List of shipwrecks in February 1861

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The list of shipwrecks in February 1861 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1861.

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1 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1861
Ship State Description
Angelina  France The ship struck a rock and was wrecked off the coast of Cuba with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Havana, Cuba.[1][2]
Augusta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[3]
Ayres Quay  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "Ourdell", Somme, France.[4]
Eliza and Charlotte  Bremen The ship struck the quayside at Bremerhaven and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba to Bremerhaven.[5]
Fekea  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was sunk by ice in the Weser. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bremen.[3]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk.[4]
Octavius  United Kingdom The ship departed from New York, United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
Pearl  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock off Thorpeness, Suffolk and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[7]
Peegrant  France The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Calais to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from another vessel.[4]

2 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1861
Ship State Description
Agatha  Netherlands The brig ran aground in the Eider at "Eitzenloch". She was on a voyage from Trieste to Hamburg. She was refloated on 4 January and towed in to Cuxhaven.[4]
Celine  France The lugger was wrecked near Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cádiz, Spain.[8]
Christian Hendrik  Sweden The brig was driven ashore at Camperduin, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Málaga, Spain and Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[3][9] She had been refloated by 18 February and taken in to the Nieuw Diep.[10]
Dominica  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and resumed her voyage.[4]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Dogan Island", in the Sea of Marmora. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall.[5] She was later refloated and taken in to Constantinople, where she arrived on 27 February.[11]
James  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the River Foyle.[5]
Johanna  Kingdom of Hanover The galiot ran aground on the Minser Olde-Vager Platte, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to "Steinhauserseil".[12]
Lucy  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.[5]
Parton  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Kingstown, County Dublin and Cardiff, Glamorgan.[13]
St. Michael  France The chasse-marée was driven ashore on the Île du Croix, Corsica.[14]

3 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1861
Ship State Description
Caledonia  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Caliste  Bremen The brig was driven ashore in the Weser at Weddewarden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Bremen.[4]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Patch Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated, took on extra hands and resumed her voyage.[3]
Fountain  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Exmouth, Devon.[5]
Luna  Bremen The galiot ran aground in the Weser at Bremerhaven.[4] She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Bremerhaven.[3]
Mermaid  United Kingdom The ship departed from Bombay, India for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15]
Reub White  United States The sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded in the Harvey Canal in Louisiana.[16]

4 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1861
Ship State Description
Delphin Rostock The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Nakkehead Lighthouse, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to rostock.[13]
Fredericke  Denmark The schooner was wrecked on North Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[17]
Germania  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken into Liverpool.[18]
Harlequin  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[5]
Jane Lovett  United Kingdom The barque was driven onto the Shepody Flats, off Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Saint John.[19]
Thomas  United Kingdom The schooner was run down by a brig and sank in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north north west of Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Little Helen ( United Kingdom). Thomas was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Blakeney, Norfolk.[13]

5 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1861
Ship State Description
Charles  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her seven crew were rescued by the brig Sela ( United Kingdom). Charles was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[14]
Emilie  Prussia The schooner was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark.[4]
Johannes Welbach  Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of Sardinia to a Baltic port.[20]
Malakoff  United Kingdom The barque was severely damaged at Hendon, County Durham when a rake of railway wagons ran away and overran the coal drops. Five loaded open wagons fell 30 feet (9 m) onto the deck of the ship.[21]
St. George  United Kingdom The ship struck Newland Island, off Padstow, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Port Isaac to Padstow.[14]

6 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1861
Ship State Description
Anne Lawson  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cobija, Chile for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]
Foyle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Helsingør, Denmark to London,[14] or from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[23] She was refloated on 8 February and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[9][24]
Manchester  United Kingdom The brigantine was lost at the entrance to the Strangford Lough with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[9]
Marianne  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Demerara, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from London to Demerara.[25]
Marie Adelaide  France The brig was wrecked near Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Menam  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Bahia ( France). Menam was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to London.[27][28]
My Choice  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Loch Indaal.[29] She was refloated on 26 February and taken in to Bowmore, Islay.[30]
Paulina  France The brigantine was driven ashore at Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Angles, Vendée to Hull.[14]
Queen  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. She put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[14]
Sarah A. Bell United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore at Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14][24]
Victorine Louise  France The lugger was driven ashore at Calais. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated the next day.[9]
Vindolana  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Gloucester.[14][3]

7 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1861
Ship State Description
Edith  United Kingdom The ship departed from Safi, Morocco for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]
H. M. Stanwood  United States The fishing schooner sank on the Georges Bank, or off Gloucester, Massachusetts in a gale. Lost with all 8 crew.[32][33][34]
Susan Young  United States The fishing schooner sank on the Georges Bank, or off Gloucester, Massachusetts in a gale. Lost with all 9 crew.[32][35][36]
Vocalist  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (11°00′N 40°36′W / 11.000°N 40.600°W / 11.000; -40.600). Her 24 crew were rescued by the barque Civilian ( United States). Vocalist was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Cork.[37][38]
White Swallow  United States The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 9 crew.[32][39][40]

8 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1861
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea.[41] Her crew were rescued.[26]
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Barngera Rocks, off the coast of County Down. Her five crew were rescued by the Balbriggan Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Dundalk, County Louth.[42]
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[41]
City of St. Andrews  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Point of Ayre, Isle of Man with the loss of two of her crew.[43]
Clyde  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Cork.[41][44]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Donaghadee. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newcastle, County Down.[29]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship struck Colt Island, County Dublin and sank with the loss of all hands.[42]
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin.[45]
Gazelle  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Laytown, County Meath with the loss of all on board.[41][46] She subsequently floated off and was towed in to Drogheda, County Louth on 18 February in a capsized condition.[47]
Gypsey  United Kingdom The smack was driven and wrecked at Skerries with the loss of her captain.[42] Survivors were rescued by the Skerries Lifeboat.[48]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Hero  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[41][42][49]
Helena  Sweden The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[24]
Industry  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Kingstown with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Kingstown.[41][42][50][49]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[41][29]
King Olive  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[41][42][49]
Lady Falkland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[51] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gibraltar. She was refloated on 2 March and towed in to Gibraltar.[52]
Leon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingstown.[29]
Leven  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[41]
Lewis Charles  United Kingdom The ship departed from Llanelly, Glamorgan for Penzance, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53]
Lima  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Lamlash, Isle of Arran with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Dublin.[54]
Lively  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[50][49]
Lune  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[55]
Maid of the Mist  United Kingdom The schooner struck the quayside at Howth, County Dublin and sank. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin.[43][42]
Martha  United Kingdom The collier, a brigantine, was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyferris Point, County Down with the loss of all hands.[41][26]
Mary  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Kingstown. Her seven crew were rescued.[42]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Greystones, County Wicklow with the loss of all four crew.[42][45]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Reevans Rock, off the coast of County Dublin with the loss of all five crew.[42]
Mary Anne  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Howth with the loss of all hands.[49]
Moses  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Kingstown. Her four crew were rescued.[41][42]
Nairnshire  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Whitehouse, County Antrim and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[41][26]
Neptune  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Kingstown with the loss of six of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Kingstown.[41][42][50]
Onyx  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kingstown.[56] She was on a voyage from Kingstown to Falmouth, Cornwall.[24]
Operint  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[50][29][49]
Ranger  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Robert Seymour  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Greystones. Her three crew were rescued.[45]
Royal Sovereign  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[41][49]
Scylla  United Kingdom The schooner sank at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[29][26][54]
Seaflower  United States The ship was damaged by fire in the Sloyne. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. The fire was extinguished with assistance from HMS Majestic ( Royal Navy) and the tugs Sampson and Universe (both  United Kingdom)[57]
Sibyl  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Ayre. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[43]
Sir William Wallace  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Skerries.[42][26]
Sultan  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Donaghadee. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Maryport on 26 February.[41][58]
Sylph  France The schooner was wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Newry, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[45][59][49]
The Clans  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[41][49]
Two Sisters United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar The schooner was wrecked in Tangier Bay.[51] Her crew were rescued.[46]
Village Maid  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and capsized on the Dutchman's Bank, off Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Fleetwood, Lancashire. Her four crew were rescued the next day by the Penmon Lifeboat.[60][20][48]
Wanderer  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and sank at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Dublin.[41] Wanderer was refloated on 26 March.[61]
Wanderer  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Kingstown.[42] Her crew were rescued.[49]
Wave  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north west of Sunderland with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Snowdrop ( United Kingdom).[62][26][63]
Workington  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[41]

9 February[edit]

For the stranding of the barque Erin-go-Bragh on this date, see List of shipwrecks in December 1860 § 9 December.
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1861
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[20] She was on a voyage from Port Mulgrave, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 15 February and taken in to Grimsby.[64]
Agnes  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Dunkerque, Nord.[20][29]
Agnes  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Drogheda.[29]
Albert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[65]
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Ramsey.[20][66]
Alexander Brandt  Russia The tug struck a sunken rock in the Sound of Islay and was beached, She was on a voyage from Riga to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[67]
Alfred  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ramsey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Ramsey.[20][66]
Allington, and
Mary 		 United Kingdom The sloop Allington collided with Mary off the coast of Cornwall and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by a brigantine. Mary was severely damaged. She put in to Penzance.[54]
Apollo  Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[44][26]
Atalanta  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65]
Athena  Norway The barque was severely damaged in a gale at Lisbon, Portugal.[69]
Atlas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at West Hartlepool, County Durham.[63]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Skerries, County Dublin.[42]
Barbara  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65] She was refloated in late February and taken in to Hartlepool.[70]
Belina  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Middleton.[65][26] Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hartlepool.[71]
Betsey  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Liverpool Lifeboat.[72] Betsey was subsequently towed in to Liverpool by the tug Conqueror ( United Kingdom).[45]
Bosphorus  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton. Her crew were rescued.[68][65]
Brazilian Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby.[63]
Broadwood  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London==.[26]
Calus  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Kingstown.[26]
Cæsar  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat.[73] She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool to Whitstable, Kent.[74] Cæsar was refloated on 12 March and taken in to South Shields.[75]
Catherine and Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ramsey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Ramsey.[20][66]
Celine  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew, County Durham.[68][26]
Chalonge  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65] Her crew were rescued.[26] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to a Spanish port.[76]
Charm  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Castle Rock and was holed. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put back to Dartmouth, Devon in a severely leaky condition.[24][29]
Christopher  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Cicely  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][76]
City of Lucknow  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was wrecked at Bangor, County Down with the loss of one of the 28 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Bangor Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Calcutta, India.[41] The wreck was refloated on 11 June and beached at "Richfort".[77]
Clara  Prussia The barque was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[20] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Madeira.[44]
Claret  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew.[68] Her crew were rescued by the Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[78] Claret was refloated on 27 or 28 February and taken in to Whitby.[25]
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew.[68]
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hull, Yorkshire.[79] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Cork.[45]
Comtesse de Fregeville  France The steamship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[29]
Conrad  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[24][80]
Constitution  United Kingdom The brigantine struck a sunken wreck in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Montevideo, Uruguay. She put back to Hartlepool in a sinking condition.[71]
Corinna  United Kingdom The brig collided with the brig Williamson ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Seaton Carew, She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne.[68][26][76][47]
Cyrus  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham.[81] Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat.[26][63] She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[80]
Dahlia  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the Farne Islands, Northumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued.[80]
Delta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[44] She was later refloated.[80]
Désiree  France The schooner struck a sunken wreck and was beached at Middleton. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 18 February and found to be severely damaged.[68][26][76]
Dr. Winterbottom  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68] Her crew were rescued.[65] She was on a voyage from South Shields to Mistley, Essex.[82]
Duke of Wellington  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Knockingen, County Louth with the loss of her captain. There were at least four survivors. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[43][42]
Duncan  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at West Hartlepool.[63]
Dunscombe  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68] Her crew were rescued.[65] She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[83]
Earl  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dundalk.[26]
Eclipse  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[44][26]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65] She was refloated on 10 March and taken in to North Shields.[75]
Eliza  United Kingdom The Maryport-registered brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Wicklow with the loss of two of her four crew.[26][54][49]
Eliza  United Kingdom The brig was beached at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Londonderry.[12]
Eliza and Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65] She was later refloated.[83]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the barque Frederica ( United Kingdom) in the Sloyne and was consequently beached at Tranmere, Cheshire with assistance from the tug Conqueror ( United Kingdom).[72][84]
Elizabeth and Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Elizabeth and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby.[63]
Elizabeth and Sarah  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68]
Ellen and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner collided with a ship off the Mull of Galloway, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was consequently beached on the White House Bank, in the Belfast Lough.[12]
Ellen Oliver  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton. Her crew were rescued.[68][65] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carthagena, Spain.[64]
Ellora  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Middleton.[26]
Emilée Victorine  France The schooner was severely damaged in a gale at Lisbon.[69]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bray, County Wicklow. Her five crew were rescued.[41][42]
Eustace  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[44][26] She was refloated in late February and taken in to Middlesbrough.[30]
Eracles  Greece The barque was lost off Cape Trafalgar, Spain with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Syros.[29][54]
Express  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton with the loss of all but one of those on board.[81]
Express  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. All on board were rescued.[44]
Favourite  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Warham, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued, but nine people were drowned when a Blakeney boat capsized whilst going to their rescue.[68] She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Torre del Mar, Spain.[60]
Favourite  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Killiney, County Dublin. Her three crew were rescued.[45][49]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44][63]
Fowlis  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the Lifeboat Tyne ( United Kingdom).[81][43][66] The lifeboat Providence ( United Kingdom) was severely damaged attempting a rescue.[73][74]
Friendship  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew.[68]
Gamma  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[20][44][63] She was refloated on 15 February and taken in to Whitby.[64]
George and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Ferrier Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated but was found to be leaky and was run ashore at Snettisham, Norfolk. George and Mary was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Milton Regis, Kent.[83]
Gipsy  United Kingdom The smack sank at Colt Island, County Dublin. Her four crew were rescued by the Skerries Lifeboat.[26][85]
Graces  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Robin Hoods Bay. Her crew were rescued by a fishing coble. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham.[29][26] Graces was refloated on 27 or 28 February and towed in to Whitby.[70][25][86]
Gratitude  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ramsey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Ramsey.[20][66]
Guyana  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Carry Rocks, off the coast of County Wexford. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the Carnsore Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Kitts.[43][29][85]
Harriet and Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ramsey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Ramsey.[20][66]
Heline  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[26][49]
Herbert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool.[63]
Hull  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65]
Indus  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, ran aground on the Herd Sand and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom).[68][65][73]
Integrity  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at and wrecked Middleton. Her crew were rescued by the Shields lifeboat.[68][65][78] She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London.[59]
Isabella  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65] She was later refloated.[83]
Isis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[65]
Jane and Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dundalk.[26]
Joanne d'Arc  France The ship was wrecked on the Black Halls. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caen, department to Newcastle upon Tyne.[26]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44] Her crew were rescued.[26]
John and Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandsend, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[24][29] She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[17] John and Anne was refloated on 27 or 28 February and taken in to Whitby.[25]
John Joseph Richardson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Strangford Lough. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Kircubbin, County Down.[83]
Johns  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[65]
Julia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Juno  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by a fishing coble.[65][86]
Juno  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Robin Hoods Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[29][26] Juno was refloated on 27 February and taken in to South Shields.[82]
Jura  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Kelso  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship struck the Longstone Rock, off the coast of County Durham and sank with the loss of one of her twenty crew.[68] She was on a voyage from Sunderland or South Shields to Hong Kong.[65][60]
Kingston  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage for Hartlepool to Plymouth, Devon.[68][80] She was refloated on 1 March.[58]
Kite  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Martin Luther ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged in the River Mersey. She was taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire for repairs.[84]
Koh-i-Noor  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Tod Point, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. Koh-i-Noor had become a wreck by 13 February.[65][67][44][26]
Lady Daff  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at West Hartlepool.[63]
Lady de Crespigny  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Colchester, Essex.[44][26]
Lady Helen  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Nieve ( United Kingdom).[83] Lady Helen was on a voyage from Ardrossan to Liverpool.[87]
Laing  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[83]
Legatus  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65][63] Her crew were rescued by the Shields Lifeboat. She was refloated on 14 February and taken in to Hartlepool.[12]
Leonidas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44] She was later refloated.[80]
Magna Carta  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hull.[79]
Magna Charta  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Seaton Carew.[68] Her crew were rescued.[65] She was refloated on 10 March and taken in to North Shields.[75]
Manlovice  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[65]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Margaret United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Wisbech.[26] She was on a voyage from Seaham to Wisbech.[64]
Margaret Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Skerries. Her five crew were rescued by the Skerries Lifeboat.[48]
Marie Adele  France The schooner was driven ashore at Middleton. She was on a voyage from Caen to Blyth. She was refloated on 22 February and towed in to Hartlepool.[71]
Marie Clotilde  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Hartlepool.[44][26] She was refloated on 25 February and towed in to Middlesbrough.[88]
Mariner  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at South Shields.[65]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the wreck of Cyrus ( United Kingdom) at Hartlepool.[68]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Bulseaden Rocks, off the coast of County Dublin with the loss of all hands.[43] She subsequently came ashore at Skerries.[42]
Mary and Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Filey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham to London.[26][80]
Marys  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to the River Thames.[44][26]
Matharee  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton. Her crew were rescued.[68][44][63]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the East Gar Sand, off the mouth of the River Tees. Her eight crew were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat.[48]
Meldon  United Kingdom The ship was presumed to have sunk of the cost of County Durham with the loss of all hands.[89] She was on a voyage from Grimsby to South Shields.[90]
Mellna  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Lisbon when a Norwegian barque drove into her.[69]
Memnon  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew.[68] Her crew were rescued.[65]
Memnon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby.[44] Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[29]
Merchant  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby with the loss of a crew member.[20][63] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Maldon, Essex.[80]
Miles Barton  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked on a reef 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Struys Bay with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued on 12 March by HMS Cyclops ( Royal Navy).[91]
Miner  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44][29]
Minerva  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat Providence ( United Kingdom). Minerva was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham.[81][65]
Mohawk  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[20] She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby.[80]
Nanteos  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Abersoch, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[46]
Nephews  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to South Shields.[20]
New Draper  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Wicklow. Her eight crew were rescued by the Wicklow Lifeboat.[26][85]
Nimrod United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The lugger was abandoned off Castletown. Her three crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat.[92]
Norman  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Odessa  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar.[44] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[80] Odessa was refloated on 27 or 28 February and taken in to Whitby.[25]
Olave  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Orbit  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Patriot  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew.[68][65]
Patriot  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hull.[79]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Velvet Sand, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin with the loss of all but her captain from her six crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin.[43][42]
Phœbe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ramsey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Ramsey.[20][66]
Plenty  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew.[68] Her crew were rescued.[65] She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[83]
Princess  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[65][44]
Promise  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Providence  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton. Her eight crew were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat.[65][48] She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[80]
Rambler  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew.[68][83] Her crew were rescued.[65] She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[83]
Reliance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship foundered off the coast of County Durham with the loss of all hands.[83]
Richard Foley  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68]
Rimswell  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Middleton.[26] Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat.[63]
Rising Sun  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at the Heugh Lighthouse, Hartlepool with the loss of all but two of her crew. One of the survivors was rescued by the schooner Express ( United Kingdom).[44][80]
Robin, and
Sister 		 United Kingdom Robin drove into Sister at Lisbon during a gale. Both vessels were severely damaged.[69]
Robino  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Middleton.[68]
Roe  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Whitby. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne.[20][63][80]
Roman Empress  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. Her ten crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. Roman Empress was on a voyage from South Shields to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[68][65][44][26][85] She was refloated in late February and taken in to South Shields.[30]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ryhope, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[24] She was refloated in early March.[19]
Rowland Hill  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Wicklow with the loss of three of her four crew.[45][26]
Royal William  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank at West Hartlepool, County Durham.[68]
Ruby  United Kingdom The Hartlepool-registered ship ran aground at Whitby and was wrecked.[63]
Ruby  United Kingdom The South Shields-registered ship ran aground at Whitby.[63]
Runswell  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65] Her crew were rescued by the Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Cartagena, Spain.[78]
Ruby  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew.[68] Her crew were rescued.[65]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ramsey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Ramsey.[20][66]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool.[63]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The collier ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Providence ( United Kingdom). Sarah Ann was on a voyage from London to North Shields or vice versa.[81][26] She capsized on 12 February and was wrecked.[80] She was later refloated.[64]
Sarah Anne  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton. Her crew were rescued.[68][65][26] She was later refloated.[83]
Savanna  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew with the loss of a crew member.[68][80] Survivors were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Caen, Calvados, France.[71]
Sicily  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[65]
Small  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore between Balbriggan and Skerries. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Spray  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Middleton.[26]
Sprite  United Kingdom The brig foundered off the Longston Rock with the loss of all hands.[68][26]
Spring  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65][93]
Starling  United Kingdom The ship was presumed to have foundered off the coast of County Durham with the loss of all hands.[90]
St. George  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Skerries.[42] Her crew were rescued.[26]
Success  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ramsey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Ramsey.[20][66]
Susannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Telegraph  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dundalk.[26]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool.[43]
Thomas Ryde  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Tom's Whim  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Briggs Rocks with the loss of all on board.[41][29]
Tonquin  United States The barque foundered off Wicklow Head, County Wicklow. All twelve people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Santos.[94][95]
Treaty  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by a number of lifeboats. She was refloated on 12 February and towed in to South Shields.[68][80]
Trefan  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Porthor, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire.[54][96][70]
Tribune  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[20][63][80] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Brixham, Devon.[17]
Tyne Packet  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her three crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to St Andrews, Fife.[24][62]
Una  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton. Her crew were rescued by the Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[68][65][78] She was refloated in early March.[97]
Union  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Rochester, Kent.[68][65][78]
Utility  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Whitby. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[20][63][80] Utility was on a voyage from Folkestone, Kent to Newcastleu upon Tyne.[82] She was refloated on 25 February and taken in to Whitby.[88]
Venice  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at West Hartlepool.[63]
Venus  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Seaton Carew.[68]
Vittoria'  Malta The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay and foundered. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the schooner Juliana ( Denmark). Vittoria was on a voyage from Cardiff to Malta.[98][99][69]
Victory  United States The 670-ton clipper was wrecked near Cape Henry, Virginia, Confederate States of America.[100]
Wansbeck  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Hartlepool with the loss of all hands.[65]
Wardell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44]
Waverley  United States The ship was assisted in to Castlehaven, County Cork, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from New York to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[54]
Weardale  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton. Her crew were rescued.[68][65] She was later refloated.[83]
Welcome Home  United Kingdom The brig sank at West Hartlepool.[68] Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Seaham to London.[76]
William  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[65][26] She was refloated on 29 March and towed in to North Shields.[101]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore west of the mouth of the Voryd River, Denbighshire. All five people on board were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat.[20]
William and Mary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65] Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[26][76]
William and George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44] She was later refloated.[83]
William Campbell  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Wicklow with the loss of all but her captain.[26][54]
William George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[65]
William Gregory  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Middleton.[68]
Williams  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Middleton.[68]
Willkommen Danzig The barque ran aground at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated with assistance from a tug and taken in to Hartlepool.[76][47]
Yacht  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton.[68][65]
Yalet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool.[63]
Zephyr  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of County Durham with the loss of a crew member.[64]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner foundered off Hartlepool with the loss of all hands.[81]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner capsized off Hartlepool. Her crew survived.[81]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner foundered off the Longstone Rock with the loss of all hands.[81]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked on the Longstone Rock.[81]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked on the Longstone Rock. Her crew took to a boat. The West Hartlepool and Seaton Lifeboats went to their aid.[81]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Killoghter", County Dublin with the loss of one of her five crew.[45]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kilcool, Ireland with the loss of five of her six crew.[49]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued by the Arklow Lifeboat.[102]

10 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1861
Ship State Description
Ant  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Wigtown to Lancaster, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Douglas.[43]
Charmer United States Confederate States of America The 667-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Lauderdale, Louisiana, with the loss of five lives.[103] She was on a voyage from Vicksburg, Mississippi to New Orleans, Louisiana.[104]
Christ  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham.[26]
Coral  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Castletown, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire t Limerick.[54]
Cumberland  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off Whitby. Her crew were rescued by Pride ( United Kingdom). Cumberland was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[29][80]
Daniel  United Kingdom The schooner was last sighted on this date. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. A boat washed up near Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire on 4 March.[105]
Dove  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[44][26]
Duke of Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Drogheda, County Louth with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[67][49]
Eliza  United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at St Albans Head, Dorset.[20]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Hoylake, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake, Liverpool and Magazines Lifeboats.[20]
Eliza Cornish  United Kingdom The schooner was driven against the quayside and damaged at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland, County Durham.[20]
Express  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[20]
Flora  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Whitby. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[20][80]
Frithiof  Sweden The schooner was driven ashore between "Linnhamn" and Malmö. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Malmö.[10]
George IV  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Eclat Bank, in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Inférieure, France, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Caen, Calvados, France.[43][80]
Hodge  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked east of Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Hartlepool, County Durham.[20]
John Trucks  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice and sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia.[106][107] John Trucks was refloated on 8 June, but again sank whilst being taken in to port.[108]
Lizzie  United Kingdom The ship struck the Coal Rock, Anglesey and was beached at Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[20] She was refloated on 7 March and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey.[109]
Memnon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[20]
Pegasus  Kingdom of Hanover The galeas was driven ashore and wrecked near Schönberg, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Kiel Prussia.[78][17]
Providence  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore north of Seaton Carew, County Durham. Her eight crew were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat.[60] She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Hartlepool.[46]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 27 February and taken in to Grimsby.[30]
Quarters, or
Quintus 		 United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool.[26] She was later refloated.[80]
Quickstep  United Kingdom The schooner was discovered derelict in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was towed in to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, where she arrived on 20 February. Four dead crew were discovered on board when the ship was pumped out.[2]
Sir William Wallace  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Ryhope, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[26] She was refloated in early March.[97]
Thomas and Joseph  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and sank at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Sunderland.[26][80] She was refloated the next day, and was towed in to South Shields on 17 February.[11]
Uranie  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby. Her crew were rescued.[20]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Rhyl, Denbighshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat.[60]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Hoylake. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake, Liverpool and Magazines Lifeboats.[20]
Whitby Lifeboat  United Kingdom The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of Merchant ( United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve of her thirteen crew.[81][20]

11 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1861
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[43]
Amanda  France The schooner was wrecked on a reef near Hindsholm, Denmark with the loss of three of her crew.[46]
Annette  Kingdom of Hanover The derelict galiot was taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom by the smack Pledge ( United Kingdom). Annette was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Emden.[83]
Aunt Letty  United States The 303-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank at Beram Island.[110]
Blanche  United Kingdom The ship was lost 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Arklow, County Wicklow with the loss of a crew member.[43]
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship departed from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire for Skibbereen, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[107]
Cornelia  Netherlands The steamship ran aground on the Vlaakte, off the coast of Zeeland.[29]
Driver  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Smithwick Sand. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and put in to Grimsby in a sinking condition.[54][80]
Eliza  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at St. Bride's Head, County Wicklow with the loss of three of her five crew.[43][45]
Emma Maria  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore near "Gaarelevstrand". She was on a voyage from Apenrade, Denmark to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[46]
Euphrosyne  France The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[67]
Gazelle  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea.[43] Wreckage from the ship washed ashore at Layton, County Dublin.[83]
George Seymour  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "the Murrough", County Wicklow with the loss of one of her six crew.[43]
Gierdina Harmina  Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[80]
Ida Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was driven ashore on Hindsholm. She was on a voyage from Skælskør, Denmark to an English port.[46]
Ingeborg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Hindsholm. She was on a voyage from Korsør, Denmark to an English port.[46]
Johanna Thomeuse  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore near Løkken-Vrå.[46]
Johannes  Denmark The ship was driven ashore on Hindsholm. She was on a voyage from Rønne to and English port.[46]
John and Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dundalk, County Louth. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore north of Balbriggan, County Dublin.[54]
Mary Drapers  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Wicklow. Her eight crew were rescued.[45]
Quapaw  United States The 245-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas.[111]
Sheridan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at "Dynholmen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Gothenburg, Sweden.[112]
Sir Allan McNab  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Gorey, County Wexford. Her five crew were rescued.[43]
St. George  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore north of Balbriggan.[54]
William  United Kingdom The brig sank at Arklow. Her five crew were rescued by the Aklow Lifeboat.[43][45][49]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, was lost off "Migen Head", County Wicklow.[43]

12 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1862
Ship State Description
Alexander Brandt  United Kingdom The brig struck the Black Rock, in the Sound of Islay and was damaged. She was consequently beached at Bowmore, Islay, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[83]
Aurora  Denmark The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Camilla  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore by ice in a river. She was on a voyage from an English port to Holbæk.[46]
Cedar Rapids  United States The 131-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River at Douglas Landing, Arkansas.[113]
City of St. Andrews  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Ramsey, Isle of Man.[114]
Dunkeld  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the River Tay and was holed. She put back to Perth.[80]
Frederick Hansen  Denmark The schooner foundered off Ulstrup. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Kalundborg.[46]
Geymar  Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Smorholmen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Drontheim.[54] She was consequently condemned.[82]
Georgio  Greece The brig was wrecked at Livorno, Kingdom of Sardinia.[12]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the English Channel 50°00′N 2°20′W / 50.000°N 2.333°W / 50.000; -2.333 with the loss of all hands. A message in a bottle washed up at Portsmouth, Hampshire on 25 February giving this information.[88]
Louise  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Tarpoint, Kirkcudbrightshire. She was refloated and towed in to Whitehaven, Cumberland in a waterlogged condition.[54]
Louisa  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Morriscastle, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Waterford.[83][12]
Metropolis  United Kingdom The steamship sank off the Hermitage Rocks, Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Jersey.[115]
Narragaugus  United States The fishing schooner went ashore at St. Mary's, Nova Scotia, near Guysborough, Nova Scotia and was lost. Crew saved.[116]
Royal  Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to be on a voyage from Gloucester, United Kingdom to Messina, Sicily.[25]
Velocipede  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[117][118]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the Rio Grande.[119][120]
W. H. Jenkins United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on "Bango Island", Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Portland, Maine.[121][107][30]
William Cory  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of Otranto, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[55][54] She was refloated the next day and subsequently sailed for Malta.[17]

13 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1861
Ship State Description
Dania  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore between Mariagerfjord and Hurup. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Diana  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Schiel Hoek. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[12]
Lyra  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Oyster Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire.[122] Her 26 crew, and her passengers were rescued by the steamships Adjutant and Prince of Wales (both  United Kingdom). Lyra was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Morecambe, Lancashire.[123]
M. A. Herrera  United States The brig ran aground on the Hedge Fence Vineyard Sandbank. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated the next day and found to be leaky.[19]
Marietta  United Kingdom The ship struck the Kedges Rocks, off the coast of County Cork. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Queenstown, County Cork. She put in to Skibbereen, County Cork.[59]
Rose  France The schooner was wrecked near Le Conquet, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Mortagne-sur-Gironde, Gironde.[78]
Syria  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and sank at Fleetwood, Lancashire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Morecambe, Lancashire.[55]

14 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1861
Ship State Description
Adelaide United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Troon, Ayrshire.[78][59] She was refloated on 28 March and taken in to

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