The paddle steamer ran aground off the Dutch coast. Her passengers were taken off by Sliedrecht (Netherlands).[1]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Conflict
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Millwall, Middlesex and was severely damaged.[2]
Eugenie
United Kingdom
The ship collided with a pilot boat and ran onto the Old Harry Rocks. She was on a voyage from Salcombe, Devon to Madeira. She was refloated.[1]
Florence
New Zealand
The schooner was captured by Māori warriors in the Chatham Islands and set adrift unmanned with full rig. She grounded and became a total wreck.[3]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
City of Manchester
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Traverne. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had been towed back to Quebec City in a waterlogged condition by 11 July and was placed under repair.[4][5]
Peter Maxwell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Crane Island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[6][4][7]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Countess of Elgin
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rerscued by the barqueVestor (United Kingdom). Countess of Elgin was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada.[8][9]
Pommer
Prussia
The ship ran aground on the Westra Finngrundet, in the Gulf of Bothnia. She was on a voyage from , Sweden to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
The barque ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Great Yarmouth.[18][19] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[20]
Powerful
United Kingdom
The tug collided with the steamshipFruiterer (United Kingdom) at Lowestoft, Suffolk and was severely damaged.[19][20]
Salween
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on a reef off Olinda, Brazil and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London. She was refloated and taken in to Pernambuco, Brazil,[21] where she was condemned.[22]
The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Bassein, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23]
Jubilee
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[24]
The brig ran aground on Scharhörn, Prussia and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Hamburg.[7][10] The wreck was refloated on 18 July and towed in to Cuxhaven.[17]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was beached at Maldonado, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port. She was later refloated.[26]
William Booking
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, and sank.[7]
The 576-ton wooden bark struck a reef and foundered in a storm and went ashore in English Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. All on board survived.[28][29]
Thora
Rostock
The ship was lost off Holmöarna, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Strömstad, Sweden to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[30][21][31]
The ship was driven ashore at Pachino, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to an English port.[10]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Neptune
Rostock
The brig was run into by the steamship (United Kingdom) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of Tarifa, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[32][33]
Peninsular
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. She was refloated.[10]
18 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Ariro
Spain
The ship was driven onto the Pearl Rock. She was refloated and towed in to Gibraltar Bay in a severely leaky condition.[34]
Germania
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground at Bassein, India and was consequently beached at "Henghei". She was on a voyage from Bassein to a European port.[35]
India
United States
The ship was driven ashore on Martín García Island, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Fray Bentos, Uruguay to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Pernambuco, Brazil on 21 August in a leaky condition.[36]
My Choice
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Swilly. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Letterkenny, County Donegal.[17]
The steamship departed from Liverpool for Lancaster, Lancashire. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. Burnt wreckage from the ship washed up at Southport, Lancashire on 23 July. The bodies of two crew members subsequently washed ashore.[24][38]
The ship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[40][17]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Euphemia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[40]
Maha Lukshmi
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean. She was abandoned on 23 July. Her crew were rescued by Catherine Rankin, Chinaman and Hyppolita (all United Kingdom). Maha Lukshmi was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[41][42]
Queenstone
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Menawethan, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[40]
Wild Wave
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Leigh Middle Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[24]
Unnamed
China
The junk foundered off Shanghai. Five crew were rescued by City of Aberdeen (United Kingdom).[44]
22 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The Eclipse-classsloop was driven ashore. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[45]
23 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Anniversary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[24]
Castilian
Spain
The ship ran aground at Camden Point, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork.[46]
Daniel Watson
Tasmania
The brig was wrecked on a reef in Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand. The crew were rescued by the steamerGazelle.[27]
Julia
United Kingdom
The brig was destroyed by fire off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew survived.[47]
Lotus
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on a reef off West Caicos, Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to , Mexico.[48]
Margaret Cunnigham
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground off Kettleness, Yorkshire. Both crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat Sheffield ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She subsequently drove ashore at Runswick Bay and was wrecked.[49][50]
24 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Star
Jersey
The cutter ran aground off Whitstable, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She sank the next day. She was on a voyage from London to Barfleur, Manche, France.[51][34]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
, and Hibernia
United Kingdom
The paddletugFlying Childers ran aground in the Clyde at Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire and was run into by the steamshipHibernia, which she was towing, and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated the next day. Hibernia also ran aground. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. she was refloated and put in to Bowling, Dunbartonshire.[52]
Julia
United Kingdom
The brig exploded and sank off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[51][34]
Star
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore at Hooghly Point, India.[51][34] She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 30 July.[35]
Swan
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Pentland Firth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Easdale, Argyllshire.[53]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Hollandstrouw
Netherlands
The ship caught fire off Réunion and was abandoned with the loss of ten lives. Survivors were rescued by India (United Kingdom). Hollandstrouw was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[25]
The sloop of war was driven ashore on the coast of China. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[45]
Constantia
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[54]
George Sarale
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Ballyness, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Letterkenny, County Donegal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37]
Sea Rover
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at East London. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Shantung
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at East London. Her crew were rescued.[54]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Eliza Goddard
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Baily Lighthouse, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued by the steamshipDuke of Sutherland (United Kingdom). Eliza Goddard was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dublin.[30][31]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Hope
United Kingdom
The schooner struck rocks off the Île de Sein, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Santander, Spain.[30][31]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Rover's Bride
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground off the Lapen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The Beacon-classgunvessel ran aground in the Uruguay River. She was refloated.[45]
Columbia
United Kingdom
The whaler was crushed between two ice floes and sank in Cumberland Sound. Her 21 crew were rescued by Lord Saltoun (United Kingdom).[55][56]
Curlew
United Kingdom
Carrying a cargo of lime she had taken on at the jetties of the Nessend Quarry to Castle Point tramway on Lindisfarne, the vessel was in the North Sea off the May Light on the coast of England when water came into contact with the cargo and the heat generated set fire to her. She sank, but her two-man crew was saved.[57]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1868
Ship
Country
Description
Anna
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. She was refloated on 9 July and found to be severely leaky.[49]
The steamship collided with the steamship State of New York (United States) off the mouth of the Connecticut River and was severely damaged. Three passengers died.[60]
Crapaud
Jersey
The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Inférieure, France on or before 20 July.[21]
Danube
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Odessa, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[59]
Dunkeld
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada to Queenstown, County Cork.[10]
The ship foundered in the Bay of Bengal. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Muscat, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.[37]
Irene
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated, putting in to Antigua on 15 July for repairs.[61]
Mary Kay
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Clotilde (France).[62]
Minden
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garrucha, Spain to the River Tyne.[63]
Nueva Angelita
Chile
The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to a European port.[64]
Oryx
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Osaka, Japan. she was refloated.[37]
The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[59]
Reindeer
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the Maldive Islands before 15 July. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Russell
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground off the Tunara Battery, Spain. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43]
Timor Shah
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River before 16 July.[59]
Trevanion
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the Maldive Islands before 15 July. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Vaaren
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She was refloated and put in to Constantinople, where she arrived on 27 July.[12]
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