The list of shipwrecks in July 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1865.
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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Pisataqua |
United States |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Green Point, Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Basilan, Spanish East Indies.[28] |
Quinnebaug |
United States Army |
Carrying Union Army soldiers home from Beaufort, North Carolina, the 186-ton screw transport was wrecked on a reef off Shackleford Banks, North Carolina, with the loss of 25 lives. The tug Goliath ( United States Army), the full-rigged ship Benjamin Adams (Flag unknown), and the survey ship USCS Corwin ( United States Coast Survey) rescued her survivors.[29] |
Swan |
United States |
The schooner was lost near Madison Point, Connecticut. Crew saved.[30] |
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List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Admiral Codrington |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[4] |
Hankow |
United States |
The 725-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Canton, China.[31] |
Kate |
New Zealand |
The cutter was seized, plundered, and burnt, by a Māori raiding party at Whakatāne, with the loss of three lives.[32] |
Marinuru or Maruwiwi |
New Zealand |
The schooner was seized, plundered, and burnt, by a Māori raiding party at Whakatāne, with the loss of one life.[32] |
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List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Ann and Jane |
United Kingdom |
The ship was beached at Lisbon, Portugal, being severely leaky. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[19] |
Brother Jonathan |
United States |
The California Steam Navigation Company paddle steamer struck North West Seal Rock, a part of St. George's Reef in the Pacific Ocean off Crescent City, California, and sank. An estimated 225 passengers and crew lost their lives; there were only nineteen survivors.[40] She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Portland, Maine.[41] |
Francis Bourneuf |
British North America |
The ship ran aground at Rutland, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to the Clyde.[42] |
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Annechina en Jantina |
Netherlands |
The ship was driven ashore near Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom to Cronstadt.[50] |
Bella Donna |
United States |
The 152-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South 50 nautical miles (93 km) downstream of Alexandria, Louisiana.[51] |
Chase |
United Kingdom |
The ship sank off Seskar, Russia.[16] |
Dankbarheid |
Flag unknown |
The ship was driven ashore near Cronstadt. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Cronstadt.[50] |
Exchange |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Caen, Calvados, France.[16] |
Futien |
Flag unknown |
The ship was wrecked at Shanghai, China on or before 22 July.[52] |
Hadrakon |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was destroyed by fire at Shanghai on or before 22 July.[52] |
La Belle |
United Kingdom |
The fishing smack foundered west of the Shetland Islands with the loss of all six crew.[53] |
Lady of the Lake |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Cape San Antonio, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana to Manzanilla, Cuba.[39] |
Lalla Rookh |
India |
The steamship was wrecked at Shanghai on or before 22 July.[52][54] |
Louisa |
United Kingdom |
The barque caught fire and sank near Algiers, Algeria.[55] |
Maalstrom |
Norway |
The brig was lost in the White Sea before 12 July.[6] |
Mary Emily |
United States |
The ship foundered 75 nautical miles (139 km) off the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to New York.[33] |
Messenger |
British North America |
The brig was wrecked on Phillips Court.[56] |
New Zealand |
New Zealand |
The 374-ton paddle steamer damaged her keel when crossing the bar at Hokitika, where she had travelled from Lyttelton. She became uncontrollable, and grounded on a nearby beach. All passengers and crew survived.[57] |
Prince of Wales |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered off Gogo, India. She was refloated in November and taken in to Bombay.[58] |
Rigi |
France |
The barque was wrecked on "Cape Gotto", Japan.[10] |
Star |
United States |
The 94-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on Red Bayou in Louisiana.[59] |
Susan Abigal |
Flag unknown |
The full-rigged ship was lost off Cape Flattery, Washington Territory.[60] |
Tonkeen |
Flag unknown |
The steamship was wrecked off China, probably in the same typhoon as the Lalla Rookh, above (reported September).[54] |
Unicorn |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Sunderland, County Durham.[50] |
Volunteer |
United States |
The 106-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Cumberland River in Tennessee.[61] |
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Notes
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"Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 23760. Liverpool. 22 August 1865.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23735. Edinburgh. 25 July 1865.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23749. Edinburgh. 9 August 1865.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23736. Edinburgh. 26 July 1865.
"Ship News". The Times. No. 25251. London. 31 July 1865. col F, p. 11.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23783. Edinburgh. 19 September 1865.
"Naval Disasters Since 1860". Hampshire Telegraph. No. 4250. Portsmouth. 10 May 1873.
"France". The Times. No. 25239. London. 17 July 1865. col C-D, p. 12.
"Explosion of a Steam Tug - Five Persons Killed". The Standard. No. 12774. London. 18 July 1865. p. 7.
Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 113–114.
"Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5448. Liverpool. 17 July 1865.
"Yarmouth". Bury and Norwich Post. No. 6585. Bury St. Edmunds. 22 July 1865.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23747. Edinburgh. 7 August 1865.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23734. Edinburgh. 24 July 1865.
"Disasters to Liverpool Shipping. Two Vessels Lost". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5502. Liverpool. 18 September 1865.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23751. Edinburgh. 11 August 1865.
"Shipping Intelligence". Edinburgh Mercury. No. 23761. Liverpool. 23 August 1865.
Ingram & Wheatley, p. 120.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23771. Edinburgh. 5 September 1865.
"1865". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
Ingram & Wheatley, p. 114.
"Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5454. Liverpool. 24 July 1865.
"Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12779. London. 24 July 1865. p. 7.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23743. Edinburgh. 2 August 1865.
"Ida". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
"Law Courts, Yesterday". Freeman's Journal. Dublin. 22 February 1866.
"Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5461. Liverpool. 1 August 1865.
"America". The Times. No. 25282. London. 5 September 1865. col A, p. 10.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23745. Edinburgh. 4 August 1865.
"1865". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
"GLASGOW". Clydesite. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.{{cite web}}
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"Ship News". The Times. No. 25265. London. 16 August 1865. col D, p. 11.
"Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23754. Edinburgh. 15 August 1865.
"Montrose". Dundee Courier. No. 3947. Dundee. 31 March 1866.
"Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5452. Liverpool. 21 July 1865.
"China". The Times. No. 25270. London. 22 August 1865. col A, p. 8.
"Untitled". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5741. Liverpool. 12 August 1865.
"Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5457. Liverpool. 27 July 1865.
"Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5458. Liverpool. 28 July 1865.
Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 120–121.
"The Bombay Mail". The Standard. No. 12895. London. 6 December 1865.
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