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List of shipwrecks in January 1865

The list of shipwrecks in January 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1865.

1 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Des Moines City   United States The 122-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River in Arkansas.[1]
Margaret   United Kingdom The lighter sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 11 January.[2]
USS San Jacinto   United States Navy The screw frigate struck a reef at No Name Cay off Great Abaco Island, Bahamas and filled with water. Her crew were rescued. Efforts to salvage her failed.[3][4]
Three Daisies   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Troon, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Hartlepool, County Durham,[5] or Liverpool, Lancashire.[6]
Waterloo   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[7]
Zuma   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock off Jersey and was holed. She was taken in to Saint Helier the next day.[8]

2 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Andrew Wilson   United Kingdom The schooner struck the Carr Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Fife and was abandoned by her crew. She was later boarded by some fishermen and take in tow by the tug Hercules (  United Kingdom) but sank at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of one life.[9]
Annie   Guernsey The ship struck rocks off Chausey, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Granville, Manche. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands in a severely leaky condition.[10][11]
Celia   United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of turpentine, was shelled, then boarded by a landing party from the gunboat USS Nipsic (  United States Navy) and burned at Murrell's Inlet on the coast of South Carolina.[12]
Cricket   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at St. Ubes, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon, Portugal.[13]
Deerfoot   United Kingdom The ship was crushed by ice and sunk at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.[10]
Elizabeth   Russia The brig was driven ashore near "Ostergarnsholm", Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[5][14]
Idomeina   Italy The barque struck the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Ancona, Papal States. She was towed in the River Tyne by the steamship Pilot (  United Kingdom).[15][10]
London   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Gothenburg, Sweden for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16]
Pourvoyeur   France The lugger sank in the Atlantic Ocean (49°25′N 4°57′W / 49.417°N 4.950°W / 49.417; -4.950). Her crew were rescued by the barque Herbert (  United Kingdom). Purvoyeur was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Gloucester, United Kingdom.[17][18]
Rambler   United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her three crew survived. She was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Rambler was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Clonakilty, County Cork. She had become a wreck by 16 January.[19][20]

3 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Amphion   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day.[8]
Clayton   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent.[8]
John Bull   United Kingdom The barque foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the mouth of the Rio Grande with the loss of two of her crew.[21][22]
Lady Milton   United Kingdom The ship departed from the "Waux River" for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23]
Pasha   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[15][8]
Plantaganet   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Portsal Rocks, off the coast of Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[15][10]
Stevens   United Kingdom The sloop was beached at East Wemyss, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to Bo'ness, Lothian.[2]
Surprise   New Zealand The schooner became stranded on a sandspit at the mouth of the Whanganui River while carrying goods from Manukau.[24]
Wright   United States The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Greytown, Nicaragua.[25]

4 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Amphion   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk.[15]
Anhambaí   Brazil Navy Paraguayan War: The gunboat ran aground at Corumbá and was captured by the Paraguayans.[26]
Ann Perry   United States Carrying a cargo of lumber and potatoes, the 348-ton bark ran aground on the coast of California a few miles south of Cliff House with the loss of three lives.[27]
HMS Cadmus   Royal Navy The Pearl-class corvette ran aground at Chatham, Kent. She was refloated.[28]
Iona   United Kingdom The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Judah Cappe (  Netherlands). Iona was on a voyage from Portland, Maine, United States to Puerto Rico.[29]
Knickerbocker   United States The 858-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the coast of Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay between Fleet′s Point and Smith′s Point. She was still aground on 15 February when she was captured and burned by Confederate forces.[30]
Rattlesnake   United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: While trying to run the Union blockade and enter Charleston Harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, the 529-gross register ton screw steamer was forced aground on the coast of South Carolina just east of Breach Inlet by the armed schooner USS Potomska and the gunboat USS Wamsutta (both   United States Navy). She was burned and abandoned.[31]
Sceptre   British North America The schooner foundered off Padre Island, Texas, Confederate States of America.[29]
Vesper   United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered. Her crew were rescued by the brig Tyne (  United Kingdom).[32]

5 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Calliance   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven onto a reef and wrecked at Camden Harbour, Western Australia.[33]
Camilla   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Nassau, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Nassau. She was refloated on 7 January.[34]
Canterbury   New Zealand The ship was driven ashore in Palliser Bay. She had been refloated and repaired by 15 July.[35]
Christian   United Kingdom The schooner departed from North Shields, Northumberland for Perth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all four crew.[32]
Contest   United Kingdom The ship struck the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Hull, Yorkshire.[2]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands.[36][37] She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38]
Lloyd's   United Kingdom The ship departed from a French port for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[39]
Lochee   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Point de Galle, Ceylon with the loss of two of the 45 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brigantine Soon Hong (  Hamburg). Lochee was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Calcutta, India.[40]
Lord Adolphus   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a Norwegian vessel.[41][42]
Loochee   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off Galle, Ceylon with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Calcutta, India.[43][34]
Orontes   United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Gibraltar whilst on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[44]
Pleiades   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven onto the Devil's Bank, in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Callao, Peru. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs.[37]
Robert McWilliams   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Four crew were reported missing, the rest were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She subsequently became a wreck.[8][32]
Wilken   United Kingdom The ship departed from Speymouth, Moray for Sunderland, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[45]

6 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship sank at Bernard's Wharf. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Port Dundrum" to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[37]
Canton   Hamburg The schooner was lost in the South China Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew and 549 of the 550 coolies on board. She was on a voyage from Swatow, China to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[46][47]
Edwards   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Mazagan, Morocco.[48]
Piedmont   United States The 448-ton screw steamer was destroyed by fire 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the off the Cape Elizabeth Lights, Maine with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to New York.[27][49][50]
Salclodin   Portugal The schooner-rigged steamship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[51]
Sydenham   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bombay, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to Bombay.[43][34]

7 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Apollo   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to the River Thames.[8]
Jeune Sophie   France The ship ran aground on the Bœufs. She was declared a total loss.[34]
John and Jane   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Garr Sand, at the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[52][53]
Marie   Norway The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Leopard (  Hamburg).[13]
Waterwitch   United Kingdom The smack was abandoned in the Dogger Bank with the loss of a crew member.[54]

8 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Kassine Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Ludroog", one of the Wadden Islands.[55]
Melville   United States The steamship foundered with the loss of about 80 lives. She was on a voyage from New York to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Confederate States of America.[56][57]
Valeria   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Kadour Island", in the Sea of Marmara.[32] She was on a voyage from Malta to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[58]

9 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1865
Ship Country Description
George and Emily   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and put back to North Shields in a leaky condition.[32]

10 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1865
Ship Country Description
HMS Aurora   Royal Navy The Imperieuse-class frigate was driven ashore near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France.[55]
Bridgwater   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States.[50]
Diligent   United States The 140-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River upstream from Helena, Arkansas.[59]
Hoffnung Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Seville, Spain.[55] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[32]
Lady Shelburne   United Kingdom The brig foundered off Filfla, Malta. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[60][61]
Mary   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 18 January.[62]

11 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Friends   United Kingdom The sloop ran aground and sank at Eyemouth, Berwickshire.[13]
Happy Family   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[55]
Regina   United Kingdom The steamship was run down and sunk off Southend-on-Sea, Essex by the steamship Carbon (  United Kingdom). Her crew survived. Regina was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to London.[63][64]

12 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1865
Ship Country Description
CSS Columbia   Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The ironclad ram struck rocks or a sunken wreck, grounded, and broke her back at Charleston, South Carolina, near Fort Moultrie. Confederate efforts to refloat her failed. Union forces captured her on 18 February and refloated her on 26 April.[65]
Geelong   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck at Buenos Aires, Argentina and was beached.[66] She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[67] She was declared a total loss.[68]
Jefferson Davis   United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by Chattillon (  United Kingdom).[34]
Pauline   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Oporto, Portugal. She floated off and sank with the loss of a crew member.[54]
Rapid   British North America The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Pugwash, Nova Scotia to a British port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[69]
Thomas   United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks in the Farne Islands, Northumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to the River Tyne. She put in to Warkworth, Northumberland in a leaky condition.[13]
Wasp   United States During a voyage in California from Freeport to San Francisco with a cargo of brick and cobble, the sloop struck a snag and sank in Steamboat Slough.[70]

13 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Billy   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off Southwold, Suffolk, England, with the loss of all six crew.[71]
Brazilie Packet   Grand Duchy of Oldenburg The brig parted her cables when anchored near the Brisons, off Cornwall, United Kingdom and went on the rocks at Progo Cove, Cape Cornwall. Her crew were either lost, or rescued by Mercutio Santos (Flag unknown). She was on her way from the Rio Grande to Falmouth, Cornwall carrying hides and horns.[72][73]
Charlotte   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of May, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Crail, Fife to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[74]
Christiana   United Kingdom The schooner was driven into the barque Florence Bragington (  United Kingdom) and sank at Plymouth, Devon.[73] She was on a voyage from Morwellham Quay, Devon to Swansea, Glamorgan.[75]
Effort   United Kingdom The schooner collided with Ocean Bride (  United Kingdom) and sank off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[73][32]
Henrietta   United Kingdom The sloop hit Barrel Point while attempting to cross Hayle Bar, in St Ives Bay, Cornwall, England, with the loss of all three crew and the pilot.[72][75]
Ilma   Russia The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Merlimont, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Almería, Spain.[76]
Powerful   United Kingdom The East Indiaman foundered off Guernsey, Channel Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[76]
Premier   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in White Bay, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[77] She was refloated on 28 January and towed in to Queenstown, County Cork.[78]
Providential   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to North Shields.[32]
Westmoreland   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longnose Rock, off Kingsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated on 15 January and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[50]
Young America   United States The 179- or 350-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag, broke in two, and sank in the Feather River 8 miles (13 km) below Marysville, California.[70]

14 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Amélie   France The sloop was wrecked near Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued by the steam cutter Averne (  France).[79]
Argo   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Maltreath, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cette, Hérault, France.[80]
Artillery   United Kingdom The horse boat sank at Plymouth, Devon.[81]
Azua   France The barque was wrecked at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, United States of Colombia to Gonaïves, Haiti.[82]
Ceres   United Kingdom While carrying roof slate to Hayle, Cornwall, England, the brigantine broke her moorings while in Boscastle, Cornwall, and ran up the beach during hurricane-force winds. She was badly damaged on the next tide and became a wreck.[72] Her crew survived.[83]
Champion   United Kingdom The barque foundered off Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[84] She was on a voyage from Saint-Marc, Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall.[85]
Cygnet   United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea crewless from Exmouth, Devon.[75] She came ashore at Platte Saline Bay, Alderney, Channel Islands and was wrecked.[67]
Elgin   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Plymouth.[81]
Elizabeth Jane   United Kingdom The schooner parted her moorings and was driven out of Newquay harbour and onto Towan Beach, north Cornwall, England.[72]
Fear Not   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the South China Sea.[86]
Fœderis Arca Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[54]
Frieden   Norway The ship was wrecked on Île Melon, in the Glénan Islands, Finistère, France with the loss of three of her eight crew.[79]
Gabrielle   France The galiot was driven ashore on Île Melon. Her crew survived.[79] She was on a voyage from an English port to Bordeaux, Gironde.[83]
HMS Geyser   Royal Navy The Driver-class sloop was driven against the quayside at Plymouth.[87]
Henry Holman   United Kingdom The schooner was run ashore at Penmanarch, Anglesey. Her eight crew were rescued. A crew member of the Holyhead Lifeboat was lost going to her assistance. Henry Holman was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bermuda.[76]
Hero   United Kingdom The ship struck the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[73]
Jane   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[54]
Lelia   United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The 640-gross registered ton sidewheel paddle steamer sprang a leak and sank in heavy seas in Liverpool Bay off the Great Orme, Caernarfonshire, near the North West lightship (  Trinity House) was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nassau, Bahamas or Bermuda. 46 lives were lost, the 12 survivors reaching the lightship. They could only be taken to safety two days later.[88][89][90][91]
Lizzie   United Kingdom The schooner sank off the coast of Finistère with the loss of all hands.[83]
Ocean   United Kingdom The schooner sank off Langstone, Hampshire with the loss of two of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by a cutter from Fort Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Sunderland, County Durham.[81][87]
Prince Imperial   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Saint Ouens Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was declared a total loss,[80][67] but was refloated on 29 January and towed in to Saint Helier by the steamships Ariel and Fuon (Both   France).[92]
Rambler   United Kingdom The smack collided with a Dutch schooner and another vessel off Portishead, Somerset and capsized. She came ashore at Clevedon, Somerset and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Savannah, Georgia, Confederate States of America.[80] f[67]
Samuel   United Kingdom The ship was abendoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Exmouth, Devon to Hartlepool, County Durham.[83]
Snipe   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank.[73] Her crew were rescued by Jane Howard (  United Kingdom).[32]
Swansea   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballydonaghan Bay.[19]
HMS Terrible   Royal Navy The frigate ran aground at Sheerness, Kent.[87][93]
Thomas   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea. All six people on board were rescued by the Rosslare Lifeboat.[94]
True Blue   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at "Chatillon", near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of seven of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Monastagem, Algeria to London.[79][76]

15 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Askalon   United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°58′N 25°03′W / 46.967°N 25.050°W / 46.967; -25.050). All on board were rescued by the barque Almonde (  Denmark). Askalon was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[95][82][96]
Cygnet   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands.[80]
Ellen Sophia   United Kingdom The brig struck rocks and sank off Dingle Head, County Cork with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[74][97]
Juanito   Spain The brig lost her way while carrying sugar and molasses from Cárdenas, Cuba to Greenock, Scotland, and struck the rocks at Duckpool, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[72][98][99]
Liverpool No. 1 Lifeboat   United Kingdom
 
Illustration of the capsizing of the Liverpool No. 1 Lifeboat on its way to rescue the crew of Lelia, from the Illustrated London News.
The lifeboat capsized in heavy seas in Liverpool Bay en route for the North West lightship (  United Kingdom) in tow of the tug Blazer (  United Kingdom) to recover the survivors of the sinking of the paddle steamer Lelia (  United Kingdom) the previous day. Seven of the lifeboat′s eleven crew members drowned, the survivors being rescued by the tug.[89][90]
Lotus   United States Bound from New York City to Port Royal, South Carolina, carrying a shipment by the Adams Express Company, a cargo of sutler's stores, four passengers, and a crew of five, the schooner ran ashore on the coast of South Carolina at North Shore Beach near Winyah Bay. While the sidewheel gunboat USS Sebago (  United States Navy) was trying to help refloat her, Lotus was driven farther onto the beach, stranding her.[100]
North Heath   United Kingdom American Civil War: The 541-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer, damaged while entering port at Wilmington, North Carolina, in October 1864, was scuttled as a blockship in North Carolina′s Cape Fear River near either Fort Lee or Fort Strong.[101]
USS Patapsco   United States Navy American Civil War: The monitor struck a mine at Charleston, South Carolina, and sank with the loss of 62 lives almost 800 yards (732 meters) east of Fort Sumter at 32°45′55″N 79°53′29″W / 32.765252°N 79.891281°W / 32.765252; -79.891281 (USS Patapsco (1862)).[102]
Rosine   United Kingdom The ship departed from Vigo, Spain for Sunderland, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[103]
Wilmington   Confederate States of America American Civil War: The incomplete ironclad was burned prior to launching at Wilmington, North Carolina, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[104]

16 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Albert Jurss   Russia The ship was damaged by fire in De Castries Bay. She was subsequently repaired.[105]
Colieton   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 21 January with the assistance of a tug.[50]
Euphemia Anderson   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Capbreton, Landes, France with the loss of all but three of her crew.[106]
Ganges   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sacramento (  United States). Ganges was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[107]
Napoleon   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day.[32]
Welcome Hill   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim.[66]

17 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1865
Ship Country Description
America   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[108] Her crew were rescued by a steamship.[109]
Beatrice   United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the barque Jean Bart (  France). Beatrice was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[110][111]
Cape Fear   Confederate States of America American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the screw transport in the Cape Fear River near Smithfield, North Carolina, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[112]
Chippewa   United States American Civil War: The steamer grounded on the south shore of the Arkansas River at Ivey's Ford, 14 miles (22.5 km) above Clarksville, Arkansas. Confederate forces captured her and her crew and passengers, removed her cargo, and burned her.[1]
Clarence   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank off The Skerries, off the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin.[74]
Columbian   United Kingdom The 1,100-ton West India and Pacific Steamship Company iron screw steamer was blown onto rocks and wrecked by a hurricane off Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of 31 of the 34 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the West Indies.[113][80]
Crusader   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Liverpool. She was refloated.[85]
Edith   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Ballyferris, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Padstow, Cornwall.[109] She was refloated and taken in to Donaghadee.[108]
Justus   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Wester Ems. She was on a voyage from an English port to Groningen. She was refloated on 21 January and taken in to Emden, Kingdom of Hanover.[67][114]
Pelteway   Confederate States of America American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the steamer in the Cape Fear River at Smithfield, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[115]
Sir John Franklin   United Kingdom During a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to San Francisco, California, with a cargo of lumber, dry goods, pianos, and distilled spirits, the 999-ton full-rigged ship hit rocks on the coast of California halfway between Pigeon Point and Point Año Nuevo and sank with the loss of 13 lives. There were three survivors.[116]
Steadfast   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mostaganem, Algeria.[117][50]
Suzanne   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°29′N 51°33′W / 47.483°N 51.550°W / 47.483; -51.550). Her fourteen crew were rescued by the barque Olrikken (  Norway). Suzanne was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to South Shields, County Durham.[117][50][118]
Wanderer   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of two smack and resumed her voyage.[109]

18 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Calliope   Norway The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[117][50][119]
Lavinia   Confederate States of America The steamship caught fire at Havana, Cuba and may have been scuttled.[120]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Girvan, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[74]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cosswell Point, County Antrim with the loss of all hands.[74]
Rangoon   United Kingdom The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and fire with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Suez, Egypt.[121]
Reaper   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to "Vienna". She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[67]
Sonderberg   Trieste The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rock. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Odessa, Russia. She was refloated the next day and was assisted in to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[67]
Thomas and Margaret   United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk off Sheerness, Kent by Lady Berridale (  United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her six crew.[74][32]

19 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Annie Scott   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire when an Ottoman transport ship was driven into her during a gale.[108]
Countess of Malmesbury   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) off St. Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Brest, Finistère, France.[83]
Sardina   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Locknoll Point", Wigtownshire.[83]
Windsor   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at "Pontasnal", Finistère, France.[109]

20 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Darien   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[108][109]
John Randolph   Confederate States of America The transport was wrecked on Sullivan's Island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina.[122]
Louisa Ann   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock off Portland Bill, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. She put in to Weymouth, Dorset in a leaky condition.[83]
Marmora   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and resumed her voyage.[83]
Wilhelmina Egberdina   Netherlands The ship sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, North Holland.[83]

21 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Brancepath   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[50]
Granite City   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer, a blockade runner perhaps renamed Three Marys, was chased ashore off Velasco, Texas, by the screw steamer USS Penguin (  United States Navy) and broke up.[104][123]
James   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyferris, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin. She was refloated.[124]
Liseon   British North America The schooner was driven ashore at Campobello, New Brunswick. She was on a voyage from Windsor, Nova Scotia to New York. She was later refloated.[125]
HMS Lyra   Royal Navy The Swallow-class sloop was driven ashore. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.[126]
Surprise   United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship Sofia (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued.[124]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (36°18′N 46°10′W / 36.300°N 46.167°W / 36.300; -46.167) with the loss of all hands.[127]

22 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Delphina   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton, the schooner was forced aground and destroyed on the Calcasieu River near Calcasieu Pass in Louisiana by a cutter and a launch from the gunboat USS Chocura (  United States Navy).[128]
Glenara   United Kingdom The barque departed from Alexandria, Egypt for Hull, Yorkshire. Believed subsequently driven ashore on the coast of Africa and plundered by the local inhabitants before floating off. She was towed in to Malta by HMS Magicienne (  Royal Navy) in early March.[129]

23 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1865
Ship Country Description
CSS Drewry   Confederate States Navy
 
The wreck of a Confederate gunboat on the James River in 1865, believed to be that of CSS Drewry.
American Civil War, Battle of Trent's Reach: The gunboat ran aground on the James River in Virginia 400 yards (366 meters) downriver from obstructions at Trent's Reach and 1,500 yards (1,372 meters) above Battery Parsons. On 24 January, two 100-pound (45-kg) shells fired by the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment at Fort McPherson then struck her, one of them passing through her magazine. Her crew abandoned ship, and all but two reached safety before her magazine exploded, wrecking her and enveloping her in flames.[130][131]
Henry   Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[106]
Lady Jocelyn   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and damaged 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Madras, India. She was refloated the next day with assistance from Euphrates (  United Kingdom).[132][69]
Maria   Belgium The tjalk was sunk at Antwerp in a collision with Sophia Frances (  Belgium).[114]
Maynards   United Kingdom The ship collided with HMS Cadmus (  Royal Navy) and was severely damaged. She was towed in to Plymouth, Devon by HMS Cadmus.[50]

24 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Cloda   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and broke in two 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Huacho, Peru. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Guayaquil, Ecuador.[133][134][29][135]
Mount's Bay   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Calvados, France. Her crew were rescued.[119] She was refloated on 2 February and taken in to Honfleur for repairs.[136]
CSS Scorpion   Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Trent's Reach: The torpedo boat was run aground on the James River in Virginia and was abandoned. A United States Navy launch crew captured and refloated her on 27 January.[104]

25 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Agaphea   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Newcastle, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dublin.[114][96]
Armenian   United Kingdom The Elder, Dempster & Co cargo ship ran onto the Arklow Bank in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and was wrecked with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Montague (  United Kingdom). Four crew of the Arklow Lightship (  Trinity House) were lost attempting a rescue. Armenian was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Madeira, Teneriffe, Canary Islands and the west coast of Africa.[137][138]
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship collided with the brig Ellen (  United Kingdom) and ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[58]
Niagara   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[139]
Seahorse   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[140]
Vincenzi Vicaro   Italy The ship struck a rock at Ilfracombe, Devon, United Kingdom and was holed. SHe was on a voyage from Genoa to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[114]
Wave   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Horsey and Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[58][82]

26 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1865
Ship Country Description
USS Dai Ching   United States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat ran aground on the Combahee River in South Carolina while under fire by a Confederate artillery battery. She was shelled for seven hours, taking 30 hits, and nine members of her crew were wounded. The tug USS Clover (  United States Navy) attempted to tow her off, but the tow line parted. After her last gun was knocked out, Dai Ching was burned by her crew to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. Her crew escaped aboard Clover except for five men captured by the Confederates.[104][141]
Francis & Ann   Jersey The schooner struck the Helwick Shoal, in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew, who reached the Helwick Lightship (  Trinity House), from where they were rescued. Francis and Ann came ashore at Overton, Glamorgan.[142] She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[143]
CSS Hornet   Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The torpedo boat sank with the loss of at least one life after colliding with the steamer CSS William Allison (  Confederate States Navy) on the James River in Virginia.[104][144][145]
Macduff   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pará, Brazil.[146]
Sphere   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France when Adelaide (  United Kingdom) drove into her. She was consequently beached.[147]
Union   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Kenmore. She was taken in to Crookhaven, County Cork in a derelict condition.[82]

27 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Annie de Saint Jean de Luz   France The ship was wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil. she was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Pernambuco.[148]
Eclipse   United States The 223-ton sternwheel paddle steamer exploded on the Tennessee River near Johnsonville, Tennessee, killing 38.[149]
Frances Harriet Mills   British North America The ship ran aground at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[148]
Henrietta   Netherlands The schooner was wrecked at Cap La Hougue, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Venezuela.[150]
Kate Carnie   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at Rangoon, Burma. She was on a voyage from Rangoon to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[140]
Robin Hood   United Kingdom The pilot cutter was sunk in a collision in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. The wreck came ashore at Langland, Glamorgan.[142]
Scotia   United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Merlin (  United Kingdom) at Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Brigus, Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal.[151]
Tres Hermanos   Ecuador The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Guayaquil. She was refloated with the assistance of a lifeboat and a tug and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, where she sank.[152]

28 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1865
Ship Country Description
City of Benares   United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Calcutta, India and was scuttled.[132] She was a total loss.[153]
Lord Maidstone   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) off Queenstown, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Bombay Packet (  United Kingdom). Lord Maidstone was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Málaga, Spain.[96]
Monad   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pernambuco.[148]
Pierre   Kingdom of Italy The ship was abandoned off Cape Finisterre, Spain. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[43][34]
Wanderer   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London.[152]

29 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Anna Felicia   France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[143][92]
Barbara Innes   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the Isle of May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Portgordon, Moray.[154]
Bee   United Kingdom The schooner collided with a collier schooner off the Middle Lightship (  Trinity House) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. Bee was subsequently taken in to Brightlingsea, Essex.[155][92][156]
Britannia   United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Gimblet Rock. She was refloated and beached at Abererch, Caernarfonshire.[151]
Choice   United Kingdom The ship struck the Governor Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was taken in to Falmouth, where she sank.[152]
Cyclops   Denmark The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Odense to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[152]
Glimpse   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand. She was on a voyage from London to the Canary Islands. She was refloated and put in to Brixham, Devon in a leaky condition.[147]
Josephine   United Kingdom The schooner was run into by a brig and sank in the English Channel off St Albans Head, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the brig Hubertus (  United Kingdom). Josephine was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[150]
Marquis of Anglesey   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire with the loss of all four people on board. She was on a voyage from Pwllheli to Abersoch.[157]
Martha Brader   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in St. Catherine's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[155][96] She was refloated on 31 January and taken in to Jersey for repairs.[7]
Minero Judste   Mexico The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Clonakilty, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Matamoras to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[7]
Thomas   United Kingdom The schooner was driven into Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight. Both were damaged.[92]
Vulcan   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Belhaven, Lothian. Her four crew were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen.[150]
Willie Ridley   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off the coast of Cornwall. Her eight crew were rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was later reboareded.[92][94]

30 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Anne and Margaret   United Kingdom The ship sank off Great Orme, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued.[143]
Assaye   United Kingdom The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked near Galley Head, County Cork with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[158][152][159]
Certes   Malta The ship was wrecked near Ardmore, County Waterford, United Kingdom with the loss of six of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Ardmore Lifeboat ant the Coast Guard.[160][161]
Clontarf   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leay condiotion, her crew refusing to proceed.[152]
Danish Beauty   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore west of Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[152]
Dekar   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Felixtowe, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Portland, Dorset.[147][92]
Dom Pedro   Portugal The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool.[152][147]
Hants   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Ballycotton, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Cork.[143][160]
Harmony   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Glenarm, County Antrim.[15]
Jane and Agnes   Isle of Man The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Laxey to Saltney, Cheshire.[162]
John Venner   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River. Her captain died the next day.[163][164] She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Colombo, Ceylon.[153]
Lady Hobart   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Ireland's Eye, County Dublin. Her 22 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bermuda.[152][165]
Louise   Prussia The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to Falmouth, Cornwall.[143][147]
Margaret   United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 9 (  United Kingdom).[152][78]
Marion   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tara Point, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 23 February and taken in tow for Ardrossan.[143][92]
Mary and Jane   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Wear.[166] She was refloated on 8 February.[167]
Milla Flag unknown The ship foundered off Guernsey, Channel Islands.[154]
Newland   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 9 (  United Kingdom). Newland was taken in to Amlwch in a sinking condition.[143][78][92]
Osier   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Carrickfergus, County Antrim.[15]
Panope   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Liverpool.[152][82]
Rebecca   France The ship ran aground in the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to the Rio Grande.[168]
Sara   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Geestemunde.[152][147]
Sextus   Malta The barque was wrecked in Ardmore Bay with the loss of eight of her seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[152][160]
Theodore   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Swansea.[152]
Trefew   United Kingdom The ship sank off Great Orme. Her crew were rescued.[143][92]
Zenith   United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank in the River Wear. She was refloated the next day.[166]

31 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1865
Ship Country Description
Catana   United Kingdom The brig struck a rock in the Bahamas and became severely leaky. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Nassau, Bahamas and Havana, Cuba.[29]
Dublin   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Dundrum Bay. Her four crew were rescued by the Dundrum Bay Lifeboat.[169]
Gleaner   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Blyth.[7][170]
Great Northern   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated.[170]
Huntley   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Red Sand. She was refloated and beached at Sheerness, Kent in a sinking condition.[119]
Inconstant   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Blyth. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Blyth.[171][170]
Julia   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Silver Key Bank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Catalina (  Spain). Julia was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[172][173]
Lady Hobart   United Kingdom The ship sank off Malahide, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bermuda.[143]
Macedonia   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated.[166][170]
Marlesminde   Denmark The schooner was driven ashore in the Mariager Fjord. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Mary Jane   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Sunderland. She was refloated on 7 February.[170]
Numero Quatro   Cuba The ship was driven ashore at Clonakilty, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Matamoros, Mexico to Liverpool.[119][174]
Stirlingshire   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of seven of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. The derelict came ashore in South Bay, County Wexford in a waterlogged condition.[155][175] She was refloated on 31 January and taken in to Waterford.[136]
Victorine Maria   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Blyth to Caen, Calvados.[7][170]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1865
Ship Country Description
Adelaide Bell   United States The ship was destroyed by fire in the Chincha Islands, Peru before 6 January.[80]
Africa   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth. She was later refloated and towed to Belfast, County Antrim for repairs.[108]
Alectia Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands before 16 January.[176][67]
Ariadne   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Marabout Channel and was beached.[66]
British Queen   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Carboneras, Spain to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and tak

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1865 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during January 1865 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 January 1865MonTueWedThuFriSatSun12 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 11 12 13 14 1516 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 28 2930 31 Unknown dateReferences1 January editList of shipwrecks 1 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionDes Moines City nbsp United States The 122 ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River in Arkansas 1 Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The lighter sank at Greenock Renfrewshire She was refloated on 11 January 2 USS San Jacinto nbsp United States Navy The screw frigate struck a reef at No Name Cay off Great Abaco Island Bahamas and filled with water Her crew were rescued Efforts to salvage her failed 3 4 Three Daisies nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Troon Ayrshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Whitehaven Cumberland to Hartlepool County Durham 5 or Liverpool Lancashire 6 Waterloo nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at South Shields County Durham She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to South Shields She was refloated and taken in to South Shields 7 Zuma nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock off Jersey and was holed She was taken in to Saint Helier the next day 8 2 January editList of shipwrecks 2 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAndrew Wilson nbsp United Kingdom The schooner struck the Carr Rock in the North Sea off the coast of Fife and was abandoned by her crew She was later boarded by some fishermen and take in tow by the tug Hercules nbsp United Kingdom but sank at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of one life 9 Annie nbsp Guernsey The ship struck rocks off Chausey Manche France She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Granville Manche She was refloated the next day and taken in to Gorey Jersey Channel Islands in a severely leaky condition 10 11 Celia nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War Union blockade The schooner a blockade runner carrying a cargo of turpentine was shelled then boarded by a landing party from the gunboat USS Nipsic nbsp United States Navy and burned at Murrell s Inlet on the coast of South Carolina 12 Cricket nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at St Ubes Portugal She was on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon Portugal 13 Deerfoot nbsp United Kingdom The ship was crushed by ice and sunk at Narva Russia Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to London 10 Elizabeth nbsp Russia The brig was driven ashore near Ostergarnsholm Sweden Her crew were rescued 5 14 Idomeina nbsp Italy The barque struck the Whitby Rock She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham United Kingdom to Ancona Papal States She was towed in the River Tyne by the steamship Pilot nbsp United Kingdom 15 10 London nbsp United Kingdom The steamship departed from Gothenburg Sweden for London No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 16 Pourvoyeur nbsp France The lugger sank in the Atlantic Ocean 49 25 N 4 57 W 49 417 N 4 950 W 49 417 4 950 Her crew were rescued by the barque Herbert nbsp United Kingdom Purvoyeur was on a voyage from Bordeaux Gironde to Gloucester United Kingdom 17 18 Rambler nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Bristol Channel Her three crew survived She was driven ashore at Breaksea Point Glamorgan Rambler was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Clonakilty County Cork She had become a wreck by 16 January 19 20 3 January editList of shipwrecks 3 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAmphion nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sheringham Norfolk She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to London She was refloated the next day 8 Clayton nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent She was on a voyage from Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France to South Shields County Durham She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate Kent 8 John Bull nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered 3 nautical miles 5 6 km off the mouth of the Rio Grande with the loss of two of her crew 21 22 Lady Milton nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from the Waux River for Queenstown County Cork No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 23 Pasha nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead Aberdeenshire Her crew were rescued 15 8 Plantaganet nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Portsal Rocks off the coast of Finistere France Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Bordeaux Gironde France 15 10 Stevens nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was beached at East Wemyss Fife Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Methil Fife to Bo ness Lothian 2 Surprise nbsp New Zealand The schooner became stranded on a sandspit at the mouth of the Whanganui River while carrying goods from Manukau 24 Wright nbsp United States The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Greytown Nicaragua 25 4 January editList of shipwrecks 4 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAmphion nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sheringham Norfolk 15 Anhambai nbsp Brazil Navy Paraguayan War The gunboat ran aground at Corumba and was captured by the Paraguayans 26 Ann Perry nbsp United States Carrying a cargo of lumber and potatoes the 348 ton bark ran aground on the coast of California a few miles south of Cliff House with the loss of three lives 27 HMS Cadmus nbsp Royal Navy The Pearl class corvette ran aground at Chatham Kent She was refloated 28 Iona nbsp United Kingdom The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her six crew Survivors were rescued by the schooner Judah Cappe nbsp Netherlands Iona was on a voyage from Portland Maine United States to Puerto Rico 29 Knickerbocker nbsp United States The 858 ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the coast of Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay between Fleet s Point and Smith s Point She was still aground on 15 February when she was captured and burned by Confederate forces 30 Rattlesnake nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War Union blockade While trying to run the Union blockade and enter Charleston Harbor at Charleston South Carolina the 529 gross register ton screw steamer was forced aground on the coast of South Carolina just east of Breach Inlet by the armed schooner USS Potomska and the gunboat USS Wamsutta both nbsp United States Navy She was burned and abandoned 31 Sceptre nbsp British North America The schooner foundered off Padre Island Texas Confederate States of America 29 Vesper nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered Her crew were rescued by the brig Tyne nbsp United Kingdom 32 5 January editList of shipwrecks 5 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionCalliance nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was driven onto a reef and wrecked at Camden Harbour Western Australia 33 Camilla nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Nassau Bahamas She was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Nassau She was refloated on 7 January 34 Canterbury nbsp New Zealand The ship was driven ashore in Palliser Bay She had been refloated and repaired by 15 July 35 Christian nbsp United Kingdom The schooner departed from North Shields Northumberland for Perth No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all four crew 32 Contest nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck the Haisborough Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sao Miguel Island Azores to Hull Yorkshire 2 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands 36 37 She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool Lancashire 38 Lloyd s nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from a French port for Portsmouth Hampshire No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 39 Lochee nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was destroyed by fire 20 nautical miles 37 km off Point de Galle Ceylon with the loss of two of the 45 people on board Survivors were rescued by the brigantine Soon Hong nbsp Hamburg Lochee was on a voyage from Dundee Forfarshire to Calcutta India 40 Lord Adolphus nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member Survivors were rescued by a Norwegian vessel 41 42 Loochee nbsp United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off Galle Ceylon with the loss of two lives She was on a voyage from Dundee Forfarshire to Calcutta India 43 34 Orontes nbsp United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Gibraltar whilst on a voyage from Odessa Russia to a British port No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 44 Pleiades nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was driven onto the Devil s Bank in the River Mersey She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Callao Peru She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs 37 Robert McWilliams nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Skagen Denmark Four crew were reported missing the rest were rescued by a lifeboat She was on a voyage from Vyborg Grand Duchy of Finland to London She subsequently became a wreck 8 32 Wilken nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Speymouth Moray for Sunderland County Durham No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 45 6 January editList of shipwrecks 6 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionBetsey nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank at Bernard s Wharf Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Port Dundrum to Fleetwood Lancashire 37 Canton nbsp Hamburg The schooner was lost in the South China Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew and 549 of the 550 coolies on board She was on a voyage from Swatow China to Singapore Straits Settlements 46 47 Edwards nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Mazagan Morocco 48 Piedmont nbsp United States The 448 ton screw steamer was destroyed by fire 6 nautical miles 11 km off the off the Cape Elizabeth Lights Maine with the loss of four of her crew She was on a voyage from Portland Maine to New York 27 49 50 Salclodin nbsp Portugal The schooner rigged steamship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay 51 Sydenham nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bombay India Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to Bombay 43 34 7 January editList of shipwrecks 7 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionApollo nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth Norfolk She was on a voyage from North Shields Northumberland to the River Thames 8 Jeune Sophie nbsp France The ship ran aground on the Bœufs She was declared a total loss 34 John and Jane nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Garr Sand at the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of both crew She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 52 53 Marie nbsp Norway The brig was abandoned in the North Sea Her crew were rescued by the steamship Leopard nbsp Hamburg 13 Waterwitch nbsp United Kingdom The smack was abandoned in the Dogger Bank with the loss of a crew member 54 8 January editList of shipwrecks 8 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionKassine Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ludroog one of the Wadden Islands 55 Melville nbsp United States The steamship foundered with the loss of about 80 lives She was on a voyage from New York to Hilton Head Island South Carolina Confederate States of America 56 57 Valeria nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Kadour Island in the Sea of Marmara 32 She was on a voyage from Malta to Constantinople Ottoman Empire 58 9 January editList of shipwrecks 9 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionGeorge and Emily nbsp United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk She was on a voyage from North Shields Northumberland to Alexandria Egypt She was refloated and put back to North Shields in a leaky condition 32 10 January editList of shipwrecks 10 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionHMS Aurora nbsp Royal Navy The Imperieuse class frigate was driven ashore near Cherbourg Seine Inferieure France 55 Bridgwater nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook New Jersey United States 50 Diligent nbsp United States The 140 ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River upstream from Helena Arkansas 59 Hoffnung Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand in the North Sea of the coast of Suffolk United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland United Kingdom to Seville Spain 55 She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft Suffolk 32 Lady Shelburne nbsp United Kingdom The brig foundered off Filfla Malta Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Brăila Ottoman Empire to a British port 60 61 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Buenos Aires Argentina She was refloated on 18 January 62 11 January editList of shipwrecks 11 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionFriends nbsp United Kingdom The sloop ran aground and sank at Eyemouth Berwickshire 13 Happy Family nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft Suffolk 55 Regina nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was run down and sunk off Southend on Sea Essex by the steamship Carbon nbsp United Kingdom Her crew survived Regina was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to London 63 64 12 January editList of shipwrecks 12 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionCSS Columbia nbsp Confederate States Navy American Civil War The ironclad ram struck rocks or a sunken wreck grounded and broke her back at Charleston South Carolina near Fort Moultrie Confederate efforts to refloat her failed Union forces captured her on 18 February and refloated her on 26 April 65 Geelong nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck at Buenos Aires Argentina and was beached 66 She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Batavia Netherlands East Indies 67 She was declared a total loss 68 Jefferson Davis nbsp United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six of her 28 crew Survivors were rescued by Chattillon nbsp United Kingdom 34 Pauline nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Oporto Portugal She floated off and sank with the loss of a crew member 54 Rapid nbsp British North America The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso She was on a voyage from Pugwash Nova Scotia to a British port She was refloated and resumed her voyage 69 Thomas nbsp United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks in the Farne Islands Northumberland and was damaged She was on a voyage from Arbroath Forfarshire to the River Tyne She put in to Warkworth Northumberland in a leaky condition 13 Wasp nbsp United States During a voyage in California from Freeport to San Francisco with a cargo of brick and cobble the sloop struck a snag and sank in Steamboat Slough 70 13 January editList of shipwrecks 13 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionBilly nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off Southwold Suffolk England with the loss of all six crew 71 Brazilie Packet nbsp Grand Duchy of Oldenburg The brig parted her cables when anchored near the Brisons off Cornwall United Kingdom and went on the rocks at Progo Cove Cape Cornwall Her crew were either lost or rescued by Mercutio Santos Flag unknown She was on her way from the Rio Grande to Falmouth Cornwall carrying hides and horns 72 73 Charlotte nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of May Fife Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Crail Fife to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 74 Christiana nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven into the barque Florence Bragington nbsp United Kingdom and sank at Plymouth Devon 73 She was on a voyage from Morwellham Quay Devon to Swansea Glamorgan 75 Effort nbsp United Kingdom The schooner collided with Ocean Bride nbsp United Kingdom and sank off Orfordness Suffolk Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London 73 32 Henrietta nbsp United Kingdom The sloop hit Barrel Point while attempting to cross Hayle Bar in St Ives Bay Cornwall England with the loss of all three crew and the pilot 72 75 Ilma nbsp Russia The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Merlimont Pas de Calais France with the loss of nine of her eleven crew She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Almeria Spain 76 Powerful nbsp United Kingdom The East Indiaman foundered off Guernsey Channel Islands with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Calcutta India to London 76 Premier nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in White Bay County Cork She was on a voyage from Iquique Chile to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 77 She was refloated on 28 January and towed in to Queenstown County Cork 78 Providential nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham She was on a voyage from Dieppe Seine Inferieure France to North Shields Northumberland She was refloated the next day and taken in to North Shields 32 Westmoreland nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longnose Rock off Kingsgate Kent She was on a voyage from Grimsby Lincolnshire to Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure She was refloated on 15 January and taken in to Ramsgate Kent 50 Young America nbsp United States The 179 or 350 ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag broke in two and sank in the Feather River 8 miles 13 km below Marysville California 70 14 January editFor the abandoning and setting afire of Phryne on this date see List of shipwrecks in December 1864 10 December List of shipwrecks 14 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAmelie nbsp France The sloop was wrecked near Fecamp Seine Inferieure Her crew were rescued by the steam cutter Averne nbsp France 79 Argo nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Maltreath Anglesey She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Cette Herault France 80 Artillery nbsp United Kingdom The horse boat sank at Plymouth Devon 81 Azua nbsp France The barque was wrecked at Saint Thomas Virgin Islands She was on a voyage from Cartagena United States of Colombia to Gonaives Haiti 82 Ceres nbsp United Kingdom While carrying roof slate to Hayle Cornwall England the brigantine broke her moorings while in Boscastle Cornwall and ran up the beach during hurricane force winds She was badly damaged on the next tide and became a wreck 72 Her crew survived 83 Champion nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered off Haiti Her crew were rescued 84 She was on a voyage from Saint Marc Haiti to Falmouth Cornwall 85 Cygnet nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea crewless from Exmouth Devon 75 She came ashore at Platte Saline Bay Alderney Channel Islands and was wrecked 67 Elgin nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was driven ashore at Plymouth 81 Elizabeth Jane nbsp United Kingdom The schooner parted her moorings and was driven out of Newquay harbour and onto Towan Beach north Cornwall England 72 Fear Not nbsp United Kingdom The ship was lost in the South China Sea 86 Fœderis Arca Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Swansea Glamorgan United Kingdom 54 Frieden nbsp Norway The ship was wrecked on Ile Melon in the Glenan Islands Finistere France with the loss of three of her eight crew 79 Gabrielle nbsp France The galiot was driven ashore on Ile Melon Her crew survived 79 She was on a voyage from an English port to Bordeaux Gironde 83 HMS Geyser nbsp Royal Navy The Driver class sloop was driven against the quayside at Plymouth 87 Henry Holman nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was run ashore at Penmanarch Anglesey Her eight crew were rescued A crew member of the Holyhead Lifeboat was lost going to her assistance Henry Holman was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bermuda 76 Hero nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck the Brake Sand She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Boulogne Pas de Calais France She put in to Ramsgate Kent in a leaky condition 73 Jane nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Mablethorpe Lincolnshire She was on a voyage from Marseille Bouches du Rhone France to King s Lynn Norfolk 54 Lelia nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War Union blockade The 640 gross registered ton sidewheel paddle steamer sprang a leak and sank in heavy seas in Liverpool Bay off the Great Orme Caernarfonshire near the North West lightship nbsp Trinity House was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Nassau Bahamas or Bermuda 46 lives were lost the 12 survivors reaching the lightship They could only be taken to safety two days later 88 89 90 91 Lizzie nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sank off the coast of Finistere with the loss of all hands 83 Ocean nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sank off Langstone Hampshire with the loss of two of her five crew Survivors were rescued by a cutter from Fort Cumberland She was on a voyage from Charlestown Cornwall to Sunderland County Durham 81 87 Prince Imperial nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Saint Ouens Bay Jersey Channel Islands She was on a voyage from Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France to Cardiff Glamorgan She was declared a total loss 80 67 but was refloated on 29 January and towed in to Saint Helier by the steamships Ariel and Fuon Both nbsp France 92 Rambler nbsp United Kingdom The smack collided with a Dutch schooner and another vessel off Portishead Somerset and capsized She came ashore at Clevedon Somerset and was wrecked She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Savannah Georgia Confederate States of America 80 f 67 Samuel nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abendoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head Sussex She was on a voyage from Exmouth Devon to Hartlepool County Durham 83 Snipe nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank 73 Her crew were rescued by Jane Howard nbsp United Kingdom 32 Swansea nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballydonaghan Bay 19 HMS Terrible nbsp Royal Navy The frigate ran aground at Sheerness Kent 87 93 Thomas nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Dogger Bank in the Irish Sea All six people on board were rescued by the Rosslare Lifeboat 94 True Blue nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Chatillon near Boulogne Pas de Calais France with the loss of seven of her nine crew She was on a voyage from Monastagem Algeria to London 79 76 15 January editList of shipwrecks 15 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAskalon nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 46 58 N 25 03 W 46 967 N 25 050 W 46 967 25 050 All on board were rescued by the barque Almonde nbsp Denmark Askalon was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Port au Prince Haiti 95 82 96 Cygnet nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Alderney Channel Islands 80 Ellen Sophia nbsp United Kingdom The brig struck rocks and sank off Dingle Head County Cork with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Demerara British Guiana to Liverpool Lancashire 74 97 Juanito nbsp Spain The brig lost her way while carrying sugar and molasses from Cardenas Cuba to Greenock Scotland and struck the rocks at Duckpool Cornwall United Kingdom with the loss of one of her eleven crew Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus 72 98 99 Liverpool No 1 Lifeboat nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Illustration of the capsizing of the Liverpool No 1 Lifeboat on its way to rescue the crew of Lelia from the Illustrated London News The lifeboat capsized in heavy seas in Liverpool Bay en route for the North West lightship nbsp United Kingdom in tow of the tug Blazer nbsp United Kingdom to recover the survivors of the sinking of the paddle steamer Lelia nbsp United Kingdom the previous day Seven of the lifeboat s eleven crew members drowned the survivors being rescued by the tug 89 90 Lotus nbsp United States Bound from New York City to Port Royal South Carolina carrying a shipment by the Adams Express Company a cargo of sutler s stores four passengers and a crew of five the schooner ran ashore on the coast of South Carolina at North Shore Beach near Winyah Bay While the sidewheel gunboat USS Sebago nbsp United States Navy was trying to help refloat her Lotus was driven farther onto the beach stranding her 100 North Heath nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War The 541 gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer damaged while entering port at Wilmington North Carolina in October 1864 was scuttled as a blockship in North Carolina s Cape Fear River near either Fort Lee or Fort Strong 101 USS Patapsco nbsp United States Navy American Civil War The monitor struck a mine at Charleston South Carolina and sank with the loss of 62 lives almost 800 yards 732 meters east of Fort Sumter at 32 45 55 N 79 53 29 W 32 765252 N 79 891281 W 32 765252 79 891281 USS Patapsco 1862 102 Rosine nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Vigo Spain for Sunderland County Durham No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 103 Wilmington nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War The incomplete ironclad was burned prior to launching at Wilmington North Carolina to prevent her capture by Union forces 104 16 January editList of shipwrecks 16 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAlbert Jurss nbsp Russia The ship was damaged by fire in De Castries Bay She was subsequently repaired 105 Colieton nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Brielle South Holland Netherlands She was refloated on 21 January with the assistance of a tug 50 Euphemia Anderson nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Capbreton Landes France with the loss of all but three of her crew 106 Ganges nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Sacramento nbsp United States Ganges was on a voyage from Cadiz Spain to Boston Massachusetts United States 107 Napoleon nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to North Shields Northumberland She was refloated the next day 32 Welcome Hill nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Walney Island Lancashire She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Newry County Antrim 66 17 January editList of shipwrecks 17 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAmerica nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off Ostend West Flanders Belgium 108 Her crew were rescued by a steamship 109 Beatrice nbsp United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay Her crew were rescued by the barque Jean Bart nbsp France Beatrice was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Bordeaux Gironde France 110 111 Cape Fear nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Confederate forces scuttled the screw transport in the Cape Fear River near Smithfield North Carolina to prevent her capture by Union forces 112 Chippewa nbsp United States American Civil War The steamer grounded on the south shore of the Arkansas River at Ivey s Ford 14 miles 22 5 km above Clarksville Arkansas Confederate forces captured her and her crew and passengers removed her cargo and burned her 1 Clarence nbsp United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank off The Skerries off the coast of Anglesey Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Dublin 74 Columbian nbsp United Kingdom The 1 100 ton West India and Pacific Steamship Company iron screw steamer was blown onto rocks and wrecked by a hurricane off Ouessant Finistere France with the loss of 31 of the 34 people on board She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to the West Indies 113 80 Crusader nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Port au Prince Haiti She was on a voyage from Port au Prince to Liverpool She was refloated 85 Edith nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Ballyferris County Down She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Padstow Cornwall 109 She was refloated and taken in to Donaghadee 108 Justus nbsp Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Wester Ems She was on a voyage from an English port to Groningen She was refloated on 21 January and taken in to Emden Kingdom of Hanover 67 114 Pelteway nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Confederate forces scuttled the steamer in the Cape Fear River at Smithfield to prevent her capture by Union forces 115 Sir John Franklin nbsp United Kingdom During a voyage from Baltimore Maryland to San Francisco California with a cargo of lumber dry goods pianos and distilled spirits the 999 ton full rigged ship hit rocks on the coast of California halfway between Pigeon Point and Point Ano Nuevo and sank with the loss of 13 lives There were three survivors 116 Steadfast nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mostaganem Algeria 117 50 Suzanne nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 47 29 N 51 33 W 47 483 N 51 550 W 47 483 51 550 Her fourteen crew were rescued by the barque Olrikken nbsp Norway Suzanne was on a voyage from Cartagena Spain to South Shields County Durham 117 50 118 Wanderer nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was refloated with the assistance of two smack and resumed her voyage 109 18 January editList of shipwrecks 18 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionCalliope nbsp Norway The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Odessa Russia to Falmouth Cornwall United Kingdom 117 50 119 Lavinia nbsp Confederate States of America The steamship caught fire at Havana Cuba and may have been scuttled 120 Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles 5 6 km south of Girvan Renfrewshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Runcorn Cheshire 74 Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cosswell Point County Antrim with the loss of all hands 74 Rangoon nbsp United Kingdom The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and fire with the loss of two lives She was on a voyage from Bombay India to Suez Egypt 121 Reaper nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Vienna She was refloated and resumed her voyage 67 Sonderberg nbsp Trieste The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rock She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire United Kingdom to Odessa Russia She was refloated the next day and was assisted in to Belfast County Antrim United Kingdom 67 Thomas and Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk off Sheerness Kent by Lady Berridale nbsp United Kingdom with the loss of one of her six crew 74 32 19 January editList of shipwrecks 19 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAnnie Scott nbsp United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Constantinople Ottoman Empire when an Ottoman transport ship was driven into her during a gale 108 Countess of Malmesbury nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel 8 nautical miles 15 km off St Alban s Head Dorset Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Rochester Kent to Brest Finistere France 83 Sardina nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Locknoll Point Wigtownshire 83 Windsor nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Pontasnal Finistere France 109 20 January editList of shipwrecks 20 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionDarien nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Taylor s Bank in Liverpool Bay She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool 108 109 John Randolph nbsp Confederate States of America The transport was wrecked on Sullivan s Island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor off Charleston South Carolina 122 Louisa Ann nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock off Portland Bill Dorset She was on a voyage from Poole Dorset to Runcorn Cheshire She put in to Weymouth Dorset in a leaky condition 83 Marmora nbsp United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from London to Dundee Forfarshire She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and resumed her voyage 83 Wilhelmina Egberdina nbsp Netherlands The ship sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel 6 nautical miles 11 km south of Brighton Sussex United Kingdom Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Galaţi Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam North Holland 83 21 January editList of shipwrecks 21 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionBrancepath nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground 2 nautical miles 3 7 km north of Bridlington Yorkshire She was refloated and resumed her voyage 50 Granite City nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade The steamer a blockade runner perhaps renamed Three Marys was chased ashore off Velasco Texas by the screw steamer USS Penguin nbsp United States Navy and broke up 104 123 James nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyferris County Down She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Dublin She was refloated 124 Liseon nbsp British North America The schooner was driven ashore at Campobello New Brunswick She was on a voyage from Windsor Nova Scotia to New York She was later refloated 125 HMS Lyra nbsp Royal Navy The Swallow class sloop was driven ashore She was refloated repaired and returned to service 126 Surprise nbsp United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship Sofia nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the River Mersey Her crew were rescued 124 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 36 18 N 46 10 W 36 300 N 46 167 W 36 300 46 167 with the loss of all hands 127 22 January editList of shipwrecks 22 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionDelphina nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade Carrying a cargo of cotton the schooner was forced aground and destroyed on the Calcasieu River near Calcasieu Pass in Louisiana by a cutter and a launch from the gunboat USS Chocura nbsp United States Navy 128 Glenara nbsp United Kingdom The barque departed from Alexandria Egypt for Hull Yorkshire Believed subsequently driven ashore on the coast of Africa and plundered by the local inhabitants before floating off She was towed in to Malta by HMS Magicienne nbsp Royal Navy in early March 129 23 January editList of shipwrecks 23 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionCSS Drewry nbsp Confederate States Navy nbsp The wreck of a Confederate gunboat on the James River in 1865 believed to be that of CSS Drewry American Civil War Battle of Trent s Reach The gunboat ran aground on the James River in Virginia 400 yards 366 meters downriver from obstructions at Trent s Reach and 1 500 yards 1 372 meters above Battery Parsons On 24 January two 100 pound 45 kg shells fired by the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment at Fort McPherson then struck her one of them passing through her magazine Her crew abandoned ship and all but two reached safety before her magazine exploded wrecking her and enveloping her in flames 130 131 Henry nbsp Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Rotterdam South Holland to New York United States She was refloated and resumed her voyage 106 Lady Jocelyn nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and damaged 10 nautical miles 19 km north of Madras India She was refloated the next day with assistance from Euphrates nbsp United Kingdom 132 69 Maria nbsp Belgium The tjalk was sunk at Antwerp in a collision with Sophia Frances nbsp Belgium 114 Maynards nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with HMS Cadmus nbsp Royal Navy and was severely damaged She was towed in to Plymouth Devon by HMS Cadmus 50 24 January editList of shipwrecks 24 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionCloda nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and broke in two 3 nautical miles 5 6 km north of Huacho Peru All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Callao Peru to Guayaquil Ecuador 133 134 29 135 Mount s Bay nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Honfleur Calvados France Her crew were rescued 119 She was refloated on 2 February and taken in to Honfleur for repairs 136 CSS Scorpion nbsp Confederate States Navy American Civil War Battle of Trent s Reach The torpedo boat was run aground on the James River in Virginia and was abandoned A United States Navy launch crew captured and refloated her on 27 January 104 25 January editList of shipwrecks 25 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAgaphea nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Newcastle County Dublin Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Dublin 114 96 Armenian nbsp United Kingdom The Elder Dempster amp Co cargo ship ran onto the Arklow Bank in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and was wrecked with the loss of four lives Survivors were rescued by the steamship Montague nbsp United Kingdom Four crew of the Arklow Lightship nbsp Trinity House were lost attempting a rescue Armenian was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Madeira Teneriffe Canary Islands and the west coast of Africa 137 138 Isabella nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with the brig Ellen nbsp United Kingdom and ran aground on the Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Fecamp Seine Inferieure France She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk in a leaky condition 58 Niagara nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France 139 Seahorse nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River She was refloated and resumed her voyage 140 Vincenzi Vicaro nbsp Italy The ship struck a rock at Ilfracombe Devon United Kingdom and was holed SHe was on a voyage from Genoa to Cardiff Glamorgan United Kingdom 114 Wave nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Horsey and Sea Palling Norfolk Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Seaham County Durham to London 58 82 26 January editList of shipwrecks 26 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionUSS Dai Ching nbsp United States Navy American Civil War The gunboat ran aground on the Combahee River in South Carolina while under fire by a Confederate artillery battery She was shelled for seven hours taking 30 hits and nine members of her crew were wounded The tug USS Clover nbsp United States Navy attempted to tow her off but the tow line parted After her last gun was knocked out Dai Ching was burned by her crew to prevent her capture by Confederate forces Her crew escaped aboard Clover except for five men captured by the Confederates 104 141 Francis amp Ann nbsp Jersey The schooner struck the Helwick Shoal in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew who reached the Helwick Lightship nbsp Trinity House from where they were rescued Francis and Ann came ashore at Overton Glamorgan 142 She was on a voyage from Palermo Sicily Italy to Bristol Gloucestershire 143 CSS Hornet nbsp Confederate States Navy American Civil War The torpedo boat sank with the loss of at least one life after colliding with the steamer CSS William Allison nbsp Confederate States Navy on the James River in Virginia 104 144 145 Macduff nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Para Brazil 146 Sphere nbsp United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France when Adelaide nbsp United Kingdom drove into her She was consequently beached 147 Union nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned She was on a voyage from Youghal County Cork to Kenmore She was taken in to Crookhaven County Cork in a derelict condition 82 27 January editList of shipwrecks 27 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAnnie de Saint Jean de Luz nbsp France The ship was wrecked at Pernambuco Brazil she was on a voyage from Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure to Pernambuco 148 Eclipse nbsp United States The 223 ton sternwheel paddle steamer exploded on the Tennessee River near Johnsonville Tennessee killing 38 149 Frances Harriet Mills nbsp British North America The ship ran aground at Yarmouth Nova Scotia and was severely damaged She was on a voyage from Saint John New Brunswick to Halifax Nova Scotia 148 Henrietta nbsp Netherlands The schooner was wrecked at Cap La Hougue Manche France She was on a voyage from Amsterdam North Holland to Venezuela 150 Kate Carnie nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship ran aground at Rangoon Burma She was on a voyage from Rangoon to Singapore Straits Settlements She was refloated and resumed her voyage 140 Robin Hood nbsp United Kingdom The pilot cutter was sunk in a collision in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe Devon Her crew were rescued The wreck came ashore at Langland Glamorgan 142 Scotia nbsp United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Merlin nbsp United Kingdom at Saint John s Newfoundland British North America and was wrecked She was on a voyage from Brigus Newfoundland to Lisbon Portugal 151 Tres Hermanos nbsp Ecuador The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Guayaquil She was refloated with the assistance of a lifeboat and a tug and taken in to Ramsgate Kent where she sank 152 28 January editList of shipwrecks 28 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionCity of Benares nbsp United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Calcutta India and was scuttled 132 She was a total loss 153 Lord Maidstone nbsp United Kingdom The barque was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles 139 km off Queenstown County Cork Her crew were rescued by Bombay Packet nbsp United Kingdom Lord Maidstone was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Malaga Spain 96 Monad nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pernambuco Brazil She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Pernambuco 148 Pierre nbsp Kingdom of Italy The ship was abandoned off Cape Finisterre Spain She was on a voyage from Genoa Italy to Cardiff Glamorgan United Kingdom 43 34 Wanderer nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank off Great Yarmouth Norfolk Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Gothenburg Sweden to London 152 29 January editList of shipwrecks 29 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAnna Felicia nbsp France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Guernsey Channel Islands Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Bordeaux Gironde to Rouen Seine Inferieure 143 92 Barbara Innes nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the Isle of May Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Ipswich Suffolk to Portgordon Moray 154 Bee nbsp United Kingdom The schooner collided with a collier schooner off the Middle Lightship nbsp Trinity House and was abandoned by her crew She was on a voyage from Montrose Forfarshire to London Bee was subsequently taken in to Brightlingsea Essex 155 92 156 Britannia nbsp United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Gimblet Rock She was refloated and beached at Abererch Caernarfonshire 151 Choice nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck the Governor Rock and was damaged She was on a voyage from Odessa Russia to Falmouth Cornwall She was taken in to Falmouth where she sank 152 Cyclops nbsp Denmark The ship was driven ashore on Skagen She was on a voyage from Odense to Grimsby Lincolnshire United Kingdom 152 Glimpse nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand She was on a voyage from London to the Canary Islands She was refloated and put in to Brixham Devon in a leaky condition 147 Josephine nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was run into by a brig and sank in the English Channel off St Albans Head Dorset Her crew were rescued by the brig Hubertus nbsp United Kingdom Josephine was on a voyage from Rouen Seine Inferieure France to Grangemouth Stirlingshire 150 Marquis of Anglesey nbsp United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Pwllheli Caernarfonshire with the loss of all four people on board She was on a voyage from Pwllheli to Abersoch 157 Martha Brader nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in St Catherine s Bay Jersey Channel Islands Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Saint Malo Ille et Vilaine France 155 96 She was refloated on 31 January and taken in to Jersey for repairs 7 Minero Judste nbsp Mexico The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Clonakilty County Cork United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Matamoras to Liverpool Lancashire United Kingdom 7 Thomas nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven into Ryde Pier Isle of Wight Both were damaged 92 Vulcan nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Belhaven Lothian Her four crew were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Aberdeen 150 Willie Ridley nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off the coast of Cornwall Her eight crew were rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat She was on a voyage from Plymouth Devon to Newport Monmouthshire She was later reboareded 92 94 30 January editList of shipwrecks 30 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAnne and Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank off Great Orme Caernarfonshire Her crew were rescued 143 Assaye nbsp United Kingdom The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked near Galley Head County Cork with the loss of her captain She was on a voyage from Bombay India to Liverpool Lancashire 158 152 159 Certes nbsp Malta The ship was wrecked near Ardmore County Waterford United Kingdom with the loss of six of her sixteen crew Survivors were rescued by the Ardmore Lifeboat ant the Coast Guard 160 161 Clontarf nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Winterton on Sea Norfolk She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Alexandria Egypt She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk in a leay condiotion her crew refusing to proceed 152 Danish Beauty nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore west of Dover Kent Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cardiff Glamorgan 152 Dekar nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Felixtowe Suffolk She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Portland Dorset 147 92 Dom Pedro nbsp Portugal The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool 152 147 Hants nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Ballycotton County Cork She was on a voyage from Odessa Russia to Cork 143 160 Harmony nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Glenarm County Antrim 15 Jane and Agnes nbsp Isle of Man The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Laxey to Saltney Cheshire 162 John Venner nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River Her captain died the next day 163 164 She was on a voyage from Calcutta India to Colombo Ceylon 153 Lady Hobart nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was driven ashore on Ireland s Eye County Dublin Her 22 crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bermuda 152 165 Louise nbsp Prussia The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Cornwall United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Santos Brazil to Falmouth Cornwall 143 147 Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Irish Sea Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No 9 nbsp United Kingdom 152 78 Marion nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tara Point County Antrim She was on a voyage from Genoa Italy to Ardrossan Ayrshire She was refloated on 23 February and taken in tow for Ardrossan 143 92 Mary and Jane nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Wear 166 She was refloated on 8 February 167 Milla Flag unknown The ship foundered off Guernsey Channel Islands 154 Newland nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Point Lynas Anglesey Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No 9 nbsp United Kingdom Newland was taken in to Amlwch in a sinking condition 143 78 92 Osier nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Carrickfergus County Antrim 15 Panope nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at the Hook Lighthouse County Wexford with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Brazil to Liverpool 152 82 Rebecca nbsp France The ship ran aground in the Rio Grande She was on a voyage from Marseille Bouches du Rhone to the Rio Grande 168 Sara nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog Kingdom of Hanover Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ipswich Suffolk to Geestemunde 152 147 Sextus nbsp Malta The barque was wrecked in Ardmore Bay with the loss of eight of her seventeen crew She was on a voyage from Sulina Ottoman Empire to Queenstown County Cork United Kingdom 152 160 Theodore nbsp France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swansea Glamorgan United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Saint Malo Ille et Vilaine to Swansea 152 Trefew nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank off Great Orme Her crew were rescued 143 92 Zenith nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank in the River Wear She was refloated the next day 166 31 January editList of shipwrecks 31 January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionCatana nbsp United Kingdom The brig struck a rock in the Bahamas and became severely leaky She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Nassau Bahamas and Havana Cuba 29 Dublin nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Dundrum Bay Her four crew were rescued by the Dundrum Bay Lifeboat 169 Gleaner nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Blyth Northumberland She was on a voyage from Calais France to Blyth 7 170 Great Northern nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hartlepool County Durham She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to London She was refloated 170 Huntley nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Red Sand She was refloated and beached at Sheerness Kent in a sinking condition 119 Inconstant nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Blyth She was on a voyage from Boulogne Pas de Calais France to Blyth 171 170 Julia nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Silver Key Bank Her crew were rescued by the steamship Catalina nbsp Spain Julia was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Port au Prince Haiti 172 173 Lady Hobart nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank off Malahide County Dublin Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Bermuda 143 Macedonia nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Sunderland County Durham She was refloated 166 170 Marlesminde nbsp Denmark The schooner was driven ashore in the Mariager Fjord Her crew were rescued 16 Mary Jane nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Sunderland She was refloated on 7 February 170 Numero Quatro nbsp Cuba The ship was driven ashore at Clonakilty County Cork United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Matamoros Mexico to Liverpool 119 174 Stirlingshire nbsp United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of seven of her fifteen crew She was on a voyage from Demerara British Guiana to London The derelict came ashore in South Bay County Wexford in a waterlogged condition 155 175 She was refloated on 31 January and taken in to Waterford 136 Victorine Maria nbsp France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arbroath Forfarshire United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Blyth to Caen Calvados 7 170 Unknown date editList of shipwrecks Unknown date in January 1865 Ship Country DescriptionAdelaide Bell nbsp United States The ship was destroyed by fire in the Chincha Islands Peru before 6 January 80 Africa nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Dundalk County Louth She was later refloated and towed to Belfast County Antrim for repairs 108 Alectia Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam South Holland Netherlands before 16 January 176 67 Ariadne nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship ran aground in the Marabout Channel and was beached 66 British Queen nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Flamborough Head Yorkshire She was on a voyage from Carboneras Spain to South Shields County Durham She was refloated and tak, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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