List of shipwrecks in June 1865
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alemania |  United Kingdom |
The steamship was wrecked in the Magdalena River.[1] |
| Anna Andrina | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Narva, Russia.[2] Her crew were rescued.[3] |
| Carron | United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked near Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to a Baltic port.[4][5][3] |
| Cornelia Berendina |  Netherlands |
The schooner was wrecked on Neckman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2][3] |
| Crinoline | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Pärnu, Russia.[2] |
| Edla | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[6] |
| Elizabeth Machtelina | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark.[2] |
| Elizabeth Sophia | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Pärnu.[2] |
| Fortuna | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Narva.[2] Her crew were rescued.[3] |
| Grace Darling |  New Zealand |
The schooner grounded on a rocky reef at the mouth of Nelson Harbour in a heavy swell. The ship's whole port side was heavily damaged, and passengers and crew were taken off by a pilot boat.[7] |
| Gratitude | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Kronstadt.[3] |
| Great Britain | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Kronstadt, Russia.[3] |
| Industrie | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Pärnu.[2] |
| Irene |  Denmark |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Korsør[2][3] |
| Joseph | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at the Dagerort Lighthouse, Russia. Her crew were rescued by Minerva ( United Kingdom). Joseph was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2] |
| Kentucky |  United States |
Carrying 800 paroled former Confederate soldiers, the 375-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South between its mouth and Alexandria, Louisiana, the ship′s boiler exploding as she sank. Thirty of the former Confederate soldiers died.[8] |
| Leonore | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Torekov, Sweden.[9] |
| Lochrimmer | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Narva.[2] Her crew were rescued.[3] |
| Ludwig Maria |  Norway |
The brig was driven ashore at Narva with the loss of all hands.[9] |
| Mary Holland | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Pärnu.[2] |
| Minerva | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Narva.[2] Her crew were rescued.[3] |
| Mystery | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Torekov. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Montrose, Forfarshire.[9] |
| Oscar | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Lysekil, Sweden with the loss of all but two of her crew.[9] |
| Paradies | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Pärnu.[2] |
| Praesto | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø.[2] |
| Queen | United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked in the Kattegat near Gothenburg with the loss of all eight crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Kronstadt.[4][5] |
| Recovery | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Backstadt", Sweden.[5] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to a Baltic port.[3] |
| Royal Standard | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on Læsø, Denmark and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.[10][9][3] |
| Swan | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Helsinki.[6] |
2 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank.[11] A search by the Ramsgate Lifeboat and by the North Deal Lifeboat Vankook ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) failed to find any trace of her crew.[12] |
| Providence | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on Lundy Island, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[11] |
3 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tucker | United Kingdom |
The brig foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[11][3] |
4 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emile |  Belgium |
The fishing vessel sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) east of St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[3] |
| Jane Williams | New Zealand |
The cutter went aground on the bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River. She lost her rudder and was driven onto the bar by a heavy sea.[13] |
5 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Her Majesty | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Macrafulla Lumps, in the Hooghly River and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[14] |
6 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eclipse | New South Wales |
The 97-ton schooner went aground on a reef near New Plymouth in a northerly gale. Passengers and crew were safely rescued.[7] |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool.[15] She was refloated.[16] |
| Unidentified torpedo boat |  Confederate States Navy |
The David-type torpedo boat was lost off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during a storm while being transported by the sidewheel gunboat USS Mingoe ( United States Navy).[17] |
7 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Francis I |  France |
The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées.[18] |
8 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Du Pont | United States |
En route from New York to Fort Monroe, Virginia, with a cargo of United States Government supplies, the 750-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, with the loss of fifteen to twenty crew after colliding with Stadacona ( United Kingdom).[19][20] |
| Courier | France |
The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Dunkirk, Nord.[18] |
| Lizzie | United Kingdom |
The steamship foundered off in the Strait of Florida off Brange Cave. Her crew took to three boats. Those in one of the boats were rescued by a Spanish brig, the rest were rescued by the barque Leopoldine Fraude ( Prussia). Lizzie was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London.[14][21] |
| Stadacona | United Kingdom |
The ship collided with Admiral Du Pont ( United States and was beached on "Athentucket Island", New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[20] |
| Steam Launch No. 3 | United States |
The steam launch was wrecked off the coast of South Carolina on the Saint Helena Shoals.[22] |
10 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duchess | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 12 June and taken in to Constantinople.[23] |
11 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine | United Kingdom |
The sloop was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her four crew were rescued by a tug and the Rhyl Lifeboat.[12] |
| Express | United States |
During a voyage from Parkersburg, West Virginia, to Louisville, Kentucky, with the 32nd Illinois Infantry Regiment ( Union Army) on board, the 224-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Ohio River near Manchester, Ohio. She later was refloated and returned to service.[24] |
| ARP Jejuy |  Paraguayan Navy |
  Imperial Brazilian Navy) and sank in the Paraná River.[25] |
| Jequitinhonha | Imperial Brazilian Navy |
Paraguayan War, Battle of Riachuelo: The corvette ran aground in the Paraná river. She was abandoned the next day and captured by the Paraguayans. |
| ARP Marquês de Olinda | Paraguayan Navy |
Paraguayan War, Battle of Riachuelo: The steamship ran aground in the Paraná river and was abandoned by her crew.[25] |
| ARP Salto | Paraguayan Navy |
Paraguayan War, Battle of Riachuelo: The steamship was sunk in the Paraná River by Amazonas ( Imperial Brazilian Navy).[25] |
| West Kent | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Alnmouth, Northumberland to the River Thames.[26] |
12 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Mills | United States |
The 34-ton screw steamer exploded, probably on Lake Erie.[27] |
| Lady Dennison | New Zealand |
The brig went ashore at the entrance to the Whanganui River when her towline parted while she was being guided over the river's sandbar.[28] |
13 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Echo | France |
The mail steamship was wrecked on a rock off Romania Point, the south-eastern tip of the Malay Peninsula; crew and some cargo saved. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Saigon.[29][30][31][32] |
| Juno | New Zealand |
The 50-ton ketch was wrecked at Hokitika, where she had travelled from Lyttelton.[13] |
14 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | United States |
The 337-ton whaling barque went aground at Port Hutt in New Zealand's Chatham Islands. She had sheltered in the port to escape a violent southerly storm, but dragged her anchor. Despite cutting way masts to reduce danger to the ship, she was repeatedly dashed into rocks and was extensively holed.[28] All hands were saved.[33] |
15 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward F. Dix | United States |
The 296-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck the wreck of the ironclad ram USS Eastport ( United States Navy) in the Red River of the South in Louisiana and sank on top of the wreck.[34] |
| Kate Blackstone, or Kate Blackiston |
United States |
Carrying a cargo of general merchandise, the schooner sank in the Sacramento River at the foot of I Street in Sacramento, California, with the loss of two crewmen. One crewman survived.[35] |
| Orizaba | United States |
The 630-bulk ton full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Trinity River at Liberty, Texas.[36][37] |
16 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Kassakewitch |  Russia |
The ship ran aground on the Wostock Reef, in Castries Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Nicolaieff.[38] |
| Jane | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked off Nuevitas, Captaincy General of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana to Manzanilla, Cuba.[1] |
17 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Leonide | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Goatzacoalcos River, Mexico.[39] |
18 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Province | Cape Colony |
The steamship was wrecked 18 nautical miles (33 km) from Cape L'Agulhas. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Algoa Bay to Table Bay.[40] |
19 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Derwent | United Kingdom |
The steamship was wrecked on Gray Island, South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her ten crew survived.[41] |
| Emily Reinhold | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Montevideo, Uruguay for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[42] |
| M. Fannie Stafford | United States |
The 42-ton screw steamer was wrecked by an explosion at Chicago, Illinois.[43] |
20 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emma | United States |
The 189-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South at Shreveport, Louisiana.[34] |
| Fleetwood | United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked off Dassen Island. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Mauritius.[40] |
| James Dunn | United Kingdom |
The ship collided with Syrian ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Syrian.[44] |
| Kentucky | United States |
The steamboat ran aground in the Red River of the South near Shreveport, on or about 20 June while carrying a large number of Confederate soldiers. Not believed to be in danger, she was not evacuated. She sank that night with the loss of approximately 200 lives.[45] Her wreck was rediscovered in 1994.[46] |
21 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific | Victoria |
The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Manning River. Her crew were rescued.[47] |
22 June
23 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Susan & Abigail | United States |
American Civil War: The 159-ton brig was captured and burned in the Bering Sea at 62°48′N 179°04′W / 62.800°N 179.067°W by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[48][49][52] |
24 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hamburg |  Hamburg |
The steamship was driven ashore at Rosetta, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Port Said, Egypt.[53] |
25 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow | New South Wales |
The schooner was wrecked on King's Island, Queensland. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Sydney.[47] |
| General Williams | United States |
American Civil War: The whaler, a 419-ton full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea near St. Lawrence Island by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[48][49][50] |
| Ruby | New Zealand |
The 86-ton steamer was thrown onto the bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River in a heavy swell and was wrecked. Some contemporary reports suggest that she may have been refloated.[13] |
26 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Behera | United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated.[54] |
| Catherine | United States |
American Civil War: The whaler, a 384- or 385-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[48][49][50] |
| Gipsy, or Gipsey |
United States |
American Civil War: The whaler, a 360-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[48][49][50] |
| Gratitude | United States |
The 337-ton whaling barque was stove in by ice and lost 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Cape Lisburne, Russian America.[55] |
| Isabella | United States |
American Civil War: The whaler, a 315-ton barque, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[48][49] |
| Nimrod | United States |
American Civil War: The whaler, a 340-ton barque, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[48][49][52] |
| William C. Nye | United States |
American Civil War: The whaler, a 389-ton barque, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[48][49][52] |
| William Nelson | United States |
The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (41°20′N 42°20′W / 41.333°N 42.333°W) with the loss of about 400 of the 478 people on board. Around 80 survivors were rescued by the steamship Lafayette, by Mercury (both France), and by the barque Ilmari ( Russia). William Nelson was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York.[56][57] |
27 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Esther | New Zealand |
The 76-ton schooner was wrecked at Hokitika when she struck the bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River, where she had travelled from Sydney.[13] |
| Sir Francis Drake | United Kingdom |
The 188-ton three-masted schooner was wrecked at Hokitika when she struck the bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River. She was beached and broke up.[13] |
28 June
29 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chanticleer | United Kingdom |
The steamship foundered in the South China Sea in a typhoon with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foochow, China.[62] |
| Coniston | United Kingdom |
The barque foundered in the South China Sea in a typhoon with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Swatow, China.[63] |
| Corea | United Kingdom |
The steamship foundered in the South China Sea in a typhoon with the loss of all 103 people on board. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foochow.[62][64] |
| Nubia |  Grand Duchy of Oldenburg |
The barque was captured by pirates and burnt in the South China Sea off Hainan, China. Her crew were rescued by the barque Atalanta ( Hamburg).[65] |
| Robert and Ann | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.[54] |
