List of shipwrecks in November 1864

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The list of shipwrecks in November 1864 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1864.

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1 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1864
Ship State Description
B. K.  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Brest, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She had been refloated by 7 November.[1]
Cossipore  India The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River.[2]
Empress Theresa  United States American Civil War: The barque, of either 312 or 663 tons (sources disagree) was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware Capes by the merchant raider CSS Olustee ( Confederate States Navy).[3][4][5]
Francis  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Telegram ( United Kingdom). Francis was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.[6][7][8]
Goodspeed  United States American Civil War: The 283-ton schooner, in ballast, was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off Block Island, Rhode Island, by the merchant raider CSS Chickamauga ( Confederate States Navy).[9][3][10]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was run into and sunk by Lord Gough ( United Kingdom) at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[11] All hands were lost. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to the Clyde.[12]
Otter Rock  United States American Civil War: The 91-ton schooner, carrying a cargo of potatoes, was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island, by the merchant raider CSS Chickamauga ( Confederate States Navy).[9][3][10]
Supply  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She had been refloated by 7 November.[13][14]
Winslow  United States The 265-ton screw steamer sank after colliding with another vessel at Cleveland, Ohio.[15]

2 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1864
Ship State Description
Aphrasia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 91-ton paddle steamer was en route from Auckland to Newcastle, New South Wales when she sprang a leak while just north of the Bay of Islands. While attempting to return to Russell, the intake of water increased, and the ship was abandoned at Takou Bay, just south of the Cavalli Islands.[16]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground south of Inchkeith, Fife. All on board, about 80 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Leith, Lothian.[17]
City of Poona  India The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bimlipatam with the loss of nine of her crew.[18][19][20]
Jane Edwards  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near North Berwick, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to North Berwick.[8]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lossiemouth, Moray.[7]
Sir William Wallace  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Standing Stones Rocks, off Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[21]

3 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1864
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef off Hog Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Guantanamo, Cuba to London.[22][23]
A. J. Bird  United States American Civil War: The 182-ton schooner was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware Capes by the merchant raider CSS Olustee ( Confederate States Navy).[3][24]
Arcole  United States American Civil War: The 663-ton full-rigged ship was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, by the merchant raider CSS Olustee ( Confederate States Navy).[3][25][26]
Briton  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was run into by a steamship in Liverpool Bay. She capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Morecambe to the Piel Foundry, Lancashire.[27]
E. F. Lewis  United States American Civil War: The 119-ton schooner was captured and destroyed in the North Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware Capes by the merchant raider CSS Olustee( Confederate States Navy).[3][5]
Emma  Russia The ship struck piles at Cronstadt and sank. She was on a voyage from Riga to Cronstadt.[28]
Faerie Queen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[29]
Grootzewyk  Belgium The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Antwerp.[30]
RMS Jura  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Crosby, Lancashire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She subsequently broke in two and was a total loss.[31] The bow section was raised on 6 February 1865 and beached at Egremont, Lancashire.[32]
J. W. Cheeseman  United States American Civil War: The 215-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate States Army troops on the Tennessee River below Johnsonville, Tennessee. They had captured her with a cargo of commissary stores and furniture on the Tennessee River near Paris Landing and White Oak Island on 30 October.[33]
Morning Star  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[7]
Robert Emmert, or
Robert Emmet 		 United States The 178-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at St. Aubert's Island.[34]
Stella  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[6]
T. D. Wagner  United States American Civil War: The brig was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean near Sandy Hook by the merchant raider CSS Olustee ( Confederate States Navy).[3][35][36]
Vapor  United States American Civil War: The 312-ton schooner was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Sandy Hook by the merchant raider CSS Olustee ( Confederate States Navy).[3][35][37]

4 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1864
Ship State Description
Arcola  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The 203-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, Tennessee.[38]
Aurora  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The 331-ton screw steamer was burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville.[38]
Ben Muich Dhu  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice as Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1]
Betsey  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire.[39]
Celeste  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[38]
Chickamauga  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[38]
Doan No. 2  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The 250-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville.[40]
Duke  United States The 123-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Cumberland River in Tennessee.[41]
Eagle Coal Co.  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[41]
Eleanore  France The chasse-marée was driven ashore between Wells-next-the-Sea and Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued by the Blakeney Lifeboat.[42][30][43]
USS Elfin  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: Heavily damaged by Confederate States Army artillery, the tinclad gunboat was burned by her crew in the Tennessee River off Johnsonville.[3][41]
Goody Friends  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The 195-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by Union forces on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army troops.[41]
Hibernian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[44]
J. B. Ford  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The 197-ton steamer was burned by Union forces on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army troops.[41]
J. H. Doane  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville,, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[41]
John Gladstone  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at New York, United States.[45] She was scuttled.[46]
Josephine  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[47]
Kentucky  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[33]
USS Key West  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: Heavily damaged by Confederate States Army artillery, the gunboat was run aground and burned by her crew in the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[3][33]
Mahoning  United States During a voyage from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of lumber, the 119-foot (36 m) brigantine was stranded during a gale in Lake Michigannear the mouth of the Black River 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She was eventually refloated, but sank under tow to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 2 December 1864.[48]
Mountaineer  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The 211-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by Union forces on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville.[33]
HMS Racehorse  Royal Navy The Cormorant-class gunvessel was wrecked 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) south east of Chefoo, China with the loss of all but nine of her 108 crew. Survivors were rescued by a junk. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Chefoo.[49][50]
USS Tawah  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: Heavily damaged by Confederate States Army artillery, the gunboat was burned by her crew in the Tennessee River off Johnsonville.[3][51]
T. H. U. S. 57  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[52]
Undine  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: Operated by a Confederate crew after her capture on 30 October by Confederate forces but not renamed or commissioned into Confederate States Navy service, the gunboat was burned by her crew in the Tennessee River off Reynoldsburg Island near Johnsonville. She exploded when the flames reached her ammunition magazine.[3][52]
U.S. No. 22  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[52]
U.S. No. 44  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[52]
Venus  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The 235-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by Union forces on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[52]
Vera Cruz Austrian Empire The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig L'Indifferente ( Italy). Vera Cruz was on a voyage from Liverpool to Alexandria, Egypt.[53]
Vibelia  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Half Moon Shoal, off Palawan, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Labuan, Malaya to Hong Kong.[54]
Vivid  United Kingdom The ship sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Bird Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[55]
Whale No. 8  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barge was scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[56]
Two unnamed barges  United States American Civil War, Battle of Johnsonville: The barges were scuttled and burned on the Tennessee River off Johnsonville, to prevent her capture by Confederate States Army forces.[57]

5 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1864
Ship State Description
Briton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Gothenburg, Sweden. She had become a wreck by 16 November.[58][59]
Charter Oak  United States American Civil War: The 150-ton schooner was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[60][61]
Clarinda  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued on 17 November by the steamship St. Andrew ( United Kingdom). Clarinda was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[62][63][64]
Constellation  United Kingdom The ship sank off Læsø, Denmark.[65]
Deerhound  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Wear. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of some tugs.[8]
Delaval  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Salthouse, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rochester, Kent.[8]
Fawn  United States American Civil War: The 25-ton steamer was captured and burned at the Buffalo Shoals on the Big Sandy River between Kentucky and West Virginia by the Confederate 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion. (This may be the same shipwreck as the 11 November shipwreck of a steamer named Fawn).[66]
James White  United States American Civil War: The 662-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in 13 feet (4.0 m) of water in the Mississippi River at Island Number Ten with the loss of 15 lives.[67]
Mentor  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London. She was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[30][68][8]
Nidelven  Norway The barque ran aground on the Finngrund, in the Gulf of Bothnia. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Algiers, Algeria. She was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark, where she arrived on 16 November.[69]
Orel  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Stockholm. She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[70]
Prince Carl Wismar The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Baltic Sea. her crew were rescued.[59]
R. H. Barnum  United States American Civil War: The 30-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was captured and burned at the Buffalo Shoals by the Confederate 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion.[66]
Shannon  United Kingdom The paddle tug heeled over and sank in the River Tyne at Wylam, Northumberland.[8]
Wolfahrt Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore, capsized and was wrecked at Folstrup, Denmark with the loss of four of her eleven crew.[14]
Unidentified sloop  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop, loaded with cotton and turpentine, ran aground on Sullivan's Island in front of Fort Moultrie at Charleston, Confederate States of America. The monitor USS Patapsco ( United States Navy) shelled her, hitting her three times and setting her afire.[3][71]

6 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1864
Ship State Description
Anna Stettin The schooner was driven ashore near Stolpemünde, Kingdom of Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Norrköping, Sweden.[46] Anna was repaired on the beach. She was refloated on 7 April 1865 and taken in to Stolpemünde.[72]
Blakeney  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Mistley, Essex.[8]
Brothericks  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued by Marianne (Flag unknown). Brothericks was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg.[73][70]
Clifford and William  United Kingdom The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk by the steamship Lady Havelock ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Lady Havelock.[8]
Dorothea  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Stettin.[14]
Elvira  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sea Palling. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[68][8]
Emma Anderson  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from St Martin's to New York City. She was refloated on 4 December.[74]
John Grey  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground and sank at Honfleur, Calvados, France . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Honfleur.[75][14]
Helen  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank at Honfleur. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Honfleur.[75][14]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Sandwich, where she sank.[8]
Toluus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the London Chest, in the Baltic Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia.[14]
William West  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pioneer ( United Kingdom). William West was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York.[76]

7 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1864
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia with the loss of three of her crew.[28]
Alexandria  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Bredegrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Kirkcaldy, Fife.[28][77]
Anna  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Buckskin  United States American Civil War: After being captured by Confederate guerrillas, the sloop was recaptured and burned on Chopawamsic Creek by the armed screw steamer USS Anacostia ( United States Navy).[78]
Carl Auguste  Sweden The ship sank at Kalmar with the loss of all hands.[28]
Courrieren  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Elize Vivian  Sweden The ship was driven out to sea from Kalmar and was reported as missing.[28][77]
Emily Johan Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar. Her crew were rescued.[28][77]
Express  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Fazela  Sweden The ship was driven out to sea from Kalmar and was reported as missing.[28]
Johann Petten  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Josephine Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Visby, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to "Hollenau".[1]
Mesto  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Niels Osten  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar. Her crew were rescued.[28]
N. M. Terry  United States The Brigantine ran ground on French Reef, Key Largo, Florida and was wrecked.[79][80]
Petten  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar.[77]
Rosetta Danzig The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She came ashore at Libau, Courland Governorate on 9 November.[65][81]
Telegraphen  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Vesta  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Adra, Spain. She was refloated with the assistance of a smack and taken in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk and consequently put back to South Shields.[8][27]
Vivian Flag unknown The ship was driven out to sea from Kalmar and was reported as missing.[28]

8 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1864
Ship State Description
Catherine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner left Lyttelton for the North Island on 8 November, laden with coal. Wreckage was spotted later the same day by the captain of the steamer Mullogh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand), which was identified as belonging to the Catherine. It is believed that the schooner, which was in a poor condition, had been overloaded.[82]
Demath  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kalmar, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Kalmar.[1]
Demuth  Russia The ship was driven ashore at Riga. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Riga.[8]
D. Godfrey  United States American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of mess beef and pork from Boston, Massachusetts, the 299-ton barque was captured, burned, and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of the Cape Verde Islands (4°42′N 28°24′W / 4.700°N 28.400°W / 4.700; -28.400 (D. Godfrey)) by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy) on either 7 or 8 November.[60][61][83]
Donna Ann  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Bangkok, Siam and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Cochinchina to Shanghai, China.[84]
Fisherman  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Ventava, Courland Governorate to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[85]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Treptow, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was reported to have become a wreck by 14 November,[28][46] but was refloated in December and taken in to Treptow.[86]
Pensher  United Kingdom The brig sank off Langeoog, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.[8]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from Libau, Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. Pioneer was refloated on 12 November with the assistance of two steamships and was towed in to Libau.[1][46]
Renown  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Fife Ness, Fife. She was on a voyage from Riga to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated and taken in tow for Grangemouth.[1]
Stranger  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated.[87]

9 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1864
Ship State Description
Blarney  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Varna, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She had broken up by 12 November.[59][46]
Buenos Ayres  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk by Jamie ( United Kingdom) with the loss of seventeen of her nineteen crew.[88]
Elizabeth Hill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Fécampl, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated.[75][14]
Marco Polo  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Douglas, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint John, New Brunswick.[89]
Stella  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Hook Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Poole, Dorset.[70]

10 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1864
Ship State Description
Anna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Jershöft, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hudiksvall, Sweden to London.[46]
Bosetta Stettin The ship collided with another vessel and was wrecked at Leba, Prussia.[85]
Charlotte  Prussia The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by British Empress ( United Kingdom). Charlotte was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Antwerp, Belgium.[90]
Monica  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.[91]
Perth  United Kingdom The hulk was severely damaged by fire at Deptford, Kent.[1]
Powerful  United Kingdom The steamship sank at North Shields, Northumberland.[8]
Susan  United States American Civil War: The 134-ton brigantine was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of the Cape Verde Islands by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[60][61][92]
Sydney Packet  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[93]
William  United Kingdom The barque departed from Hartlepool, County Durham for London. Presumed subsequently foundered off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of all hands on or about 17 November. She may have collided with the barque George Stephenson ( United Kingdom).[86][94]

11 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1864
Ship State Description
Fawn  United States The 36-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the Big Sandy River between Kentucky and West Virginia. (This may be the same shipwreck as the 5 November shipwreck of a steamer named Fawn).[66]
Godemoder  Norway The brig was driven ashore near Jershöft, Prussia.[14]
Hawk Eye  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Valparaíso, Chile.[95]
Monica  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Rock Channel. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.[93]
Muta  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Liverpool for Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[96]
USS Tulip  United States Navy The gunboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Potomac River off Piney Point, Maryland. The explosion killed 49 men. The tug Hudson ( United States Army) rescued ten survivors, two of whom later died of their injuries.[97]

12 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1864
Ship State Description
Ann Proud  United Kingdom The ship departed from Dantzic for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[98]
Flensburg  Denmark The barque was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom.[99]
Jupiter  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Constanţa to Constantinople. She was refloated and towed in to Constantinople.[46]
Kate Prince  United States American Civil War: The 1,100-ton clipper, carrying a cargo of coal, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[60][61]
Kelvin, and
Onward 		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America
 United Kingdom 		The full-rigged ship Kelvin collided with Onward off the Giants Causeway, County Antrim. Both vessels were on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to the River Clyde and both were severely damaged. Kelvin was towed in to the Belfast Lough by the steamship Rose ( United Kingdom). Onward was towed in to the Belfast Lough by Shamrock ( United Kingdom).[65]
Scandinavian  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Jershöft, Prussia.[75][14]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Jershöft.[75][14]
Stand United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner was wrecked off Arichat, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[76][100]

13 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1864
Ship State Description
Lizzie M. Stacey  United States American Civil War: The 140-ton schooner was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[60][61]
Ville de Lyons  France The ship caught fire at Alexandria, Egypt and was scuttled.[45][101]

14 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1864
Ship State Description
Carrier Dove  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Long Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[102]
Druid  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Emma Bank, off Maranhão, Brazil with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão.[88]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of "Acland". She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[59]
Mymphe  France The ship was driven ashore on "Hogande Salvoors". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russian Empire to Dunkerque, Nord.[100]

15 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1864
Ship State Description
Isis  Norway The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off St Abbs Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Christiania.[18][103]
San Nicolo Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia The ship was wrecked on the Primero Bank. She was on a voyage from the Levant to Trieste.[76]

16 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1864
Ship State Description
Alma  United Kingdom The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[44]
Andrea Mignano Flag unknown The ship departed from Gibraltar for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[104]
Charlotta  Prussia The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the barque Empress ( United Kingdom). Charlotta was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Memel.[105]
Ellen  United Kingdom The pilot boat foundered off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of all hands.[106]
Euterpe  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[45]
Isabella and Ann  United Kingdom The barque foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Start Point, Devon. Her eight crew were rescued by the barque Arion ( Russia or Grand Duchy of Finland).[107][108][109] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt[110]
Sea Queen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground north of Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg.[46] She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[110]

17 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1864
Ship State Description
Agnes Davidson  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Dantsic for Dundee, Forfarshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[111]
Belinda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The brigantine sprang a leak in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was consequently beached at Dungeness, Kent with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey.[110]
Betsey Hall  United Kingdom The ship sank off Seaham, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France.[44][46]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The oyster boat foundered off Garlieston, Wigtownshire with the loss of all three crew.[112]
Earl of Elgin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. She was refloated and towed in to Natmoo, Burma.[113]
Elbe  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Hubberstone Pill, Pembrokeshire.[46] She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[108]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the coast of Fife. Her four crew were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to East Wemyss, Fife.[114][115]
Hectorine  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Llangennith, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[116] She was on a voyage from Cork to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[110]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire at Jura, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[117]
Parrsborough  United Kingdom The brig foundered in Killala Bay.[117]
Rhoda  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Liverpool for Barcelona, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fourteen crew.[118][119]
Rosetta  United Kingdom The brig struck the pier at South Shields, County Durham and was consequently beached.[90][120] She was on a voyage from Seaham to South Shields.[108]
Satira  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45][100]
Sarah  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Tramore Bay. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[45]
Velise  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Östergarn, Sweden and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Visby, Sweden to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France.[121][87]
Wind  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Freshwater Bay, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[101]
No. 17  United Kingdom The pilot boat foundered off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of all hands.[122]

18 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1864
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat foundered in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the Isle of Man with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing smack Perseverance ( United Kingdom). Active was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to the Isle of Man.[123]
Active  United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat. Active was subsequently taken in to Tenby by a fishing smack.[114][124]
Agenoria  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore between Swansea and the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[110]
Alice  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued.[90]
Amphytrite  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Queen ( United Kingdom) at Ilfracombe, Devon and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Queen, which towed Amphytrite in to Ilfracombe in a severely damaged condition.[109]
Arabia,
Edward and Margaret,
Ellen Edwards, and
Killala Lass 		 United Kingdom Arabia was driven in to the schooners Edward and Margaret and Ellen Edwards at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Both schooners sank. She then drove into the schooner Killala Lass, which was left in a sinking condition.[125] Arabia then drove ashore.[44] She had also collided with Bridget, Ontario, Progress, Puebla and Tempest (all  United Kingdom).[90] Arabia was on a voyage from Quebec City. Province of Canada, British North America to Milford Haven.[46][81] She was refloated on 27 November.[126]
Biene  Russia The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Volunteer ( United Kingdom). Biene was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Kristiandstad, Sweden.[58]
Billow  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Hayle, Cornwall.[127]
Chimera  United Kingdom The brig-rigged steamship was wrecked on the Horse Bank, off Southport, Lancashire with the loss of fourteen of the fifteen people on board. The survivor was rescued by the Lytham St Annes Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire.[128][114][129][90]
Cottager  United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and was run ashore at Rossglass, County Down.[110]
David and Martha  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Saunton Sands, Devon with the loss of all hands.[107]
Desirée  France The smack was driven ashore in Oxwich Bay, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, to Swansea, Glamorgan.[116]
Ellen Fair  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel with the Loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Portreath, Cornwall.[127]
Far West  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Penarth, Glamorgan. Her 22 crew were rescued by the Penarth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated with the assistance of some tugs.[114][90]
Friendship  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the North Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) north west of Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg.[130][131]
George Stephenson  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked off Corton, Suffolk with the loss of all hands. She may have collided with the barque William ( United Kingdom).[90][108][94]
Harmony  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Pembroke.[44][46] She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Gloucester.[90]
Heroine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newquay, Cornwall. Her five crew were rescued by the Newquay Lifeboat.[107][105][132] She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Devoran, Cornwall.[81]
Hurry Puddemsey  United Kingdom The ship was driven against the quayside and damaged at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was taken in to Liverpool for repairs.[125]
Industry  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen. Her crew were rescued.[90]
John and Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ilfracombe. Her crew had been taken off by a gig.[110]
J. S. T.  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Llanelly to Bremen.[127]
Lancaster No. 4  United States The 218-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River below Portland, Missouri.[133]
Lykken  Prussia The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Stolpemünde to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[46]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St Davids, Pembrokeshire.[110]
Meridian  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the North Tail Ridge, off Barnstaple, Devon. The crew of the Appledore Lifeboat refused to attend. Nevertheless, her crew were eventually rescued.[107]
Reporter  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Oyster Island, County Sligo.[44] She was refloated the next day.[81]
Resolution  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Maughold Head, Isle of Man with the loss of all three crew. Mona's Queen (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man) was unable to rescued them.[134][81]
Rook  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Milnerston, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry, County Antrim.[110]
Sailor's Bride  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the India Bank, in Wicklow Bay. Her crew were rescued by the brig Cordelia ( United Kingdom). Sailor's Bride was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Malta.[135][108]
Sligo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sligo.[44]
Sydney Trader  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by a dredge boat.[124]
The Lady of the Lake  United Kingdom The vessel foundered in Oxwich Bay.[116]
Undine  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[90]
Union  United Kingdom The brig foundered off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Breeze ( United Kingdom).[124]
William and Maria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The fishing boat was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen. Her crew were rescued.[90]

19 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1864
Ship State Description
Acasco Flag unknown The schooner collided with Witch of the Seas ( United Kingdom) and was beached at "Mossil", Spain. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Málaga, Spain for repairs.[117]
Augusta  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Lemon and Ower Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Danube to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.[136]
Lady Eliott  United Kingdom The ship sank at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all five crew.[90][109] She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to plymouth, Devon.[69]
Nebraska  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the Mull of Galloway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to the Clyde.[58][81]
Prince Humbert  Portugal The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Lodnea ( Norway) and/or by Svanen ( Sweden). Prince Humbert was on a voyage from Oporto to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[122][106]
Sappho  United Kingdom The herring boat departed from Howth, County Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all six crew.[137]
Unity  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore at Turnbull Point, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[90]

Zito 		 Italy The barque foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Italian ( Italy). Zito was on a voyage from Genoa to Swansea, Glamorgan.[90][69][138]

20 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1864
Ship State Description
Ansea  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandy Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire t Balbriggan, County Dublin.[90]
England  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the coast of County Cork. Her crew were rescued by the steamship RMS Canada ( United Kingdom). England was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[90][139]
Telegrapn  United Kingdom The tug sank at North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated.[108]

21 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1864
Ship State Description
Constantia  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Wittsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Bremen.[89]
Najaden  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic.[140]

22 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1864
Ship State Description
Danish Queen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Whittsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg in a leaky condition.[87]
Horizon  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch schooner. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[141]
Katie  United States The 180-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Ohio River at Diamond Island with the loss of one life nine minutes after colliding with Des Moines (flag unknown).[142]
Robin Hood  United Kingdom The ship collided with Spirit of the Ocean ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Dungeness, Kent. Her crew took to three boats; those in two of the boats were rescued by the tug Conqueror ( United Kingdom). Seven crew in the third boat reached Dover. Robin Hood was on a voyage from London to Hong Kong.[58][143]
Robert and Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Volunteer and sank in the River Yare at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She had been refloated by 1 December.[144]
Sidonia  Prussia The barque foundered off Banff, Aberdeenshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Lord Redhaven ( United Kingdom). Sidona was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Swinemünde.[145][87]
Strand  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thorntonloch, Lothian. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus and a coble. She was on a voyage from South Shields to St. Andrews, Fife.[76][114]

23 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1864
Ship State Description
Anne Kerstine  Denmark The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Calais, France. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[117]
Balkan Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at "Alverdo", Mexico.[146]
Capella  Hamburg The galiot was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[147] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.[23]
Damsel  United Kingdom The sloop collided with the brig Monarch (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was towed in to Lowestoft, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Ipswich, Suffolk.[76][100][117]
Lady Anne  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[147] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rochester, Kent.[121][87]
Light of the Harem  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and broke her back at Corton. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[147] She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London or Rochester. She was refloated on 27 November and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[106]
Sea Serpent  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat or by rocket Apparatus.[147] Severely hogged, she was dismantled in situ.[117][86]
Sultana  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Corton. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Abbeville, Somme. She was refloated on 29 November and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a waterlogged condition.[147][131][62]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank off Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, Kent with the loss of eight of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from London to Leysdown.[148]
Unnamed  Norway The schooner was wrecked at Haroldswick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[149]

24 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1864
Ship State Description
Actif  France The schooner was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[150] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated on 27 November.[106]
Ashmore  United Kingdom The barque foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Cape Sarawasaki, Japan. Her crew survived.[151]
Betsey  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Sunderland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[117]
Capella  Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Gorleston, Suffolk. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[150][152]
Constance  United Kingdom The lifeboat was severely damaged attempting to rescued the crew of the schooner Friendship ( United Kingdom) at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She put in to Tynemouth and was subsequently towed to North Shields, Northumberland by the lifeboat William Wake ( United Kingdom).[153][154]
Cunliffe  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Corton.[153] She was refloated on 27 November.[106]
Dalhousie  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Abertay Sands, off the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of all 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire.[153][148]
David and John  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the mouth of the River Tay. Her crew were rescued by the tug Samson ( United Kingdom).[148]
Devonport  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. Her five crew were rescued.[141] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Naples, Italy. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.[155]
Diligence  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sunderland. She was refloated and towed in to Sunderland.[121][87]
Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner's anchor chain parted while she was moored at Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, and was driven on shore by a heavy sea.[82]
Elizabeth Young  United Kingdom The ship struck the Longscar Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Newcastle upon Tyne. She put in to Hartlepool in a waterlogged condition.[18]
Fernand  France The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[87]
Friendship  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth with the loss of all six crew and two of the four crew of the Tynemouth Lifeboat Constance ( United Kingdom), who had been left on that vessel when the lifeboat was damaged and had to abandon the rescue attempt.[150][153][154]
Haselman, and
Margaret 		 United Kingdom The schooner Haselman collided with the brig Margaret collided with each other and were both driven ashore and sank at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. They were on a voyage from Sunderland to Fraserburgh.[87] Margaret was refloated on 30 November and taken in to Fraserburgh.[144]
Integrity  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was driven ashore at Corton. Her crew were rescued.[153]
Iwanowa Unknown The full-rigged ship was lost off Cape Flattery on the coast of Washington Territory.[156]
Joseph and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Bawdsey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft.[117]
Juniata  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Paragon and Queen Victoria (both  United Kingdom).[157][153][141]
Leeds  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[117]
Light of the Harem  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and broke her back at Corton. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[150]
Lily  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Rainbow ( United Kingdom).[153]
Lord Harley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[158]
Louisa Flag unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was chased ashore by the gunboat USS Chocura ( United States Navy) on the bar off the San Bernard River off the coast of Texas Confederate States of America, where a heavy gale completely destroyed her before Union forces could board her.[3][159]
Louis XIV  France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. All fifteen people on board were rescued by the Dungeness Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[153][141]
Martin Luther  United Kingdom The brig was driven against the pier at South Shields and wrecked with the loss of all hands.[148]
New York  Hamburg The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by Prinz Adalbert ( Prussia).[23] New York was on a voyage from Sunderland to New York, United States.[86]
Ork Flag unknown The vessel was wrecked on the Umpqua River Bar at the mouth of the Umpqua River off the coast of Oregon, United States.[160]
Sea Serpent  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of one of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat and the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Jamaica.[150]
Shrapnel  United States Army The steamer sank in a canal in Virginia while on her way to Norfolk, Confederate States of America, for repairs.[161]
Silistria  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. She was refloated by the crew of the smack Nautilus ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Lowestoft in a waterlogged condition.[148]
Stanley  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Black Middens, off Tynemouth with the loss of 26 of the 61 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.[150][153][141][162]
Sultana  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Gorleston. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a French port.[150]
William Hutt  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of seventeen of her eighteen crew. The survivor was rescued by the smack Telegraph ( United Kingdom). William Hutt was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[163]
Unnamed  Norway The schooner was driven ashore and scuttled at Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom.[62]

25 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1864
Ship State Description
Anne Davies  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Morfa Bychan, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated with assistance from the tugboat Wave of Life ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Portmadoc.[164]
Ardwell  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, sank at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[153]
Argo  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of her captain. Five survivors were rescued by the barque Medora ( United Kingdom). Argo was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[165]
Atterdag  Norway The brig was wrecked at Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[145]
Bird  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Sandown Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Isle of Wight to Sandown, Isle of Wight.[166]
Breeze  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Abersoch, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Pwllheli for repairs.[144]
Elida  Norway The schooner was wrecked near Aith, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of all five crew.[149]
Eliza and Jane  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. She was refloated on 23 December and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[167]
Eustace  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex.[121]
Francis Skiddy  United States The 1,183- or 1,235-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on a reef in the Hudson River four miles (6.4 km) south of Albany, New York.[168]
Hosannah  Netherlands The fishing boat was discovered abandoned off the coast of Norfolk. Crew presumed drowned.[165]
Hydaspes  France The steamship was wrecked on the Pan Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[169]
Immanuel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore east of Nes, Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the Nes Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Norden, Kingdom of Hanover. Immanuel subsequently sank.[96][87]
Janet  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.[96]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[141]
L and R Smith  United States Carrying a cargo of coal, the schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of Cape Henry, Virginia, Confederate States of America.[170]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Mexico to London.[117]
Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Troon, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued.[106] She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon.[103]
Marys  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued.[171]
Matilda  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Standard ( United Kingdom). Matilda was on a voyage from Liverpool to Malta.[144]
Peace  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Sandown Bay. Her crew were rescued.[166]
Three Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Sandown Bay. Her crew were rescued.[166]
Nuestra Señora del Triunfo  Spanish Navy The Lealtad-class frigate was destroyed by fire in the Chincha Islands, Peru.[172][173]
Vitus  Sweden The schooner foundered in the North Sea (56°10′N 1°57′E / 56.167°N 1.950°E / 56.167; 1.950). Her crew were rescued by the brig Messenger ( United Kingdom). Vitus was on a voyage from London to Stockholm.[89][174][120]
William L. Ewing  United States The 335-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[175]
Wont Roy  Netherlands The fishing boat foundered off Smith's Knoll, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[165]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at South Shields.[153]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Gulberwick, Shetland Islands. Another vessel may also have been wrecked at the same time.[149]

26 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1864
Ship State Description
Dasher  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Girdler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to "Ambrook". She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[62]
Deptford Packet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[87]
Emily  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Östergarn, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.[155]
Fah Kee  China The brig capsized in the South China Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Hong Kong.[176]
Follene  Kingdom of Hanover The galiot collide with the full-rigged ship Norwegian ( Norway) and was abandoned with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by Norwegian. Follene was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[87]
James  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.[131]
John  United Kingdom The ship struck the Culloded Rock, off Portmahomack, Ross-shire and was abandoned. She was taken in to Skudenes, Norway in a derelict condition on 2 December.[177][178]
Julia  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Morna ( United Kingdom), which towed her in to Hartlepool, County Durham, where she was beached.[165]
Marquis of Anglesey  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at New Brighton, Cheshire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Relier ( United Kingdom).[122][126]
Mentor Stralsund The ship was wrecked on the Jadder, in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stralsund.[155]
Minerva  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Tyne. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated.[87]
Olivia  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[121]
Raven  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Windau, Courland Governorate to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[106][179]
Rhine  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Hamburg.[96][131]
Sagamore Flag unknown Carrying a cargo of granite and cobbles, the schooner foundered in a storm in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California four nautical miles (7.4 km) above Point Pinole.[180]
Salisbury  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south by east of Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by George A. Holt (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America). Salisbury was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland.[155][87]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland with the loss of all but one of her crew.[130]
Southern Light United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship foundered in Broken Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Brisbane Water.[181]
Susan  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin.[126]
Swift  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore by ice at Bolderāja, Russia.[144]
Tartar  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by a Dutch galiot. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire.[130][182][183]
Trial  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.[122][106]
William Walker  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Barber Sand or the Patch Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[121][106][87]

27 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1864
Ship State Description
Adolf  Sweden The brig was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland. She was on voyage from Gävle to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[106] She was later refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark, where she arrived on 31 December.[184]
Adolphine  Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Malmö to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and taken in to Arendal, Norway, where she arrived on 3 December.[23]
Dinapadog  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Sandwick Bay, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Iceland to Copenhagen.[149]
Emily Anne United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner ran aground, capsized and sank at the mouth of the Manning River with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Manning River.[181]
Expert  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, and sank.[155]
Fidelio  Prussia The ship was wrecked on "Ross Island", Shetland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Wolgast.[149]
Flying Fish United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Manning River and was wrecked with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Manning River.[181]
Greyhound  United States American Civil War: The 380-, 400-, or 900-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, serving as headquarters ship for Major General Benjamin Butler, was destroyed by an explosion and fire on the James River in Virginia 5 to 6 nautical miles (9 to 11 km) below Bermuda Hundred. Union forces assessed the cause of the explosion as a "coal torpedo" – a charge of gunpowder disguised as a lump of coal – planted by Confederate saboteurs. All aboard, including Butler, Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, and Major General Robert C. Schenk, survived, but horses belonging to Butler and his staff died in the sinking.[3][185][186]
Johanna Stettin The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Susannah Dixon ( United Kingdom).[120]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dornoch, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from Macduff, Aberdeenshire to London.[144]
Mary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Manning River.[181]
Olive Branch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pridmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Fowey, Cornwall.[187]
Sarah  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Tain, Ross-shire with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Tain.[145]
Teviotdale  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in St Roques Channel. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Australia.[188]

28 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1864
Ship State Description
Africa  Prussia The brig ran aground and sank off Dundalk, County Louth, United Kingdom.[189][179][190] She was refloated on 1 January 1865.[146]
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