List of shipwrecks in 1861

The list of shipwrecks in 1861 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1861.

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1861
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Mary Jane	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned. She was subsequently taken in to Porthcawl, Glamorgan, repaired and returned to service.[1]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Dewi Wynn	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at Cardigan. Her eight crew were rescued.[2]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Mersey	United Kingdom	219 ton Brixham brig wrecked on the beach at Porthleven, Cornwall.[3]

February

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Hero	United Kingdom	The Bideford polacca brigantine slipped her moorings in Penzance harbour during SSW hurricane force winds. Four of her crew and two others drowned.[4]
Mentor	Jersey	The ship parted her cables in the Isles of Scilly and collided with the brig Arthemise ( France). The crew managed to get on board the Arthemise which was then ran ashore.[5]
Pauline	France	Carrying railway iron from Ardrossan to Rouen, the schooner was driven onto Crow Bar in the Isles of Scilly[5]

March

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Award	United Kingdom	While on her second voyage and bound from Liverpool for New Orleans, the 846 ton sailing ship struck rocks 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off Gweal. NNW force 8 to 9 winds drove her on to the northern end of Gweal, in the Isles of Scilly, pushing her bow on to land and forming a temporary bridge to the island. After twelve hours the crew of twenty-four managed to scramble ashore.[6]

October

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1861

Ship	Country	Description
USS South Wind	United States	During the American Civil War the schooner was scuttled in the Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina.

December

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1861

Ship	Country	Description
USS Phoenix	United States	During the American Civil War the whaler was scuttled off Tybee Island, Georgia, USA.

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1861

Ship	Country	Description
USS South America	United States	During the American Civil War the whaler was beached at Tybee Island, Georgia, USA.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Villiers	United Kingdom	The brigantine was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Alicante, Spain.[1]

See also

• List of shipwrecks

References

1. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
2. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
3. Treglown, Tony (2011). Porthleven in Years Gone by; Local Shipwrecks. Ashton: Tony Treglown.
4. Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
5. Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
6. "Valhalla - Award 1861". Tresco Estate. Retrieved 5 November 2013.

Ship events in 1861
Ship launches:	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866
Ship commissionings:	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866
Ship decommissionings:	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866
Shipwrecks:	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866