List of shipwrecks in June 1868
The list of shipwrecks in June 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1868.
June 1868 | ||||||
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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 | Unknown date | ||||
References |
1 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Princess | ![]() | The sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River at Napoleon, Missouri, at 39°08′00″N 94°04′25″W / 39.1332°N 94.0735°W / 39.1332; -94.0735 (Princess ex-USS Naiad) |
2 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Cardiganshire | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Harrison's Point, Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1] |
3 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Alarm | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Southend, Essex.[2] |
Breeze | ![]() | The ship collided with Dhollerah (![]() |
Fidelity | ![]() | The ship struck a sunken rock at Bayble. Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides and sank. Her crew survived.[5] |
Sirdar | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Southend.[2] |
4 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Shalun | ![]() | The gunboat ran aground, broke in two and sank off "Biorke Island" with the loss of seven of the 32 people on board. She was towing the barge No. 11 (![]() ![]() |
5 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Phrenologist | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at New Calabar, Africa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Calabar.[7][8] |
6 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Farmer | ![]() | The smack foundered in Spey Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballachulish, Inverness-shire to Leith, Lothian.[9][10] |
Gowrie | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Hay, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Morrison's Haven, Lothian.[5] |
Mischief | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dublin.[5] |
8 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Advance, and Queen Emma | ![]() | The steamship Advance ran into the schooner Queen Emma off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. Both vessels were severely damaged and put in to Antwerp, Belgium for repairs.[9] |
Evening Star | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank in Lake Huron off Goderich, Ontario with the loss of two lives.[11] |
Gem | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the cost of Essex and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon.[5] |
9 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Louisa | ![]() | The 13-ton schooner foundered off Greymouth during a gale, with the loss of all three on board.[12] |
10 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Norden | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to London.[13] |
11 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Atlantic | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Vigo, Spain. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14] |
Istria | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Hatteras Shoals with the loss of 27 of her crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.[1] |
May Queen | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Manning River.[15] |
Mary Agnes | ![]() | The tug sank in the River Mersey.[16] She was refloated on 15 June.[17] |
Montgomery | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Shawmut (![]() |
Neptune's Bride | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at "Junara". She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria.[19] |
12 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey Williams | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on "Blarke Kallard", near "Ratham", Sweden.[16][19] |
Marie Eleanor | ![]() | The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Gozo, Malta. Her nine crew were rescued by the barque Fieramosca (![]() |
13 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Andubon | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Manila, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to Cebu.[21] |
Despatch | ![]() | The 98-ton brigantine was driven ashore by a heavy sea just to the north of Timaru, with the loss of the ship's master, J. E. Driver.[22] |
14 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Northumberland | ![]() | The barque ran aground off Bald Head. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Albany, Colony of Western Australia. She was abandoned on 19 June. |
15 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Erato | ![]() | The ship was damaged by fire at Blackwall, Middlesex.[17] |
Fame | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was run into on 20 June by Uranus (![]() |
Himalaya | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Tullah Sand, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius.[17] She was refloated on 21 June.[24] |
Julia | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17] |
16 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Negress | ![]() | The barque was wrecked at "Yeskie Pine", 45 nautical miles (83 km) east of Lagos, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[25][7] |
17 June
Ship | State | Description |
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San Francisco de Paolo | ![]() | The ship ran aground on a reef off Gonaïves, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but subsequently sprang a leak and put in to Nassau, Bahamas on 25 June. She was condemned and sold to her captain, an act which it was alleged was fraudulent. Lloyd's Salvage Association got involved in the case. San Francisco de Paolo was made fit for sea with assistance from HMS Barracouta (![]() |
18 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Afrika | ![]() | The ship departed from Banana, Africa for Rotterdam, South Holland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[27] |
Eliza Blake | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Arthurstown, County Waterford. She was won a voyage from Waterford to Neath, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put back to Waterford.[11] |
19 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Audubon | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Manila, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to Zebu, Spanish East Indies.[28] |
Navigator | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[14] |
Schaloune | ![]() | The gunboat was wrecked in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of seven of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by Olaf (![]() |
20 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Alicia | ![]() | The barque was wrecked at Kurrachee, India. Her crew were rescued.[30] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Kurrachee.[31] |
Bernardo | ![]() | The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sardinia. Her crew were rescued by the barque Adria Padre (![]() |
Cortland, and Morning Star | ![]() | The barque Cortland collided with the steamship Morning Star in Lake Huron and both vessels sank. Sixty-three of the thirteen crew on board Courtland and 70 people on board Morning Star were rescued, twenty were reported missing. Morning Star was on a voyage from Cleveland, Ohio to Detroit, Michigan.[34][35] |
General Athelin | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[36] |
Marie Louise | ![]() | The ship struck the West Mouse Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire.[24][11] |
Northumberland | ![]() | The ship foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Breaksea Island, Colony of Western Australia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Albany, Western Australia.[37] |
Sedburgh | ![]() | The ship ran aground off the coast of South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put back to Charleston.[38] |
Uranus | ![]() | The ship collided with Fame (![]() |
21 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Mastland | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Ariadne Rock. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. She was refloated and put back to Shanghai.[28] |
24 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Selma | ![]() | The steamship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico south of Galveston, Texas, off the mouth of the Brazos River. |
25 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Foces | ![]() | The ship capsized whilst being towed from the River Tyne to the River Wear. She was righted.[1] |
Horatio | ![]() | The Barking smack was run down and sunk by the steamship Saxonia (![]() |
Unanimity | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Fårö, Sweden. She had been refloated by 27 June and resumed her voyage.[13] |
26 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Allport | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Alexandra (![]() |
HMS Beacon | ![]() | The Beacon-class gunvessel ran aground in the Paraná River. She was refloated.[41] |
Shahazadah | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cox's Bazar India. She was on a voyage from Chittagong to Bombay, India.[1][42][43] |
27 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Bloomer | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Rock Point, Maryland.[44] |
Enterprise | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Queenstown, County Cork.[45] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Holyhead, Anglesey. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool by Alert (![]() |
Whinfell | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong.[46] |
28 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Kilblain | ![]() | The barque caught fire off the coast of Santo Domingo on her maiden voyage from London to Matanzas, Cuba, carrying coal. The master and 13 crew were rescued and taken to Cárdenas, Cuba[47][48] |
30 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Teaser | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Long Rock, off Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[42] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Canning | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Bulcherry Sand, off "Mutlah" before 26 June.[49] |
Duke of Argyll | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Tullah Sand, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[17] |
Elida | ![]() | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to an English port.[42] |
General Butler | ![]() | The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank, possibly run over by a ship. Lost with all 10 hands.[50] |
Hancock | ![]() | The brigantine was wrecked in the Cayman Islands.[51] |
James Childs | ![]() | The barque capsized off the mouth of the Indus with the loss of two lives.[52] |
Margaret Langdon | ![]() | The ship foundered before 17 June with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Charles and Edward (![]() |
Montgomery | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 June. She was towed in to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[1] |
Moses Waring | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 June.[18] |
Onda | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Canada.[17] |
Pavadetta | ![]() | The ship sank at Dry Island. She was on a voyage from Berbice, British Guiana to London.[17] |
Richard Hobson | ![]() | The ship foundered off "Cape Lukkah", Egypt. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[17] |
Rowland | ![]() | The brig was wrecked in the Caicos Islands.[51] |
Serafina Tatham | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Nassau. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated after eleven days and resumed her voyage.[54] |
Sissebo | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isla de Juventud, Cuba before 9 June.[9] |
St. Bernard | ![]() | The barque was driven from her moorings at Madras, India. She collided with Anglia (![]() |
Ville de Lyon | ![]() | The ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was towed in to Messina, Sicily, Italy in a derelict condition.[17] |
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