List of shipwrecks in November 1861

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

1 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1861
Ship State Description
Amelia  United Kingdom The unballasted brig was driven out to sea from West Hartlepool, County Durham. She subsequently came ashore near Redcar, Yorkshire.[1][2][3] The boy on board was rescued.[4]
Argo  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover.[5]
Atlas  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Runswick, Yorkshire.[2][6] She was refloated on 24 December and taken in to Rosedale, Yorkshire in a severely leaky condition.[7]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Troup Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garmouth, Moray to Sunderland, County Durham.[8][6]
Cairo  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Yalta, Russia.[5][9][10]
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Gravelines, Nord, France. Her crew survived.[11]
Cynthia  United Kingdom The brig collided with Christofino ( Italy) and sank in the Black Sea. Her crew were rescued by Christofino. Cynthia was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[12]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Hartlepool, County Durham for Lymington, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[13]
Emma  United Kingdom The collier departed from the River Tyne for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Friends  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her four crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.[2][15][8][16]
Friend's Goodwill  United Kingdom The collier departed from the River Tyne for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Harbinger  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington with the loss of all hands.[2]
John and William  United Kingdom The smack was "wilfully set afire" at Harwich, Essex.[17]
Marin  United States The schooner was lost in Tomales Bay on the coast of California. She drifted onto Smith's Point on the east side of the bay. The crew got ashore safely, but the vessel was wrecked.[18]
Octavia  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the Rance and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[19]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The collier departed from the River Tyne for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Produce  United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by a fishing coble.[2][15][8]
Robert Watson  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Seaton Carew. Five of her crew were rescued by the Seaton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland.[2][16] She had become a wreck by 6 November.[20]
Shincliffe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Callantsoog, North Holland, Netherlands.[21] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to the Nieuw Diep.[22]
Solide  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Skerweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[23][15]
Stella  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, departed from the River Tyne for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14][24]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship struck the Angus Rock and sank. She was on a voyage from Portaferry, County Down to Maryport, Cumberland.[25]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lossiemouth, Moray. Her crew survived.[8]
William and Thomas  United Kingdom The collier departed from the River Tyne for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Yarborough  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Sandhale, off the coast of Lincolnshire with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors took to boats and landed at Ingoldmells. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Cronstadt, Russia.[25][23][26]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked on the Skerweather Sands with the loss of all hands.[6]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.[6]

2 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1861
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. She was on a voyage from Faversham, Kent to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was subsequently towed in to Harwich, Essex.[15]
Auchencruive  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her six crew were rescued by the Banff Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the River Spey to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[27][8][16]
Britannia  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank in the River Dee. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St Helens, Lancashire to Bangor, Caernarfonshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Mostyn, Flintshire.[19]
Buxton  United Kingdom The lugger foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[28]
Chance  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of her captain.[29]
Concordia  Norway The schooner was wrecked on the Black Skare Rocks, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[30]
Countess Canning, or
Viscountess Canning 		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk with the loss of one of her eight crew.[23][31] She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[6]
Coupland  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Dennett's rocket apparatus.[1][32][33]
Darius  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of five of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Volunteer ( United Kingdom). Darius was on her maiden voyage, from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[17][34][35]
Emilie  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage Hull, Yorkshire to Nakskov. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Wilberforce ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Grimsby.[6][26]
Emma  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Huttoft, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. She was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[36]
Essa  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[10]
Galatea  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Runton, Norfolk.[6]
Gipsey Queen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[34]
Gainsborough Packet  United Kingdom The schooner sank off Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Josephine ( United Kingdom).[34][28]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Whitby. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, where she sank.[15]
Harbinger  United Kingdom The coaster, a schooner, foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[32][8]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ran aground and sank in the Swin. Her seven crew were rescued the next day by the smack Joseph ( United Kingdom). Harmony was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[25][34]
Herring  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Whitby and sank.[15][30]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium with the loss of all hands, at least four lives.[37][38][24]
Jabondle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the East Knock Sand, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Hemlock, Province of Canada, British North America to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Whitstable, Kent in a leaky condition.[15]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Her crw were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Whitby.[19]
John Brown  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire.[23][31]
Lady Douglas  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[23] Lady Douglas was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London.[10] She was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a derelict condition on 4 November.[6]
Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Macduff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macduff to Leith.[8][6]
North Eastern  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on her maiden voyage, from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cronstadt, Russia[32][22][39]
Ocean  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked at Withernsea with the loss of all hands.[34][29]
Osceola  United States Carrying a cargo of potatoes, vegetables, horses, and cattle to Port Royal, South Carolina, the 177-ton screw steamer was stranded in a gale off the coast of South Carolina at Day Breaker off North Island near Georgetown.[40]
Prince Albert  United Kingdom The ship was reported to be in a sinking condition at Dunkerque, Nord, France.[10]
Rimouski  Russia The barque was driven ashore north of Seaton Carew. Her crew were rescued by the Seaton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Riga to West Hartlepool or from Hartlepool, County Durham to a Baltic port. She had become a wreck by 8 November.[1][19][2]
Robert and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[30]
Sarah Huntley  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Odessa.[23][10]
Sarah Williams  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by Cornelius Grinnell ( United States) off the North Foreland, Kent and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Oporto, Portugal. She was subsequently towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[15][30]
Sarepta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Heacham, Norfolk.[10]
Terra Nova  United Kingdom The ship sank at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[34] She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[30]
Thrifty  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the River Mersey.[25]
Triumph  United Kingdom The lugger foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[28][41]
Tryall  United Kingdom The ship departed from North Shields, Northumberland for Hastings, Sussex. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[42]
Undaunted  United Kingdom The ship capsized at King's Lynn, Norfolk with the loss of two of her crew.[34]
Undine  United Kingdom The yacht foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Union  United States Carrying a cargo of rifle muskets, horses, gun carriages, and musket powder intended for use in the upcoming Battle of Port Royal, the 149-ton sidewheel transport was driven onto a beach on the coast of North Carolina 8 miles (13 km) east of Bogue Inlet during a storm on the night of 1–2 November and was wrecked.[43][44]
Unity  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mablethorpe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby to London.[23][31][45]
Wilhelm Precht  Bremen The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mablethorpe.[23][31]
William  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She was refloated on 4 November with assistance from a brig and resumed her voyage.[46]
Zealous  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by Aerial ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[34]
Scarborough Lifeboat  United Kingdom The lifeboat was wrecked whilst going to the rescue of Coupland ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her eight crew.[1][32][2] Two people drowned whilst attempting to rescue the lifeboatmen.[47]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Scarborough with the loss of all hands.[1]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea. Her crew were rescued.[29]
Unnamed  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore near Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[6]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The ship sank off "La Sanne", France with the loss of all hands.[20]

3 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1861
Ship State Description
Adventure  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her ten crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat.[48][6][16][45]
Amulet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Papas, Greece. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to London.[49]
Billow  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[15] Billow was refloated on 29 December and taken in to Bridlington.[50]
Dunrobin  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham, Her crew survived.[8] She was refloated on 7 November.[20]
Fame  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Bridlington. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Seaham, County Durham.[15]
Frolic  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Cardiff.[6]
Gainsborough Packet  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the brig Josephine ( United Kingdom). Gainsborough Packet was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[51]
Governor  United States American Civil War: The 644-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, bound for Port Royal, South Carolina, carrying 650 passengers – including a battalion of 385 United States Marines – and a cargo of 19,000 rounds of ammunition, was damaged by a storm and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Georgetown, South Carolina, while under tow by the armed screw steamer USS Isaac Smith ( United States Navy). With the barque Young Rover (flag unknown) standing by to assist, the frigate USS Sabine ( United States Navy) rescued everyone on board except for six people who died when they fell into the sea while trying to jump between the ships.[43][52][53]
Horatio  United Kingdom The brig foundered off the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[15] She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[30]
Katherine  United Kingdom The ship collided with the smack Speedwell ( United Kingdom) and was beached. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was later refloated and put back to King's Lynn.[54]
Margaret Ann  United Kingdom The collier, a brig,[42] ran aground and broke her back at Hamburg. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg. She was declared at total loss.[55] The wreck was dispersed by explosives.[56]
Maritana  United States The 991-ton full-rigged ship — a square-rigger — was lost on the Shag Rocks in Broad Sound in Outer Boston Harbor off the coast of Massachusetts at 42°19′47″N 70°52′54″W / 42.32972°N 70.88167°W / 42.32972; -70.88167 (Maritana) with the loss of 24 to 27 lives (according to different sources) among the 39 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[57][58][59][60][61]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Sound of Kilblanen, off the Argyllshire coast.[62]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew survived.[8] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Dundee, Forfarshire.[30]
Nathaniel Cogswell flag unknown The barque was lost off Scituate, Massachusetts.[57] She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts.[62]
Orb United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brigantine was run down and sunk in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dover, Kent by the steamship Becha ( Russia). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dartmouth, Devon.[63][6][30]
Udny  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Sunderland.[8]
Valiant  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered off the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[15]

4 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1861
Ship State Description
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Pas-de-Calais, France.[31][10]
Colonist  Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom to Skien.[6][64]
Ethel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk.[30]
Guiding Star  United States The brig was driven ashore at Odessa. She was on a voyage from Odessa to a British port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[45]
Jenny  United Kingdom The ship departed from Aalborg, Denmark for La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[65]
Lapwing  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hunstanton, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham.[20]
Rokeby  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Westkapelle, Zeeland,Netherlands . She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland. She subsequently became a wreck.[20][36]
Thomas Edward  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore west of Brancaster, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[6][30]
Wellington  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25]
Widnes, or
Witness 		 United Kingdom The schooner sank off Formby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the tug Dreadnought ( United Kingdom).[25][31][10]

5 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1861
Ship State Description
Archer  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Rønne, Denmark with the loss of all hands.[37]
Commodore  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Fairlight, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[66]
Cynthia  United Kingdom The ship was run down by a barque and sank in the Black Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[49]
Garland  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William Chamberlain ( United Kingdom). Garland was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[67]
John  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[30]
London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship struck rocks off Gorey, Jersey and was beached in Achirondel Bay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Le Vivier-sur-Mer, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She was refloated and taken in to Gorey.[20]
RMS North Briton  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Paraquet Island, Province of Canada, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[68][69][70]
Pearl  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Le Conquet, Finistère, France.[20]
Plantagenet  United Kingdom The ship departed from London for Gävle, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[71]
Prony  French Navy American Civil War: The corvette, observing naval activities during the American Civil War on behalf of the French Navy, was wrecked without loss of life in the Atlantic Ocean off Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, during a storm.[72]
Reaper  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Rønne, Denmark with the loss of all hands.[73][54] She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Riga, Russia.[66]
Sinus Stralsund The ship was driven ashore and sank at Rügen, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Weser to Stralsund.[19]
Sunbeam  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the full-rigged ship Borodino ( United States) and sank off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of five of her crew.[28][74]

6 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1861
Ship State Description
Ada  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of wood, the 120-ton schooner ran aground in Virginia, either 5 to 6 miles (8 to 10 km) from the mouth of the Curatona Branch of the Rappahannock River or on Corrotoman Creek, 26 miles (42 km) from the mouth of the Rappahannock River. She then was burned by a small-boat expedition from the armed screw steamer USS Rescue ( United States Navy).[43][75]
Huntress  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled by Confederate forces as a blockship to obstruct Skull Creek in South Carolina.[76]
John Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony.[77]
CSS Lady Davis  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The screw steamer was scuttled by Confederate forces as a blockship to obstruct Skull Creek in South Carolina.[78]
Rosalia  Italy The brig ran aground and was severely damaged at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples.[20]
Rowan Tree  United States The ship ran aground on Sandy Key. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York. She was refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.[67]
Saxon  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal whilst on a voyage from Odessa to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[79]
Sydney  United Kingdom The ship put in to Ramsgate in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.[20]
Vrye Hemdel  Netherlands The ship was wrecked in the Glénan Islands, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, North Holland.[19]
Waterwitch  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Oporto, Portugal.[19][80]
Unidentified light boats  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The light boats were scuttled by Confederate forces as blockships to obstruct Skull Creek in South Carolina.[81]

7 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1861
Ship State Description
Anne  Norway The schooner struck a rock and sank off "Karingo". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Christiania.[82][66]
Ark  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20]
Eliza Hanson  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney.[20][45]
Ernst and Julie Rostock The ship was driven ashore in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Rostock. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[20]
Romantree  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Bahama Banks. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York City, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.[83]
Shorncliffe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Nieuw Diep.[54]
CSS Winslow  Confederate States Navy The 207-ton armed sidewheel paddle steamer struck a submerged hulk on the coast of North Carolina at the entrance to Ocracoke Inlet while attempting to come to the aid of the wrecked corvette Prony ( French Navy) and was burned by her crew to prevent her capture by Union forces.[84][85]
Two unidentified light ships  Confederate States of America The two light ships were burned by Confederate forces 3 miles (5 km) below Beaufort, South Carolina.[81]

8 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1861
Ship State Description
Ann and Mary  United Kingdom The ship departed from Skinningrove, Yorkshire for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[20]
Ardgowan  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Helsingør, Denmark for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seven people on board, possibly on 14 November.[86]
Cantilabria  French Navy The 2,500-ton frigate ran aground on a shoal off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during a gale. Her crew abandoned ship, and she caught fire and blew up.[87]
Dom Pedro II  Brazil Navy The steamship was wrecked at Montevideo, Uruguay.[88]
Fairy  United Kingdom The brig struck rocks at Cabaret, Haiti ad was abandoned. She subsequently drove out to sea and collided with the brig Buen Consejo ( Spain). She was later taken in to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, where she was condemned.[89]
Imperator Nikolai I  Russian Empire The paddle steamer struck a rock during a snowstorm and was lost near Kake in Russian America. Alaska Natives rescued her crew.[90]
Josephine  Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Londesborough  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[20]
Lovely Jenny  United Kingdom The sloop foundered off Rhyl, Denbighshire. She was on a voyage from Mostyn, Flintshire to Bangor, Caernarfonshire.[92][93]
Royal Yacht  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned at Galveston, Texas, by boat crews from the frigate USS Santee ( United States Navy).[43]
Suez  Norway The ship was lost off "Helgeran" with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Christiania.[91]

9 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1861
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The Colchester-registered ship was severely damaged at Bridlington.[94]
Agnes  United Kingdom The Great Yarmouth-registered ship was damaged at Bridlington, Yorkshire.[94] She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[20]
Albion  United Kingdom The King's Lynn-registered ship was severely damaged at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Sunderland, County Durham.[20]
Albion  United Kingdom The Wisbech-registered schooner was severely damaged at Bridlington.[94][66] She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[20]
Albion  United Kingdom The Great Yarmouth-registered ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from Mistley, Essex to Hartlepool, County Durham.[20]
Anna  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94]
B. H. Bayfield  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94]
Cæsar  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94]
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95] She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Seaham, County Durham.[20]
Circe  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Bridlington. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Sunderland.[20]
City of Agra  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool.[96]
Courtenay  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[64]
Dove  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95] She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Hartlepool. Dove was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Bridlington.[97]
Earl Gray  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool.[20]
Ellen Muray United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was struck the pier and was damaged at Bridlington. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Seaham.[94][20]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95] She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Seaham.[20] She was later refloated and taken in to Bridlington.[94]
Favourite  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95][39] She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[20] She was consequently condemned,[39] but was sold. Favourite was refloated on 2 December and taken in to Bridlington.[42]
Goodwill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95]
Hoop  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95] She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne.[20]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship sank at Bridlington.[94][20]
Isis  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Sunderland.[20]
James  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[20]
John and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Blyth, Northumberland.[20] She had broken up by 14 November.[98]
Laura, and
Yar 		 United Kingdom Laura was damaged at Bridlington when Yar was driven into her. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Sunderland. Yar was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Seaham.[94][20]
Maconochie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island.[64]
New Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to South Shields.[20]
Naomi  United Kingdom The barque caught fire at Liverpool and was damaged.[92]
Ocean Bride  United Kingdom The ship put in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Sunderland.[20]
Pandora  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Hartlepool.[20]
Petrel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95] She was on a voyage from Exmouth, Devon to Seaham.[20] She had broken up by 14 November.[49]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Sunderland.[20]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship sank at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Sunderland.[20]
Spring  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94]
Squirrel  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94]
Stockton  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Bridlington.[94] She was on a voyage from Faversham, Kent to Seaham.[20]
Sylph  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95]
Undine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bridlington.[95][20] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[99]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with the schooner Elizabeth ( Denmark) and foundered in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth.[100]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95] She was on a voyage from Caen to Seaham.[20] Venus was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Bridlington.[97]
Vinko Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Venice. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth.[20]
Violet  United Kingdom The brig put in to Bridlington in a severely damaged condition and sank there. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hartlepool. Sold as a wreck, she was repaired and returned to service.[101][94][13]
Waterwitch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95] She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough. Waterwitch was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Bridlington.[97]
William and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington.[95][94] She was on a voyage from "Belleport" to Sunderland.[20] William and Jane was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Bridlington.[97]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore north of Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.[95]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore north of Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.[95]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.[95]
Unnamed  France The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[95]
Six vessels  United Kingdom The ships were driven ashore at Wilsthorpe, Yorkshire. Their crews were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.[95]
Three vessels  United Kingdom The ships foundered off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[95]

10 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1861
Ship State Description
Bata  Norway The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to London, United Kingdom.[54]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The schooner foundered 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the Hulvoquets. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to Cork.[49]
Confidence  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked north of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Blessing ( United Kingdom).[102][82][49]
Delta  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in the Thames Estuary 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Nore by the steamship Resolute ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[102][101]
Edse, and
Windward 		 Hamburg
 United States 		The barque Edse collided with the full-rigged ship Windward in the Bristol Channel west of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. Both vessels were severely damaged. Edse was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She put in to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom for repairs. Windward was on a voyage from Newport to Alicante, Spain. She put in to Bristol for repairs.[54]
George and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wells-next-the-Sea.[20]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham. Good Intent was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Bridlington.[97]
Hildegaard Stettin The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sunderland.[101][100][20][39]
Joseph and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Horsey, Norfolk. She was refloated in December and towed to Whitby, Yorkshire, arriving on 24 December.[103]
Keystone State  United States The paddle steamer foundered in Lake Huron north west of Harrisville, Michigan with the loss of all 33 people on board.
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Rottingdean, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Gosport, Hampshire.[21][104]
Ondine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Sunderland. Ondine was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Bridlington.[97]
Pet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Brighton and Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[104]
Petrel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. She had broken up by 14 November.[98]
Raven  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Haslar, Hampshire. Her four crew rescued. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth, Hampshie.[105]
Samoda  United Kingdom The ship departed from New York, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[106]
Swan  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. She was consequently condemned.[64]
Thomas and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[102][107] Her crew were rescued by the schooner Alert ( United Kingdom).[20] Thomas and Elizabeth was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition the next day.[101]
William Maitland  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Whitby.[54]
Undaunted  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off Lowestoft with the loss of three of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She subsequently came ashore at Lowestoft.[102] She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. Undaunted had become a wreck by 15 November.[82][30][108]
Unnamed  Bremen The schooner was driven ashore near Pakefield.[102]

11 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1861
Ship State Description
Blanchard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[21] She was on a voyage from Struer, Denmark to Aberdeen.[54][109]
Confidence  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[93][107]
Euxine  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire.[94]
Fly  United Kingdom The schooner sank at Liverpool. Her four crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Liverpool.[21][110][111]
Frances Griffiths  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Penrhyn Bay, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Dublin.[21][93]
Gem  United Kingdom The ship struck both piers at Bridport, Dorset and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Bridport.[20]
General Admiral  Russia The steamship ran aground at Cronstadt. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was driven ashore between Cronstadt and Oranienbaum. Her passengers were taken off by the steamship Zara ( Russia). General Admiral was refloated on 13 November and taken in to Cronstadt.[112]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire.[21][93]
Hendrika Hellechina  Netherlands The schooner sank off Bornholm, Denmark.[93]
Hillebrandt  France The ship was driven ashore at Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[93]
Joseph Healy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Galway.[54]
Marion  Norway The brigantine was wrecked on the Abertay Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[54][113]
Nettle  United Kingdom The cutter sank in Havelet Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Guernsey.[21][24] She was refloated on 13 November but was consequently condemned.[114][115]
Pfeil Rostock The ship was wrecked near Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate States of America to Rostock.[93]
Prompt  United Kingdom The East Indiaman, a barque, sank in Liverpool Bay with the loss of fifteen of the twenty people on board. Survivors were rescued by the tug Brother Jonathan ( United Kingdom). Prompt was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool.[116][117][118]
Ranger  United Kingdom The ship collided with Eclair ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Teignmouth, Devon.[55]
Raven  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Solent off the Haslar Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs.[21]
Sister Ann  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[21][110]
Solon  Denmark The ship was wrecked on Morup's Reef, near Gotheburg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen.[93][20]
Union  United Kingdom The ship collided with Commerce ( United Kingdom) off Whitby, Yorkshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham. She continued her voyage but ran aground at Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to port in a severely leaky condition.[82]
Venilia  United Kingdom The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Trieste.[93]
Young Gipsey  United Kingdom The schooner sank off Rhyl, Denbighshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool.[21]

12 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1861
Ship State Description
G. G.  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Norwich, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Woodbridge, Suffolk in a derelict condition.[45]
Hampton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Cork.[54]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Malacca  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage to Odessa.[49]
Sunbeam  United Kingdom The brig was run into by an American barque and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of five of her crew.[41]
Thomas Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was subsequently taken in to Harwich, Essex in a derelict condition.[100]

13 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1861
Ship State Description
Anne Pitcairn  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked near Cobija, Chile. She was on a voyage from Cobija to Galico, Chile.[119]
British Flag  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ernest ( United Kingdom). British Flag was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[120]
Concord  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew, County Durham.[14][121][39]
Dublin  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Margate Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[14]
Elsenia  Netherlands The koff was driven ashore near Zoutkamp, Groningen.[42] She was on a voyage from Zoutkamp to Zwolle, South Holland.[13] She was refloated on 29 November.[122]
Enchantress  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Hull for Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all sixteen crew.[123][124][125]
Era  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Fårö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[126]
Euxine  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool.[14]
Forsyth  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew.[14][39] She was refloated on 23 November and towed in to North Shields.[13]
Maria Pauline flag France The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom.[60]
Oberon  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Junder, off the Norwegian coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ystad, Sweden.[100][20]
Regina  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All eleven people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London.[98][127][39]
Swanen  Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[121][100][20] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Porsgrund.[39]
Uranus  Bremen The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London. She was refloated in mid-December and towed back to Bremen.[36]
William  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew. Her crew were rescued.[14][39]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The 60-to-70-ton schooner was chased ashore on the coast of Texas at San Luis Bar by the armed schooner USS Sam Houston ( United States Navy) and was wrecked.[128]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham with the loss of all hands.[14]
four unnamed vessels Flag unknown The ships were driven ashore at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands.[66]

14 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1861
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and was damaged with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the lifeboat Providence ( United Kingdom). Albion was on a voyage from Stettin to South Shields, County Durham.[14][121][49] She was refloated on 17 November with the assistance of four tugs and taken in to South Shields.[129][109][39]
SMS Amazone Prussian Navy The corvette collided with an East Indiaman and sank in a storm in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands with the loss of 107 lives. Survivors were rescued by the East Indiaman.
Anna Catharina  Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near South Shields with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus.[14][121]
Barbara  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby.[98]
Calumet  Hamburg The schooner was wrecked on the Gillsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to an English port.[60][129]
Cecile  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, County Durham.[127] She was refloated on 22 November and towed in to North Shields, Northumberland.[13]
Concord  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Stranton Sands, on the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[130]
Coward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Seaton Carew.[127]
Diadem  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Tetney, Lincolnshire with the loss of a crew member.[114]
East London  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Branabine Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated the next da and taken in to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.[39][13]
Emma Elisa  Prussia The schooner was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Pillau.[129][62]
Faust  Hamburg The schooner was wrecked at Hong Kong with the loss of all but one of her crew.[122]
Forsyth  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Seaton Carew. Her crew were rescued.[130][127]
Hanging Rock  Confederate States of America The 96-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Cannelton, Kentucky.[131]
Hull  Netherlands The galiot was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Ward Jackson ( United Kingdom). Hull was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway to Harlingen, Friesland.[132]
Jason  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Columbine Sand, off the north Kent coast. She was refloated and taken in to Whitstable, Kent in a leaky condition.[98] She was on a voyage from Whitby to Faversham, Kent.[49]
Jason  Russia The barque was wrecked on Texel with the loss of all hands. A pilot was rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Antwerp, Belgium.[129]
Johanna Cornelius  Netherlands The ship ran aground off Texel and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[60][62][39]
Johanna  Prussia The ship ran aground off Rügenwalde.[82]
Liverpool  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cockburnspath, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.[55][133][134]
Mellano  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Seaton Carew.[127]
Messenger  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland.[98][130] She was refloated on 2 December.[42]
Myrtle  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Seaton Carew.[130][127] She was refloated on 22 November and towed in to North Shields.[13]
Pax  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[129][62] She was refloated on 8 December.[91]
Phoenix  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Herd Sand with the loss of one of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom).[14][109]
Rata  Norway The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiania to London, United Kingdom.[121][45] Rata was refloated on 17 November and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a wrecked condition.[62]
Saucy Lass  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was abandoned on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was subsequently towed in to Lowestoft.[98][135]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the coast of County Durham with the loss of all hands.[136][39]
Sprite  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Hartlepool with the loss of all hands.[82]
Staatsrad  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore on Texel. She was on a voyage from Horsens to Gibraltar.[129]
Swan  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at "Jongsang", China.[122]
Thill  Netherlands The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ward Jackson ( United Kingdom). Thill was on a voyage from Frederikstad, Denmark to Harlingen, Friesland.[64]
Uranus Grand Duchy of Oldenburg The ship ran aground on Meyer's Ledge, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated on 3 December and towed back to Bremen.[36]
Veeche  France The ship was driven ashore on the Stranton Sands.[49]
Venus  Netherlands The schooner ran aground on the Middelgrunden, in Danish waters. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to an English port. She was refloated.[98][49][62]
Vesta  Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ward Jackson ( United Kingdom). Vesta was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Honfleur, Manche, France.[132][64]
Vorwarts  Prussia The schooner was wrecked on Texel with the loss of two of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.[129][62]
Welland  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Seaton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Barnsley, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne.[130][114] She was refloated on 29 November and towed in to Hartlepool.[42]
Whim  United Kingdom The pilot cutter was abandoned on the Holm Sand. Her seven crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was subsequently towed in to Lowestoft.[98][135]
Unidentified schooners  United States Filled with stone, the schooners were scuttled as blockships in Ocracoke Inlet on the coast of North Carolina.[137]

15 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1861
Ship State Description
Agnese Luders  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore north of the Mareogenfjord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odense to an English port.[138]
Albatross  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on a voyage from South Shields to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put back to South Shields.[114]
Alcyon  Russia The ship was wrecked off the Dutch coast. Her sixteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jacobstadt, Grand Duchy of Finland to London, United Kingdom.[60][66][139]
Augusta Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[82]
Bella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Texel. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Hamburg.[60]
Blue Jacket  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Loosduinen, South Holland, Netherlands with the loss of two or three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Ipswich, Suffolk.[60][129] She was refloated on 8 December.[91]
Burira  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Bic, Province of Canada, British North America whilst on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[140]
Carl von Rebbeck  Belgium The ship was abandoned off the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a British fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from London to Odessa.[141]
Cito  Prussia The schooner ran aground in the Vlie. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick, United Kingdom to Memel.[60][129][139]
Confidence  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew were rescued by Beeswing ( United Kingdom). Confidence was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Antwerp.[98][127] She was refloated around 12 August 1862 and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[142]
Emigrant Flag unknown The ship was wrecked off "Zanteland".[82]
Fife Maid  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Waterford.[143]
Fisher  United Kingdom The smack ran aground in the Nieuw Diep and was damaged.[98]
John  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Pearl ( United Kingdom). John was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[82][129]
Lively  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her five crew survived. She was refloated with assistance from the Caistor Lifeboat.[49][111]
Mary Kerr  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort, Felixtowe, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich.[98]
Mary R. Barney  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at "Gammekens".[82]
Paddy  United Kingdom The yawl foundered in the Belfast Lough with the loss of all five crew.[144]
South Esk  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked between Aldbrough and Withernsea, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Hamburg.[55][145]
Wilhelmme  Sweden The ship ran aground on the Kloot Bank, off the Belgian coast.[82]

16 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1861
Ship State Description
Agnethe  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Norden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Leer.[60]
Anna Boone, or
Anna Perrine 		 France The ship ran aground on the Braak Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Nord, France and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[82][66][39]
Fife Maid  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Waterford, United Kingdom.[60]
Frederike  Hamburg The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Hazard ( Norway). Frederike was on a voyage from Rostock to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[91]
Friedrich Wilhelm Stettin The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Saarbek. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Stettin.[60][62] She had been refloated by 20 November and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[64]
Giuseppina  Italy The ship was wrecked near Lagos, Portugal. She was on a voyage from "Gioja" to the Clyde.[146]
Ivan  Russia The schooner was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liepāja to a French port.[60][62]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hartzholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.[60][64]
Lucy  France The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Roger A. Hiern ( United States). Lucy was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[83]
Ninus Flag unknown The barque sank in the Sacramento River below R Street in Sacramento, California.[18]
Regina  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock.[60]
Rhodes  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 lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom). Rhodes was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to the River Tyne. Rhodes was refloated with assistance from the tugs Brothers, Robert Ingham and Vanguard (all  United Kingdom) and beached at South Shields, County Durham.[39]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn.[60]

17 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1861
Ship State Description
Apolline  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Stockholm.[13]
Egbert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Suffolk. Five people were rescued by Spider ( United Kingdom).[141]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (6°30′N 23°43′W / 6.500°N 23.717°W / 6.500; -23.717). All on board were rescued by J. G. Richardson ( United States). Eleanor was on a voyage from London to New Zealand.[147][148][149]
Emma  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at "Walde", Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hartlepool, County Durham.[39]
Gladiator  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore at Copenhagen, Denmark.[150]
Larne  United Kingdom The schooner was damaged by fire in Lough Swilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tralee, County Kerry.[141][151]
Margarete  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[129][62]
Maria Theresa Dantzic The ship was driven ashore at Copenhagen.[150]
Nordstern Rostock The brigantine was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ward Jackson ( United Kingdom). Nordstern was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[39][13]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Kent coast. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[60]
Shrimp United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Cape Colony The schooner sank at East London with the loss of all hands.[152]
Susan  United Kingdom The schooner ran into the full-rigged ship Duke of Roxburgh ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Kingroad, off the coast of Somerset.[60][62]

18 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1861
Ship State Description
Elizabeth Mary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Cape Colony The ship capsized and sank at East London with the loss of all but her captain.[152]
Fortuna Sonne Flag unknown The derelict ship was taken in to Tønsberg, Norway.[153]
Helena  Kingdom of Hanover The derelict galiot was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom by the smack Celerity ( United Kingdom).[60][114]
Lion  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[60][129]
Margarette  United Kingdom The abandoned ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[60]
Mary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She was refloated and taken in to Saint-Malo.[60]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pampus Bank in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis in a leaky condition.[13]
Union  Norway The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Meanee ( United Kingdom). Union was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom.[55]
Wester Schouwen  Netherlands The galiot was abandoned off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by the smacks Dum Spiro Spero (Flag unknown) and Royal Stamp ( United Kingdom). Wester Schouwen was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[39]

19 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1861
Ship State Description
Atlas  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in Wexford Bay. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Wexford. She was refloated and taken in to Wexford.[138]
Beatrice  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Sesseleie", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London[55] She subsequently became a wreck.[13]
Beta  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire.[39]
Colonist  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Lysegund", Denmark before 18 November. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London. She was refloated and taken in to Anholt in a waterlogged condition.[55][39]
Harvey Birch  United States American Civil War: The 1,482-ton clipper, bound from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to New York in ballast, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom (49°06′N 09°52′W / 49.100°N 9.867°W / 49.100; -9.867 (Harvey Birch)) by the merchant raider CSS Nashville ( Confederate States Navy).[154][43][155]
Johanna Emilie  France The ship sank in the Gulf of Riga with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[141]
HMS Lucifer  Royal Navy The gunvessel ran aground. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[156]
Nora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[157]
Odin  Sweden The barque was driven ashore south of "Amask", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle to London. She was refloated on 22 November and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[64]
Quebec  United Kingdom The ship departed from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[158]
Selene Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Wulff's Island", Russia with the loss of all hands.[141]

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