The list of shipwrecks in August 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1866.
Ship | State | Description |
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Die Vernon | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Choal Kado Reef with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[1][2] |
Tubal Cain | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Margate Sands and sank.[3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Petronella Johanna | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on "Boomjes Island", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[4] |
Rapid | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and sank near Le Hourdel, Somme, France. Her crew were rescued.[5][6] |
Tartar | ![]() |
The brigantine was wrecked off Inishbofin, County Donegal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunfanaghy, County Donegal to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[7] |
No. 2 | ![]() |
The pilot cutter was driven ashore near Carnoustie, Forfarshire.[8] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bromley | ![]() |
The barque collided with the steamship City of Aberdeen (![]() |
Cardigan | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5] |
HMS Gleaner | ![]() |
The Gleaner-class gunboat was driven ashore on "Gonti Island". Subsequently refloated and returned to service.[9] |
Valentina | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10] |
Ysabel | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Havana to Liverpool.[11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jane Goodyear | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at "Moselle", Mexico. She was on a voyage from London to Sisal, Yucatán and Campeche City, Mexico.[12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Affondatore | ![]() |
The ironclad warship sank in a storm while in port at Ancona. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
Doris | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near "Raa", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Neufahrwasser. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark.[13] |
Jane Goodyear | ![]() |
The ship sank at Bimini, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from London to Campeche City, Mexico.[14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Commerce | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak, capsized and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by Excelsior (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | ![]() |
The ship sank in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Stettin.[16] |
Pallas | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Stonewall Jackson (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cyclone | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of Japan with the loss of a crew member.[18][19] She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Shanghai, China.[20] |
Lady Stewart | ![]() |
The brig sank off Heligoland after a Bremen pilot cutter refused to take off her crew or take her in tow. Her eight crew took to a skiff; they were rescued the next day by Norsken (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Herald | ![]() |
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east by east the Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[24] |
Lady Westmorland | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship departed from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25] |
Wasp | ![]() |
The steamship sprang a leak and sank in the River Wyre. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood to Southport, Lancashire. She was refloated and beached at Fleetwood.[26][27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | ![]() |
The ship departed from Huelva, Spain for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28] |
Ann and Emma | ![]() |
The smack was wrecked near Portholland, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portholland to Plymouth, Devon.[29] |
Mayflower | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the sloop Nine Brothers.[13] |
President | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Port Ellesmere, Cheshire.[30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Scout | ![]() |
The Pearl-class corvette struck an uncharted rock in the Pacific Ocean. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[9] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary and Agnes | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with assistance and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[13] |
Jose S. Romas | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Laguna, Santa Catarina. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Laguna.[31] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Blanche | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated the next day.[32] |
Venus | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Angle, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cork. She was refloated and beached.[33] |
Five unnamed vessels | ![]() |
The schooners ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[34] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fulmar | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Middel Grunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[33] |
Harriet | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Dick Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Nord and sank. Her crew were rescued.[33] |
Mary Ann | ![]() |
The ship collided with Holland (Flag unknown) and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex.[30] |
Onward | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on Gorriti Island, Uruguay. Her crew survived.[35] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arnold | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[33] |
Ilva | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked in Algoa Bay.[36] |
Lady Napier | ![]() |
The ship departed from North Shields, Northumberland for Dantzic. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37][38] |
Weybourne | ![]() |
The sloop collided with the schooner Jessie (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland.[39] |
Caleb Haley | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Mexico. Her crew survived.[40] |
Christina Wubbegina | ![]() |
The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.[33] |
Mary Gillespie | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea (55°06′N 3°20′E / 55.100°N 3.333°E). Her eight crew were rescued by the yacht Treide Egg (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice | ![]() |
The schooner collided with the steamship Douro (![]() ![]() |
Minnie Waterson | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Cronstadt, Russia.[1] |
Towy | ![]() |
The smack sprang a leak and sank off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to an Irish port.[43] |
Wingate Grange | ![]() |
The ship was damaged at Sunderland, County Durham by two separate explosions in her cargo of coal. A crew member was severely injured in each explosion.[33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alfred Barrett | ![]() |
The schooner exploded, caught fire and was destroyed at Jersey City, New Jersey with the loss of at least three of her four crew.[45] |
Bruiser | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steam collier Haswell (![]() ![]() |
Hermina Hendrika | ![]() |
The galiot was run down and sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom by the steamship Fairy Queen (![]() |
Lambert | ![]() |
The ship caught fire, exploded and was destroyed at Jersey City.[50][45] |
Sardinia | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Royal Family (![]() |
Vulcan | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Duncan | ![]() |
The barque foundered in the North Sea. All sixteen people on board were rescued by the schooner Edward (![]() |
Helen | ![]() |
The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[33][41] |
Theodore | ![]() |
The steamship was destroyed by fire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina.[53] |
Woodman | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed.[33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hibernia | ![]() |
The cutter ran ashore and was wrecked at the Point of Ayre. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Troon, Ayrshire.[29] |
Omar Pacha | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Krasnaya Gorka, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Cronstadt.[41] |
Ship | State | Description |
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United Kingdom, and No. 6 |
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The dredger No. 6 was run into and sunk in the Clyde by the steamship Heron (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Europa | ![]() |
The ship departed from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands for Copenhagen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55] |
Golden City | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Sydney, New South Wales.[56] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Walvisch | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[41] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza Jenkins | ![]() |
The ship sank off Lagos, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14] |
Hero | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liscannor, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Liscannor to Liverpool.[50] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Oceanita | ![]() |
The ship departed from Ascension Island for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Countess of Durham | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to sunderland.[58] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Corrib | ![]() |
The ship foundered in Cezimbra Bay, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Bristol Gloucestershire.[17] |
Cupid | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated.[58] |
Goliah | ![]() |
The tug was driven into the tug Hilda (![]() |
Lidener | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Port Mahon, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[58] |
Maria Renée | ![]() |
The schooner foundered off the North Sand Head. Her crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Honfleur, Calvados.[59][60] |
Martha & Eliza | ![]() |
The fishing schooner was run down and sunk by schooner Northerner near the Magdalen Islands. Crew saved.[61] |
North | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her 31 crew took to two boats; seventeen were rescued by the Texel Lifeboat (![]() ![]() |
Rose | ![]() |
The fishing coble was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby.[58] |
Wellington | ![]() |
The tug ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Admirable | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona, Spain.[64] |
Ceylon | ![]() |
The ship departed from the Clyde for Bombay, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[65] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Dressine | ![]() |
The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to a British port.[7] |
Annie | ![]() |
The ship was sunk by ice before 17 August.[66] |
Backworth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles on or before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sicily, Italy to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[58] |
Clyde | ![]() |
The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Tegeler Platte, in the North Sea before 7 August.[13] |
Como | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands.[67] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[33] |
Fortitude | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Akyab, Burma.[26] |
Highflyer | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at "Langsham". She was refloated.[68] |
Isabella | ![]() |
The ship caught fire at Maceió, Brazil.[50] |
J. B. Elliott | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to New York.[50] |
Jean Baptiste | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure.[26] |
Liberty | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Vigo, Spain.[69] |
Madaweska | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[70][71] |
Maitland | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[41] |
Malta | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was refloated.[72] |
Mary Gillespie | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea.[73][41] |
Nancy | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground and sank at Lagos. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lagos to Liverpool, Lancashire.[69][74] |
Nile | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Alexandria, Egypt.[75] |
Queen of India | ![]() |
The ship departed from Manila, Spanish East Indies for San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[76] |
Queen of the Forth | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked off Paraíba, Brazil She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India.[73] |
Sarah | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin downstream of Moulmein, Burma. She was on a voyage from Moulmein to Madras, India. She was refloated and towed in to "Fishing Village" in a waterlogged condition.[73] |
St. Hilda | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean before 3 August with the loss of seventeen lives. She was on a voyage form Rangoon to Bombay.[4][74] |
Themis | ![]() |
The ship ran aground, broke her back and was wrecked at Alibag, India. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aden.[34][58] |
Wing | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued.[10] |