The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north west of Capen Senas, Beylik of Tunis with the loss of four of her crew.[1]
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The ship collided with another vessel and sank off Europa Point, Gibraltar with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.[2]
The ship ran aground on the Horsen Bank, off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[2]
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The ship collided with another vessel and foundered off Europa Point, Gibraltar with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the brigFortuna (Spain). Endeavour was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.[6]
Sylph
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew were rescued by Indiana (United States).[7][8]
William Henry
Confederate States of America
The 95-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank on the Arkansas River at Fort Smith, Arkansas.[9]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Demerara
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Jamaica. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.[4][5]
Quadruple
Bermuda
The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Ozame River, Saint Domingo.[10][11]
The passenger steamer struck an iceberg and sank in the Strait of Belle Isle 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Cape Bauld, Newfoundland, with the loss of 35 lives. Her 266 survivors were rescued by four French fishing vessels.
Nestor
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[12][2]
Paragon
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Mauritius. She was refloated and put back to Singapore in a leaky condition.[13]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the East Scar Rock, on the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Emily Farnum
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Catuama Reefs, 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from The Downs to Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance from the tugCamaragibe (Brazil and towed in to Pernambuco.[15]
Greenville
United States
The 105-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Wabash River at Terre Haute, Indiana.[16]
J. S. Parsons
Confederate States of America
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Pass A L'Outre. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[17]
Mamaranack
Confederate States of America
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Pass A L'Outre. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool.[17]
Thomas Mahony
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Jaffa
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Nantucket, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia, British North America to New York.[19]
Merlin
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by Coquimbo (United Kingdom). Merlin was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Plymouth, Devon.[20]
Queen of the Wave
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Ganjam, India. She was on a voyage from Madras to Ganjam.[21]
Somerset
Unknown
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner, was captured in on the Maryland side of the Potomac River and burned on the Virginia shore by the armed screw steamerUSS Resolute (United States Navy).[22][23]
The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[28][29]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Jane
United Kingdom
The barque was run down and sunk in the River Foyle by the schoonerMoggie Lorimer. Her crew were rescued by the schooner.[30]
Sandwich Bay
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Filla Till Rocks, on the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Beer, Devon.[29]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Amalia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia. She was refloated on 15 June and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[30]
Celerity
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Foreness Rock, off Margate, Kent.[31]
New Friendship
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a rock and sank at the mouth of the Rance. She was on a voyage from London to Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord, France.[30][32]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Alarm
United Kingdom
The tug suffered a boiler explosion at Bristol, Gloucestershire and sank with the loss of one of her crew.[33]
Christiana Kean
United States
American Civil War: The schooner was run aground, boarded, and burned by Confederate forces in rowboats one-half mile (0.8 km) from the Virginian bank of the Potomac River off , below Mathias Point opposite Cedar Point.[34]
Guadalete
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day and taken in tow for London.[30]
Hersilia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Poondy", India. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[35]
John Fowler
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Walpole Rocks, on the Kent coast. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[30][29]
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by the steamshipLord Raglan (United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Lord Raglan. Swallow was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[29][37]
Therese
France
The schooner was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. United Kingdom.[30]
Zarah
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Thames at , Kent. She was on a voyage from London to the Clyde. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[30]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Berenica
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on Robben Island, Cape Colony with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from an English port to Cape Town, Cape Colony.[38]
Bittern
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Westplaat, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[30] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[39]
Cataract
United States
The 393-ton screw steamer burned at Erie, Pennsylvania, with the loss of four lives.[40]
Luigi
Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
The ship ran aground on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[30]
Old England
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat was holed by her anchor and sank at Flint. Shew as on a voyage from Liverpool to Saltney, Cheshire.[19]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Eagle Speed
United States
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Orestes Shoal, at the mouth of the Bassein River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[21]
Thorbeke
Dantzic
The schooner was driven ashore south of Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 19 June and taken in to Landskrona for repairs.[26]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Agatha Maria
Netherlands
The barque was wrecked on the Carang Bolang Rocks, off , Netherlands East Indies. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tilatjap to Amsterdam, North Holland.[21]
Asiatic
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Algoa Bay with the loss of fifteen of her 24 crew.[41][42] She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall.[43]
The steamship was driven ashore north of Staithes, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and put back to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[37]
Sarah and Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington.[37]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
John Smith
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Bolderāja, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bolderāja.[17]
Traveller
United Kingdom
The smack sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Methil, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Montrose, Forfarshire.[26]
Traviata
Brazil
The barque was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Lisbon, Portugal.[46][47]
24 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Baltic
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on Veckmansground, off Dagö, Russia. All 26 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Reval, Russia.[26][48]
The ship was wrecked on Dagö. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to Cronstadt, Russia.[26]
Jessie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Tigris. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon. She was later refloated.[50]
Keystone
Confederate States of America
American Civil War: The 69-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Mississippi River at Arkansas City, Arkansas.[51]
Senator
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames, at Millwall, Essex.[52]
Traveller
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the North Sea off Methil, Fife. Her crew survived.[53]
Workington
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "New Island", County Antrim.[52]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Commerce
United Kingdom
The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in the Davis Straits.[54] Her crew survived.[55]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Lochnagar
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Red Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She broke up on 19 July.[11]
Susan Hincks
United States
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom She was refloated and towed in to The Downs.[56]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Hanno
Portugal
The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Pernambuco, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Pernambuco.[10]
Louisa
France
The ship capsized in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée.[56]
Prince of Wales
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 70 nautical miles (130 km) south of Pernambuco with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Montevideo, Uruguay.[10]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Passenger
Unknown
American Civil War: The sloop sank in the Potomac River, but other details are unclear. Sources disagree on whether she was a Confederate vessel captured and destroyed by the screw steamerUSS Resolute (United States Navy), with Resolute capturing one person aboard her, or a Union vessel that capsized, with Resolute rescuing one survivor.[22][23]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1861
Ship
Country
Description
Baltic
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on Veckman's Ground, off Hiiumaa, Russia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia.[57]
Baton Rouge
Confederate States of America
The 65-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Tennessee River in Tennessee.[58]
Bedouin
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 June. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Galway.[17]
Carl
Norway
The ship was driven ashore near "Kloven". She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Tromsø. She was refloated.[56]
Chieftain
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on a rock off Coll, Inner Hebrides before 15 June.[59]
Coronet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Hunting Island, South Carolina, Confederate States of America. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, Confederate States of America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Elizabeth Wilhelmine
Sweden
The ship capsized in Sutton Pool. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[18]
The brig became waterlogged at "Margum", Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America between 4 and 13 June.[17]
Josepha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Garrucha, Spain. She was consequently condemned.[29]
Lord Raglan
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[60]
Mary Fry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River at Richelieu, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to Liverpool.[1]
New Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and sank in the Rance before 17 June. She was on a voyage from London to Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord, France.[61]
Parsee
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Bognor Rocks, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Poti, Russia.[18]
United States
The fishing schooner left Halifax, Nova Scotia in mid June for the Seal Island Grounds and vanished. Lost with all 8 crew.[62][63][64]
Sparrow
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 June. Her crew were rescued by Allendale (United Kingdom.[14]
Sympathy
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Hauxley Sand, on the coast of Northumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Alnmouth, Northumberland.[2]