List of shipwrecks in 1866

The list of shipwrecks in 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1866.

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January
Main article: List of shipwrecks in January 1866

February
Main article: List of shipwrecks in February 1866

March
Main article: List of shipwrecks in March 1866

April
Main article: List of shipwrecks in April 1866

May
Main article: List of shipwrecks in May 1866

June
Main article: List of shipwrecks in June 1866

July
Main article: List of shipwrecks in July 1866

August
Main article: List of shipwrecks in August 1866

September
Main article: List of shipwrecks in September 1866

October
Main article: List of shipwrecks in October 1866

November
Main article: List of shipwrecks in November 1866

December
Main article: List of shipwrecks in December 1866

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1866
ShipCountryDescription
Alex Majors  United States The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Grand River.[1]
Edward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Taewan".[2]
Eliza Simpson New Zealand The 53-ton schooner left Port Chalmers on 22 June and was not seen again.[3]
Ernestine Stettin The ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to London, United Kingdom.[4]
General McNeil Unknown The sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Howards Bend near St. Louis, Missouri, sometime during the 1860s.[5]
Jane  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked.
Kate New Zealand The ketch was wrecked at Okarito in late April or early May.[6]
Kenna  Kingdom of Hanover The schooner departed from Seville, Spain for the River Tyne in late May or early June. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.[7]
Lady Franklin New Zealand The 40-ton schooner left Port Chalmers on 22 June and was not seen again.[3]
Lanuca, or
Laura		  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Formosa.[2]
Lilly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Taewan".[2]
Loda  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Melbourne, Victoria and Shanghai, China.[8]
Nelly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Tawnfoo".[2]
Oamaru New Zealand The 25-ton schooner left Port Chalmers in June and was not seen again.[3]
Penang  United States The barque ran aground in the Paracel Islands between 25 March and 6 May. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Cochinchina to Hong Kong, China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a severely leaky condition.[9]
Polades  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Formosa.[2]
R. G. Porter  United States The schooner was lost at Point Pleasant, New Jersey.[10]
Rising Dawn British North America The ship was sunk by ice at Ivituut, Greenland.[11]
Rylanders  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked.[2]
Santiago  Chile The ship was wrecked on George Island, Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Iquique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[12]
Sarah Victoria The schooner was wrecked to the north of the mouth of the Rangitikei River during a heavy gale early in the year. All hands were saved.[13]
Victoria  United States The 487-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost in 1866.[14]

References

Notes
  1. Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
  2. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury (5866). Liverpool. 16 November 1866.
  3. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 129.
  4. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard (12996). London. 3 April 1866. p. 7.
  5. Gaines, p. 106.
  6. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 127.
  7. "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant (10000). Newcastle upon Tyne. 24 August 1866.
  8. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury (5662). Liverpool. 23 March 1866.
  9. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (24029). Edinburgh. 5 July 1866.
  10. njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"
  11. "Ship News". The Times (25624). London. 9 October 1866. col F, p. 9.
  12. "Ship News". The Times (25634). London. 20 October 1866. col F, p. 9.
  13. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 126.
  14. Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Victoria

Bibliography
Ship events in 1866
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