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

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1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1867
Ship State Description
Athlete  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[1]
Bonny Lass  United Kingdom The smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk by Mary Mac ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member.[2]
Chase  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk. Five crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[3]
Christiana, and an
unidentified vessel 		 Denmark
Flag unknown 		The barque collided with another vessel off the Sandy Hook Lightship (United States United States Lighthouse Board). Both vessels sank. Christiana was on a voyage from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[4]
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[5]
Ellerslie  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) north east of the Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Resolution ( United Kingdom). Ellerslie was on a voyage from Helsingborg, Sweden to London.[6]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Lord Cardigan ( United Kingdom) and sank at Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member.[5]
George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[7]
J. O.  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbadoes.[1]
Veina Nickerson  United States The ship was driven ashore south of Boston. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Boston.[4]
Venue  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Killyleagh, County Down.[8]
Two unnamed vessels  India An East Indian Railway Company (EIR) steamship struck a sunken wreck and sank in the Hooghly River. Another EIR steamship struck the wreck and sank whilst going to her aid. At least 26 people were killed.[9]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1867
Ship State Description
Catherine Porter  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the Wicklow Lightship ( Trinity House). Catherine Porter floated off and was driven ashore.[10][11]
Lady Ann Kerr  United Kingdom The brig sank in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim.[12]
Rosetta  United Kingdom The ship collided with Calabar ( United Kingdom and was beached at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria, Egypt.[5]
Zoar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at wrecked at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Fécamp.[11]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1867
Ship State Description
Magdalena Rostock The ship was wrecked at Goswick, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[6][11]
Marianne Shifornaine  France The lugger foundered nine miles north of Govrevy Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom while bound for Nantes, Loire-Inférieure from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with coal and other, unspecified cargo. Three of the four crew lost their lives.[13]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1867
Ship State Description
Mizpah  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the brig Faith ( United Kingdom). They took to their boat the next day and were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Genoa, Italy. She floated off and was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent by four luggers.[14][2]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1867
Ship State Description
Ann and Charlotte  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[2]
Capricorn  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Maughold Head, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[7]
Carola  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gyllyngvase Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg.[15]
Charlotte Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Port Madoc.[7]
Daring  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peel, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim.[16]
Eliza  United Kingdom The schooner, heading for Devoran, Cornwall from a Welsh port with coal, lost her foremast and maintopmast in a gale, and attempted to make for St Ives, Cornwall. She anchored between Gurnard's Head and the Three Oar Stone but was blown back out to sea, where the steamship Cólon ( Spain) took off all of her crew of seven, bar one man, Richard Bawden, who fell overboard and drowned. The Eliza sank off Plymouth.[13][11]
Emblem  United Kingdom The trawling sloop was abandoned off Looe, Cornwall with the loss of four of her five crew. She then drove ashore with the loss of her captain.[15]
Favourite  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Hakin Point, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kingston, Jamaica.[11]
Gazelle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Newcastle, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Newcastle.[17]
Harvest Queen  United States The barque foundered off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Henry ( United Kingdom). Harvest Queen was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Baltimore, Maryland.[7]
Heiress  United Kingdom The vessel, of Teignmouth, England, was attended by the lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Richard Lewis was launched twice at Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England, and saved 30 men from four different shipwrecks on this date.[18][19]
Hopewell  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked near Port Madoc. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barmouth, Merionethshire.[7]
James Crossfield  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Langness Point, Isle of Man with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool.[2]
Julia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Exmouth, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew.[11]
Martha  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked east of Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[7]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of all four crew.[20]
Messenger  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Menai Strait and was scuttled. She was on a voyage fromPort Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool.[7]
Olga  Italy The brig ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[20]
Oliver Lloyd  United Kingdom While on a voyage from Liverpool to Cardigan, the sloop was driven out of Cardigan in a gale. Her three crew were rescued by the lifeboat John Stuart () Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Oliver Lloyd was later taken in to Cardigan.[21]
Salome  United Kingdom The vessel, of Teignmouth, England, was attended by the lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Richard Lewis was launched twice at Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England, and saved 30 men from four different shipwrecks on this date.[18][19]
Scotland  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark with the loss of all but one of her crew.[11]
Selina Ann  United Kingdom Six men from the Looe brigantine were saved by the lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) in Mount's Bay.[19] Richard Lewis was launched twice at Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England, and saved 30 men from four different shipwrecks on this date.[22]
Shamrock  United Kingdom The smack was abandoned off Wicklow. Her three crew were rescued by the Arklow Lifeboat R. T. Garden ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[20]
St. George  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[11]
Turtle Dove  United Kingdom The smack was driven out of Cardigan in a gale. Her three crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cardigan. Turtle Dove was later taken in to Cardigan.[21]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1867
Ship State Description
Ark, and
Sarah 		 United Kingdom The brig Ark collided with the ship Sarah Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Sarah, which consequently foundered with the loss of all eighteen people on board. Ark was subsequently driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk.[2][23]
Assecuradeur  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to an English port.[7] She was refloated on 10 January with the assistance of a steamship but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Aurora Borealis  Denmark The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Aurora Borealis was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Messina, Sicily, Italy.[24][2]
Cherub, and
Ebbw Vale 		 United Kingdom The schooner Ebbw Vale was run into by the schooner Cherub and was abandoned off Mullion, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the smack Hearty ( United Kingdom). Ebbw Vale was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caen, Calvados, France. Cherub was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Caen. She was consequently beached at Mullion with the loss of all hands.[11][15]
Cobbin  France The ship was abandoned in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Morlaix, Finistère.[7]
Cora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew survived.[2]
Courrier  France The vessel was wrecked off Dymchurch, Kent, United Kingdom, in a gale and heavy sea. The Reverend Charles Cobb rescued one crewman by wading into the surf.[22] She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure.[11]
Eliza Jenkins  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice and sank at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16]
Emanuel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.[11]
Falcon  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore and was wrecked on the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. She floated off and foundered with the loss of between 33 and 57 lives. There were three survivors. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Londonderry.[15]
Garland  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) east by south of Dungeness, Kent. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.[24][12]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Brindisi, Italy. She was on a voyage from Bari, Italy to London.[11]
Isabella  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark with the loss of two of her seven crew.[11]
James  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near St. Andrews, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[11]
Jane Hughes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[12][25]
Jeune Isigny  France The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Caen.[11]
Marquis of Lorne  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the Tuskar Rock. Two crew were rescued by Panama ( United Kingdom).[26]
Mary Mac  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields.[2]
Noah  United Kingdom The smack sank in the Irish Sea off the Blackwater Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued.[27]
Pegasus  Prussia The schooner was holed by ice and sank at Freiburg with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Amsterdam ( Netherlands). Pegasus was on a voyage from the Elbe to Great Yarmouth.[7]
Towey  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Dymchurch.[15]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[12]
William Butcher  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to South Shields in a severely leaky condition.[2]
Unnamed  France The brigantine was driven ashore at Bray, County Wicklow, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on a rock off Great Saltee, County Wexford.[26]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1867
Ship State Description
Anenome  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tramore, County Waterford, United kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Tramore Lifeboat Tom Egan ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[11][15]
Despatch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Middleton, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[11]
Ella United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned north west of Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire with the loss of a crew member.[7] She came ashore at Carradale and was wrecked.[26]
Francis  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire.[11]
King of Tyre  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice and sank at Bremerhaven. She was on a voyage from Brake, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[12]
Kingston United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tacumshane, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[26]
Kulleroo Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was abandoned off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued by Scotscraig ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[17]
Lucerne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Margee  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields with the loss of a crew member.[2]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Downend, Devon.[12]
Neanthes  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Sanda Island with the loss of a crew member.[7]
Palermo  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Cork. Her crew were rescued by Lamberta ( France). Palermo was on a voyage from the Clyde to Lisbon, Portugal.[12]
Palmyra  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Batten Bay with the loss of all hands.[15]
Rock Scorpion  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[11]
Roseberry  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to Sunderland, County Durham.[11]
Seraphim  France The brigantine was wrecked near Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by City of Bath ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[28]
Teazer  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Batten Bay with the loss of two of her crew. Her mate was rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat.[15]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the New Gate Sands. She was on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to London.[11]
Virgilia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The barque was driven ashore near Millbrook.[25]
Yeoman's Glory  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Laugharne, Carmarthenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[12]
Unnamed  Italy The brig was driven ashore at Ravenhill, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Londonderry. She was refloated the next day but consequently sank.[27]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1867
Ship State Description
Ann & Emily  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[29]
Antares  Prussia The brig was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset.[20]
Bethesda  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium to Leith, Lothian.[12]
Celestine Marie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Mill Bay, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[12]
Coronation  United Kingdom The smack was lost off Cardigan. Her four crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Plymouth, Devon.[21]
Derrynane  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Cork to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Secret ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Sutton Harbour, Devon in a waterlogged condition.[15]
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Pegwell Bay.[30]
Eltham  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk by a steamship 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescyed by the schooner Marie Aline ( France). Eltham was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham.[16]
Espoir  France The lugger foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by City of Bath ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Espir was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[28] She came ashore at Llanmadoc, Glamorgan and was wrecked.[26]
F. S. Lidyard United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Banna Strand, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from New London, Prince Edward Island to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Gem  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cefn Sidan, Carmarthenshire with the loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the Ferryside Lifeboat.[7][25]
Gem  United Kingdom The schooner capsized off the coast of Pembrokeshire with the loss of her captain.[7]
Johanna  Hamburg The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Chale, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Saint Domingo.[7][20]
John Gray  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Marazion, Cornwall with the loss of four of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Penzance Lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London.[18][15][12]
Maren  France The ship was driven ashore and sank on Amack, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to London, United Kingdom.[16]
Mute  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Ellen Lucy ( United Kingdom) and sank at Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Nouvelle Eugenie  France The ship driven ashore at Broadhaven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[7]
Panda  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.[29]
Spec  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.[29]
Test  United Kingdom The ship was run into by another vessel and was holed in the River Wear. She was consequently beached.[20]
Tiger  United Kingdom The steamship was heading for Liverpool, Lancashire from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées with an unspecified cargo when she foundered off either the Brisons or Pendeen, Cornwall in a force 9 north west gale. All fourteen on board lost their lives. The ship's boat was found at Porthchapel and Joseph Bawden of Phillack was committed at Camborne Petty Sessions to two months hard labour for concealment of staves, the property of Her Majesty's Customs.[13]
True Blue  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cuxhaven.[26]
Vulcan  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.[29] Her three crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[31]
Zenith  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel off Burry Holms with the loss of all hands.[28]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1867
Ship State Description
John and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Berwick, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Lady Churchill  United Kingdom The smack collided with another smack and sank off Graet Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Obadiah  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Chrysolite ( United Kingdom) and sank in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.[7]
Taymouth Castle  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Tow Head, Ireland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[7]
Unnamed  France The schooner was driven ashore at Llanmadoc, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was wrecked at Llanmadoc with the loss of all hands.[26]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1867
Ship State Description
Camelia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Saint Michael", France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde.[27]
Egbertus  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore between East Wemyss and West Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued.[25]
Mary Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned off the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by Ahkern ( United Kingdom). Mary Elizabeth was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Livorno, Italy.[27]
Prince Albert  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Kong Carl ( Norway). Prince Albert was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Surinam.[17][32]
Robert and Betsy  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at West Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Aberdeen.[26][25]
Superior Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Millook, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of eight of her crew. Shew as on a voyage from Cardiff to Lisbon, Portugal.[27]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1867
Ship State Description
Hero  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her four crew were rescued by the tug Renown ( United Kingdom). Hero was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire.[25]
Superior  Sweden The brig, carrying a cargo of coal from Cardiff, Wales, to London, lost her bearings and canvas off the coast of Cornwall, England, and struck a reef at Millook. Nine of the 15 aboard lost their lives, including the captain.[13]
Zitella  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Callao, Peru.[17]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1867
Ship State Description
Blayais  France The brig ran aground in the Minquiers, south of Jersey, Channel Islands. The crew escaped in lifeboats.[33]
Snowdown  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[16]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1867
Ship State Description
Ann Buckle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Spartel, Morocco with the loss of seventeen of her 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Greek port.[34][32]
Dignus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Villa Nova de Mille Fontes", Portugal with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Alexandria, Egypt.[35]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1867
Ship State Description
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of two of the five people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.[34]
Gondola  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Cape Spartivento, Sardinia, Italy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.[30]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1867
Ship State Description
Berbice  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[32]
Fanny  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[32]
Hannah Andrews  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cap Blanc Nez and Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[32]
Paul  United Kingdom The brig foundered. Her crew were rescued by Eden L. ( Austrian Empire). Paul was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall.[36]
Platte Valley  United States The steamship struck a sunken wreck and sank in the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi with the loss of 60 lives.[37]
Rosalie  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[32]
Sweden  United Kingdom The hulk was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[32]
Twenty-ninth of May  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[34]
Zouave  France The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[32]
Unnamed lifeboat  United Kingdom A Royal Humane Society lifeboat capsized when it went to the aid of a French three-masted vessel (name unknown) which had gone ashore at the back of Calais pier. Five members of the English volunteer lifeboat crew drowned.[22]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1867
Ship State Description
Catherine and Hermann  Denmark The schooner sank in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to the West Indies.[34]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and broke her back at Weymouth, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan and Portsmouth, Hampshire.[34]
Letaio Cunha  Brazil The ship foundered 45 nautical miles (83 km) north west of St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Bahia.[17]
Vesper  Brazil The paddle steamer broke in two and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 50 miles (80 km) off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom while steaming to Bahia, Brazil, where she was going to work the rivers as a ferry. Three of her crew died; the rest were saved by the steamship Vigilante ( Denmark).[22]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1867
Ship State Description
Eacer  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by a Dutch fishing boat. Her crew were rescued by Pet ( United Kingdom).[34]
Esmeralda  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Boulder Bank, in the English Channel and sank with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Runcorn, Cheshire.[34]
Miguel Angelo  Spain The ship struck the breakwater and sank at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London, United Kingdom.[34]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1867
Ship State Description
Zorgenvlyt  Netherlands The ship struck the pier and sank at Porthleven, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Rotterdam, South Holland.[36]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1867
Ship State Description
Gipsy  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Galway.[35]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[17]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1867
Ship State Description
Anna Robertson  United Kingdom The ship foundered off "Corrobedo", Spain. Her crew were rescued.[17]
John  United Kingdom The ship caught fire, exploded and sank in Walton Bay. Her crew were rescued.[17]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1867
Ship State Description
Emily United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner foundered in fine weather on the bar at Sumner. It is thought that her hull had been previously damaged.[38]
Maid of the Mill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork.[17]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1867
Ship State Description
Margaret McBride  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dunfanaghy. She was refloated on 3 March and towed in to Londonderry for repairs.[39]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1867
Ship State Description
Oscar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[35]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1867
Ship State Description
Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cromarty. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Wave  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Seaford, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[40]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1867
Ship State Description
Jonge Jan and Margaretha  Netherlands The ship was wrecked near Callantsoog, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland.[35]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1867
Ship State Description
Rockaway  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Morte Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Newport, Monmouthshire.[35]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1867
Ship State Description
Brutus  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the frigate Flandre ( French Navy) with the loss of ten of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[36]
Clara Hickman  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[41]
Contape  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 January. Her crew were rescued by Progress ( United Kingdom). Contape was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Queenstown.[41]
Cortes  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued.[36]
Erin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Oyster Island Reefs, in New York Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[41]
Express  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[35]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashoreat Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France before 3 January. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Abbeville, Somme, France. She had become a wreck by 29 January.[35]
Fille de l'Air  France The ship ran aground at Galveston, Texas, United States. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool.[17] She was refloated on 7 January.[41]
Giovannio  Italy The schooner was holed by ice in the Elbe and was beached downstream of Stade, Prussia before 10 January. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[26]
James Crossfield  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Castletown, Isle of Man on or before 8 January.[7]
Jeune Leonora  France The lugger collided with the schooner Boris ( Russia) and sank off the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Boris.[42]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship was lost with all hands off "Avenga", Italy before 21 January.[41]
Melita  Malta The ship was wrecked at "Fanata", Albania. Her seven crew survived.[43]
Mentor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Valentia Island, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool.[35]
Navarino  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Brake Sand before 8 January with the loss of all hands. She later floated off and came ashore in Pegwell Bay.[44][30]
Newcastle  United Kingdom The barque struck the Haisborough Sands and sank with the loss of two of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Dolphin ( Netherlands). Newcastle was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Alexandria, Egypt.[42]
Prince Albert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was driven ashore an wrecked at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[45]
Royal Sovereign  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States before 24 January.[41]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Covehithe, Suffolk.[45]
Thomas  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kirtley, Suffolk.[45]
Victory  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the schooner Ellen ( United Kingdom) and was run ashore at Pakefield, Suffolk.[45]
Unidentified steamship Flag unknown A steamship was lost with only 80 of the 400 people aboard found.[22][46]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship either foundered or was run down of the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[45]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She floated off but consequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[45]

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