List of shipwrecks in November 1866

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The list of shipwrecks in November 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1866.

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Adriana  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore at Stanley, Falkland Islands. She was on a voyage from the Chincha Islands, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated, repaired and resumed her voyage.[1]
Castle Eden  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and damaged 24 nautical miles (44 km) from Memel, Prussia. She was refloated on 16 May 1867 and taken in to Memel for repairs.[2][3]
Catherine and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Whitburn Lifeboat.[4]
Constance and Amelia  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rosario, Argentina.[5]
Isabel Forbes  United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks at Newton, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Lindisfarne, Northumberland in a leaky condition.[2]
Margaret and Jane  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitburn. Her crew were rescued by the Whitburn Lifeboat.[4]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Teignmouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[2]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off The Needles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to the River Wear.[6][2]
Strongbow  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
True Briton  United Kingdom The brig sank off Schouwen, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by Camilla (Flag unknown). True Briton was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to South Shields, County Durham.[2]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Charlemagne  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta in a severely leaky condition.[8]
Dublin  United Kingdom The whaler was destroyed by fire at "Niatellic", in the Cumberland Sound. Her crew were rescued.[9][10]
Iron King, and
Syren		  United Kingdom The tug Iron King collided with the ferry Syren in the River Mersey. Both vessels sank. Their crews and the passengers from Syren were rescued by cutters from the training ship Indefatigable ( United Kingdom).[11][12][13]
Lizzie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The barque was wrecked on a reef near Chatham Island while en route from Wellington to Callao. The crew were rescued by the government steamship St Kilda (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand).[14][15]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Iron King, and
Syren		  United Kingdom The tug Iron King collided with the Mersey Ferry Syren in the River Mersey. Both vessels sank.[6] All on board both vessels were rescued by HMS Indefatigable ( Royal Navy).[16]
Millicent  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Donaghadee, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Newport, Monmouthshire.[17]
Ross  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Fatfield ( United Kingdom). Ross was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[2]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
John o'Groat  United Kingdom The schooner was sighted off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Wick, Caithness. No furthert trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all five crew.[18]
Juno Sweden The brig foundered. Her crew were rescued by Black Friar ( United Kingdom).[19][20]
Island Home United States The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ortilius ( Belgium). Island Home was on a voyage from New York to Richmond, Virginia and the Rio Grande.[21]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Brill  United Kingdom The brig was sighted off Swanage, Dorset whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Newport, Rhode Island, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]
Margaret and Eliza  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cromarty to Leith, Lothian.[23]
Martha Prussia The ship collided with another vessel and sank at Arendal, Norway with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Nykøbing, Denmark to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom.[24]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Countess of Durham  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Swadman Sand. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated and assisted in to North Sunderland, County Durham in a severely leaky condition.[2][25]
Johanne Denmark The ship was driven ashore at "Stevenshood" with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Horsens.[26]
Undine  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cap Arkona, Rügen, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a Baltic port.[24][23]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Anna Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued.[24] She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Fanø.[23]
Blue Bell  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Londonderry to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[27]
Curlew  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Goswick Sand Ridge, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[23]
Dorothea  Italy The ship sank in Galway Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Galway, United Kingdom.[28]
Emerald  United Kingdom The ship sank near Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Huelva, Spain.[23]
Fetteressa Castle  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the schooner May Flower ( United Kingdom). Fetteressa Castle was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to the River Tyne.[29]
James  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the barque Wilhelmina ( Prussia). James was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to London.[23]
Star  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Hunstanton, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hunstanton to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated but drove ashore.[23]
Tennant  United Kingdom The ship was run into and sunk by the brig Vesta ( Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) off St. Helen's, Isle of Wight with the loss of a crew member.[24]
Unnamed Flag unknown A barque was run down and sunk at the mouth of the River Thames by the steamship Tanfield ( United Kingdom).[23]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Ajax  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Pillau, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia.[28]
Commodore  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Pembrokeshire.[24]
Ernestine Seydel Prussia The barque ran aground on the Middelgrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Swinemünde. She was refloated the next day.[23]
Excelsior  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Garrucha, Spain.[30][23]
Fox  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bridgwater, Somerset.[24]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Mill Bay, Pembrokeshire with the loss of two of her crew.[24]
King of the Forest  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Mill Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24]
Marchioness of Bute  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by a tug.[24][31] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Poole, Dorset#.[23]
Neptune Denmark The barque ran aground at Copenhagen. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[23]
Princeton  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and foundered off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Smyrna ( United Kingdom). Princeton was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[32][33]
Three unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The ships were driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Pembrokeshire. One ship was lost with all hands.[24]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Argus  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Clogherhead, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim.[34]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tuskar Rock and sank. Her crew survived.[24]
John Hicks  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the English Channel by American Congress ( United States) with the loss of five of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Leith, Lothian.[15]
Lowestoft Merchant  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the schooner Dannebrog ( Denmark) and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by Dannperg. Lowestoft Merchant was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham. She was towed in to Sunderland in a derelict condition the next day by the tug Shannon ( United Kingdom).[28][23]
Thomas  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Clogherhead. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Thomas Abram  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim.[24]
Tyne  United Kingdom The brig was lost near Öregrund, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London.[25]
Whitburn  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[23]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Collingwood  United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[23]
Ceres  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Carnsore, County Wexford with loss of 36 of the 59 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[36][24][37]
Elizabeth Jenkins United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Agra ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Owers Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of ten of the seventeen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Agra. Elizabeth Jenkins was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[38][39]
Franc Pritchard France The schooner was driven ashore in Kingsgate Bay. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to L'Orient, Morbihan.[31]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[24] she was on a voyage from Limekilns, Fife to Charlestown, Cornwall.[40] She was refloated on 22 November and towed in to Aberdeen.[19]
Hannah Andrews  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Sandown Bay. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 22 November and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[41]
King of the Forest  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Mill Bay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to the River Mersey.[31]
L'Aigle France The lugger was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of all 22 crew.[42]
Rainbow  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anholt.[24]
Souvenir United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The brigantine collided with the schooner Florence ( United Kingdom) and sank off Margate, Kent with the loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Florence and the fishing vessel Pilgrim ( United Kingdom). Souvenir was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[31][39]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Antenore  United Kingdom The ship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]
Arachne  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (10°12′N 23°20′W / 10.200°N 23.333°W / 10.200; -23.333). Her crew were rescued by Keldhead ( United Kingdom). Arachne was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[43][44]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship sank at Barrow in Furness, Lancashire.[34]
Collingwood  United Kingdom The schooner struck a submerged object and sank in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent. Her crew were rescued by a tug.[45]
Fetteressa Castle  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to South Shields, County Durham.[28][23]
Grenada  United Kingdom The barque caught fire at Plymouth, Devon and was scuttled.[34]
Henriette Prussia The ship was driven ashore near "Alum", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Geestemünde to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[46]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[34]
Isabel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.[34]
Pallion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to a British port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[25]
Tambo United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was lost after becoming stuck on a bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River. After failed attempts to free her, the crew abandoned ship. Shortly after this, part of the sandbar collapsed, and the unmanned ship was carried into the surf where she foundered.[47]
Widgeon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Kastrup. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt to a British port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[25]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Alonzo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Pillau, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.[28]
Bonita  United Kingdom The ship departed from Old Calabar, Africa for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[48]
Camilla  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford.[49]
Henrietta  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Aalum", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Geestemünde, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[25]
Jane and Ann  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Borkum, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Altona to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put in to Cuxhaven in a severely leaky condition.[25]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Bull Harbour". She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Liverpool.[19]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Belhaven  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a severely leaky condition.[25][50]
British Lion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grassendale, Lancashire.[49]
Camilla  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Minatitlán Reef.[51][52]
Caractacus United States The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America.[53] Her crew were rescued.[54] She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The wreck was thought to be intentional.[55][56]
Christian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Llanelly, Glamorgan.[49]
Comet  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated with assistance.[25]
Gipsey Queen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Garelochhead, Argyllshire.[49]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued the next day by the smack Meteor ( United Kingdom). Isabella was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Ipswich.[46][57]
James Seward United States The schooner was lost off Rockland, Maine. Crew saved.[58]
Mineral  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the Victoria Channel. She was on a voyage from Greenhithe, Kent to Runcorn, Cheshire.[49]
Olga  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Zuyder Zee. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands to London. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Magnet ( Netherlands) and resumed her voyage.[59]
Salem  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Rodrigues. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Falmouth, Cornwall.[60]
Wilberforce  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of the Galloper Sands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dunkirk, Nord, France.[46][61]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Bullygar  United Kingdom The tender was driven ashore in the Cumberland Strait. Her crew were rescued.[62]
Camilla  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Minatitlan Reef.[63]
Cupid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Goole, Yorkshire.[64]
Dublin  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Cumberland Strait. Her crew were rescued.[62]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[25]
Inconstant  United Kingdom The brig struck the pier and sank at Dunkirk, Nord. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dunkirk.[25] She was refloated on 22 November.[19]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her seven crew were resched. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Bridlington.[64][65]
John and Jane  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[25]
Lancaster  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her three crew were rescued.[65] She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Bridlington.[64] She was refloated on 23 November and taken in to Bridlington in a severely damaged condition.[20]
Manchester  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Bridlington.[64]
Maria Hardy  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her six crew survived.[26] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure.[66][50]
Pomona  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Bacton. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Staghound  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mellum Sands, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to Bremen.[46]
Thomas  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[64] She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Goole, Yorkshire.[50]
Uva  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[25][67]
Victory  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colchester to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated.[64][65]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Amazon France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sea Palling, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[46][50]
Blossom  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. Her three crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Inverness to the River Tyne.[68][69] She was later refloated and taken in to South Shields.[20]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Dieppe. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Dieppe.[25]
Carl XV Norway The barque was wrecked at Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria.[70]
Childwickbury  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kinsale, County Cork. Her 28 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Callao, Peru.[46][71]
Delight  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Earl de Grey  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the North Pipe Sand, in the North Sea between the mouths of the Elbe and Eider. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London.[46][64]
Harmonie  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Naxos, Greece. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to a British port.[72]
New Friendship  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and was beached at Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from South Benfleet, Essex to Goole, Yorkshire.[46][57]
Pilgrim Norway The barque was wrecked off Juist, Prussia. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Sultana ( United Kingdom).[73]
Ravendale  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (47°48′N 6°10′W / 47.800°N 6.167°W / 47.800; -6.167). Seven of her fourteen crew were reported missing, the remainder were rescued by the steamship Alice ( United Kingdom). Ravendale was on a voyage from Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[25][19]
Richard and Sarah  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Hartlepool.[68] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Hartlepool.[69]
Scotia  United Kingdom The steamship was beached at North Shields, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Scotia was later refloated and taken in to North Shields.[25]
Sovereign  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Manhaven, County Durham.[68][69]
Susan  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.[57][50]
Swantje Elizabeth Bremen The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Trondheim, Norway to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[74]
Tyne  United Kingdom The ship was lost near "Scregrund". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London.[21]
Yarmouth  United Kingdom The barque departed from Cádiz, Spain for Thessaloniki, Greece. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[75]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Anna Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hooksiel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Papenburg, Prussia.[41]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Burghead, Moray with the loss of a crew member.[46]
Jonan Prussia The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Lucy ( United Kingdom). Jonan was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to "Lea".[64]
Lincolnshire  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted off Kalana, Russia whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all twenty crew.[76][77]
Olga Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the Oude Vlie. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 19 November.[41]
Swann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ostend, Norfolk. Her four crew were rescued by the Bacton Lifeboat.[65]
Three Daughters  United Kingdom The barque sank off Swalecliffe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to London. She was refloated on 6 December and towed back to Rochester.[78]
Vintage  United Kingdom The schooner went ashore and wrecked on Flotta, Orkney Islands, after splitting her sails (on voyage from Wick to Thurso); the crew were saved.[61][79]
Unnamed France A brig was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[46]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Alexandriene Prussia The schooner foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south east of Cellardyke, Fife, United Kingdom. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife to Stettin.[80] Alexandrine came ashore at Eyebroughy, Lothian, United Kingdom the next day. She was refloated on 23 November and take in to Leith, Lothian.[25][61]
Bannockburn  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmarkl. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Colberg.[21][25]
Boxer United States The schooner sprung a leak and sank off Eastern Point. Crew saved.[58]
Helen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bo'ness, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Bo'ness. She was refloated and taken in to Bo'ness in a severely leaky condition.[66]
Jacques France The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and was set afire. All on board were rescued by Tonawanda ( United States). Jacques was on a voyage from Saint-Pierre to Granville, Manche.[63]
Johanna Emilie Netherlands The ship departed from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[81]
Joseph and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Dunkirk, Nord, France.[46][25]
Lamburn  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Hastings, Sussex.[25]
Le Esperan Maria France The fishing boat collided with the barque Neptune ( United Kingdom) and sank off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued.[25]
Makama  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire.

She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. She was refloated.[46]

Martha Clay  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Cape Bon, Algeria. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Sunderland, County Durham.[82][61][70]
Scandinavian Norway The ship was wrecked on the Couch Reef. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[83]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Crimea  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued.[25]
Harmonie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ystad, Sweden.[25][20]
Palmyra  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, was run into by the steamship Earl of Durham ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Millwall, Middlesex.[25]
Thomas Rowell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the mouth of the Eider. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Uruguay  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Pacific Ocean south of Valparaíso, Chile. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Liverpool.[84]
Vivid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued by the Ostend Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Dunkirk.[46]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Rønne, Denmark.[20]
Odessa  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Rønne.[20]
Richard and Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Middleton, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[20]
Tynside  United Kingdom The ship sank off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[25]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Dawn  United Kingdom The brig, master Tinn, was wrecked near Fredrikshamn, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London with cargo of timber.[19][85]
Lady Jocelyn  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dunkirk.[41] She was later refloated, arriving at Whitby, Yorkshire on 24 December for repairs.[86]
Lancet  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[20]
Mangosteen  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lata, India to Swansea, Glamorgan.[87]
Millbank  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by George ( Prussia). Millbank was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London. She was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands on 24 November.[82][88][89][90][91]
Porcia  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Dunkirk and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Dunkirk.[41]
Rollason  United Kingdom The brig sank near Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[20]
Zwantina Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore crewless at Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[20]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Annie Size United States The ship was driven ashore at Kattendijke, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Antwerp, Belgium.[19]
Catherine and Ann  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Motu di Bali, Italy. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Venice, Italy.[86]
Volga  United Kingdom The hulk capsized at Dartmouth, Devon and was severely damaged.[19]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Chowdean  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at North Shields, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to North Shields. She was refloated.[20]
Cyrus Russell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to a British port.[8]
Hannah  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by Mary ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. Hannah was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.[82][20]
Henry  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire. She floated off and sank near the Crosby Lightship ( Trinity House). Her six crew were rescued by a gig.[92][93]
Lady of the Lake  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Plough Rock, off the coast of Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[82][20]
Merrimac United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Townsends Inlet. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[94][8]
Messina Trieste The barque ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a wasterlogged condition.[41][19]
Mette Margrethe Norway The barque ran aground on the Øregrund. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[82]
Moira  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Burray, Shetland Islands.[92] Her crew were rescued.[41]
Torfrida  United Kingdom The barque foundered 43 nautical miles (80 km) west of Skellig Michael, County Kerry. Her fourteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York, United States.[95][96][88]
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship struck a submerged object at Dublin and sank.[19]
Zwantje Elizabeth Netherlands The galiot sank in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Groningen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[20]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Tralee, County Kerry. She was refloated the next day.[70]
Coya  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked near Pescadero, California, United States with the loss of about twenty lives. Three survivors were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to San Francisco, California.[97][98]
Dunsandie  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[88][61][70]
Hebe  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Blakeney, Norfolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[99]
Helen McDonald  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Sagua La Grande, Cuba. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Cárdenas, Cuba.[100][54]
Lancashire Witch  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Kastrup. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to an English port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[88][61][70]
Monarch  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[19][20]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Aleida Prussia The galiot foundered in Robin Hoods Bay with the loss of a crew member.[20]
Hunter  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Brancaster, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Bruges, East Flanders, Belgium.[82][61]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[95][101][20]
Eva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[82]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship collided with Mary ( United Kingdom) and sank at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[88]
Merthyr Packet  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Highbridge, Somerset.[70]
Richard and William  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Africa to London. She was refloated.[99]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
John Usher  United Kingdom The paddle tug caught fire at South Shields, County Durham and was scuttled.[102]
Lizzie Southard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of all Saints and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Aden.[5]
Prince  United Kingdom The ship sank at Galveston, Texas, United States. She was refloated on 2 December and towed to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States for repairs.[103]
Von Schach Rey Rostock The ship was wrecked off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to an English port.[8]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Æquator Netherlands The ship was wrecked at Brouwershaven, Zeeland with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Rotterdam, South Holland.[104]
Colorado  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire in the Le Maire Strait. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[105]
HMS Speedy  Royal Navy The Britomart-class gunboat ran aground in Sandown Bay. She was refloated and returned to service.[106]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1866
ShipStateDescription
Adolphus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The brigantine was wrecked without loss of life on rocks west of Pier Head at the harbour at Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Garnett  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[107] The wreck floated off on 30 November and sank.[8]
Helene Prussia The barque ran aground on the Lillegrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool. She was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[108]
Lord Berehaven  United Kingdom The smack foundered in Dingle Bay. Her crew were rescued.[107][109]
Sea Queen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Stubbenground, off Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London.[104] Sea Queen was refloated on 3 December and resumed her voyage.[8]
Undine Norway The ship ran aground at Stavanger. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Stavanger.[18]
Wilhelm Bechtel Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Doy Romer". She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New York, United States.[56]
Woodhouse  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Formentera, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cartagena, Spain.[110][78]

30 November

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