List of shipwrecks in September 1865

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

September 1865
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 Unknown date

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1865
ShipCountryDescription
George Albree  United States The 181-ton sternwheel towboat was destroyed by a fire at Monongahela Wharf in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]

9–11 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Augusta United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 35-ton schooner was wrecked in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand during a heavy gale. All hands were rescued.[2]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Midas United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 26-ton schooner was carried on to a reef at Flat Point on the Wairarapa coast during a heavy gale. All hands were rescued.[3]
Twilight  United States The 230-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at the mouth of Fire Creek, 0.25 mile (0.4 km) above Napoleon, Missouri.[4]
River Queen  United States The sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed at the Monongahela Wharf in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by a fire started by her engineer.[5]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Lone Star  United States The steamship was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Red Fish Bar near Galveston, Texas.

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Nimrod  United States The 30-ton sternwheel paddle steamer exploded on the Ohio River at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing five people.[5]
USS Pink  United States Navy The screw steamer was wrecked on Dauphin Island on the coast of Alabama during a gale.

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Emerald Isle United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 22-ton schooner was wrecked in Ocean Bay, Port Underwood during a heavy gale.[2]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Iddo Kimball  United States The bark, sailing from New York City to the Savannah River in Georgia, was lost in the Oyster Beds near Fort Pulaski, Georgia, on or about this date.[6]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Samson United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 76-ton paddle steamer was towing the schooner John Bullock into the Hokitika River when the wash from another vessel caused her to veer into a sandspit. The John Bullock also grounded, but was able to be refloated.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Christina Thompson United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 85-ton schooner was wrecked at Greymouth. She beached after her rudder became unshipped.[2]
Julia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 20-ton barge sailed from Wanganui for Patea in early September and was not sighted again. It was supposed she foundered in the gales of 9–11 September. Some of her timbers were washed up on Rangitikei Beach, where they were discovered in October.[2]
Mount Alexander United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner ran aground at Hokitika early in September, seriously damaging her hull.[8]
Sarah United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner left Wellington on 8 September and was not sighted again. Some wreckage was found in the Marlborough Sounds on 14 September. The rest of the ship's wreckage was found near the entrance to the Sounds in January of the following year, but the bodies of the two crew were never located.[2]
Swan United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 36-ton cutter was wrecked at Greymouth at about the same time as the Christina Thompson (qv).[2]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 135.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 116.
  3. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 115.
  4. ↑ Gaines, p. 108.
  5. 1 2 Gaines, p. 136.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 48.
  7. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 121–122.
  8. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 121.

Bibliography

Ship events in 1865
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