List of shipwrecks in June 1864

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The list of shipwrecks in June 1864 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1864.

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1 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Arthur  Russia The full-rigged ship capsized at Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Arthur McKenzie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The 227-ton brig went ashore while trying to cross the bar at Port Waikato, New Zealand.[2]
Daring United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner ran aground and sank at the mouth of the Waikato River. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Pocohontas  United States The transport ship collided with the transport ship City of Bath ( United States) and sank off Cape May, New Jersey with the loss of 40 lives.[3]
William and Jane  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Gibraltar. Following repairs, she was refloated on 6 June and subsequently resumed her voyage.[4]
Unidentified wharf boat  United States American Civil War: The wharf boat, loaded with reserve supplies and ammunition for the fleet of Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter ( United States Navy) and carrying paymaster′s cash in a safe was set afire and blown up by Confederate agents on the Ohio River at Mound City, Illinois. The paymaster was burned and nearly suffocated while trying to save the cash in the safe.[5]

2 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and sank off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage form Mochras, Caernarfonshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[6]
 United Kingdom American Civil War: The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked at the Old Inlet, Wilmington, Delaware, United States by USS Victoria ( United States Navy).[7]
Frank Steel, or
Frank Steele 		 United States The 136-ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded on the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin, killing two people.[8]
Georgiana C. McCaw  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboat USS Victoria ( United States Navy), the 700-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner carrying a large cargo of provisions, ran aground near Cape Fear, North Carolina, Confederate States of America. USS Victoria shelled her, then put a boarding party aboard her which captured all but four of her passengers and crew and set her on fire. Her wreck eventually sank in 10 feet (3 m) of water.[9][10]
Isabel  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Having suffered severe damage from gunfire while being captured in the Gulf of Mexico off Galveston, Texas, by the screw steamer USS Admiral ( United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of gunpowder and arms on 28 May, the steamer sank at on the Mississippi River.[9][11]
Rose  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The 67-register ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner en route from Nassau, Bahamas carrying a small cargo of liquor and other goods, was chased ashore on Pawleys Island, South Carolina, Confederate States of America by the gunboat USS Wamsutta ( United States Navy). She was burned there by Union forces.[12]
Scotia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Bluff Harbour, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Otago, New Zealand.[13]
William and Jane  United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached at Gibraltar.[14]

3 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Scotia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The steamer went ashore at Bluff Harbour, on the final stretch of a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria while trying to cross the bar at Port Waikato.[15]

4 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Albion  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Lee Reef, off the coast of Jamaica.[16]
Harmonie  Bremen The ship foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Bremen.[17]
Maid of the Mill  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Thisted, Denmark.[18] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.[19]

5 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Carreg Long Rock, on the cost of Anglesey and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Amlwch, Anglesey.[20]
Nile United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner ran aground at Takatu Point in the Hauraki Gulfon the final stretch of a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria while trying to cross the bar at Port Waikato.[21]
Polly  Hamburg The barque foundered off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Confirmed by a message in a bottle which washed up in early August.[22]

6 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Robert Stephenson  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[23]
Viscount Sandon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Galle, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galle. She was refloated and taken in to Galle in a leaky condition.[24]

7 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1863
Ship Country Description
 Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 132-ton sidewheel transport ran aground in Charleston Harbor off Fort Johnson, South Carolina. One source claims she was destroyed by Union artillery emplaced on Morris Island;[9] another claims she was raised and repaired and placed in service by Union forces.[25]
Paquete de Mayari Spain Cuba The schooner was wrecked on the Caicos Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.[26]
Thames  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Whitestone Rock, off Ryhope, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to North Shields, Northumberland.[27]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Berner Rock, in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[28]

8 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Berkshire  United States The 649-ton steamer burned at Poughkeepsie, New York with the loss of 35 lives,[29] there were more than 165 survivors. She was on a voyage from Hudson, New York to New York City.[30]
Ganjam  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]
John Ellis  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Stromness.[4]
Orilla  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Taganrog, Russia She was on a voyage from Taganrog to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[32][33]

9 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Augustus  Bremen The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued.[4]
Chanaral  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in Arica Bay.[34] Her crew were rescued by the barque Perpetua, which lost four crew effecting the rescued.[26]
John Bowes  United Kingdom The collier, a steamship, ran aground on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. John Bowes was refloated but had to be beached. Following repairs, she resumed her voyage.[4][27]
Pevensey  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboat USS New Berne ( United States Navy), the 483-, 500-, or 543-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner bound for Wilmington, North Carolina, from Bermuda with a cargo that included arms, blankets, cloth, clothing, shoes, lead, and bacon, ran aground on the coast of North Carolina about 7 miles (11 km) west of Beaufort. Pevensey′s crew blew her up and set her on fire to prevent her capture by Union forces.[9][35]

10 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Augusta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cruden Scares. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Invergordon, Ross-shire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[4]
Bob Chambers  United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[27]

11 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Edouard and Jenny Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Ordness Head, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stromness, Orkney Islands to Naples, Italy. She was refloated on 13 June and beached. She was taken in to Stromness for repairs on 3 September.[36]
Jamaica Packet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The steamship ran aground at Saint Ann's Bay. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to Kingston.[37]

12 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1864
Ship Country Description
I Go  United States American Civil War: The 104-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas.[38]
Julius  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Luna ( Hamburg).[27]
USS Lavender  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: During a voyage from the Delaware Capes to Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate States of America, the armed tug was wrecked on the Cape Lookout Shoals off the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America during a severe squall. Between nine members and fourteen members of her crew died before the steamer John Farrow ( United States Army) rescued her fourteen survivors on 15 June.[39]
Spray United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner hit rocks at the mouth of the Awanui River during a gale.[40]

13 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Brilliant  Prussia The schooner was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Dantzic.[4]
 United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[14]
Sir George Grey  United Kingdom The tug was run into by Helen Nicholson ( United Kingdom) 7 nautical miles (13 km) west north west of Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire and was severely damaged. She was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.[41]

14 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1864
Ship Country Description
USS Courier  United States Navy The storeship was wrecked without loss of life on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas about 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Elbow Cay Lighthouse.[42]
Home  United States The ship was driven ashore on Crane Island, Province of Canada British North America. She was refloated.[43]
Lord Maidstone  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Crane Island. She was refloated.[43]
Sunbeam  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "New Liverpool", Province of Canada.[44] She was on a voyage from New Liverpool to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[43]

15 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1864
Ship Country Description
D. L. Choate  United States The ship foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued on 22 June by Imogen ( United Kingdom). D. L. Choate was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[45]
J. R. Williams  United States American Civil War: Disabled by Confederate artillery on the Arkansas River at in the Indian Territory near what is now Tamaha, the sternwheel paddle steamer ran aground and was captured. Confederate forces then burned her.[5]

16 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Ballarat United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria The steamship was wrecked in Poverty Bay, New Zealand, during a heavy gale, while en route from Auckland to Napier. All on board were rescued.[21][46]
Landis  United States American Civil War: The 377-ton sidewheel transport was damaged in combat with the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment ( Confederate States Army) on the Mississippi River at , Louisiana, confederate States of America about 6 nautical miles (11 km) from Port Hudson on the night of 16 June and reportedly sank near Baton Rouge.[47]
Nieuw Holland  Netherlands The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Joan ( Netherlands). Nieuw Holland was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[48]
Two unidentified schooners Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooners were burned near the mouth of the Pamlico River in North Carolina, Confederate States of America by a joint Union Army-United States Navy expedition embarked on the transport Ella May ( United States Army) and the sidewheel gunboat USS Ceres and armed screw steamer USS Louisiana (both  United States Navy).[9][49]

17 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Bushire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on the Ras Housun, near Aden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aden.[50][51]
Fanny Merriman United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was wrecked on Christmas Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Sydney.[52]
Lady of Portland  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Falmouth, Cornwall and/or the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[53][54][55]
William C. Clarke  United States American Civil War: The 338-ton brig, carrying a cargo of lumber from Machias, Maine, to Matanzas, Cuba, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean (30°00′N 62°40′W / 30.000°N 62.667°W / 30.000; -62.667 (William C. Clarke)) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[9][56][57]

18 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1864
Ship Country Description
 Royal Navy The frigate ran aground in the Fraser River at New Westminster, Colony of British Columbia. She was refloated on 24 June with assistance from HMS Forward, and (all  Royal Navy).[58][59]

19 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1864
Ship Country Description
CSS Alabama  Confederate States Navy
Illustration of CSS Alabama sinking, Harper's Weekly, 23 July 1864.
American Civil War, Battle of Cherbourg: The screw sloop-of-war was sunk in combat with the screw sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge ( United States Navy) in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of about 40 members of her crew. Kearsarge rescued approximately 70 members of her crew, who became prisoners-of-war.
Alvin Clark  United States The schooner capsized and sank in a storm in Green Bay just off Chambers Island, Wisconsin, with the loss of two of her four crew.

21 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Dniester  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was driven ashore at the "St. Catherine Spirit Fortress", in the Black Sea. She was abandoned the next day. She was later refloated with assistance from the corvette ( Imperial Russian Navy), which towed her in to Sevastopol on 28 June.[60]
Mary Jane  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (34°52′N 30°53′W / 34.867°N 30.883°W / 34.867; -30.883). A message in a bottle washed up at Campbeltown, Argyllshire in early September giving the news.[61]
Richard Cobden  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was righted.[54]
Volunteer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the River Eske. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Ottoman Empire to Donegal. She was refloated and taken in to Donegal in a severely leaky condition.[28]

22 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Illawarra  United Kingdom The brig-rigged steamship struck a rock off Volcano Island and sank. She was on a voyage from Ningpo to Shanghai, China.[62][63]
Royal Sovereign  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank in the Black Sea off Cape Takle, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[28]

23 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Isabella Peake  United Kingdom The ship foundered off "Fort Soroa". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure, France to Jersey, Channel Islands.[64]

24 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Clan Gregor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bonny, Africa.[65] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bonny.[66]
Eduardo  Italy The brig was destroyed by fire at Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[67]
Lady Eyre  United Kingdom The ship was desroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bermuda.[68]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground in Stokes Bay. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. She had been refloated by 6 July with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Southampton.[69]
Isabelle  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off "Fort Swan". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure to Jersey, Channel Islands.[16]
Minister von Bowes  Hamburg The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Spontea ( United Kingdom). Minister von Bowes was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[28]
USS Queen City  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The sidewheel paddle steamer was captured by Confederate States Army cavalry and artillery while anchored on the White River off Clarendon, Arkansas. The Confederates blew her up shortly after capturing her.[9]
Waverly United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner went ashore after hitting rocks at Port Waikato. Her crew were rescued by the paddle steamer Sturt (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand.[70]

25 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Cambrian  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the Crow Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kinsale, County Cork.[28]
Clangregor  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Bonny, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[71]

26 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Alfred  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[28] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Calais.[16]
America  United States The yacht capsized in a squall and sank in the Delaware River with the loss of all eleven people on board.[72]

27 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Colonel Satterly  United States American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in on the James River in Virginia.[73]
E. W. Benton  United States American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach.[74]
Franklin  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The barque was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach.[75]
Haxall  United States American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach.[76]
Julie A. Whitford (or Julia A. Whitfield)  United States American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach.[77]
Mary Robinson  United States The clipper was driven onto a reef at Howland Island (01°N 176°W / 1°N 176°W / 1; -176 (Mary Robinson)) in the Pacific Ocean and wrecked during a strong squall. Her wreck slid off the reef and sank the next day.
Mist  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach on or about 27 June.[78]
 United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: After suffering nine shell hits while under fire by United States Navy ships, the 753- to 1,000-ton screw steamer was driven ashore by the armed screw steamer USS Cambridge and the gunboat USS Stars and Stripes (both  United States Navy) and wrecked near Federal Point while trying to reach Wilmington, North Carolina, Confederate States of America, with a cargo of brandy, liquor, rifled cannons, brass smoothbore cannons, Enfield rifle muskets, gunpowder, clothing, and assorted civilian cargo. She sank 200 yards (180 m) yards offshore in 40 feet (12 m) of water.[79]

28 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1864
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on a rock off Scalpay, Outer Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cronstadt and/or Narva, Russia.[80][81][82]
Mart  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was refloated on 1 July and taken in to Ayr.[83]
Ovida Helene  Norway The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Aalborg, Denmark. She was refloated on 28 June and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[69][33]
Sarah Mary  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Captured by the gunboat USS Norfolk Packet ( United States Navy) on 24 June in the North Atlantic Ocean off Mosquito Inlet, Florida, while trying to run the Union blockade with a cargo of cotton, the 15-ton sloop grounded on a beach on the coast of South Carolina at the mouth of while her Union prize crew was sailing her to Port Royal, South Carolina, Confederate States of America.[84]
Secondo Narcisso  Italy The brig collided with Fethie ( Ottoman Empire) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was towed in to Constantinople in a sinking condition by St. Giovanni Evangelista ( Kingdom of Italy) and place under repair.[85]
Stag  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Point Stefano. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to a British port. She was refloated and taken in to the Bosphorus.[33]

29 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Alvin Clark  United States During a voyage in ballast to Oconto, Wisconsin, to pick up a cargo of wood, the 105-foot-9-inch (32.2 m), 220-gross register ton vessel — variously described as a two-masted schooner, a topsail schooner, a brig, and a brigantine — capsized and sank in 120 feet (37 m) of water in Green Bay near Chambers Island off the coast of Wisconsin during a gale with the loss of three lives. An unidentified brig rescued her survivors. Her wreck was discovered in the 1960s, refloated in 1968–1969, and moored on the Menominee River as a tourist attraction, but deteriorated to a lack of funding to conserve her. She later was placed on a bed of pea gravel ashore but deteriorated beyond any possibility of restoration, became an eyesore, and was disassembled and trucked to a landfill in May 1994.[86][87]
Fœderis Arca  France The ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean after four of her fifteen crew had been murdered. Survivors were rescued by a Danish brig. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Vera Cruz, Mexico. Her crew were later arrested on charges of murder and mutiny and tried at a court martial, the ship having been chartered by the French government. Three were convicted and sentenced to death.[88][89]
Pike Flag unknown The wooden barge struck a snag and sank in the Sacramento River below the I Street Bridge in Sacramento, California.[90]

30 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1864
Ship Country Description
Eva  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked near the Ackergill Tower, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis to Hamburg.[43]
Happy Return  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of two of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the Liverpool Lifeboat. Five crew of the steamship British Queen ( United Kingdom) drowned whilst attempting to rescue survivors when their boat capsized. Happy Return was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[91][92]
Ivanhoe  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: While trying to enter Mobile Bay, the steamer, a blockade runner, was forced aground about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Fort Morgan, Alabama, by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Glasgow ( United States Navy), after which the sloop-of-war USS Hartford, the gunboat USS Kennebec, and the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Metacomet (all  United States Navy) fired between 700 and 800 shells at her. A United States Navy boat expedition burned her on 6 July.[9][93]
Verbena  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Dog Head Sand, in The Wash. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk She was refloated the next day and taken in to King's Lynn in a leaky condition.[94]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: unknown date in June 1864
Ship Country Description
Abby Craig  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Gaspé, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[18][19]
Ali  Sweden The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom for Malmö. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; the body of her captain washed up on the coast of Jutland in September.[95][96]
Anversois  Belgium The ship ran aground in the Min River. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foo Chow Foo, China. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 15 June. She was consequently condemned.[97]
Badger  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Wilmington, Delaware, United States.[98]
Betsy Williams  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Cape Nassau before 23 June. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[99]
Gyrn Castle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Fisherman's Group. Her crew were murdered by pirates. She was on a voyage from Foochow, China to Japan.[65]
Hydaspes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Rangoon, Burma. She was on a voyage from Rangoon to Liverpool.[100] Hydaspes was refloated in September and beached at Rangoon. She was condemned.[101]
Joseph Holmes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bassein, India after 25 June. She was on a voyage from Bassein to a European port.[100]
Kate  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Burrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Kate was refloated but had to be beached on the Shipwash Sand. She was refloated on 30 June and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[102]
HMS Liverpool  Royal Navy The frigate ran aground off the coast of Santo Domingo. She was refloated and ordered to England for repairs.
Olive  United States After coal oil she was carrying caught fire, the 220-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was scuttled in the Ohio River at Buffington Island to extinguish the flames. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[103]
Pomona  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Gaspé. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City.[18]
Rollon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Great Inagua, Bahamas in early June. She was on a voyage from Haiti to a European port.[104]
Seth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Landskrona, Sweden before 26 June. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland.[24]
Star of Victoria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria The barque was wrecked at the New River Heads, New Zealand.[13]
Tiger  United States During a voyage from North Bend to Cincinnati, Ohio, towing a barge of hay, the 97.6-ton screw towboat struck in the Ohio River and sank.[5]
Yaratilda  United Kingdom The East Indiaman foundered in the South China Sea after 8 June. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London[100]
Unidentified schooner Flag unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton and turpentine, the schooner sank in Indian River Inlet on the coast of Florida, Confederate States of America.[105]

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