The list of shipwrecks in 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1868.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class | Cause | Location | Notes | |
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19 August | SS Taranaki | New Zealand | Steamship | wrecked and sank | Tory Channel, New Zealand | Salvage, 1869 Paper[1] | |
6 December | North Britain | United Kingdom | Barque | driven onshore | Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall | [2] |
Ship events in 1868 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 |
Ship commissionings: | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 |
Shipwrecks: | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 |