List of shipwrecks in July 1867
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Waltron |  United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and sank off the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[1] |
2 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rhone | United Kingdom |
The steamship was holed by the anchor of the steamship Grecian ( United Kingdom at Liverpool, Lancashire and developed a severe leak.[2] |
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jessie Amelia | United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground and sank off the Copeland Islands, County Down.[1][3] |
| Martha Jane | United Kingdom |
The brigantine was driven ashore in Portally Cove. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[4] She was refloated.[5] |
4 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thane of Fife | United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground at Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Tayport to Broughty Ferry. She was later refloated.[6] |
| Vrouw Johanna |  Netherlands |
The tjalk was run into by the steamship Cleopatra ( United Kingdom at Bath, Zeeland. She was declared a total loss.[7] |
5 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore at Östergarn, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[8] She was later refloated.[9] |
| Gladiator | United Kingdom |
The ship was damaged by fire at London.[10] |
| Margaret | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Fleetwood.[5] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Fleetwood.[10] |
| Oracle | United Kingdom |
The schooner was wrecked on the French Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chiltepec, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11] |
| Patsey | United Kingdom |
The steam yacht was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent by the steamship Albert Edward ( United Kingdom). All on board were rescued.[12] |
6 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carlota |  Italy |
The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Gibraltar.[10] |
| David | United Kingdom |
The ship collided with the steamship Halley ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Newfoundland.[13] |
| Joseph Straker | United Kingdom |
The steamship struck the pier at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and sank at the bows. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Havre de Grâce.[7] |
| Mohawk | United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground on the Hugelbaak, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg.[7] She subsequently became a wreck.[9] |
| Thomas Blythe | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China.[14][15] |
| Woodlands | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked in Skerry Sound. She was on a voyage from Stromness, Orkney Islands to Leith, Lothian.[7] |
7 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon |  Prussia |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Thisted, Denmark with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.[7] |
| Rapid |  New Zealand |
The schooner was wrecked at West Wanganui while leaving port.[16] |
8 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hermanes |  France |
The ship was lost near Larvik, Norway. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Helsingør, Denmark.[17] |
| Mary Nixon | United Kingdom |
The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and caught fire whilst on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hamburg. Seven of her crew were severely wounded. She put in to Dartmouth, Devon.[17][9] |
| Rapid | United Kingdom |
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered. Her cre survived. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18] |
9 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laura | Jersey |
The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Jersey.[7] |
10 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | United Kingdom |
The Galway hooker was run down and sunk by Nebraska ( United States) 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cork with the loss of all five crew.[19] |
11 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edouard et Rose | France |
The chasse-marée was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to a French port.[20][21] |
| Margaret | United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Porto, Portugal. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a sinking condition.[20] |
| Triad | United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground on the Middelgrunden. She was on a voyage from Scotland to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated on 13 July.[22] |
| Walter Bain | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Cova Rubia Reef. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada to Matanzas, Cuba.[15] |
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flying Mist | United Kingdom |
The paddle tug was run into by City of Nankin ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde downstream of Renfrew. Her crew survived.[23] She was refloated the next day. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[24] |
| George | United Kingdom |
The brigantine ran aground and capsized at Ely, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kinsale, County Cork.[25] |
| Ocean Queen | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Trinidad for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26] |
14 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Sunderland.[20] |
| Genova | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in Bull Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. She was refloated, and put in to Penzance, Cornwall the next day for repairs.[20] |
| Orb | United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 16 July and resumed her voyage.[18][20] |
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked in Owick Bay in a typhoon with the loss of nine lives.[27] |
| Jane Innes | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to London.[20] |
| Ranger | United Kingdom |
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Her eight crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[28] |
| Triton | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Ljugarn, Gotland, Sweden to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She had been refloated by 19 June and resumed her voyage.[29] |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom |
The barque was driven ashore on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[25][30] |
16 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Black Swan | Victoria |
The steamship was hit by the local paddle steamer, Luna, and sank in Hobsons Bay.[31][32][33] Black Swan was on a voyage from Melbourne to Launceston, Tasmania.[34] |
| Empreza |  Brazil |
The ship was driven ashore near the South Stack, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pará to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[35] |
| Rose | United Kingdom |
The paddle steamer was wrecked on Horse Island, County Cork with the loss of nine of the 73-83 people on board. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[36][20][37][38] |
17 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jeune Anglae | France |
The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Honfleur, Manche.[20] |
| Lady Lyttleton | United Kingdom |
The barque sank in the Emu Point Channel in Oyster Harbour near Albany, Western Australia. |
| Monarch | Victoria |
The barque ran aground on the western side of Port Phillip, Victoria and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Newcastle, New South Wales.[39][40] |
| Rose | United Kingdom |
The Yorkshire Billyboy sank at Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire. She was refloated on 19 July.[41] |
18 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet | New Zealand |
The brigantine was wrecked at Greymouth. She got into difficulties while being towed into port on the 12th, and was obliged to anchor by a sandbank. A gale on the 18th caused her to part her cables and drift onto a spit where she was at the mercy of the elements.[16] |
20 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Occidental Star | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria. She was refloated.[21] |
| Redan | United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground on Jordan's Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[42] |
| Thomas | United Kingdom |
The Thames barge collided with the steamship Paraguay ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[29] |
| Tirzah | United States |
The ship was wrecked near Alibag, India. Nine crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Bombay, India.[43][44] |
| Wearmouth | United Kingdom |
The collier, a steamship, foundered off Heligoland with the loss of all fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.[45][46] |
21 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amethyst | United Kingdom |
The ship sank off Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands.[47] |
| Knight of Snowdon | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered off 18 nautical miles (33 km) Danger Point, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire.[48][49] |
22 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dolfyn | Netherlands |
The ship was wrecked on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[50] |
| Elizabeth Gertrude | Netherlands |
The ship was wrecked on Hiiumaa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[50][21] |
| Frederick | New Zealand |
The barque was wrecked on a sandspit at Hokitika within hours of the brigantine Gratitude grounding on the same spit.[51] |
| Gratitude | New Zealand |
The brigantine was wrecked on a sandspit at Hokitika within hours of the barque Frederick grounding on the same spit.[52] |
| Jemima | United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground near "Lappen", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[53] |
| Orkney Lass | United Kingdom |
The ship capsized in Lake Erie with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Buffalo, New York, United States to Chatham, Kent.[54] |
23 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flintshire Lass | United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground on the Wicklow Bank, in the Irish Sea, and sank. Her crew were rescued.[47] |
| Jantze Furnema | Flag unknown | The ship foundered off Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[55] |
24 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| California | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the River Tweed. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and beached.[44] |
25 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham.[56] |
26 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arion | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Gävle, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[57] |
| Cervantes |  Spain |
The ship was wrecked on the Anegada Reef, in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Spain to Puerto Rico.[58] |
| Favourite, and Unity |
United Kingdom |
The ships collided and both sank in the North Sea. Their crews survived.[53] |
| Maria | Prussia |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[59] She came ashore on Spiekeroog on 1 August and was wrecked.[60] |
28 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria | United Kingdom |
The ship sank off Heligoland. Her nine crew were rescued by the smack Pet ( United Kingdom). Maria was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[44] |
29 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Cook | United Kingdom |
The smack was wrecked on the Lether Rock, in the Pentland Firth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dear Sound.[14][61] |
| Arkansas | United Kingdom |
The barque foundered 24 nautical miles (44 km) off "Zemara" with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[62][63][64] |
| Dyson | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Arkhangelsk, Russia.[57] |
30 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Avoca | United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground near the Poolbeg Lighthouse, County Dublin. Her passengers were taken off by the steamship Anne Liffey ( United Kingdom). Avoca was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[30] |
| Isabella Forbes | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[65] |
| Nelly | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Counts, in the River Severn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Bideford, Devon.[56] |
| Tientsin | United Kingdom |
The barque was run down and sunk near Woosung, China by the steamship Malacca ( United Kingdom).[66] |
