List of shipwrecks in September 1868

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The list of shipwrecks in September 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1868.

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1 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Helen  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east of Douglas Head, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Douglas (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man). Helen was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Königsberg, Prussia. She was towed back to Liverpool by Douglas.[1]
Lucas Wildervank Flag unknown The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[2][3]
Margarethe  Norway The ship was wrecked on the Jadder, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Stavanger.[2]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by Sparfel ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Sparfel. Nautilus was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London.[4][5][6]
Sostrine Clausien  Norway The brig was destroyed by fire in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Trinidad de Cuba, Cuba to the Clyde.[1]
Tay  United Kingdom The sloop was destroyed by fire at Bermondsey, Surrey.[7]
Village Belle  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Hamstead Point, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal.[2] She was refloated on 3 September and resumed her voyage.[8]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire at Bermondsey.[7]

2 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Berbice  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Briton Ferry.[2]
Secret  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs and resumed her voyage.[4][9]

3 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Charlotte  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on St. Patrick's Rocks, in the Belfast Lough.[10]
Christian  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Águilas, Spain.[11]

4 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Brignardella  Italy The brig was wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of San Francisco, California, United States.[12] She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to San Francisco.[13]
 United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Thorpeness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[8]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank on the Middle Ground Sands, in the Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Purfleet, Essex to Rochester, Kent.[10]

5 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Carbon, and
Velociter 		 United Kingdom The collier collided with the steamship Velociter at Millwall, Essex. Both vessels were consequently beached. Carbon was bound to London. Velociter was on a voyage from London to Calais, France.[14]
Cordelia  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall by the barque Undine ( United Kingdom). Her six crew were rescued by Unidne.[15]
Doctor  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kerney Point, in the Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Strangford, County Antrim.[16]
 United Kingdom The steamship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) west of Queenstown, County Cork. All on board were rescued by the barque August (Canada Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[17][18][19]
Queen of the Thames  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary, accouding to a message in a bottle washed up at Sheerness, Kent in late September.[20]
Victory  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by the steamship Princess Royal ( United Kingdom).[10][21]
Volunteer  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Rœmer Rocks, off Læsø, Denmark. She was refloated and put in to Karrebæksminde, Denmark.[11]

6 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Clyde United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 14-ton cutter was crushed between the wharf and the schooner Morea (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand) at Auckland.[22]
Ewin  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on "Forman", Spain.[11]
Greenock  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by Rhea Sylvia ( United States). Greenock was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork.[23][24]
Sarah and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Alban's Head, Dorset. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[25][11]
Treasure Trove  United Kingdom The ship, which had caught fire on 4 September, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Carlos ( Argentina). Treasure Trove was on a her maiden voyage, from South Shields, County Durham to Calcutta, India.[26][27]

7 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Alfred Hortense  France The ship schooner struck a sunken wreck off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[28]
 United Kingdom The steamship was run ashore near the Vinga Lighthouse, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[29][30]
Blanche Howe  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[31]
British Prince  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[32]
John G. Richardson  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (41°06′N 62°45′W / 41.100°N 62.750°W / 41.100; -62.750). Her sixteen crew were rescued by E. B. Haws (Canada Dominion of Canada). John G. Richardson was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Monte Video, Uruguay.[33]
Milwaukee  United States The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Grand Haven, Michigan. Her crew and all 70 passengers were rescued.[34]
R. H. Tucker  United States The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea and was subsequently destroyed by fire. Her 26 crew were rescued by the Cahire, Courtown and Rosslare Lifeboats, but four would-be rescuers were drowned when their boat capsized. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[31][35]
Volant  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the Sound of Kyleakin and was holed. She put in to Kyleakin, Isle of Skye in a severely leaky condition.[10]

8 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Baltic  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Gevalls ( Sweden). Baltic was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She sank the next day.[31][36]
 United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. She broke up on 13 September.[37][15]
Ibis  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Conister Rock, Douglas, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stranraer, Wigtownshire.[37][25][38]
No. 1  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore east of Blakeney. She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney in a leaky condition.[11]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore west of Blakeney, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney in a leaky condition.[11]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[10]
"Yankee Girl"  United States The vessel was lost in an unknown location. Lost with all 11 crew.[39]

9 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Banshee  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was severely damaged in the River Bann. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Coleraine, County Antrim. She was refloated on 11 September.[38]
Canopus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Jersey. She was refloated but had to be beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, where she was wrecked.[40]
Disraeli  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Moskwa ( Russia). Disraeli was on a voyage from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Belfast, County Antrim.[41][42]
Gem  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[25]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Peterhead to Harburg. She was refloated and put back to Peterhead.[25][10]
Runeberg  Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°28′N 57°25′W / 42.467°N 57.417°W / 42.467; -57.417). Her crew were rescued by E. B. Haws (Canada dominion of Canada). Runeberg was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to New York City. Eight of the crew of John G. Richardson ( United States) who had been rescued by E. B. Haws got on board Runeberg. They took her in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada with assistance from the steamship Druid ( United Kingdom).[24][33]

10 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ballina, County Mayo.[25]
Hamilton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated and put back to Troon.[25]
Kate  United Kingdom The fishing smack sank off King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[37]

11 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Admiral Kanaris  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on Neckman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Wear to Cronstadt, Russia.[29]
Gentle Annie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Lagos, Africa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lagos.[43]
Goshawk  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the smacks Queen Victoria and Ranger (both  United Kingdom). Goshawk was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[37][38][44]
Helvetia  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire and was scuttled.[16]
Kinlin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Scandinavian (Flag unknown) and resumed her voyage.[38]
Solon  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Constantinople and was scuttled.[16]
Sunbeam  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the brig Hannah ( United Kingdom). Sunbeam was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[45][46]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner collided with Zealous ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with some loss of life.[47]

12 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Bogota  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Tristan d'Acunha having caught fire the previous day. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Penang, Straits Settlements.[48][49]
Jessie  United Kingdom The brig was struck by a sea off Lundy Island, Devon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan. She put in to Padstow, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[50]
Mary and Jane  United Kingdom The ship collided with Rose ( United Kingdom) and sank off the , County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bowling, Dunbartonshire to Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[51]
Melita  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Jacob A. Stanler ( United States). Melita was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[52]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The Humber Keel was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandsend, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member.[38]

13 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1868
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Smyge, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russian Empire. She was refloated and towed to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[38]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank at Snettisham, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Snettisham to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[17]
Vivid  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off "Cahore Island", County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[51] She came ashore on the island.[53]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The yacht was run down and sunk by the steamship Rose ( United Kingdom) at Sligo. All ten people on board were rescued by Rose.[29]
Unnamed  France The brig was lost off Maranhão, Brazil. Her crew survivec.[54]

14 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Defiance  United Kingdom The schooner was run down off McNabs Island, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada by the steamship Pioneer (Canada Dominion of Canada). Defiance was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was towed in to Halifax.[55]
Una  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire at Milos, Greece and was scuttled.[17]
Union  United Kingdom The ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) off New Quay Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Letterkenny, County Donegal.[16]
William C. Ross  United States The schooner was wrecked on Ross Island, in the Navigator Islands with the loss of all but three of her crew.[56]

15 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Annie Williams  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan.[53]
, and
  French Navy
 Regia Marina 		The frigate Circe collided with the frigate Regina. Six crew were killed and seven were injured. Three crew of Regina were injured.[57]
Khersonese  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was refloated.[53]
Louise  Netherlands The steamship was wrecked on the Oxar Rocks, on the coast of Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Granton, Lothian.[29]
Nith  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Waterford. Her crew were rescued by the brig Alsoinn ( Norway). Nith was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[51][29]
 United States The steamship struck a sunken rock in the Gulf of Fonseca and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[58] She was on a voyage from Panama City, United States of Colombia to a port in Central America.[59][60][61]
Sea Flower  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[62]

16 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sandsend, North Riding of Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire for repairs.[50]
Foxhound  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dragor Sand, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[63] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[16]
Henry Moore  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Jeane ( Netherlands). Henry Moore was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[64][65][66] The burning hulk was towed in to Gibraltar on 27 September y the steamship Ann ( United Kingdom).[23]
Herstelling  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on "Stoneskar", Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[43][50]
Lapwing  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft.[50]
Samson  United Kingdom The ship sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Honfleur, Manche, France.[23]
Ulalie  United Kingdom The yacht was run down and sunk in Southampton Water by a steamship. All on board were rescued by the steamship.[67]

17 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Antelope  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Southend, Essex.[68]
Ardnarce  Sweden The steamship was wrecked at Varberg. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Malmö.[43][50]
Daisy  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Don Pedro ( Portugal) and sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 1 January 1869 and taken in to Grimsby.[69]
Langdale  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Porthcawl, Glamorgan.[43] She was on a voyage from Porthcawl to Bombay, India.[50]
 Royal Navy The brig-sloop ran aground in Plymouth Sound. She was refloated.[70]

18 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1868
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near the Andaman Islands. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from India to China.[71][65]
Tartar  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire.[45] She was on a voyage from Lyme Regis, Dorset to Hull, Yorkshire. She had sunk by 21 September.[72]

19 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Despatch, and
Galatea 		 United Kingdom The paddle steamer Despatch was run into by the schooner Galatea off Spithead, Hampshire. She was then run into by a brig. Her captain was severely injured. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Manche to Southampton, Hampshire. Galatea was severely damaged.[73]
Lee  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire.[74][75]
Oscar  Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint Andrews. Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Saint Andrews Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sannesund to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[74]
River  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Preparis Reef, in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[76]
Zeelandia  Netherlands The ship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued by Engel ( Netherlands).[77][78]

20 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Anna Marie  Norway The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Scout ( United Kingdom).[79] She was on a voyage from Dram to London, United Kingdom.[76][16] She was refloated on 29 September and towed in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[80]
George Bell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Reedy Point, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[23]
Industry  United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire off Anholt. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Aberdeen.[81]
Haiti Haitian rebels
Alexandre Pétion at Petit-Goâve.
The warship was shelled and sunk at Petit-Goâve by the gunboat Alexandre Pétion (Haiti Haitian Navy).[82]
Sophia  Norway The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Wick.[83]
Haiti Haitian rebels The warship was attacked by the gunboat Alexandre Pétion (Haiti Haitian Navy) at Petit-Goâve. She was set afire and abandoned by her crew.[82]
Triton Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship ran aground on the Roar Sand, in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Port Said, Egypt. She was refloated and towed in to Dover, Kent.[16]
Vasco de Gama  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 25 September by Caledonian ( United Kingdom). Vasco de Gama was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Hull, Yorkshire.[26][27]

21 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Augusta  Denmark The yacht sprang a leak and was beached at "Stavnshovel", north of Grenå.[84]
Giacomo Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Maldonado.[85][86]
Laurence  United States The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from San Francisco, California to New York. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew survived.[87]
Southwick  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nore and capsized. She was righted.[16]

22 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Hellesport". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to "Glenalm".[55]
Cornelia Jantina  Netherlands The ship was wrecked at "Lerwig". She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Sundsvall, Sweden.[74]
Hae Hawaii  United States The 368-ton whaling barque dragged her anchor during a gale and was blown ashore on the Seahorse Islands in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of the Territory of Alaska.[88]
Howden  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Rye, Sussex.[72]
Kingfisher  United Kingdom The smack was run into by the schooner Sultan ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[89]

23 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Kate and Jane  United Kingdom The ship sank at "Whilton". She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Goole, Yorkshire.[72]
Murton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[72]

24 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Elizabeth Williams  United Kingdom The ship foundered at Hell's Mouth with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire.[90]
Empress  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Morte Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire.[66]
Lurline  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire off Caoe Scalambra, Sicily, Italy. Her crew were rescued by Hannah Symons ( United Kingdom). Lurline was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Venice, Italy.[91]
 Royal Navy The Camelion-class sloop was wrecked on a reef off northern Hokkaido, Japan.[92] Her crew survived.[93]

25 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Adventure  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Weymouth, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated and taken in to Weymouth in a leaky condition.[76][94]
Airdrie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Baldoyle, County Dublin. Her four crew were rescued by the Howth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Stranraer, Wigtownshire to Dublin.[76][65] She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Baldoyle.[90]
Alexander Nevsky  Imperial Russian Navy
Alexander Nevsky
The screw frigate was wrecked on a sandbar in the North Sea off Thyborøn, Denmark, with the loss of five lives. Grand Duke Alexei, son of Tsar Alexander II, was on board and survived.
Dolphin  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Portpatrick, Wigtownshire to Donaghadee.[95] She was refloated the next day.[66]
Generous  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Hveen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Sunderland, County Durham.[21] She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[52]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Weser. Her crew were rescued.[21] She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Bremen.[66]
Harkaway United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The cutter was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith. She was refloated and beached at Granton, Lothian.[96]
Instow  United Kingdom The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple to Fremington, Devon.[23]
Liberty  United Kingdom The schooner wrecked on the Kimmeridge Ledge, off the coast of Dorset with the loss of all hands. She subsequently drove ashore at St. Alban's Head, Dorset.[97][98][99]
Perseverance  France The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Jury's Gap, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.[100]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[90]

26 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Activ  Norway The schooner was wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[80][101]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Barry, Glamorgan.[66]
Emma  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by a number of cobles.[97]
Garside  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the Pembrey Lifeboat City of Bath (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[76][102][65]
Lorenzo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "Point Helen". She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Almería, Spain in a leaky condition.[23]
Marianne McLeod  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Skeirnafin Rocks, in the Sound of Islay. Her crew were rescued.[96]
Nimrod  United Kingdom The tug sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was raised on 1 December.[66][103]
Otto  Bremen The ship collided with Robinson Crusoe ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) west south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Three people were rescued by Robinson Crusoe. Otto was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Bremen.[95][52]
Sir Isaac Newton  United Kingdom The tug sank at Cardiff She was raised on 1 December.[66][103]
Telegram Flagge Wismar.svg Wismar The ship was driven ashore on Hveen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.[95][52][104] Telegram was refloated on 5 October and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a severely damaged condition.[27]

27 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Gezine Margaretha  Netherlands The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean north of Madeira. Her crew were rescued by Peveril of the Peak ( United Kingdom). Gezine Margaretha was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[105][106]
Impulse  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tyne. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to the River Tyne.[65][19] She subsequently became a wreck.[96]
Two Sisters  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Killough, County Down.. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Douglas, Isle of Man.[95] She was refloated and taken in to Killough.[107]
Volunteer  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sisters ( United Kingdom). Volunteer was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Trieste.[76][64][108]

28 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Blue Vein  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballybrack, County Dublin. Her four crew were rescued by the Kingstown Lifeboat Princess Royal (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Blue Vien was on a voyage from Dublin to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[109][94]
Eliza Watson  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire.[76][110]
Florence  United Kingdom The steamship sank in the English Channel off the Nab Lightship (Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House) with the loss of six of the 26 people on board. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London.[76][97]
John and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire off Elie, Fife. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Aberdeen.[107][66][81]
Kate Darton Canada Dominion of Canada The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (32°50′S 4°20′E / 32.833°S 4.333°E / -32.833; 4.333). Seven crew were subsequently resported missing in the pinnace. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bombay, India.[33]

29 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Carnsaw  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat.[104]
Highland Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank off Littleferry, Sutherland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Burghead, Moray to Thurso, Caithness.[23]
Isabella Dobson  United Kingdom The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[111]
Jessie  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Hilton of Cadboll, Ross-shire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brora, Sutherland to Bo'ness, Lothian.[112][113]
Mersey  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Isabella ( United Kingdom). Mersey was on a voyage from London to the Persian Gulf. She was towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall on 5 October by Delftshaven ( Netherlands).[26]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire by the schooner Josefina ( Russia). Her crew were rescued by Josefina.[19]
Thistle  United Kingdom The schooner struck the quayside and sank at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Aberdeen. She was raised on 31 October and placed under repair.[90][114]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship struck the North Rock, in the Belfast Lough, capsized and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Youghal, County Cork.[80]

30 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1868
Ship Country Description
Catherine Cecilia  Prussia The brig was wrecked at "Valli", in Banderas Bay.[115]
Generous  United Kingdom The brig was run into by the steamship Garrison ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[90]
Jacinth  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west by south of the Copeland Islands, County Donegal and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[90]
John  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Llandudno, Caernarfonshire.[116]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1868
Ship Country Description
Angerstein  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Colony of Natal.[117]
Anna Krell POL Szczecin flag.svg Stettin The ship ran aground at Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[68]
Antelope  Hamburg The ship was wrecked in the Gaspar Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Shanghai, China.[25]
Calpe  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Alexandria, Egypt for Liverpool. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; wreckage though to be from the ship was found.[118]
Cattofield  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at sea before 12 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Penang, Straits Settlements.[116]
Christian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Saint Vincent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Falmouth, Cornwall.[119]
Colon  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Paramythia, Greece. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[68]
Columbia  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Easter Sound before 14 September.[74]
Conceicao  Portugal The troopship, a barque, was wrecked at Sofala, Mozambique.[33]
Dagmar  Russia The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga to Reval.[68]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[25]
Florida  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) off St. Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton, Hampshire.[120]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Brelotte Point". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Castries, Hérault, France. She was refloated.[53]
Harry  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India.[90]
Harry Emmet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[25]
Hippocampus  United States The steamship was wrecked in the Great Lakes before 10 September with the loss of 50 lives.[121]
Huron Canada Dominion of Canada The ship was driven ashore on White Island, in the Saint Lawrence River before 22 September. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[122]
Lord Sidmouth  United Kingdom The ship collided with a steamship. She subsequently ran ashore on "Red Island". She was on a voyage from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Quebec City. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 27 September.[105]
Lunenburg Canada Dominion of Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 September. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to New York, United States. She was subsequently taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[16]
Maria Veronica  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[25]
Mathilde  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Saint Vincent. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Falmouth.[53]
Mountaineer  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Iona, Inner Hebrides. She was refloated on 22 September.[21]
Neptune United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Timor Sea before 10 September. Her crew too to the boats; they were rescued by the steamship Boomerang (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales). Neptune was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Newcastle.[93][123]
Nora  United Kingdom The barque collided with the steamship Mersey and sank before 26 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to a Mediterranean port.[76][65][124]
 United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Strait of Belle Isle and was damaged. Her passengers were taken off by the steamship ( United Kingdom). Ottawa was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool. She was refloated on 15 September and taken in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[29]
Souvenir  Hamburg The ship was abandoned in the North Sea in late September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[125]
Sundsvall  Sweden The ship was wrecked on Cross Island, Russia. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[68]
Sunny South  United States The ship was destroyed by fire before 28 September. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bremen.[76]
Tom Vokes  United Kingdom The ship exploded, caught fire and sank. Three survivors were rescued by Yedlitz ( Prussia). Tom Vokes was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[84]
Una  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire in mid-September. She was on a voyage from Malta to Constantinople.[90][96]

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Ship events in 1868
Ship launches: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873
Ship commissionings: 1863 1864 1865 1869 1870 1872
Ship decommissionings: 1864 1865 1869 1870 1872
Shipwrecks: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873

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