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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

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1861
Ship State Description
Bondinella  Italy The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north west of Capen Senas, Beylik of Tunis with the loss of four of her crew.[1]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and sank off Europa Point, Gibraltar with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.[2]
Lord Hungerford  United Kingdom The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[3]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1861
Ship State Description
Bullfinch  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire at Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[4][5]
Concord  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Horsen Bank, off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[2]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and foundered off Europa Point, Gibraltar with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Fortuna ( Spain). Endeavour was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.[6]
Sylph  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew were rescued by Indiana ( United States).[7][8]
William Henry  Confederate States of America The 95-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank on the Arkansas River at Fort Smith, Arkansas.[9]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1861
Ship State Description
Demerara  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Jamaica. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.[4][5]
Quadruple United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Bermuda The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Ozame River, Saint Domingo.[10][11]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1861
Ship State Description
Canadian  United Kingdom The passenger steamer struck an iceberg and sank in the Strait of Belle Isle 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Cape Bauld, Newfoundland, with the loss of 35 lives. Her 266 survivors were rescued by four French fishing vessels.
Nestor  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[12][2]
Paragon  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Mauritius. She was refloated and put back to Singapore in a leaky condition.[13]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1861
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the East Scar Rock, on the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1861
Ship State Description
Emily Farnum  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Catuama Reefs, 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from The Downs to Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Camaragibe ( Brazil and towed in to Pernambuco.[15]
Greenville  United States The 105-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Wabash River at Terre Haute, Indiana.[16]
J. S. Parsons  Confederate States of America The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Pass A L'Outre. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[17]
Mamaranack  Confederate States of America The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Pass A L'Outre. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool.[17]
Thomas Mahony  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]

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

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1861
Ship State Description
Glynn  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Longships Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to San Sebastián, Spain.[18]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1861
Ship State Description
HMS Hydra  Royal Navy The Hydra-class sloop ran aground in the West Indies. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[24]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1861
Ship State Description
Berse  France The brigfoundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°14′N 10°04′W / 41.233°N 10.067°W / 41.233; -10.067). Her crew were rescued by Delia ( United Kingdom). Berse was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.[25][26]
Osprey  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off Porth Neigwl, Caernarfonshire.[27]
Trois Maries  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[28][29]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1861
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom The barque was run down and sunk in the River Foyle by the schooner Moggie Lorimer. Her crew were rescued by the schooner.[30]
Sandwich Bay  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Filla Till Rocks, on the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Beer, Devon.[29]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1861
Ship State Description
Amalia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia. She was refloated on 15 June and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[30]
Celerity  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Foreness Rock, off Margate, Kent.[31]
New Friendship  United Kingdom The schooner struck a rock and sank at the mouth of the Rance. She was on a voyage from London to Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord, France.[30][32]

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

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1861
Ship State Description
Eagle Speed  United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Orestes Shoal, at the mouth of the Bassein River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[21]
Thorbeke Dantzic The schooner was driven ashore south of Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 19 June and taken in to Landskrona for repairs.[26]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1861
Ship State Description
Agatha Maria  Netherlands The barque was wrecked on the Carang Bolang Rocks, off Tilatjap, Netherlands East Indies. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tilatjap to Amsterdam, North Holland.[21]
Asiatic  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Algoa Bay with the loss of fifteen of her 24 crew.[41][42] She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall.[43]
Cora Anderson  Confederate States of America The 658-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in Lake Providence.[44]
Livingstone  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America.[19]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1861
Ship State Description
Francis  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Mallorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[45]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1861
Ship State Description
Fieval  Netherlands The schooner ran aground at Narva, Russia.[17]
Maria  Russian Empire The lighter ran aground at Narva.[17]
Port Mulgrave  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore north of Staithes, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and put back to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[37]
Sarah and Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington.[37]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1861
Ship State Description
John Smith  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bolderāja, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bolderāja.[17]
Traveller  United Kingdom The smack sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Methil, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Montrose, Forfarshire.[26]
Traviata  Brazil The barque was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Lisbon, Portugal.[46][47]

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 flag 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

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1861
Ship State Description
Commerce  United Kingdom The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in the Davis Straits.[54] Her crew survived.[55]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1861
Ship State Description
Lochnagar  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Red Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She broke up on 19 July.[11]
Susan Hincks  United States The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom She was refloated and towed in to The Downs.[56]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1861
Ship State Description
Hanno  Portugal The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Pernambuco, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Pernambuco.[10]
Louisa  France The ship capsized in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée.[56]
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 70 nautical miles (130 km) south of Pernambuco with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Montevideo, Uruguay.[10]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1861
Ship State Description
Passenger Unknown American Civil War: The sloop sank in the Potomac River, but other details are unclear. Sources disagree on whether she was a Confederate vessel captured and destroyed by the screw steamer USS Resolute ( United States Navy), with Resolute capturing one person aboard her, or a Union vessel that capsized, with Resolute rescuing one survivor.[22][23]

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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