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1 October
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the William Bank, in the White Sea . She was abandoned the next day. Two of her seven crew subsequently died.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
2 October
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Alin
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on Skierenaffin, in the Sound of Islay . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Fort William, Inverness-shire .[ 4]
Diana
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was refloated.[ 5] [ 4]
Fremad
Dantzic
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Dublin , United Kingdom .[ 6]
Gunso
Norway
The ship ran aground on the Galloper Sand. She was on a voyage from Piteå , Sweden to London , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Dover , Kent , United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[ 4]
Harkaway
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith , Lothian . She was refloated and towed in to Granton , Lothian.[ 6]
Heinrich
Rostock
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Jutland . She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom to Rostock.[ 6] [ 7]
Josephine
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Union ( United Kingdom ). Josephine was on a voyage from Grimsby , Lincolnshire to Christiania , Norway.[ 5]
Komna
Greece
The ship caught fire at Navarino and was scuttled.[ 5]
Peace and Plenty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar , Lothian in a capsized condition.[ 4]
Siff
Canada
The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Boston, Lincolnshire , United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 8]
Utility
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Galloper Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Dunkerque , Nord . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Dover in a leaky condition.[ 9]
3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Sound of Islay . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Fort William, Inverness-shire .[ 10]
Blanche
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henry , Virginia , United States. She was on a voyage from Great Isaac Cay, Bahamas to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 11] [ 12]
Orion
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Paraíba , Brazil.[ 13] [ 14]
Zodiac
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Sunda Strait . She was on a voyage from Singapore , Straits Settlements to London . She was refloated and put in to Anjer , Netherlands East Indies .[ 15]
No. 43
United Kingdom
The pilot boat was run down and sunk in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight by Syria ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of all four people on board.[ 16]
4 October
5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Dream
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on The Needles , Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 19]
Emily
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Taylor Reef, off "Lamley Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport , Cumberland to Dublin .[ 9]
Hero
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground west of Point Molinos, Spain. She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 20] She was refloated on 7 October and towed in to Málaga , Spain.[ 21]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The schooner sank in the North Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued by the brig Anne Mariana ( United Kingdom ). Isabella was on a voyage from Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire to Stettin .[ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25]
Mersey
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Lindisfarne , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath , Forfarshire .[ 17]
Naomi
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the Old Head of Kinsale , County Cork .[ 9]
Perseverance
United States
The steamship caught fire and sank in Lake Ontario with the loss of fourteen of her nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from Buffalo to Oswego, New York .[ 26]
6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Dream
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in The Needles , Isle of Wight . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 27]
Geertje Dykstra
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Løkken-Vrå , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middelburg , Zeeland to Memel , Prussia .[ 28] [ 17] [ 21]
Sir James Duke
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with another vessel and sank in the Girond at Pauillac , Gironde , France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Bordeaux , Gironde.[ 29]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a sunken pile at the mouth of the River Tees and sank. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Exeter , Devon . She was refloated on 18 October.[ 30] [ 31]
7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Diadem
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 19]
Gustav
Wismar
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued.[ 19]
Hagen
Norway
The sloop was discovered off Buchan Ness , Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom in a capsized condition. She was taken in to Peterhead , Aberdeenshire .[ 25]
J. C. Dering
Canada
The schooner capsized off Cape Cod , Massachusetts , United States with the loss of seven of the ten people on board. She was on a voyage from Digby, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 32]
Mangalore
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Calcutta , India . The fire was extinguished and she resumed her voyage.[ 9]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner capsized and sank off Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts with the loss of all hands.[ 32]
8 October
9 October
10 October
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Alma
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Exeter , Devon .[ 37]
Anna
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Teignmouth , Devon.[ 22]
Brill
United Kingdom
The ship departed from the Clyde for Saint John, New Brunswick , Canada . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 38]
Powerful
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the ferry Tynemouth ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Tyne . Her crew survived.[ 39] [ 40]
Joachim
Bremen
The barque was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic (35°57′S 7°50′W / 35.950°S 7.833°W / -35.950; -7.833 ). Her crew were rescued by China ( United States ) Joachim was on a voyage from Bremen to Rangoon , Burma .[ 41]
Repeal
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamship Marion ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby , Yorkshire with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by Marion . Repeal was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to South Shields , County Durham .[ 39] [ 42]
Speedwell
United Kingdom
The ship was assisted in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Ipswich , Suffolk .[ 43]
11 October
12 October
14 October
15 October
16 October
17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
C. A. Jones
Canada
The barque ran aground at Cape Canso , Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Windsor, Nova Scotia to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 57]
Countess of Selkirk
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Buyhouse Bay. She was on a voyage from Buyhouse Bay to Maryport , Cumberland .[ 56]
Echo
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Antina ( Netherlands ). Echo was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dordrecht , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 50]
Letitia
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Portsmouth , Hampshire . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Portsmouth. She was righted the next day.[ 11]
Mary Ann
Guernsey
The cutter was wrecked at Cap Fréhel , Côtes du Nord , France. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat . She was on a voyage from Pontrieux , Côtes-du-Nord to Guernsey.[ 44] [ 58]
Phantom
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with a collier and sank off Whitby , Yorkshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 11]
Union
United Kingdom
The steamship foundered with the loss of all 40 crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to New York , United States.[ 59]
18 October
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Almo
Russia
The ship put in to Brest , Finistère , France on fire. She was on a voyage from Rangoon , Burma to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom .[ 11]
Maggie Armstrong
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Boston, Massachusetts , United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 60]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate , Kent . She was on a voyage from Waterford to Hull , Yorkshire . She was refloated the next day.[ 11]
19 October
20 October
21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Amelia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off the Tongue Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew survived.[ 65]
Annie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore "south of Black". She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Troon , Ayrshire . She was refloated and towed in to Troon.[ 56]
Del Norte
United States
Wreck of Del Norte watercolor
The 601-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost. Sources disagree on the location of the incident. One claims that she was lost at Valdez , Department of Alaska . Another claims that Del Norte was wrecked in fog approximately 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) north of Victoria , Colony of British Columbia , during a southbound voyage from Sitka , Territory of Alaska. Others place her wreck at Porlier Pass (49°01′00″N 123°35′00″W / 49.01667°N 123.58333°W / 49.01667; -123.58333 (Porlier Pass ) ) in British Columbia.[ 66]
Esther and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Ida ( United Kingdom ) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Ida . Esther and Margaret was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Troon , Ayrshire . She came ashore near Whitehaven and sank.[ 67]
Gladstone
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at L'Islet, Quebec , Canada . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Quebec City , Canada.[ 67] [ 68] She was later refloated and taken in to Quebec City in a severely damaged condition.[ 69]
Henrietta
Flag unknown
The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Goatzacoalcos River . She was on a voyage from Minatitlán , Mexico to a British port.[ 70]
Jacques Cartier
Canada
The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Labrador , Newfoundland Colony .[ 58]
Juligs
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
The ship ran aground off Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle , Sweden to Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom .[ 56]
Mary Curley
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Vineyard Sound . She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Saint John's , Newfoundland Colony . She was refloated.[ 71]
22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Argos
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at "Vatergarn", Sweden.[ 56] She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Hartlepool , County Durham . She was consequently condemned.[ 71]
Australian
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran ashore and was wrecked north of San Christorão, Brazil . All twenty people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales to London .[ 72] [ 73] [ 74]
Christine
Prussia
The ship collided with a British barque in the North Sea . She consequently foundered off the Dudgeon Sandbank the next day. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Messina , Sicily , Italy .[ 75] [ 65] [ 64]
Comet
Bremen
The ship was sighted off the South Foreland , Kent , United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Bahia , Brazil to Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 76]
Devon
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on the Brisson Rock, off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of fourteen lives. A survivor was rescued by the Sennen Lifeboat Matthew Nicholas ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 77]
Emma
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 50]
Francisco Alvarez
Chile
The ship was wrecked on "Musgora Island". She was on a voyage from Port Gamble , Washington Territory to Valparaíso .[ 78]
Jules
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamship Buda and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland .[ 50]
Koophandel
Flag unknown
The barque ran aground at Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland , Netherlands.[ 50]
Perkanos
Sweden
The barque was wrecked at Eckerö , Grand Duchy of Finland .[ 69] She was on a voyage from Nyhamn to Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom.[ 79]
23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Christina
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
The schooner collided with a barque in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom . She foundered the next day off the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew were rescued by George ( United Kingdom ).[ 80]
Devon
United Kingdom
The lighter was wrecked on the Brisons , off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of seventeen of the eighteen people on board. The survivor was rescued by the Sennen Cove Lifeboat.[ 81]
F. T. Barney
United States
F. T. Barney The schooner collided with the schooner T. J. Bronson ( United States ) and sank in Lake Huron . Her crew survived.
Governor General
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth , Devon . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Martinique . She was refloated with assistance from a fishing trawler .[ 50] [ 80]
Leichhardt
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship , anchored near the Girdler Sand, The Nore in the Thames estuary , preparing for her voyage to Wellington , New Zealand, was run into by the steamship North Star ( United Kingdom ) and cut to the waterline. All 49 people on board were transferred to North Star . She subsequently capsized and was wrecked.[ 82] [ 83] [ 84]
Leo
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged on Walney Island , Lancashire .[ 85] She had become a wreck by 29 October.[ 86]
Martha Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to the River Tyne .[ 75]
North Hampton
United States
The steamship was run into by the steamship Continental ( United States ) and sank off Newhaven, Connecticut . All on board were rescued.[ 87]
Speedwell
United Kingdom
The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the steamship J. M. Strachan ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of two of her four crew. Speedwell was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 85]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Waterford for Swansea. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 88]
24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Augusta
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Doom Bar . Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire , Ille-et-Vilaine , France to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Padstow , Cornwall .[ 64] [ 89]
Betty and Louise
Hamburg
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in St Andrews Bay . Her nine crew were rescued by the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Burntisland , Fife , United Kingdom .[ 90] [ 89]
Carrie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Johnshaven , Aberdeenshire with the loss of all five crew.[ 91]
Cora
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off Johnshaven with the loss of all nads. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen .[ 75] [ 51]
Dahlia
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Annat Bank, off Montrose, Forfarshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Stonehaven , Aberdeenshire.[ 75] [ 64]
Demetrius , andTrojan
United Kingdom
The steamship Trojan collided with the steamship Demetrius and was beached at Seacombe , Cheshire . She was on a voyage from Patras , Greece to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated on 25 October and beached at Tranmere, Cheshire Demetrius was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Liverpool. She was taken in to Liverpool for repairs.[ 85] [ 75] [ 64]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship sank off the Tongue Sand. Her crew were rescued.[ 75] She was on a voyage from Looe , Cornwall to Gravesend, Kent .[ 64]
Frances
United Kingdom
The brig sank off the Galloper Sandbank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Henry Morton ( United Kingdom ). Frances was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Le Tréport , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 75] [ 92] [ 93]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Alexandria , Egypt . She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a number of fishing smacks and tugs and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 92] [ 64]
Malta
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned off Happisburgh , Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by a fishing lugger . She subsequently came ashore at Happisburgh.[ 75] [ 92] Malta was later run into and broke up.[ 64]
Maria Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Morecambe Bay with the loss of all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Liverpool.[ 94]
Ocean Belle
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Aurora ( United Kingdom ). Ocean Belle was on a voyage from Quebec City , Canada to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 95]
Speedwell
United Kingdom
The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship James Strachan ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by James Strachan .[ 96]
Vulcan
Norway
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Johnshaven with the loss of thee of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[ 75] [ 91] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen .[ 97] [ 51]
William
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Cairnryan , Wigtownshire . She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Stranraer , Wigtownshire.[ 64] [ 98]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The sloop sank at the mouth of the River Trent . Her crew survived.[ 93]
25 October
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Lunner Platte, in the North Sea .[ 64]
A. H. Chitton
United States
The barque was destroyed by fire off Cleveland, Ohio . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cleveland to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 71]
Colgrain
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from London to Galle , Ceylon . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 8]
Croxdale
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Hamburg .[ 99]
Eclat
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Bembridge , Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated on 27 October and taken in to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[ 100]
Gesser
flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Lunner Platte.[ 64]
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off the mouth of the Humber . Her crew were rescued by the brig George Andrews ( United Kingdom ).[ 93]
John Roberts
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground, capsized and sank at Waren Mill , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Newton, Northumberland to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 100] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland.[ 101]
Lord Hartington
United Kingdom
The brigantine was destroyed by fire at Hunter's Point , New York City , United States with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York City to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 97] [ 51] [ 79] [ 41]
Princess
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Wremen , Prussia [ 64] She was on a voyage from Brement to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 100]
Prosper
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Audierne , Finistère , France. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli , Ottoman Empire to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 14]
Rogate
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground between Glückstadt , Prussia and "the Stor".[ 100] She was refloated on 6 November with the assistance of two steamships and towed in to Glückstadt.[ 95]
Spitfire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Imsum , Prussia.[ 64] She was on a voyage from Bremen to London.[ 100]
Trave
Flag unknown
The brig was driven ashore near Wremen.[ 64] She was on a voyage from Bremen to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom.[ 100] [ 101]
Warwick
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Nordergrunde, in the North Sea and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Hamburg .[ 100]
William
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Dartmouth, Devon and was scuttled with assistance from HMS Britannia and HMS Enchantress (both Royal Navy ).[ 64] [ 80]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The collier , a brig , was driven ashore near Wremen.[ 100]
26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Arrow
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Luner Platte, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Bremen to South Shields , County Durham .[ 100] She was refloated on 3 November and taken in to the Geeste .[ 71]
Blackness
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Nieuwe Diep.[ 98]
Donor
United Kingdom
The collier ran aground on the Zuidwal , in the Wadden Sea .[ 64]
Empress
United Kingdom
The hulk was driven ashore at Pwllcrochan, Pembrokeshire and became hogged .[ 14]
Norma
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at "Larche", Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Memel , Prussia .[ 64]
Pilote
France
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium in a severely leaky condition and was placed under repair.[ 100] [ 93] [ 14]
Sovereign
India
The ship struck rocks at "Kwing Island", China . She was on a voyage from Shanghai , China to London. She was refloated and taken in to Foo Chow Foo , China for repairs.[ 102] [ 103]
Speedwell
United Kingdom
The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Great Orme Head , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom ). Speedwell was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic , Caernarfonshire to Runcorn , Cheshire .[ 104]
Unnamed
United States
The ship was driven ashore near Southport , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 64]
27 October
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Bismarck
Prussia
The ship was wrecked at "Tennyama".[ 105]
Borderer
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off Cape Agulhas , Cape Colony and foundered. Eight of her crew reached land, the boat with the other twelve crew was discovered in a capsized condition. She was on a voyage from Penang , Straits Settlements to London .[ 33] [ 106]
Constantia
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne , Heligoland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland to Hamburg .[ 97] [ 51]
Crest
New Zealand
The ketch was wrecked near the mouth of Akaroa Harbour when it struck rocks, with the loss of two lives.[ 107]
Forest Queen
United Kingdom
The ship departed from South Shields , County Durham for Guadeloupe . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hans.[ 108]
Franklin
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Cairnryan , Wigtownshire .[ 97]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the Outer Dowsing Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 84]
John and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Lemvig , Norway with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 84]
Nordpolen
Norway
The ship was towed in to Ulvesund in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 57]
Prosper
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland.[ 97]
No. 11
Heligoland
The fishing sloop was driven ashore on Düne.[ 51]
Two unnamed vessels
Netherlands
The ships were driven ashore on Düne. One of them was wrecked.[ 51]
28 October
29 October
30 October
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
RMS Grecian
United Kingdom
The steamship struck a rock and sank in the Saint Lawrence River . Her passengers were rescued.[ 113]
Karsinde
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft , Suffolk to Groningen , Netherlands.[ 69]
Primus
Sweden
The barque was sighted off Fortress Monroe , Virginia , United States whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland , United States to London , United Kingdom . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 114]
Tempest
United Kingdom
The ship departed from New York for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 114]
Theodorus
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire . Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Blackpool and Lytham Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Edina, Liberia . She was refloated and taken in to Lytham St. Annes , Lancashire.[ 13] [ 89]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner foundered off Ameland , Friesland , Netherlands with the loss of all hands.[ 115]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner foundered off Amrum , Prussia with the loss of all hands.[ 57]
31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Ariadne
United Kingdom
The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Scarborough , Yorkshire by a French lugger . Her four crew survived.[ 116] [ 32]
Bonita
Jersey
The ship foundered in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the coast of Devon with the loss of her captain. The two survivors were each rescued by a fishing trawler .[ 32]
Florence
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at "Eitzenloch". She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Cuxhaven . She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 14]
Jura
United Kingdom
The schooner departed from South Shields , County Durham for Dublin . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 114]
Lion
United Kingdom
The steamship struck a sunken wreck and foundered off Dagerort , Russia . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Cronstadt , Russia.[ 117] [ 95]
HMS Pallas
Royal Navy
The ironclad caught fire off Gibraltar . Seventeen crew were injured. The fire was extinguished with assistance from a United States Navy warship.[ 118]
Paraguay
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore on Amrum , Friesland , Netherlands.[ 119] [ 14] She was refloated and found to be leaky.[ 57]
Persia
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued by Black Watch ( United Kingdom ). Persia was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Bombay , India .[ 120]
St. Helier
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Wyk auf Föhr , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Lagos , Africa to Hamburg .[ 121]
T. F. Gates
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Galaţi , Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 13]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1868
Ship
State
Description
Daniel
Italy
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil .[ 67]
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The ship sank near Fort Mahon , Mallorca , Spain. She was on a voyage from Livorno , Italy to a port in Dorset .[ 67]
Falcon
Flag unknown
The ship was destroyed by fire at Swatow , China before 27 October.[ 79]
Fritz and Betsey
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden.[ 69]
Helena
France
The steamship was destroyed by fire off Capbreton , Landes .[ 101]
Neptunus
Rostock
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bergen , Norway to Rostock. She had been refloated by 8 October and taken in to Fredrikshavn , Denmark in a severely leaky condition.[ 21]
Prince Consort
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Visby , Sweden.[ 25]
Protector
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Hull , Yorkshire for Saint John, New Brunswick , Canada . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 25 crew.[ 122]
R. Hines
Canada
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 October.[ 100]
Sulina
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Dingle Bay after 2 October with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall for Dingle , County Kerry .[ 123] [ 124]
Souvenir
United Kingdom
The galeas was abandoned in the North Sea (54°50′N 4°05′E / 54.833°N 4.083°E / 54.833; 4.083 ) on or before 5 October. She was on a voyage from Burntisland , Fife to the Elbe .[ 18] [ 9]
Spes
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off "Platorf".[ 23]
Stag
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay , India .[ 65]
Stockton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Boston Bay.[ 67]
Vesta
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Saaremaa , Russia . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Saint Petersburg , Russia. She was refloated on 12 October and taken in to "Hafen Attel".[ 37]
Virgen de Solidad
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate . She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Monte Video , Uruguay.[ 13]
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