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The list of shipwrecks in September 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1865.
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elpis |  Greece |
The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea.[1] |
| Flavio Gioza |  United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America for Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[2][3] |
| Henry Buck |  United States |
The barque capsized at South Shields, County Durham. United Kingdom.[4][5] |
| Mitara | Greece |
The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea.[1] |
| Pride | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Sombrero, Anguilla for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6] |
| Roman Emperor | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gävle, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Söderhamn, Sweden.[4][5] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet White |  British North America |
The schooner was run into by the steamship China ( United Kingdom) and sank at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued.[7] |
| Hewson | United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground on the Halhouden Rocks, on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Fredrikshavn, Denmark to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[8] She was subsequently taken in to Ekenäs, Grand Duchy of Finland.[1] |
| Thetis | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost near Lemvig, Norway or at Ystad, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Gävle, Sweden.[4][8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queen of England | United Kingdom |
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (52°09′N 25°30′W). Her ten crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Westmoreland ( United States). Queen of England was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | United Kingdom |
The steamship caught fire at New York, United States.[10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adria |  Austrian Empire |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[11] |
| Architect | United Kingdom |
The barque ran aground on "Little Hoften Island", in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Reval, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1] |
| Brazilian Packet | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Hogland, Russia.[12][13] |
| Clintonia | United Kingdom |
The ship was sighted off Constantinople, Ottoman Empire whilst on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amelie |  France |
The ship foundered at Guadeloupe. Her four crew were rescued.[15] |
| Jane Pickard | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Shanghai, China for Yokohama, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16] |
| Koh-i-Noor | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at "Domingo".[17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra | United Kingdom |
The ferry steamer, from Newhaven, Sussex, England for Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France, was wrecked in fog on rocks at Cap d'Ailly, west of Dieppe; all passengers and crew were rescued.[18][19] Although declared a total loss,[20][21] she was subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[19] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| De Hoop |  Netherlands |
The ship departed from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies for Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22] |
| Kate | United Kingdom |
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Mortehoe, Devon. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon.[23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fanny Fern | British North America |
The full-rigged ship collided with the steamship Propontis ( United Kingdom) at New York and was consequently beached.[24] |
| George Albree | United States |
The 181-ton sternwheel towboat was destroyed by a fire at Monongahela Wharf in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[25] |
| L'Envoi | France |
The ship was wrecked on Starbuck Island. Her crew were rescued.[26][27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albion | United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore west of Blakeney, Norfolk. . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1] |
| Midas | New Zealand |
The 26-ton schooner was carried on to a reef at Flat Point on the Wairarapa coast during a heavy gale. All hands were rescued.[28] She was on a voyage from Dunedin to Hokitaka.[29] |
| Twilight | United States |
The 230-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at the mouth of Fire Creek, near Napoleon, Missouri.[30] |
| River Queen | United States |
The sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed at the Monongahela Wharf in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by a fire started by her engineer.[31] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belle of the Ocean | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Bonny, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[32] |
| Comet | United Kingdom |
The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew took to the longboat; they were rescued by Karen Marie ( Denmark). Comet was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham.[33][34] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Auchindown | United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on Hven, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Buckie, Moray to Stettin. She was refloated on 11 June 1866 and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark.[1][35] |
| Hanna |  Prussia |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Leba with the loss of two of her crew.[36] |
| Reserve | United Kingdom |
The barque caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 170 nautical miles (310 km) off Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Dover, Kent.[37] |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands.[36] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John | United Kingdom |
The brig was run down and sunk by the steamship John Liddell ( United Kingdom) at South Shields, County Durham with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivors was rescued by the tug Hope ( United Kingdom). John was on a voyage from South Shields to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[38][39] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Felix | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. SHe was refloated and taken in to Slitohamn, Sweden for repairs.[40] |
| Venus | United Kingdom |
The schooner struck rocks in the Strangford Lough and sank.[41] She was refloated on 16 September.[34] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Royalist |  Royal Navy |
The Rosario-class sloop was driven ashore in the West Indies. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[42] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Falcon, and Garland |
United Kingdom |
The steamships collided in Lough Foyle and were severely damaged. Two people on board Falcon were killed. She had to be beached. Garland was on a voyage from Londonderry to Morecambe, Lancashire. A number of people were killed. She put back to Londonderry.[41][43] |
| Lone Star | United States |
The steamship was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Red Fish Bar near Galveston, Texas. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Contest | United Kingdom |
The tug collided with the Mersey Ferry Wild Rose and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire.[44] She was refloated on 19 September.[40] |
| Jane and Helen | United Kingdom |
The schooner was run into by the paddle steamer Wolf ( United Kingdom and sank in the Clyde at Paisley, Renfrewshire. Her five crew survived.[45] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore and sank at "Rayoe". She was on a voyage from Fredrikshavn, Denmark to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was refloated.[46] |
| Dispatch | United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Fuzhou, China.[47] |
| Maribelle | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on a shoal in the Montaran Islands, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[48][49] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle | United Kingdom |
The steamship sank at Birkenhead, Cheshire.[38] |
| Scotland | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on The Platters. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[40] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Angelo |  Italy |
The ship was driven ashore near Alicante, Spain. She was on a voyage from Barletta to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Alicante.[50][51] |
| Brigand | British North America |
The schooner was wrecked on Lime Cay Reef, off the coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Ragged Island, Newfoundland to Kingston, Jamaica.[51] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edmiston Brothers | United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground and capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire.[34] |
| Edward, and Souvenir |
United Kingdom |
The schooner Edward was damaged at Sunderland, County Durham when the barque Souvenir capsized onto her.[7] |
| Rota | Denmark |
The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 26 nautical miles (48 km) east north east of Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Charles ( France) was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia.[24][7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Italia Una | Italy |
The ship struck a rock and sank off Venetico. She was on a voyage from Zakynthos, Greece to "Calamota".[52] |
| John | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dublin. She was refloated the next day.[37] |
| Nimrod | United States |
The 30-ton sternwheel paddle steamer exploded on the Ohio River at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing five people.[31] |
| North Pole | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Husby Klit near Ringkøbing, Denmark, crew of 9 saved. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig.[24] |
| USS Pink | United States Navy |
The screw steamer was wrecked on Dauphin Island, Alabama during a gale. |
| Royal Saxon | United Kingdom |
The tug ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Capper | United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint-Nazaire. She was refloated.[24][7] |
| Emerald Isle | New Zealand |
The 22-ton schooner was wrecked in Ocean Bay, Port Underwood during a heavy gale.[53] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anasia | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[46] |
| Betsey | United Kingdom |
The ship collided with the steam hopper No. 4 ( United Kingdom) and sank at South Shields, County Durham.[46] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost near Hammerfest, Norway. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.[17] |
| Commisaris der Koning | Netherlands |
The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Manila, Spanish East Indies. She was consequently condemned.[54][55] |
| Constant | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Manila.[54] |
| Dardo |  Spain |
The brigantine was driven ashore in typhoon at Manila.[56] She was consequently condemned.[55] |
| De Hoop | Netherlands |
The galiot foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the brig Fanny ( Russia). She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[57] |
| Durko | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Manila.[54] |
| Immanuel |  Brazil |
The ship departed from Santos for the English Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[58] |
| Leonar | Spain |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Manila.[54][55] |
| London | United Kingdom |
The steamship caught fire in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London.[46] |
| Marie Antoinette | France |
The schooner foundered in the Mediterranean Sea (39°44′N 13°13′E). Her six crew were rescued by the brig List ( United Kingdom).[59] |
| Sabrina | United Kingdom |
The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Manila.[54][55] |
| Surbo | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Manila.[54] |
| Tigris | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Manila.[54] |
| Van der Huin | Netherlands |
The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Manila.[54] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accrington | United Kingdom |
The ship caught fire at London and was severely damaged. she was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[60] |
| Iddo Kimball | United States |
The bark, sailing from New York City to the Savannah River was lost in the Oyster Beds near Fort Pulaski, Georgia, on or about this date.[61] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
The schooner foundered off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[62][63] She broke up on 3 October.[37] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Conrade | United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37] |
| John Bullock, and Samson |
New Zealand |
The 76-ton paddle steamer Samson was towing the schooner John Bullock into the Hokitika River when the wash from another vessel caused her to veer into a sandspit. The John Bullock also grounded, but was able to be refloated.[64] |
| Madras |  India |
The steamship ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Godavery Point. She was refloated the next day.[65] |
| Paul | France |
The brig collided with the full-rigged ship Mobile ( Bremen) and was abandoned. She was subsequently towed in to the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by the steamship Behera ( France).[57] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Janetta | United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground at Calais, france. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Calais. She was refloated and taken in to Calais.[37] |
| Jenny Ellingwood | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at "Rosslan". She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in tow by the tug Ruby ( United Kingdom)[66] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes |  Norway |
The ship was wrecked near Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[41] |
| Ark | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Dartmouth, Devon.[4] |
| Augusta | New Zealand |
The 35-ton schooner was wrecked in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand during a heavy gale between 9 and 11 September. All hands were rescued.[53] |
| Blue Bell | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Fraserburg, Aberdeenshire to Stettin.[24] |
| Calmar |  Sweden |
The ship was driven ashore near Timmernabben.[4] |
| Christina Thompson | New Zealand |
The 85-ton schooner was wrecked at Greymouth. She was beached after her rudder became unshipped.[53] |
| Clementina | United Kingdom |
The barque departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eleven crew.[67] |
| Dankbarheit | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[66] |
| Eliza and Emma | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at "Hamsach", Russia before 16 September. Her crew were rescued.[46] |
| Eliza Beneke | United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked at Shanghai, China.[68] |
| Emma |  Stralsund |
The ship was wrecked on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[41] |
| Familien | Sweden |
The ship was wrecked on "Cansholmen". She was on a voyage from Härnösand to London, United Kingdom.[66] |
| Fire Queen | United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[24] |
| Hannah Park | United Kingdom |
The ship collided with the steamship Lena (Flag unknown) and sank in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.[34] |
| Heather Bell | United Kingdom |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque River Bear ( United Kingdom). Heather Bell was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Coquimbo, Chile.[69] |
| Helen Douglas | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the China Sea with loss of life.[70] |
| Heroine | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea before 8 September. Her crew were rescued.[71] |
| Hope | United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated on 6 February 1866.[72] |
| Hulda | Russia |
The ship was wrecked on "Cansholmen". She was on a voyage from Riga to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[66] |
| Idas | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of "Elephant Point".[73] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Queenstown, County Cork.[74] |
| Julia | New Zealand |
The 20-ton barge sailed from Wanganui for Patea in early September and was not sighted again. It was supposed she foundered in the gales of 9–11 September. Some of her timbers were washed up on Rangitikei Beach, where they were discovered in October.[53] |
| Lady Gray | United Kingdom |
The full-rigged ship was severely damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham before 22 September.[7] |
| Margaret Evans | United States |
The ship sank at New York. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to New York.[75] |
| Mount Alexander | New Zealand |
The schooner ran aground at Hokitika early in September, seriously damaging her hull.[76] |
| Norskehove | Sweden |
The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom.[75] |
| Onward | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Sanda Island, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Mauritius.[73] |
| Sarah | New Zealand |
The schooner left Wellington on 8 September and was not sighted again. Some wreckage was found in the Marlborough Sounds on 14 September. The rest of the ship's wreckage was found near the entrance to the Sounds in January of the following year, but the bodies of the two crew were never located.[53] |
| Segetia | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at "Stoniskov". She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Cronstadt.[12] |
| Shamrock | United Kingdom |
The smack sank between Ballycotton and Poor Head, County Cork with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Cork.[7] |
| Swan | New Zealand |
The 36-ton cutter was wrecked at Greymouth at about the same time as the Christina Thompson.[53] |
| Villa de Luarno | Spain |
The brigantine ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of New Unity and Scout (both United Kingdom).[77] |
| Wings of the Morning | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Smyrna. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Smyrna, where she arrived on 22 September.[37] |
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