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List of shipwrecks in October 1863

The list of shipwrecks in October 1863 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1863.

1 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1863
Ship State Description
Caspar   United States The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Transit (  United Kingdom). Caspar was on a voyage from a port in Chile to New York.[1]
Eliza   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Marco Polo (  United Kingdom). Eliza was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[2][3][4]
  United Kingdom The snow ran aground on the Ridges, in the Bristol Channel and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[3][5][6]
Wanderer   United Kingdom The ship was driven on to the North Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Demerara, British Guiana.[3]

2 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1863
Ship State Description
Antelope   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by Jane Elizabeth (  United Kingdom). Antelope was on a voyage from Pomeron, Portugal to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[7]
Ganjam   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, Indian to Mauritius.[8] She was refloated on 9 October.[9]
Northbound   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off "Bontan Island". She was refloated with assistance from HMS Alecto (  Royal Navy) and towed in to Singapore, Straits Settlements in a waterlogged condition.[10]
Robert McKenzie   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put back to Calcutta.[8]
Royal Tar   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Scalloway, Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands to London.[11]
Standard   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[12]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The sloop sank in Liverpool Bay.[13]

3 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1863
Ship State Description
Allport   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a waterlogged condition.[5]
Antelope   United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her five crew were rescued by the brig St. Jean (  France). Antelope was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[14][5]
Cambridge   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5]
Dilston   United Kingdom The barque was damaged by fire at North Shields, Northumberland.[5]
Essex   Stralsund The full-rigged ship was lost at the mouth of the Mutlah River, India. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Mutlah River to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[15][16][17][18]
Gem   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[19][20]

4 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1863
Ship State Description
Annsch   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Minorca, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Falmouth, Cornwall.[14][21]
Atalanta   United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]
Catahoula   United States American Civil War: The 227-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[23]
Chancellor   United States American Civil War: The 392-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[23]
Cypress   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Diamond Point, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.[24][25] An attempt by USS Juniata (  United States Navy) to tow her off failed and she became a wreck.[26]
Experiment   Denmark The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[5]
Forest Queen   United States American Civil War: The 419-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[23]
Ivanhoe   United Kingdom The ship departed from Invercargill, New Zealand for Sydney, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[27]
Roman   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Greenland to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.[28]

5 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1863
Ship State Description
Concordia   United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner was burned by her crew on the Calcasieu River at Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, Confederate States of America to prevent her capture by an armed cutter and gig from the gunboat USS Granite City (1863) (  United States Navy).[29][30]
Neptune   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Scharhörn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.[5]
HMS Penguin   Royal Navy The Philomel-class gunvessel was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[31]
Sir Colin Campbell   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Rye.[14][5]

6 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1863
Ship State Description
Crescent   United Kingdom The schooner was run into by a barque off Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire. She was taken in tow by the steamship Wolfe but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by Wolfe. .[32] Crescen was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Cork.[33]
Ekea Maria   Norway The ship collided with Henriette (  United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Henriette.[34] Ekea Maria was on a voyage from Kristiansand to "Kleinsiel". She was towed in to Cuxhaven on 7 October by the steamship A'Olof (Flag unknown).[33]
Ouse   United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Copenhagen, Denmark. SHe was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[33]
Sarah Ann   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated with the assistance of the smack Victoria (  United Kingdom) and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[5]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was run into by the steamship Iron Duke (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Liffey.[35]

7 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1863
Ship State Description
Alexander   United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36]
Ann and Margaret   United Kingdom The ship struck the wreck of Karla (  Bremen) off the South Foreland, Kent and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She put in to Ramsgate, Kent.[37]
Argus   Confederate States of America American Civil War: The steamboat was captured and burned on the Red River of the South by a boat expedition from the monitor USS Osage (  United States Navy).[29][38]
Charles Whitley   United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from the River Dee to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.[39]
Charlotte   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Kilcoole, County Wicklow with the loss of all hands.[40]
Estella   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Drogheda, County Louth. She wason a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Drogheda. She was refloated and taken in to Drogheda in a leaky condition.[19]
General Havelock, and
Nelson
  United Kingdom The schooner General Havelock and the brigantine Nelson collided in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex. Both vessels were abandoned by their crews. General Havelock was on a voyage from London to Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was subsequently towed in to Newhaven, Sussex in a derelict condition. Nelson was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to London. She consequently sank.[41][39]
James   United Kingdom The schooner collided with Zaide Celine (  France and foundered off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Zaide Celine.[42][19]
Mexico   Spain
 
Mexico
The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape San Antonio, Cuba with the loss of about 60 lives. Sixteen people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sisal, Mexico to Havana, Cuba.[43][44]
Pushmataha   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo consisting of claret, gunpowder, and a naval ram, the blockade runner was chased ashore on the coast of Louisiana off the Calcasieu River while trying to enter the Mermentau River. Her crew set her on fire and abandoned her, after which a boat crew from the gunboat USS Cayuga (  United States Navy) boarded her, removed all of her cargo except two kegs of gunpowder, and blew her up.[29][45]
Reine   France The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[5]
Ringdove   United Kingdom The schooner foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of the Copeland Islands, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued by the barque Immaculata (  Italy). Ringdove was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[32]
Robert Fulton   Confederate States of America American Civil War: The 158-ton sidewheel steamboat was captured on the Red River of the South by a boat expedition from the monitor USS Osage (  United States Navy) and was burned at the river′s mouth.[29][46]
Schnellpost   Stettin The schooner collided with a barque and was abandoned in the Baltic Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Falsterbo Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was towed in to Wismar in a derelict condition on 10 October.[47][48][49]
Sunshine   United Kingdom The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37]
Susannah   United Kingdom The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the tug United States (  United Kingdom). Susannah was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness to Liverpool, Lancashire.[34][39]
Union   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dundalk, County Louth. Her crew were rescued by the Dundalk Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Drogheda, County Louth.[33]
Unidentified schooner Flag unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was chased ashore on the coast of Louisiana off the Calcasieu River by a boat crew from the gunboat USS Cayuga (  United States Navy). The schooner′s crew blew her up before the boat crew could board her.[29][50]

8 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1863
Ship State Description
Charm   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Buckie, Banffshire to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[51][20][12]
Farewell   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Swinebottoms. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lübeck. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør.[51][20]
Gilbert Munro   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Leman Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.[52][53] She was refloated on 11 October and taken in tow by some smacks, but consequently sank 11 nautical miles (20 km) north west of the Dowsing Lightship (  Trinity House).[20][12][54]
Joshua Carroll   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Teignmouth, Devon.[52][33] She was refloated on 11 October and taken in to Teignmouth.[55]
Need   United Kingdom The ship sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Cardiff.[19][53]
Porthcressa   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Isles of Scilly.[51]
Rudolph   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swinebottoms and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dantzic. Rudolph was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør in a severely leaky condition.[51][12]
Schyryd   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Teignmouth.[33]

9 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1863
Ship State Description
Bold Hunter   United States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship, bound for Calcutta, India, from Dundee, Forfarshire, with a cargo of coal, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of French West Africa (19°N 21°W / 19°N 21°W / 19; -21 (Bold Hunter)) by the merchant raider CSS Georgia (  Confederate States Navy).[29][56]
Ceres   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bridport, Dorset and was wrecked. SHe was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bridport.[51][20]
Faedernes Minde   Norway The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of three smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.[53]
Flowery Land   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was scuttled off the mouth of the River Plate after some of her crew had mutinied ad killed several officers and crew members. Fourteen people abandoned ship in two boats. The ship's second mate gave information to the authorities and the survivors were arrested. They were passed to the British authorities at Maldonado, Uruguay and detained on board HMS Curlew (  Royal Navy). Flowery Land was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[57] Seven of her crew were convicted of murder and were sentenced to hang. Another crew member was convicted of attempting to scuttle the ship, and was sentenced to 10 years penal servitude.[58] Two of those convicted were reprieved, five were hanged at Newgate Prison, London on 23 February 1864.[59]
Jeune Henri   France The barque was wrecked at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche with some loss of life.[60][61]
Lucknow   United Kingdom The ship was beached at Dungeness, Kent, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Antwerp, Belgium.[42][20]
Orion   United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed in the Welland Canal by the explosion of petroleum in her hold with the loss of four crew.[62]
Percy   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Blyth.[19][63]
Trinidad   Prussia The barque was wrecked on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to New York.[18]

10 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1863
Ship State Description
Austral   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rhine (  United States). Austral was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia.[9][64][65][66]
Ehdu   United Kingdom The ship departed from Youghal, County Cork for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]
Elider   United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36][67]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Liverpool.[20]
Energy   United Kingdom The paddle tug ran aground and sank at the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by a Prussian vessel.[42]
Lina   Sweden The ship collided with the barque City of Sidney (  Norway) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by City of Sidney. Lina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Malmö.She was taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a derelict condition.[20][48]
Thorley   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Sterlsand, in the North Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cuxhaven.[68][69]
Vigilence   Sweden The ship was driven ashore in Loch Boisdale. She was on a voyage from Douglas, Isle of Man to Gothenburg. She was refloated the next day.[70]

11 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1863
Ship State Description
Alfred   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank in the River Wear. She was refloated.[12]
Dashing Wave   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[71]
Douro   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton, rosin, tobacco, and turpentine, the steamer was chased ashore, set afire and destroyed on the coast of North Carolina near New Inlet by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Nansemond (  United States Navy).[29][72][73]
Elvira   United States The 222-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at the foot of Widow Beard’s Island below St. Louis, Missouri.[74]
Emma   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the Hurst Spit, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Swansea, Glamorgan.[12]
Esperance   Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[20]
USS Madgie   United States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat foundered in heavy seas off Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina while under tow by the screw steamer USS Fahkee (  United States Navy).[29][75]
Marianne   Prussia The barque was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Dublin, United Kingdom.[42][20]
Onslow   British North America The schooner was driven ashore near Jonesport, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to an Irish port.[76]
Radiant   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Tekeskar". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.[18]
Red Jacket   United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Goat Island Reef, off Barbuda, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Nassau, Bahamas.[77][70]
Reine des Flots   France The brigantine ran aground on the Pennington Spit, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated but drove ashore on the Hurst Spit.[12]
Rover Flag unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner ran ashore at Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Confederate States of America .[78]
Snip   Netherlands The ketch ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the Walmer Lifeboat and a tug towed her in to Ramsgate, Kent.[79]

12 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1863
Ship State Description
RMS Africa   United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock off Cape Race, Newfoundland, British North America and was holed. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She put in to Saint John's, Newfoundland sinking at the bows.[80][81]
B. F. Carver   United States The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Fleetwood, Lancashire.[12]
Columbia   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned to the waterline at Ape's Hole near the head of Pocomoke Sound, 15 nautical miles (28 km) from Drummondtown, Virginia, by a Union small boat expedition.[82]
Earl of Windsor   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Port Albert, Victoria.[83]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Jane   United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was destroyed by her crew off the mouth of the Brazos River to prevent her capture by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Tennessee (  United States Navy). She blew up, and the explosion was heard 30 miles away in Galveston, Texas, Confederate States of America.[84]
John   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the East Mouse, in Cemaes Bay, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by a tug.[12]
Peace   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. She was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[54]
Wilhelmines Haab   Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked north of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[55]

13 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1863
Ship State Description
Star of the North   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Mandilli", near Syros, Kingdom of Greece. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall.[85][86]

14 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1863
Ship State Description
Culloden   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°30′N 26°38′W / 46.500°N 26.633°W / 46.500; -26.633). Her crew were rescued by New Brunswick (  British North America) was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[87][88]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cleopatra (  United Kingdom). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Quebec City to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[25]
Lady Jackson   United States The 207-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the White River in Arkansas.[89]
HMS Malacca   Royal Navy The corvette ran aground at Fort St. Angelo, Malta. She was refloated and returned to service.[31]

15 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1863
Ship State Description
Ada   United Kingdom The barque was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off "Villa Rica" by the steamship Sicilian   United Kingdom) with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Arzew, Algeria to Hull, Yorkshire.[90][60][61][91]
Good Intent   United Kingdom The ship struck the breakwater at Great Yarmouth and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She put back to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[48]
H. L. Hunley   Confederate States Army American Civil War: The submarine sank off Charleston, South Carolina, while making a mock attack during training in Charleston Harbor. The accident killed her entire eight-man crew, including her inventor, Horace Lawson Hunley. She was refloated and returned to service.
White   United States American Civil War: The tug was destroyed at Pungo Landing, Virginia, Confederate States of America by Confederate forces on 15 or 16 October.[92]
Unidentified dredge   United States American Civil War: The dredge was destroyed at Pungo Landing, by Confederate forces on 15 or 16 October.[93]
Unidentified vessels   United States American Civil War: The vessels were destroyed at Pungo Landing, by Confederate forces on 15 or 16 October.[93]

16 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1863
Ship State Description
A. B. Noyes   United States American Civil War: The barge was burned by Confederate forces in Tampa Bay off Fort Brooke, Florida, Confederate States of America.[94]
Alpheus   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated.[95]
Baltic   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Alguada Reef. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Calcutta, India.[96][97] Her crew were rescued.[49]
Elida   United Kingdom The ship departed from for Liverpool, Lancashire for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26]
Emma F. Minna   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Eurydice (  United Kingdom). Emma F. Minna was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool.[98]
Industrie   France The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Rance to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 26 October and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[98]
Jane   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was destroyed by her own crew in the Gulf of Mexico off the mouth of the Rio Grande to prevent her capture by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Tennessee (  United States Navy).[29]
Margaret Leinhard   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Larne. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.[95]
Ocean Child   United Kingdom The ship struck rocks at Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Pugwash, Nova Scotia to Liverpool. She was refloated and put in to Pictou, Nova Scotia for repairs.[18]
Phœnician   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Echo (  United Kingdom). Phœnician was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[99][100]

17 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1863
Ship State Description
Alida   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Wiener Diep. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated and put in to Geestemünde in a leaky condition.[61]
Albion   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Jura, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dantsic. She was later refloated and taken in to Londonderry for repairs.[26]
Argo   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[90]
Helena   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Zegler Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Brake, Kingdom of Hanover.[101]
Jessie Alexander   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Stoneskar, Russia. She was on a voyage from St. Davids, Pembrokeshire to Cronstadt, Russia. She had become a wreck by 27 October.[10]
Kate Dale   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner, carrying a cargo of cotton, was destroyed at her moorings in the Hillsborough River 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) above Tampa, Florida, by a landing party from the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Adela and the gunboat USS Tahoma (both   United States Navy).[29][102]
Princess   United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Willian and Henry (  United Kingdom). Princess was on a voyage from South Shields to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[90][48]
Rover   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of cotton, was destroyed at Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, by a boat crew from the schooner USS T. A. Ward.[29]
Scottish Chief   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner, carrying a cargo of cotton, was destroyed at her mooring in the Hillsborough River 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) above Tampa, Florida, by a landing party from the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Adela and the gunboat USS Tahoma (both   United States Navy).[29][103]
Victor Emmanuel   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fulta, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, Indoa.[104]

18 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1863
Ship State Description
Antigua Packet   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Solway Firth with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Workington, Cumberland.[105]
Bertha   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Schwarzort, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel, Prussia.[60] She broke up on 19 October.[61]
Danube   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[48]
John   United Kingdom The schooner was lost off Amlwch, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire.[106]
Maid of Athens   United Kingdom The brig ran aground north west of Læsø Denmark. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]
shipMimosa   New South Wales The paddle steamer was wrecked at Bunga Head with the loss of two of the 38 people on board. She was on a voyage from Merimbula to Sydney.[107][108]

19 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1863
Ship State Description
Briton   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pondicherry, India. Her crew were rescued.[109][16] She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and London.[18]
Camilla   Italy The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[90]
Echo   British North America The schooner was wrecked on the Kicking Taylor Reef, off the south coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued.[110]
Fauzal   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cochin, India.[104]
Marietta   Greece The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tramore, County Waterford, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued, nine by ropes from the shore and one by the Tramore Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[111]
Midge   United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Minch with the loss of all hands.[112]
Rhadama II   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pondicherry. A crew member was reported missing.[16]
Stever Wustrow   Wismar The brig was driven ashore at Lønstrup, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Wismar.[48]
Vulcan   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Nevsky, Russia.[113]
Wings of the Wind   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cochin, India with the loss of eight of her crew.[114][109][115]

20 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1863
Ship State Description
Blossom   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Nieuw Diep.[48]
George   United Kingdom The ship struck the Plough Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Port Dundas, Renfrewshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to North Sunderland, County Durham in a severely leaky condition.[69]
Ida   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Money Point, Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[76]
Lady Matheson   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Oranienbaum, Russia.[81][69] She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[111]
Malgenio   Spain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sagua La Grande, Cuba.[69][86] She was refloated on 14 November and towed in to Wexford in a severely damaged condition.[64]
Mars Flag unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner ran aground on the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America.[75]

21 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1863
Ship State Description
Confidence   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Merionethshire to the River Dee.[10]
Eriksen   Grand Duchy of Finland The brig was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[63]
Fratelli Flori Flag unknown The ship ran ashore near Berdyansk, Russia.[86]
Halcyon   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[61]
Thornton   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[61]
Venus   United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Bound from Nassau, Bahamas and trying to run the Union blockade from Bermuda with a cargo of rifle muskets, cartridges, lead, dry goods, bacon, coffee, rum, and medicine and a model of a railroad, the 365-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground near the Cape Fear River on the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America with one crewman killed after taking four shell hits and beginning to take on water while under fire by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Nansemond and the armed screw steamers USS Niphon and USS Iron Age (all   United States Navy). U.S. Navy sailors boarded her and tried to refloat her but were unsuccessful, so they blew up her boilers and set her afire on the morning of 22 October, wrecking her.[29][116]

22 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1863
Ship State Description
Alexander Cooper   Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: While anchored by a wharf on the coast of North Carolina about 6 nautical miles (11 km) up New Topsail Inlet, the schooner was burned by two boats from the gunboat USS Shokokon (  United States Navy).[117]
Briton   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madras, India.[118]
Marianne   United Kingdom The ship departed from the River Tyne for Barcelona, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]
Mencius   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Madras.[118]
Mist   United States American Civil War: The steamer was boarded and burned by Confederate guerillas at her mooring at Ship Island, Mississippi, Confederate States of America.[29][119]
Oregon   United States The 1,004-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the North River, New York a few minutes after being almost cut in two in a collision with City of Boston (  United States). One of Oregon′s passengers suffered minor injuries, but there were no deaths.[120][121]
Punjab   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Madras.[118]
Radama II   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pondicherry.[118][64] A crew member was reported missing.[18]
Star of the North   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Syros, Greece. She was on a voyage from Costanţa, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[60]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship caught fire and was destroyed by an explosion 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of São Miguel Island, Azores.[122][36]

23 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1863
Ship State Description
Elbe   Hamburg The ship was damaged by fire at Hamburg.[86]
Pasha   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to a Spanish port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[63]
Phœnix   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Vaasa, Grand Duchy of Finland.[60]
Salazes   France The barque collided with John Bright (  United Kingdom) and sank in the South China Sea. Her crew were rescued.[123][107]
Water Lily   New Zealand The ketch ran ashore and was wrecked on the Sumner Spit.[124]

24 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1863
Ship State Description
Amsterdam   United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[125]
Onslow   United States The ship was wrecked near Head of the Harbor, New York. She was on a voyage from Eastport, Maine to a port in Ireland.[25]
Zelie   British North America The schooner sank near Deschambault, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Montreal.[10]
Unidentified mortar boat   United States Navy The mortar boat capsized and sank in the Mississippi River at the mouth of the canal near Vicksburg, Mississippi, Confederate States of America while under tow by the steamer USS Petrel (  United States Navy).[126]

25 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1863
Ship State Description
Active   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Roaring Middle Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and assisted in to King's Lynn.[63]
Clara   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[112]
Drie Gezusters   Netherlands The koff was driven ashore on Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hooksiel, Kingdom of Hanover to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Bremerhaven in a leaky condition.[43]

26 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1863
Ship State Description
Charles Martel   France The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[127]
Christian   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Sligo.[17] She was refloated on 28 November and subsequently resumed her voyage.[128]
Key West No. 2   United States The 206-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Chester, Illinois.[129]
Mary Anne Henderson   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bowmore. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Port Charlotte, Islay.[8]
Scotland   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts.[71]
Sir William Wallace   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bowmore.[8] She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Port Charlotte.[17]
Tonquin   United States American Civil War: The ship was captured and burnt by a Confederate ship. She was on a voyage from Dupont to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[130]
What-you-like   The lighter capsized at Lyttleton.[122]

27 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1863
Ship State Description
Constance   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[131]
Harlequin   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Newchang, China.[132]
Semaphore   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[133]

28 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1863
Ship State Description
Balaklava   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Woolwich, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[134]
Salem   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Knaphagen, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[134]
Tycho   Sweden The schooner ran aground on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Mollösund.[26]

29 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1863
Ship State Description
Advance   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[135][136]
Alexander   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin.[131]
Ann and Margaret   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Whitehaven.[137]
Barbara   Norway The barque ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin, United Kingdom.[138] She was refloated on 2 November and taken in to Dublin.[10]
Better Luck Still   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gronan, near Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.[139][137]
Ebenezer   United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the North Sea off Kirkcaldy, Fife and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Fisherrow, Lothian to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[140][141]
Julius   Norway The schooner foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brig Louise Auguste (  Prussia). Julius was on a voyage from Tønsberg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[142]
Lady of the Lake   United Kingdom The sloop sank Inchkeith, Fife. Her two crew were reported missing.[143][136]
Lemnos   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) from Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Las Palmas, Canary Islands.[144]
Lillies   British North America The full-rigged ship was abandoned in Morecambe Bay. Twenty-six people were rescued by the Fleetwood Lifeboat. The remainder of her crew were subsequently rescued by the steamship Talbot (  United Kingdom). Lillies subsequently came ashore and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India.[144] She was refloated and taken in to the River Lune.[139][145]
Louisa   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Portpatrick. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Belfast.[139]
Magneten   Norway The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Mandal to Peterhead. She was refloated and taken in to Peterhead.[137]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Holy Isle. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Irvine, Ayrshire.[135][136]
Mount Carmel   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Port Logan, Wigtownshire.[131] She was on a voyage from Troon to Passage West, County Cork.[146]
Northern Lights   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Pilling, Lancashire. Her four crew were rescued by the Fleetwood Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Preston, Lancashire.[147][148][149][131][150]
Pioneer   United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Fleetwood. Her crew were rescued.[131]
Sarepta   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in North Bay, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to the Clyde. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Troon.[73]
Siren   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the wreck of City of Lucknow (  United Kingdom). She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast for repairs.[73]
Tamworth   Norway The barque foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Southport, Lancashire. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat Jessie Knowles (  United Kingdom). Tamworth was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.[139][151][152]
Unity   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated.[73]
Vesper   United Kingdom The ship departed from Dantzic for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[153]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The sloop collided with a brig off Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew were presumed to have been rescued by the brig before the sloop foundered.[140]

30 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1863
Ship State Description
Angelina, and
William Dargan
  United Kingdom The brigantine William Dargan ran aground on a sandbank in the Solway Firth. She was then run into by the schooner Angelina and was severely damaged. She floated off and was run ashore near Beckfoot, Cumberland. Her crew survived. Angelina was severely damaged and was beached west of Beckfoot. She was abandoned by her crew.[154][137][151][73]
Astrea   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Horseshoe Bank, in the Bristol Channel and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[131][155]
Better Luck Still   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Girvan, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Girvan.[154][136]
Conqueror   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Middlesbrough.[139][137][134]
Emma   United Kingdom The schooner struck an anchor and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent, United Kingdom.[156]
Enterprise   United Kingdom The sloop collided with a schooner and ran aground on the Long Nose Sandbank. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated with assistance from the lugger Mary (  United Kingdom).[151]
Favourite   United Kingdom The sloop was run ashore and sank at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. All on board were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Goole, Yorkshire.[24][157]
Gardner Walker   British North America The brigantine foundered in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. Her crew survived.[24] She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Sydney, Nova Scotia. She came ashore the next day at "Brideshaven", Pembrokeshire in a derelict condition.[139][137][73]
Gipsey   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued by the Drogheda Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Drogheda.[131][150] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Drogheda.[73]
Jane   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at West Tarbert, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Troon, Ayrshire.[154][139]
John   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on "Begnes Island", County Cork. She was on a voyage from Limerick to the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[73]
Lillias   United Kingdom The ship was reported to have foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. The tug Wyre (  United Kingdom) towed the Fleetwood Lifeboat out to her, and 26 of her 29 crew got on board the tug. Attempts by the lifeboat to take the remaining crew off were unsuccessful. The survivors were subsequently rescued by the steamship Talbot (  United Kingdom). Lillias was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. She was subsequently taken in to Glasson Dock, Lancashire in a waterlogged condition.[154][140][147]
Louisa   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at West Tarbert. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[154][137]
Marquis of Sligo   United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the brig Elizabeth (  Denmark) and sank at Margate, Kent. Her six crew were rescued by Elizabeth and the lugger Eclipse (  United Kingdom). Marquis of Sligo was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Torbay, Devon.[151]
Pioneer   United Kingdom The fishing boat sank at Pilling. Her crew were rescued.[147]
HMS Prince Consort   Royal Navy The Prince Consort-class ironclad put in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to the River Mersey.[150]
Providence   Dantzic The barque was driven ashore in Macrihanish Bay. Her seven crew were rescued; some by ropes from the shore, others by the Campbeltown Lifeboat.[139]
Rook   United Kingdom The ship sank in the Duddon Estuary. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Morecambe, Lancashire.[147]
Saucy Jack   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire.[151] Both crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Wick, Caithness.[143]
Venturia   United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Broadhaven Bay.[10] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Sligo, United Kingdom.[134]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beckfoot.[154][137]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner foundered off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands.[24]

31 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1863
Ship State Description
Achilles   Prussia The barque was driven ashore at Abergele, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to St. Ubes, Portugal.[139]
Active   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Toskea (  Norway). Active was on a voyage from Stettin to Aberdeen.[99][158]
Anna   United Kingdom The ship sank on the Kjeldsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Fanø, Denmark.[25]
Benledi   United Kingdom The barque capsized and sank in the River Thames at Wapping, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was subsequently righted and beached.[139][134]
Caroline Prince   United Kingdom The schooner was driven aghore at Agger, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Copenhagen, Denmark.[73]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the smack Questor (  United Kingdom). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Sunderland to Maldon, Essex.[158][73][159]
Esmeralda   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Scalloway, Shetland Islands.[17]
Everthorpe   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hull.[160][10]
Giacomo   Italy The brig was driven ashore in the Gulf of Palmas. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to an English port.[137]
Hero   Prussia The brig was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[17]
Jane   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Boston Deeps with the loss of all ten crew.[161][162]
Jumna, or
Minna
  Lübeck The brig was wrecked on Walney Island, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lübeck.[139][73]
Juno   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Norden Gronden, off the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[8][17][146]
Kate   United States The schooner was lost at Brazos Pass on the coast of Texas, Confederate States of America.[84]
London   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of St Bees Head, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Dublin.[73]
Maria   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued the next day by Enterprise (  United Kingdom).[134]
Mary   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Quester (  United Kingdom).[161]
Mary Kerr   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Lough Foyle at the "Warren Lighthouse". She had become a wreck by 17 November[139][163]
Mechanic   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Waterlily (  United Kingdom). Mechanic was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain.[158][164]
Nelson   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Jersey, Channel Islands.[146]
Providence   Dantzic The barque was wrecked at Westport, Argyllshire. Seven crew were rescued by the Campbeltown Lifeboat, the rest got ashore.[140][165]
Rica Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lysekil, Sweden.[166]
Sarah   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated.[73]
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The list of shipwrecks in October 1863 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during October 1863 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources October 1863 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 1863 Ship State Description Caspar nbsp United States The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by the schooner Transit nbsp United Kingdom Caspar was on a voyage from a port in Chile to New York 1 Eliza nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex She floated off and sank Her crew were rescued by the smack Marco Polo nbsp United Kingdom Eliza was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London 2 3 4 Io nbsp United Kingdom The snow ran aground on the Ridges in the Bristol Channel and was wrecked Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Llanelly Glamorgan to Dieppe Seine Inferieure France 3 5 6 Wanderer nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven on to the North Rock in the Belfast Lough She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Demerara British Guiana 3 2 October editList of shipwrecks 2 October 1863 Ship State Description Antelope nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles 93 km west of Ouessant Finistere France Her crew were rescued by Jane Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom Antelope was on a voyage from Pomeron Portugal to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 7 Ganjam nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River She was on a voyage from Calcutta Indian to Mauritius 8 She was refloated on 9 October 9 Northbound nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off Bontan Island She was refloated with assistance from HMS Alecto nbsp Royal Navy and towed in to Singapore Straits Settlements in a waterlogged condition 10 Robert McKenzie nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship ran aground in the Hooghly River She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated and put back to Calcutta 8 Royal Tar nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Scalloway Shetland Islands She was on a voyage from Lerwick Shetland Islands to London 11 Standard nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Miramichi New Brunswick British North America 12 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The sloop sank in Liverpool Bay 13 3 October editList of shipwrecks 3 October 1863 Ship State Description Allport nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to London She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Lowestoft Suffolk in a waterlogged condition 5 Antelope nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles 93 km west of Ouessant Finistere France Her five crew were rescued by the brig St Jean nbsp France Antelope was on a voyage from Pomaron Portugal to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 14 5 Cambridge nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to London She was refloated and resumed her voyage 5 Dilston nbsp United Kingdom The barque was damaged by fire at North Shields Northumberland 5 Essex nbsp Stralsund The full rigged ship was lost at the mouth of the Mutlah River India Her crew survived She was on a voyage from the Mutlah River to Falmouth Cornwall United Kingdom 15 16 17 18 Gem nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anholt Denmark Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to Wisbech Cambridgeshire 19 20 4 October editList of shipwrecks 4 October 1863 Ship State Description Annsch nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Minorca Spain Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Agrigento Sicily Italy to Falmouth Cornwall 14 21 Atalanta nbsp United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to New York No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 22 Catahoula nbsp United States American Civil War The 227 ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St Louis Missouri 23 Chancellor nbsp United States American Civil War The 392 ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St Louis Missouri 23 Cypress nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Diamond Point Grand Bahama Bahamas She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana Cuba 24 25 An attempt by USS Juniata nbsp United States Navy to tow her off failed and she became a wreck 26 Experiment nbsp Denmark The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Scheveningen South Holland Netherlands Her eight crew survived She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland United Kingdom 5 Forest Queen nbsp United States American Civil War The 419 ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St Louis Missouri 23 Ivanhoe nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Invercargill New Zealand for Sydney New South Wales No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 27 Roman nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Huna Caithness She was on a voyage from Greenland to Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire 28 5 October editList of shipwrecks 5 October 1863 Ship State Description Concordia nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War Union blockade The blockade runner was burned by her crew on the Calcasieu River at Calcasieu Pass Louisiana Confederate States of America to prevent her capture by an armed cutter and gig from the gunboat USS Granite City 1863 nbsp United States Navy 29 30 Neptune nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Scharhorn Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Hamburg 5 HMS Penguin nbsp Royal Navy The Philomel class gunvessel was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope Cape Colony Subsequently refloated repaired and returned to service 31 Sir Colin Campbell nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Rye Sussex She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France She was refloated the next day and towed in to Rye 14 5 6 October editList of shipwrecks 6 October 1863 Ship State Description Crescent nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was run into by a barque off Corsewall Point Wigtownshire She was taken in tow by the steamship Wolfe but consequently foundered Her crew were rescued by Wolfe 32 Crescen was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Cork 33 Ekea Maria nbsp Norway The ship collided with Henriette nbsp United Kingdom in the North Sea off Borkum Kingdom of Hanover and was abandoned by her crew who were rescued by Henriette 34 Ekea Maria was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Kleinsiel She was towed in to Cuxhaven on 7 October by the steamship A Olof Flag unknown 33 Ouse nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Copenhagen Denmark SHe was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg Russia 33 Sarah Ann nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Plymouth Devon She was refloated with the assistance of the smack Victoria nbsp United Kingdom and assisted in to Harwich Essex 5 Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was run into by the steamship Iron Duke nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the River Liffey 35 7 October editList of shipwrecks 7 October 1863 Ship State Description Alexander nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool Lancashire for Plymouth Devon No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 36 Ann and Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck the wreck of Karla nbsp Bremen off the South Foreland Kent and was damaged She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Nantes Loire Inferieure France She put in to Ramsgate Kent 37 Argus nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War The steamboat was captured and burned on the Red River of the South by a boat expedition from the monitor USS Osage nbsp United States Navy 29 38 Charles Whitley nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Dee She was on a voyage from the River Dee to Barrow in Furness Lancashire 39 Charlotte nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Kilcoole County Wicklow with the loss of all hands 40 Estella nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Drogheda County Louth She wason a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Drogheda She was refloated and taken in to Drogheda in a leaky condition 19 General Havelock andNelson nbsp United Kingdom The schooner General Havelock and the brigantine Nelson collided in the English Channel 6 nautical miles 11 km off Beachy Head Sussex Both vessels were abandoned by their crews General Havelock was on a voyage from London to Ryde Isle of Wight She was subsequently towed in to Newhaven Sussex in a derelict condition Nelson was on a voyage from Poole Dorset to London She consequently sank 41 39 James nbsp United Kingdom The schooner collided with Zaide Celine nbsp France and foundered off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of two of her crew Survivors were rescued by Zaide Celine 42 19 Mexico nbsp Spain nbsp Mexico The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire 40 nautical miles 74 km off Cape San Antonio Cuba with the loss of about 60 lives Sixteen people were rescued She was on a voyage from Sisal Mexico to Havana Cuba 43 44 Pushmataha nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade Carrying a cargo consisting of claret gunpowder and a naval ram the blockade runner was chased ashore on the coast of Louisiana off the Calcasieu River while trying to enter the Mermentau River Her crew set her on fire and abandoned her after which a boat crew from the gunboat USS Cayuga nbsp United States Navy boarded her removed all of her cargo except two kegs of gunpowder and blew her up 29 45 Reine nbsp France The schooner ran aground on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Warkworth Northumberland United Kingdom to Nantes Loire Inferieure 5 Ringdove nbsp United Kingdom The schooner foundered 20 nautical miles 37 km north east of the Copeland Islands County Donegal Her crew were rescued by the barque Immaculata nbsp Italy Ringdove was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Dundalk County Louth 32 Robert Fulton nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War The 158 ton sidewheel steamboat was captured on the Red River of the South by a boat expedition from the monitor USS Osage nbsp United States Navy and was burned at the river s mouth 29 46 Schnellpost nbsp Stettin The schooner collided with a barque and was abandoned in the Baltic Sea 5 nautical miles 9 3 km off the Falsterbo Lighthouse Sweden She was on a voyage from Stettin to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland She was towed in to Wismar in a derelict condition on 10 October 47 48 49 Sunshine nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness to Liverpool Lancashire 37 Susannah nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay Her crew were rescued by the tug United States nbsp United Kingdom Susannah was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness to Liverpool Lancashire 34 39 Union nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dundalk County Louth Her crew were rescued by the Dundalk Lifeboat She was on a voyage from Workington Cumberland to Drogheda County Louth 33 Unidentified schooner Flag unknown American Civil War Union blockade The schooner was chased ashore on the coast of Louisiana off the Calcasieu River by a boat crew from the gunboat USS Cayuga nbsp United States Navy The schooner s crew blew her up before the boat crew could board her 29 50 8 October editList of shipwrecks 8 October 1863 Ship State Description Charm nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Swinebottoms in the Baltic Sea She was on a voyage from Buckie Banffshire to Memel Prussia She was refloated and taken in to Helsingor Denmark 51 20 12 Farewell nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Swinebottoms She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Lubeck She was refloated and taken in to Helsingor 51 20 Gilbert Munro nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Leman Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to London 52 53 She was refloated on 11 October and taken in tow by some smacks but consequently sank 11 nautical miles 20 km north west of the Dowsing Lightship nbsp Trinity House 20 12 54 Joshua Carroll nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Teignmouth Devon 52 33 She was refloated on 11 October and taken in to Teignmouth 55 Need nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank at Cardiff Glamorgan She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Cardiff 19 53 Porthcressa nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Isles of Scilly 51 Rudolph nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swinebottoms and sank Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Dantzic Rudolph was later refloated and taken in to Helsingor in a severely leaky condition 51 12 Schyryd nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Teignmouth 33 9 October editList of shipwrecks 9 October 1863 Ship State Description Bold Hunter nbsp United States American Civil War The full rigged ship bound for Calcutta India from Dundee Forfarshire with a cargo of coal was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of French West Africa 19 N 21 W 19 N 21 W 19 21 Bold Hunter by the merchant raider CSS Georgia nbsp Confederate States Navy 29 56 Ceres nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bridport Dorset and was wrecked SHe was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Bridport 51 20 Faedernes Minde nbsp Norway The ship ran aground on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Tonsberg to Rouen Seine Inferieure France She was refloated with the assistance of three smacks and assisted in to Harwich Essex in a waterlogged condition 53 Flowery Land nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was scuttled off the mouth of the River Plate after some of her crew had mutinied ad killed several officers and crew members Fourteen people abandoned ship in two boats The ship s second mate gave information to the authorities and the survivors were arrested They were passed to the British authorities at Maldonado Uruguay and detained on board HMS Curlew nbsp Royal Navy Flowery Land was on a voyage from London to Singapore Straits Settlements 57 Seven of her crew were convicted of murder and were sentenced to hang Another crew member was convicted of attempting to scuttle the ship and was sentenced to 10 years penal servitude 58 Two of those convicted were reprieved five were hanged at Newgate Prison London on 23 February 1864 59 Jeune Henri nbsp France The barque was wrecked at Saint Vaast la Hougue Manche with some loss of life 60 61 Lucknow nbsp United Kingdom The ship was beached at Dungeness Kent where she was wrecked Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York United States to Antwerp Belgium 42 20 Orion nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed in the Welland Canal by the explosion of petroleum in her hold with the loss of four crew 62 Percy nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Blyth Northumberland She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland County Durham She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Blyth 19 63 Trinidad nbsp Prussia The barque was wrecked on the Coloradoes off the coast of Cuba She was on a voyage from Matanzas Cuba to New York 18 10 October editList of shipwrecks 10 October 1863 Ship State Description Austral nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Rhine nbsp United States Austral was on a voyage from London to Adelaide South Australia 9 64 65 66 Ehdu nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Youghal County Cork for Liverpool Lancashire No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 25 Elider nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool for Cork No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 36 67 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The ship capsized at Liverpool 20 Energy nbsp United Kingdom The paddle tug ran aground and sank at the mouth of the River Tees Her crew were rescued by a Prussian vessel 42 Lina nbsp Sweden The ship collided with the barque City of Sidney nbsp Norway and was abandoned by her crew who were rescued by City of Sidney Lina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland United Kingdom to Malmo She was taken in to Helsingor Denmark in a derelict condition 20 48 Thorley nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Sterlsand in the North Sea and was abandoned She was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham to Hamburg She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cuxhaven 68 69 Vigilence nbsp Sweden The ship was driven ashore in Loch Boisdale She was on a voyage from Douglas Isle of Man to Gothenburg She was refloated the next day 70 11 October editList of shipwrecks 11 October 1863 Ship State Description Alfred nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank in the River Wear She was refloated 12 Dashing Wave nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Mexico Her crew were rescued 71 Douro nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade Carrying a cargo of cotton rosin tobacco and turpentine the steamer was chased ashore set afire and destroyed on the coast of North Carolina near New Inlet by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Nansemond nbsp United States Navy 29 72 73 Elvira nbsp United States The 222 ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at the foot of Widow Beard s Island below St Louis Missouri 74 Emma nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the Hurst Spit Hampshire She was on a voyage from Shoreham by Sea Sussex to Swansea Glamorgan 12 Esperance nbsp Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore at Falsterbo Sweden She was on a voyage from Stettin to London United Kingdom She was refloated and taken in to Helsingor Denmark in a leaky condition 20 USS Madgie nbsp United States Navy American Civil War The gunboat foundered in heavy seas off Frying Pan Shoals North Carolina while under tow by the screw steamer USS Fahkee nbsp United States Navy 29 75 Marianne nbsp Prussia The barque was driven ashore on Bornholm Denmark Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Memel Prussia to Dublin United Kingdom 42 20 Onslow nbsp British North America The schooner was driven ashore near Jonesport Maine United States She was on a voyage from New York United States to an Irish port 76 Radiant nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Tekeskar She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to London 18 Red Jacket nbsp United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Goat Island Reef off Barbuda Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cork to Nassau Bahamas 77 70 Reine des Flots nbsp France The brigantine ran aground on the Pennington Spit in the English Channel She was on a voyage from Vyborg Grand Duchy of Finland to Bordeaux Gironde She was refloated but drove ashore on the Hurst Spit 12 Rover Flag unknown American Civil War Union blockade The schooner ran ashore at Murrells Inlet South Carolina Confederate States of America 78 Snip nbsp Netherlands The ketch ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent United Kingdom She was refloated with assistance from the Walmer Lifeboat and a tug towed her in to Ramsgate Kent 79 12 October editList of shipwrecks 12 October 1863 Ship State Description RMS Africa nbsp United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock off Cape Race Newfoundland British North America and was holed She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Boston Massachusetts United States She put in to Saint John s Newfoundland sinking at the bows 80 81 B F Carver nbsp United States The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Fleetwood Lancashire 12 Columbia nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade The schooner was burned to the waterline at Ape s Hole near the head of Pocomoke Sound 15 nautical miles 28 km from Drummondtown Virginia by a Union small boat expedition 82 Earl of Windsor nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Port Albert Victoria 83 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The ship capsized at Liverpool Lancashire 42 Jane nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War Union blockade The schooner was destroyed by her crew off the mouth of the Brazos River to prevent her capture by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Tennessee nbsp United States Navy She blew up and the explosion was heard 30 miles away in Galveston Texas Confederate States of America 84 John nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the East Mouse in Cemaes Bay Anglesey Her crew were rescued by a tug 12 Peace nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ness Point Suffolk She was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft Suffolk 54 Wilhelmines Haab nbsp Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked north of Stonehaven Aberdeenshire United Kingdom Her eight crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Montrose Forfarshire United Kingdom 55 13 October editList of shipwrecks 13 October 1863 Ship State Description Star of the North nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Mandilli near Syros Kingdom of Greece Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Constanţa Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth Cornwall 85 86 14 October editList of shipwrecks 14 October 1863 Ship State Description Culloden nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 46 30 N 26 38 W 46 500 N 26 633 W 46 500 26 633 Her crew were rescued by New Brunswick nbsp British North America was on a voyage from Quebec City Province of Canada British North America to Liverpool Lancashire 87 88 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Cleopatra nbsp United Kingdom Elizabeth was on a voyage from Quebec City to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 25 Lady Jackson nbsp United States The 207 ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the White River in Arkansas 89 HMS Malacca nbsp Royal Navy The corvette ran aground at Fort St Angelo Malta She was refloated and returned to service 31 15 October editList of shipwrecks 15 October 1863 Ship State Description Ada nbsp United Kingdom The barque was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles 46 km off Villa Rica by the steamship Sicilian nbsp United Kingdom with the loss of two lives She was on a voyage from Arzew Algeria to Hull Yorkshire 90 60 61 91 Good Intent nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck the breakwater at Great Yarmouth and was damaged She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Berwick upon Tweed Northumberland She put back to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition 48 H L Hunley nbsp Confederate States Army American Civil War The submarine sank off Charleston South Carolina while making a mock attack during training in Charleston Harbor The accident killed her entire eight man crew including her inventor Horace Lawson Hunley She was refloated and returned to service White nbsp United States American Civil War The tug was destroyed at Pungo Landing Virginia Confederate States of America by Confederate forces on 15 or 16 October 92 Unidentified dredge nbsp United States American Civil War The dredge was destroyed at Pungo Landing by Confederate forces on 15 or 16 October 93 Unidentified vessels nbsp United States American Civil War The vessels were destroyed at Pungo Landing by Confederate forces on 15 or 16 October 93 16 October editList of shipwrecks 16 October 1863 Ship State Description A B Noyes nbsp United States American Civil War The barge was burned by Confederate forces in Tampa Bay off Fort Brooke Florida Confederate States of America 94 Alpheus nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Larne County Antrim She was on a voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to Belfast County Antrim She was refloated 95 Baltic nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Alguada Reef She was on a voyage from Rangoon Burma to Calcutta India 96 97 Her crew were rescued 49 Elida nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from for Liverpool Lancashire for Cork No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 26 Emma F Minna nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Eurydice nbsp United Kingdom Emma F Minna was on a voyage from Quebec City Province of Canada British North America to Liverpool 98 Industrie nbsp France The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex United Kingdom She was on a voyage from the Rance to London United Kingdom She was refloated on 26 October and taken in to Harwich Essex 98 Jane nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade The schooner was destroyed by her own crew in the Gulf of Mexico off the mouth of the Rio Grande to prevent her capture by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Tennessee nbsp United States Navy 29 Margaret Leinhard nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Larne She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated 95 Ocean Child nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck rocks at Cape Canso Nova Scotia British North America She was on a voyage from Pugwash Nova Scotia to Liverpool She was refloated and put in to Pictou Nova Scotia for repairs 18 Phœnician nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Echo nbsp United Kingdom Phœnician was on a voyage from New York United States to Queenstown County Cork 99 100 17 October editList of shipwrecks 17 October 1863 Ship State Description Alida nbsp Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Wiener Diep She was on a voyage from Bremen to Amsterdam North Holland She was refloated and put in to Geestemunde in a leaky condition 61 Albion nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Jura Inner Hebrides She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dantsic She was later refloated and taken in to Londonderry for repairs 26 Argo nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Flamborough Head Yorkshire She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London 90 Helena nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Zegler Sand in the North Sea She was on a voyage from Bo ness Lothian to Brake Kingdom of Hanover 101 Jessie Alexander nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Stoneskar Russia She was on a voyage from St Davids Pembrokeshire to Cronstadt Russia She had become a wreck by 27 October 10 Kate Dale nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade The blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton was destroyed at her moorings in the Hillsborough River 2 nautical miles 3 7 km above Tampa Florida by a landing party from the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Adela and the gunboat USS Tahoma both nbsp United States Navy 29 102 Princess nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 8 nautical miles 15 km off Filey Yorkshire Her crew were rescued by Willian and Henry nbsp United Kingdom Princess was on a voyage from South Shields to Great Yarmouth Norfolk 90 48 Rover nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade The schooner carrying a cargo of cotton was destroyed at Murrell s Inlet South Carolina by a boat crew from the schooner USS T A Ward 29 Scottish Chief nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade The blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton was destroyed at her mooring in the Hillsborough River 2 nautical miles 3 7 km above Tampa Florida by a landing party from the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Adela and the gunboat USS Tahoma both nbsp United States Navy 29 103 Victor Emmanuel nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fulta India She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Calcutta Indoa 104 18 October editList of shipwrecks 18 October 1863 Ship State Description Antigua Packet nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Solway Firth with the loss of her captain She was on a voyage from Demerara British Guiana to Workington Cumberland 105 Bertha nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Schwarzort Prussia She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Memel Prussia 60 She broke up on 19 October 61 Danube nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands Norfolk She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Constantinople Ottoman Empire She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk in a leaky condition 48 John nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was lost off Amlwch Anglesey She was on a voyage from Runcorn Cheshire to Pwllheli Caernarfonshire 106 Maid of Athens nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground north west of Laeso Denmark She was on a voyage from Blyth Northumberland to Korsor Denmark She was refloated and resumed her voyage 11 shipMimosa nbsp New South Wales The paddle steamer was wrecked at Bunga Head with the loss of two of the 38 people on board She was on a voyage from Merimbula to Sydney 107 108 19 October editList of shipwrecks 19 October 1863 Ship State Description Briton nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pondicherry India Her crew were rescued 109 16 She was on a voyage from Calcutta India to Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France and London 18 Camilla nbsp Italy The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent United Kingdom and sank Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Alexandria Egypt to Great Yarmouth Norfolk United Kingdom 90 Echo nbsp British North America The schooner was wrecked on the Kicking Taylor Reef off the south coast of Cuba Her crew were rescued 110 Fauzal nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cochin India 104 Marietta nbsp Greece The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tramore County Waterford United Kingdom Her ten crew were rescued nine by ropes from the shore and one by the Tramore Lifeboat She was on a voyage from Lisbon Portugal to Cardiff Glamorgan United Kingdom 111 Midge nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Minch with the loss of all hands 112 Rhadama II nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pondicherry A crew member was reported missing 16 Stever Wustrow nbsp Wismar The brig was driven ashore at Lonstrup Denmark Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham United Kingdom to Wismar 48 Vulcan nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Nevsky Russia 113 Wings of the Wind nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cochin India with the loss of eight of her crew 114 109 115 20 October editList of shipwrecks 20 October 1863 Ship State Description Blossom nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Haaks Bank in the North Sea She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to the Nieuw Diep 48 George nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck the Plough Rock in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland She was on a voyage from Port Dundas Renfrewshire to London She was refloated and taken in to North Sunderland County Durham in a severely leaky condition 69 Ida nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Money Point Cape North Nova Scotia British North America Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness Lancashire to Miramichi New Brunswick British North America 76 Lady Matheson nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Oranienbaum Russia 81 69 She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Petersburg Russia 111 Malgenio nbsp Spain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore County Wexford United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Sagua La Grande Cuba 69 86 She was refloated on 14 November and towed in to Wexford in a severely damaged condition 64 Mars Flag unknown American Civil War Union blockade The blockade runner ran aground on the coast of North Carolina Confederate States of America 75 21 October editList of shipwrecks 21 October 1863 Ship State Description Confidence nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Porthdinllaen Caernarfonshire She was on a voyage from Aberdovey Merionethshire to the River Dee 10 Eriksen nbsp Grand Duchy of Finland The brig was driven ashore at Kastrup Denmark She was on a voyage from North Shields Northumberland United Kingdom to Cronstadt Russia She was refloated and resumed her voyage 63 Fratelli Flori Flag unknown The ship ran ashore near Berdyansk Russia 86 Halcyon nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from Archangelsk Russia to London She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft Suffolk 61 Thornton nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey She was on a voyage from Saint John New Brunswick British North America to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool 61 Venus nbsp United Kingdom American Civil War Union blockade Bound from Nassau Bahamas and trying to run the Union blockade from Bermuda with a cargo of rifle muskets cartridges lead dry goods bacon coffee rum and medicine and a model of a railroad the 365 ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground near the Cape Fear River on the coast of North Carolina Confederate States of America with one crewman killed after taking four shell hits and beginning to take on water while under fire by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Nansemond and the armed screw steamers USS Niphon and USS Iron Age all nbsp United States Navy U S Navy sailors boarded her and tried to refloat her but were unsuccessful so they blew up her boilers and set her afire on the morning of 22 October wrecking her 29 116 22 October editList of shipwrecks 22 October 1863 Ship State Description Alexander Cooper nbsp Confederate States of America American Civil War Union blockade While anchored by a wharf on the coast of North Carolina about 6 nautical miles 11 km up New Topsail Inlet the schooner was burned by two boats from the gunboat USS Shokokon nbsp United States Navy 117 Briton nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madras India 118 Marianne nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from the River Tyne for Barcelona Spain No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 22 Mencius nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was wrecked at Madras 118 Mist nbsp United States American Civil War The steamer was boarded and burned by Confederate guerillas at her mooring at Ship Island Mississippi Confederate States of America 29 119 Oregon nbsp United States The 1 004 ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the North River New York a few minutes after being almost cut in two in a collision with City of Boston nbsp United States One of Oregon s passengers suffered minor injuries but there were no deaths 120 121 Punjab nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Madras 118 Radama II nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pondicherry 118 64 A crew member was reported missing 18 Star of the North nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Syros Greece She was on a voyage from Costanţa Ottoman Empire to a British port 60 Unnamed Flag unknown The ship caught fire and was destroyed by an explosion 9 nautical miles 17 km south of Sao Miguel Island Azores 122 36 23 October editList of shipwrecks 23 October 1863 Ship State Description Elbe nbsp Hamburg The ship was damaged by fire at Hamburg 86 Pasha nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent She was on a voyage from North Shields Northumberland to a Spanish port She was refloated and resumed her voyage 63 Phœnix nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Oland Sweden She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Vaasa Grand Duchy of Finland 60 Salazes nbsp France The barque collided with John Bright nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the South China Sea Her crew were rescued 123 107 Water Lily nbsp New Zealand The ketch ran ashore and was wrecked on the Sumner Spit 124 24 October editList of shipwrecks 24 October 1863 Ship State Description Amsterdam nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool Lancashire for South Shields County Durham No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 125 Onslow nbsp United States The ship was wrecked near Head of the Harbor New York She was on a voyage from Eastport Maine to a port in Ireland 25 Zelie nbsp British North America The schooner sank near Deschambault Province of Canada She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Montreal 10 Unidentified mortar boat nbsp United States Navy The mortar boat capsized and sank in the Mississippi River at the mouth of the canal near Vicksburg Mississippi Confederate States of America while under tow by the steamer USS Petrel nbsp United States Navy 126 25 October editList of shipwrecks 25 October 1863 Ship State Description Active nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Roaring Middle Sand in the North Sea She was on a voyage from King s Lynn Norfolk to Middlesbrough Yorkshire She was refloated and assisted in to King s Lynn 63 Clara nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saaremaa Russia with the loss of three of her crew She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Cronstadt Russia 112 Drie Gezusters nbsp Netherlands The koff was driven ashore on Norderney Kingdom of Hanover She was on a voyage from Hooksiel Kingdom of Hanover to London United Kingdom She was refloated and taken in to Bremerhaven in a leaky condition 43 26 October editList of shipwrecks 26 October 1863 Ship State Description Charles Martel nbsp France The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York United States to Marseille Bouches du Rhone 127 Christian nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bowmore Islay Inner Hebrides She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Sligo 17 She was refloated on 28 November and subsequently resumed her voyage 128 Key West No 2 nbsp United States The 206 ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Chester Illinois 129 Mary Anne Henderson nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bowmore She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Port Charlotte Islay 8 Scotland nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Nantucket Island Massachusetts United States Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Pictou Nova Scotia British North America to Boston Massachusetts 71 Sir William Wallace nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bowmore 8 She was on a voyage from Dundalk County Louth to Port Charlotte 17 Tonquin nbsp United States American Civil War The ship was captured and burnt by a Confederate ship She was on a voyage from Dupont to Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France 130 What you like nbsp The lighter capsized at Lyttleton 122 27 October editList of shipwrecks 27 October 1863 Ship State Description Constance nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cardiff Glamorgan 131 Harlequin nbsp United Kingdom The ship was lost in the South China Sea She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Newchang China 132 Semaphore nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Bootle Bay She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool 133 28 October editList of shipwrecks 28 October 1863 Ship State Description Balaklava nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Wells next the Sea Norfolk She was on a voyage from North Shields Northumberland to Woolwich Kent She was refloated and resumed her voyage 134 Salem nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Knaphagen in the Baltic Sea She was on a voyage from Copenhagen Denmark to Helsinki Grand Duchy of Finland She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingor Denmark 134 Tycho nbsp Sweden The schooner ran aground on Skagen Denmark She was on a voyage from Gavle to Grimsby Lincolnshire United Kingdom She was refloated and put in to Mollosund 26 29 October editList of shipwrecks 29 October 1863 Ship State Description Advance nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Holy Isle in the Firth of Clyde She was on a voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to Belfast County Antrim 135 136 Alexander nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Portpatrick Wigtownshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Dublin 131 Ann and Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Whitehaven Cumberland She was on a voyage from Bangor to Whitehaven 137 Barbara nbsp Norway The barque ran aground on the North Bull in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin United Kingdom 138 She was refloated on 2 November and taken in to Dublin 10 Better Luck Still nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gronan near Ayr Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Ayr 139 137 Ebenezer nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the North Sea off Kirkcaldy Fife and foundered Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Fisherrow Lothian to Berwick upon Tweed Northumberland 140 141 Julius nbsp Norway The schooner foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles 37 km south of the Isle of May Fife United Kingdom Her crew were rescued by the brig Louise Auguste nbsp Prussia Julius was on a voyage from Tonsberg to Hull Yorkshire United Kingdom 142 Lady of the Lake nbsp United Kingdom The sloop sank Inchkeith Fife Her two crew were reported missing 143 136 Lemnos nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles 15 km from Lytham St Annes Lancashire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Las Palmas Canary Islands 144 Lillies nbsp British North America The full rigged ship was abandoned in Morecambe Bay Twenty six people were rescued by the Fleetwood Lifeboat The remainder of her crew were subsequently rescued by the steamship Talbot nbsp United Kingdom Lillies subsequently came ashore and sank She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay India 144 She was refloated and taken in to the River Lune 139 145 Louisa nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Portpatrick She was on a voyage from Workington Cumberland to Belfast 139 Magneten nbsp Norway The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead Aberdeenshire United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Mandal to Peterhead She was refloated and taken in to Peterhead 137 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Holy Isle She was on a voyage from Bangor Caernarfonshire to Irvine Ayrshire 135 136 Mount Carmel nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Port Logan Wigtownshire 131 She was on a voyage from Troon to Passage West County Cork 146 Northern Lights nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Pilling Lancashire Her four crew were rescued by the Fleetwood Lifeboat She was on a voyage from Dundalk County Louth to Preston Lancashire 147 148 149 131 150 Pioneer nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Fleetwood Her crew were rescued 131 Sarepta nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in North Bay Ayrshire She was on a voyage from Sulina Ottoman Empire to the Clyde She was refloated the next day and taken in to Troon 73 Siren nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the wreck of City of Lucknow nbsp United Kingdom She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast for repairs 73 Tamworth nbsp Norway The barque foundered 5 nautical miles 9 3 km south west of Southport Lancashire Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat Jessie Knowles nbsp United Kingdom Tamworth was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana Cuba 139 151 152 Unity nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lindisfarne Northumberland She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Newcastle upon Tyne She was refloated 73 Vesper nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Dantzic for London No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 153 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The sloop collided with a brig off Kingstown County Dublin Her crew were presumed to have been rescued by the brig before the sloop foundered 140 30 October editList of shipwrecks 30 October 1863 Ship State Description Angelina andWilliam Dargan nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine William Dargan ran aground on a sandbank in the Solway Firth She was then run into by the schooner Angelina and was severely damaged She floated off and was run ashore near Beckfoot Cumberland Her crew survived Angelina was severely damaged and was beached west of Beckfoot She was abandoned by her crew 154 137 151 73 Astrea nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Horseshoe Bank in the Bristol Channel and sank Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol Gloucestershire 131 155 Better Luck Still nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Girvan Ayrshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Girvan 154 136 Conqueror nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar Yorkshire She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough Yorkshire She was refloated and towed in to Middlesbrough 139 137 134 Emma nbsp United Kingdom The schooner struck an anchor and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich Kent United Kingdom 156 Enterprise nbsp United Kingdom The sloop collided with a schooner and ran aground on the Long Nose Sandbank She was on a voyage from Poole Dorset to Middlesbrough Yorkshire She was refloated with assistance from the lugger Mary nbsp United Kingdom 151 Favourite nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was run ashore and sank at Theddlethorpe Lincolnshire All on board were rescued by the Coast Guard She was on a voyage from King s Lynn Norfolk to Goole Yorkshire 24 157 Gardner Walker nbsp British North America The brigantine foundered in the Saltee Islands County Wexford Her crew survived 24 She was on a voyage from Drogheda County Louth to Sydney Nova Scotia She came ashore the next day at Brideshaven Pembrokeshire in a derelict condition 139 137 73 Gipsey nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Drogheda County Louth Her crew were rescued by the Drogheda Lifeboat She was on a voyage from Preston Lancashire to Drogheda 131 150 She was refloated the next day and towed in to Drogheda 73 Jane nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at West Tarbert Wigtownshire She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Troon Ayrshire 154 139 John nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Begnes Island County Cork She was on a voyage from Limerick to the Mumbles Glamorgan 73 Lillias nbsp United Kingdom The ship was reported to have foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire The tug Wyre nbsp United Kingdom towed the Fleetwood Lifeboat out to her and 26 of her 29 crew got on board the tug Attempts by the lifeboat to take the remaining crew off were unsuccessful The survivors were subsequently rescued by the steamship Talbot nbsp United Kingdom Lillias was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Bombay India She was subsequently taken in to Glasson Dock Lancashire in a waterlogged condition 154 140 147 Louisa nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at West Tarbert She was on a voyage from Workington Cumberland to Belfast County Antrim 154 137 Marquis of Sligo nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the brig Elizabeth nbsp Denmark and sank at Margate Kent Her six crew were rescued by Elizabeth and the lugger Eclipse nbsp United Kingdom Marquis of Sligo was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Torbay Devon 151 Pioneer nbsp United Kingdom The fishing boat sank at Pilling Her crew were rescued 147 HMS Prince Consort nbsp Royal Navy The Prince Consort class ironclad put in to Kingstown County Dublin in a sinking condition She was on a voyage from Plymouth Devon to the River Mersey 150 Providence nbsp Dantzic The barque was driven ashore in Macrihanish Bay Her seven crew were rescued some by ropes from the shore others by the Campbeltown Lifeboat 139 Rook nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank in the Duddon Estuary Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Morecambe Lancashire 147 Saucy Jack nbsp United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Cairnbulg Aberdeenshire 151 Both crew survived She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Wick Caithness 143 Venturia nbsp United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Broadhaven Bay 10 Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York to Sligo United Kingdom 134 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beckfoot 154 137 Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner foundered off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands 24 31 October editList of shipwrecks 31 October 1863 Ship State Description Achilles nbsp Prussia The barque was driven ashore at Abergele Caernarfonshire United Kingdom Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Dublin to St Ubes Portugal 139 Active nbsp United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea Her crew were rescued by Toskea nbsp Norway Active was on a voyage from Stettin to Aberdeen 99 158 Anna nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank on the Kjeldsand in the North Sea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Fano Denmark 25 Benledi nbsp United Kingdom The barque capsized and sank in the River Thames at Wapping Middlesex She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland County Durham She was subsequently righted and beached 139 134 Caroline Prince nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven aghore at Agger Denmark She was on a voyage from London to Copenhagen Denmark 73 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles 93 km east of Spurn Point Yorkshire Her crew were rescued by the smack Questor nbsp United Kingdom Elizabeth was on a voyage from Sunderland to Maldon Essex 158 73 159 Esmeralda nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Scalloway Shetland Islands 17 Everthorpe nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Narva Russia Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to Hull 160 10 Giacomo nbsp Italy The brig was driven ashore in the Gulf of Palmas She was on a voyage from Messina Sicily to an English port 137 Hero nbsp Prussia The brig was driven ashore at Helsingor Denmark She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland United Kingdom to Copenhagen 17 Jane nbsp United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Boston Deeps with the loss of all ten crew 161 162 Jumna orMinna nbsp Lubeck The brig was wrecked on Walney Island Lancashire United Kingdom Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Lubeck 139 73 Juno nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Norden Gronden off the mouth of the Elbe Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London 8 17 146 Kate nbsp United States The schooner was lost at Brazos Pass on the coast of Texas Confederate States of America 84 London nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles 11 km south of St Bees Head Cumberland Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Workington Cumberland to Dublin 73 Maria nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea Her five crew were rescued the next day by Enterprise nbsp United Kingdom 134 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea Her crew were rescued by the smack Quester nbsp United Kingdom 161 Mary Kerr nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Lough Foyle at the Warren Lighthouse She had become a wreck by 17 November 139 163 Mechanic nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Waterlily nbsp United Kingdom Mechanic was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Barcelona Spain 158 164 Nelson nbsp United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing smack She was on a voyage from Seaham County Durham to Jersey Channel Islands 146 Providence nbsp Dantzic The barque was wrecked at Westport Argyllshire Seven crew were rescued by the Campbeltown Lifeboat the rest got ashore 140 165 Rica Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lysekil Sweden 166 Sarah nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Hellevoetsluis Zeeland Netherlands She was refloated 73 Thetis span data class, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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