List of shipwrecks in 1868

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The list of shipwrecks in 1868 includes some of the ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1868.

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1868
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1868
Ship Country Description
Albion  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Whitford Point, Glamorgan and was abandoned by her seven crew, who all subsequently drowned.[1]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1868
Ship Country Description
Amethyst  United Kingdom The ship foundered om the Bristol Channel off Llanelli, Glamorgan with the loss of all hands.[1]
Anne  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Burry Holms, in the Bristol Channel.[1]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Llanelli.[1]
Huntress  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Llanelli.[1]
Jennie Celine  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Llanelli with the loss of all hands.[1]
Mary Fanny  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and damaged in Rhosilli Bay. She was later repaired and returned to service. Mary Fanny was shelled and sunk by a German Submarine on 15 September 1918.[1][2]
Onward  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Llanelli with the loss of all hands.[1]
Roscius  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Llanelli.[1]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1868
Ship Country Description
Marie Leocadie flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Bridport, Dorset.[3]

May

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1868
Ship Country Description
Gleaner  United States The 135 ton Newport, Rhode Island brig was thought to have hit the Seven Stones reef and sank 30 miles (48 km) NW by W of Land's End, Cornwall.[4]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1868
Ship Country Description
Alicia  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Kurrachee, India. Her crew were rescued.[5]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1868
Ship Country Description
USS Naiad  United States of America The steamboat sank at Napoleon, Missouri.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

July

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1868
Ship Country Description
Torrent  United States of America The wooden barque foundered in a storm and went ashore in Cook Inlet, Alaska.[6]

August

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1868
Ship Country Description
USS Wateree  United States Navy
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Wateree
While the sidewheel gunboat was in port at Arica (then part of Peru), an earthquake struck which generated several tsunamis that hit Wateree. The last tsunami broke Wateree's anchor chains and drove her ashore almost 500 yards (457 metres) inland from the normal high-water mark.[7]
USS Fredonia  United States Navy While the storeship, a bark, was in port at Arica (then part of Peru), an earthquake struck which generated several tsunamis that hit Fredonia. The last tsunami broke Fredonia apart, killing 27 of her 32-man crew.[8]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1868
Ship Country Description
Alexandria  United States The tug caught fire and was destroyed at City Point, Virginia.

December

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1868
Ship Country Description
North Britain  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall.[9]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1868
Ship Country Description
Kinloss  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Muchalls, Kincardineshire with the loss of one of her five crew.[10]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1868
Ship Country Description
Leopard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Westward Ho!, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Hope (RNLI FLAG.png Royal National Lifeboat Institution) with the loss of a crewman from the lifeboat. Leopard was on a voyage from the West Indies to Gloucester.[1]
Pace Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg Austrian Empire The ship was wrecked in Bideford Bay with the loss of two of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Hope (RNLI FLAG.png Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Pace was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Fiume.[1]

References

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  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23684. pp. 5619–5620. 2 December 1870.
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  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23489. p. 2294. 16 April 1869.
Ship events in 1868
Ship launches: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873
Ship commissionings: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873
Ship decommissionings: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873
Shipwrecks: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873


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