# List of shipwrecks in October 1861

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

## 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Flora | France | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The paddle tug collided with the paddle tug Harry Clasper ( United Kingdom) in the River Tyne and was beached in a sinking condition. |
| Infernal | French Navy | The frigate was destroyed by fire at Valparaiso, Chile. |
| Nereous | United Kingdom | The storeship was severely damaged by fire at Valparaíso. |
| Salem | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mischief ( Guernsey). Salem was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was discovered off Guernsey, Channel Islands on 14 January 1862 and was taken in to by the steamship Nora Creina ( United Kingdom), but the tow had to be abandoned. |
| Two unidentified schooners | United States | Loaded with stone, the two schooners were sunk by a storm off the coast of North Carolina while en route to Hatteras Inlet, where they would have been scuttled as blockships. |

## 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Johanna | Stettin | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. |
| William Brown | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Hedwig Charlotta ( Sweden). William Brown was on a voyage from London to New Plymouth, New Zealand. |

## 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Waterloo, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Forest Queen | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Liffey ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Liffey. |
| Reindeer | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 4-ton schooner, bound for Galveston, Texas.with a cargo of salt, was captured and scuttled off San Luis Pass on the coast of Texas by the armed schooners USS Dart and USS Sam Houston (both United States Navy). |

## 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on "Leon Island", Argentina. Her crew were rescued. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dartmouth, Devon. She was refloated and put back to Dartmouth. |
| Nereid, and Semaphore | United Kingdom | The brig Nereid ran into with the steamship Semaphore and sank in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her seven crew were rescued by Semaphore. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Semaphore was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was severely damaged at the bows and was beached at Donaghadee, County Down. Her passengers were taken off by the tug Queen ( United Kingdom). |
| Weardale | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated on 6 October and taken in to Copenhagen. |

## 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat collided with a tug and sank in the River Mersey with the loss of one of her two crew. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stettin. She was refloated the next day. |
| General Havelock | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the brig Ocean Wave ( United Kingdom) and sank 70 nautical miles (130 km) south east of the Isles of Scilly. Her fourteen crew were rescued by Ocean Wave. General Havelock was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Málaga, Spain. |
| Martha Mills | United Kingdom | The barque was run down and sunk by the steamship Corinthian (flag unknown) 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of Malta. Her crew were rescued by Corinthian. Martha Mills was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| New Hope | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| CSS Venus | Confederate States Navy | American Civil War, Battle of Cockle Creek: The Confederate privateer, a schooner, was boarded and set afire in Chincoteague Inlet off the coast of Virginia near Cockle Creek by men from the armed screw steamer USS Louisiana ( United States Navy). Venus burned to the waterline. |

## 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The lugger collided with the fishing vessel Johns ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |

## 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brunette | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Indian Key, Florida, Confederate States of America. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Matanzas, Cuba. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida in a severely damaged condition. |
| Cambridge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Walmer Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Castletownbere, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated and taken in to Berehaven, County Cork in a severely damaged condition, with a broken back. |
| Georgiana | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Walmer Castle. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Waterford. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Stotfield Skerries, in the Moray Firth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United States | The barque sprang a leak and sank off Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. All thirteen people on board were rescued by the pilot boat No. 33 ( United Kingdom). Alert was on a voyage from New York to a Mediterranean port. |
| Clara | Netherlands | The schooner capsized and sank in the Gulf of Venezuela with the loss of 28 of the 36 people on board. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Curaçao. |
| Dolphin | British North America | The ship was destroyed by fire at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. |
| E. M. Ryland | United States | The 267-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Hector | Denmark | The schooner ran aground on the Old Horse Rock, off the coast of Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| Patras | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Bredegrunden. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia to Antwerp, Belgium. |

## 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Booth | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Bude, Cornwall. Both crew were rescued by rocket apparatus, but a Coastguardman was killed effecting the rescue. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Bude. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Dunkerque, Nord, France. |

## 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amazone | Prussia | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Souter Point, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the River Tyne - This may be the unidentified Mecklenburg barque listed under 11 October, as she was in tow of a tug, which was reported wrecked. Amazone was refloated on 18 October and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Due Sorrelle | Italy | The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Genoa. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Mariners | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Pickle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Meta Catharina | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore near Leba, Prussia. Her five crew survived. Meta Catharina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Königsberg, Prussia. She subsequently sank. |
| St. Michael | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Dingle, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to "Catterwalla". She was refloated the next day and taken in to Dingle. |
| Unnamed | United States | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Danube near Sulina, Ottoman Empire. Eleven crew were rescued. |

## 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amazone | Hamburg | The barque ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and towed in to the River Thames for repairs. |
| Drie Gezusters | Netherlands | The ship ran aground near Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Rørvig, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a severely leaky condition. |
| Earl of Seafield | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Donmouth, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Aberdeen. |
| Lord Raglan | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 14 October. |
| Martha Washington | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned at Dumfries, Virginia, by launches from the armed screw steamers USS Rescue, USS Resolute, and USS Union and the armed tug USS Satellite (all United States Navy). |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Farther Point, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Quebec City on 2 November. |
| Robert Pow, and an Unnamed barque | United Kingdom Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The paddle tug Robert Pow was towing a barque. Both were driven ashore at Souter Point, Northumberland. Robert Pow's crew survived. Reported to have been wrecked, she was subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| USS South Wind | United States | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was scuttled as a blockship – part of the "Stone Fleet" – in Ocracoke Inlet off North Carolina. |
| Unidentified schooner | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: Boat crews from the armed screw steamers USS Rescue and USS Union and the armed tug USS Resolute (all United States Navy) captured and burned the schooner in Quantico Creek in Virginia. |

## 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Der Fleiss | Prussia | The brig ran aground and sank at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Stettin. She was refloated on 20 October. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Kate Seymour | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated. |
| Lady Egida | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Martha Grace | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Newport | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland. |
| USS Richmond | United States Navy | American Civil War, Battle of the Head of Passes: The screw sloop-of-war ran aground on a sandbar on the Mississippi River in Louisiana below the Head of Passes after being rammed by the ram CSS Manassas ( Confederate States Navy) at the Head of Passes. She was refloated and returned to service. |
| USS Vincennes | United States Navy | American Civil War, Battle of the Head of Passes: The sloop-of-war was forced to run aground on a sandbar on the Mississippi River in Louisiana below Head of Passes by the ram CSS Manassas ( Confederate States Navy) at the Head of Passes. Her commanding officer ordered her magazine detonated to prevent her capture by Confederate forces, but her engineer, after lighting a fuse intended to detonate it, cut the burning fuse and threw it overboard. She was refloated later in the day and returned to service. |

## 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Comte Nesselrode | Italy | The ship ran aground on the Stoney Binks, off the mouth of the Humber and was abandoned by her crew, some of whom were rescued by the steamship Albert ( France). Others got on to the Bull Float, from where they were rescued. Comte Nesselrode was on a voyage from Odessa to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She floated off and came ashore at South Killingholme, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was subsequently taken in to Hull. |
| Gratitude | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the East Scar Rock, off the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| London Packet | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Grimsby. |
| Venetia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Trieste. |
| Wave | Guernsey | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew survived. |

## 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Faust | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked at Hong Kong with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
| H. H. Chandler | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the South China Sea. Her crew were rescued by HMS Simoom ( Royal Navy). |
| Mary Fleming | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Escombreras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cartagena, Spain. |
| Oliver Williams | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bic, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada. |
| Swan | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in "Tongsang Harbour", China. |

## 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane and Isabella | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Siccardi | Italy | The brig was run into by the steamship Fingal ( United Kingdom) and sank at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Fingal. |
| Thomas Watson | United Kingdom | American Civil War, Union blockade: Bound from London to Wilmington, North Carolina, Confederate States of America with a cargo of salt, blankets, flannels, and other dry goods, the sailing ship ran aground on the coast of South Carolina on the northeastern side of Stono Reef. Her crew abandoned her. The screw frigate USS Roanoke ( United States Navy) captured her wreck, and Eby ( United States) burned her. |
| W. H. Chandler | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Formosa Channel. Her crew were rescued by HMS Simoom ( Royal Navy). |
| Two unidentified schooners | Unknown | The two schooners were lost in a storm while tied up at a wharf in Galveston, Texas. |

## 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gratitude | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. |
| Marco Bozzario | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of Malta. Her crew were rescued by Leif ( Norway). Marco Bozzario was on a voyage form Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Livorno, Italy. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and was beached at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. |
| Water Nymph | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, collided with the steam collier Jarrow ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Gravesend, Kent. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Ravenshill ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Smalls Lighthouse with the loss of all hands. |

## 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Change | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Portneuf Shoal, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Florence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Portneuf Shoal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Quebec City. |
| Harvest Queen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Genoa, Italy. |
| Loncomilla | Chile | The ship was wrecked at Constitución. |

## 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frolic | United States | American Civil War: After being driven out to sea and losing all of her sails overnight, the tender ran aground at Southwest Pass at the mouth of the Mississippi River on the coast of Louisiana. She was stripped and burned by the gunboat USS South Carolina ( United States Navy) to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. |
| Hector | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Middelgrunden. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Dantzic. She was refloated the next day. |
| John Miller | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Welsh coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Hull, Yorkshire and Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Josephina | Sweden | The galeas was driven ashore and wrecked near Halmstad. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lysekil. |

## 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brigadier | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the quayside at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and was severely damaged, sinking at the bow. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Maria Hardy | United Kingdom | The brig capsized at a port near Brest, Finistère, France. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Augusta, Sicily, Italy with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Messina to Catania, Sicily. |

## 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bee | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Damsay, Orkney Islands. She was refloated the next day. |

## 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Galioteer | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Pearl ( United Kingdom). Galioteer was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Lady Jane | British North America | The schooner struck a sunken wreck and was beached at Crole's Head, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |

## 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Comte Derlon | France | The steamship struck the Barges Rocks and was abandoned by her passengers and crew, who were rescued by a coaster. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Bordeaux, Gironde. She capsized on 24 October 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north west of Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée. |
| Earl of Derby | United Kingdom | The wasterlogged ship ran aground in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated on 30 October and towed in to Greenock. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic (2°54′S 26°30′W﻿ / ﻿2.900°S 26.500°W﻿ / -2.900; -26.500). Her crew were rescued by the barque Ascendant ( United Kingdom). Fanny was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Galatea | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Hilda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Nordmaling, Sweden with the loss of two of her crew. |
| John Libau | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle. Her five crew survived. |
| HMS Virago | Royal Navy | The Driver-class sloop ran aground in the East Swin, in the Thames Estuary. She was subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |

## 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Messina, Sicily, Italy. |
| Norichael | Greece | The brig was wrecked at Messina. |
| Nuova Immaculata | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Messina. |
| Popplewell | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Lambay Island, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued by Monita (Flag unknown). Popplewell was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim. |
| CSS Tuscarora | Confederate States Navy | The sidewheel gunboat caught fire and was run ashore on the bank of the Mississippi River near Herbert's Plantation, 15 miles (24 km) below Memphis, Tennessee. Her ammunition magazine exploded seven minutes later, destroying her and setting the plantation′s slave quarters on fire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ancient Mariner | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Rosier, Maine, United States with the loss of fifteen of her eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America to London. |
| Ant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Sandown Bay. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated on 3 November with assistance from HMS Echo ( Royal Navy) but sank. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by John ( United Kingdom). Minerva was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. |
| Prince of the Seas | United Kingdom | The clipper was destroyed by fire at Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to a British port. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving on 27 October. |

## 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| E. Z. | United States | The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |

## 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amulet | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Patras, Greece. |
| Ernestina | United Kingdom | The ship put in to Hyères, Var, France on fire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Genoa, Italy. |
| Guiseppina | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Lagos, Portugal. She was on a voyage from "Giogo" to the Clyde. |
| Nero | France | The ship was driven ashore east of the Teignmouth Lighthouse, Devon, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Teignmouth. |

## 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gauntlet | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew go on board the Lemon Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued on 29 October by the lugger Samaritan ( United Kingdom). Gauntlet was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| George and Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated on 30 October and taken in to The Swale. |
| Hillborough | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Waterford. |

## 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benochie | United Kingdom | The brig was lost in the Danube at "Manda", Ottoman Empire with the loss of six of the eleven people on board. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Faversham, Kent. |
| Gitana | Spain | The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Hector | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat ran aground off the Point of Ayr, Cheshire. |
| Kingfisher | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on this day. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Magdalen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Skerweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. |
| HMS Monkey | Royal Navy | The tug was run into by a brig and severely damaged at Woolwich, Kent. She was taken in to Woolwich Dockyard for repairs. |
| William Thompson | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. 30 nautical miles (56 km) east by north half north of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Wrights ( United Kingdom). William Thompson was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Three unidentified vessels | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: Personnel in boats from the armed screw steamer USS Louisiana ( United States Navy) boarded and burned three Confederate vessels in Chincoteague Inlet off Virginia. |
| Anglo-American | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the east side of Tomales Point at Tomales Bay on the coast of California. The crew got ashore safely but the vessel was a total loss. |

## 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariel | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. |
| Carolina | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Carolina | Argentina | The schooner was wrecked at Buenos Aires when the steamship Mississippi ( United States) ran into her. |
| Diana | Argentina | The schooner was damaged at Buenos Aires when the steamship Mississippi ( United States) ran into her. |
| Dolores | Argentina | The schooner ran aground at Buenos Aires. |
| Dolores | Argentina | The pilot boat was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. |
| Foreman | Jersey | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| George W. Coffee | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The 177-ton sidewheel ferry sank at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, perhaps due to sabotage by Union sympathizers. She later was refloated. |
| Henrich Arens | Hamburg | The brig was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. |
| Mariquita | Argentina | The pilot boat was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. |
| Mississippi | United States | The steamship was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. |
| Rayo | Argentina | The schooner ran aground at Buenos Aires. |
| Rayo | Argentina | The pilot boat was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. |
| Tomasito | Argentina | The pilot boat was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. |

## 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cordella | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. Shew as on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Daniel Towbridge | United States | American Civil War: The 200-ton packet schooner was burned in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Dominica at either 16°40′N 58°16′W﻿ / ﻿16.667°N 58.267°W﻿ / 16.667; -58.267﻿ (Daniel Trowbridge) or 17°54′N 56°03′W﻿ / ﻿17.900°N 56.050°W﻿ / 17.900; -56.050﻿ (Daniel Trowbridge) by the merchant raider CSS Sumter ( Confederate States Navy). Sumter had captured Daniel Trowbridge, carrying a cargo of fresh provisions from New Haven, Connecticut, to Demerara, British Guiana, on 27 October. |
| General de Pimodan | France | The ship was wrecked on the Palister Reef. |
| Hebe | Sweden | The brig ran aground on the Lemon Sand, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Gävle to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was refloated and put in to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |
| Jean Parmentier | France | The ship struck a reef off the coast of Brazil and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated. |
| Keystone State | United States | Carrying a cargo of crockery, farm implements, glassware, and hardware and US$3,000 to US$9,000 in gold in a safe, the 1,354-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in Lake Huron northeast of Port Austin in the Thumb region of Michigan near Saginaw Bay at 44°04′N 83°00′W﻿ / ﻿44.067°N 83.000°W﻿ / 44.067; -83.000﻿ (Keystone State). |
| Lady Katherine Barham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was sighted off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire whilst on a voyage from the River Wear to Littlehampton, Sussex. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Savanac | United States | The ship was damaged by fire at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Unidentified barges | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces filled the barges with rocks and scuttled them as blockships in the Cumberland River in Tennessee near Fort Donelson. |

## 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| El Jeide | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at "Pulloheeny", County Sligo, United Kingdom. |
| Morning Star | British North America | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. |
| Peerless | United States | American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of stores and cattle for use by Union forces in the upcoming Battle of Port Royal, the 690-ton steam transport sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina near Cape Hatteras. Her crew were rescued by the sloop-of-war USS Mohican ( United States Navy). |
| Salinas | United States | The screw steamer was swamped at the mouth of the Salinas River on the coast of California and run aground. She later was refloated. |
| William IV | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Jane ( United Kingdom) and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Xanthe | Jersey | The ship departed from Le Vivier-sur-Mer, Ille-et-Vilaine for Swansea, Glamorgan. Presumed foundered off Jersey with the loss of all hands, a quantity of apples which washed up were thought to be part of her cargo. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1861 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in a typhoon at Formosa on 14 or 18 October. |
| Belle | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Barbadoes with the loss of five of her crew. |
| Bourdon | France | The steamship was lost on or before 22 October. |
| Coquette | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by ice at Archangelsk, Russia. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off Struy's Point, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London. |
| Giorgio | Greece | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Fort Ricasoli, Malta with the loss of eight of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Malta. |
| John King | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Kim Po Sing | Siam | The barque foundered. |
| Lady Lovat | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cromarty. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 8 October and towed back to Inverness. |
| Lunaria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Port Elizabeth. |
| Marie | France | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from sunderland, County Durham to Storå, Norway. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. |
| Natalie | British Cape Colony | The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Umkomazi River. |
| Normandie | United States | The ship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and broke her back. She was refloated a few days later. |
| Pacific | United Kingdom | The barque sank in a typhoon at Keelung on 13, 14 or 18 October, during voyage from Swatow to Shanghai, Imperial China, with only two survivors. |
| Pepin I | France | The steamship was lost on or before 22 October. |
| Pepin IV | France | The steamship was lost on or before 22 October. |
| Pilot Fish | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in late October. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| St. Olaf | Norway | The steamship was driven ashore at Christiania. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Christiania. |
| St. Petersburg | Russia | The ship was driven ashore on Farø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Therese | Cape Colony | The schooner was wrecked at Port Elizabeth. |
| Thomas Watson | United Kingdom | American Civil War, Union Blockade: The ship was captured by USS Flag ( United States Navy) at Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate States of America before 23 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston. She was run ashore and burnt. |
| Zelie | France | The barque ran aground at North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated but drove on to the Herd Sand. Zelie was subsequently towed in to the River Tyne in a leaky condition. |