. There were four men on board.[ 36]
Ceres
New South Wales
The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Clarence River . She was refloated.[ 28]
Edward Hawkins
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Visby , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Grimsby , Lincolnshire to Cronstadt. She was refloated and put in to Fårösund , Sweden.[ 57] [ 52]
Electricity
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Swatow , China before 9 July.[ 20]
Esk
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Sydney , New South Wales . Her crew were rescued.[ 60]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Macao , China. Seven crew were rescued by a junk . She was on a voyage from Singapore , Straits Settlements to Hong Kong .[ 61]
Godefroy
France
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Java , Netherlands East Indies before 27 July. All on board were rescued by a Dutch steamship . She was on a voyage from Melbourne Victoria to Sumba , Netherlands East Indies.[ 62]
Jane Jack Mitchell
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at the Sand Heads, India before 4 July. Several crew were reported missing.[ 63] [ 37]
Jeanne d' Arc
France
The ship struck a sunken rock and was holed. She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to Poole, Dorset , United Kingdom. She put in to Holiquen, Morbihan .[ 29]
Kirstine Marie
Denmark
The ship was wrecked at Bodø , Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Bodø.[ 14] [ 11]
Libelle
United States
The ship was wrecked on Wales Island , British Columbia . She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Hong Kong.[ 29]
Mahe
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Hong Kong between 8 and 20 July. She was on a voyage from Keelung , Formosa to Hong Kong.[ 61]
Midas
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked. Her crew survived.[ 60]
Ocean Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Fredericia , Denmark. She was refloated and put in to Aberdeen .[ 14]
Paysandu
Argentina
The steamship ran aground in the Rio Palmas on or before 26 July.[ 64]
Prospect
United Kingdom
The collier , a brig , was run into by the collier M. E. Clarke ( United Kingdom ) off the coast of Essex . She was towed to Gravesend, Kent and was beached.[ 4] [ 41]
Sea Serpent
New Zealand
The schooner sailed from Chatham Island for Wellington during July, and was not seen again. There were six on board.[ 49]
Severn
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Arequipe ( United States ). Severn was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Shanghai , China.[ 46]
Slippery Charlie
New South Wales
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Nambucca Heads with the loss of sixteen of the seventeen people on board. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Richmond River .[ 28]
Sorata
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked with the loss of two of her crew.[ 60]
Trientje
Netherlands
The koff ran aground on the Boels Reef, off the coast of Norway before 12 July and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Randers , Norway.[ 27] [ 41]
Woodpecker
New South Wales
The schooner was beached 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Port Macquarie with the loss of her captain.[ 28]
Zenobia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Bombay , India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay.[ 57]
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