The brig was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States with the loss of six of her eight crew. She was on a voyage form Matanzas, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[1][2][3]
The ship sprang a leak and was beached on the Whittaker Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Aldeburgh, Suffolk.[5]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Broomielaw
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Mardens, off the coast of County Antrim.[6][7] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[8]
Condor
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with some lighters and sank at the entrance to the Surrey Canal. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London.[4] She was refloated but found to be severely damaged.[9]
Druid
United Kingdom
The steamship sank at Blackwall, Middlesex.[4] She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated on 12 September.[9]
4 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Hound
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Sanda Island, Argyllshire.[10] She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Macduff, Aberdeenshire. She broke up on 7 September.[11]
Offspring
United Kingdom
The ship was run into by Ralph and sank off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Ralph.[12]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Mountain Maid
New Zealand
The brig wcaught on the bar at the mouth of the Buller River and became a total wreck.[13]
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on a reef in the Gulf of Suez 80 nautical miles (150 km) from Suez, Egypt. On 10 September, her passengers were taken off by Nubia (United Kingdom).[14] She was later refloated and taken in to Suez to be drydocked.[15]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Rocket
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted in the Dardanelles whilst on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by the smackNew Lily (United Kingdom). Union was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to London.[6]
Whim
Royal Engineers' Yacht Club
The yacht capsized and sank in the River Medway with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the yacht Violet (Royal Engineers' Yacht Club).[17][18]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[10]
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19]
Bengal
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19]
Canton
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and damaged in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19][20]
Centipede
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at "Domino Run", Labrador, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage form Cádiz, Spain to Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada.[15][21]
Eagle
United States
The schooner was driven into the steamshipUndine (United Kingdom) and sank in a typhoon at Hong Kong. Her crew were rescued.[19][22]
Enock Benner
United States
The barque foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[23]
Ettrick
United Kingdom
The barque was damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[20]
The barque was driven ashore and damaged in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19][20]
Fort William
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19]
Heather Bell
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19]
Lintin
China
The steamship was damaged in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19]
Maria
Siam
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19]
Maria Ross
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[20]
Metis
United Kingdom
The steamboat collided with the collier (United Kingdom) and was run ashore in the River Thames at Plumstead, Kent with the loss of four lives.[24][25] More than 50 survivors were rescued by the tugSwallow (United Kingdom).[26]
Minerva
Spain
The barque sank in a typhoon at Hong Kong with the loss of a crew member.[19]
M. W. Sass
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[20]
Omar Pacha
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19][20]
Preposterous
China
The junk was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19]
Re-echo
United Kingdom
The yacht was wrecked in a typhoon at "Yoma-ti", China.[19]
The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Kowloon.[20]
Young Greek
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Kowloon.[19]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Amy Douglas
Siam
The barque foundered in the South China Sea in a typhoon with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Amoy, China.[27][28]
Genkai
United Kingdom
The steamship sank in the South China Sea in a typhoon with the loss of 71 lives. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China.[29]
Havelock
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Bombay, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[30]
Mogul
Italy
The ship collided with the steamshipEgyptian (United Kingdom) and sank at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[31]
Prospero
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Lillegrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[23]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The yacht was run down and sunk in the Clyde by the steamshipPrincess Royal (United Kingdom) with the loss of one live. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to the Clyde.[32]
11 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
B. D. de Wolf.
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Saxonia (Hamburg) and sank in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[33][17]
Java, or Tana
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Skullmartin Rock with the loss of four of the seven people on board.[34][35][36]
13 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Acadia
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada.[37]
Ann
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland in a severely leaky condition.[7]
Bridesmaid
Jersey
The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Sark, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France.[38] She was refloated on 3 November and towed in to Saint Helier.[39]
The barque was driven ashore at "Houseland", County Waterford and caught fire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[21]
Silver Light
Dominion of Canada
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Amandajean (United Kingdom). Silver Light was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to Londonderry.[41]
Venture
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Skullmartin Rocks, in the Belfast Lough. Her crew were rescued by (Royal Navy), which towed her off.[42][43]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
France
The steamship collided with the barqueDolphin (United Kingdom) and sank off Rodosto, Ottoman Empire with the loss of sixteen lives. Twenty-five people were rescued by Dolphin, which also lost a crew member.[44][45][46]
Chillianwallah
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.[47]
Kerka
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin.[23]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Bernhardt
Hamburg
The schooner collided with Maputeo I (France) and was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. Four crew were rescued by Maputeo I. Bernhardt was on a voyage from Hamburg and/or Bremen to Panama City, United States of Colombia.[48][49][50] She was discovered on 6 October by Arica (United Kingdom), which out four crew on board. They took her in to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom on 31 December.[51]
Black Swan
Victoria
The steamship collided with the steamship Luna (Victoria) and sank in Hobsons Bay. She had been refloated by 27 September.[52]
Forest King
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Flores Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Monte Video, Uruguay. She was refloated with assistance from (Royal Navy) and towed to Monte Video.[53]
Hugh Block
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Flores Island. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Monte Video.[53]
The corvette ran aground in the Lorenzo Channel. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[54]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent.[3]
Elise
Norway
The brig was driven ashore at Varberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Gotland, Sweden to Perth, United Kingdom. She was refloated two months later, arriving at Helsingør, Denmark on 21 November.[55]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Preguias Shoals. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão, Brazil.[56][57]
Jane and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[38]
The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Copenhagen, Denmark.[59]
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Grune Rock, in the Channel Islands and sank. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Morlaix, Finistère, France.[60] She was refloated on 17 November and taken in to Saint Aubin, Jersey.[61]
Fifteen
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[59]
Lalla Rookh
United Kingdom
The barque caught fire at Monte Video, Uruguay.[53]
Thames
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[59]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The Britomart-classgunboat ran aground. She was refloated and returned to service.[54]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Dean Richmond
United States
The steamboat collided with the steamboat Cornelius Vanderbilt (United States) and sank in the Hudson River at Rondout, New York with the loss of two of her 150 passengers and crew. Survivors were rescued by Cornelius Vanderbilt.[62][63]
William and Hannah
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with the steamshipTees and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[21] She was refloated on 26 September and beached at Blackwall Point.[64]
22 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Barbata
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Ailsa Craig. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana. She had become a wreck by 26 September.[65][64]
West Dock
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Antrim to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[66][67]
23 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Invicta
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Alexandria, Egypt. No furthere trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[68]
Krumpenvaal
Netherlands
The barque was wrecked in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland.[69]
Unity
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked in Sinclair's Bay. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[37]
Unity
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated on 28 September and towed back to Great Yarmouth for repairs.[70]
24 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Colombian National Navy
The steamship foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) west north west of Port of Spain, Trinidad. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Santa Marta.[20][71]
Hignett
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Sow and Pigs Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[67]
Newbottle
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scheveningen, South Holland. Her crew were rescued by the steamshipLeo (United Kingdom). Newbottle was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Nieuw Diep.[72]
Polly
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Little Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.[37]
Stanley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dordrecht, South Holland.[64]
The ship was lost in the Vlie with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[65][37]
Burfield Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken wreck in the North Sea and was damaged. She put in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[37]
Dilston
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Cronstadt, Russia.[65][37]
Fleam
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Newhaven, Sussex.[37]
Lion
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her seven crew were rescued by Fearnought and Rosa (both United Kingdom), but four survivors and a sailor from Rosa drowned when their boat capsized.[65]
26 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Delphin
Prussia
The schooner was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Memel.[65][37]
Kate
United Kingdom
The ship departed from the River Tyne for a Baltic port. She was subsequently sighted off Helsingør, Denmark but never reached her destination. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[73]
Monnengash
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 30 November and taken in to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[74]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland.[65]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Alliance
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Honfleur, Manche, France. She was subsequently taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by the smacksCrusoe and Fear Not (both United Kingdom).[66][64]
Convenzione
Italy
The brig was wrecked at "Beni Ksila". She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[75]
Einigkelt
Hamburg
The ship sank between the mouth of the Elbe and Heligoland. Four of her eight crew were rescued by Hillechina (Netherlands), the others took to a boat; they were reported missing. Einigkelt was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[76]
Franz Huger
Norway
The barque was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[67] She was refloated on 30 September and assisted in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[60]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde, Prussia.[65]
Heatherbell
United Kingdom
The barque was destroyed by fire at Karystos, Negroponte, Greece. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[60][72]
Hornet
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[77]
Liberta
Sweden
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[78][60]
Mercia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Calingapatam", India.[40]
Vesta
United States
The barque foundered off the mouth of the Yangtze.[79]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Indefatigable
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Batternish Point, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. Five of her fourteen crew were rescued by (United Kingdom). The rest reached shore in their boat. Indefatigable was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva and/or Saint Petersburg, Russia.[80][81]
Lizzie
New Zealand
The 19-ton cutter was driven ashore and wrecked 8 km north of the mouth of the Manawatu River. All hands were saved.[13]
Panther
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on Morups Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg.[60][70]Panther was refloated on 7 October and taken in to Varberg, Sweden.[82]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Dunbar Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Holy Isle in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Ayr.[83]
Echo
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore on Holy Isle. She was on a voyage from Holy Isle to Belfast, County Antrim.[83]
St. Jacob
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dantzic.[60]
United States
September gale:The fishing schooner sank on a ledge off Wood Island. Crew saved.[84]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1867
Ship
Country
Description
Andalusia
United Kingdom
The steamship was damaged by fire at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium to Leith.[78]
Andrew
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lamberton, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Leith, Lothian.[60]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship departed from London for Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[85]
Champion
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada.[70]
Dunkeld
United Kingdom
The sloop was taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a derelict condition.[60]
United States
September gale:The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. lost with all 13 hands.[86]
Invicta
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was on her maiden voyage, from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[72]
United States
September gale:The schooner went ashore at Malpeque, Prince Edward Island in the gale. Abandoned to the underwriters.[87]
''Marjory
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at "Blokhaus", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia.[70][72] She was refloated on 18 October and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark.[88]
Noord Ster
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen, Friesland.[78]
Sensitive
France
The schooner ran aground on the St. Nicholas Rocks. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Dunkerque, Nord.[76]
The ship was wrecked 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of "Tongsi".[47]
Celt
New Zealand
Wreckage of the schooner — which had been en route from Lyttelton to Auckland — was washed ashore on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island on 7 September.[13]
The Colombian governmentscrew steamer was blown from her moorings in the harbor at Cartagena in mid-September and wrecked on a coral reef, where she was abandoned.
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Portland Bay.[90]
Leah
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Lark Harbour Reef, in the Strait of Belle Isle before 4 September. She was on a voyage from Aberayron, Glamorgan to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada. She put in to Battle Harbour, Newfoundland Colony in a waterlogged condition.[21][37]
Liquetto
Spain
The brig caught fire at Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom and was scuttled.[11]
Rafael y Maria
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the "Antigua coast". She was on a voyage from Manila to Iloilo.[78]
Sarah Love
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Karak. She was refloated.[15]
Spirit of the Deep
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Pulo Malara in the Strait of Malacca. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Penang, Malaya to London.[92][93]