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List of shipwrecks in July 1868

April 27, 2024

The list of shipwrecks in July 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1868.

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1 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1868
Ship State Description
Unnamed   United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground off the Dutch coast. Her passengers were taken off by Sliedrecht (  Netherlands).[1]

2 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1868
Ship State Description
Conflict   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Millwall, Middlesex and was severely damaged.[2]
Eugenie   United Kingdom The ship collided with a pilot boat and ran onto the Old Harry Rocks. She was on a voyage from Salcombe, Devon to Madeira. She was refloated.[1]
Florence   New Zealand The schooner was captured by Māori warriors in the Chatham Islands and set adrift unmanned with full rig. She grounded and became a total wreck.[3]

3 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1868
Ship State Description
City of Manchester   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Traverne. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had been towed back to Quebec City in a waterlogged condition by 11 July and was placed under repair.[4][5]
Peter Maxwell   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Crane Island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[6][4][7]

4 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1868
Ship State Description
Countess of Elgin   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rerscued by the barque Vestor (  United Kingdom). Countess of Elgin was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Canada.[8][9]
Pommer   Prussia The ship ran aground on the Westra Finngrundet, in the Gulf of Bothnia. She was on a voyage from Långrör, Sweden to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]

5 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1868
Ship State Description
Athelstan   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean (42°00′S 81°30′W / 42.000°S 81.500°W / -42.000; -81.500) with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Coquimbo, Chile.[11]
Mai-Blume Flag unknown The ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay, India.[12]

6 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1868
Ship State Description
Mary Boucher   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Five Keys off Castle Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Trieste.[13][14]

7 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1868
Ship State Description
Valdivia   Chile The ship departed from Carrizal Bajo for Constitución. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15]

8 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1868
Ship State Description
Therese Tietjens Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near Akyab, Burma.[16]

9 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1868
Ship State Description
Alix   France The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (5°42′N 28°24′W / 5.700°N 28.400°W / 5.700; -28.400). All on board were rescued by the barque La Prime (  France). Alix was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to the River Plate.[17]
Esperance   Norway The barque ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Great Yarmouth.[18][19] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[20]
Powerful   United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship Fruiterer (  United Kingdom) at Lowestoft, Suffolk and was severely damaged.[19][20]
Salween   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on a reef off Olinda, Brazil and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London. She was refloated and taken in to Pernambuco, Brazil,[21] where she was condemned.[22]
USS Suwanee   United States Navy The gunboat was wrecked in Shadwell Passage in Queen Charlotte Sound off the coast of the Colony of British Columbia.

10 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1868
Ship State Description
Formby   United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Bassein, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23]
Jubilee   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[24]
Wildfire   United Kingdom The whaler was destroyed by fire in Cumberland Sound. Her crew were rescued.[25]

11 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1868
Ship State Description
Hylton Maid   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scharhörn, Hamburg and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Hamburg.[7][10] The wreck was refloated on 18 July and towed in to Cuxhaven.[17]

14 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1868
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was beached at Maldonado, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port. She was later refloated.[26]
William Booking   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, and sank.[7]

15 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1868
Ship State Description
Kunderund Treevan   India The ship was wrecked in the Maldive Islands. Her crew were rescued.[17]
Pat The Rover   New Zealand The 79-ton brig broke up after becoming stranded at the entrance to the Grey River during a storm. All hands were saved.[27]
Torrent   United States The 576-ton wooden bark struck a reef and foundered in a storm and went ashore in English Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. All on board survived.[28][29]
Thora   Rostock The ship was lost off Holmöarna, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Strömstad, Sweden to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[30][21][31]

16 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1868
Ship State Description
Glide   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Placentia, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[9]
Ostsee Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Pachino, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to an English port.[10]

17 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1868
Ship State Description
Neptune   Rostock The brig was run into by the steamship Danube (  United Kingdom) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of Tarifa, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[32][33]
Peninsular   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. She was refloated.[10]

18 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1868
Ship State Description
Ariro   Spain The ship was driven onto the Pearl Rock. She was refloated and towed in to Gibraltar Bay in a severely leaky condition.[34]
Germania Flag unknown The ship ran aground at Bassein, India and was consequently beached at "Henghei". She was on a voyage from Bassein to a European port.[35]
India   United States The ship was driven ashore on Martín García Island, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Fray Bentos, Uruguay to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Pernambuco, Brazil on 21 August in a leaky condition.[36]
My Choice   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Swilly. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Letterkenny, County Donegal.[17]
Unnamed   France The barque ran aground on the Poul Rock.[37]

19 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1868
Ship State Description
Coniston   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Liverpool for Lancaster, Lancashire. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. Burnt wreckage from the ship washed up at Southport, Lancashire on 23 July. The bodies of two crew members subsequently washed ashore.[24][38]
Maria Pauline   France The schooner was run into by the steamship Bradford (  United Kingdom) and sank off the Dutch coast (52°23′N 2°30′E / 52.383°N 2.500°E / 52.383; 2.500). All on board were rescued by Bradford. Maria Pauline was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Gothenburg, Sweden.[17][39]
Southampton   United States The ship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[40][17]

21 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1868
Ship State Description
Euphemia   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[40]
Maha Lukshmi   United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean. She was abandoned on 23 July. Her crew were rescued by Catherine Rankin, Chinaman and Hyppolita (all   United Kingdom). Maha Lukshmi was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[41][42]
Queenstone   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Menawethan, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43]
Victory   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[40]
Wild Wave   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Leigh Middle Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[24]
Unnamed   China The junk foundered off Shanghai. Five crew were rescued by City of Aberdeen (  United Kingdom).[44]

22 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1868
Ship State Description
HMS Eclipse   Royal Navy The Eclipse-class sloop was driven ashore. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[45]

23 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1868
Ship State Description
Anniversary   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[24]
Castilian   Spain The ship ran aground at Camden Point, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork.[46]
Daniel Watson   Tasmania The brig was wrecked on a reef in Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand. The crew were rescued by the steamer Gazelle.[27]
Julia   United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew survived.[47]
Lotus   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on a reef off West Caicos, Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Truxillo, Mexico.[48]
Margaret Cunnigham   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Kettleness, Yorkshire. Both crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat Sheffield (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She subsequently drove ashore at Runswick Bay and was wrecked.[49][50]

24 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1868
Ship State Description
Star   Jersey The cutter ran aground off Whitstable, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She sank the next day. She was on a voyage from London to Barfleur, Manche, France.[51][34]

25 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1868
Ship State Description
Flying Childers, and
Hibernia 		  United Kingdom The paddle tug Flying Childers ran aground in the Clyde at Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire and was run into by the steamship Hibernia, which she was towing, and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated the next day. Hibernia also ran aground. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. she was refloated and put in to Bowling, Dunbartonshire.[52]
Julia   United Kingdom The brig exploded and sank off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[51][34]
Star   Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Hooghly Point, India.[51][34] She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 30 July.[35]
Swan   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Pentland Firth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Easdale, Argyllshire.[53]

26 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1868
Ship State Description
Hollandstrouw   Netherlands The ship caught fire off Réunion and was abandoned with the loss of ten lives. Survivors were rescued by India (  United Kingdom). Hollandstrouw was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[25]

27 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1868
Ship State Description
HMS Basilisk   Royal Navy The sloop of war was driven ashore on the coast of China. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[45]
Constantia   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[54]
George Sarale   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Ballyness, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Letterkenny, County Donegal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37]
Sea Rover   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at East London. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Shantung   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at East London. Her crew were rescued.[54]

28 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1868
Ship State Description
Eliza Goddard   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Baily Lighthouse, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Duke of Sutherland (  United Kingdom). Eliza Goddard was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dublin.[30][31]

29 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1868
Ship State Description
Hope   United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks off the Île de Sein, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Santander, Spain.[30][31]

30 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1868
Ship State Description
Rover's Bride   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off the Lapen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]

31 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1868
Ship State Description
HMS Beacon   Royal Navy The Beacon-class gunvessel ran aground in the Uruguay River. She was refloated.[45]
Columbia   United Kingdom The whaler was crushed between two ice floes and sank in Cumberland Sound. Her 21 crew were rescued by Lord Saltoun (  United Kingdom).[55][56]
Curlew   United Kingdom Carrying a cargo of lime she had taken on at the jetties of the Nessend Quarry to Castle Point tramway on Lindisfarne, the vessel was in the North Sea off the May Light on the coast of England when water came into contact with the cargo and the heat generated set fire to her. She sank, but her two-man crew was saved.[57]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1868
Ship State Description
Anna   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. She was refloated on 9 July and found to be severely leaky.[49]
Anna Catherine   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile.[58]
Anna Metta   Bremen The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[14]
Annie Laurie   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso.[58]
Britannia   United Kingdom The ship was lost before 16 July.[59]
City of Boston   United States The steamship collided with the steamship State of New York (  United States) off the mouth of the Connecticut River and was severely damaged. Three passengers died.[60]
Crapaud   Jersey The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Inférieure, France on or before 20 July.[21]
Danube   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Odessa, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[59]
Dunkeld   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Queenstown, County Cork.[10]
Ella and Annie   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Plate.[40]
Fiery Cross   India The ship foundered in the Bay of Bengal. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Muscat, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.[37]
Irene   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated, putting in to Antigua on 15 July for repairs.[61]
Mary Kay   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Clotilde (  France).[62]
Minden   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garrucha, Spain to the River Tyne.[63]
Nueva Angelita   Chile The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to a European port.[64]
Oryx   United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Osaka, Japan. she was refloated.[37]
Peru   Italy The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands.[40]
Pride of the West   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[59]
Reindeer   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Maldive Islands before 15 July. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Russell   United Kingdom The barque ran aground off the Tunara Battery, Spain. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43]
Timor Shah   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River before 16 July.[59]
Trevanion   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Maldive Islands before 15 July. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Vaaren Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She was refloated and put in to Constantinople, where she arrived on 27 July.[12]

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The list of shipwrecks in July 1868 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during July 1868 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources July 1868 MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Unknown date References1 July editList of shipwrecks 1 July 1868 Ship State Description Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground off the Dutch coast Her passengers were taken off by Sliedrecht nbsp Netherlands 1 2 July editList of shipwrecks 2 July 1868 Ship State Description Conflict nbsp United Kingdom The ship capsized at Millwall Middlesex and was severely damaged 2 Eugenie nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with a pilot boat and ran onto the Old Harry Rocks She was on a voyage from Salcombe Devon to Madeira She was refloated 1 Florence nbsp New Zealand The schooner was captured by Maori warriors in the Chatham Islands and set adrift unmanned with full rig She grounded and became a total wreck 3 3 July editList of shipwrecks 3 July 1868 Ship State Description City of Manchester nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Traverne She was on a voyage from Quebec City Canada to Liverpool Lancashire She had been towed back to Quebec City in a waterlogged condition by 11 July and was placed under repair 4 5 Peter Maxwell nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Crane Island She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage 6 4 7 4 July editList of shipwrecks 4 July 1868 Ship State Description Countess of Elgin nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rerscued by the barque Vestor nbsp United Kingdom Countess of Elgin was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Quebec City Canada 8 9 Pommer nbsp Prussia The ship ran aground on the Westra Finngrundet in the Gulf of Bothnia She was on a voyage from Langror Sweden to Sunderland County Durham United Kingdom She was refloated and resumed her voyage 10 5 July editList of shipwrecks 5 July 1868 Ship State Description Athelstan nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean 42 00 S 81 30 W 42 000 S 81 500 W 42 000 81 500 with the loss of three of her crew She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Coquimbo Chile 11 Mai Blume Flag unknown The ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay India 12 6 July editList of shipwrecks 6 July 1868 Ship State Description Mary Boucher nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Five Keys off Castle Island Bahamas Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from St Jago de Cuba Cuba to Trieste 13 14 7 July editList of shipwrecks 7 July 1868 Ship State Description Valdivia nbsp Chile The ship departed from Carrizal Bajo for Constitucion No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 15 8 July editList of shipwrecks 8 July 1868 Ship State Description Therese Tietjens Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near Akyab Burma 16 9 July editList of shipwrecks 9 July 1868 Ship State Description Alix nbsp France The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 5 42 N 28 24 W 5 700 N 28 400 W 5 700 28 400 All on board were rescued by the barque La Prime nbsp France Alix was on a voyage from Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure to the River Plate 17 Esperance nbsp Norway The barque ran aground at Great Yarmouth Norfolk United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff Russia to Great Yarmouth 18 19 She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth 20 Powerful nbsp United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship Fruiterer nbsp United Kingdom at Lowestoft Suffolk and was severely damaged 19 20 Salween nbsp United Kingdom The barque ran aground on a reef off Olinda Brazil and was severely damaged She was on a voyage from Sydney New South Wales to London She was refloated and taken in to Pernambuco Brazil 21 where she was condemned 22 USS Suwanee nbsp United States Navy The gunboat was wrecked in Shadwell Passage in Queen Charlotte Sound off the coast of the Colony of British Columbia 10 July editList of shipwrecks 10 July 1868 Ship State Description Formby nbsp United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Bassein India to Liverpool Lancashire No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 23 Jubilee nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Barber s Point in the Dardanelles She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Constantinople Ottoman Empire She was refloated 24 Wildfire nbsp United Kingdom The whaler was destroyed by fire in Cumberland Sound Her crew were rescued 25 11 July editList of shipwrecks 11 July 1868 Ship State Description Hylton Maid nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scharhorn Hamburg and was wrecked Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Seaham County Durham to Hamburg 7 10 The wreck was refloated on 18 July and towed in to Cuxhaven 17 14 July editList of shipwrecks 14 July 1868 Ship State Description Ann nbsp United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered 4 nautical miles 7 4 km north east of Flamborough Head Yorkshire Her crew were rescued 10 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The ship was beached at Maldonado Uruguay She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires Argentina to an English port She was later refloated 26 William Booking nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank 7 15 July editList of shipwrecks 15 July 1868 Ship State Description Kunderund Treevan nbsp India The ship was wrecked in the Maldive Islands Her crew were rescued 17 Pat The Rover nbsp New Zealand The 79 ton brig broke up after becoming stranded at the entrance to the Grey River during a storm All hands were saved 27 Torrent nbsp United States The 576 ton wooden bark struck a reef and foundered in a storm and went ashore in English Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska All on board survived 28 29 Thora nbsp Rostock The ship was lost off Holmoarna Sweden Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Stromstad Sweden to Plymouth Devon United Kingdom 30 21 31 16 July editList of shipwrecks 16 July 1868 Ship State Description Glide nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Placentia Newfoundland Colony She was on a voyage from Dalhousie New Brunswick Canada to Stockton on Tees County Durham 9 Ostsee Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Pachino Sicily Italy She was on a voyage from Constantinople Ottoman Empire to an English port 10 17 July editList of shipwrecks 17 July 1868 Ship State Description Neptune nbsp Rostock The brig was run into by the steamship Danube nbsp United Kingdom and sank 5 nautical miles 9 3 km north west of Tarifa Spain Her crew were rescued 32 33 Peninsular nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall Middlesex She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London She was refloated 10 18 July editList of shipwrecks 18 July 1868 Ship State Description Ariro nbsp Spain The ship was driven onto the Pearl Rock She was refloated and towed in to Gibraltar Bay in a severely leaky condition 34 Germania Flag unknown The ship ran aground at Bassein India and was consequently beached at Henghei She was on a voyage from Bassein to a European port 35 India nbsp United States The ship was driven ashore on Martin Garcia Island Argentina She was on a voyage from Fray Bentos Uruguay to Queenstown County Cork United Kingdom She was refloated and resumed her voyage but put in to Pernambuco Brazil on 21 August in a leaky condition 36 My Choice nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Swilly She was on a voyage from Maryport Cumberland to Letterkenny County Donegal 17 Unnamed nbsp France The barque ran aground on the Poul Rock 37 19 July editList of shipwrecks 19 July 1868 Ship State Description Coniston nbsp United Kingdom The steamship departed from Liverpool for Lancaster Lancashire Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands Burnt wreckage from the ship washed up at Southport Lancashire on 23 July The bodies of two crew members subsequently washed ashore 24 38 Maria Pauline nbsp France The schooner was run into by the steamship Bradford nbsp United Kingdom and sank off the Dutch coast 52 23 N 2 30 E 52 383 N 2 500 E 52 383 2 500 All on board were rescued by Bradford Maria Pauline was on a voyage from Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure to Gothenburg Sweden 17 39 Southampton nbsp United States The ship ran aground in the River Avon She was on a voyage from Havana Cuba to Bristol Gloucestershire United Kingdom She was refloated and found to be leaky 40 17 21 July editList of shipwrecks 21 July 1868 Ship State Description Euphemia nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Avon She was on a voyage from Matanzas Cuba to Bristol Gloucestershire She was refloated and found to be leaky 40 Maha Lukshmi nbsp United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean She was abandoned on 23 July Her crew were rescued by Catherine Rankin Chinaman and Hyppolita all nbsp United Kingdom Maha Lukshmi was on a voyage from Bombay India to Liverpool Lancashire 41 42 Queenstone nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Menawethan Isles of Scilly She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to a Mediterranean port She was refloated and resumed her voyage 43 Victory nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Avon She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol She was refloated and found to be leaky 40 Wild Wave nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Leigh Middle Sand in the Thames Estuary 24 Unnamed nbsp China The junk foundered off Shanghai Five crew were rescued by City of Aberdeen nbsp United Kingdom 44 22 July editList of shipwrecks 22 July 1868 Ship State Description HMS Eclipse nbsp Royal Navy The Eclipse class sloop was driven ashore Subsequently refloated repaired and returned to service 45 23 July editList of shipwrecks 23 July 1868 Ship State Description Anniversary nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Gotland Sweden She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to London She was refloated and resumed her voyage but put in to Helsingor Denmark in a leaky condition 24 Castilian nbsp Spain The ship ran aground at Camden Point County Cork United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande Cuba to Queenstown County Cork 46 Daniel Watson nbsp Tasmania The brig was wrecked on a reef in Lyttelton Harbour New Zealand The crew were rescued by the steamer Gazelle 27 Julia nbsp United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire off St Ives Cornwall Her crew survived 47 Lotus nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on a reef off West Caicos Caicos Islands Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York United States to Truxillo Mexico 48 Margaret Cunnigham nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Kettleness Yorkshire Both crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat Sheffield nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution She subsequently drove ashore at Runswick Bay and was wrecked 49 50 24 July editList of shipwrecks 24 July 1868 Ship State Description Star nbsp Jersey The cutter ran aground off Whitstable Kent Her crew were rescued She sank the next day She was on a voyage from London to Barfleur Manche France 51 34 25 July editList of shipwrecks 25 July 1868 Ship State Description Flying Childers andHibernia nbsp United Kingdom The paddle tug Flying Childers ran aground in the Clyde at Kilpatrick Dunbartonshire and was run into by the steamship Hibernia which she was towing and was severely damaged Her crew were rescued She was refloated the next day Hibernia also ran aground She was on a voyage from New York United States to Glasgow Renfrewshire she was refloated and put in to Bowling Dunbartonshire 52 Julia nbsp United Kingdom The brig exploded and sank off St Ives Cornwall Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Llanelly Glamorgan to Dieppe Seine Inferieure France 51 34 Star nbsp Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Hooghly Point India 51 34 She was on a voyage from Calcutta India to London United Kingdom She was refloated on 30 July 35 Swan nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Pentland Firth Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Peterhead Aberdeenshire to Easdale Argyllshire 53 26 July editList of shipwrecks 26 July 1868 Ship State Description Hollandstrouw nbsp Netherlands The ship caught fire off Reunion and was abandoned with the loss of ten lives Survivors were rescued by India nbsp United Kingdom Hollandstrouw was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham United Kingdom to Batavia Netherlands East Indies 25 27 July editList of shipwrecks 27 July 1868 Ship State Description HMS Basilisk nbsp Royal Navy The sloop of war was driven ashore on the coast of China Subsequently refloated repaired and returned to service 45 Constantia nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at East London Cape Colony Her crew were rescued 54 George Sarale nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Ballyness County Donegal She was on a voyage from Letterkenny County Donegal to Liverpool Lancashire 37 Sea Rover nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at East London Her crew were rescued 54 Shantung nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at East London Her crew were rescued 54 28 July editList of shipwrecks 28 July 1868 Ship State Description Eliza Goddard nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Baily Lighthouse County Dublin Her crew were rescued by the steamship Duke of Sutherland nbsp United Kingdom Eliza Goddard was on a voyage from Bangor Caernarfonshire to Dublin 30 31 29 July editList of shipwrecks 29 July 1868 Ship State Description Hope nbsp United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks off the Ile de Sein Finistere France Her crew were rescued by a French vessel She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Santander Spain 30 31 30 July editList of shipwrecks 30 July 1868 Ship State Description Rover s Bride nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off the Lapen She was refloated and resumed her voyage 14 31 July editList of shipwrecks 31 July 1868 Ship State Description HMS Beacon nbsp Royal Navy The Beacon class gunvessel ran aground in the Uruguay River She was refloated 45 Columbia nbsp United Kingdom The whaler was crushed between two ice floes and sank in Cumberland Sound Her 21 crew were rescued by Lord Saltoun nbsp United Kingdom 55 56 Curlew nbsp United Kingdom Carrying a cargo of lime she had taken on at the jetties of the Nessend Quarry to Castle Point tramway on Lindisfarne the vessel was in the North Sea off the May Light on the coast of England when water came into contact with the cargo and the heat generated set fire to her She sank but her two man crew was saved 57 Unknown date editList of shipwrecks Unknown date in July 1868 Ship State Description Anna nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Wilmington North Carolina United States She was refloated on 9 July and found to be severely leaky 49 Anna Catherine nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Valparaiso Chile 58 Anna Metta nbsp Bremen The ship was wrecked She was on a voyage from Bremen to Saint Petersburg Russia 14 Annie Laurie nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Valparaiso 58 Britannia nbsp United Kingdom The ship was lost before 16 July 59 City of Boston nbsp United States The steamship collided with the steamship State of New York nbsp United States off the mouth of the Connecticut River and was severely damaged Three passengers died 60 Crapaud nbsp Jersey The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Seine Inferieure France on or before 20 July 21 Danube nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles She was on a voyage from London to Odessa Russia She was refloated and resumed her voyage 59 Dunkeld nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador Newfoundland Colony She was on a voyage from Montreal Quebec Canada to Queenstown County Cork 10 Ella and Annie nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Plate 40 Fiery Cross nbsp India The ship foundered in the Bay of Bengal She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Muscat Sultanate of Muscat and Oman 37 Irene nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Barbuda She was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland United States to Demerara British Guiana She was refloated putting in to Antigua on 15 July for repairs 61 Mary Kay nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Clotilde nbsp France 62 Minden nbsp United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Garrucha Spain to the River Tyne 63 Nueva Angelita nbsp Chile The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Pisagua Chile to a European port 64 Oryx nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Osaka Japan she was refloated 37 Peru nbsp Italy The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands 40 Pride of the West nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople Ottoman Empire She was refloated 59 Reindeer nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Maldive Islands before 15 July Her crew were rescued 40 Russell nbsp United Kingdom The barque ran aground off the Tunara Battery Spain She was refloated and resumed her voyage 43 Timor Shah nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River before 16 July 59 Trevanion nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Maldive Islands before 15 July Her crew were rescued 40 Vaaren Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore She was on a voyage from Brăila Ottoman Empire to a British port She was refloated and put in to Constantinople where she arrived on 27 July 12 References edit a b Ship News The Times No 26168 London 4 July 1868 col F p 12 A Large Ships Capsized in the Thames Morning Post No 29506 London 4 July 1868 p 7 Ingram amp Wheatley pp 158 159 a b Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 6378 Liverpool 6 July 1868 Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 8910 Glasgow 24 July 1868 Shipping Intelligence Morning Post No 6919 London 6 July 1868 a b c Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6928 London 16 July 1868 Ship News The Times No 26185 London 24 July 1868 col D p 11 a b Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 13735 London 12 August 1868 p 7 a b c d e f Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6930 London 18 July 1868 The West Indies The Times No 26231 London 16 September 1868 col C D p 8 a b Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6948 London 8 August 1868 Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 13727 London 3 August 1868 p 7 a b c Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 6403 Liverpool 4 August 1868 Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 6526 Liverpool 25 December 1868 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6962 London 25 August 1868 a b c d e f Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 13717 London 22 July 1868 p 7 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6923 London 10 July 1868 a b Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 13708 London 10 July 1868 p 7 a b Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 13709 London 11 July 1868 p 7 a b c Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6941 London 31 July 1868 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6954 London 15 August 1868 Shipping Disasters Liverpool Mercury No 6520 Liverpool 18 December 1868 a b c d Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6935 London 24 July 1868 a b Ship News The Times No 26251 London 9 October 1868 col F p 9 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6970 London 3 September 1868 a b Ingram amp Wheatley p 159 alaskashipwreck com Alaska Shipwrecks T The Torrent Shipwreck Project Lostshipwrecks com Archived from the original on 12 February 2011 Retrieved 27 April 2010 a b c Ship News The Times No 26192 London 1 August 1868 col F p 4 a b c Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6942 London 1 August 1868 The Bombay Mails Birmingham Daily Post No 3125 Birmingham 27 July 1868 A Vessel sunk by a Liverpool Steamer Liverpool Mercury No 6857 Liverpool 15 January 1870 a b c d Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6939 London 29 July 1868 a b Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6968 London 1 September 1868 Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 13790 London 15 October 1868 p 7 a b c d Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 6397 Liverpool 28 July 1868 untitled Leeds Mercury No 9450 Leeds 27 July 1868 A Schooner run down by a Steamer Cheshire Observer Vol 14 no 663 Chester 1 August 1868 a b c d e f g Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 6392 Liverpool 22 July 1868 Shipping Disasters Liverpool Mercury No 6445 Liverpool 22 September 1868 Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 13769 London 22 September 1868 p 7 a b Marine Intelligence Newcastle Courant No 10101 Newcastle upon Tyne 31 July 1868 Shipping Intelligence Aberdeen Journal No 6299 Aberdeen 30 September 1868 a b c Naval Disasters Since 1860 Hampshire Telegraph No 4250 Portsmouth 10 May 1873 Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 6394 Liverpool 24 July 1868 Lowestoft Ipswich Journal No 6750 Ipswich 12 September 1868 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6971 London 4 September 1868 a b Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6938 London 28 July 1868 Wreck on the Yorkshire Coast Glasgow Herald No 8913 Glasgow 28 July 1868 a b c Ship News The Times No 26189 London 29 July 1868 col F p 7 Greenock Glasgow Herald No 8912 Glasgow 27 July 1868 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 6943 London 3 August 1868 a b c The Cape Mail Birmingham Daily Post No 3161 Birmingham 7 September 1868 Arrival of the Ravenscraig Dundee Courier No 4723 Dundee 23 September 1868 Success of the Whale Fishery Liverpool Mercury No 6447 Liverpool 24 September 1868 Jermy p 43 a b The Pacific Australian and New Zealand Mails Daily News No 6939 London 29 July 1868 a b c d Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 6388 Liverpool 17 July 1868 Multum in Parvo Liverpool Mercury No 6388 Liverpool 17 July 1868 Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 13748 London 27 August 1868 p 7 Ship News The Times No 26202 London 13 August 1868 col E p 10 Marine Intelligence Newcastle Courant No 10098 Newcastle upon Tyne 10 July 1868 The West India and Pacific Mails Daily News No 6951 London 12 August 1868 Bibliography edit Ingram C W N and Wheatley P O 1936 Shipwrecks New Zealand disasters 1795 1936 Dunedin NZ Dunedin Book Publishing Association Jermy Roger C 1992 Lindisfarne s limestone past Quarries tramways and kilns Morpeth Northumberland County Library ISBN 1 874020 04 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of shipwrecks in July 1868 amp oldid 1176211909, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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