The list of shipwrecks in July 1861 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1861.
1 July
2 July
3 July
4 July
5 July
6 July
8 July
9 July
10 July
11 July
12 July
13 July
14 July
15 July
16 July
17 July
18 July
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1861
Ship |
State |
Description
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Favorite
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Confederate States of America
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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 United States Navy).[7][31]
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Janet
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United Kingdom
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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]
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Mary
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United Kingdom
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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]
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19 July
20 July
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1861
Ship |
State |
Description
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Crimean
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Italy
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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]
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Ebenezer
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United Kingdom
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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]
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Falcon
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United Kingdom
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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]
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Medora
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United States
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The 101-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana.[33]
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Penelope
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United Kingdom
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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]
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21 July
23 July
24 July
25 July
26 July
27 July
28 July
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1861
Ship |
State |
Description
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B. T. Martin
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Confederate States of America
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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 ( United States Navy).[7]
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John
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United Kingdom
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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]
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Mary Ann Duffers
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United Kingdom
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The barque was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by M. V. Moses ( United States and sank with the loss of nine of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by M. V. Moses. Mary Ann Duffers was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona, Spain.[45][46]
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Othiona
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United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore at Jury's Gap, Sussex.[42]
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Petrel
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Confederate States of America
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American Civil War, Union blockade: On the same day she departed Charleston, South Carolina, on her first voyage as a Confederate privateer, the former United States Revenue Marine revenue cutter mistook the frigate USS St. Lawrence ( United States Navy) for an American merchant ship in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina and fired three shots at her. St. Lawrence returned fire, and one of her 8-inch (203-mm) shells sank Petrel at 32°30′N 079°09′W / 32.500°N 79.150°W / 32.500; -79.150 (Petrel) thirty minutes after the engagement began. Four of Petrel′s crew were killed. Her 36 survivors were taken prisoner by St. Lawrence and later tried for piracy.[7][47]
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Warhawk
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United Kingdom
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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]
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29 July
30 July
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1861
Ship |
State |
Description
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Christiana
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United Kingdom
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The schooner was driven ashore at Greatstone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Caen, Calvados.[50]
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Falcon
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United Kingdom
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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]
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Fame
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United Kingdom
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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]
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Golden Rule
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United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked on the Bird Island Spit.[52]
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Kotka, and Z. C. Pearson
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Sweden United Kingdom
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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]
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William
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United Kingdom
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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]
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31 July
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1861
Ship |
State |
Description
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Du Chayla
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French Navy
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The corvette ran aground in the Saigon River upstream of Saigon, French Cochinchina. She was refloated[58]
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Hero
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United Kingdom
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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]
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Julie
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Netherlands
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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]
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Lady Kinnaird
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United Kingdom
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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 ( India) and the schooner Marchioness ( New South Wales). She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Calcutta, India.[60][61][62]
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Louisiana
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United Kingdom
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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]
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Noosrutshall
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India
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The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree before 22 July. Eight crew were reported missing.[65]
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Pacific
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United States
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The steamer struck Coffin Rock in the Columbia River and ran aground on the Oregon shore. She was salvaged.[66]
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Shooting Star
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Flag unknown
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The schooner capsized off the coast of California off Bodega Bay.[67]
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Urania, Wanderer, or Warrior
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United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked at Badagry, Africa.[68][69][70]
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Victory
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United Kingdom
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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]
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Unnamed
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Koblenz
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The overloaded ferry sank in the Rhine at Koblenz. Fourteen of the 40 people on board were drowned.[71]
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- ^ Gaines, p. 153.
- ^ Gaines, p. 134.
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- ^ Gaines, p. 138.
- ^ Gaines, p. 30.
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