# List of shipwrecks in June 1861

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

## 1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bondinella | Italy | The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north west of Capen Senas, Beylik of Tunis with the loss of four of her crew. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship collided with another vessel and sank off Europa Point, Gibraltar with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Lord Hungerford | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. |

## 2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bullfinch | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire at Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Concord | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Horsen Bank, off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship collided with another vessel and foundered off Europa Point, Gibraltar with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Fortuna ( Spain). Endeavour was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Sylph | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew were rescued by Indiana ( United States). |
| William Henry | Confederate States of America | The 95-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank on the Arkansas River at Fort Smith, Arkansas. |

## 3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Demerara | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Jamaica. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba. |
| Quadruple | Bermuda | The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Ozame River, Saint Domingo. |

## 4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canadian | United Kingdom | The passenger steamer struck an iceberg and sank in the Strait of Belle Isle 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Cape Bauld, Newfoundland, with the loss of 35 lives. Her 266 survivors were rescued by four French fishing vessels. |
| Nestor | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Mauritius. She was refloated and put back to Singapore in a leaky condition. |

## 5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the East Scar Rock, on the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emily Farnum | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Catuama Reefs, 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from The Downs to Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Camaragibe ( Brazil and towed in to Pernambuco. |
| Greenville | United States | The 105-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Wabash River at Terre Haute, Indiana. |
| J. S. Parsons | Confederate States of America | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Pass A L'Outre. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Mamaranack | Confederate States of America | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Pass A L'Outre. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. |
| Thomas Mahony | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jaffa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Nantucket, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia, British North America to New York. |
| Merlin | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by Coquimbo ( United Kingdom). Merlin was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Queen of the Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ganjam, India. She was on a voyage from Madras to Ganjam. |
| Somerset | Unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner, was captured in Breton's Bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River and burned on the Virginia shore by the armed screw steamer USS Resolute ( United States Navy). |

## 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glynn | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Longships Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to San Sebastián, Spain. |

## 10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Hydra | Royal Navy | The Hydra-class sloop ran aground in the West Indies. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |

## 11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Berse | France | The brigfoundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°14′N 10°04′W﻿ / ﻿41.233°N 10.067°W﻿ / 41.233; -10.067). Her crew were rescued by Delia ( United Kingdom). Berse was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Osprey | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked off Porth Neigwl, Caernarfonshire. |
| Trois Maries | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |

## 12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The barque was run down and sunk in the River Foyle by the schooner Moggie Lorimer. Her crew were rescued by the schooner. |
| Sandwich Bay | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Filla Till Rocks, on the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Beer, Devon. |

## 13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amalia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia. She was refloated on 15 June and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Celerity | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Foreness Rock, off Margate, Kent. |
| New Friendship | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a rock and sank at the mouth of the Rance. She was on a voyage from London to Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord, France. |

## 15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alarm | United Kingdom | The tug suffered a boiler explosion at Bristol, Gloucestershire and sank with the loss of one of her crew. |
| Christiana Kean | United States | American Civil War: The schooner was run aground, boarded, and burned by Confederate forces in rowboats one-half mile (0.8 km) from the Virginian bank of the Potomac River off Machodoc Creek, below Mathias Point opposite Cedar Point. |
| Guadalete | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day and taken in tow for London. |
| Hersilia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Poondy", India. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. |
| John Fowler | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Walpole Rocks, on the Kent coast. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Lawson | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Toulon, Var, France. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by the steamship Lord Raglan ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Lord Raglan. Swallow was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Therese | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. United Kingdom. |
| Zarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Rosherville, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to the Clyde. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Berenica | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Robben Island, Cape Colony with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from an English port to Cape Town, Cape Colony. |
| Bittern | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Westplaat, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Cataract | United States | The 393-ton screw steamer burned at Erie, Pennsylvania, with the loss of four lives. |
| Luigi | Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia | The ship ran aground on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Old England | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was holed by her anchor and sank at Flint. Shew as on a voyage from Liverpool to Saltney, Cheshire. |

## 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle Speed | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Orestes Shoal, at the mouth of the Bassein River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Thorbeke | Dantzic | The schooner was driven ashore south of Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 19 June and taken in to Landskrona for repairs. |

## 18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agatha Maria | Netherlands | The barque was wrecked on the Carang Bolang Rocks, off Tilatjap, Netherlands East Indies. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tilatjap to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Asiatic | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Algoa Bay with the loss of fifteen of her 24 crew. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Cora Anderson | Confederate States of America | The 658-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in Lake Providence. |
| Livingstone | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. |

## 19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Francis | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Mallorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fieval | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground at Narva, Russia. |
| Maria | Russian Empire | The lighter ran aground at Narva. |
| Port Mulgrave | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore north of Staithes, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and put back to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Sarah and Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington. |

## 23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Smith | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Bolderāja, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bolderāja. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The smack sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Methil, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Montrose, Forfarshire. |
| Traviata | Brazil | The barque was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Lisbon, Portugal. |

## 24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Veckmansground, off Dagö, Russia. All 26 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Reval, Russia. |
| Fantome | United Kingdom | The barque struck the Billyrock, off Port William, Falkland Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Stanley in a severely leaky condition. |
| Gloria Deo | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on Dagö. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Tigris. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon. She was later refloated. |
| Keystone | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The 69-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Mississippi River at Arkansas City, Arkansas. |
| Senator | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames, at Millwall, Essex. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the North Sea off Methil, Fife. Her crew survived. |
| Workington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "New Island", County Antrim. |

## 25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in the Davis Straits. Her crew survived. |

## 28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lochnagar | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Red Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She broke up on 19 July. |
| Susan Hincks | United States | The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom She was refloated and towed in to The Downs. |

## 29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hanno | Portugal | The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Pernambuco, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Pernambuco. |
| Louisa | France | The ship capsized in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 70 nautical miles (130 km) south of Pernambuco with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Montevideo, Uruguay. |

## 30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Passenger | Unknown | American Civil War: The sloop sank in the Potomac River, but other details are unclear. Sources disagree on whether she was a Confederate vessel captured and destroyed by the screw steamer USS Resolute ( United States Navy), with Resolute capturing one person aboard her, or a Union vessel that capsized, with Resolute rescuing one survivor. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Veckman's Ground, off Hiiumaa, Russia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Baton Rouge | Confederate States of America | The 65-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Tennessee River in Tennessee. |
| Bedouin | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 June. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Galway. |
| Carl | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near "Kloven". She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Tromsø. She was refloated. |
| Chieftain | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on a rock off Coll, Inner Hebrides before 15 June. |
| Coronet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Hunting Island, South Carolina, Confederate States of America. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, Confederate States of America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Elizabeth Wilhelmine | Sweden | The ship capsized in Sutton Pool. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. |
| Gambia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk before 22 June. |
| Hubet | Norway | The brig became waterlogged at "Margum", Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America between 4 and 13 June. |
| Josepha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Garrucha, Spain. She was consequently condemned. |
| Lord Raglan | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary Fry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River at Richelieu, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to Liverpool. |
| New Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank in the Rance before 17 June. She was on a voyage from London to Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord, France. |
| Parsee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Bognor Rocks, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Poti, Russia. |
| Rollo | United States | The fishing schooner left Halifax, Nova Scotia in mid June for the Seal Island Grounds and vanished. Lost with all 8 crew. |
| Sparrow | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 June. Her crew were rescued by Allendale ( United Kingdom. |
| Sympathy | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Hauxley Sand, on the coast of Northumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Alnmouth, Northumberland. |
| Unidentified vessel | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the vessel in the Warwick River in Virginia. |