The ship was abandoned on St. Peter's Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11] She was taken in to Old Man's Bay, where she was condemned.[12]
The ship struck a rock in the Gaspar Strait and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She completed her voyage, but was consequently condemned.[21]
The ship departed from Poronal Bay, Prince Edward Island for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
The steamship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed back to New York.[34]
The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of a lugger and a steamship but found to be severely leaky and was taken in tow for London.[18]
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 13 December and put back to Antwerp.[47]
The ship ran aground at Tome, Japan. She was on a voyage from Tome to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but sprang a severe leak and had to be beached.[54]
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[46]
The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Schullhoep, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Rotterdam.[26][30]Voorwarts was refloated on 17 December.[63]
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Kiel. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[65][46]
The ship was driven ashore in Loch Boisdale. She was on a voyage from Shediac, Nova Scotia to Dundalk, County Louth, United Kingdom. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky.[76]
The ship was driven ashore at Moville. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Bangor, County Down.[61] She was refloated on 15 December with the assistance of a number of tugs.[80]
The paddle steamer ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[36][61][55]
The ship was driven ashore at "Port Mandri", Greece. She was on a voyage from Bourgas, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She had been refloated by 31 December and taken in to Piraeus.[87]
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Douglas, Isle of Man with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Douglas. She was refloated and take in to Douglas.[90]
The steamship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a severely leaky condition and was beached there.[47][80]
The ship ran aground near Seraglio Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port. She was refloated and subsequently resumed her voyage.[111]
The schooner was driven onto the Naylor Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate.[73][80]
The ship ran aground on the Myfor Bank. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London. She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[113]
The brig ran aground on the Horse Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.[114]
The ship strurck a sunken rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from "Burraira" to Hull, Yorkshire. She put in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition[120]
The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Larne, County Antrim. She subsequently floated off and drove out to sea.[76]
The ship was wrecked on the Roques Reefs. All on board survived on an uninhabited island 6 nautical miles (11 km) from the wreck. They were rescued on 27 December by Bolivar (Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela). Estrella was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Curaçao.[130]
The ship ran aground at "Portmacksand", Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Barsalloch, Wigtownshire. She was refloated but drove ashore near Garliestown and was wrecked.[104]
The steamship was reported to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) west of Ireland (island) with the loss of 122 of the 164 people on board. Survivors were reported to have been rescued by a French barque and having been landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was reported to have been on a voyage from New York City to Alexandria, Egypt. However, the story was believed to be a hoax, with no vessel of that name listed in American Lloyd's Register and no accounts from survivors forthcoming from Boulogne.[24][125][135][136]
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Those on board took to four boats. One boat with nine people on board reached land, five people in another boat were rescued by Frederick (United States). Those in the other two boats were reported missing. Adele was on a voyage from Bremen to a port in Aracan, Burma.[141]
The ship collided with Merton (United Kingdom) and sank off the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of two of her crew.[24] Survivors were rescued by Merton.[146]
The barque was wrecked off the coast of Africa with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate to Sierra Leone. The nineteen survivors reached the "Isle des Los" in a raft, from whence they were rescued by the whalerS. A. Paine (United States).[155]
The ship was run into by the steamshipFalcon (Bremen) and was beached on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[22] She was later refloated with the assistance of six smacks and was towed in to London.[66]
The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[11][22]
The brigantine was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire.[158][11]
The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the brig Triune (United Kingdom). Sisters was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[158][11][22][161]
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The list of shipwrecks in December 1868 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during December 1868 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources December 1868MonTueWedThuFriSatSun1 2 3 4 5 67 8 9 10 11 12 1314 15 16 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 26 2728 29 30 31 Unknown dateReferences1 December editList of shipwrecks 1 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionCastigliona nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of County Wexford with the loss of five of her sixteen crew She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Bombay India She was refloated on 12 December and towed in to Liverpool by the steamships Duncannon and Ross and the tug William Wallace all nbsp United Kingdom 1 2 3 Cynthia nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Summerside Prince Edward Island Canada for Liverpool Lancashire No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 4 Grietje nbsp Netherlands The fishing vessel was wrecked in the Dogger Bank Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Criterion nbsp United Kingdom 5 2 December editList of shipwrecks 2 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionBeyham nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg Russia to Waterford She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby Lincolnshire by a lifeboat 6 Madelon nbsp France The ship was wrecked at Naples Italy 7 Maids nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Ouse Sand in the Thames Estuary She was refloated 8 Marie nbsp Prussia The ship was wrecked at Cork United Kingdom with the loss of all hands 1 3 December editList of shipwrecks 3 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAlexandra nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore She was on a voyage from Riga Russia to Belfast County Antrim 9 Annie nbsp Denmark The schooner was wrecked on Souter Point Northumberland United Kingdom She was on a voyage from London to the Tyne 9 6 Ethuriel nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the barque Liverpool nbsp United Kingdom and was beached in the Belfast Lough She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Maryport Cumberland She was refloated and towed back to Belfast 10 Flora nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned on St Peter s Bank Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Quebec City Canada to Liverpool Lancashire 11 She was taken in to Old Man s Bay where she was condemned 12 Flora nbsp Denmark The schooner was wrecked on Souter Point She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne 9 6 Gefuil nbsp Sweden The ship was driven ashore on the Middle Sand in the Humber She was on a voyage from Gavle to the Humber 9 13 Harfruen Flag unknown The barque was towed in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition 9 6 Rival nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck the quayside at Ramsgate Kent and became severely leaky She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Saint John s Newfoundland Colony 8 Victoria nbsp Denmark The schooner collided with Berwick nbsp United Kingdom and sank off the mouth of the River Tyne Her crew were rescued by Berwick Victoria was on a voyage from London United Kingdom to the River Tyne 14 15 William Gillies nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Carrendall Argyllshire Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Campbeltown Lifeboat Lord Murray nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution William Gillies was on a voyage from London to Ardrossan Ayrshire 16 17 18 19 Unnamed nbsp Denmark The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Marsden County Durham by the steamship Berwick nbsp United Kingdom Her crew were rescued by Berwick 20 4 December editList of shipwrecks 4 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAndrew Jackson nbsp United Kingdom The clipper was wrecked on a reef in the Gaspar Strait in the Netherlands East Indies Annie Kimball nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the Gaspar Strait and was damaged She was on a voyage from Shanghai China to Batavia Netherlands East Indies She completed her voyage but was consequently condemned 21 Brothers nbsp United Kingdom The skiff capsized at Greenock Renfrewshire Her three crew were rescued by a steamship 15 Clara Novello nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Canada for Queenstown County Cork No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 4 Juventa nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on rocks north of Bermuda She was on a voyage from Havana Cuba to Queenstown 22 23 Martha nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Francis Carvill nbsp United States Martha was on a voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to Saint John s Newfoundland Colony 24 Nancy Riley nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Guadeloupe She was on a voyage from an English port to Guadeloupe 25 Orpheus nbsp United States The ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Diep She was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland to Amsterdam North Holland Netherlands 26 Sir Ralph Abercrombie nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles 37 km east of Tristan d Acunha Her crew were rescued by the schooner Telegraph nbsp Cape Colony Sir Ralph Abercrombie was on a voyage from London to Yokohama Japan 27 28 29 St Pierre a Caens nbsp Denmark The schooner was wrecked on the Spital Scar Rocks near Newbiggin by the Sea Northumberland United Kingdom Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France 15 Swift nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Poronal Bay Prince Edward Island for Liverpool Lancashire No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 4 5 December editList of shipwrecks 5 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAnnie Jane nbsp United Kingdom The fishing sloop collided with the fishing boat Celine nbsp Belgium and sank 8 nautical miles 15 km off the Galloper Sandbank Her crew were rescued by a Russian schooner 30 31 Ariel nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Bannow County Wexford with the loss of all but one of her crew She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Waterford 16 17 32 Castilian nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harlech Caernarfonshire and was wrecked with the loss of three of her 21 crew Survivors were rescued by the Port Madoc Lifeboat John Ashbury nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Castilian was on a voyage form Quebec City Canada to Liverpool Lancashire 17 33 City of Boston nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook New Jersey United States She was on a voyage from New York United States to Liverpool She was refloated and towed back to New York 34 Earl nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in the Keroe Islands was the loss of all but one of her seven or eight crew She was on a voyage from Port Madoc Caernarfonshire to Waterford 35 J T A nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Langness Peninsula Isle of Man 36 Juventa nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank off Bermuda She was on a voyage from Havana Cuba to Liverpool She was refloated the next day and taken in to St George s Bermuda 37 Kate Mills nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saint Andrews Fife She was on a voyage from London to Dundee Forfarshire 13 Thorwaldsen Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Kingroad in a waterlogged condition 13 She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Bristol Gloucestershire 17 Vaillant nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel 13 Vision nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Port St Mary Isle of Man Her five crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat Commercial Traveller nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution 38 35 Vision was on a voyage from Drogheda County Louth to Garston Lancashire 26 19 6 December editList of shipwrecks 6 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAlarm nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bremen She was refloated the next day with the assistance of steamships 17 Caroline Beeson nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Vlissingen Zeeland Netherlands 39 Eledona nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Vlissingen 39 Express nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk off Gibraltar by the steamship Sidon Her eight crew were rescued by Sidon Express was on a voyage from Catania Sicily Italy to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 40 Fawn nbsp United Kingdom The smack struck the pier at Ramsgate Kent and was wrecked with the loss of two of her five crew 18 Gamester nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack was damaged by fire at West Hartlepool County Durham 15 Nordstjorn nbsp Bremen The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen 39 North Britain nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Rock Mount s Bay Cornwall England with the loss of seven of her nineteen crew survivors were rescued by the Penzance Lifeboat Richard Lewis nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution North Britain was on a voyage from Quebec City Canada to Southampton Hampshire 41 16 42 43 Richard Lewis nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Penzance Lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of North Britain nbsp United Kingdom Two of her crew were severely injured 18 Stella nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Ipswich Suffolk 44 Tyne nbsp New Zealand The schooner ran aground near the entrance to Wellington Harbour and became a total wreck 45 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack sank in the River Thames at Barking Essex with the loss of both crew 18 Unnamed Flag unknown The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent She was refloated with the assistance of a lugger and a steamship but found to be severely leaky and was taken in tow for London 18 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Ellewoutsdijk Zeeland 46 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship ran aground and sank off Ellewoutsdijk 46 7 December editList of shipwrecks 7 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAnnette nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam North Holland 46 Bootry nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam 46 Caroline Beeson nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Swansea Glamorgan She was refloated on 13 December and put back to Antwerp 47 Catharina nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam 46 Clio nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam 46 Cornelia Catharina nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam 46 Courrier nbsp Saint Pierre The ship was lost near St Ann s Head Pembrokeshire United Kingdom 32 Drie Gesusters nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam 46 Elizabeth nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam 46 Goor Nagtias nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam 46 Henry and Maria nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the barque Jason nbsp Norway and foundered in the North Sea Her crew were rescued by Jason 14 44 48 Isabella Thompson nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Gloucester Massachusetts Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Boston Massachusetts to Clare Nova Scotia Canada 49 Jenny Jenkins nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Lord Raglan and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough North Riding of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member Survivors were rescued by Lord Raglan Jenny Jenkins was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Exeter Devon 50 51 Maalstroom nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam 46 Minniehaha nbsp United States The ship ran aground on the Conch Reef off the coast of Florida She was on a voyage from Havana Cuba to Liverpool Lancashire United Kingdom She was refloated but ran aground again She was refloated and taken in to Key West Florida on 10 December for repairs 52 53 Potosi nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Tome Japan She was on a voyage from Tome to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated and resumed her voyage but sprang a severe leak and had to be beached 54 Pride of the Ocean nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands 55 Sarah Ann nbsp Newfoundland Colony The ship departed from Baltimore Maryland United States for Saint John s No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 56 8 December editList of shipwrecks 8 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAppearance nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Sarpsborg Norway 36 Assistant nbsp Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore at Rotterdam South Holland 39 Chanticleer nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef north east of Pemba Island Zanzibar She was on a voyage from Bombay India to Zanzibar 57 58 Clarendon nbsp New Zealand The 157 ton brig was deliberately run ashore to the north of Hokitika in order to save the crew when she sprang a leak 45 Congress nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Fleetwood Lancashire She was on a voyage from Quebec City Canada to Fleetwood 26 39 She was refloated and towed in to Fleetwood 46 Express nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was run down and sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles 19 km north north east of Flamborough Head Yorkshire by the steamship Sidon nbsp United Kingdom with the loss of all hands 59 60 She was on a voyage from a port in Sutherland to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 30 Frances and Charlotte nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Chichester Sussex 50 John P Paint nbsp United States The barque departed from Boston Massachusetts for Queenstown County cork United Kingdom No further trace presued foundered with the loss of all hands 4 Malanta nbsp Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Rotterdam 39 May Flower nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool County Durham She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft Suffolk in a severely leaky condition 46 Stirling Castle nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Kinghorn Fife Her four crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland 14 61 62 Voorwarts nbsp Netherlands The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Schullhoep in the North Sea off the Dutch coast Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from St Ubes Portugal to Rotterdam 26 30 Voorwarts was refloated on 17 December 63 Unnamed nbsp Prussia The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Bosphorus with the loss of all but one of her crew 64 9 December editList of shipwrecks 9 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAdam Wilhelm nbsp Denmark The ship was driven ashore on Skagen She was on a voyage from Leith Lothian United Kingdom to Copenhagen 30 Ann nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Harwich Essex She was on a voyage from Colchester Essex to Ipswich Suffolk She was refloated the next day and towed in to Harwich 36 Heilingenhafen nbsp Prussia The ship was driven ashore on Laeso Denmark She was on a voyage from Grangemouth Stirlingshire United Kingdom to Kiel She was later refloated and resumed her voyage 65 46 John Black nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was scuttled at Soldier s Point County Antrim Her crew were rescued 51 61 She had been refloated by 28 December and taken in to Warrenpoint Count Antrim 66 Ilma nbsp Sweden The schooner ran aground on the Trindelen Rock and was abandoned by her crew 46 Vectis nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of one of her sixteen crew Survivors were rescued by the barque Nyanza nbsp United Kingdom Vectis was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Bombay India 67 68 Voltaic nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Foyle She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Londonderry 61 She was refloated on 12 December and taken in to Londonderry 69 10 December editList of shipwrecks 10 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAtalanta nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk She was refloated but was consequently run onto the Outer Bank off Happisburgh Norfolk where she was wrecked Her eleven crew were rescued by the Happisburgh Lifeboat Huddersfield nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Atalanta was on a voyage from London to Hull Yorkshire 61 55 19 Catherine and Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris Anglesey 70 Cham nbsp France The chasse maree was wrecked on the Longnose Rock off Kingsgate Kent United Kingdom Her crew were rescued 71 68 She was on a voyage from Saint Valery sur Somme Somme to Blyth Northumberland United Kingdom 69 Clyde nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Feaghaig 7 nautical miles 13 km south of Campbeltown Argyllshire with the loss of two lives She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Londonderry 14 72 Deborah nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Woodbridge Suffolk She was on a voyage from Hull to Woodbridge 36 Deerhound nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand in the Thames Estuary 46 Duxceline nbsp France The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Margate Kent United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Grimsby Lincolnshire to Gravesend Kent 71 Elizabeth and Mary nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris 70 Elizabeth Brown nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand 46 Emma nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with the paddle steamer Prince Alfred nbsp United Kingdom and was beached at Carrickfergus County Antrim She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Workington Cumberland She had been refloated by 15 December and taken in to Belfast for repairs 73 Emerald nbsp United Kingdom The collier a brig collided with the barque Fanny nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the River Thames at Tilbury Essex 51 46 68 Her nine crew were rescued She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London 74 Emerald was refloated on 13 January 1869 and towed in to London 75 Esther nbsp Jersey The ship was wrecked on the Holme Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk Her crew survived 36 Experiment nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Par Cornwall 36 Fruiterer nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft Suffolk She was on a voyage from London to Lowestoft 36 Fruit Girl nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand 46 Grance nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Margate She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to Boulogne Pas de Calais France 71 Grace Wright nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Macherioch Argyllshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Killala County Mayo 67 G T Ward nbsp United States The schooner was driven ashore at Saalze She was on a voyage from Lubeck to an English port 46 Hannah Mary nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and sank at Margate She was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham to Boulogne 71 Hero nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Dee She was refloated and assisted in to the River Dee by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat 70 Heviland nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southend on Sea Essex 51 She was refloated the next day 36 Ino andRanger nbsp United Kingdom The lugger Ranger ran into the schooner Ino and was abandoned by her eleven crew who got on board Ino which was subsequently abandoned All sixteen people on board Ino were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat Swift nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Ino was on a voyage from South Shields to Taganrog Russia She drove ashore at Great Yarmouth Norfolk and was wrecked Ranger was subsequently taken in to Great Yarmouth by a lifeboat 36 55 19 Jane nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St Ives Cornwall She was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Hayle Cornwall She was refloated and taken in to St Ives 61 Lion nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ardrossan Ayrshire 72 Little Gem nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris 70 Magdala nbsp Canada The ship was driven ashore in Loch Boisdale She was on a voyage from Shediac Nova Scotia to Dundalk County Louth United Kingdom She was refloated but found to be severely leaky 76 Margaret and Ann nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Warrenpoint County Antrim with the loss of one of her four crew She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Newry County Antrim 51 New Parliament nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Par 36 Reindeer nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the Belfast Lough by the steamship Electric nbsp United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member Survivors were rescued by Electric Reindeer was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Dublin 77 36 Rose and Mary nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cowes Isle of Wight She was on a voyage from Portsmouth Hampshire to Swansea Glamorgan 61 Stirling Castle nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Vous Rocks off the coast of Fife Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland County Durham 78 Tonderghe nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn Wigtownshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Portwilliam Wigtownshire to Whitehaven Cumberland 14 William nbsp Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Ross Bay Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Douglas 14 47 William nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands 69 William nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Pladda with the loss of four of her five crew She was on a voyage from Troon to Belfast 14 55 79 47 3 11 December editList of shipwrecks 11 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAnn nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Moville County Donegal She was refloated on 15 December with the assistance of a number of tugs 80 Bacabec nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Echo nbsp United Kingdom Bacabec was on a voyage from Saint John New Brunswick Canada to Sligo 52 81 Belt nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Moville She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Bangor County Down 61 She was refloated on 15 December with the assistance of a number of tugs 80 City of Hamburg nbsp United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground at Great Yarmouth Norfolk She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth Her passengers were taken off She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition 36 61 55 Clyde nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Campbeltown Argyllshire with the loss of two of her crew She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Londonderry 36 47 Express nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Appledore Devon She was on a voyage from Sydney New South Wales to Barnstaple Devon 82 She was later refloated and taken in to Appledore 49 Glenharvee nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Campbeltown with the loss of two of her crew 36 Gossamer nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Prawle Point Devon with the loss of 31 of the 48 people on board 83 Herald nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bangor County Down 61 Jane nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Ramsey Isle of Man Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Jane was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Dublin 82 67 19 Jane nbsp Isle of Man The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsey Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Jane was on a voyage from Ramsey to Whitehaven Cumberland 82 67 3 Magnet nbsp United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Hamburg 52 53 Nereid nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered She was on a voyage from Cette Herault to Marseille Bouches du Rhone 84 Nethania nbsp United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk by a schooner off the North Foreland Kent Her six crew survived She was on a voyage from South Shields to Caen Calvados France 71 85 Prudence nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution gt Prudence was on a voyage from Garston Lancashire to Aberystwyth Cardiganshire 67 3 19 Rehoboth nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank off Beachy Head Sussex Her crew survived she was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Lymington Hampshire 36 Seaman nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bangor County Down 61 Thames nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnsore County Wexford with the loss of two of her crew She was on a voyage from Queenstown County Cork to Newport Monmouthshire 82 Wasdale nbsp United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk off Lamlash Isle of Arran with the loss of all seven crew She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Newport 86 12 December editList of shipwrecks 12 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionBangalore nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash Isle of Arran She was refloated on 14 December and put back to Greenock Renfrewshire 47 Bartolotto Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Port Mandri Greece She was on a voyage from Bourgas Ottoman Empire to a British port She had been refloated by 31 December and taken in to Piraeus 87 Emily Anne nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St Leonards Lincolnshire She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 69 Equity nbsp United Kingdom The smack collided with Queen Victoria nbsp United Kingdom and sank Her crew were rescued by Queen Victoria 14 88 Heilingenhafen nbsp Prussia The schooner was wrecked on Hatheriff Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Grangemouth Stirlingshire United Kingdom to Kiel 65 46 Hero nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank in the Irish Sea 2 nautical miles 3 7 km north west of Puffin Island Anglesey Her four crew survived She was on a voyage from Reunion to Ghent East Flanders Belgium 82 69 89 Liffey nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portavogie County Down with the loss of all but her captain She was on a voyage from Runcorn Cheshire to Newry County Antrim 82 Nethania nbsp United Kingdom The brig was run into by a schooner and sank at Broadstairs Kent Her crew survived She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Caen Calvados France 82 Rose nbsp United Kingdom The ship was holed in the River Usk and capsized She was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Weston super Mare Somerset 49 Ruby nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank at Nefyn Caernarfonshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth Norfolk to Liverpool Lancashire 82 Three Janes nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Douglas Isle of Man with the loss of six of her crew She was on a voyage from Preston Lancashire to Douglas She was refloated and take in to Douglas 90 13 December editList of shipwrecks 13 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionDorset nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Port Talbot Glamorgan for Highbridge Somerset No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 91 Eleanor and Grace nbsp United Kingdom The ship drove ashore at Milford Haven Pembrokeshire She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Briton Ferry Glamorgan 47 63 She was refloated on 17 December 92 Lady Flora Hastings nbsp United Kingdom The schooner collided with Trossach nbsp United Kingdom and sank off the Tongue Sand Her crew survived She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Ramsgate Kent 82 93 Nordstfjernan nbsp Sweden The barque ran aground off Hafringe Island and was wrecked Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from London United Kingdom to Stockholm 80 94 Pehr nbsp Norway The brig was driven ashore at St Mawes Castle Cornwall United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Norway to La Rochelle Charente Inferieure France She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Falmouth Cornwall 67 95 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk The Aldeburgh and Thorpeness Lifeboats Ipswich and Pasco both nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution were launched but found no sign of her 67 47 14 December editList of shipwrecks 14 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAnne Milne nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire and sank at Dundee Forfarshire She was refloated on 4 January 1869 and taken in to Perth 73 63 96 Beaufeau nbsp France The brig was wrecked on the Batten Reef in Plymouth Sound Her crew were rescued 97 Canada Flag unknown The barque sank off Bettystown County Meath 47 She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Sierra Leone 49 Emily Burnyest nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Trefusis Point Cornwall She was refloated with the assistance of a tug 47 Helena nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Doom Bar 97 She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Vigo Spain 47 Hound nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Great Cumbrae Argyllshire She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Troon Ayrshire 98 Marthe Helene nbsp Norway The ship was wrecked near Lemvig She was on a voyage from Leith Lothian United Kingdom to Horten 69 Orient nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dragor Denmark She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen Denmark in a severely leaky condition and was beached there 47 80 Pher nbsp Norway The brig ran aground at St Mawes Castle Cornwall She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth Cornwall 47 Providence nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Ramsey Bay She was on a voyage from Garston Lancashire to Aberystwyth Cardiganshire 99 Sarah Anne nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank at Laugharne Carmarthenshire with the loss of five of her crew She was on a voyage from Dieppe Seine Inferieure France to Swansea Glamorgan 65 100 Vegesack nbsp Bremen The ship departed from Cardiff for Havana Cuba No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 101 Veteran nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran She was on a voyage from Troon to Belfast 47 Unnamed nbsp Denmark The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda County Louth United Kingdom 14 15 December editList of shipwrecks 15 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAdvice nbsp Canada The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 50 46 N 21 50 W 50 767 N 21 833 W 50 767 21 833 Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamship Denmark nbsp United Kingdom Advice was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Saint John New Brunswick 102 Architect nbsp United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued Her crew were rescued by Claribel nbsp United Kingdom Architect was on a voyage from Quebec City Canada to an English port 103 104 She came ashore at Hillswick Shetland Islands on 3 February 1869 105 Cavoda nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked near Drogheda County Louth with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Sierra Leone 106 107 Eclipse nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Arichat Nova Scotia Canada She was on a voyage from Digby Nova Scotia to the Clyde 24 Fancy nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Silivri Ottoman Empire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Berdyansk Russia to a British port 108 109 Fides nbsp United States The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland Friesland Netherlands She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen 98 Grace nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sank at Margate Kent Her crew were rescued by the Broadstairs Lifeboat Bulmer White nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Grace was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to Boulogne Pas de Calais France She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Margate 73 72 80 68 Happy Return nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea She was on a voyage from Nairn to Cromarty 110 Hooyland nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore County Wexford with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Surinam to Glasgow Renfrewshire 67 Royal Dane nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Seraglio Point Ottoman Empire She was on a voyage from Taganrog Russia to a British port She was refloated and subsequently resumed her voyage 111 Royal Tar nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles 22 km off the mouth of the Humber Her crew were rescued by the steamship Rouen nbsp France Royal Tar was on a voyage from Shoreham by Sea Sussex to Goole Yorkshire 47 Tyne nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Marmara Island Ottoman Empire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Enos Ottoman Empire 108 76 Wilhelmine Flag unknown The ship capsized in the Black Sea at the entrance to the Bosphorus She was on a voyage from Galaţi Ottoman Empire to a British port 73 80 63 76 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The brig foundered off the Copeland Islands County Antrim with the loss of several of her crew She was on a voyage from Maryport Cumberland to Belfast County Antrim 73 16 December editList of shipwrecks 16 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionClyde nbsp Canada The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Alma nbsp United Kingdom Clyde was on a voyage from Verte Bay Nova Scotia to Belfast County Antrim United Kingdom 112 66 Elizabeth Mary nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven onto the Naylor Rock Margate Kent She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp Belgium She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate 73 80 Jane nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank in Angle Bay 63 She was refloated on 30 December and taken in to Milford Haven Pembrokeshire where she was condemned 48 17 December editList of shipwrecks 17 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionDaisy nbsp United Kingdom The smack was run into by the steamship Don Pedro nbsp Spain and sank at Grimsby Lincolnshire 80 She was raised on 19 December and taken in to Grimsby 49 Forester nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Lee Flat in the Suriname River She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Pernambuco Brazil 75 Lucien nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Myfor Bank She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires Argentina to London She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth Cornwall in a leaky condition 113 Millbank nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Penarth Glamorgan She was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Penarth 63 Pet nbsp United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks in East Tarbert Bay and sank Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Sao Miguel Island Azores 102 Preciosa nbsp Sweden The schooner was wrecked south of Egersund Norway with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to an English port 112 66 John Wesley nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Lough Swilly Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth Cardiganshire to Galway 102 She was refloated on 22 December 76 The Beal nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Horse Rock in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and was wrecked Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to London 114 18 December editList of shipwrecks 18 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionCallioup or Galicub andCharkeich or Sharkie nbsp Ottoman Empire The steamships collided in the Black Sea at Carabournon Callioup sank with the loss of 50 of the 165 people on board She was on a voyage from Alexandria Egypt to Constantinople Charkeich was consequently beached at Cesme 115 116 117 118 119 Chevy Chase nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Scheelhoek off the coast of Zeeland Netherlands 63 Dunsundie nbsp United Kingdom The ship strurck a sunken rock and was damaged She was on a voyage from Burraira to Hull Yorkshire She put in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition 120 Helen nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Whitburn County Durham 49 Henrietta Brewis nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 44 45 N 40 09 W 44 750 N 40 150 W 44 750 40 150 Her crew were rescued by the barque Sharston nbsp United Kingdom Henrietta Brewis was on a voyage from Swansea Glamorgan to Bahia Brazil 96 121 L Auguste nbsp France The lugger was lost on this date Her crew were rescued by Noera nbsp United Kingdom 122 Livonia nbsp Italy The ship ran aground and was damaged at Arbroath Forfarshire United Kingdom 123 Lucien nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Mylor Bank in the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires Argentina to London She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth Cornwall in a leaky condition 73 63 19 December editList of shipwrecks 19 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionEarl of Elgin andThames nbsp United Kingdom The steamship Earl of Elgin collided with the steamship Thames in the River Thames and was beached at Tilburyness Essex She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to London She was refloated on 21 December and taken in to London Thames sank at Northfleet Kent 65 124 49 She was on a voyage from Grangemouth Stirlingshire to London 125 She was refloated 24 Hannah and Jane nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Blakeney Norfolk 49 She was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Blakeney 76 Henrietta nbsp United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore near Beaumaris Anglesey 124 Oernen nbsp Denmark The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea Her crew were rescued by the schooner Otto nbsp Denmark Oernen was on a voyage from Leith Lothian United Kingdom to Ebeltoft 48 20 December editList of shipwrecks 20 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAlarm nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Zuidwal in the Wadden Sea She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cardiff Glamorgan 126 Florence nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Charlestown Cornwall 49 Harkaway nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from The Downs for the Canary Islands No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 127 Mary Ann nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Souter Point Northumberland Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Rouen Seine Inferieure France to the River Tyne 100 Villafranca nbsp France The lugger was wrecked on Havre de Pas Jersey Channel Islands with the loss of two of her three crew The survivor was rescued by the tug Toby nbsp Jersey Villafranca was on a voyage from Dinan Cotes du Nord to Saint Malo Ille et Vilaine 128 129 21 December editList of shipwrecks 21 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAdventure nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Pakefield Suffolk Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to a port in Mayenne France 129 Catherine nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan and was abandoned by her crew She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Larne County Antrim She subsequently floated off and drove out to sea 76 Commerce nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Blyth Northumberland with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Gravesend Kent to Blyth 114 Ellen nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck off Race s Shoal in the North Sea and sank Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Whitby Yorkshire to Rouen Seine Inferieure France 108 Estrella nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Roques Reefs All on board survived on an uninhabited island 6 nautical miles 11 km from the wreck They were rescued on 27 December by Bolivar nbsp Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela Estrella was on a voyage from Saint Thomas Virgin Islands to Curacao 130 Favourite nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Blyth Northumberland to Boulogne Pas de Calais France 129 114 Hamilton nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling Norfolk She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to London She was refloated and resumed her voyage 49 Harriet nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Portmacksand Wigtownshire She was on a voyage from Maryport Cumberland to Barsalloch Wigtownshire She was refloated but drove ashore near Garliestown and was wrecked 104 Helen nbsp United Kingdom The schooner struck a sunken rock and foundered 3 nautical miles 5 6 km south west of the Dudgeon Lightship nbsp Trinity House in the North Sea Her crew got on board the lightship They were rescued on 23 December by the steamship Resolute nbsp United Kingdom Helen was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Rouen 131 132 Kinloss nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the North Sea near Muchalls Kincardineshire Scotland with the loss of one of her five crew 133 She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen 134 Peter Fordeskjold nbsp Denmark The barque ran aground on the Hittarp Reef She was on a voyage from an English port to Copenhagen 24 Starry Banner nbsp United States The steamship was reported to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles 1 300 km west of Ireland island with the loss of 122 of the 164 people on board Survivors were reported to have been rescued by a French barque and having been landed at Boulogne Pas de Calais France She was reported to have been on a voyage from New York City to Alexandria Egypt However the story was believed to be a hoax with no vessel of that name listed in American Lloyd s Register and no accounts from survivors forthcoming from Boulogne 24 125 135 136 Weardale nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex 49 22 December editList of shipwrecks 22 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionActive andBrothers nbsp United Kingdom The schooner Active collided with Brothers in the River Usk Both vessels were beached Brothers was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Cardiff Glamorgan 126 Jackal nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck a rock off Newbiggin by the Sea Northumberland and was damaged She was on a voyage from Leith Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland She completed her voyage in a leaky condition 24 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer Norfolk Her crew were rescued by Cornish Diamond nbsp United Kingdom Mary was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham to Trouville sur Mer Calvados France 108 137 Pioneer nbsp United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Kinghorn nbsp United Kingdom and was abandoned in the North Sea Her five crew were rescued by Kinghorn and the Caister Lifeboat Pioneer was on a voyage from Torquay Devon to South Shields County Durham 131 137 132 Sacra Famiglia nbsp Italy The ship was wrecked near Messina Sicily She was on a voyage from Catania Sicily to Marseille Bouches du Rhone France 64 Southern Empire nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Hermione nbsp United Kingdom and the brig Johann Amelia nbsp Portugal Southern Empire was on a voyage from New Orleans Louisiana United States to Liverpool Lancashire 138 139 140 23 December editList of shipwrecks 23 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAdele nbsp Bremen The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean Those on board took to four boats One boat with nine people on board reached land five people in another boat were rescued by Frederick nbsp United States Those in the other two boats were reported missing Adele was on a voyage from Bremen to a port in Aracan Burma 141 Helen nbsp United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Sand Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Rouen Seine Inferieure France 137 24 December editList of shipwrecks 24 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAdsey nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort Felixtowe Suffolk She was refloated and taken in to Harwich Essex 76 Alderman nbsp United Kingdom The brig was run into by the steamship Valetta nbsp United Kingdom and sank off Orfordness Suffolk Her crew were rescued by Valetta Alderman was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to London 108 76 137 132 Alexander nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck a wreck in the Sunk Channel and was damaged She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Rouen Seine Inferieure France She put in to Lowestoft Suffolk 48 Castle nbsp United Kingdom The smack was abandoned off Aberystwyth Cardiganshire Her nine crew were rescued by the Aberystwyth Lifeboat Evelyn Wood nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution 142 19 Castle was on a voyage from Kingstown County Dublin to Aberystwyth 143 She came ashore and was wrecked 24 Diamond andFuchsia nbsp United Kingdom The collier Fuchsia a brig was run into by John and Mary nbsp United Kingdom off Aldeburgh Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew who reached shore in their boat Fuchsia was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham to London She subsequently collided with the schooner Diamond nbsp United Kingdom which was abandoned by her three crew they got on board Fuchsia which was driven ashore at Aldeburgh Suffolk Those on board were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Pasco nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Diamond was on a voyage from Goole Yorkshire to London lt She was subsequently taken in to Lowestoft Suffolk in a derelict condition by the smacks Secret and Vesper both nbsp United Kingdom 64 24 144 132 19 Isabella nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Pakefield Suffolk She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to London She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a sinking condition 24 Jeune Adolphe nbsp France The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney Norfolk United Kingdom Her crew were rescued 24 Julia nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Aberlady Bay She sank the next day and was abandoned by her crew She was on a voyage from Cockenzie Lothian to Pont Audemer Eure France 145 Saucy Lass nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with Merton nbsp United Kingdom and sank off the Cork Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of two of her crew 24 Survivors were rescued by Merton 146 25 December editList of shipwrecks 25 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionAnne Catherine nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Hatteriff She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Nyborg Denmark 48 Annie nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Channel Islands She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff Glamorgan She was refloated and put in to Cowes Isle of Wight in a leak condition 22 Australian nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground 2 nautical miles 3 7 km from Norfolk Virginia United States She was on a voyage from Mobile Alabama to Liverpool Lancashire 147 She was refloated on 27 December and taken in to Norfolk 148 Chebucto nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Annotto Bay Jamaica Her crew were rescued 37 149 Cuthebert nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean All 40 people on board were rescued by the barque America nbsp United States Cuthbert was on a voyage from Quebec City Canada to Liverpool 150 Sophie nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered 2 nautical miles 3 7 km off the Saltee Islands County Wexford Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Waterford 11 Thomas Gillespie nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 17 nautical miles 31 km south west of Cape Spartel Morocco with the loss of three of her crew She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Genoa and Naples Italy 22 151 152 26 December editList of shipwrecks 26 December 1868 Ship Country DescriptionArdwell nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Zandvoort North Holland Netherlands Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Zierikzee North Holland 22 153 Cacique nbsp French Navy The convict hulk sank at Cayenne French Guiana with the loss of several lives 154 Florence Nightingale nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked off the coast of Africa with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Bathurst Gambia Colony and Protectorate to Sierra Leone The nineteen survivors reached the Isle des Los in a raft from whence they were rescued by the whaler S A Paine nbsp United States 155 Ida nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with the brig Topsy nbsp United Kingdom and sank at Deal Kent 22 Isabella nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Thames nbsp United Kingdom 156 Isabella was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Maldon Essex 157 Jane nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Margate Kent 158 11 Malvina nbsp United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Falcon nbsp Bremen and was beached on the Maplin Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex 22 She was later refloated with the assistance of six smacks and was towed in to London 66 Maggie Lorimer nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank at Dunkerque Nord France She was on a voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to Dunkerque 48 Marsden nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London She was refloated and taken in to Harwich Essex in a leaky condition 11 22 Mohawk nbsp Canada The brig ran aground at the entrance to the Strangford Lough She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire United Kingdom to Cuba She was refloated and taken in to Ballyhenry County Antrim United Kingdom 159 66 Nancy nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton Hampshire 158 11 Orient nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank on the Gunfleet Sand Her crew were rescued by the schooner Hope nbsp United Kingdom Orient was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London 11 22 160 Portia nbsp United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lowestoft Suffolk She was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham to Boulogne Pas de Calais France 132 Sarah Nicholson nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Eastern Passage She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai China She was refloated and resumed her voyage 21 Sisters nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand Her crew were rescued by the brig Triune nbsp United Kingdom Sisters was on a voyage from South Shields to London 158 11 22 161 Speculation span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
