List of shipwrecks in 1865
The list of shipwrecks in 1865 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1865.
January
13 January
- Billy (
United Kingdom): The brig was wrecked off Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of all six crew.[1] - Brazilie Packet (
Netherlands): The brig parted her cables when anchored near the Brisons, off Cornwall and went on the rocks at Progo Cove, Cape Cornwall with the loss of all the crew. She was on her way from Rio Grande to Falmouth, Cornwall carrying hides and horns.[2] - Henrietta ( United Kingdom): The sloop hit Barrel Point while attempting to cross Hayle Bar, in St Ives Bay, Cornwall with the loss of all the crew, and the pilot.[2]
14 January
- Ceres ( United Kingdom): While carrying roof slate to Hayle the brigantine broke her moorings while in Boscastle, Cornwall and ran up the beach during hurricane-force winds. She was badly damaged on the next tide and became a wreck.[2]
- Elizabeth Jane ( United Kingdom): The schooner parted her moorings and was driven out of Newquay harbour and onto Towan Beach, north Cornwall.[2]
- Lelia ( United Kingdom): The cutter was wrecked on Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire.[3]
15 January
- Juanito (
Spain): Lost her way while carrying sugar and molasses from Cardenas to Greenock and struck the rocks at Duckpool, north of Bude Haven with the loss on one crew.[2] - USS Patapsco (
United States): Struck a naval mine at Charleston, South Carolina during the American Civil War. 32°45′55″N 79°53′29″W / 32.765252°N 79.891281°W
17 January
- Columbian ( United Kingdom): The West India and Pacific Steamship Company owned 1,100 ton iron screw steamer was blown onto rocks and wrecked by a hurricane off the island of Ushant, Brittany, France.[4]
24 January
- CSS Drewry (
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Confederate States Navy): The gunboat was wrecked during the Battle of Trent's Reach, Virginia.
25 January
- Armenian ( United Kingdom): The Elder, Dempster & Co cargo ship ran onto the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and was wrecked with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Montague ( United Kingdom). Four crew of the Arklow Lightship (
United Kingdom) were lost attempting a rescue.[5]
26 January
- Francis & Ann ( Jersey): The schooner struck the Helwick Shoal, in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew, who reached the Helwick Lightship ( United Kingdom), from where they were rescued. Francis and Ann came ashore at Overton, Glamorgan.[3]
27 January
- Eclipse ( Confederate States of America): The Mississippi River steamboat exploded near Johnsonville.[6]
- Robin Hood ( United Kingdom): The pilot cutter was run down in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. The wreck came ashore at Langland, Glamorgan.[3]
February
18 February
- CSS Charleston ( Confederate States Navy): The ironclad warship was scuttled at Charleston, South Carolina to prevent capture during the American Civil War. 32°47′29″N 79°55′21″W / 32.79139°N 79.92250°W
March
Unknown date
- CSS Neuse ( Confederate States Navy): The steam-powered ironclad ram was deliberately burned to avoid capture in Neuse River. 35°16′1.33″N 77°37′17.8″W / 35.2670361°N 77.621611°W
April
1 April
- Bertrand ( United States): The steamboat sank in the Desoto Bend of the Missouri River.41°31′24″N 96°1′44″W / 41.52333°N 96.02889°W
4 April
- CSS Fredericksburg ( Confederate States Navy): The ironclad warship was scuttled in the James River, Virginia to prevent capture during the American Civil War.
12 April
- CSS Huntsville ( Confederate States Navy): The ironclad warship was scuttled in Spanish River to avoid capture. 30°46′09″N 88°01′14″W / 30.76924°N 88.02053°W
- CSS Tuscaloosa ( Confederate States Navy): The ironclad warship was scuttled in Spanish River to avoid capture. 30°46′09″N 88°01′14″W / 30.76924°N 88.02053°W
16 April
- CSS Muscogee ( Confederate States Navy): The Confederate ironclad ram was captured and burned off the coast of Georgia, USA.
27 April
Sultana.
- Sultana ( United States): The steamboat paddlewheeler was destroyed 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Memphis, Tennessee after a boiler explosion. An estimated 1,800 passengers and crew lost their lives.
May
8 May
- Mary ( United Kingdom): The crew of the 97 ton Beaumaris schooner carrying china clay from Par, Cornwall to Runcorn survived when she struck the Runnel Stone.[7]
June
1 June
- James Dunn ( United Kingdom) of Truro, Cornwall was in collision with a large barque during the night off Higher Sharpnose, Morwenstow while en route to Swansea with copper ore.[2]
July
30 July
- Brother Jonathon ( United States): The California Steam Navigation Company paddlewheeler crashed onto an uncharted rock at Crescent City, California. An estimated 225 passengers and crew lost their lives; there were only nineteen survivors
August
4 August
- Smerch (
Russian Navy): Struck an uncharted rock and sank off Finland.
October
25 October
- Republic ( United States): Sank in a hurricane approximately 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Savannah, Georgia.
28 October
- Edith ( United Kingdom): The brig dragged her anchors and came ashore at Castle Point, St Mawes, Cornwall.[2]
November
22 November
- Rhedertenden (
Norway): The Porsgrund brig was washed out of the harbour at St Michael's Mount and wrecked on Marazion beach, Cornwall.[8][2]
23 November
- Adele ( United Kingdom): During a gale the schooner drifted out of the harbour at St Michael's Mount and was driven onto the beach at Marazion, Cornwall. She was carrying china clay from Charlestown, Cornwall to Runcorn.[2]
- Constance (
France): The lugger was carrying barley from Saint-Malo to Cardiff and was driven ashore two miles west of Polperro, Cornwall. The master and boy were saved and two drowned.[2]
24 November
- Annie Lee ( United Kingdom): The crew of the barque were save when she sank after dragging her anchors and fouling the chains of the Italian barque Emilie Barbame outside the Black Rock, Cornwall. She was out of Taganrog with wheat.[2]
- Spagna (
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Kingdom of Italy): The brig carrying wheat from Taganrog to Falmouth, Cornwall was embayed in SSW hurricane force winds and wrecked under Perran Cliff in Mount's Bay.[2]
- Tobaco (
Prussia): The crew of the brigantine, bar one, was saved by the rocket apparatus and the lifeboat Richard Lewis (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution) at Long Rock, Mount's Bay. She was carrying logs from Tobasko to Hamburg.[10][2]
- William ( United Kingdom): The 325 ton Sunderland barque was carrying linseed from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall when she had to run for shelter at Porthleven, Cornwall. The ship came to rest with her stern overhanging the quay and road, and all bar two of the crew climbed to safety.[9][11]
28 November
- Susan ( United Kingdom): The dandy carrying creosote, became stranded and lost in a force 8 northerly gale eight miles ESE (sic) of Trevose Head, Cornwall.[2]
Unknown date
- Argo (
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Portugal): The barque was abandoned off the Tusker Rock, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived. Argo was later retrieved by the Porthcawl Lifeboat.[3] - Black Diamond ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset.[12]
- Resolution ( United Kingdom): The schooner foundered near Land's End, Cornwall.[2]
December
29 December
- Juliet ( United Kingdom): The barque, while carrying sugar and 400 casks of rum from Demerara to London, was making for Padstow Harbour and drifted ashore. The crew were saved by the Padstow lifeboat and 280 casks of rum was salvaged later.[2]
References
- ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 Larn, Richard; Larn, Bridget (1997). Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. Volume 1. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ "Wreck of the Colombian 1865". Retrieved 2013-03-28.
- ↑ "Wreck of the Armenian 1865". Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- ↑ "Re: Steamboat "Eclipse" destroyed 1865-casualty list?". Genforum.genealogy.com. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ↑ Noall, C. (1968) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; pp. 23
- ↑ Carter, C. (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Treglown, Tony (2011). Porthleven in Years Gone by; Local Shipwrecks. Ashton: Tony Treglown.
- ↑ Corin, J; Farr, G (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
- ↑ Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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