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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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1866
Ship State Description
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]
Emma   Western Australia The schooner was wrecked at the North West Cape. She was on a voyage from Port Walcot to Fremantle. All on board survived the wreck, but were captured by the local inhabitants. They were subsequently killed and eaten.[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]
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]
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. 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]

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  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. ^ a b c d e f "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5866. Liverpool. 16 November 1866.
  3. ^ "A Shipwrecked Crew Eaten by Cannibals". Birmingham Daily Post. No. 5539. Birmingham. 12 April 1876.
  4. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12996. London. 3 April 1866. p. 7.
  5. ^ Gaines, p. 106.
  6. ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 127.
  7. ^ "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 10000. Newcastle upon Tyne. 24 August 1866.
  8. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5662. Liverpool. 23 March 1866.
  9. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 24029. Edinburgh. 5 July 1866.
  10. ^ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  11. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 25624. London. 9 October 1866. col F, p. 9.
  12. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 25634. London. 20 October 1866. col F, p. 9.
  13. ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 126.
  14. ^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Victoria

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