List of shipwrecks in December 1867

The list of shipwrecks in December 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1867.

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1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Therese  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire for Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]

18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Sir George Seymour  United Kingdom The ship was carrying a cargo of coal from Liverpool to Bombay when the cargo suffered spontaneous combustion at 25°S 25°W. Her crew abandoned her; Leda ( United Kingdom), which was on her way to Calcutta, rescued 15 crew members.[2]

20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Mapere New Zealand The 30-ton schooner capsized and was lost near Tairua during a squall, possibly as a result of her ballast shifting. All hands were saved.[3]

21 December
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Colonel Stell  United States The sidewheel paddle steamer was lost.[4]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Good Intent Unknown The brigantine, carrying coal, sank after hitting the Crim Rocks, in the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly.[5]
Smyrna  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was later towed in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands by the steamship Ravenbury ( United Kingdom).[6]
Sultana  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Harwich ( United Kingdom and sank at Antwerp, Belgium.[6]

References
  1. "Therese". Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. "Ship News." Times [London, England 4 Feb. 1868: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 8 Sept. 2018.]
  3. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 153.
  4. Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Colonel Stell
  5. Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  6. Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers. Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. p. 191. ISBN 00 950944 2 3.

Bibliography
  • Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
Ship events in 1867
Ship launches: 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872
Ship commissionings: 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872
Ship decommissionings: 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872
Shipwrecks: 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872

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