List of shipwrecks in July 1861
The list of shipwrecks in July 1861 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1861.
July 1861 | ||||||
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8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | Unknown date | |||
References |
1 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Cleopatra | Unknown | Carrying a cargo of lumber from Puget Sound in Washington Territory to San Francisco, California, the bark burned in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.[1] |
2 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Cataline | ![]() | The 391-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Fort Monroe, Virginia.[2] |
Stad Vlissingen | ![]() | The ship foundered off Loosduinen, South Holland with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Rotterdam, South Holland.[3] |
3 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Anne | ![]() | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in the Davis Straits. Her crew survived.[4][5] |
Golden Rocket | ![]() | American Civil War: The 607- or 690-ton bark was on a voyage from Havana to Cienfuegos, Cuba, when the merchant raider CSS Sumter (![]() |
Victory | ![]() | ![]() |
4 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Edward Hill | ![]() | The barque was severely damaged by fire at Boston, Massachusetts.[9] |
Lumdano | ![]() | The ship caught fire and sank at Boston. She was on a voyage from Trinidad de Cuba, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork. The severely damaged vessel was refloated on 19 July.[10] |
Mystery | ![]() | The barque caught fire and sank at Boston. The severely damaged vessel was refloated on 19 July.[9][10] |
Quindoro | ![]() | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Boston. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Cork.[9] |
5 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Live Yankee | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at "St. Cosmell".[11] At least thirteen crew survived.[12] |
Robert | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Seskar, Russia.[13] |
6 July
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Aboukir | ![]() | The Albion-class ship of the line ran aground on Yeusta Skerry. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[14] |
8 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Berlin City | ![]() | The 74-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[15] |
Iola Wyllie | ![]() | The barque collided with the steamship Beaver (![]() |
9 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Tom Hicks | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 27-ton schooner, bound for Port Lavaca, Texas, with a cargo of lumber, was captured and destroyed in the Gulf of Mexico off Galveston, Texas, by the armed screw steamer USS South Carolina (![]() |
Wonder | ![]() | The paddle steamer struck a floating log in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to the Nore.[19] |
10 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Beatrice | ![]() | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[20] |
Nymph | ![]() | The brigantine was driven ashore in Loch Inshart. She was on a voyage from Loch Carron to the River Tyne.[21] |
Testimonial | ![]() | The barque ran aground off Ras Hafun, Africa. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Aden. She was refloated but was consequently beached between Ras Hafun and Cape Guardafui, where she was wrecked and plundered by the local inhabitants. Six crew were rescued, the remainder were reported missing.[22] |
11 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Randal S. Smith | ![]() | Carrying a cargo of coal, the schooner was wrecked on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island.[23] |
12 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Bommelenvord | Flag unknown | The ship struck a rock 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Swatow, China and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Swatow to Shanghai, China.[24] |
Protezione | ![]() | The barque was run down and sunk east of Gibraltar by the barque Nestor (![]() |
13 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Amy | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay.[25] |
George Smith | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Mittelgrund. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Scandinavian (Flag Unknown).[21] |
Louise Cecilie | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26] |
14 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Sir Robert Preston | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Cambois, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Perth. She was refloated and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland.[26] |
15 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Java | ![]() | The ship foundered off the Copeland Islands, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Anstruther, Fife.[9] |
Lady Sarah | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Burgeo, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[26][21][27] |
16 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Linwood | ![]() | Carrying a cargo of coffee from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to New York City, the barque was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina 6 miles (10 km) north of Cape Hatteras, Confederate States of America.[28] Her crew were rescued.[29] |
17 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Blarney | ![]() | The yacht was run into and sunk by the steam yacht Empress (![]() |
18 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Favorite | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner sank in the Potomac River at Piney Point, Maryland, either because she sprang a leak or because she collided with another vessel. She had been captured on 14 July in the Yeocomico River in Virginia by the gunboat USS Resolute, the sidewheel tug USS Yankee, and three boats from the sloop-of-war USS Pawnee (all ![]() |
Janet | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[32] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was beached on the Cleness Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 24 July and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[27] |
19 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Prerogative | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was wrecked near Hirtshals, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Sunderland, County Durham.[9] |
20 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Crimean | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on the Vado Shoal. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Naples. She was refloated the next day and put back to Livorno.[32] |
Ebenezer | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated.[21] |
Falcon | ![]() | The brig sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brest, Finistère, France.[10] |
Medora | ![]() | The 101-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana.[33] |
Penelope | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[34] |
21 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral Lyons | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Bombay, India and was scuttled.[35] |
Eliza Stewart | ![]() | The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cádiz, Spain.[21] |
Prince Charlie | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Penang, Malaya.[24] |
23 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Eagle | ![]() | The ship capsized off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Boston or Spalding, Lincolnshire.[21] |
Favourite | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[27] |
Glen | ![]() | American Civil War: The Barque was captured and burned by CSS Dixie (![]() |
Marea en Jeanette | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte (![]() |
24 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Eagle′s Wing | ![]() | The 409-ton steamer burned off Pawtuxet, Rhode Island.[23] |
Unidentified schooners and sloops | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: An expedition consisting of sailors in five launches from the steam frigate USS Minnesota and the armed tug USS Resolute (both ![]() ![]() |
25 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Algomah | ![]() | The 114-foot-9-inch (35 m), 269.14-gross register ton brig was reported sunk in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[38] |
Fanny | ![]() | The ship foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of Vigo, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Lisbon, Portugal.[39] |
St. Michel | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to Marans, Charente-Inférieure.[40][41][42] |
26 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Fox | ![]() | The sloop sprang a leak and was beached at Ryhope, County Durham, where she was wrecked.[27] |
27 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Joseph Maxwell | ![]() | American Civil War: The barque was captured by the privateer Sumter (![]() |
28 July
Ship | State | Description |
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B. T. Martin | ![]() | American Civil War, Union blockade: The brig, run aground by her crew on the coast of North Carolina near Cape Hatteras, was destroyed by the armed screw steamer USS Union (![]() |
John | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[27] |
Mary Ann Duffers | ![]() | The barque was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by M. V. Moses (![]() |
Othiona | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Jury's Gap, Sussex.[42] |
Petrel | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Warhawk | ![]() | The barque ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Shoreham-by-Sea. She was refloated and taken in to port.[27] |
29 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Andy Fulton | ![]() | The 146-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Carrollton, Kentucky.[48] |
Jules d'Claire | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the Île de Sein, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[49] |
30 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Christiana | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Greatstone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Caen, Calvados.[50] |
Falcon | ![]() | The brig sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brest, Finistère, France.[51] |
Fame | ![]() | The schooner foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Stirlingshire. Fame was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Newcastle upon Tyne.[49] |
Golden Rule | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Bird Island Spit.[52] |
Kotka, and Z. C. Pearson | ![]() ![]() | The schooner Kotka collided with the steamship Z. C. Pearson and sank in the Baltic Sea between Bornholm, Denmark and Gotland. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued the next day by a British barque. She was on a voyage from Wasa to Lübeck. Z. C. Pearson consequently foundered with the loss of all 27 crew. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia ro Hull, Yorkshire[53][54] |
William | ![]() | The sloop was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Caen. She was refloated and taken in to Margate.[50] |
31 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Adriatic | ![]() | American Civil War: The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Pocomoke River and may have been destroyed to prevent capture or captured.[55] |
Cadwallader | ![]() | American Civil War: The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Pocomoke River and may have been destroyed to prevent capture or captured.[55] |
Fanny | ![]() | American Civil War: The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Pocomoke River and may have been destroyed to prevent capture or captured.[55] |
Vriendschap | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Cabadello Rock, off Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to London, United Kingdom.[56] |
Unnamed vessel | ![]() | The ship was attacked and burnt by the privateer Speed (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Du Chayla | ![]() | The corvette ran aground in the Saigon River upstream of Saigon, French Cochinchina. She was refloated[58] |
Hero | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) from the equator. Her crew were rescued by Johanna Maria (Flag unknown). Maria was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[59] |
Julie | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norway before 23 July. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[40][25] |
Lady Kinnaird | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Torres Straits 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of the Sir Charles Hardy Islands before 26 July. All on board were rescued by Chutah (![]() ![]() |
Louisiana | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Alibag, India before 28 July with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[63][64] |
Noosrutshall | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree before 22 July. Eight crew were reported missing.[65] |
Pacific | ![]() | The steamer struck Coffin Rock in the Columbia River and ran aground on the Oregon shore. She was salvaged.[66] |
Shooting Star | Flag unknown | The schooner capsized off the coast of California off Bodega Bay.[67] |
Urania, Wanderer, or Warrior | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Badagry, Africa.[68][69][70] |
Victory | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[21] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The overloaded ferry sank in the Rhine at Koblenz. Fourteen of the 40 people on board were drowned.[71] |
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Notes
- ^ Gaines, p. 26.
- ^ Gaines, p. 176.
- ^ "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9732. Newcastle upon Tyne. 5 July 1861.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11585. London. 27 September 1861. p. 7.
- ^ "The Loss of the Anne, of Hull". Hull Packet. No. 4003. Hull. 4 October 1861.
- ^ Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Sumter. 1861-1862. Captain Raphael Semmes"
- ^ a b c d e usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1861
- ^ Gaines, p. 33.
- ^ a b c d e f "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4195. Liverpool. 23 July 1861.
- ^ a b c "Mercantile ship News". The Standard. No. 11537. London. 2 August 1861. p. 7.
- ^ "The Peninsular Mails". The Times. No. 24009. London. 12 August 1861. col F, p. 7.
- ^ "The Peninsular Mails". Daily News. No. 4759. London. 12 August 1861.
- ^ a b "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11524. London. 18 July 1861. p. 7.
- ^ "Naval Disasters Since 1860". Hampshire Telegraph. No. 4250. Portsmouth. 10 May 1873.
- ^ Gaines, p. 195.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 23981. London. 10 July 1861. col F, p. 10.
- ^ "Admiralty Court, Nov. 13". The Times. No. 24090. London. 14 November 1861. col C-D, p. 9.
- ^ Gaines, p. 172.
- ^ "A Steamer Wrecked in the Thames". Morning Post. No. 27319. London. 10 July 1861. p. 5.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11782. London. 17 May 1862. p. 8.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9735. Newcastle upon Tyne. 19 July 1861.
- ^ a b "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9738. Newcastle upon Tyne. 16 August 1861.
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 140.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 24023. London. 28 August 1861. col F, p. 9.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 4198. Liverpool. 26 July 1861.
- ^ a b c "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant etc. No. 9734. Newcastle upon Tyne. 19 July 1861.
- ^ a b c d e f "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9736. Newcastle upon Tyne. 2 August 1861.
- ^ Gaines, p. 122.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4222. Liverpool. 23 August 1861.
- ^ "Law Courts. - Yesterday". Freeman's Journal. Dublin. 3 August 1861.
- ^ Gaines, p. 78.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 4204. Liverpool. 2 August 1861.
- ^ Gaines, p. 136.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11528. London. 23 July 1861. p. 7.
- ^ "Shipping Casualties". Belfast News-Letter. No. 15104. Belfast. 24 October 1861.
- ^ Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing. Pineapple Press/Googlebooks. 1998. ISBN 9781561641635. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Gaines, p. 193.
- ^ Wisconsin Shipwrecks: ALGOMAH (1861) Accessed 4 July 2021
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 4746. London. 27 July 1861.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 23995. London. 26 July 1861. col F, p. 11.
- ^ "Gallant Life Boat Services". Dundee Courier. No. 2484. Dundee. 29 July 1861.
- ^ a b "Royal National Lifeboat Institution". Daily News. No. 4751. London. 2 August 1861.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11565. London. 4 September 1861. p. 7.
- ^ "American Reprisals". The Standard. No. 11583. London. 25 September 1861. p. 7.
- ^ "Miscellaneous". Bradford Observer. No. 1437. Bradford. 1 August 1861. p. 3.
- ^ "Fearful Collision in the Bristol Channel. - Loss of Nine Lives". Reynold's Newspaper. No. 573. London. 4 August 1861.
- ^ Gaines, p. 153.
- ^ Gaines, p. 134.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 24004. London. 6 August 1861. col F, p. 10.
- ^ a b "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11536. London. 1 August 1861. p. 7.
- ^ Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amherst Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 1-903637-20-1.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4239. Liverpool. 12 September 1861.
- ^ "Another Baltic Steamer Lost". The Times. No. 24010. London. 13 August 1861. col A, p. 9.
- ^ "Loss of the Z. C. Pearson, of Hull". Hull Packet. No. 3996. Hull. 16 August 1861.
- ^ a b c "Farther News from America". Reynolds's Newspaper. No. 575. London. 18 August 1861.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 4751. London. 2 August 1861.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4237. Liverpool. 10 September 1861.
- ^ "Foreign Intelligence". Hull Packet. No. 3995. Hull. 9 August 1861.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11598. London. 12 October 1861. p. 7.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 4261. Liverpool. 8 October 1861.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11594. London. 8 October 1861. p. 7.
- ^ "Dundee Shipping". Dundee Courier. No. 2546. Dundee. 9 October 1861.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 24017. London. 21 August 1861. col F, p. 9.
- ^ "Bombay Mail". Belfast News-Letter. No. 15053. Belfast. 24 August 1861.
- ^ "India". The Times. No. 24020. London. 24 August 1861. col B, p. 9.
- ^ Gaines, p. 138.
- ^ Gaines, p. 30.
- ^ "The African Mail". Belfast News-Letter. No. 15042. Belfast. 12 August 1861.
- ^ "Africa". Caledonian Mercury. No. 22424. Edinburgh. 12 August 1861.
- ^ "Latest Intelligence". Freeman's Journal. Dublin. 12 August 1861.
- ^ "Shocking Accident". Freeman's Journal. Dublin. 19 July 1861.
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