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1 August
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1865
Ship
State
Description
Annie Mae
United States
The 31-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Kingston, Illinois .[ 1]
Daniel Shatterick
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the schooner Elizabeth and sank in the Belfast Lough .[ 2]
Hannah Booth
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 2]
Henriette
Kingdom of Hanover
The schooner collided with Pero ( Hamburg ) in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Pero . She was discovered the next day by the steamship Harvest Queen ( United Kingdom ). Henriette was towed in to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom in a derelict condition on 6 August.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Louise Marie
Norway
The schooner was driven ashore near "Roo", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Rødvig , Denmark. She was refloated on 6 August and towed in to Helsingør , Denmark.[ 5]
Sergei
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Callundborg , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Rostock . She was refloated on 3 August and taken in to Callundborg for repairs.[ 6]
Shooting Star
United Kingdom
The barque struck a sunken rock off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham . She put in to Lowestoft , Suffolk in a leaky condition.[ 5]
S. J. Sanderson
British North America
The brig was wrecked on the Bird Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Jacmel , Haiti.[ 7]
2 August
3 August
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1865
Ship
State
Description
City of Calcutta ,Shamrock , and an unnamed barque
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship City of Calcutta ran aground in the Clyde at Dalmuir , Dunbartonshire . The steamship Shamrock ran aground and collided with City of Calcutta . A barque under tow then also ran aground, blocking navigation of the river completely. City of Calcutta and Shamrock were refloated the next day.[ 11]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Varberg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to a Prussian port.[ 12]
Embla
Norway
The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Wiken", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 12]
Gem
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near "Ording", Duchy of Holstein . She was on a voyage from Stornoway , Isle of Lewis , Outer Hebrides to Hamburg .[ 13]
Jacobus
Netherlands
The ship was run down in the Baltic Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 12] She was towed in to Varberg , Sweden in a severely damaged condition.[ 4]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Manacles , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure , France to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated on 9 August and towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 13]
4 August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1865
Ship
State
Description
Adieu
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Valparaíso , Chile.[ 15]
Arrow
United States
The 290-ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded in the North River in New York City off Manhattan ′s 13th Street , killing five people.[ 16] [ 17]
Edith
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Lindisfarne , Northumberland . She was refloated and beached, but heeled over and sank.[ 6]
Glenlee
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Mauritius and was scuttled. She was refloated..[ 18] [ 19]
Loi
France
The ship was wrecked on the South Bishop , Pembrokeshire , United Kingdom . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Roscoff , Finistère to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 4]
Williamson
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and sank at Fayal Island , Azores . She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Saint-Nazaire , Loire-Inférieure , France.[ 20]
6 August
7 August
8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1865
Ship
State
Description
Alexandra
New Zealand
The steamer was holed off the north Taranaki coast while trying to navigate through an entrance in a reef and sank as the vessel was running for shore. All hands were saved.[ 26]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Sondre Rosse, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 27]
Friends
United Kingdom
The smack was run down and sunk off Belfast , County Antrim by the paddle steamer Royal Consort ( United Kingdom ).[ 3] She was on a voyage from Glenarm to Belfast.[ 23]
Ino
United Kingdom
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso , Chile to Liverpool , Lancashire . A message in a bottle washed up in Dundrum Bay on 25 September giving the news.[ 28]
Lady of the Lake
New Zealand
The steamship was driven ashore at Hokitika . All on board were rescued.[ 29]
Moeris
France
The steamship was driven ashore near Fort Saint-Jean , La Joliette , Bouches-du-Rhône . She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Marseille .[ 30] [ 31]
Queen of India
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Seal Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 32]
W. H. Hazelden
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River . She was refloated.[ 25]
9 August
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1865
Ship
State
Description
Ipswich
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer ran aground in the River Orwell . A boat was crushed by one of the paddle wheels during refloating operations killing one of the four people on board. Ipswich was on a voyage from Harwich , Essex to Ipswich , Suffolk .
Pewabic
United States
The wreck of Pewabic in 2013 or earlier. The 350- or 738-ton screw steamer , a package freighter carrying a cargo of copper ingots and copper ore , US$ 40,000 to US$50,000 in her safe , and 175 to 180 passengers, sank in 80 to 120 feet (24 to 37 m) of water in Lake Huron six nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) off Thunder Bay Island near Alpena , Michigan , at 45°06′N 83°13′W / 45.100°N 83.217°W / 45.100; -83.217 (Pewabic ) after colliding with her sister ship , the cargo ship Meteor ( United States ). Meteor rescued 98 people from Pewabic ; others died, and the death toll could not be determined because Pewabic ' s passenger manifest went down with the ship, but an estimated 100 to 125 people lost their lives.[ 33] [ 34] [ 35] [ 36]
Regent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Seal Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 37]
10 August
11 August
12 August
13 August
14 August
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1865
Ship
State
Description
Abeona
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Southshots", Newfoundland , British North America . She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick , British North America to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham .[ 46]
George V
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship departed from Archangelsk , Russia for the Humber . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 47]
Pilot , and an unnamed fishing boat
United Kingdom
The schooner Pilot collided with a fishing boat , which capsized sank with the loss of her captain. Five survivors were rescued by other fishing boats. Pilot was consequently beached at Beadnell , Northumberland .[ 5]
Primrose
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[ 48]
Providence
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked on the Isle of May . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granton , Lothian to the Isle of May.[ 49]
Sardinian
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Falmouth, Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Aden .[ 10]
15 August
16 August
17 August
18 August
20 August
21 August
22 August
23 August
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1865
Ship
State
Description
Argosy No. 3
United States
The steamer went aground and suffered a steam explosion at Hatfield's Landing , White Mills , Kentucky , 80 nautical miles (150 km) downstream of Louisville, Kentucky . At least ten people died.[ 65]
Evelyn
United Kingdom
The steamship ran ashore on Rathlin Island , County Donegal . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Limerick . She was refloated and taken in to Londonderry for repairs.[ 66]
USS Commodore McDonough
United States Navy
The sidewheel gunboat foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast while under tow from Port Royal, South Carolina , to New York .[ 67]
Sarah Ann
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the schooner Helen ( Jersey ) and foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Helen . Sarah Ann was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 66] [ 68]
24 August
25 August
26 August
27 August
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1865
Ship
State
Description
Gratitude
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Agger, Denmark with the loss of all but two of her crew.[ 73]
Mountaineer
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Mobile, Alabama , United States for Liverpool , Lancashire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 74]
Reaper
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Little Fiskars Rocks, on the Swedish coast.[ 19]
Triumph
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on Cross Island , Maine , United States. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America . She had been refloated by 30 September and towed in to Eastport, Maine for repairs.[ 75]
28 August
29 August
30 August
31 August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1865
Ship
State
Description
Alexander
Flag unknown
The schooner was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to Purmerend , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 83]
Chiga Bene
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Padang , Netherlands East Indies on or before 28 August.[ 76]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the Mine Head Lighthouse , County Waterford . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Skibbereen , County Kerry .[ 83]
Empress
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland . Her crew were rescued.[ 68]
Gem
New Zealand
The 25-ton schooner was wrecked on a sandbar at Poverty Bay towards the end of August.[ 84]
Hira
New Zealand
The schooner left on a regular journey from Tauranga to Whangamata during a gale on 18 August and was not seen again. Her nameboard and hatch were found by the crew of the schooner Fancy late in August.[ 84]
John Croper
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Singapore , Straits Settlements .[ 3]
Merry Monarch
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "Cosmolado Island", north of Madagascar . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to New York , United States.[ 83]
Meteor
United States
The vessel burned and sank at Sault St. Marie, Michigan in mid August. Raised and repaired.[ 85]
New Zealand
United States
The steamship was wrecked at Hokitika , New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Otago to Hokitika.[ 86]
Prince of Wales
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Siam to Bombay , India.[ 32]
Shard
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 55]
Stockman
United States
The 81-ton screw steamer burned at Bear Creek, Michigan .[ 87]
Thomas Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Troon , Ayrshire for Madras , India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 88]
Titania
New Zealand
The steamship was wrecked at Hokitika.[ 86]
Wokee
China
The steamship struck rocks between "Bohan Island" and "Davis Island" before 28 August and was beached on "Napier Island" in a waterlogged condition[ 89]
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