List of shipwrecks in March 1863
The list of shipwrecks in March 1863 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1863 .
2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Atalanta
United States
The 141-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a bridge on the Cumberland River at Clarksville, Tennessee , Confederate States of America . The impact caused her cabin to separate from her hull .[ 1]
Ceylon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Southampton Water . She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 2] She was refloated the next day.[ 3]
John A. Parks
United States
American Civil War . CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid : The 1,047-ton full-rigged ship , on a voyage from Hallowell, Maine , to Montevideo , Uruguay , and Buenos Aires , Argentina , carrying a cargo of white pine lumber , was captured and burned by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy ) in the North Atlantic Ocean (29°15′N 38°20′W / 29.250°N 38.333°W / 29.250; -38.333 (John A. Parks ) ).[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Lady Brown
New South Wales
The cutter was wrecked at Brisbane , Queensland .[ 7]
4 March
5 March
6 March
7 March
8 March
9 March
10 March
11 March
12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Cobden
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Leeds , Yorkshire . She was refloated on 17 March and take in to Poole in a leaky condition.[ 28]
Glenforth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 17] She was refloated on 21 March and taken in to Lindisfarne in a severely leaky condition.[ 29]
Senator
United States
The 121-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked at the entrance to the harbour at San Pedro, California , with the loss of two lives.[ 30]
Volumina
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Paternoster Rocks, in the Baltic Sea off the Swedish coast and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde , Prussia .[ 31]
13 March
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Aldebaran
United States
American Civil War : The schooner , carrying a cargo of provisions and clocks, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean at 29°18′N 51°04′W / 29.300°N 51.067°W / 29.300; -51.067 (Aldebaran ) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy ).[ 5] [ 14] [ 32]
Anna Kimball
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Diamond Harbour Sand, in the Hooghly river . She was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales to Calcutta , India . She was refloated on 19 March and taken in to Calcutta.[ 33]
Buffon
France
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Penthouet", Loire-Inférieure .[ 28]
Martha Elliott
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Jaffa , Ottoman Syria .[ 34]
CSS Natchez
Confederate States Navy
American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the 800-ton cottonclad gunboat on the Yazoo River in Mississippi 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) below Burtonia Landing and about 25 nautical miles (46 km) above Yazoo City, Mississippi , Confederate States of America , to prevent her capture by approaching United States Navy gunboats .[ 35] [ 36]
Thirty-fifth Parallel
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : The sidewheel paddle steamer , disabled since striking trees on 10 March, was burned by her crew on the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi to prevent her capture by the approaching ironclad gunboat USS Baron DeKalb and river gunboat USS Chillicothe (both United States Navy ).[ 35] [ 37] [ 38] [ 39]
14 March
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Ceres
Prussia
The brig was wrecked on Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom .[ 20]
Deux Beau Frères
France
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogador , Morocco.[ 13]
Esther
France
The lugger was driven ashore at Brest , Finistère . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham , United Kingdom to Brest.[ 17]
Jemima
Confederate States of America
American Civil War, Union blockade : The 50-ton schooner was captured and destroyed on the York River at Milford Haven, Virginia , by boat crews from the armed screw steamer USS Crusader ( United States Navy ).[ 40]
USS Mississippi
United States Navy
American Civil War , Battle of Port Hudson : The paddle frigate , heavily damaged and disabled by Confederate artillery fire, ran aground and was abandoned on the Mississippi River at Port Hudson, Louisiana , Confederate States of America . She floated back into the current, drifted downstream, and exploded violently when the flames reached her magazines .[ 14] [ 5]
Zeelandia
Netherlands
The East Indiaman ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to North Shields , Northumberland , County Durham in a severely damaged condition.[ 17]
Unidentified schooner
Confederate States of America
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner , a blockade runner in ballast, was captured and destroyed on the York River at Milford Haven, Virginia, by boat crews from the armed screw steamer USS Crusader ( United States Navy ).[ 5] [ 41]
15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Fanny Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on Salt Island, Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Tralee , County Kerry . She was refloated the next day.[ 42] [ 18]
Lady Anne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool , County Durham . She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Hartlepool.[ 20] [ 17]
Laura
Kingdom of Hanover
The schooner was wrecked at Mogador , Morocco.[ 13] She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to Mogador. She was condemned.[ 43]
Mazeppa
United Kingdom
The brig was sighted in The Downs whilst on a voyage from Hartlepool to Bilboa , Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 44]
Prinzesa
United Kingdom
Carrying US$ 140,000 in U.S. gold bullion and specie , the schooner foundered in shallow water off the northern end of Moreton Island off Redcliffe , Queensland .[ 45]
Rocklight
United States
The ship ran aground on the Harbour Rock, off Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Callao , Peru to London. She was refloated and taken in to Queenstown in a leaky condition.[ 28]
16 March
17 March
18 March
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Anita
Spain
The schooner was driven against the breakwater at Barcelona and was wrecked.[ 13]
Annie
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat ran aground in the Hilbre Islands , Cheshire . She was refloated the next day.[ 52] [ 53]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Doom Bar . Her crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward ( United Kingdom ).[ 54]
Helena
United Kingdom
The ketch foundered off the Eddystone Lighthouse , Cornwall. Her four crew were rescued by the smack John Hooper ( United Kingdom ). Helena was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[ 52] [ 55]
James Williams
United Kingdom
The brig heeled over and partly sank at Bordeaux , Gironde , France.[ 56]
Jantina Gezina
Bremen
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom .[ 56] She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to Sunderland.[ 31]
Marie Rosalie
France
The brigantine was wrecked at Mogador , Morocco.[ 13]
Nord
Norway
The brig ran aground and was severely damaged at North Shields , Northumberland , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Grimstad to North Shields. She was refloated and towed in to North Shields.[ 17]
Pandema
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Doom Bar. Her crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward ( United Kingdom ).[ 54]
Pelham
United Kingdom
The collier , a steamship , ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in tow by a tug .[ 28]
19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Freeman
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[ 29] [ 18]
CSS Georgiana
Confederate States Navy
American Civil War , Union blockade : Operating as a blockade runner with a cargo of merchandise, ammunition , cannons , Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle muskets , swords , military supplies, and gold , the 580-ton screw steamer was badly damaged by the gunboat USS Wissahickon ( United States Navy ) and deliberately run aground on Long Island , South Carolina . Her entire crew and all of her passengers escaped. Sailors from Wissahickon then boarded her and set her on fire to prevent her recapture by Confederate forces. She burned for several days, suffering several explosions.[ 57]
Jura
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Little Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[ 53]
Volumnia
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Paternoster Rocks and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde , Prussia .[ 58]
20 March
21 March
22 March
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Bio Bio
United States
The 822-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at New Orleans , Louisiana , Confederate States of America .[ 62]
Esker
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into and sunk by the schooner Dart ( United Kingdom ) 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east by north of the Happisburgh Lighthouse , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by Dart and Mary ( United Kingdom ). Esker was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Colchester , Essex .[ 56]
Hants
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Galatea Point, Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[ 63]
Newcastle
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was run into by the brig Mathilda ( Kingdom of Hanover ) in the River Tyne and was severely damaged. Her 30 passengers were taken off by Mathilda and landed at South Shields , County Durham .[ 56]
Research
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Belfast , County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Maryport , Cumberland to Belfast. She was then run into by the steamship Aurora ( United Kingdom ) and was damaged. She was refloated and docked.[ 18]
23 March
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Ajax
United Kingdom
The steamship was damaged by an explosion in her aft hold whilst on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Liverpool , Lancashire . Four of her crew were severely injured. She put in to Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire .[ 56]
Baden
United States
The full-rigged ship ran aground in the River Tyne . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Aden . She was refloated and found to be leaky.[ 29] Subsequently repaired.[ 34]
Caspian
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near the Kullen Lighthouse , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 31]
Emma
Confederate States of America
American Civil War :The Schooner was captured by boats from USS Amanda ( United States Navy ) at the Mouth of the Ocklockonee River in Apalachee Bay . She ran aground and was burned.[ 64] [ 65]
James
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Lübeck .[ 66] [ 56]
J. and L. Brown
British North America
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by City of Boston ( United States ). J. and L. Brown was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia .[ 67]
Kingfisher
United States
American Civil War , CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid : The 120-ton whaler , a schooner with a crew of 23, was captured and burned in the South Atlantic Ocean (01°26′S 26°30′W / 1.433°S 26.500°W / -1.433; -26.500 (Kingfisher ) ) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy ).[ 4] [ 5] [ 68]
Myrtle
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 56]
Novar , andSusan and Isabella
United Kingdom
The ships collided in the River Tay and both sank. Novar was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dundee , Forfarshire . Susan and Isabella was on a voyage from Sunderland to Dundee.[ 31]
Prince Regent
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Alicante , Spain. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Hull.[ 18] She was refloated on 7 April and found to be severely leaky.[ 69] Prince Regent was consequently condemned.[ 70]
24 March
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Christian
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Out Carr Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland . She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aberdeen . She was refloated on 27 March.[ 31]
Cicero
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks off Rörö , Sweden and was beached at "Knuppla" or "Kaippia". She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde , Prussia .[ 56] [ 31]
Comely
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at "Kohl Point", Denmark. She floated off and sank. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Landskrona , Sweden.[ 56]
Emma
Flag unknown
American Civil War , Union blockade : Under the control of a United States Navy prize crew , the 70-ton schooner ran aground near the mouth of the Ocklockonee River in Apalachee Bay and was burned to prevent her recapture by Confederate forces. She had been captured on 23 March by a boat expedition from the barque USS Amanda ( United States Navy ).[ 71]
Employ
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground and sank off Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth Jane ( United Kingdom ). Employ was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 56] [ 31]
Jupiter
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire and was scuttled in the Victoria Dock, London . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Cape of Good Hope , Cape Colony . She was refloated[ 56]
Mercurio
Spain
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Peñon de Vé de la Gomera . All on board were rescued.[ 13]
25 March
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Charles Hill
United States
American Civil War , CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid : The 699-ton full-rigged ship , carrying a cargo of salt from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom , to Montevideo , Uruguay, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil near the equator at 01°23′N 26°30′W / 1.383°N 26.500°W / 1.383; -26.500 (Charles Hill ) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy ).[ 4] [ 5] [ 72]
Dynameme
United Kingdom
The brig foundered off Cartagena, Spain . She was on a voyage from Port Talbot , Glamorgan to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 25] [ 73]
Gipsy King
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Inverkip , Renfrewshire . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and put back to Glasgow.[ 18]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Skagen , Denmark. Hew crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Lübeck .[ 56]
USS Lancaster
United States Navy
American Civil War: The sidewheel ram was sunk by Confederate artillery in the Mississippi River off Port Hudson, Louisiana , Confederate States of America .
Nora
United States
American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The schooner , carrying a cargo of salt from Liverpool, to Calcutta , India , was captured and burned in the South Atlantic Ocean (1°12′49″S 26°32′45″W / 1.21361°S 26.54583°W / -1.21361; -26.54583 (Nora ) ) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy ).[ 5] [ 4] [ 74]
Star of the South
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Barbadoes . She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 12]
26 March
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Adelayda
Unknown
The Schooner ran ground on Elbow Reef , Florida and was wrecked.[ 75] [ 76]
Arma Mela
Kingdom of Hanover
The galiot was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Dantzic .[ 18]
Emden
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground off the coast of Northumberland .[ 18]
Enerton
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked in Moreton Bay , Queensland .[ 77]
Europa
Prussia
The barque was driven ashore near Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rugenwalde to Sunderland.[ 56]
Goldfinder
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scotstown Head , Aberdeenshire . Her crew were rescued by pilot boats . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dublin .[ 58] [ 18] [ 78]
Isabella and John Buchan
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Rønne , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Dantzic. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 18]
Janet
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Peterhead , Aberdeenshire. Her three crew were rescued by the steamship Arcturus ( Denmark ). Janet was on a voyage from Inverness to Leith , Lothian .[ 79]
Sharon' s Rose
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Rønne , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Dantzic.[ 18] [ 31] She was refloated on 10 April and taken in to Rønne for repairs.[ 34]
Surprise
United Kingdom
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to Reval , Russia .[ 12]
27 March
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Anna Meta
Dantzic
The ship was wrecked on Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Dantzic.[ 31]
Galatea
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore at "Robertknout", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Sunderland.[ 31] She subsequently capsized.[ 63]
Gezina
Netherlands
The koff was wrecked at "Raagelen", Denmark. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Libava , Courland Governorate .[ 18] [ 31]
Phœnician
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Stettin .[ 80]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Covehithe , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Calais , France.[ 31]
28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Dreadnought
United Kingdom
The collier , a three-masted schooner , was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Mersey . Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake and New Brighton Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 81] [ 82] [ 18] She was refloated on 2 April and taken in to Liverpool.[ 83]
Fanny Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Greenore Point, County Louth . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Tralee , County Kerry .[ 67] [ 18]
Globe ,Lufton , andMein Denha
United Kingdom
The schooner Mein Denha ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . The galley punt Lufton went to their rescue, but struck the schooner and sank. Her ten crew got aboard Mein Denha . The galley punt Globe rescued all on board, but was subsequently abandoned in a sinking condition. All 26 people on board were rescued by the lugger Garland ( United Kingdom ).[ 84] Mein Denha was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Leith , Lothian .[ 43]
Heatherbell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Gronhol", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to Griefswald .[ 85]
Maja
Prussia
The ship was wrecked at Thisted , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire , United Kingdom to Memel .[ 18] [ 85]
Meridina
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Leith , Lothian .[ 18]
Tuscan
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Alicante , Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth , Hampshire in a leaky condition.[ 18]
Wasp
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at the mouth of the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake and New Brighton Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool.[ 81] [ 82]
29 March
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Aalto
Russia
The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Cape San Antonio, Cuba . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Matanzas , Cuba .[ 59] [ 86]
Absalom
New South Wales
The ketch was wrecked without loss of life on the South Spit at the Heads while attempting to exit the Macleay River in New South Wales . She and her cargo were a total loss .
CSS Vicksburg
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : The 635-ton sidewheel paddle steamer , lacking her machinery and serving as a wharf boat at Vicksburg, Mississippi , caught fire, broke free of her moorings, and drifted down the Mississippi River past Union forces. The fire destroyed her.[ 87] [ 88]
Voyager
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Lemvig , Norway with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Stettin .[ 81]
30 March
31 March
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a sunken rock and was beached on Islay , Inner Hebrides . She was on a voyage from Runcorn , Cheshire to Wick, Caithness . She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She proceeded with extra hands the next day but was consequently beached at Corpach , Inverness-shire , where the leak was repaired. She arrived at Wick on 9 April.[ 70]
Auspicious
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on a reef off Borkum , Kingdom of Hanover with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from North Shields , Northumberland to Hamburg .[ 63] [ 89]
Jonge Pieter
Netherlands
The barque was wrecked on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Skive, Denmark .[ 31]
Trym
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cowes , Isle of Wight .[ 90]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1863
Ship
State
Description
Bon Jules
France
The ship foundered off Belle Île , Morbihan . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure .[ 25]
Dart
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near St. Davids , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness , Lancashire to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 91]
Despatch
Guernsey
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of Madeira . Her twelve crew took to three boats. Six of them in one boat reached the Canary Islands on 24 March. Despatch was on a voyage from Huelva , Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 80]
Early Morn
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at the mouth of the Buffalo River , Cape Colony .[ 92]
Emily Fisher
United States
The ship was captured by CSS Retribution ( Confederate States Navy ) and run ashore in the Bahamas .[ 93]
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Newry , County Antrim .[ 94]
Freeman
United Kingdom
The brigantine foundered off Lands End , Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[ 81]
Gipsy
New Zealand
The schooner ran aground while trying to enter the mouth of the Buller River towards the end of March. Two lives were lost due to the capsizing of a canoe during the rescue of the crew.[ 95]
Jeune Martha
France
The ship was wrecked near Bilboa , Spain. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bilboa.[ 91]
Lord Raglan
United Kingdom
The ship was presumed to have been destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean between 24 and 26 March with the loss of all 354 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Melbourne , Victoria .[ 96] [ 97] [ 98]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Santander, Spain . She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Gijón , Spain.[ 92]
Mississippi
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Garrucha , Spain.[ 31]
Natalina
Austrian Empire
The barque was wrecked at Monastir , Beylik of Tunis .[ 92]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Longsand in the North Sea . She was refloated and taken in to King's Lynn , Norfolk .[ 99]
Ripple
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Ara Nova", Spain before 6 March.[ 100]
Star of the West
Confederate States of America
American Civil War , Vicksburg Campaign : The paddle steamer , also referred to as CSS St. Philip , was scuttled as a blockship in the Tallahatchie River near Greenwood, Mississippi .
Unknown
Confederate States of America
American Civil War :The Schooner was burned in the Ochlockonee River by Union forces March 2–4.[ 64]
Young Harry
United States
Bound for Matamoros , Mexico, with a cargo of flour , clothes, and other goods, the brig was wrecked on the coast of Texas , Confederate States of America , 6 nautical miles (11 km) from the mouth of the Rio Grande .
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^ "Vessel Ashore at Portsoy". Dundee Courier . No. 2996. Dundee. 18 March 1863.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 24511. London. 20 March 1863. col E, p. 12.
^ "Royal National Lifeboat Institution". Morning Post . No. 27890. London. 8 May 1863. p. 6.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". Hull Packet . No. 4082. Hull. 17 April 1863.
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