# List of shipwrecks in July 1862

The list of shipwrecks in July 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1862.

## 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canada | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all twenty crew. |

## 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| King Arthur | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Inner Banks, in the Fullah Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and towed in to Calcutta. |
| Réunion | France | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Calcutta. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Solferino | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Calcutta. She was refloated and towed in to Calcutta. |

## 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Egbert | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Both crew were rescued by the brig Sally ( United Kingdom). |
| Sophia | Sweden | The ship sank off Bornholm. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brussels, Flanders, Belgium to Gothenburg. |

## 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cactus | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was refloated. |
| Gleaner | United Kingdom | The ship was run ashore south of Seaham, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Seaham. She had broken up by 8 July. |
| Richard O′Brien | United Kingdom | American Civil War. Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner bound from Jamaica to Matamoros, Mexico, with a cargo of rum, sugar, and medicines, was forced aground and burned about 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Galveston, Texas and 6 miles (10 km) east of Velasco, Texas, Confederate States of America by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Rhode Island ( United States Navy). |
| William | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. |

## 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lister. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated and taken in to Halifax in a waterlogged condition. |
| Valiant | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with another vessel and was beached at Holmes Hole, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Wadiatool Rahimon | India | The ship was wrecked at "Hurnee", India with the loss of ten of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |

## 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jagaren | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near Torreby. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a steamship. She consequently foundered the next day. Her crew were rescued by Emanuel da Rosa (flag unknown). Mary was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Brazil. |
| Superior | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsbarns, Fife with the presumed loss of both hands. |
| Weymouth | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire in a derelict condition. |
| Unidentified schooner | Unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was found wrecked at Deep River Inlet on the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America by the armed screw steamer USS Monticello ( United States Navy). |

## 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | United Kingdom | The collier was lost in the Eider. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Leith | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. All 42 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Cronstadt, Russia. |

## 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Claremion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Silistria | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire off Cape Recife, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ramillies ( United Kingdom). Silistria was on a voyage from Cochin, India to London. |
| Sputh Sea | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at "Nyzam", India. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta. |

## 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Glenelg Bay. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by New Holland ( United Kingdom). Rose was on a voyage from Algoa Bay to London. |
| Shingiss | United States | The 185-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River 7 miles (11 km) below Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederate States of America. She was refloated on 13 July. |

## 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aberaman | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Panela Rocks, off the coast of Argentina and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the River Plate. |
| Allendale | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Hell Gate. |
| Belle Italia | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The sloop or schooner was scuttled at Lamar, Texas, to prevent her capture by the approaching barque USS Arthur ( United States Navy). She was refloated later in July or in August. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Goldstone Rock, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Lindisfarne, Northumberland. |
| John Bull | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Miscou Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick to Fleetwood, Lancashire. John Bull was refloated on 25 July and taken in to Little Shippegan. |
| Kendal | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cape Marston, New South Wales and was subsequently destroyed by fire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Tasmania to Colombo, Ceylon. |
| Monte Christo | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The schooner was burned by the Confederates at Lamar, Texas to prevent her capture by the bark USS Arthur ( United States Navy). |

## 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agenoria | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Great Northern ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was run ashore at Gravesend, Kent. |
| Lima | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked 57 nautical miles (106 km) south of Coquimbo, Chile. All on board, about 65 crew and 40-50 passengers, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Panama City, Granadine Confederation to Valparaíso, Chile. |

## 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aglae | France | The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom to Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Betsey Packet | United Kingdom | The smack capsized and sank off Sanda Island with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Larne, County Antrim. |
| John and Rebecca | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated and towed in to Wells-next-the-Sea. |

## 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Swordfish | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Amoy, China. |
| Unnamed | Denmark | The schooner struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |

## 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Perekop | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned off Struys Bay. She was on a voyage from the Swan River to London. |
| Phantom | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Pratas Shoals. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Hong Kong. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the West Rocks, off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a smack and resumed her voyage. |
| Unnamed | Ottoman Navy | The warship was wrecked in the Danube at the Iron Gates, Belgrade, Principality of Serbia . |

## 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arab | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashoreat Pernambuco, Brazil. She was consequently condemned. |
| Carolus Magnus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Johanna Wagner | Prussia | The barque was wrecked at Strandfontein, Cape Colony, with no loss of life. |
| Marquis of Bute | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Saint Charles River. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Picton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| USS Sidney C. Jones | United States Navy | American Civil War: Aground in the Mississippi River below Vicksburg, Mississippi, the mortar schooner was blown up and burned to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. |

## 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharina Louisa | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Goatzacoalcos. All o n board were rescued. |
| No. 619 | Russia | The lighter sank whilst on a voyage from Cronstadt to Saint Petersburg. |

## 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hawk | United Kingdom | The yacht foundered in a squall in the River Thames at Erith, Kent with the loss of four of her five crew. |
| Frances Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Minatitlán, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. |

## 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Girardus Jacobus | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the St. Nicholas Shoal, off Manila, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 21 July. |
| Johanna Wagner | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked in False Bay. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland. |

## 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commodore | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. All on board were rescued. She came ashore at Southport on 21 July. |
| Mary Key | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Salt Stones, in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Macduff, Aberdeenshire. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked. |

## 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Planet | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Hamburg. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Dangerous Patch, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barrow-in-Furness. |
| Thankful | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Burghead, Moray with the loss of her pilot. |

## 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agenoria | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the barque Waterlily ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was taken in tow by the smack Myrtle ( United Kingdom) but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued Agenoria was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Caroline | France | The schooner collided with the brig Teresetta ( Italy) and sank in the English Channel off the coast of Devon, United Kingdom. Caroline was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Egberdina Annechiena | Netherlands | The brig foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her twelve crew took to two boats. Those in one boat were rescued by a Bremen vessel. The others reached Port Royal, Jamaica on 30 July. Egberdina Annechiena was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Port-au-Prince. |
| Ellen Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Hirsholmene, Denmark. |
| USS Sallie Wood | United States Navy | American Civil War: Disabled by Confederate artillery fire from Argyle Landing, Mississippi, and Island No. 82 in the Mississippi River, the troop transport ran aground on Island No. 82 and was abandoned by her passengers and crew under Confederate shelling. Confederate forces then stripped and burned her. |
| Southerner | United States | The 393-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk in a collision on the Mississippi River at College Point, Louisiana. |
| Vigilant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sennen, Cornwall. |

## 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Minehead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ilfracombe, Devon. |

## 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Peel, Isle of Man for Neath, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| British Trident | United Kingdom | The ship broke from her moorings and ran aground at Port Adelaide, South Australia. She was refloated. |
| Honor | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore in Freshwater Bay, Pembrokeshire. |
| Indian Empire | United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames near Deptford, Kent. |

## 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dundreary | United Kingdom | The yacht foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of seventeen of the 25 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brig Anglesea ( United Kingdom). Dundreary was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Gibraltar. |
| Lord of the Isles | United Kingdom | The clipper burned in the South China Sea at either 12°13′N 114°50′E﻿ / ﻿12.217°N 114.833°E﻿ / 12.217; 114.833﻿ (Lord of the Isles) or 12°13′N 115°50′E﻿ / ﻿12.217°N 115.833°E﻿ / 12.217; 115.833﻿ (Lord of the Isles) during a voyage from Hong Kong to Greenock, Renfrewshire. All 30 people on board made Macao, China in the ship’s boats despite being boarded twice by pirates. |

## 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castle Garden | United States | The 161-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Ohio River at Mound City, Illinois. |
| HMS Ferret | Royal Navy | The brig ran aground at Kinsale, County Cork. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| Mary Campbell | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Londonderry. She was refloated on 28 July and towed in to Londonderry. |
| Oak | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Fife. Her crew were rescued by Else ( United Kingdom). Oak was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pettycur, Fife. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea. She was abandoned the next day. Her three crew were rescued by the fishing smack Eendracht ( Netherlands). An attempt was subsequently made to pump her out but had to be abandoned. |

## 26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisa Reed | United States | American Civil War: Confederate forces boarded and burned the schooner either on the James River in Virginia or on the lower Potomac River. The sloop-of-war USS Wachusett ( United States Navy) discovered her wreck on 26 July, and her boarding and burning may have occurred earlier. |

## 27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Golden Gate | United States | Carrying 262 passengers, a crew of 96, and a cargo of gold bullion and specie and possibly gold dust and nuggets on a voyage from San Francisco, California, the 2,067-ton sidewheel paddle steamer caught fire and ran aground in heavy fog on the coast of Mexico 15 miles (24 km) north of Manzanillo, Mexico then broke up in huge breakers with the loss of between 176 and 198 lives. The approximately 100 survivors made it to shore and began to walk toward Manzanillo, but were picked up along the way by boats from the steamer St. Louis (flag unknown) and by the Manzanillo customs boat ( Mexico). |
| Rafaellina | Italy | The polacca ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was wrecked. |

## 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie Cannon | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. She had been refloated by 25 August. |
| Eolus | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore at St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Seville, Spain. |

## 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Warbler | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Niding Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cronstadt, Russia. |

## 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Woodruff | Flag unknown | The full-rigged ship was lost in Puget Sound at Camano Island on the coast of Washington Territory. She later was salvaged. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1862 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abraham | United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in Melville Bay. |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in Melville Bay. Her crew survived. |
| Arveskong | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near the entrance to the Agger Canal, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Stockholm. |
| Boomerang | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Pentland Firth before 19 July. Her crew survived. |
| Capitol | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer, damaged by fire at Liverpool, Mississippi, on 28 June, was sunk as a blockship in the Yazoo River in Mississippi. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked off Madagascar. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Cape Town, Cape Colony. |
| Edgar | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from a Baltic port to a British port. |
| Edward Barron | British North America | The brig foundered before 14 July. Her nine crew took to two boats; they were rescued that day by the schooner S. F. Abbott ( United States). Edward Barron was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Ellerslie | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by ice in Arksuth Fjord, Greenland. She was consequently condemned. |
| Falstaff | Dantzic | The ship was taken in to North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom in a derelict condition. |
| Firefly | United States | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Florida, Confederate States of America before 8 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aspinwall, Granadine Confederation to New York. |
| Frank | United States | The schooner was wrecked in the Yangtze after 6 July whilst going to the assistance of Swordfish ( United Kingdom). |
| Gezina Reina | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked before 24 July. |
| Hendrik | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Hersilia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lapland, Norway before 26 July. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. |
| Hudson | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ensign ( United Kingdom). Hudson was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Cork. |
| J. Wakefield | United States | The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Basilan Strait before 18 July. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to London. |
| Lord Gambier | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in Melville Bay before 5 July. Her crew were rescued. |
| Manelett | United Kingdom | Carrying a cargo of coal, the schooner was wrecked on Block Island, Rhode Island, United States. |
| Muta | United Kingdom | The brig grounded at Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to Hartlepool, County Durham. She continued her voyage but consequently put in to Lillesand, Norway in a waterlogged condition. |
| Prioress | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Rifleman Shoals. She was on a voyage from Shediac, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Liverpool on 31 July. |
| Prospect | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. |
| Regina Hellechina | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked before 24 July. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The whaler, a steamship, was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew survived. |
| Sara Hendrika | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Porto de Pedras, Brazil before 15 July. she was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Falmouth. |
| Sœbloemerten | Denmark | The ship foundered off Aalborg. |
| Thames City | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rothschild ( United States). Thames City was on a voyage from Mauritius to London. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry. She was refloated on 26 July. |
| Unidentified schooner | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was forced ashore near Mobile, Alabama in early July by the gunboat USS Kanawha ( United States Navy). Confederate forces then burned her. |
| Unidentified schooner | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Loaded with concrete, the schooner was scuttled as blockship by Confederate forces in Aransas Bay off the coast of Texas. |