List of shipwrecks in 1868

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.39°08′00″N 94°04′25″W / 39.1332°N 94.0735°W

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	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 ( 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	Austrian Empire	The ship was wrecked in Bideford Bay with the loss of two of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Hope ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Pace was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Fiume.[1]

References

1. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
2. "Mary Fanny". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
3. "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
4. Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
5. The London Gazette: no. 23684. pp. 5619–5620. 2 December 1870.
6. "The Torrent Shipwreck Project". Lostshipwrecks.com. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
7. "Wateree". United States Navy. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
8. "Fredonia". United States Navy. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
9. Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
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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