List of shipwrecks in October 1867

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

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3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Endeavour New Zealand The cutter was driven ashore on Rangitoto Reef in the Hauraki Gulf.[1]

4 October
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Wynward New Zealand The cutter was wrecked near East Cape during a severe gale, while en route from Napier to Auckland. All hands were saved.[2]
Manukau New Zealand The 300-ton schooner was wrecked with the loss of two lives close to the mouth of the Manawatu River while en route from Newcastle, New South Wales to Wellington.[3]

9 October
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Der Wanderer  Norway The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[4]
Sea Slipper Flag unknown The vessel was wrecked at Spotted Island off Labrador. William Jackman (1837–1877) swam to the vessel 27 times to bring everyone on board safely to shore.

13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Heken  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands.[4]

21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Amsterdam  United Kingdom The 639-gross register ton cargo ship was wrecked in dense fog on rocks on the south coast of Long Island, New York, just west of Montauk Point with the loss of all hands.[5]
Matilda New Zealand The schooner was wrecked at Okarito. She was leaving harbour when the breeze failed and she became unmanageable, drifting onto rocks.[2]

24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Æolus New South Wales The ketch was wrecked at Hole in the Wall, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia, without loss off life.

26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Thomas Parker  United Kingdom
Thomas Parker
The schooner was wrecked on St Mary's Isle, Douglas, Isle of Man.

29 October
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Emma Eliza New Zealand The schooner broke up when she went ashore while trying to enter Hokitika harbour during a gale.[6]
Rhone  United Kingdom
The wreck of Rhone in 2003.
The brig-rigged passenger steamship was wrecked off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands during a hurricane, killing 123 people. Only 23 people – all of them crew members – survived.

31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Hope New Zealand The 25-ton schooner grounded and was wrecked on Rurima Island's reef in the Bay of Plenty.[2]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1867
ShipCountryDescription
Amazon Canada The brigantine was driven ashore on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was abandoned. Salvaged in 1868, repaired and returned to service as Mary Celeste.

References
  1. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 150.
  2. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 151.
  3. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 150–151.
  4. Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbott: David and Charles. p. 181. ISBN 0 7153 7202 5.
  5. njscuba.net Amsterdam
  6. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 152.

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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