The list of shipwrecks in 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1866.
January
9 January
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
William and Mary |
New Zealand |
The schooner was being towed to sea at Greymouth by the tug Lioness. The tug, though the pilot's inattention, drifted too far north causing the William and Mary to ground. Owing to the heavy swell, the Lioness was forced to cut the schooner loose.[1] |
10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Hannah Moore |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rat Island, Devon, England, with the loss of nineteen of her 25 crew. She was on a voyage from Chile to Queenstown, County Cork.[2] |
20 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Martha |
New Zealand |
The schooner went aground while trying to cross the rivermouth bar at Greymouth. She was stuck fast, and all attempts to free her failed. Note: this wreck should not be confused with the wreck of an identically named ship on 1 April 1866.[1] |
February
12 February
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Esther |
New Zealand |
The schooner went aground and was wrecked to the south of the mouth of the Manawatu River, with the loss of four lives.[1] |
March
3 March
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Catherine |
unknown |
The whaling barque was lost in fine weather in the Chatham Islands. The ship's master, Captain James Lucas, died on board on February 21, and command passed to a Mr McGuinness who — through inexperience, drunkenness, or a combination of the two — failed to successfully handle the ship.[1] |
10 March
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Sea Bird |
Tasmania |
The schooner went aground close to Greymouth, New Zealand, and broke up.[6] |
William |
New South Wales |
The schooner went aground on a spit at the mouth of New Zealand's Grey River, seriously damaging her hull. She was washed off the spit several days later and sank.[7] |
April
1 April
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Curlew |
New Zealand |
The cutter was wrecked at Auckland wharf during a gale which raged from 30 March to 1 April.[6] |
Martha |
New Zealand |
The schooner was wrecked at Mechanics Bay, Auckland, during a gale which raged from 30 March to 1 April. Note: this wreck should not be confused with the wreck of an identically named ship on 20 April 1866.[6] |
23 April
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Yarra |
unknown |
The 63-ton schooner was wrecked off the New Zealand coast.[13] |
25 April
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Cubana |
United Kingdom |
The Sunderland barque struck the Seven Stones reef while both her master and mate were asleep below. She was bound for St Jago, Cuba, with 16 crew, one passenger, and a cargo of coal, iron, and mining gear. Ten of the crew and the passenger took to one of the boats, rowed to the Sevenstones Lightship, and transferred to St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, by pilot cutter.[10] |
May
2 May
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Wonga Wonga |
New Zealand |
The 40-ton steamer was lost while attempting to enter the Grey River at Greymouth. a strong current caught her and slewed her, causing her to run aground. The heavy surf knocked her about to the extent that her back was broken. No lives were lost.[14] |
13 May
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
General Grant |
United States |
![](../I/m/Wreck_of_the_American_Ship_General_Grant.jpg) Illustration of the wreck of General Grant from Harper's Weekly, 16 May 1868. The 1200-ton barque ran aground and sank off the Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand. She was en route from Hobsons Bay, Victoria, to London carrying passengers, plus a cargo of wool, hides, and some 2,576 ounces of gold. Sixty-eight of those aboard (55 passengers and 13 crew) were lost. The remaining crew and passengers were marooned on the Auckland Islands for over a year and a half, and several of them did not survive the ordeal. They survivors were finally rescued by the New Zealand whaling brig Amherst in November 1867. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to salvage gold from the wreck.[15] |
14 May
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Brisk |
New Zealand |
The cutter was holed and foundered in the Hauraki Gulf. It is thought that it was deliberately scuttled as an insurance fraud.[11] |
19 May
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Progress |
New Zealand |
The cutter was lost several miles off the mouth of the Manukau Harbour. Of the crew of three, only one made it ashore alive. [11] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Maria |
New Zealand |
The 161-ton schooner went aground on a spit at Hokitika ripping out the starboard side of her hull.[14] |
June
21 June
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Wild Wave |
New Zealand |
The schooner was caught in a strong gale in Pelorus Sound and capsized. Only two of the crew of seven survived.[11] This ship should not be confused with another schooner of the same name which was lost in the Chatham Islands on 17 July. |
22 June
List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Annie |
New Zealand |
The ketch was caught in a violent storm in Lyttelton Harbour. She broke her cables and was driven into rocks.[16] |
Brothers |
New Zealand |
The schooner was caught in a violent storm in Lyttelton Harbour. She broke her cables and was carried down harbour where she was driven onto rocks.[16] |
Streamlet |
New Zealand |
The schooner was caught in a violent storm in Lyttelton Harbour. She was driven onshore, hitting a large whaling boat en route, and was holed. When her cargo of lime made contact with the water, she caught fire.[11] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Two Sisters |
New Zealand |
The cutter was lost off the Coromandel Peninsula. She stranded on rocks on 25 June, but was successfully refloated and continued her journey for Auckland. She was not sighted again, though wreckage was discovered near Whangapoua in early July.[16] |
July
4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Calypso |
New South Wales |
The brig was en route from Newcastle, New South Wales to Dunedin, New Zealand with a cargo of coal. She struck a gale in Foveaux Strait and was damaged, and changed course for Stewart Island to repair the damage. Here she struck an uncharted reef and was holed. Her captain changed course again, to try to make harbour, but she hit bottom close to the island's southern shore, becoming a wreck.[18] |
13 July
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Rambler |
New Zealand |
The schooner foundered off the New Zealand North Island east coast with the loss of three lives. The ship was last spotted from the Cutter Greenwich on the 12th, which was running from an approaching gale and heavy sea.[19] |
16 July
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Vivid |
New Zealand |
The schooner encountered bad weather while en route from Wairoa to Napier and began to leak. She filled fast and was abandoned by her captain and two passengers off Mahia Peninsula. The wreckage of the boat came ashore two days later.[19] |
17 July
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Wild Wave |
New Zealand |
The schooner foundered on an uncharted reef near Cuba Channel, northwest of Chatham Island. The ship became a total wreck but all hands were saved.[20] This ship should not be confused with another schooner of the same name which was lost in the Marlborough Sounds on 21 June. |
September
21 September
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Thane |
unknown |
The steamer was wrecked when she stranded on the bar at the mouth of New Zealand's Grey River while leaving Greymouth for Sydney with a load of coal.[23] |
November
3 November
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Lizzie Scott |
New Zealand |
The barque was wrecked on a reef near Chatham Island while en route from [{Wellington]] to Callao. The crew were rescued by the New Zealand government steamship St Kilda.[25] |
12 November
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Tambo |
New Zealand |
The schooner was lost after becoming stuck on a bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River. After failed attempts to free her, the crew abandoned ship. Shortly after this, part of the sandbar collapsed, and the unmanned ship was carried into the surf where she foundered.[26] |
December
5 December
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Wallace |
New Zealand |
The schooner was lost after it struck a reef of Chaslands Mistake in the Catlins. The crew were rescued by the schooner Edward and Christopher, laden with 466 tons of coal, was wrecked on Farewell Spit, New Zealand. All hands were saved but the cargo was lost.[26] |
8 December
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Ellen |
New Zealand |
The cutter, heavy with a cargo of flour bound for Hokitika became stranded on the bar at Sumner, New Zealand, and broke up. All hands were saved.[26] |
24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Pioneer |
New Zealand |
The steamer was wrecked at the Manukau Heads when she parted her moorings during a heavy swell.[28] |
25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Cambodia |
unknown |
The 811-ton barque was wrecked on the bar at the mouth of New Zealand's Manukau Harbour. She was en route from Bombay to Howland Island and was attempting to put into the harbour for provisions, but the captain mistook a smaller channel for the main entrance channel.[28] |
27 December
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1866
Ship | Country | Description |
Prince Consort |
New Zealand |
The 35-ton schooner was wrecked at Timaru. She was hit broadside by a heavy sea which shifted her ballast causing her to heel over.[29] |
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 125.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?213318 |title=Dinanais (+1866) |publisher=wrecksite.eu
- ↑ "Den Tod vor Augen: Die unglückliche Reise der Bremer Bark LIBELLE in den Jahren 1864 bis 1866", Bernd Drechsler, Thomas Begerow, Peter Michael Pawlik, Hauschild Verlag, Bremen, 2007
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 126.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 125–126.
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- 1 2 "Major Vessels Built at the Tasmanian Government Dockyards" (PDF). Keyportarthur. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 128.
- ↑ Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, New York: Mayflower Books, 1979,
ISBN 0-8317-0302-4, p. 320.].
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 126–127. The text of Ingram & Wheatley is confusing as to the actual location of the wreck, seeming to say that it was off the coast of Ninety Mile Beach, Banks Peninsula, and South Otago.
- 1 2 3 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 127.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 130–135.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 129.
- ↑ "The Cape Mail." Times [London, England 16 Aug. 1866: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 8 Oct. 2018.]
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 129–130.
- 1 2 3 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 130.
- 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 135.
- 1 2 3 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 136.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 136–137.
- 1 2 3 4 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 137.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 138.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 138–139.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 139.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 139–140.
- 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 140.
- 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 141.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 106.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Victoria
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008,
ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
- Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
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