List of shipwrecks in August 1865

The list of shipwrecks in August 1865 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1865.

August 1865
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 Unknown date

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Annie Mae  United States The 31-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Kingston, Illinois.[1]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Defiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 27-ton ketch was driven ashore and wrecked during a fierce storm at Hokitika.[2]
Montezuma United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria (Australia) The 136-ton brig parted her cables and was driven ashore and wrecked during a fierce storm at Hokitika.[2]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Smerch  Russian Navy The monitor struck an uncharted rock and sank off Finland. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Arrow  United States The 290-ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded in the North River in New York City off Manhattan′s 13th Street, killing five people.[3][4]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Alexandra United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The steamer was holed off the north Taranaki coast while trying to navigate through an entrance in a reef and sank as the vessel was running for shore. All hands were saved.[5]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Pewabic  United States
The wreck of Pewabic in 2013 or earlier.
The 350- or 738-ton screw steamer, a package freighter carrying a cargo of copper ingots and copper ore, US$40,000 to US$50,000 in her safe, and 175 to 180 passengers, sank in 80 to 120 feet (24 to 37 meters) of water in Lake Huron six nautical miles (11 km) off Thunder Bay Island near Alpena, Michigan, at 45°06′N 83°13′W / 45.100°N 83.217°W / 45.100; -83.217 (Pewabic) after colliding with her sister ship, the cargo ship Meteor ( United States). Meteor rescued some people from Pewabic; others died, and the death toll could not be determined because Pewabic′s passenger manifest went down with the ship, but an estimated 100 to 125 people lost their lives.[6]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Ladonia  United States The 75-ton screw towboat was lost.[7]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Argosy No. 3  United States The steamer went aground and suffered a steam explosion at Hatfield's Landing, White Mills, Kentucky, 80 miles (129 m) below Lousiville, Kentucky. At least 10 people died.[8]
USS Commodore McDonough  United States Navy The sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast while under tow from Port Royal, South Carolina, to New York City.[9]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Gem United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 25-ton schooner was wrecked on a sandbar at Poverty Bay towards the end of August.[10]
Hira United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner left on a regular journey from Tauranga to Whangamata during a gale on 18 August and was not seen again. Her nameboard and hatch were found by the crew of the schooner Fancy late in August.[10]
Stockman  United States The 81-ton screw steamer burned at Bear Creek, Michigan.[11]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 53
  2. 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 121.
  3. ↑ Gaines, p. 109.
  4. ↑ "LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.; THE ARROW EXPLOSION. Continuation of the Coroner's Investigation". The New York Times. 22 August 1865. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 114–115.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 56.
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 197.
  8. ↑ Anonymous, "Steamboat Disaster," Janesville Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin), August 25, 1865.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 13.
  10. 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 115.
  11. ↑ Gaines, p. 81.

Bibliography

Ship events in 1865
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