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The list of shipwrecks in August 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1867.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1867
Ship State Description
Edward and Christopher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked at Stony Bay, close to the entrance to Akaroa Harbour, during a heavy gale.[1]
Mary Ann Christina United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked on Ninety Mile Beach during a strong gale. She was driven ashore in order to save the crew, some 3 km south of the wreck of the Vixen (see below).[2]
Vixen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner (also reported as a ketch) was wrecked on Ninety Mile Beach during a strong gale. The ship capsized, and all but one of her crew drowned.[2]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1867
Ship State Description
Cordelia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 29-ton cutter was wrecked near Baring Head near Wellington with the loss of all three on board.[1]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1867
Ship State Description
Nautilus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 29-ton schooner was wrecked on Whale Island in the Bay of Plenty. She was en route to Auckland and took shelter in the lea of the island during a gale, but dragged both anchors and ran on shore.[1]
Stella  United States The barque was wrecked on an island in Shelikhov Gulf in the northeastern Sea of Okhotsk. Two men were lost as the barque was smashed on the rocks. The rest of the crew were rescued by nearby vessels.[3][4][5]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1867
Ship State Description
Edward Moore United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 16-ton schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 8 km south of the mouth of the Manawatu River.[1]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1867
Ship State Description
Emerald Isle United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 29-ton schooner foundered off the Buller coast with the loss of all on board during a storm.[6]
Mariner United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked near Whangarei.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ingram & Wheatley, p. 149.
  2. ^ a b Ingram & Wheatley, p. 148.
  3. ^ Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Aug. 15, 1867, Old Dartmouth Historical Society.
  4. ^ Whalemen's shipping list and merchants' transcript (Vol. XXV, No. 35, Oct. 29, 1867, New Bedford).
  5. ^ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American whale fishery from its earliest inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
  6. ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 150.

Bibliography

  • Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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