List of shipwrecks in August 1866
The list of shipwrecks in August 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1866.
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References |
1 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Die Vernon | The ship was wrecked on the Choal Kado Reef with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[1][2] | |
Tubal Cain | The brig ran aground on the Margate Sands and sank.[3] |
3 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Petronella Johanna | The ship was driven ashore on "Boomjes Island", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[4] | |
Rapid | The ship ran aground and sank near Le Hourdel, Somme, France. Her crew were rescued.[5][6] | |
Tartar | The brigantine was wrecked off Inishbofin, County Donegal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunfanaghy, County Donegal to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[7] | |
No. 2 | The pilot cutter was driven ashore near Carnoustie, Forfarshire.[8] |
4 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bromley | The barque collided with the steamship City of Aberdeen ( | |
Cardigan | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5] | |
Valentina | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9] |
5 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jane Goodyear | The ship was wrecked at "Moselle", Mexico. She was on a voyage from [London]] to Sisal, Yucatán and Campeche City, Mexico.[10] |
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Affondatore | The ironclad warship sank in a storm while in port at Ancona. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. | |
Doris | The ship was driven ashore near "Raa", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Neufahrwasser. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark.[11] | |
Jane Goodyear | The ship sank at Bimini, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from London to Campeche City, Mexico.[12] |
7 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Commerce | The ship sprang a leak, capsized and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by Excelsior ( |
8 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albion | The ship sank in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Stettin.[14] | |
Pallas | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Stonewall Jackson ( |
9 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cyclone | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of Japan with the loss of a crew member.[16][17] She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Shanghai, China.[18] | |
Lady Stewart | The brig sank off Heligoland after a Bremen pilot cutter refused to take off her crew or take her in tow. Her eight crew took to a skiff; they were rescued the next day by Norsken ( |
10 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Herald | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east by east the Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[22] | |
Wasp | The steamship sprang a leak and sank in the River Wyre. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood to Southport, Lancashire. She was refloated and beached at Fleetwood.[23][24] |
11 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | The ship departed from Huelva, Spain for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25] | |
Ann and Emma | The smack was wrecked near Portholland, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portholland to Plymouth, Devon.[26] | |
Mayflower | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the sloop Nine Brothers.[11] | |
President | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Port Ellesmere, Cheshire.[27] |
13 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary and Agnes | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with assistance and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[11] | |
Jose S. Romas | The ship was wrecked at Laguna, Santa Catarina. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Laguna.[28] |
14 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Blanche | The steamship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated the next day.[29] | |
Venus | The ship was driven ashore at Angle, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cork. She was refloated and beached.[30] | |
Five unnamed vessels | The schooners ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[31] |
15 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fulmar | The brig ran agroud on the Middel Grunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[30] | |
Harriet | The ship ran aground on the Dick Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Nord and sank. Her crew were rescued.[30] | |
Mary Ann | The ship collided with Holland (Flag unknown) and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex.[27] | |
Onward | The barque was wrecked on Gorriti Island, Uruguay. Her crew survived.[32] |
16 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arnold | The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[30] | |
Ilva | The barque was wrecked in Algoa Bay.[33] | |
Weybourne | The sloop collided with the schooner Jessie ( |
17 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Betsey | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland.[34] | |
Caleb Haley | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Mexico. Her crew survived.[35] | |
Christina Wubbegina | The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were resued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.[30] | |
Mary Gillespie | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea (55°06′N 3°20′E). Her eight crew were rescued by the yacht Treide Egg ( |
18 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alice | The schooner collided with the steamship Douro ( | |
Minnie Waterson | The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Cronstadt, Russia.[1] | |
Towy | The smack sprang a leak and sank off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to an Irish port.[38] | |
Wingate Grange | The ship was damaged at Sunderland, County Durham by two separate explosions in her cargo of coal. A crew member was severely injured in each explosion.[30] |
19 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alfred Barrett | The schooner exploded, caught fire and was destroyed at Jersey City, New Jersey with the loss of at least three of her four crew.[40] | |
Bruiser | The steamship collided with the steam collier Haswell ( | |
Hermina Hendrika | The galiot was run down and sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom by the steamship Fairy Queen ( | |
Lambert | The ship caught fire, exploded and was destroyed at Jersey City.[45][40] | |
Sardinia | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Royal Family ( | |
Vulcan | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[30] |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Duncan | The barque foundered in the North Sea. All sixteen people on board were rescued by the schooner Edward ( | |
Helen | The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[30][36] | |
Theodore | The steamship was destroyed by fire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina.[48] | |
Woodman | The schooner was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed.[30] |
21 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hibernia | The cutter ran ashore and was wrecked at the Point of Ayre. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Troon, Ayrshire.[26] | |
Omar Pacha | The ship was driven ashore at Krasnaya Gorka, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Cronstadt.[36] |
22 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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United Kingdom, and No. 6 |
The dredger No. 6 was run into and sunk in the Clyde by the steamship Heron ( |
23 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Golden City | The ship was wrecked at Sydney, New South Wales.[50] |
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Walvisch | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[36] |
26 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza Jenkins | The ship sank off Lagos, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12] | |
Hero | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liscannor, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Liscannor to Liverpool.[45] |
29 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Countess of Durham | The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to sunderland.[51] |
30 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Corrib | The ship foundered in Cezimbra Bay, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Bristol Gloucestershire.[15] | |
Cupid | The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated.[51] | |
Goliah | The tug was driven into the tug Hilda ( | |
Lidener | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Port Mahon, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[51] | |
Maria Renée | The schooner foundered off the North Sand Head. Her crew were rescue by a tug. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Honfleur, Calvados.[52][53] | |
North | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her 31 crew took to two boats; seventeen were rescued by the Texel Lifeboat ( | |
Rose | The fishing coble was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby.[51] | |
Wellington | The tug ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( |
31 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Admirable | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona, Spain.[56] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anna Dressine | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to a British port.[7] | |
Annie | The ship was sunk by ice before 17 August.[57] | |
Backworth | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles on or before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sicily, Italy to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[51] | |
Clyde | The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Tegeler Platte, in the North Sea before 7 August.[11] | |
Como | The steamship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands.[58] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[30] | |
Fortitude | The ship was wrecked near Akyab, Burma.[23] | |
Highflyer | The ship was driven ashore at "Langsham". She was refloated.[59] | |
Isabella | The ship caught fire at Maceió, Brazil.[45] | |
J. B. Elliott | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to New York.[45] | |
Jean Baptiste | The ship foundered off Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure.[23] | |
Lady Napier | The ship departed from North Shields, Northumberland for Dantzic. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[60] | |
Liberty | The ship foundered off Vigo, Spain.[61] | |
Madaweska | The brig was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[62][63] | |
Maitland | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[36] | |
Malta | The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was refloated.[64] | |
Mary Gillespie | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea.[65][36] | |
Nancy | The schooner ran aground and sank at Lagos. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lagos to Liverpool, Lancashire.[61][66] | |
Nile | The steamship was wrecked at Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Alexandria, Egypt.[67] | |
Queen of the Forth | The ship was wrecked off Paraíba, Brazil She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India.[65] | |
Sarah | The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin downstream of Moulmein, Burma. She was on a voyage from Moulmein to Madras, India. She was refloated and towed in to "Fishing Village" in a waterlogged condition.[65] | |
St. Hilda | The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean before 3 August with the loss of seventeen lives. She was on a voyage form Rangoon to Bombay.[4][66] | |
Themis | The ship ran aground, broke her back and was wrecked at Alibag, India. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aden.[31][51] | |
Wing | The ship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
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