List of shipwrecks in November 1865

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

November 1865
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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29 30 Unknown date

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Craigievar United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was wrecked at Hokitika during a massive flood on the Hokitika River. She had been in the lagoon at the river's mouth ready to depart, but was caught by the flood and driven over the bar before being washed onto a beach.[1]
Dolphin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked at Hokitika during a massive flood on the Hokitika River. She was torn from her mooring and driven over a sandbar before been driven on shore and breaking up.[1]
Sarah United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was lost at Hokitika during a massive flood on the Hokitika River. She was torn from her mooring and driven out to sea before breaking up, with the loss of either one or two lives.[1]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Savannah  United States The full-rigged ship collided with Mayflower (flag unknown) and sank in the Savannah River at Hickory Bend, 28 or 35 miles (45 or 56 km) above Savannah, Georgia. She was refloated.[2]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
USS Jacob Bell  United States Navy The decommissioned sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast while under tow from Washington, D.C., to New York City by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Banshee ( United States Navy).[2]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Patroon  United States The 237-ton screw steamer sank at Brazos, Texas.[3]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Brazil  United States The 211-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank with the loss of two lives after colliding with the bark Plymouth (flag unknown).[4]
May Flower  United States The 57-ton screw steamer was lost on the Detroit River in Michigan.[5]
Sarah Louise  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a storm on the coast of California about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Tennessee Cove.[6]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Aenid Unknown Three huge waves struck the wooden cutter in the Tasman Sea at Long Reef off New South Wales, Australia, swamping and wrecking her with the loss of two lives. Four others on board survived. The wreck later was found washed up on Long Reef.

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Greyhound  United States The 583-ton screw steamer was stranded at Beaver Harbour, Nova Scotia.[7]
Marianna  United Kingdom The 1,000-ton full-rigged ship, sailing in ballast from London to Savannah, Georgia, was nearing the end of her voyage when she was driven onto Tybee Bar off the coast of Georgia during a storm. The brig Rush (flag unknown) rescued her crew.[8]
Twilight  United States The 644-ton screw steamer was stranded in the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.[9]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Glide No. 3  United States The 225-ton sternwheel paddle steamer exploded at Madame Roubleau's Plantation near Shreveport, Louisiana.[10]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Ben Stickney  United States The 889-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank at Island Number Eighteen in the Mississippi River.[11]
Capitola  United States The 137-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank at Shreveport, Louisiana.[12]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Don Leandro Unknown The 86-ton two-masted lumber schooner was wrecked at Little River, California. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[13]
Golden State Unknown The schooner sank at her moorings in Mendocino Bay on the coast of California during a storm.[14]
Helen  United States The 65- or 121-ton two-masted schooner went aground at Point Arena, California.[14]
J. R. Whiting (or J. R. Whitney) Unknown The schooner and her crew of seven men were lost without trace while tied up on the coast of Mendocino County, California, either at Kents Point or in Noyo Harbor.[14]
Metis Unknown The schooner was wrecked in a gale at Casper, California.[15]
Phoebe Fay Unknown The schooner was wrecked at Little River, California. She later was salvaged.[6]
Storm Cloud Unknown Carrying a cargo of lumber, the 118-ton schooner was lost at her mooring at Mendocino, California, during a storm.[16]
W. A. Moffitt  United States The 553-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[17]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
City of Launceston  United Kingdom
Illustration of City of Launceston sinking.
The passenger-cargo steamer collided with SS Penola (flag unknown) in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia, and sank without loss of life. Her passengers and crew were rescued by Penola.
D. H. Blunk  United States The 98-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank at Brown's Landing, Louisiana.[18]
Fannie Lehr  United States The 306- or 435-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was beached in a sinking condition on the shore of the Savannah River 5 miles (8 km) above Purrysburg, South Carolina, after striking a snag. She later was raised.[19]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Niagara  United States The 797-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River at the mouth of the St. Francis River above Helena, Arkansas, with the loss of 75 lives after colliding with Post Boy (flag unknown).[20]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Hill  United States The 234-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Trinity River in Texas.[21]
Rhedertenden  Norway The Porsgrund brig was washed out of the harbour at St Michael's Mount and wrecked on Marazion beach, Cornwall, England.[22][23]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Adele  United Kingdom During a gale the schooner drifted out of the harbour at St Michael's Mount and was driven onto the beach at Marazion, Cornwall, England. She was carrying china clay from Charlestown, Cornwall, to Runcorn.[23]
Constance  France The lugger was carrying barley from Saint-Malo, France, to Cardiff, Wales, when she was driven ashore two miles west of Polperro, Cornwall, England. The master and boy were saved and two drowned.[23]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Annie Lee  United Kingdom The crew of the barque were saved when she sank after dragging her anchors and fouling the chains of the barque Emilie Barbame ( Italy) outside the Black Rock, Cornwall, England. She was sailing from Taganrog, Russia, with a cargo of wheat.[23]
Santesto  Brazil The barque was wrecked at Gunwalloe in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England.[24][23]
Spagna  Kingdom of Italy The brig, carrying wheat from Taganrog, Russia, to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, was embayed in south-southwesterly hurricane-force winds and wrecked under Perran Cliff in Mount's Bay off Cornwall.[23]
Tobaco  Prussia All but one member of the crew of the brigantine were saved by a rocket apparatus and the lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) at Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England. She was carrying logs from Tobasko to Hamburg.[25][23]
Wanderer  United States The 36-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Mississippi River at Gretna, Louisiana.[26]
William  United Kingdom The 325-ton Sunderland barque was carrying linseed from Odessa, Russia, to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, when she had to run for shelter at Porthleven, Cornwall. The ship came to rest with her stern overhanging the quay and road, and all bar two of the crew climbed to safety.[24][27]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Nellie Pentz  United States The 409-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in Lynnhaven Bay on the coast of Virginia.[28]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Susan  United Kingdom The dandy, carrying creosote, became stranded and was lost in a force 8 northerly gale eight miles east-southeast (sic) of Trevose Head, Cornwall, England.[23]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Victoria  United States The 23-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost at New Orleans, Louisiana.[26]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Argo  Portugal The barque was abandoned off the Tusker Rock, in the Bristol Channel off Wales. Her crew survived. Argo was later retrieved by the Porthcawl Lifeboat ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[29]
Black Diamond  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset, England.[30]
Casimir Castro  United States Army The 128-ton screw steamer sank at the Brazos Bar on the coast of Texas. She later was refloated.[31]
Duke W. Goodman  United States The 196-ton sternwheel steamer burned at Rainwater, Alabama.[32]
Harry of the West  United States The 1,050-ton clipper burned in Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River.[33]
Pilot  United States The 77-ton screw steamer burned at Algonac, Michigan.[5]
Resolution  United Kingdom The schooner foundered near Land's End, Cornwall, England.[23]
Resolution United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The steamer was wrecked at Greymouth, when the ship was driven ashore in the Grey River estuary.[34]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 122–123.
  2. 1 2 Gaines, p. 14.
  3. ↑ Gaines, p. 171.
  4. ↑ Gaines, p. 196.
  5. 1 2 Gaines, p. 81.
  6. 1 2 Gaines, p. 30.
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 32.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 48.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 129.
  10. ↑ Gaines, p. 65.
  11. ↑ Gaines, p. 91.
  12. ↑ Gaines, p. 61.
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 27.
  14. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 28.
  15. ↑ Gaines, p. 29.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 31.
  17. ↑ Gaines, p. 104.
  18. ↑ Gaines, p. 63.
  19. ↑ Gaines, p. 145.
  20. ↑ Gaines, p. 101.
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 170.
  22. ↑ Carter, C. (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Larn, Richard; Larn, Bridget (1997). Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. Volume 1. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
  24. 1 2 Treglown, Tony (2011). Porthleven in Years Gone by; Local Shipwrecks. Ashton: Tony Treglown.
  25. ↑ Corin, J; Farr, G (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
  26. 1 2 Gaines, p. 75.
  27. ↑ Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
  28. ↑ Gaines, p. 190.
  29. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  30. ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  31. ↑ Gaines, p. 167.
  32. ↑ Gaines, p. 2.
  33. ↑ Gaines, p. 66.
  34. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 117.

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Ship events in 1865
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Shipwrecks: 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870

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