List of shipwrecks in June 1861
The list of shipwrecks in June 1861 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1861 .
1 June
2 June
3 June
4 June
5 June
6 June
8 June
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Jaffa
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Nantucket, Massachusetts . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia , British North America to New York .[ 19]
Merlin
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Cape Horn , Chile. Her crew were rescued by Coquimbo ( United Kingdom ). Merlin was on a voyage from Valparaíso , Chile to Plymouth , Devon .[ 20]
Queen of the Wave
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Ganjam , India . She was on a voyage from Madras to Ganjam.[ 21]
Somerset
Unknown
American Civil War , Union blockade : The schooner , a blockade runner , was captured in Breton's Bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River and burned on the Virginia shore by the armed screw steamer USS Resolute ( United States Navy ).[ 22] [ 23]
9 June
10 June
11 June
12 June
13 June
15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Alarm
United Kingdom
The tug suffered a boiler explosion at Bristol , Gloucestershire and sank with the loss of one of her crew.[ 33]
Christiana Kean
United States
American Civil War : The schooner was run aground, boarded, and burned by Confederate forces in rowboats one-half mile (0.8 km) from the Virginian bank of the Potomac River off Machodoc Creek , below Mathias Point opposite Cedar Point.[ 34]
Guadalete
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated the next day and taken in tow for London.[ 30]
Hersilia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Poondy", India . She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta , India.[ 35]
John Fowler
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Walpole Rocks, on the Kent coast. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate , Kent.[ 30] [ 29]
Lawson
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Toulon , Var , France.[ 36]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire by the steamship Lord Raglan ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Lord Raglan . Swallow was on a voyage from North Shields , County Durham to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 29] [ 37]
Therese
France
The schooner was driven ashore at Mundesley , Norfolk . United Kingdom .[ 30]
Zarah
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Rosherville , Kent. She was on a voyage from London to the Clyde . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 30]
16 June
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Berenica
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on Robben Island , Cape Colony with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from an English port to Cape Town , Cape Colony.[ 38]
Bittern
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Westplaat, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 30] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 39]
Cataract
United States
The 393-ton screw steamer burned at Erie, Pennsylvania , with the loss of four lives.[ 40]
Luigi
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
The ship ran aground on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk.[ 30]
Old England
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat was holed by her anchor and sank at Flint . Shew as on a voyage from Liverpool to Saltney , Cheshire .[ 19]
17 June
18 June
19 June
22 June
23 June
24 June
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Baltic
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on Veckmansground, off Dagö , Russia . All 26 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Reval , Russia.[ 26] [ 48]
Fantome
United Kingdom
The barque struck the Billyrock, off Port William, Falkland Islands . She was refloated and taken in to Stanley in a severely leaky condition.[ 49]
Gloria Deo
Denmark
The ship was wrecked on Dagö. She was on a voyage from Palermo , Sicily , Italy to Cronstadt , Russia.[ 26]
Jessie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Tigris . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Lisbon . She was later refloated.[ 50]
Keystone
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : The 69-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Mississippi River at Arkansas City, Arkansas .[ 51]
Senator
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames , at Millwall , Essex .[ 52]
Traveller
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the North Sea off Methil , Fife . Her crew survived.[ 53]
Workington
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "New Island", County Antrim .[ 52]
25 June
28 June
29 June
30 June
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1861
Ship
State
Description
Baltic
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on Veckman's Ground, off Hiiumaa , Russia . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Cronstadt , Russia.[ 57]
Baton Rouge
Confederate States of America
The 65-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Tennessee River in Tennessee .[ 58]
Bedouin
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 June. She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Galway .[ 17]
Carl
Norway
The ship was driven ashore near "Kloven". She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Tromsø . She was refloated.[ 56]
Chieftain
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on a rock off Coll , Inner Hebrides before 15 June.[ 59]
Coronet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Hunting Island , South Carolina , Confederate States of America . She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia , Confederate States of America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 1]
Elizabeth Wilhelmine
Sweden
The ship capsized in Sutton Pool . She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth , Devon , United Kingdom .[ 18]
Gambia
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Lowestoft , Suffolk before 22 June.[ 47]
Hubet
Norway
The brig became waterlogged at "Margum", Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia , British North America between 4 and 13 June.[ 17]
Josepha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Garrucha , Spain. She was consequently condemned.[ 29]
Lord Raglan
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[ 60]
Mary Fry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River at Richelieu , Province of Canada , British North America . She was on a voyage from Montreal , Province of Canada to Liverpool.[ 1]
New Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and sank in the Rance before 17 June. She was on a voyage from London to Dinan , Côtes-du-Nord , France.[ 61]
Parsee
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Bognor Rocks, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex . She was on a voyage from London to Poti , Russia.[ 18]
Rollo
United States
The fishing schooner left Halifax, Nova Scotia in mid June for the Seal Island Grounds and vanished. Lost with all 8 crew.[ 62] [ 63] [ 64]
Sparrow
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 June. Her crew were rescued by Allendale ( United Kingdom .[ 14]
Sympathy
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Hauxley Sand, on the coast of Northumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Alnmouth , Northumberland.[ 2]
Unidentified vessel
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : Confederate forces scuttled the vessel in the Warwick River in Virginia .[ 65]
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Bibliography
Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
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