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List of shipwrecks in October 1862

April 27, 2024

The list of shipwrecks in October 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1862.

1 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1862
Ship State Description
Barbara and Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Hastend Island". Her crew were rescued.[1]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire.[2][3] She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham for repairs.[4]
Ida   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Bosphorus opposite Therapia, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire and London.[5]
Marice   Hamburg The schooner was lost off "Wardoe". Her crew were rescued.[6]
South Sea   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[7]

2 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1862
Ship State Description
Celontas   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Makassar, to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[8]
Iona   United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The 325-Gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner, collided with the steamship Chanticleer (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Firth of Clyde.[9][10] Her crew survived.[4] She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Nassau, Bahamas.[5]
Sandelma   Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Paternoster Rocks, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[11]
William Ingles   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Sines, Portugal to London. She had become a wreck by the next day.[12][11][13]
Young Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.[2]

3 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1862
Ship State Description
Annie Gibson   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bamburgh, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[4] She was refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[14]
Antigua   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Lake Saint Pierre. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America to the Clyde. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
Brilliant   United States American Civil War, CSS Alabama's New England Expeditionary Raid: The 839-ton ship, carrying a cargo of flour and grain from New York to London, United Kingdom was captured and burned on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland near 40°00′N 50°30′W / 40.000°N 50.500°W / 40.000; -50.500 (Brilliant) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama (  Confederate States Navy).[16][17][18]
David Begg   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Countess of Yarborough (  United Kingdom). David Begg was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool. Her crew alleged that her captain deliberately scuttled the vessel.[19][20]
James   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to London.[14]
Jane and Elizabeth   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Vlie Banks, off the coast of Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hamburg. She was a total loss.[14][21]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship collided with Ada (  United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Ada. Mary was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France.[22]
Mary and Alice   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.[4]
Nepaul   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Brothers (  United Kingdom). Nepaul was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Falmouth, Cornwall.[23][24]
Spy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Dover, Kent.[14]
Unnamed   France The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated.[14]

4 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1862
Ship State Description
Ann Augusta   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Belfast, County Antrim.[14]
Aspasia   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and was run ashore at "Takli", Russia, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port.[14][25]
Johan Morhr   Prussia The ship was driven ashore on "Leskr", Russia. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Liebau. She was refloated and put back to Cronstadt.[26]
Mary   United Kingdom The brig collided with the barque Ada (  United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Ada. Mary was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France.[14]
Mary Gillespie   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[14]
Oscar   Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland. She was on a voyage from Ystad to London, United Kingdom.[27]
Pacha   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Morups Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.[14]

5 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1862
Ship State Description
Carl Stemorth   Prussia The brig was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Roquetas, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[14]
Dykes   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[28][29][30]
Magari Gezina   Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Spikeway, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Groningen to London, United Kingdom.[31]
Tubal Cain   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Deal, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]

6 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1862
Ship State Description
Arthur Childs   United Kingdom The ship departed from New York, United States for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[32]
Jane and Isabella   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground south west of Stroma, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated.[33]
Mauritius   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was discovered on 7 October by the barque Orixa (  France) and Shakespeare (  United Kingdom). Five crew from Orixa and four from Shakespear were put aboard Mauritius with the intention of taking her in to Saint Helena, but she subsequently foundered. Only one crew member originally from Orixa was rescued.[34] Mauritius was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Kurrachee, India.[19][23]
Spring   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the coast. her crew were rescued.[35]
Walker Lass   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire.[36] She was on a voyage from Skinningrove, Yorkshire to South Shields.[37]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The smack foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the coast of Aberdeenshire. Her three crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the tug Britannia (  United Kingdom).[38]

7 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1862
Ship State Description
David and John   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Gosforth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Seaham, County Durham.[35] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[39]
Dunkirk   United States American Civil War, CSS Alabama's New England Expeditionary Raid: During a voyage from New York to Lisbon, Portugal, with a cargo of flour and Portuguese language bibles, the 293-ton brig was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia, British North America by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama (  Confederate States Navy).[16][17][18]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The collier, a brig, was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the Sunk Lightship (  Trinity House) by a steamship with the loss of five of her crew.[40]
Forrester, and
Tynemouth 		  United Kingdom The steamship Forrester was run into by the paddle steamer Tynemouth and sank in the River Tyne with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to South Shields, County Durham. Tynemouth was on a voyage from South Shields to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was severely damaged and was beached.[41][42][43]
Kate McLea   United Kingdom The brig was sighted off "Bic Island", Province of Canada, British North America whilst on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to Exeter, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[44]
Libra   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) from Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Falmouth, Cornwall.[45]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the north coast of Norfolk.[35]
Maryland   United States The schooner was lost at Cape Mendocino, California, Confederate States of America.[46]
Primera de Torrevieja   Spain The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to the River Plate. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Storm King (  United Kingdom).[45][21]
Wave Crest   United States American Civil War, CSS Alabama's New England Expeditionary Raid: During a voyage to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with a cargo of grain, the 409-ton barque was captured, used for target practice, and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama (  Confederate States Navy).[16][17][18]

8 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1862
Ship State Description
Blanche   United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the screw steamer USS Montgomery (  United States Navy), the sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner, ran aground at Marianao, Cuba, and a boat crew from Montgomery boarded and seized her. Soon afterward, while the boat crew attempted to refloat her, a fire broke out which destroyed her and her cargo.[17][47][48][49]
Denmark   United States The 283-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Atlas Island below Keokuk, Iowa.[50]
Francis Elmor (or Francis Elmore)   United States American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of hay, the schooner was captured and burned by Confederate forces in the Potomac River at Popes Creek, Virginia, Confederate States of America.[51]
Galatea   United Kingdom The ship departed from Dartmouth, Devon for Dundalk, County Louth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[52]
Pace   Austrian Empire The barque ran aground in the River Suir. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated but found to be leaky.[53]

9 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1862
Ship State Description
Ceres   United States The 217-ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded at St. Joseph Island, Louisiana.[54]
Countess, or
Countess of London 		  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Plymouth, Devon.[28] Her crew survived. Some of them took to a boat; they were rescued by the steamship Caledonia (  United Kingdom). The rest reached Anticosti Island.[30]
Eliza   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of sugar, the sloop was captured and destroyed at Calcasieu, Louisiana, on or about 9 October.[55]
Familien Store   Sweden The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Essex or Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Algiers, Algeria. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[26]
Lady Clarendon   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Ranka Folah, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Colombo, Ceylon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[56]
Parana   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Simon's Bay.[57]

10 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1862
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by Marco Polo (  United Kingdom).[12]
City of Sydney   New South Wales The ship was wrecked on Green Cape, New South Wales. All passengers and crew boarded lifeboats and made it ashore.[58]

11 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1862
Ship State Description
Argyll   British Guiana The brig departed from New York for Barbadoes. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[59]
Gem   United Kingdom The smack struck a rock off Burravoe Shetland Islands and was beached. She was later refloated.[60]
Gezina Flag unknown The ship was sighted off Skagen, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[61]
Manchester   United States American Civil War, CSS Alabama's New England Expeditionary Raid: The 1,062-ton full-rigged ship, carrying a cargo of grain from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia, British North America (44°08′55″N 55°26′00″W / 44.14861°N 55.43333°W / 44.14861; -55.43333) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama (  Confederate States Navy).[16][17][18]

12 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1862
Ship State Description
Foreman   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Newburgh, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[25]
Hamburg   United Kingdom The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Scotstoun Head, Aberdeenshire. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to Aberdeen. She broke in two on 15 October.[62][63]
Hannah   Confederate States Army American Civil War, Union blockade: The armed schooner ran aground 7 miles (11 km) north of Corpus Christi, Texas. Her crew burned her soon thereafter when a boat party from a United States Navy warship that anchored 400 yards (370 meters) away made preparations to approach and board Hannah.[64]
Myrtle   United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the English Channel and was beached at Smallmouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Weymouth, Dorset. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Weymouth.[36]

13 October edit

For the wreck of Geneva on this date, see List of shipwrecks in September 1862 § 24 September.
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1862
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36]
Elzear   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Ooster Bank, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[65][66]
Paul   United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Dundee, Forfarshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[67]
Retriever   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lydstep Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[62]
Waldensian   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Durban to Cape Town.

14 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1862
Ship State Description
Alderman Thompson   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cardigan.[66]
Dalemain   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Guatemala.[62][15]
HMS Hero   Royal Navy The Agamemnon-class ship of the line ran aground off Sambro Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[68]

15 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1862
Ship State Description
Emily C. Starr   United States The full-rigged ship departed from "Nazasck" for Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[69]
G. L. Brockenborough   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop, an apparent blockade runner, was found scuttled in the Appalachicola River in Florida by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Fort Henry (  United States Navy). She was refloated and repaired by Union forces and placed in United States Navy service as USS G. L. Brockenborough.[70]
John Fenwick   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Livorno, Italy. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to London. She was refloated.[71][72]
Lamplighter   United States American Civil War: The 365-ton barque or brig (sources differ), bound from New York to Gibraltar with a cargo of tobacco, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia. British North America (41°32′47″N 59°17′45″W / 41.54639°N 59.29583°W / 41.54639; -59.29583 (Lamplighter)) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama (  Confederate States Navy).[16][17][18]
Lilias   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Red Island, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[73]
Lone Star   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned at Taylor's Bayou, Texas, by boat crews from the gunboat USS Rachel Seaman and the armed steamer USS Kensington (both   United States Navy).[17][74]
Margaret and Ann   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.[75]
Orion   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Neath, Glamorgan.[15]
Pauline Cornelia   Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore on Granskär, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to an English port. She was refloated on 18 October and taken in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[75][60]
Ramonita   Danzig The brig ran aground on Smith's Knoll, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[76][77]
Stonewall   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned at Taylor's Bayou by boat crews from the gunboat USS Rachel Seaman and the armed steamer USS Kensington (both   United States Navy).[17][78]
Yarmouth   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Warberg", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin.[62]

16 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1862
Ship State Description
Europa   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[15] She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.[25] She was refloated on 20 October and towed in to Harwich, Essex.[79]
Favourite   United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on "North Faro Island". Her crew were rescued.[80][60]
Ida Albertina   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Middelgrund, off the Danish coast. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the "Nieu Diep". She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[25]
Lecolme   United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore in Lough Deary. Her crew were rescued.[81]
Louise   United Kingdom The ship collided with HMS Eclipse (  Royal Navy) in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMS Eclipse. Louise was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Hastings, Sussex. She was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a derelict condition the next day.[71]
Oak   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Solva, Pembrokeshire. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[82][83]
Portland   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37]
Retriever   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Lydsteth".[15]
Triton   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hoff, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Prussia. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. She was refloated the next day.[25]
Unnamed   Isle of Man The smack was wrecked in Dundrum Bay with the loss of all eight crew.[83][84]

17 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1862
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The ship was run into by Falonica (  United Kingdom) and sank. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Torquay, Devon.[76]
Captain Cook   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated.[85]
Cygnet   United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Woolsteners, in the English Channel and sank. Her three crew were rescued by the smack Ferret (  United Kingdom).[85][86]
Economy   United States The 197- or 200-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost on the Ohio River.[87]
Francis   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[75][76]
Friendship   United Kingdom The ship ram aground off Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft.[37]
Hamburg   France The steamship collided with the barque Juanita (  France) and sank in the English Channel with the loss of 26 lives. There were at least two survivors. Hamburg was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Brest, Finistère.[88]
Jeune Albert   France The brigantine was driven ashore at Seaford, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.[89] The ship's pig swam ashore. Jeune Albert was on a voyage from Requejada, Spain to Antwerp, Belgium.[90]
Jeune Oscar   France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gunwalloe, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[75][76]
Lady Beatrice   United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Antwerp, Belgium.[88]
Louise   United Kingdom The schooner was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a derelict condition, apparently having been in collision with another vessel.[76]
Lurline   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Lough Dearg and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Margaret and Ann   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.[92][76]
Richard Reynolds   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Poole, Dorset.[92][76]
Royalist   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Gravesend, Kent. She was refloated with assistance from Queen and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[12][37]
Salonica   United Kingdom The brig ran into Ann (  United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the presumed loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Torquay, Devon to South Shields, County Durham.[75][93][94]
Teign   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Newton Noyse Point. SHe was refloated and taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[95]
Unity   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Newcombe Sand. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by Oak (  United Kingdom). Unity was on a voyage from Gravesend to South Shields.[37]
Wesleyan   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near the mouth of the River Cuckmere. All ten people on board were rescued by the fishing smacks Harlequin and Wave (both   United Kingdom). Wesleyan was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London.[89][96]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. All ten people on board were rescued by the fishing smack Wave (  United Kingdom).[90]

18 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1862
Ship State Description
Anne E Hooper   United States
 
Lytham Lifeboat going to the rescue of the crew of Anne E. Hooper
The full-rigged ship was driven on to the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire, United Kingdom with the loss of six of the 23 people on board. Three survivors were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat and fourteen by the Southport Lifeboat Jessie Knowles (  United Kingdom). Anne E. Hooper was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[97][98][99][100] She broke up the next day.[84][90][101][102]
Molocka   United States The full-rigged ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[97][103]
Sarah Bragg   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued.[104][85]
Sebastian Cabot   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Colombo, Ceylon.[105] She was refloated on 21 October.[23]
Trio   United Kingdom The barque foundered in The Downs with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Safi, Morocco to London.[106]
Wisconsin   United States The full-rigged ship broke from her moorings and was driven into Carrier Dove (  United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was damaged.[97]
Unnamed   Bremen The brig was wrecked on the Horse Bank.[27]

19 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1862
Ship State Description
Active   United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[27][25]
Addison Potter   United Kingdom The steamship departed from the River Tyne for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all 17 crew.[107]
Adelaide   United Kingdom American Civil War: The schooner was captured by a United States Navy cruiser near Wilmington, Delaware. She was run ashore and destroyed.[108]
Adelphi   United Kingdom The collier, a brig, departed from North Shields, Northumberland for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands, nine or ten lives.[107]
Ænas   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Flat Holm, Glamorgan with the loss of two lives.[109]
Agnes   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her twelve crew, who were rescued by the smack Orwell (  United Kingdom). Agnes was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[27][96]
Anne   Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orfordness, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to London, United Kingdom.[27][79]
Bazelius   United Kingdom The collier, a brig departed North Shields for London. Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands; a name board from the ship washed up on the Dutch coast.[107]
Bolton   United Kingdom The brig ran around on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[85]
Cupid   United Kingdom The schooner collided with City of Pekin off Folkestone, Kent.[106] She was towed in to Folkestone in a derelict condition.[85]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Gaspar Strait. She was on a voyage from Jeddah, Jeddah Eyalet to Calcutta, India.[110]
Ellen Horsfall   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the Isle of Wight.[111]
Fergus   United Kingdom The ship capsized in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued on 22 October by the brig Nuova Elisa (  United Kingdom). Fergus was on a voyage from Hamburg to Perth. She was later driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig, Norway.[73][112][113][114]
Genius   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Exmouth, Devon. The wreck came ashore at Thorpeness.[90][25][110][113]
Glenbrook   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Jamaica. She was refloated.[85][37]
Hope   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Turnberry Bay, Ayrshire. Her six crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[27][115]
Locadia   United States The ship took on board a pilot off Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool.[94]
Lotus   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Chale Bay, Isle of Wight with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London.[111][116][117]
The Glory of Hartlepool   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea en route to Hamburg. The Master, John Loynes, wrote a message in a bottle that washed up at Nordby Strand, Denmark giving the news.[114]
Margaret Knight   United Kingdom The snow was lost wrecked on Inishmurray, County Sligo with the loss of all but one or two of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[112][114][118]
Rhein   United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued.[25] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[79]
Thrifty   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of two of the six people on board.[12][84][119] Survivors were rescued the next day by the smack Paragon (  United Kingdom).[120][101][121] Thrifty was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[90]
Western Trader   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Peel, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She had become a wreck by 21 October.[71][72]
Wild Duck   United Kingdom The crewless smack was driven onto the Sunk Sand, in the Humber. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[101]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyandreen, County Cork. Her crew were rescued.[71]
Unnamed   France The brig was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Calais. Her crew were rescued.[122]

20 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1862
Ship State Description
Ada   United Kingdom The barque was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Alon   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Amsterdam   Netherlands The full-rigged ship was driven from her moorings and damaged at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom.[37]
Angelicania,
Bellona,
Caroline Amelia,
Diligentia,
Helen,
Phœbe,
Queen, and
Sylph 		  United Kingdom
  Norway
  Norway
  United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  United Kingdom 		The full-rigged ship Diligentia was driven into at least twelve other vessels, including Angelicania, the Bellona brig Caroline Amelia, Helen and Queen before crushing Sylph against the quayside at South Shields. All vessels were damaged - Helen and Queen severely, as were two Norwegian brigs, a Dutch barque, a Rostock barque and a French schooner.[93][123]
Ann and Isabella   United Kingdom The schooner was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Ann Curry,
Dorothy, and
Snowdon 		  United Kingdom The barque Snowdon broke from her moorings and drove into the brig Dorothy and Ann Curry. All three vessels were damaged.[37]
Ann E. Harper   United States The ship was wrecked on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Lytham and Southport Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[124][93]
Ark   United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank.[93]
Asteria   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Augusta   United Kingdom The barque capsized and sank at Wallsend, Northumberland with the loss of four of her five crew.[125][103][25][37]
Azores   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.[126]
Baron   United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of all hands.[127]
Bellona   Norway The brig was damaged at South Shields.[25]
British Merchant   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes.[27][79][126]
British Tar   United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Brothers   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at South Shields by other vessels driving into her.[25]
Cambria   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Cartagena, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely damaged condition.[103][128][90][129]
Carrier Dove, and
City of Ottawa 		  United States The full-rigged ship Carrier Dove was driven into by City of Ottawa and severely damaged in the Sloyne. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. City of Ottawa was also severely damaged.[94][130]
Carrina   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Carstairs   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Osmussaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.[124][116][100]
Cassandra   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
HMS Castor   Royal Navy The training ship was damaged at North Shields, Northumberland when a Dutch barque drove into her.[128]
Chanticleer, and
Lorenzo 		  United Kingdom
  United States 		The full-rigged ship Lorenzo drove into the full-rigged ship Chanticleer at South Shields. Both vessels were damaged.[37]
Christiana   Norway The brig was wrecked "at Jadderen". Her crew were rescued. Shew as on a voyage from Åskard to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[131]
Cœur de Lion   United Kingdom The ship was run into in the River Tyne by a brig and another vessel and was damaged.[37]
Conquest   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Constantine   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Blackpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. She was refloated on 25 October and towed in to Liverpool.[110]
Cresswell   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Cuba   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Cap Gris-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was a total loss.[120]
Cubitt   United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel between Dover and Folkestone, Kent by City of Peking (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. Cubitt was on a voyage from Dover to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[124]
Cumbria   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat.[93]
Duncan Dunbar   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bawdsey, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated the next day and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[25][37]
Edina   United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Electricity   United Kingdom The fishing smack ran aground off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[37]
Elizabeth and Cecilia   Guernsey The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Experiment   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by two smacks. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Teignmouth, Devon.[109][132]
Fideli Flag unknown The ship was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Franciska Maria   Austrian Empire The barque capsized in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to South Shields. She was later righted and towed in to South Shields by a steamship[93][133][134][113]
Free Briton   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat La Volonté de Dieu (  France).[27][79][135]
Germania   Kingdom of Hanover The schooner was damaged at South Shields.[37]
George   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.[95]
Goliah   United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Good Intent   United Kingdom The colliar, a brig or brigantine, was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Teignmouth, Devon.[124][93][128]
Gustav   France The ship was severely damaged at South Shields.[37]
Gustav Adolph Flag unknown The ship was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Hannah Booth   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[93] She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[27][136]
Harry King   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[25]
Hawthorne   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Hebe   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Helen Horsfall   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Chale Bay, Isle of Wight. All on board were rescued by kite apparatus. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Alexandria, Egypt.[137]
Hennette Kirstine   Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Ängelholm to London.[27]
Henry   France The schooner was damaged at North Shields.[37]
Harry Everest   United Kingdom The sailing barge was driven ashore at Thorpeness, Suffolk. Her four crew were rescued by the Ipswich Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rochester, Kent.[124][85][138][136]
Herald   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Osmussaar. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London.[124] She subsequently became a wreck.[73]
Hercules   United Kingdom The ship was driven from her moorings in the River Tyne and ran aground. She sank two Tyne Keels.[139]
Hippocampi   United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Girdler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent.[106] She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to London.[100] She was later refloated and taken in to Margate, Kent in a derelict condition.[25]
Hornby   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by the brig Marie (  France). Hornby was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to Whitehaven, Cumberland and/or London.[140][25][141]
Hugh, and
London 		  United Kingdom The collier, brig Hugh collided with the schooner London off the coast of Suffolk. Two of London's four crew got on board Hugh. She was then driven ashore and wrecked at Sizewell with the loss of four lives (three crew and the captain of London). Survivors were rescued by a French vessel. London was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was also driven ashore at Sizewell, where her remaining crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Rochester[124][137][142][90]
Humility   United Kingdom The brig was damaged at South Shields.[25]
Integrity   United Kingdom The ship struck the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsmouth.[103][85]
Ivo   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Jeanette   Netherlands The schooner was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Jessie   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) east south east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen.[1]
Johanus Martinus   Netherlands The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
John   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[103][85]
Joseph   France The lugger was driven ashore between Breaksea Point and Sully Island, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[25]
Juliet   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[143][116][37]
Lady Dundas   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Felixtowe, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She was refloated the next day and beached at Woodbridge, Suffolk,[25][79] where she ran aground. She was again refloated.[72]
Laura   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Leocadia   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Liverpool.[93]
Little Nell   United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Luna   United Kingdom The sloop sank in the Humber. Both crew were rescued.[137]
Macedonia   United Kingdom The brig was driven from her moorings and damaged at South Shields.[37]
Marie   France The brig ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne.[37]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Marsden   United Kingdom The ship was driven into by Astrea (  United Kingdom) and Elizabeth and Cicely (  Guernsey) in the River Tyne and other vessels . She was driven ashore and severely damaged.[37][60]
Mary   United Kingdom The brig drove against the quayside and sank at South Shields.[93]
Mary Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Bridlington, Yorkshire.[25]
Mary Grace   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in the River Tyne when the barque Union (  United Kingdom drove into her.[72]
Mary Sharp   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by Imperatrice (  France).[109]
Mathilde   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
May   United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Tyne.[37]
Messenger   United Kingdom The tug was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Minho   United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboat USS Flambeau (  United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of rifle muskets and swords, the 400-Gross register ton screw steamer struck a sunken vessel and was wrecked on Drunken Dick Shoal outside Charleston Harbor in Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate States of America.[17][144]
Nelson   United Kingdom The brig was driven into the lock gates and damaged at North Shields.[37]
Northumberland   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the River Lune.[116] She was on a voyage from a port in British North America to Glasson Dock, Lancashire.[25] She was refloated on 22 October and towed in to Glasson Dock.[79]
Nymph   France The schooner was driven ashore between Breaksea Point and Sully Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[25]
Othello   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Panope   United Kingdom The brig was damaged at North Shields.[37]
Penningham   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned on the Kentish Knock. All on board were rescued by the steamship Feyenoord (  Netherlands). Penningham was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[83][90] She was discovered derelict 15 nautical miles (28 km) off North Foreland, Kent by Ocean (  United Kingdom), which put a skeleton crew aboard, as did a steamship. She subsequently foundered 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off the Galloper Lightship (  Trinity House).[27]
Perlew   Norway The brig was damaged at South Shields.[25]
Pilot   United Kingdom The tug was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Port Glasgow   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[124][93][128]
Premier   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ganges (  United Kingdom). Premier was on a voyage from New York to Tralee, County Kerry.[145][146]
Pujeno   Kingdom of Hanover The steamship was driven ashore near Stettin. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Stralsund. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[147][148]
Quiasa Rosa   Italy The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire with the loss of all hands.[93][27][130][120] She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Genoa.[91]
Queen   United Kingdom The brig was severely damaged at South Shields.[25]
Robert and Anne   United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Tyne.[37]
Robert and Mary   United Kingdom The steamship sank in the River Tyne.[93]
HMS Sandfly   United Kingdom The Albacore-class gunboat was severely damaged at North Shields when a Dutch barque drove into her.[128]
Sceptre   United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Sea Nymph   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands and sank.[116] Her crew were rescued by Orion (  United Kingdom.[85][147]
Sir Allen McNab   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Emerald (  Belgium). Sir Allen Mcnab was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.[93][147]
Sir Henry Parnell   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at South Shields.[93]
Sisters   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in the Pool of London when tow other vessels broke their moorings and ran into her.[123]
Spring   United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields.[37]
Sumner   United Kingdom The barque was driven from her moorings and damaged at South Shields.[37]
Thetis   United Kingdom The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of seven of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Norway to Exmouth, Devon.[149][1]
Triton   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at South Shields.[25]
Tramp   United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Tyne.[37]
Two Brothers   United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of the Dudgeon Lightship (  Trinity House). A crew member was rescued by a foreign schooner. Three people were rescued by the schooner Susannah (  United Kingdom).[93] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[114]
Urania   United Kingdom The schooner probably foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all four crew. A message in a bottle washed up on the Norwegian coast on 30 December. The message stated that it was feared she would sink. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Dundee.[150]
Useful   United Kingdom The brig capsized and sank at South Shields.[93][25]
Violet   United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Pan Sand, off the north Kent coast. She was subsequently taken in to Margate in a derelict condition by the Margate Lifeboat.[25]
Volusia   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Great Yarmouth.[124]
Water Kelpie   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Waterlily   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Leith.[27]
William and Ann   United Kingdom The steamship sank at South Shields.[128]
William Bradley   United Kingdom The brig was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
William Tell   Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The brig was damaged at South Shields.[25]
Willie Radley   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Woden   Norway The ship was damaged in the River Tyne.[37]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The Whitehill Point ferryboat was severely damaged at South Shields by other vessels driving into her.[37]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The fireboat was run into by the full-rigged ship Lorenzo (  United States and sank at South Shields.[37]
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The list of shipwrecks in October 1862 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during October 1862 October 1862 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 October editList of shipwrecks 1 October 1862 Ship State Description Barbara and Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Hastend Island Her crew were rescued 1 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar Yorkshire 2 3 She was on a voyage from Wisbech Cambridgeshire to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hartlepool County Durham for repairs 4 Ida nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Bosphorus opposite Therapia Ottoman Empire She was on a voyage from Odessa to Smyrna Ottoman Empire and London 5 Marice nbsp Hamburg The schooner was lost off Wardoe Her crew were rescued 6 South Sea nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads India Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Calcutta India to London 7 2 October editList of shipwrecks 2 October 1862 Ship State Description Celontas nbsp Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked She was on a voyage from Makassar to Sourabaya Netherlands East Indies 8 Iona nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War Union blockade The 325 Gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer a blockade runner collided with the steamship Chanticleer nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the Firth of Clyde 9 10 Her crew survived 4 She was on a voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to Nassau Bahamas 5 Sandelma nbsp Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Paternoster Rocks in the Baltic Sea She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan United Kingdom to Copenhagen 11 William Ingles nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew She was on a voyage from Sines Portugal to London She had become a wreck by the next day 12 11 13 Young Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Aberystwyth Cardiganshire 2 3 October editList of shipwrecks 3 October 1862 Ship State Description Annie Gibson nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bamburgh Northumberland Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Dunkerque Nord France 4 She was refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed Northumberland 14 Antigua nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Lake Saint Pierre She was on a voyage from Montreal Province of Canada British North America to the Clyde She was refloated and resumed her voyage 15 Brilliant nbsp United States American Civil War CSS Alabama s New England Expeditionary Raid The 839 ton ship carrying a cargo of flour and grain from New York to London United Kingdom was captured and burned on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland near 40 00 N 50 30 W 40 000 N 50 500 W 40 000 50 500 Brilliant by the screw sloop of war CSS Alabama nbsp Confederate States Navy 16 17 18 David Begg nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean Her crew were rescued by the barque Countess of Yarborough nbsp United Kingdom David Begg was on a voyage from Calcutta India to Liverpool Her crew alleged that her captain deliberately scuttled the vessel 19 20 James nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex She was refloated and resumed her voyage to London 14 Jane and Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Vlie Banks off the coast of Friesland Netherlands She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Hamburg She was a total loss 14 21 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with Ada nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew were rescued by Ada Mary was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Le Treport Seine Inferieure France 22 Mary and Alice nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portpatrick Wigtownshire 4 Nepaul nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea Her crew were rescued by Brothers nbsp United Kingdom Nepaul was on a voyage from Kurrachee India to Falmouth Cornwall 23 24 Spy nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore She was on a voyage from Demerara British Guiana to London She was refloated and assisted in to Dover Kent 14 Unnamed nbsp France The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock She was refloated 14 4 October editList of shipwrecks 4 October 1862 Ship State Description Ann Augusta nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough She was on a voyage from New York United States to Belfast County Antrim 14 Aspasia nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and was run ashore at Takli Russia where she was wrecked Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Taganrog Russia to a British port 14 25 Johan Morhr nbsp Prussia The ship was driven ashore on Leskr Russia She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Liebau She was refloated and put back to Cronstadt 26 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The brig collided with the barque Ada nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew were rescued by Ada Mary was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Le Treport Seine Inferieure France 14 Mary Gillespie nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk She was on a voyage from Blyth Northumberland to Boulogne Pas de Calais France She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk 14 Oscar nbsp Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Oland She was on a voyage from Ystad to London United Kingdom 27 Pacha nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Morups Reef in the Baltic Sea She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Cronstadt Russia 14 5 October editList of shipwrecks 5 October 1862 Ship State Description Carl Stemorth nbsp Prussia The brig was driven ashore 3 nautical miles 5 6 km west of Roquetas Spain Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Odessa to Grimsby Lincolnshire United Kingdom 14 Dykes nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Anticosti Island Nova Scotia British North America Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Maryport Cumberland to Quebec City Province of Canada British North America 28 29 30 Magari Gezina nbsp Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Spikeway in the North Sea She was on a voyage from Groningen to London United Kingdom 31 Tubal Cain nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands Norfolk She was on a voyage from Blyth Northumberland to Deal Kent She was refloated and resumed her voyage 14 6 October editList of shipwrecks 6 October 1862 Ship State Description Arthur Childs nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from New York United States for the Clyde No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 32 Jane and Isabella nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground south west of Stroma Orkney Islands She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire to Belfast County Antrim She was refloated 33 Mauritius nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean All on board were rescued She was discovered on 7 October by the barque Orixa nbsp France and Shakespeare nbsp United Kingdom Five crew from Orixa and four from Shakespear were put aboard Mauritius with the intention of taking her in to Saint Helena but she subsequently foundered Only one crew member originally from Orixa was rescued 34 Mauritius was on a voyage from Greenock Renfrewshire to Kurrachee India 19 23 Spring nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London She was refloated and resumed her voyage but consequently sank 6 nautical miles 11 km off the coast her crew were rescued 35 Walker Lass nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar Yorkshire 36 She was on a voyage from Skinningrove Yorkshire to South Shields 37 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The smack foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles 37 km off the coast of Aberdeenshire Her three crew took to a boat they were rescued by the tug Britannia nbsp United Kingdom 38 7 October editList of shipwrecks 7 October 1862 Ship State Description David and John nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Gosforth Northumberland She was on a voyage from Montrose Forfarshire to Seaham County Durham 35 She was refloated the next day and towed in to Berwick upon Tweed Northumberland 39 Dunkirk nbsp United States American Civil War CSS Alabama s New England Expeditionary Raid During a voyage from New York to Lisbon Portugal with a cargo of flour and Portuguese language bibles the 293 ton brig was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia British North America by the screw sloop of war CSS Alabama nbsp Confederate States Navy 16 17 18 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The collier a brig was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the Sunk Lightship nbsp Trinity House by a steamship with the loss of five of her crew 40 Forrester andTynemouth nbsp United Kingdom The steamship Forrester was run into by the paddle steamer Tynemouth and sank in the River Tyne with the loss of six lives She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to South Shields County Durham Tynemouth was on a voyage from South Shields to Newcastle upon Tyne She was severely damaged and was beached 41 42 43 Kate McLea nbsp United Kingdom The brig was sighted off Bic Island Province of Canada British North America whilst on a voyage from Montreal Province of Canada to Exeter Devon No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 44 Libra nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 200 nautical miles 370 km from Alexandria Egypt Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Falmouth Cornwall 45 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off the north coast of Norfolk 35 Maryland nbsp United States The schooner was lost at Cape Mendocino California Confederate States of America 46 Primera de Torrevieja nbsp Spain The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead Anglesey United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire United Kingdom to the River Plate She was refloated with assistance from the tug Storm King nbsp United Kingdom 45 21 Wave Crest nbsp United States American Civil War CSS Alabama s New England Expeditionary Raid During a voyage to Cardiff Glamorgan United Kingdom with a cargo of grain the 409 ton barque was captured used for target practice and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia by the screw sloop of war CSS Alabama nbsp Confederate States Navy 16 17 18 8 October editList of shipwrecks 8 October 1862 Ship State Description Blanche nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War Union blockade Pursued by the screw steamer USS Montgomery nbsp United States Navy the sidewheel paddle steamer a blockade runner ran aground at Marianao Cuba and a boat crew from Montgomery boarded and seized her Soon afterward while the boat crew attempted to refloat her a fire broke out which destroyed her and her cargo 17 47 48 49 Denmark nbsp United States The 283 ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Atlas Island below Keokuk Iowa 50 Francis Elmor or Francis Elmore nbsp United States American Civil War Carrying a cargo of hay the schooner was captured and burned by Confederate forces in the Potomac River at Popes Creek Virginia Confederate States of America 51 Galatea nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Dartmouth Devon for Dundalk County Louth No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 52 Pace nbsp Austrian Empire The barque ran aground in the River Suir She was on a voyage from Sulina Ottoman Empire to Waterford United Kingdom She was refloated but found to be leaky 53 9 October editList of shipwrecks 9 October 1862 Ship State Description Ceres nbsp United States The 217 ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded at St Joseph Island Louisiana 54 Countess orCountess of London nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island Nova Scotia British North America She was on a voyage from Quebec City Province of Canada British North America to Plymouth Devon 28 Her crew survived Some of them took to a boat they were rescued by the steamship Caledonia nbsp United Kingdom The rest reached Anticosti Island 30 Eliza nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade Carrying a cargo of sugar the sloop was captured and destroyed at Calcasieu Louisiana on or about 9 October 55 Familien Store nbsp Sweden The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Essex or Suffolk United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Algiers Algeria She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harwich Essex 26 Lady Clarendon nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Ranka Folah in the Hooghly River She was on a voyage from Calcutta India to Colombo Ceylon She was refloated and resumed her voyage 56 Parana nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Simon s Bay 57 10 October editList of shipwrecks 10 October 1862 Ship State Description Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock Her crew were rescued by Marco Polo nbsp United Kingdom 12 City of Sydney nbsp New South Wales The ship was wrecked on Green Cape New South Wales All passengers and crew boarded lifeboats and made it ashore 58 11 October editList of shipwrecks 11 October 1862 Ship State Description Argyll nbsp British Guiana The brig departed from New York for Barbadoes No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 59 Gem nbsp United Kingdom The smack struck a rock off Burravoe Shetland Islands and was beached She was later refloated 60 Gezina Flag unknown The ship was sighted off Skagen Denmark whilst on a voyage from Riga Russia to Hull Yorkshire United Kingdom No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 61 Manchester nbsp United States American Civil War CSS Alabama s New England Expeditionary Raid The 1 062 ton full rigged ship carrying a cargo of grain from New York to Liverpool Lancashire United Kingdom was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia British North America 44 08 55 N 55 26 00 W 44 14861 N 55 43333 W 44 14861 55 43333 by the screw sloop of war CSS Alabama nbsp Confederate States Navy 16 17 18 12 October editList of shipwrecks 12 October 1862 Ship State Description Foreman nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Newburgh Fife Her crew were rescued 25 Hamburg nbsp United Kingdom The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Scotstoun Head Aberdeenshire All on board survived She was on a voyage from Kirkwall Orkney Islands to Aberdeen She broke in two on 15 October 62 63 Hannah nbsp Confederate States Army American Civil War Union blockade The armed schooner ran aground 7 miles 11 km north of Corpus Christi Texas Her crew burned her soon thereafter when a boat party from a United States Navy warship that anchored 400 yards 370 meters away made preparations to approach and board Hannah 64 Myrtle nbsp United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the English Channel and was beached at Smallmouth Dorset She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Weymouth Dorset She was refloated the next day and towed in to Weymouth 36 13 October editFor the wreck of Geneva on this date see List of shipwrecks in September 1862 24 September List of shipwrecks 13 October 1862 Ship State Description Ann nbsp United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Pwllheli Caernarfonshire to Liverpool Lancashire 36 Elzear nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Ooster Bank off the coast of Zeeland Netherlands Her crew were rescued 65 66 Paul nbsp United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Konigsberg Prussia to Dundee Forfarshire No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 67 Retriever nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lydstep Haven Pembrokeshire Her crew were rescued 62 Waldensian nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near Cape Agulhas Cape Colony All on board survived She was on a voyage from Durban to Cape Town 14 October editList of shipwrecks 14 October 1862 Ship State Description Alderman Thompson nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cardigan 66 Dalemain nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Guatemala 62 15 HMS Hero nbsp Royal Navy The Agamemnon class ship of the line ran aground off Sambro Island Nova Scotia British North America Subsequently refloated repaired and returned to service 68 15 October editList of shipwrecks 15 October 1862 Ship State Description Emily C Starr nbsp United States The full rigged ship departed from Nazasck for Shanghai China No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 69 G L Brockenborough nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade The sloop an apparent blockade runner was found scuttled in the Appalachicola River in Florida by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Fort Henry nbsp United States Navy She was refloated and repaired by Union forces and placed in United States Navy service as USS G L Brockenborough 70 John Fenwick nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Livorno Italy She was on a voyage from Genoa Italy to London She was refloated 71 72 Lamplighter nbsp United States American Civil War The 365 ton barque or brig sources differ bound from New York to Gibraltar with a cargo of tobacco was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia British North America 41 32 47 N 59 17 45 W 41 54639 N 59 29583 W 41 54639 59 29583 Lamplighter by the screw sloop of war CSS Alabama nbsp Confederate States Navy 16 17 18 Lilias nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Red Island Newfoundland British North America She was on a voyage from Port Madoc Caernarfonshire to Quebec City Province of Canada British North America 73 Lone Star nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade The schooner was burned at Taylor s Bayou Texas by boat crews from the gunboat USS Rachel Seaman and the armed steamer USS Kensington both nbsp United States Navy 17 74 Margaret and Ann nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Strumble Head Pembrokeshire Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Maryport Cumberland to Saint Valery sur Somme Somme France 75 Orion nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Neath Glamorgan 15 Pauline Cornelia nbsp Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore on Granskar Grand Duchy of Finland She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg Russia to an English port She was refloated on 18 October and taken in to Helsinki Grand Duchy of Finland 75 60 Ramonita nbsp Danzig The brig ran aground on Smith s Knoll in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Alloa Clackmannanshire United Kingdom to New York United States She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk in a leaky condition 76 77 Stonewall nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade The schooner was burned at Taylor s Bayou by boat crews from the gunboat USS Rachel Seaman and the armed steamer USS Kensington both nbsp United States Navy 17 78 Yarmouth nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Warberg Sweden Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Stettin 62 16 October editList of shipwrecks 16 October 1862 Ship State Description Europa nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex 15 She was on a voyage from Archangelsk Russia to London 25 She was refloated on 20 October and towed in to Harwich Essex 79 Favourite nbsp United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on North Faro Island Her crew were rescued 80 60 Ida Albertina nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Middelgrund off the Danish coast She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to the Nieu Diep She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage 25 Lecolme nbsp United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore in Lough Deary Her crew were rescued 81 Louise nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with HMS Eclipse nbsp Royal Navy in the English Channel off Beachy Head Sussex and was abandoned Her crew were rescued by HMS Eclipse Louise was on a voyage from Swansea Glamorgan to Hastings Sussex She was taken in to Ramsgate Kent in a derelict condition the next day 71 Oak nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Solva Pembrokeshire Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Cardiff Glamorgan 82 83 Portland nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock She was refloated and resumed her voyage 37 Retriever nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lydsteth 15 Triton nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hoff in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Prussia She was on a voyage from Memel Prussia to London She was refloated the next day 25 Unnamed nbsp Isle of Man The smack was wrecked in Dundrum Bay with the loss of all eight crew 83 84 17 October editList of shipwrecks 17 October 1862 Ship State Description Ann nbsp United Kingdom The ship was run into by Falonica nbsp United Kingdom and sank She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Torquay Devon 76 Captain Cook nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Lowestoft Suffolk She was on a voyage from South Shields to London She was refloated 85 Cygnet nbsp United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Woolsteners in the English Channel and sank Her three crew were rescued by the smack Ferret nbsp United Kingdom 85 86 Economy nbsp United States The 197 or 200 ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost on the Ohio River 87 Francis nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Lisbon Portugal 75 76 Friendship nbsp United Kingdom The ship ram aground off Pakefield Suffolk She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft 37 Hamburg nbsp France The steamship collided with the barque Juanita nbsp France and sank in the English Channel with the loss of 26 lives There were at least two survivors Hamburg was on a voyage from Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure to Brest Finistere 88 Jeune Albert nbsp France The brigantine was driven ashore at Seaford Sussex United Kingdom Her five crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus 89 The ship s pig swam ashore Jeune Albert was on a voyage from Requejada Spain to Antwerp Belgium 90 Jeune Oscar nbsp France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gunwalloe Cornwall United Kingdom Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Bone Algeria to Dunkerque Nord France 75 76 Lady Beatrice nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Antwerp Belgium 88 Louise nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was taken in to Ramsgate Kent in a derelict condition apparently having been in collision with another vessel 76 Lurline nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Lough Dearg and was abandoned Her crew were rescued 91 Margaret and Ann nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Strumble Head Pembrokeshire She was on a voyage from Maryport Cumberland to Saint Valery sur Somme Somme France 92 76 Richard Reynolds nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Lowestoft Suffolk She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to Poole Dorset 92 76 Royalist nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Gravesend Kent She was refloated with assistance from Queen and assisted in to Harwich Essex 12 37 Salonica nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran into Ann nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the presumed loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Torquay Devon to South Shields County Durham 75 93 94 Teign nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Newton Noyse Point SHe was refloated and taken in to Milford Haven Pembrokeshire 95 Unity nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Newcombe Sand Her crew took to a boat they were rescued by Oak nbsp United Kingdom Unity was on a voyage from Gravesend to South Shields 37 Wesleyan nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near the mouth of the River Cuckmere All ten people on board were rescued by the fishing smacks Harlequin and Wave both nbsp United Kingdom Wesleyan was on a voyage from Portland Dorset to London 89 96 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex All ten people on board were rescued by the fishing smack Wave nbsp United Kingdom 90 18 October editList of shipwrecks 18 October 1862 Ship State Description Anne E Hooper nbsp United States nbsp Lytham Lifeboat going to the rescue of the crew of Anne E HooperThe full rigged ship was driven on to the Horse Bank in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire United Kingdom with the loss of six of the 23 people on board Three survivors were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat and fourteen by the Southport Lifeboat Jessie Knowles nbsp United Kingdom Anne E Hooper was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland to Liverpool Lancashire 97 98 99 100 She broke up the next day 84 90 101 102 Molocka nbsp United States The full rigged ship ran aground in the River Mersey She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool 97 103 Sarah Bragg nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles 3 7 km north of Whitehaven Cumberland Her crew were rescued 104 85 Sebastian Cabot nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River She was on a voyage from Calcutta India to Colombo Ceylon 105 She was refloated on 21 October 23 Trio nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered in The Downs with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Safi Morocco to London 106 Wisconsin nbsp United States The full rigged ship broke from her moorings and was driven into Carrier Dove nbsp United Kingdom in the River Mersey and was damaged 97 Unnamed nbsp Bremen The brig was wrecked on the Horse Bank 27 19 October editList of shipwrecks 19 October 1862 Ship State Description Active nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel in the North Sea off Lowestoft Suffolk Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Goole Yorkshire to London 27 25 Addison Potter nbsp United Kingdom The steamship departed from the River Tyne for Hamburg No further trace presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all 17 crew 107 Adelaide nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War The schooner was captured by a United States Navy cruiser near Wilmington Delaware She was run ashore and destroyed 108 Adelphi nbsp United Kingdom The collier a brig departed from North Shields Northumberland for London No further trace presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands nine or ten lives 107 AEnas nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Flat Holm Glamorgan with the loss of two lives 109 Agnes nbsp United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her twelve crew who were rescued by the smack Orwell nbsp United Kingdom Agnes was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London 27 96 Anne nbsp Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orfordness Suffolk United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Aarhus to London United Kingdom 27 79 Bazelius nbsp United Kingdom The collier a brig departed North Shields for London Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands a name board from the ship washed up on the Dutch coast 107 Bolton nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran around on Scroby Sands Norfolk She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft Suffolk in a leaky condition 85 Cupid nbsp United Kingdom The schooner collided with City of Pekin off Folkestone Kent 106 She was towed in to Folkestone in a derelict condition 85 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Gaspar Strait She was on a voyage from Jeddah Jeddah Eyalet to Calcutta India 110 Ellen Horsfall nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the Isle of Wight 111 Fergus nbsp United Kingdom The ship capsized in the North Sea Her crew were rescued on 22 October by the brig Nuova Elisa nbsp United Kingdom Fergus was on a voyage from Hamburg to Perth She was later driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig Norway 73 112 113 114 Genius nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all but one of her crew She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to Exmouth Devon The wreck came ashore at Thorpeness 90 25 110 113 Glenbrook nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Jamaica She was refloated 85 37 Hope nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Turnberry Bay Ayrshire Her six crew were rescued by a lifeboat 27 115 Locadia nbsp United States The ship took on board a pilot off Liverpool No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland to Liverpool 94 Lotus nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Chale Bay Isle of Wight with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew She was on a voyage from Demerara British Guiana to London 111 116 117 The Glory of Hartlepool nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea en route to Hamburg The Master John Loynes wrote a message in a bottle that washed up at Nordby Strand Denmark giving the news 114 Margaret Knight nbsp United Kingdom The snow was lost wrecked on Inishmurray County Sligo with the loss of all but one or two of her eight crew She was on a voyage from Blyth Northumberland to Rio de Janeiro Brazil 112 114 118 Rhein nbsp United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore on Dune Heligoland Her crew were rescued 25 She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Middlesbrough Yorkshire 79 Thrifty nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of two of the six people on board 12 84 119 Survivors were rescued the next day by the smack Paragon nbsp United Kingdom 120 101 121 Thrifty was on a voyage from Grangemouth Stirlingshire to Rouen Seine Inferieure France 90 Western Trader nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Peel Isle of Man Her crew were rescued She had become a wreck by 21 October 71 72 Wild Duck nbsp United Kingdom The crewless smack was driven onto the Sunk Sand in the Humber She was refloated the next day and towed in to Grimsby Lincolnshire 101 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyandreen County Cork Her crew were rescued 71 Unnamed nbsp France The brig was driven ashore 10 nautical miles 19 km east of Calais Her crew were rescued 122 20 October editList of shipwrecks 20 October 1862 Ship State Description Ada nbsp United Kingdom The barque was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Alon nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Amsterdam nbsp Netherlands The full rigged ship was driven from her moorings and damaged at South Shields County Durham United Kingdom 37 Angelicania Bellona Caroline Amelia Diligentia Helen Phœbe Queen andSylph nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Norway nbsp Norway nbsp United Kingdom nbsp United Kingdom nbsp United Kingdom nbsp United Kingdom nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship Diligentia was driven into at least twelve other vessels including Angelicania the Bellona brig Caroline Amelia Helen and Queen before crushing Sylph against the quayside at South Shields All vessels were damaged Helen and Queen severely as were two Norwegian brigs a Dutch barque a Rostock barque and a French schooner 93 123 Ann and Isabella nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was damaged at South Shields 37 Ann Curry Dorothy andSnowdon nbsp United Kingdom The barque Snowdon broke from her moorings and drove into the brig Dorothy and Ann Curry All three vessels were damaged 37 Ann E Harper nbsp United States The ship was wrecked on the Horse Bank in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire United Kingdom Her crew were rescued by the Lytham and Southport Lifeboats She was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland to Liverpool Lancashire 124 93 Ark nbsp United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Newcombe Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank 93 Asteria nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Augusta nbsp United Kingdom The barque capsized and sank at Wallsend Northumberland with the loss of four of her five crew 125 103 25 37 Azores nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off Aberystwyth Cardiganshire 126 Baron nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of all hands 127 Bellona nbsp Norway The brig was damaged at South Shields 25 British Merchant nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lymington Hampshire She was on a voyage from Callao Peru to Cowes Isle of Wight She was refloated and taken in to Cowes 27 79 126 British Tar nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields 37 Brothers nbsp United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at South Shields by other vessels driving into her 25 Cambria nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands Norfolk Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat She was on a voyage from South Shields to Cartagena Spain She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk in a severely damaged condition 103 128 90 129 Carrier Dove andCity of Ottawa nbsp United States The full rigged ship Carrier Dove was driven into by City of Ottawa and severely damaged in the Sloyne She was on a voyage from New York United States to Liverpool City of Ottawa was also severely damaged 94 130 Carrina nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Carstairs nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Osmussaar Russia She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to London 124 116 100 Cassandra nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 HMS Castor nbsp Royal Navy The training ship was damaged at North Shields Northumberland when a Dutch barque drove into her 128 Chanticleer andLorenzo nbsp United Kingdom nbsp United States The full rigged ship Lorenzo drove into the full rigged ship Chanticleer at South Shields Both vessels were damaged 37 Christiana nbsp Norway The brig was wrecked at Jadderen Her crew were rescued Shew as on a voyage from Askard to Montrose Forfarshire United Kingdom 131 Cœur de Lion nbsp United Kingdom The ship was run into in the River Tyne by a brig and another vessel and was damaged 37 Conquest nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Constantine nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Blackpool Lancashire She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool She was refloated on 25 October and towed in to Liverpool 110 Cresswell nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Cuba nbsp Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Cap Gris Nez Pas de Calais France She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam North Holland She was a total loss 120 Cubitt nbsp United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel between Dover and Folkestone Kent by City of Peking nbsp United Kingdom Her crew were rescued Cubitt was on a voyage from Dover to Portsmouth Hampshire 124 Cumbria nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat 93 Duncan Dunbar nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bawdsey Suffolk She was on a voyage from Scarborough Yorkshire to London She was refloated the next day and assisted in to Harwich Essex 25 37 Edina nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields 37 Electricity nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack ran aground off Lindisfarne Northumberland She was refloated 37 Elizabeth and Cecilia nbsp Guernsey The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Experiment nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Essex Her crew were rescued by two smacks She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Teignmouth Devon 109 132 Fideli Flag unknown The ship was damaged at South Shields 37 Franciska Maria nbsp Austrian Empire The barque capsized in the North Sea off the Farne Islands Northumberland She was on a voyage from Leith Lothian United Kingdom to South Shields She was later righted and towed in to South Shields by a steamship 93 133 134 113 Free Briton nbsp United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Cromer Norfolk Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat La Volonte de Dieu nbsp France 27 79 135 Germania nbsp Kingdom of Hanover The schooner was damaged at South Shields 37 George nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Mablethorpe Lincolnshire She was on a voyage from Boulogne Pas de Calais France to Sunderland County Durham She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby Lincolnshire in a leaky condition 95 Goliah nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields 37 Good Intent nbsp United Kingdom The colliar a brig or brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh Suffolk with the loss of three of her seven crew Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Teignmouth Devon 124 93 128 Gustav nbsp France The ship was severely damaged at South Shields 37 Gustav Adolph Flag unknown The ship was damaged at South Shields 37 Hannah Booth nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Caister on Sea Norfolk Her crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat 93 She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth 27 136 Harry King nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold Suffolk She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dunkerque Nord France 25 Hawthorne nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Hebe nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Helen Horsfall nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Chale Bay Isle of Wight All on board were rescued by kite apparatus She was on a voyage from Queenstown County Cork to Alexandria Egypt 137 Hennette Kirstine nbsp Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen Denmark She was on a voyage from Angelholm to London 27 Henry nbsp France The schooner was damaged at North Shields 37 Harry Everest nbsp United Kingdom The sailing barge was driven ashore at Thorpeness Suffolk Her four crew were rescued by the Ipswich Lifeboat She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to Rochester Kent 124 85 138 136 Herald nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Osmussaar She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London 124 She subsequently became a wreck 73 Hercules nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven from her moorings in the River Tyne and ran aground She sank two Tyne Keels 139 Hippocampi nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Girdler Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Kent 106 She was on a voyage from Algiers Algeria to London 100 She was later refloated and taken in to Margate Kent in a derelict condition 25 Hornby nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean All on board were rescued by the brig Marie nbsp France Hornby was on a voyage from Montreal Province of Canada to Whitehaven Cumberland and or London 140 25 141 Hugh andLondon nbsp United Kingdom The collier brig Hugh collided with the schooner London off the coast of Suffolk Two of London s four crew got on board Hugh She was then driven ashore and wrecked at Sizewell with the loss of four lives three crew and the captain of London Survivors were rescued by a French vessel London was on a voyage from South Shields to London She was also driven ashore at Sizewell where her remaining crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Rochester 124 137 142 90 Humility nbsp United Kingdom The brig was damaged at South Shields 25 Integrity nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck the Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham to Portsmouth 103 85 Ivo nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Jeanette nbsp Netherlands The schooner was damaged at South Shields 37 Jessie nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 120 nautical miles 220 km east south east of Peterhead Aberdeenshire Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing smack She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen 1 Johanus Martinus nbsp Netherlands The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 John nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands Her crew were rescued She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition 103 85 Joseph nbsp France The lugger was driven ashore between Breaksea Point and Sully Island Glamorgan United Kingdom 25 Juliet nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex 143 116 37 Lady Dundas nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Felixtowe Suffolk She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London She was refloated the next day and beached at Woodbridge Suffolk 25 79 where she ran aground She was again refloated 72 Laura nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Leocadia nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off Holyhead Anglesey with the loss of all on board She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Liverpool 93 Little Nell nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields 37 Luna nbsp United Kingdom The sloop sank in the Humber Both crew were rescued 137 Macedonia nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven from her moorings and damaged at South Shields 37 Marie nbsp France The brig ran aground off Vlissingen Zeeland Netherlands She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne 37 Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Marsden nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven into by Astrea nbsp United Kingdom and Elizabeth and Cicely nbsp Guernsey in the River Tyne and other vessels She was driven ashore and severely damaged 37 60 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The brig drove against the quayside and sank at South Shields 93 Mary Ann nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Bridlington Yorkshire 25 Mary Grace nbsp United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in the River Tyne when the barque Union nbsp United Kingdom drove into her 72 Mary Sharp nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock Her crew were rescued by Imperatrice nbsp France 109 Mathilde nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 May nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Tyne 37 Messenger nbsp United Kingdom The tug was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Minho nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War Union blockade Pursued by the gunboat USS Flambeau nbsp United States Navy while attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of rifle muskets and swords the 400 Gross register ton screw steamer struck a sunken vessel and was wrecked on Drunken Dick Shoal outside Charleston Harbor in Charleston South Carolina Confederate States of America 17 144 Nelson nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven into the lock gates and damaged at North Shields 37 Northumberland nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the River Lune 116 She was on a voyage from a port in British North America to Glasson Dock Lancashire 25 She was refloated on 22 October and towed in to Glasson Dock 79 Nymph nbsp France The schooner was driven ashore between Breaksea Point and Sully Island Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Nantes Loire Inferieure 25 Othello nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Panope nbsp United Kingdom The brig was damaged at North Shields 37 Penningham nbsp United Kingdom The barque was abandoned on the Kentish Knock All on board were rescued by the steamship Feyenoord nbsp Netherlands Penningham was on a voyage from Jamaica to London 83 90 She was discovered derelict 15 nautical miles 28 km off North Foreland Kent by Ocean nbsp United Kingdom which put a skeleton crew aboard as did a steamship She subsequently foundered 1 5 nautical miles 2 8 km off the Galloper Lightship nbsp Trinity House 27 Perlew nbsp Norway The brig was damaged at South Shields 25 Pilot nbsp United Kingdom The tug was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Port Glasgow nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Sizewell Bank in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus She was on a voyage from Warkworth Northumberland to Boulogne Pas de Calais France 124 93 128 Premier nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Ganges nbsp United Kingdom Premier was on a voyage from New York to Tralee County Kerry 145 146 Pujeno nbsp Kingdom of Hanover The steamship was driven ashore near Stettin She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Stralsund She was refloated and towed in to Helsingor Denmark in a leaky condition 147 148 Quiasa Rosa nbsp Italy The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby Lancashire with the loss of all hands 93 27 130 120 She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire United Kingdom to Genoa 91 Queen nbsp United Kingdom The brig was severely damaged at South Shields 25 Robert and Anne nbsp United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Tyne 37 Robert and Mary nbsp United Kingdom The steamship sank in the River Tyne 93 HMS Sandfly nbsp United Kingdom The Albacore class gunboat was severely damaged at North Shields when a Dutch barque drove into her 128 Sceptre nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields 37 Sea Nymph nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands and sank 116 Her crew were rescued by Orion nbsp United Kingdom 85 147 Sir Allen McNab nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast Her crew were rescued by the steamship Emerald nbsp Belgium Sir Allen Mcnab was on a voyage from Quebec City Province of Canada British North America to London 93 147 Sir Henry Parnell nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at South Shields 93 Sisters nbsp United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in the Pool of London when tow other vessels broke their moorings and ran into her 123 Spring nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged at South Shields 37 Sumner nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven from her moorings and damaged at South Shields 37 Thetis nbsp United Kingdom The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of seven of her eleven crew She was on a voyage from Sundsvall Norway to Exmouth Devon 149 1 Triton nbsp United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at South Shields 25 Tramp nbsp United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Tyne 37 Two Brothers nbsp United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea 8 nautical miles 15 km north of the Dudgeon Lightship nbsp Trinity House A crew member was rescued by a foreign schooner Three people were rescued by the schooner Susannah nbsp United Kingdom 93 She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London 114 Urania nbsp United Kingdom The schooner probably foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all four crew A message in a bottle washed up on the Norwegian coast on 30 December The message stated that it was feared she would sink She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Dundee 150 Useful nbsp United Kingdom The brig capsized and sank at South Shields 93 25 Violet nbsp United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Pan Sand off the north Kent coast She was subsequently taken in to Margate in a derelict condition by the Margate Lifeboat 25 Volusia nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Flamborough Head Yorkshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from South Shields to Great Yarmouth 124 Water Kelpie nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Waterlily nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rattray Head Aberdeenshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York to Leith 27 William and Ann nbsp United Kingdom The steamship sank at South Shields 128 William Bradley nbsp United Kingdom The brig was damaged in the River Tyne 37 William Tell nbsp Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Schwerin The brig was damaged at South Shields 25 Willie Radley nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Woden nbsp Norway The ship was damaged in the River Tyne 37 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The Whitehill Point ferryboat was severely damaged at South Shields by other vessels driving into her 37 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The fireboat was run into by the full rigged ship Lorenzo nbsp United States and sank at South Shields 37 Unnamed span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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