# List of shipwrecks in October 1868

The list of shipwrecks in October 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1868.

## 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the William Bank, in the White Sea. She was abandoned the next day. Two of her seven crew subsequently died. |

## 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alin | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Skierenaffin, in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Fort William, Inverness-shire. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated. |
| Fremad | Dantzic | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Dublin, United Kingdom. |
| Gunso | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Galloper Sand. She was on a voyage from Piteå, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Harkaway | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and towed in to Granton, Lothian. |
| Heinrich | Rostock | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Rostock. |
| Josephine | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Union ( United Kingdom). Josephine was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Christiania, Norway. |
| Komna | Greece | The ship caught fire at Navarino and was scuttled. |
| Peace and Plenty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian in a capsized condition. |
| Siff | Canada | The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Utility | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Galloper Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Dover in a leaky condition. |

## 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Fort William, Inverness-shire. |
| Blanche | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Great Isaac Cay, Bahamas to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Paraíba, Brazil. |
| Zodiac | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Sunda Strait. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to London. She was refloated and put in to Anjer, Netherlands East Indies. |
| No. 43 | United Kingdom | The pilot boat was run down and sunk in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight by Syria ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all four people on board. |

## 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near "Jakli", Russia. She was refloated. |
| Vier Gebroeders | Netherlands | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Vertrouwen ( Belgium). Vier Gebroeders was on a voyage from the Meuse (Dutch: Maas) to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |

## 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dream | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Taylor Reef, off "Lamley Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground west of Point Molinos, Spain. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated on 7 October and towed in to Málaga, Spain. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The schooner sank in the North Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued by the brig Anne Mariana ( United Kingdom). Isabella was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Stettin. |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Naomi | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork. |
| Perseverance | United States | The steamship caught fire and sank in Lake Ontario with the loss of fourteen of her nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from Buffalo to Oswego, New York. |

## 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dream | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in The Needles, Isle of Wight. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Geertje Dykstra | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Løkken-Vrå, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middelburg, Zeeland to Memel, Prussia. |
| Sir James Duke | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another vessel and sank in the Girond at Pauillac, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a sunken pile at the mouth of the River Tees and sank. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated on 18 October. |

## 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diadem | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Gustav | Wismar | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hagen | Norway | The sloop was discovered off Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom in a capsized condition. She was taken in to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |
| J. C. Dering | Canada | The schooner capsized off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of seven of the ten people on board. She was on a voyage from Digby, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Mangalore | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. The fire was extinguished and she resumed her voyage. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner capsized and sank off Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts with the loss of all hands. |

## 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chimborazo | United States | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked south of Tabasco. Her crew were rescued. |
| Forfar | United States | The schooner sank in Lake Michigan with the loss of four lives. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 8 ( United Kingdom). Swift was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Teignmouth, Devon. |
| Vim | United States | The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at New York. |

## 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | En route from Sunderland, to Arbroath, Scotland, the schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea off Lindisfarne. Water came in contact with her cargo of quicklime, causing her to catch fire. She was beached, saving the crew, but the vessel was lost. |
| Rover | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank off Silloth, Cumberland. The only person on board was rescued by the Silloth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Skinburness, Cumberland to Annan, Dumfriesshire. |

## 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exeter, Devon. |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Teignmouth, Devon. |
| Brill | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the Clyde for Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Powerful | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the ferry Tynemouth ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Tyne. Her crew survived. |
| Joachim | Bremen | The barque was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic (35°57′S 7°50′W﻿ / ﻿35.950°S 7.833°W﻿ / -35.950; -7.833). Her crew were rescued by China ( United States) Joachim was on a voyage from Bremen to Rangoon, Burma. |
| Repeal | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Marion ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by Marion. Repeal was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Speedwell | United Kingdom | The ship was assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Ipswich, Suffolk. |

## 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thomas Chalmers | United Kingdom | The collier ran aground on the Oosterbank, in the North Sea off Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. |
| Urania | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Gloucester. She was refloated and beached. |

## 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fancy | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked at Greville Harbour, D'Urville Island with the loss of three of her crew. The sole surviving crewman was rescued by the schooner Jane Anderson. |
| Manhattan | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Nelson | New Zealand | The steamer was wrecked when it a heavy swell while trying to leave Whanganui Inlet. All those on board were saved. |

## 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George and Anne | United Kingdom | The fishing lugger was run into by the fishing lugger Alma ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Alma. |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage. |
| Punjaub | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Miscou Island, New Brunswick, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bathurst, New Brunswick. She was consequently condemned. Punjaub was refloated on 27 April 1869 and taken in to Bathurst, where she arrived on 4 May. |

## 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | New Zealand | The cutter was wrecked after being driven ashore on the Otago coast during a gale. |
| Festina Lente | Argentina | The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires. |
| Isabella | New Zealand | The brigantine was driven ashore near Hokitika during a gale. |
| Woodman | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Soa Island, Outer Hebrides with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Easdale, Argyllshire to Leith, Lothian. |

## 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Tarbert. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Londonderry. |
| Defiance | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Maryport. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The tug caught fire at Greenock, Renfrewshire and was scuttled. |
| Satellite | New Zealand | The 27-ton cutter was wrecked on the South Island west coast during a gale. |

## 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| C. A. Jones | Canada | The barque ran aground at Cape Canso, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Windsor, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Countess of Selkirk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Buyhouse Bay. She was on a voyage from Buyhouse Bay to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Echo | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Antina ( Netherlands). Echo was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Letitia | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Portsmouth. She was righted the next day. |
| Mary Ann | Guernsey | The cutter was wrecked at Cap Fréhel, Côtes du Nord, France. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Pontrieux, Côtes-du-Nord to Guernsey. |
| Phantom | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with a collier and sank off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered with the loss of all 40 crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to New York, United States. |

## 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Almo | Russia | The ship put in to Brest, Finistère, France on fire. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Maggie Armstrong | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day. |

## 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Despatch | United States | The ship was driven ashore in Jeddo Bay. |
| Louvre | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and set afire. Her crew were rescued by Jane ( United Kingdom). Louvre was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Orient | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Warnemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and put in to Swinemünde, Prussia in a leaky condition. |

## 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Loire-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. |

## 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Tongue Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew survived. |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore "south of Black". She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated and towed in to Troon. |
| Del Norte | United States | Wreck of Del Norte watercolor The 601-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost. Sources disagree on the location of the incident. One claims that she was lost at Valdez, Department of Alaska. Another claims that Del Norte was wrecked in fog approximately 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) north of Victoria, Colony of British Columbia, during a southbound voyage from Sitka, Territory of Alaska. Others place her wreck at Porlier Pass (49°01′00″N 123°35′00″W﻿ / ﻿49.01667°N 123.58333°W﻿ / 49.01667; -123.58333﻿ (Porlier Pass)) in British Columbia. |
| Esther and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Ida ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Ida. Esther and Margaret was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Troon, Ayrshire. She came ashore near Whitehaven and sank. |
| Gladstone | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at L'Islet, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada. She was later refloated and taken in to Quebec City in a severely damaged condition. |
| Henrietta | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Goatzacoalcos River. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to a British port. |
| Jacques Cartier | Canada | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Juligs | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The ship ran aground off Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
| Mary Curley | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Vineyard Sound. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. She was refloated. |

## 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argos | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "Vatergarn", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was consequently condemned. |
| Australian | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran ashore and was wrecked north of San Christorão, Brazil. All twenty people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London. |
| Christine | Prussia | The ship collided with a British barque in the North Sea. She consequently foundered off the Dudgeon Sandbank the next day. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Messina, Sicily, Italy. |
| Comet | Bremen | The ship was sighted off the South Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Congress | United States | While bound for Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of salt, apples, and railroad iron, the wooden steamer ran aground and burned in Lake Huron on the coast of Michigan near North Point. Her wreck lies in 17 feet (5.2 m) of water at 45°00′52″N 83°15′33″W﻿ / ﻿45.014459°N 83.259048°W﻿ / 45.014459; -83.259048﻿ (Congress). |
| Devon | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Brisson Rock, off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of fourteen lives. A survivor was rescued by the Sennen Lifeboat Matthew Nicholas ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Francisco Alvarez | Chile | The ship was wrecked on "Musgora Island". She was on a voyage from Port Gamble, Washington Territory to Valparaíso. |
| Jules | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Buda and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. |
| Koophandel | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Perkanos | Sweden | The barque was wrecked at Eckerö, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Nyhamn to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |

## 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christina | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The schooner collided with a barque in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She foundered the next day off the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by George ( United Kingdom). |
| Devon | United Kingdom | The lighter was wrecked on the Brisons, off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of seventeen of the eighteen people on board. The survivor was rescued by the Sennen Cove Lifeboat. |
| F. T. Barney | United States | F. T. BarneyThe wooden schooner was on a voyage from Cleveland, Ohio, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a cargo of coal when the schooner T. J. Bronson accidentally rammed her in Lake Huron, sinking her in 160 feet (49 m) of water off the coast of Michigan at 45°29′09″N 83°50′33″W﻿ / ﻿45.485833°N 83.8425°W﻿ / 45.485833; -83.8425﻿ (F. T. Barney). Her crew survived. |
| Governor General | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Martinique. She was refloated with assistance from a fishing trawler. |
| Leichhardt | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship, anchored near the Girdler Sand, The Nore in the Thames estuary, preparing for her voyage to Wellington, New Zealand, was run into by the steamship North Star ( United Kingdom) and cut to the waterline. All 49 people on board were transferred to North Star. She subsequently capsized and was wrecked. |
| Leo | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged on Walney Island, Lancashire. She had become a wreck by 29 October. |
| Martha Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to the River Tyne. |
| North Hampton | United States | The steamship was run into by the steamship Continental ( United States) and sank off Newhaven, Connecticut. All on board were rescued. |
| Speedwell | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the steamship J. M. Strachan ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her four crew. Speedwell was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Waterford for Swansea. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Doom Bar. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Padstow, Cornwall. |
| Betty and Louise | Hamburg | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in St Andrews Bay. Her nine crew were rescued by the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom. |
| Carrie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all five crew. |
| Cora | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Johnshaven with the loss of all nads. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. |
| Dahlia | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Annat Bank, off Montrose, Forfarshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. |
| Demetrius, and Trojan | United Kingdom | The steamship Trojan collided with the steamship Demetrius and was beached at Seacombe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 25 October and beached at Tranmere, Cheshire Demetrius was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool. She was taken in to Liverpool for repairs. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship sank off the Tongue Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Looe, Cornwall to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Frances | United Kingdom | The brig sank off the Galloper Sandbank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Henry Morton ( United Kingdom). Frances was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Ganges | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a number of fishing smacks and tugs and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Malta | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by a fishing lugger. She subsequently came ashore at Happisburgh. Malta was later run into and broke up. |
| Maria Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Morecambe Bay with the loss of all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool. |
| Ocean Belle | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Aurora ( United Kingdom). Ocean Belle was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Speedwell | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship James Strachan ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by James Strachan. |
| Vulcan | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Johnshaven with the loss of thee of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen. |
| William | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Stranraer, Wigtownshire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The sloop sank at the mouth of the River Trent. Her crew survived. |

## 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lunner Platte, in the North Sea. |
| A. H. Chitton | United States | The barque was destroyed by fire off Cleveland, Ohio. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cleveland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Colgrain | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from London to Galle, Ceylon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Croxdale | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Hamburg. |
| Eclat | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 27 October and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Gesser | flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Lunner Platte. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the brig George Andrews ( United Kingdom). |
| John Roberts | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground, capsized and sank at Waren Mill, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newton, Northumberland to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. |
| Lord Hartington | United Kingdom | The brigantine was destroyed by fire at Hunter's Point, New York City, United States with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York City to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Princess | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wremen, Prussia She was on a voyage from Brement to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Prosper | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Audierne, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Rogate | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground between Glückstadt, Prussia and "the Stor". She was refloated on 6 November with the assistance of two steamships and towed in to Glückstadt. |
| Spitfire | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Imsum, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London. |
| Trave | Flag unknown | The brig was driven ashore near Wremen. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. |
| Warwick | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Nordergrunde, in the North Sea and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Dartmouth, Devon and was scuttled with assistance from HMS Britannia and HMS Enchantress (both Royal Navy). |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, was driven ashore near Wremen. |

## 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arrow | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Luner Platte, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bremen to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 3 November and taken in to the Geeste. |
| Blackness | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Nieuwe Diep. |
| Donor | United Kingdom | The collier ran aground on the Zuidwal, in the Wadden Sea. |
| Empress | United Kingdom | The hulk was driven ashore at Pwllcrochan, Pembrokeshire and became hogged. |
| Norma | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at "Larche", Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia. |
| Pilote | France | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium in a severely leaky condition and was placed under repair. |
| Sovereign | India | The ship struck rocks at "Kwing Island", China. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. She was refloated and taken in to Foo Chow Foo, China for repairs. |
| Speedwell | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom). Speedwell was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Unnamed | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bismarck | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at "Tennyama". |
| Borderer | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony and foundered. Eight of her crew reached land, the boat with the other twelve crew was discovered in a capsized condition. She was on a voyage from Penang, Straits Settlements to London. |
| Constantia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne, Heligoland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Hamburg. |
| Crest | New Zealand | The ketch was wrecked near the mouth of Akaroa Harbour when it struck rocks, with the loss of two lives. |
| Forest Queen | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Guadeloupe. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hans. |
| Franklin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Outer Dowsing Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| John and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Lemvig, Norway with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Nordpolen | Norway | The ship was towed in to Ulvesund in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Prosper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. |
| No. 11 | Heligoland | The fishing sloop was driven ashore on Düne. |
| Two unnamed vessels | Netherlands | The ships were driven ashore on Düne. One of them was wrecked. |

## 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | Hamburg | The schooner departed from the Rio Grande do Sul for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ellen and Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was scuttled at Garlieston, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. |
| Robert Anderson | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. |

## 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Champion | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast in a wrecked condition. |
| Malvern | United Kingdom | The ship, which had caught fire on 25 October, was abandoned off Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Newton | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Porthcawl, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 2 November and towed to Appledore, Devon for repairs. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig sank off the Hugo Bank, in the Bristol Channel. |

## 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| RMS Grecian | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock and sank in the Saint Lawrence River. Her passengers were rescued. |
| Karsinde | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Groningen, Netherlands. |
| Primus | Sweden | The barque was sighted off Fortress Monroe, Virginia, United States whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Tempest | United Kingdom | The ship departed from New York for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Theodorus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Blackpool and Lytham Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Edina, Liberia. She was refloated and taken in to Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner foundered off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of all hands. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner foundered off Amrum, Prussia with the loss of all hands. |

## 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariadne | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Scarborough, Yorkshire by a French lugger. Her four crew survived. |
| Bonita | Jersey | The ship foundered in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the coast of Devon with the loss of her captain. The two survivors were each rescued by a fishing trawler. |
| Florence | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Eitzenloch". She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Cuxhaven. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Jura | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from South Shields, County Durham for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lion | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken wreck and foundered off Dagerort, Russia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| HMS Pallas | Royal Navy | The ironclad caught fire off Gibraltar. Seventeen crew were injured. The fire was extinguished with assistance from a United States Navy warship. |
| Paraguay | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Amrum, Friesland, Netherlands. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Persia | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued by Black Watch ( United Kingdom). Persia was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India. |
| St. Helier | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Wyk auf Föhr, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to Hamburg. |
| T. F. Gates | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daniel | Italy | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship sank near Fort Mahon, Mallorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to a port in Dorset. |
| Falcon | Flag unknown | The ship was destroyed by fire at Swatow, China before 27 October. |
| Fritz and Betsey | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. |
| Helena | France | The steamship was destroyed by fire off Capbreton, Landes. |
| Neptunus | Rostock | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Rostock. She had been refloated by 8 October and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a severely leaky condition. |
| Prince Consort | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Visby, Sweden. |
| Protector | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Hull, Yorkshire for Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 25 crew. |
| R. Hines | Canada | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 October. |
| Sulina | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Dingle Bay after 2 October with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall for Dingle, County Kerry. |
| Souvenir | United Kingdom | The galeas was abandoned in the North Sea (54°50′N 4°05′E﻿ / ﻿54.833°N 4.083°E﻿ / 54.833; 4.083) on or before 5 October. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to the Elbe. |
| Spes | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off "Platorf". |
| Stag | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay, India. |
| Stockton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Boston Bay. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 12 October and taken in to "Hafen Attel". |
| Virgen de Solidad | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Monte Video, Uruguay. |