List of shipwrecks in February 1868
The list of shipwrecks in February 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1868.
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1 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Dependent | ![]() | The ship collided with John Paxton (![]() |
Edwin | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1] |
Elinor | ![]() | The brigantine was driven ashore at Sandsend, Yorkshire. She was refloated but had to be beached.[1] |
Floen | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cuba.[2] |
Flying Fish | ![]() | The smack struck the wreck of Lord Clyde (![]() |
Harriet | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Charente. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Secret (![]() |
Jessie | ![]() | The ship sank at East Point, Monmouthshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 10 February and towed in to Newport for repairs.[5] |
John and William | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Amlwch, Anglesey. Shew as on a voyage from Dublin to Bangor, Caernarfonshire.[1] |
Kyanite | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew took to a boat, but were blown out to sea. They got onto the New Sand Float, from where they were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lyme Regis, Dorset to Hull, Yorkshire.[1][6] Kyanite was refloated on 8 February and taken in to Grimsby Lincolnshire.[7] |
Mary and Grace | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dublin.[8] |
Melby | ![]() | The brig collided with another vessel. She was taken in tow by two tugs but drove ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[9][1] |
Mistley | ![]() | The fishing smack was abandoned on the Dog Head Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire.[10][7] |
Parana | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to London.[11][2] |
2 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Amazon | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Mazagan, Morocco and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from London to Mazagan.[12] |
Glendevon | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Stiff. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall. She had become a wreck by 6 February.[13] |
Marie Emilie | ![]() | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent to Seaham, County Durham.[14] |
Mary and Grace | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bangor.[15][16] |
Otago | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked south of Oamaru. Her crew were rescued.[17] |
Star of Tasmania | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Oamaru with the loss of four lives.[18][19][20] |
Water Nymph | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Oamaru.[18][21][17] |
William Uriskin | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked at Oamaru with the loss of two lives.[17][22] |
3 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Alpha | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her three crew were rescued by the brig Adra (![]() |
Azorean | ![]() | The brig sank on the Girdler Sand. Her crew were rescued by a lugger. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan[1][6] |
Breeze | ![]() | The schooner went ashore and was wrecked at Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.[23] |
Circassian | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore at Rodosto, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Varna, Ottoman Empire to an English port. She was a total loss.[1] |
Coyattin | ![]() | A mutiny occurred on board the barque. Her coolies murdered the ship's crew. Coyattin was on a voyage from "Cowag" to Arequipa, Peru. The coolies attempted to sail her to China, but it was presumed she was subsequently wrecked.[24] |
Echunga | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Napier, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.[23] |
Fortune | ![]() | The 160-ton brig was wrecked 10 miles (16 km) south of Hokianga, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. Only one of the crew of eight was saved.[25] |
Hoogezand | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Great Vogelsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a pilot schooner. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Harburg.[26] |
Otago | ![]() | The 26-ton ketch was wrecked 8 miles (13 km) north of Oamaru, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.[25] |
Sea Bird | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Haumuri Bluff, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.[25] |
Star of Tasmania | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Oamaru, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. Five lives were lost.[27] |
Symmetry | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Oran, Algeria and was scuttled.[7] |
Tugela | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Natal Colony. Her crew were rescued.[28] |
Water Nymph | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Oamaru, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.[25] |
4 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Challenge | ![]() | The ketch went ashore and was wrecked at Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country.[29] |
Fowler | ![]() | The brig was abandoned off the Well Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.[30] |
Industry | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Visschers (![]() |
Josephine | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Joseph and Anne (![]() |
Rambler | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at "Cunslyon". She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Galway.[32] |
Riga | ![]() | The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Rover's Bride (![]() |
Stettin | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore by ice near Pillau, Prussia.[7] |
William Miskin | ![]() | The 142-ton screw steamer was wrecked at Timaru, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. One crewman drowned.[33] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The barque foundered in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon, Somerset.[34] |
5 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Lessborough | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Sark, Channel Islands.[35] |
Nederland | ![]() | The ship collided with Kortenaar (![]() |
Riga | ![]() | The brig foundered in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship (![]() |
Smyrna | ![]() | The steamship departed from Kristiansand, Norway for Hull, Yorkshire. Subsequently foundered off Skagen, Denmark on or about 9 February with the loss of all hands.[37] |
Thomas | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 160 nautical miles (300 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[38] |
6 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[35][39] She was refloated.[38] |
Eleanor | ![]() | The schooner was run ashore at "Landsend", Yorkshire and was wrecked.[35] |
George Robinson | ![]() | The ship sank off Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[35] |
Mantura | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Liverpool.[39] |
Marie | ![]() | The koff was wrecked on Hirsholmene. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Præstø to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[40][38] |
Mary and Ann | ![]() | The snow foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[13][14] |
Seagull | ![]() | The paddle steamer collided with the paddle steamer Swan (![]() |
Venise | ![]() | The brig struck the Ploughseat Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued.[4] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The schooner foundered off Bolt Head, Devon, United Kingdom.[35] |
7 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Lizzie F. Choate | ![]() | The cargo schooner was lost, apparently swamped and waterlogged, in the Gulf Stream while on the passage from New York City to Antigua. Her Captain and 2 crewmen died. Survivors taken off by brig J. S. Wright (![]() |
8 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Concordia | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Kiel, Prussia.[40] |
Fox | ![]() | The sloop sank on the Ferrier Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 11 February and towed in to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[13] |
Jane | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked near Skerries, County Dublin with the loss of four lives.[38] |
John Watt | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Calicut, India and was scuttled.[43] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bombay, India.[44] She was refloated on 14 February.[45] |
Marietta | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Hope Cove, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure to Plymouth, Devon.[46] |
Providence | ![]() | The ship struck a sunken wreck in the English Channel off Dungeness. She consequently foundered off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Jeune Emile (![]() |
9 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral Jarvis | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Woodbridge, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[38] |
Æneas | ![]() | The brigantine was wrecked on the Bolton Rocks, near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Wexford.[48] |
Bessy | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Saint John's. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Havana, Cuba. She was consequently condemned.[49] |
Eagle Wing | ![]() | The schooner collided with HMS Britannia (![]() |
Ella | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on Jardinelle's Reef, south of Cuba. Five crew were rescued by Dolphin (![]() |
Esmerelda | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria.[51] |
Jane | ![]() | The schooner struck Carr's Rock, off the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim and sank with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Portrush, County Antrim to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[52] |
Lizzie F. Choate | ![]() | The ship foundered with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by J. and G. Wright (![]() |
Star | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex in a leaky condition.[54][38][14] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked at Buckhaven Fife. She was on a voyage from Largo, Fife to Leith, Lothian.[48] |
10 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Eleanor | ![]() | The brig was damaged by fire at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[14] |
Elizabeth Wright | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Macduff, Aberdeenshire.[14] |
Jane and Margaret | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She floated off and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the yawl Anna Maria (![]() |
Kate Agnes | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire, United Kingdom. Eleven of the fifteen people on board were rescued by the Irvine Lifeboat; the rest reached shore in a boat. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Troon, Ayrshire.[56] |
Kennett | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Conine, County Waterford. She was refloated.[54] |
Mary | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. Her crew got on board the Formby Lightship (![]() |
Mary | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charlestown, Cornwall. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[5] |
Schwalbe | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Wyk auf Föhr. She was on a voyage from Emden to London, United Kingdom.[54][38] |
11 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Amanda Guion | ![]() | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the full-rigged ship Huntress (![]() |
Auria | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a sinking condition.[38] |
Chin Chin | ![]() | The schooner foundered off Rodrigues. Her crew were rescued.[59] |
Croisic | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[60] |
Kate | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Inverness.[60] |
Mary Sanders | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Queen's Channel and was beached. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated on 16 January and towed in to Runcorn.[30] |
Renata | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Callao, Peru. She was refloated the next day,[60][5] and put in to London in a leaky condition.[61] |
12 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Beta | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on the Nore.[62] |
Chevalier | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[62] |
Clara and Jane, or Clara and Jenny | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on Borkum, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[63][12][61] |
Electric | ![]() | The tug was driven ashore near Aden with the loss of one life. She was refloated.[64] |
Frank | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily, Italy to London.[40][65] |
Franziska | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Jutland.[62] |
Hercules | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her six crew were rescued by a galiot. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire.[66] |
Inverrugie | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande do Norte.[28] |
Margaret | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[65] |
Meteor | ![]() | The brig was wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Gibraltar with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage form Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[40][65] |
Solitario | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar with the loss of six of her ten crew.[65] She subsequently became a wreck.[46] |
Virginia | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Bluefields, Nicaragua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colón, United States of Colombia to Minatitlán, Mexico.[67][68] |
13 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Comorn | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from an English port to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[63] |
Demerara | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Sandgate, Kent.[12] She was on a voyage from London to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and towed in to Dover, Kent.[30] |
Javadette | ![]() | The brigantine ran aground at Berbice, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from Berbice to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Trinidad on 21 February in a leaky condition.[68] |
14 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Comorn | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[12] |
Jane and Ellen | ![]() | The ship was run into by the brig Marwood (![]() |
Mary Scott | ![]() | The sloop was driven ashore at Crail, Fife in a capsized condition and was wrecked.[12][69] |
Rose | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland.[30] |
15 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Abbey | ![]() | The wooden brigantine was wrecked three miles north of Crowdy Head in a gale. |
Aurora | ![]() | The steamship sank at Lachine, Quebec.[70] |
Doris | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) east north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[57][30] |
George | ![]() | The smack collided with the steamship Phoenix (![]() |
Industrie | ![]() | The brig capsized and sank in the Clyde at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on under tow from Greenock to Glasgow.[30] Industrie was righted on 20 February and found to be severely damaged.[71] |
Mystery | ![]() | The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Figueira da Foz, Portugal.[72] |
Rose | ![]() | The ship was driven onto the Bowling Rocks, on the coast on Northumberland.[12] |
Young Louisa | ![]() | The ship ran aground on The Shingles. She was refloated the nextday.[72] |
16 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Esmeralda | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Broughton Island, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney, New South Wales. She had been refloated by 27 February and taken in to Sydney.[20] |
Londonderry | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated the next day.[30][47] |
Marie Elize | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Stettin. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin.[73] |
Milo | ![]() | The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was refloated with assistance from Wanderer (![]() |
Patty and Polly | ![]() | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon.[57] |
Sandringham | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Gaspar Strait. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Queenstown, County Cork.[74][75] |
Sea Belle | ![]() | The 27-ton cutter was wrecked after being stranded on a sandspit at Whangapoua, New Zealand.[29] |
Superior | ![]() | The barque was run down and sunk off Ramsgate, Kent by the steamship Lena (![]() |
Woodlark | ![]() | The brig was wrecked while carrying cargo from Sydney to Newcastle. |
17 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Betty | ![]() | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Java, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and put in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands in a leaky condition.[57][30] |
Eureka | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Antwerp, Belgium.[57] |
Fuschia | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[30] |
Scotia | ![]() | The schooner struck rocks at Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire and was holed. She was beached at Aberdeen.[77] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen.[61] |
Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were damaged by fire at Antwerp.[30] |
18 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Acadia | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated and taken in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[78] |
Anna | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Dénia, Spain.[79] |
Anna Catharina | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Dénia.[79] |
Batavier | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Brielle, South Holland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated the next day.[31] |
Cheviot | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Matanzas, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Matanzas to Portland, Maine, United States.[80] |
Cwmsymlog | ![]() | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Tralee, County Kerry. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[81] |
Killarney | ![]() | The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and put back to Goole in a leaky condition.[79] |
19 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Alagoas | ![]() | Paraguayan War, Battle of Humaitá: The Pará-class monitor was beached in the Paraguay River upstream of Humaitá, Paraguay following damage inflicted in the battle.[82] |
Ann | ![]() | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthcawl, Glamorgan with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by the Porthcawl Lifeboat Good Deliverance (![]() |
Commissioner | ![]() | The pilot cutter was run down and sank in the Humber by the steamship Schwalbe (![]() |
Buoy | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey.[46] |
Catherine | ![]() | The schooner was beached at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.[31] |
Catherine | ![]() | The smack was wrecked on the Dutchman's Bank with the loss of her captain.[84] |
Collier | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] Her crew survived.[85] |
Corby Castle | ![]() | The ship sank at Amlwch, Anglesey.[73] |
Dee | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] |
Devonia | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands, at least five lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Swansea.[86][87][88] |
Electric | ![]() | The schooner foundered off the Point of Ayr, Cheshire or the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[87][71] |
Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] Her crew survived.[85] |
Endeavour | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.[85] |
Estella | ![]() | The tug collided with the ferry Mayflower (![]() |
Fanny Truss | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] Her crew survived.[85] |
Friends | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] Her crew survived.[85] |
Gem | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] |
Gipsey | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall. Her five crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat.[89] She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[73] |
Gloucester Packet | ![]() | The smack was abandoned off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Both crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat.[90] |
Hannah | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] Her crew survived.[85] |
Jarapa | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore on Salt Island, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Liverpool.[89][91] She was later refloated and towed in to Liverpool by the tugs Reliance and Tiger (both ![]() |
Jenny Jones | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of all eight crew.[78][73][92] |
Jeune Joseph | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on the north Devon coast with the loss of all eight crew.[93] |
Johns | ![]() | The brigantine ran aground and sank off the Godrevy Lighthouse, Corwnall. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to London.[94] |
Juno | ![]() | The Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.[46][85] |
Lady Helena | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] |
Lightning | ![]() | The smack ran aground at Brixham, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Brixham in a waterlogged condition.[73] |
Lily | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46][85] |
March | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore in Moelfre Bay. Her three crew were rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat.[90] |
Margaret | ![]() | The Amlwch-registered ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46][95] |
Margaret | ![]() | The Chester-registered ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.[46][85] |
Mary and Jane | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] Her crew survived.[85] |
Mary Louisa | ![]() | The ship collided with E. H. Taylor (![]() |
Mountain Maid | ![]() | The ship sank at Amlwch.[46] |
Pará | ![]() | Paraguayan War, Battle of Humaitá: The Pará-class monitor was beached in the Paraguay River upstream of Humaitá following damage sustained in the battle.[82] |
Phantom | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Brixham.[43] |
Princess Amalia | ![]() | The smack was wrecked in Lligwy Bay with the loss of both crew.[85] |
Prince Waterloo | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[85] |
Prize | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] |
Quatre Sœurs | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Cape Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[86][97] |
Richard | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in Moelfre Bay. Her three crew were rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat. She was subsequently taken in to the Menai Strait.[85][90] |
Souvenir | ![]() | The brigantine was wrecked at Hartland Point with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[31][93] |
Sparling | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] Her crew survived.[85] |
Stag | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] Her crew survived.[85] |
Success | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46] |
Tamandaré | ![]() | Paraguayan War, Battle of Humaitá: The ironclad gunboat was beached in the Paraguay River upstream of Humaitá following damage sustained in the battle.[82] |
Tan Tivy | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.[46][85] |
Thames | ![]() | The ship sank at Amlwch.[46] |
Thomas | ![]() | The schooner sank at Amlwch.[73] |
Victoria | ![]() | The ship sank at Amlwch.[73] |
Wepre Lass | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.[46][85] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The gig capsized whilst going to the aid of Gipsey (![]() |
Eleven unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Seven schooners and four sloops were driven ashore in Moelfre Bay.[89] |
20 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Batavier | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Brielle, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to London, United Kingdom.[31] |
Ceres | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Youghal, County Cork.[43] |
Johan | ![]() | The schooner foundered off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Aalborg, Denmark.[31] |
North Star | ![]() | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked near Seaton Point, Cumberland. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Peel.[49][98] |
Parary | ![]() | The barque was destroyed by fire at Pernambuco, Brazil.[74][75] |
21 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Banff | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham.[43] |
Bellona | ![]() | The smack was run ashore at Westport, County Mayo.[96] |
HMS Leven | ![]() | The Algerine-class gunboat ran aground off "Eunoe Islet", China. Subsequentlyb refloated, repaired and returned to service.[99] |
Nithsdale | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.[31] |
Prompt | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Wisbech.[43] |
22 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Alacer | ![]() | The Thames barge ran aground on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. Alacer was on a voyage from London to Maldon, Essex. She floated off the next day and taken in to Sheerness, Kent.[80] |
Antouin | ![]() | The smack ran aground on the Black Rock Ledge, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Brest, Finistère.[49] |
Bernard Barton | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the West Bank, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.[49] |
Chester | ![]() | The Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Wylfa, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Flint to Belfast, County Antrim.[49] |
Dart | ![]() | The fishing lugger was abandoned off the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the trawl boat Undine ![]() |
John Black | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated and taken in to Bangor, County Down for repairs.[101] |
Mary Ann | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Cemaes, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Wicklow.[49] |
Swan | ![]() | The schooner collided with Emblem (![]() |
Tamar | ![]() | The brig struck the wreck of Superior ![]() ![]() |
Unicorn | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore in the Larne Lough. She was on a voyage from Magheramorne, County Antrim to Belfast.[49] |
23 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Kitty | ![]() | The schooner collided with the barque Frigate Bird (![]() |
Mary Emilie | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her nine crew were rescued by two brigs, including Fortitude (![]() |
Melbourne | ![]() | The ship collided with HMS Viper (![]() |
Olly | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Calcutta, India. She was refloated on 25 February.[105] |
Omega | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, collided with the Cockle Lightship (![]() ![]() |
William Barker | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus and breeches buoy.[109] |
24 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Red Gauntlett | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the Dutch coast. All on board were rescued.[49][98] |
25 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Cornelia | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartland Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan.[110] |
26 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Britannia | ![]() | The schooner sank in the North Sea off the Mouse Lightship (![]() |
Zitella | ![]() | The ship collided with Esther (![]() |
27 February
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Melbourne | ![]() | The ship caught fire and sank at Melbourne, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne. She was later refloated.[111] |
Hero | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore on Süderoog, Prussia.[44] |
28 February
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Adelgunde | Flag unknown | The barque collided with a Dutch brigantine and sank in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brigantine. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[112] |
Belle Francaise | ![]() | The ship collided with Ellen (![]() |
Hubertus | ![]() | The brig was run down and sunk by the steamship Sherburn (![]() |
Sampson | ![]() | The schooner collided with the brig Mercury (![]() |
Unnamed | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on Rhum, Inner Hebrides with the loss of all four crew.[117][118] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brigantine foundered in the English Channel off Worthing, Sussex with the loss of all hands.[113] |
29 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Devonshire | ![]() | The barque was wrecked at Audresselles, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of all sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[119][113][80] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Abgyle | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned off Tory Island, County Donegal before 10 February. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to the Clyde.[49] |
Amelia | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Cape Negro, Nova Scotia, Canada.[78] She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var to Cayenne, French Guiana.[46] |
Amethyst | ![]() | The brig was wrecked at Cape Negro.[78][46] |
Annie M. Goodwin | ![]() | The barque was lost near Buenos Aires, Argentina.[119] |
Argyle | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Newfoundland to the Clyde.[120] |
Ariadne | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Torre del Mar, Spain.[57] |
Claverhouse | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Euphrates. She was on a voyage from Bushire, Persia to London. She was refloated.[62] |
Columbia | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued four days later by Alimen (![]() |
Delphin | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Kertch, Russia.[78] |
Eilea | ![]() | The ship was lost near the mouth of the Rio Grande.[119] |
Kornaloff, or Kornlieff | ![]() | The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria.[46] She was on a voyage from Odessa to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[122] |
Light of the Age | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at the Port Phillip Heads, Victoria before 24 February. All on board were rescued.[112] |
M. T. Trueman | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Trepassey, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John's, Newfoundland.[78] |
Queen of the Clippers | ![]() | The schooner was holed by ice at Winkworth, Nova Scotia before 22 February.[123] |
S. Deonista | ![]() | The brig was lost at Patras.[54] |
Teresa | ![]() | The barque foundered in the Indian Ocean (11°30′S 37°00′W / 11.500°S 37.000°W / -11.500; -37.000). Her crew were rescued by Eddystone (![]() |
Tigri | ![]() | The ship ran aground at St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[119] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The ship caught fire 90 nautical miles (170 km) off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia on or about 10 February. Laden with petroleum, she was still burning on 12 February when discovered by the steamships Palmyra and William Penn (both ![]() |
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