The ship was wrecked on the Choal Kado Reef with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[1][2]
Tubal Cain
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Margate Sands and sank.[3]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Petronella Johanna
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore on "Boomjes Island", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[4]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank near Le Hourdel, Somme, France. Her crew were rescued.[5][6]
The ironclad warship sank in a storm while in port at Ancona. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Doris
Danzig
The ship was driven ashore near "Raa", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Neufahrwasser. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark.[13]
Jane Goodyear
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Bimini, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from London to Campeche City, Mexico.[14]
7 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Commerce
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak, capsized and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by Excelsior (United Kingdom). Commerce was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Sunderland, County Durham.[15][13]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Stettin.[16]
Pallas
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Stonewall Jackson (United Kingdom). Pallas was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[17]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Cyclone
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of Japan with the loss of a crew member.[18][19] She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Shanghai, China.[20]
Lady Stewart
United Kingdom
The brig sank off Heligoland after a Bremenpilot cutter refused to take off her crew or take her in tow. Her eight crew took to a skiff; they were rescued the next day by Norsken (Sweden. Lady Stewart was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg.[7][21][22][23]
10 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Herald
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east by east the Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[24]
Lady Westmorland
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship departed from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]
Wasp
United Kingdom
The steamship sprang a leak and sank in the River Wyre. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood to Southport, Lancashire. She was refloated and beached at Fleetwood.[26][27]
11 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Huelva, Spain for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28]
Ann and Emma
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked near Portholland, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portholland to Plymouth, Devon.[29]
Mayflower
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the sloopNine Brothers.[13]
President
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Port Ellesmere, Cheshire.[30]
The Pearl-classcorvette struck an uncharted rock in the Pacific Ocean. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[9]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Mary and Agnes
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with assistance and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[13]
The ship was wrecked at Laguna, Santa Catarina. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Laguna.[31]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated the next day.[32]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Angle, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cork. She was refloated and beached.[33]
Five unnamed vessels
United Kingdom
The schooners ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[34]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Fulmar
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Middel Grunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[33]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Dick Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Nord and sank. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Holland (Flag unknown) and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex.[30]
The ship departed from North Shields, Northumberland for Dantzic. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37][38]
Weybourne
United Kingdom
The sloop collided with the schoonerJessie (United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Jessie. Weybourne was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[33]
17 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Betsey
British North America
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland.[39]
Caleb Haley
United States
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Mexico. Her crew survived.[40]
Christina Wubbegina
Netherlands
The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.[33]
The schooner collided with the steamshipDouro (Portugal) and sank in Liverpool Bay off the ( Trinity House). Alice was on a voyage from Liverpool to Preston, Lancashire.[43][44]
Minnie Waterson
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Cronstadt, Russia.[1]
Towy
United Kingdom
The smack sprang a leak and sank off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to an Irish port.[43]
Wingate Grange
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged at Sunderland, County Durham by two separate explosions in her cargo of coal. A crew member was severely injured in each explosion.[33]
19 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Alfred Barrett
United States
The schooner exploded, caught fire and was destroyed at Jersey City, New Jersey with the loss of at least three of her four crew.[45]
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the steam collierHaswell (United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk with the loss of fifteen of the 108 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the collier and the schoonerPerseverance (United Kingdom), which rescued three people. Bruiser was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[46][47][48]
Hermina Hendrika
Netherlands
The galiot was run down and sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom by the steamshipFairy Queen (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Fairy Queen.[49][33]
Lambert
Bremen
The ship caught fire, exploded and was destroyed at Jersey City.[50][45]
Sardinia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Royal Family (United Kingdom). Sardinia was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51]
Vulcan
Belgium
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[33]
20 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Duncan
British North America
The barque foundered in the North Sea. All sixteen people on board were rescued by the schoonerEdward (Belgium). Duncan was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[52][33]
Helen
United Kingdom
The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[33][41]
Theodore
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina.[53]
Woodman
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed.[33]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Hibernia
Isle of Man
The cutter ran ashore and was wrecked at the Point of Ayre. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Troon, Ayrshire.[29]
Omar Pacha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Krasnaya Gorka, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Cronstadt.[41]
22 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom, and No. 6
United Kingdom
The dredgerNo. 6 was run into and sunk in the Clyde by the steamshipHeron (United Kingdom), which was trying to avoid the steamship United Kingdom, which had run aground.[54]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Europa
Denmark
The ship departed from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands for Copenhagen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55]
Golden City
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Sydney, New South Wales.[56]
25 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Walvisch
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[41]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Eliza Jenkins
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Lagos, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from , Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
Hero
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liscannor, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Liscannor to Liverpool.[50]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Oceanita
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Ascension Island for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Countess of Durham
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to sunderland.[58]
30 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Corrib
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Cezimbra Bay, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from , Portugal to BristolGloucestershire.[17]
Cupid
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated.[58]
Goliah
United Kingdom
The tug was driven into the tug (United Kingdom) and both were driven out to sea from Whitby. Goliah's captain got on board Hilda, leaving a boy on board. Hilda returned to port. Goliah was driven ashore and wrecked.[58]
Lidener
France
The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Port Mahon, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[58]
Maria Renée
France
The schooner foundered off the North Sand Head. Her crew were rescue by a tug. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Honfleur, Calvados.[59][60]
United States
The fishing schooner was run down and sunk by schooner near the Magdalen Islands. Crew saved.[61]
North
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her 31 crew took to two boats; seventeen were rescued by the Texel Lifeboat (Netherlands), and fourteen by the luggerReform (United Kingdom). North was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Bremen.[62][63][59]
Rose
United Kingdom
The fishing coble was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby.[58]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The tug ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[63]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Admirable
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona, Spain.[64]
Ceylon
United Kingdom
The ship departed from the Clyde for Bombay, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[65]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1866
Ship
Country
Description
Anna Dressine
Russia
The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to a British port.[7]
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles on or before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sicily, Italy to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[58]
Clyde
United Kingdom
The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Tegeler Platte, in the North Sea before 7 August.[13]
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands.[67] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[33]
The brig was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[70][71]
Maitland
United States
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Malta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was refloated.[72]
The schooner ran aground and sank at Lagos. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lagos to Liverpool, Lancashire.[69][74]
Nile
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked at Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Alexandria, Egypt.[75]
Queen of India
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Manila, Spanish East Indies for San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[76]
Queen of the Forth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Paraíba, Brazil She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India.[73]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin downstream of Moulmein, Burma. She was on a voyage from Moulmein to Madras, India. She was refloated and towed in to "Fishing Village" in a waterlogged condition.[73]
St. Hilda
Burma
The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean before 3 August with the loss of seventeen lives. She was on a voyage form Rangoon to Bombay.[4][74]
Themis
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground, broke her back and was wrecked at Alibag, India. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aden.[34][58]
Wing
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued.[10]
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