List of shipwrecks in 1867
The list of shipwrecks in 1867 includes some of the ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1867.
January
3 January
- Marianne Shifornaine (
France): The lugger foundered nine miles north of Govrevy Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom while bound for Nantes from Cardiff with coal and other, unspecified cargo. Three of the four crew lost their lives.[1]
5 January
- Eliza (
United Kingdom): The schooner heading for Devoran from Wales with coal, lost her foremast and maintopmast in a gale, and attempted to make for St Ives. She anchored between Gurnard's Head and the Three Oar Stone but was blown back out to sea where the steamship Colon took off all of her crew of seven, bar one man Richard Bawden who fell overboard and drowned. The Eliza sank off Plymouth the previous year.[1] - Oliver Lloyd ( United Kingdom): The sloop was driven out of Cardigan in a gale. Her three crew were rescued by John Stuart (
) Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cardigan. Oliver Lloyd was later taken in to Cardigan.[2] - Salome ( United Kingdom) and Heiress ( United Kingdom) of Teignmouth were each attended by the lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) which was launched twice at Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall.[3][4]
- Selina Ann ( United Kingdom): Six men from the Looe brigatine were saved by the Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) in Mount's Bay.[4] The Richard Lewis saved thirty men from four different shipwrecks.[5]
- Turtle Dove ( United Kingdom): The smack was driven out of Cardigan in a gale. Her three crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cardigan. Turtle Dove was later taken in to Cardigan.[2]
6 January
- Courrier de Dieppe ( France): Wrecked off Dymchurch, Kent in a gale and heavy sea. One man was rescued by the Rev Charles Cobb who waded into the surf.[5]
7 January
- John Gray ( United Kingdom): While on voyage from Demerara to London, the Glasgow registered barque beached at Long Rock in a tremendous SSW gale. Thirteen crew were saved by the lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]
- Seraphim ( France): The brigantine was wrecked near Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, United kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by City of Bath ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[6]
8 January
- Ann & Emily ( United Kingdom): The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[7]
- Coronation ( United Kingdom): The smack was lost off Cardigan. Her four crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Plymouth, Devon.[2]
- Espoir ( France): The lugger foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by City of Bath ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Atlantique.[6]
- Panda ( United Kingdom): The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.[7]
- Spec ( United Kingdom): The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.[7]
- Tiger ( United Kingdom): The steamship was heading for Liverpool from Bayonne with an unspecified cargo when she foundered off either the Brisons or Pendeen in a force 9 NW gale. All fourteen on board lost their lives. The ship's boat was found at Porthchapel and Joseph Bawden of Phillack was committed at Camborne Petty Sessions to two months hard labour for concealment of staves, the property of Her Majesty's Customs.[1]
- Vulan ( United Kingdom): The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.[7]
- Zenith ( United Kingdom): The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel off Burry Holms with the loss of all hands.[6]
11 January
- Superior (
Sweden): The brig, with coal for London from Cardiff, lost her bearings and canvas off the Cornish coast and struck a reef at Millook. Nine of the fifteen aboard lost their lives including the Captain.[1]
17 January
- Humane Society's lifeboat: The lifeboat went to the aid of an unnamed three-masted vessel ( France) which went ashore at the back of Calais pier. Five of the English voluntary lifeboat crew drowned when the lifeboat capsized.[5]
19 January
- Vesper (
Brazil): The Clyde built paddle-wheel steamer split in half and foundered approximately 50 miles (80 km) off the Isles of Scilly while heading for Bahia, Brazil where she was going to work the rivers as a ferry. Most of the crew were saved by the steamer Vigilante (
Denmark) bar three.[5]
22 January
- Unnamed ships: A number of ships on the Thames were dismasted, stove in or driven ashore by one to 12 ft (3.7 m) thick ice blocks, which were breaking up.[5]
Unknown date
- Unnamed steamer lost with only 80 of the 400 onboard found (report in the Morning Herald, New York).[5]
February
3 February
- James ( United Kingdom): The schooner sank off the Black Rocks, in Cardigan Bay. She was later salvaged.[2]
6 February
- Albert Edward II ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution): During a service to the schooner Georgiana, which was dragging her anchors and being driven onto the Doom Bar, the lifeboat was driven ashore at St Minver with five of the lifeboat crew drowning. One crew from Georgiana also drowned.[8]
- Fanny Lambert ( United Kingdom): The steamship sank in a force 10 WNW gale, 6 miles (9.7 km) – 8 miles (13 km) north of St Ives Head, Cornwall. She was heading to Dieppe from Cardiff and all eighteen crew lost their lives.[1][9]
11 February
- Zanoni ( United Kingdom): While on voyage from Port Wakefield to Port Adelaide in South Australia, the Liverpool registered barque foundered during a squall in Gulf St Vincent early in the afternoon of 11 February 1867. Fourteen crew and two passengers escaped to the vessel’s small boats and were rescued at 11 pm that day by the sailing ketch Powles.[10]
Unknown date
- Fortuna (
Prussia): The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Broughton Bay. Her crew were rescued.[6]
March
17 March
- Providence ( United Kingdom): The Channel Island brig collided with the Gambia ( United Kingdom) of Plymouth, struck the Albert Pier and sank off Penzance harbour, Cornwall. Both crews were saved.[11][12]
25 March
- Jonkeer went ashore on rocks near Polurrian in Mount's Bay during a storm. The only survivor, a Greek sailor, climbed the cliff, in Mullion parish and was discovered the following morning.[13]
July
17 July
- Monarch (
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Victoria): Ran aground on the western side of Port Phillip while on voyage from Melbourne to Newcastle.[14]
November
17 November
- Marie (
Greifswald): The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Penarth Lifeboat.[6]
December
Unknown date
- Good Intent: The brigantine, carrying coal, sank after hitting the Crim Rocks, in the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly.[15]
Unknown date
- Eliza: The coal hulk was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. Her figurehead is in the Tresco Abbey Gardens on Tresco.[16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Larn, Richard; Larn, Bridget (1997). Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Corin, J; Farr, G (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "General Miscellany". Royal Cornwall Gazette. 24 January 1867. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Larn, Richard; Larn, Bridget. Wreck & Rescue round the Cornish coast. Redruth: Tor Mark Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-85025-406-8.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan. "SS Fanny Lambert [+1867]". wrecksite. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ↑ "South Australian Shipwrecks, The Zanoni 1865 - 1867". Heritage South Australia, Government of South Australia. 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ Larn, Richard and Bridget (1997). "Vol 1 Section 4". Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. ISBN 0-900528-88-5.
- ↑ "Providence". English Heritage NMR. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ Anon (1914). A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Penzance and West Cornwall (Twelfth (revised) ed.). London: Ward Lock.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Monarch (+1867)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ "Eliza". Geograph. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
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