List of shipwrecks in August 1861

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The list of shipwrecks in August 1861 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1861.

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1 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Julia Moffitt  United States The 56-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Tyler, West Virginia.[1]
Kanawha Valley  United States American Civil War: The 126-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by Union forces at Cannelton, Virginia, Confederate States of America. Confederate gunfire from shore killed one person on board.[1]
Vibelia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Berdyansk, Russia.[2] She was refloated on 3 August.[3]

2 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The sloop collided with a brig and was damaged. She was consequently beached at Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. Britannia was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Woodbridge, Suffolk. She was a total loss.[2]
Camboo Hudson's Bay Company Flag.svg Hudson's Bay Company The steamship was destroyed by a boiler explosion at Victoria, Colony of British Columbia with the loss of at least seven lives.[4]
Stag Hound  United States The clipper was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) south of Pernambuco, Brazil. Her entire crew made it to shore safely in her boats. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to San Francisco, California.

3 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Colina  United Kingdom The barque ran aground off . She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Valparaíso, Chile.[5]
HMS Driver  Royal Navy The paddle sloop-of-war was wrecked on Mayaguana, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Jamaica.
Gipsey Queen  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage,[2] but put in to Burgsvik, Sweden.[6]
Judy  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Torquay, Devon. She was then run into by Philemon ( United Kingdom). Judy was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Torquay.[2]
Maid of the Mill  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Swingpitt Sands, in the Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Metia ( United Kingdom). Maid of the Mill was on a voyage from London to Colchester, Essex.[7]
Sapeur Pompier  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Cronstadt. She was refloated on 6 July and completed her voyage.[8]

4 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Bucephalus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore on , Province of Canada. She was consequently condemned.[5]
Galatea  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[2]
William and Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near the Gom Key Lighthouse, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall. She had been destroyed by fire by 14 August.[9]

5 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Alvarado  Confederate States of America
Alvarado, in the distance at left, burns after USS Jamestown, right foreground, ran her ashore. Illustration from Harper's Weekly, 28 September 1861.
American Civil War, Union blockade: The bark, taken as a prize by the privateer Jefferson Davis ( Confederate States of America) on 21 July 1861, was run ashore and burned by the sloop-of-war USS Jamestown ( United States Navy) near Fernandina, Florida.[10][11]

6 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Oscar  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Penny Stell, off the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Primera de Toraerriga  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. Fifteen crew reached land in a boat. One crew member was left on board. Se floated off, but was boarded by the crew of the Cahore Lifeboat and was beached at Arklow, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba[12]
Sarah Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked when she hit the north spit at the mouth of the Whareama River. She was carrying a cargo of timber from Wellington. Crew and cargo were saved.[13]
Tantivy  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Newton Rock, on the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin.[2] She was refloated on 12 August and taken in to Newton, Northumberland.[6]

8 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Evangeline  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[14][15]
Justitia  Norway The barque was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. The wreck was subsequently towed in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom by Agenoria, John and William, Paragon and Volunteer (all  United Kingdom).[16]

9 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1861
Ship Country Description
York  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Pursued by the armed screw steamer USS Union ( United States Navy), the 68- or 72-ton schooner, a Confederate privateer, ran aground on the coast of North Carolina on Cape Hatteras near New Inlet. Her crew then threw her guns overboard and burned her to the waterline to prevent her from being captured by the armed screw steamer USS Yankee ( United States Navy).[10][17]

10 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1861
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Lagos, Africa. She was on a voyage from Bonny, Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from and HMS Prometheus (both  Royal Navy).[18]
Chandos  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Severn ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Seaham, County Durham.[6]
Louisa  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of coffee, the 200-ton schooner was run onto a reef off the coast of North Carolina about 3 miles (5 km) south of Fort Fisher by the armed screw steamer USS Penguin ( United States Navy). Louisa capsized, and the surf quickly broke over her.[19]
Mary Campbell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[6]
Nieuwendam  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Nyborg, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nyborg.[20]
Pioneer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was driven ashore on Moreton Island, Queensland.[21]
Sea Foam Unknown The 135-ton screw steamer was stranded.[22]

11 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1861
Ship Country Description
John Carver  United States American Civil War: The ship was captured and burned by Privateer "Jefferson Davis" ( Confederate States of America) at (29°51′N 67°50′W / 29.850°N 67.833°W / 29.850; -67.833) .[23][24]
Tam o'Shanter  United Kingdom The barque caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Wings of the Morning ( United Kingdom).[3]

12 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Carrier  United States The 345-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River at St. Charles, Missouri.[25]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Whitby.[6]
Temisconata  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Algeciras. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26][27]

13 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Gipsy Lass  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[6]
Isabel  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying passengers, the 30-ton schooner was captured and destroyed in Atchafalaya Bay in Louisiana by the armed screw steamer USS Huntsville ( United States Navy).[28]
Rauhan Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore near "Alimye", Denmark. She was on a voyage from "Ranmo" to London, United Kingdom.[29]
Morning Star  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[3][30]

14 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Diana  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Teignmouth, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3]
Gulnare  United Kingdom The ship was lost off "Holmen". She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Gothenburg, Sweden.[3]
Linea  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[31]
Ranger  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Requijada" to Antwerp, Belgium.[20]
Temeseonata  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[20]

15 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Ann and Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Sledges and was damagaed . She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She put in to "Perihguen", France in a leaky condition.[29]
Argentine  United Kingdom 1861 Hurricane No. 2:The barque was wrecked on the Florida Reef near the with the loss of five of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Cardenas, Cuba to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[32]
Banshee  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Bembridge Ledge, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Youghal, County Cork. She was refloated.[3]
Coriolanus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the South Lighthouse, Belfast, County Antrim and was abandoned by her 28 crew, at least nine of whom subsequently perished. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[26][33][34] Declared a total loss,[35] she floated off on 18 August and sank.[3]
 United States 1861 Hurricane No. 2: Carrying a cargo of water, the 1,200-ton schooner parted her cable during a gale and was driven ashore 30 feet (9.1 meters) above the low waterline near Egmont Key Light on Egmont Key in Florida. Her wreck was stripped and burned.[36][37]
 France 1861 Hurricane No. 2: The sailing ship ran ground on and was wrecked, or on Knight's Key and was damaged but possibly saved.[38][39]
Panuco  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the , Orsay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Hamburg.[40][27]
Queen of the Wave  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Ganjam, India. Her seventeen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madras to Ganjam.[35][15]
Sir Walter Raleigh  United Kingdom 1861 Hurricane No. 2:The ship was wrecked on Pacific Reef near Cosco Creek, Florida, Confederate States of America with the loss of eleven of her sixteen crew. Survivors were subsequently rescued by boats from Prima Donna ( United Kingdom), which had herself been wrecked.[41][32]

16 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Eliza Ann Unknown 1861 Hurricane No. 2:The vessel was wrecked 7 miles west of Bahia Honda Key in 1 1/2 feet of water.[42]
Emerald Isle  United Kingdom 1861 Hurricane No. 2:The barque was wrecked on Matacombe Key. She was on a voyage from Key West, Florida, Confederate States of America to London.[32]
 United States 1861 Hurricane No. 2:The Barque was wrecked on the upper end of Alligator Reef and went to pieces.[42]
Huntingdon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Point Brava, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Jane Wright  United States American Civil War: During a voyage from Washington, to St. Mary's County, Maryland, the sloop was scuttled in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Potomac River off Smith Point, Virginia, by the armed tug USS Yankee ( United States Navy) to prevent Confederate forces from commandeering her for use in a rumored invasion of Maryland.[43]
 Nova Scotia 1861 Hurricane No. 2:The Brig was wrecked on the Crocus Reef with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts United States.[41][32][42]
Prima Donna  United Kingdom 1861 Hurricane No. 2:The barque was wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Cape Florida, Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York, United States.[32]

17 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Patch Sand. She was on a voyage form South Shields, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[3]
Cora Linn  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Cabadilla Rocks, off Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Oporto.[5]
Maid of Erin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Patch Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Folkestone, Kent. She was refloated the next day.[3]

18 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Jefferson Davis  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The brig, operating as a Confederate privateer, was wrecked without loss of life on a shoal while entering port at St. Augustine, Florida, during a half-gale.[44][36]
Phillyra  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Crow Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick.[40]

19 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Ammirabile Colombo  France The ship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Dunkerque.[29]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the brigantine Amazon (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America) and foundered in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Amazon. Elizabeth was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Emsworth, Hampshire.[45][3][46]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Bassein River. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Akyab, Burma.[47]
Nordeap  Norway The brig ran aground at Narva, Russia.[29]
Steadfast  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[29]
Tellula  United Kingdom The ship brig was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire.[29]

20 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Euphrasie  Belgium The ship was wrecked near Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Dantsic.[40]
Euroclydon  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Sunderland, County Durham. She was righted.[3]
Jones Brothers  United Kingdom The brig capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire.[45][29]
Lady Campbell  United Kingdom The ship was driven against the pier and severely damaged at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[48]
R. W. Powell  Confederate States of America The 349-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Plaquemine, Louisiana.[49]
Shark  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Congo River, Africa. Her crew survived. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants.[50]
T. W. Riley  United States American Civil War: The sloop was scuttled at off the Virginia shoreline of the Potomac River by the armed tug USS Yankee and the bark USS Restless (both  United States Navy) to prevent her use by Confederate forces in a rumored invasion of Maryland.[51]

22 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Phillyra  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Crow Head. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick.[27]

23 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Aid  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The 100-ton schooner or full-rigged ship (sources disagree) was sunk as a blockship by Union forces off the coast of Florida to block the pass at the east end of Santa Rosa Island. She had been captured off Mobile, Alabama, on 5 June by a boat expedition from the screw frigate USS Niagara ( United States Navy).[52][53]
Sarah Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Dingle Bay. She was on a voyage from Castlemaine, County Kerry to Gloucester. She was later refloated and put in to Killorglin, County Kerry in a severely leaky condition.[54]

24 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1861
Ship Country Description
William Nickela  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Strait of Canso.[55]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Humber with the loss of all hands.[56]

25 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Ceylon  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Wear to Cronstadt, Russia.[54]
Charles Wood  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[57] She was refloated on 2 September.[58]
Glenalm  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cochin, India. She was on a voyage from Cochin to London. She was refloated and put back to Cochin.[59]
J. A. McClennan (or J. A. McClelland) Unknown The 73-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Sacramento River in California one to three miles (1.6 to 4.8 km) below Knight's Landing 15 minutes after her boiler exploded, blowing her pilot 200 feet (61 meters) into the air and killing 25 people. The boiler landed on shore 350 yards (320 meters) away. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[60]

26 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Barnstaple  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Watermouth, Devon.[61]
Francois and Marie  France The ship ran aground and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was severely damaged.[61]
Juno  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea off the coast of Nord, France and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated but consequently sank.[62]
Success  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the East River, New York. The fire was extinguished with assistance from the ferryboat Manhasset ( United States).[55]

27 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.[61]
Finland  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was captured and burnt by W. S. Montgomery and another steamship (both  United States) at Apalachicola, Florida.[63]
Lady Jocelyn  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Droogden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[5]
May  United States The 43-ton sidewheel paddle steamer collided with Major Reybold (flag unknown) and sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[64]

28 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1861
Ship Country Description
 Imperial Russian Navy The steam clipper was beached at Sakhalin. She was refloated in April or May 1862. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[65]
Goldseeker  United Kingdom The lugger sank in a squall off the coast of County Dublin with the loss of six of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Kingstown to Howth.[66]
Jeune Alphonse  Belgium The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Dram, Noway to Antwerp.[62]
Prowler  United Kingdom The tug ran aground in Carnarvon Bay. She was refloated in mid-September and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey.[67][68]
Telemaco  Russia The steamship foundered west of Málaga, Spain with the loss of all but one of her crew.[69]
USS Monticello  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries: The gunboat ran aground off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Confederate States of America. She was later refloated.[70]
Eight unidentified vessels  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Six small boats and two scows were burned along the coast of Maryland by a launch from the armed tug USS Satellite ( United States Navy).[71]

29 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Finland  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner was captured and burned in Apalachicola Bay off the coast of Florida by the armed screw steamer USS R. R. Cuyler ( United States Navy).[10]
Liberty  United Kingdom The brig collided with the barque Faithful ( United Kingdom) off the coast of County Durham and was run ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland.[54]

30 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Albion  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship sank at "Keelsing", China. Her crew were rescued.[72]
Allison  United Kingdom The ship foundered in a typhoon off Shanghai, China. Her crew were rescued.[73]

31 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1861
Ship Country Description
Charlotte Maria  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Jávea, Spain. She was a total loss.[5]
Manna  Denmark The galeas was driven ashore on the coast of Zealand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[34][74]
Four unidentified boats  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The boats were captured and burned at in Virginia by the armed tug USS Resolute ( United States Navy).[75]
Unidentified vessels  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Union forces destroyed a large fishing boat, a scow, and seven small boats at the mouth of Aquia Creek in Virginia.[76]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1861
Ship Country Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 50 nautical miles (93 km) from , India before 15 August. She was on a voyage from Madras to Ganjam.[35]
Capital  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Narva, Russia.[6]
Cassandra  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was subsequently destroyed by fire.[16]
Colleen Bawn  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 August. Her twelve crew were rescued by Mende ( United States). Colleen Bawn was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[2][6]
Cosmopolitan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Yangtze.[77]
Dove  United Kingdom The transport ship sank off Shoeburyness, Essex. She was refloated on 27 August and towed in to Chatham Dockyard, Kent by the paddle steamer Africa ( United Kingdom).[78]
Drusan Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Yangtze.[77]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Chinese waters.[77]
Finchley  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked near Algeciras, Spain.[79]
Gem United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was wrecked between Tangier, Morocco and Ceuta, Spain before 22 August. Her crew were rescued. was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Tarragona, Spain. She [40][80]
HMS Hecate  Royal Navy
HMS Hecate
The Hydra-class sloop was driven ashore east of Cape Flattery, Washington Territory between 15 and 21 August. She was later refloated and returned to service.
Heinrich Flag unknown The ship was wrecked north of Rønne, Denmark before 16 August. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[29]
HMS Imperieuse  Royal Navy The frigate ran aground on a rock 140 nautical miles (260 km) from Jeddo, Japan. She was refloated three days later with assistance from HMS Ringdove ( Royal Navy).
Lonwood  Confederate States of America The ship was wrecked off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New Orleans, Louisiana.[40]
Louisa  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Fleeing from the armed screw steamer USS Penguin ( United States Navy) while trying to run the Union blockade with a cargo of coffee, the 200-ton schooner struck a shoal and capsized in the North Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, North Carolina, about 3 miles (5 km) south of Fort Fisher on either 10 or 11 August. The surf quickly broke over her.[10][19]
Manila Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Yangtze.[77]
 United States The schooner went ashore at Cape Sable Island, and became a total loss. Crew saved.[81]
 United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 5 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[35]
Parsee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Cape Hellas. She was on a voyage from London to Patti, Sicily, Italy.[62]
Rajali Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Yangtze.[77]
Testimonial  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Aden with the loss of four of her crew.[6][34]

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Ship events in 1861
Ship launches: 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866
Ship commissionings: 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865
Ship decommissionings: 1864 1865
Shipwrecks: 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866

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