List of shipwrecks in July 1865

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

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
O.K.	United States	Carrying a cargo of wood, the 48- or 75-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Yolo County side of the Sacramento River across from M Street in Sacramento, California. She later was salvaged and returned to service.[1]

4 July

7-8 July

List of shipwrecks: 7-8 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Mars	United States	The 329-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Cogswell Island, Missouri, opposite the mouth of the Fishing River.[2]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Fohkien	United States	The 1,947-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on the coast of Korea 60 miles (97 km) from Chinhae.[3]
Union	New Zealand	The 14-ton cutter was wrecked on a reef in the Hauraki Gulf while en route from Auckland to Matakana. All hands were saved.[4]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Wyaconda	United States	The 239-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River at St. Genevieve, Missouri, with the loss of one life.[5]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Fannie Fisk	United States	The 97-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Cairo, Illinois.[6]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Titania	New Zealand	The 54-ton steamer was wrecked on the bar at Hokitika, where she had arrived from Nelson. All passengers and crew survived.[7]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Quinnebaug	United States Army	Carrying Union Army soldiers home from Beaufort, North Carolina, the 186-ton screw transport was wrecked on a reef off Shackleford Banks, North Carolina, with the loss of 25 lives. The tug Goliath ( United States Army), the full-rigged ship Benjamin Adams (flag unknown), and the survey ship USCS Corwin ( United States Coast Survey) rescued her survivors.[8]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Hankow	United States	The 725-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Canton, China.[9]
Kate	New Zealand	The cutter was seized, plundered, and burnt, by a Māori raiding party at Whakatane, with the loss of three lives. [10]
Marinuru or Maruwiwi	New Zealand	The schooner was seized, plundered, and burnt, by a Māori raiding party at Whakatane, with the loss of one lives. [10]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Samuel B. Young	United States	The 154-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost.[11]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Effort	New Zealand	The schooner was wrecked at Awanui during a violent gale.[10]
Onward	New Zealand	The schooner was wrecked on an island near Pauanui on Coromandel Peninsula. The two crew were marooned for four days before being rescued by the schooner Jane.[10]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Brother Jonathan	United States	The California Steam Navigation Company paddle steamer struck North West Seal Rock, a part of St. George's Reef in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California near Crescent City, and sank. An estimated 225 passengers and crew lost their lives; there were only 19 survivors.[12]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Glasgow	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship caught fire and was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.[13][14]
Joseph Pierce	United States	The 533-ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded on the Mississippi River at Palmyra Landing, Mississippi, killing 12 people.[15]
Rosetta	New Zealand	The 47-ton schooner grounded on a sandspit at Hokitika. All passengers and crew survived.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1865

Ship	Country	Description
Bella Donna	United States	The 152-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South in Louisiana 50 miles (81 km) below Alexandria.[16]
New Zealand	New Zealand	The 374-ton paddle steamer damaged her keel when crossing the bar at Hokitika, where she had travelled from Lyttelton. She became uncontrollable, and grounded on a nearby beach. All passengers and crew survived.[17]
Star	United States	The 94-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on Red Bayou in Louisiana.[18]
Susan Abigal	Unknown	The full-rigged ship was lost off Cape Flattery on the coast of Washington Territory.[19]
Volunteer	United States	The 106-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Cumberland River in Tennessee.[20]

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