The list of shipwrecks in July 1861 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1861 .
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1861
Ship
State
Description
Favorite
Confederate States of America
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]
Janet
United Kingdom
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]
Mary
United Kingdom
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]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1861
Ship
State
Description
Crimean
Italy
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]
Ebenezer
United Kingdom
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]
Falcon
United Kingdom
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]
Medora
United States
The 101-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville , Indiana .[ 33]
Penelope
United Kingdom
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]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1861
Ship
State
Description
B. T. Martin
Confederate States of America
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]
John
United Kingdom
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]
Mary Ann Duffers
United Kingdom
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]
Othiona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Jury's Gap, Sussex .[ 42]
Petrel
Confederate States of America
Illustration from 1862 of USS St. Lawrence sinking Petrel . 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]
Warhawk
United Kingdom
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]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1861
Ship
State
Description
Christiana
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Greatstone , Kent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Caen , Calvados .[ 50]
Falcon
United Kingdom
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]
Fame
United Kingdom
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]
Golden Rule
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bird Island Spit.[ 52]
Kotka , andZ. C. Pearson
Sweden United Kingdom
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]
William
United Kingdom
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]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1861
Ship
State
Description
Du Chayla
French Navy
The corvette ran aground in the Saigon River upstream of Saigon , French Cochinchina . She was refloated[ 58]
Hero
United Kingdom
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]
Julie
Netherlands
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]
Lady Kinnaird
United Kingdom
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]
Louisiana
United Kingdom
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]
Noosrutshall
India
The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree before 22 July. Eight crew were reported missing.[ 65]
Pacific
United States
The steamer struck Coffin Rock in the Columbia River and ran aground on the Oregon shore. She was salvaged .[ 66]
Shooting Star
Flag unknown
The schooner capsized off the coast of California off Bodega Bay .[ 67]
Urania ,Wanderer , orWarrior
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Badagry , Africa.[ 68] [ 69] [ 70]
Victory
United Kingdom
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]
Unnamed
Koblenz
The overloaded ferry sank in the Rhine at Koblenz. Fourteen of the 40 people on board were drowned.[ 71]
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