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

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1867
Ship State Description
Emma United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of Western Australia Emma, a 116 ton, two-masted wooden schooner, departed Tien Tsin Harbor (later Cossack) for Fremantle on 3 March, with 42 passengers and crew, but never arrived. Those on board included the explorer Trevarton Sholl and Charles Nairn, the first European to settle in the Pilbara region and a brother-in-law of the vessel's owner, Walter Padbury. By 24 April, Emma was regarded as "conisderably overdue" at Fremantle. [1] The wreckage of Emma was discovered on a reef at Point Maud, Coral Bay, during the late 1970s or early 1980s.[2]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1867
Ship State Description
Taraipine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner left Wairoa on March 7, and anchored overnight at Paritu, south of Gisborne. She sailed the next day and was not seen again.[3]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1867
Ship State Description
Rover  United States The bark struck a coral reef called Qixingyan near Oluanpi, Formosa, and drifted into the area of Kenting, Formosa. Surviving crew members who made it to shore were massacred by Taiwanese Aborigines, prompting an unsuccessful U.S. military expedition against the offending Paiwan tribe.

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1867
Ship State Description
Sir Duncan Cameron United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter was wrecked at Napier during a severe gale, with the loss of four lives. [3]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1867
Ship State Description
Stately United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 80-ton schooner was wrecked at Oamaru during a gale, when she was driven onto rocks. All hands were saved. [3]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1867
Ship State Description
Providence  United Kingdom The Channel Island brig collided with the Gambia ( United Kingdom) of Plymouth, Devon, struck the Albert Pier, and sank off the harbour at Penzance, Cornwall. Both crews were saved.[4][5]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1867
Ship State Description
Pomona  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.>[6]
Sarah Bridget  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Goodwin Sands.[6]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1867
Ship State Description
Jonkeer Unknown The vessel went ashore on rocks in Mount's Bay near Polurrian, Cornwall, during a storm. The only survivor, a Greek sailor, climbed the cliff in Mullion parish and was discovered the following morning.[7]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1867
Ship State Description
Montmorency  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Napier, New Zealand. She had arrived with immigrants from the United Kingdom on the 24th. They had all disembarked, and the crew abandoned the ship during the fire, but all cargo was lost. [8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1867
Ship State Description
Dagmar  Russia The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Henry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner went ashore and was wrecked on Mahia Peninsula towards the end of the month. All hands were saved. [10]

References

  1. ^ The Inquirer and Commercial News, 24 April 1867, p. 2 (3 February 2019).
  2. ^ Western Australian Museum, n.d., Shipwreck Database, "Emma 1867/03 Coral Bay" (3 February 2019).
  3. ^ a b c Ingram & Wheatley, p. 142.
  4. ^ Larn, Richard and Bridget (1997). "Vol 1 Section 4". Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. ISBN 0-900528-88-5.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Providence (923753)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  6. ^ a b Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbott: David and Charles. p. 118. ISBN 0 7153 7202 5.
  7. ^ Anon (1914). A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Penzance and West Cornwall (Twelfth (revised) ed.). London: Ward Lock.
  8. ^ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 142–143.
  9. ^ Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers. Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. p. 190. ISBN 00 950944 2 3.
  10. ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 143.

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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