# List of shipwrecks in August 1866

The list of shipwrecks in August 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1866.

## 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Die Vernon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Choal Kado Reef with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. |
| Tubal Cain | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Margate Sands and sank. |

## 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Petronella Johanna | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on "Boomjes Island", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank near Le Hourdel, Somme, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Tartar | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked off Inishbofin, County Donegal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunfanaghy, County Donegal to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| No. 2 | United Kingdom | The pilot cutter was driven ashore near Carnoustie, Forfarshire. |

## 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bromley | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the steamship City of Aberdeen ( United Kingdom) and sank. |
| Cardigan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| HMS Gleaner | Royal Navy | The Gleaner-class gunboat was driven ashore on "Gonti Island". Subsequently refloated and returned to service. |
| Valentina | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Ysabel | Spain | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Havana to Liverpool. |

## 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane Goodyear | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Moselle", Mexico. She was on a voyage from London to Sisal, Yucatán and Campeche City, Mexico. |

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Affondatore | Regia Marina | The ironclad warship sank in a storm while in port at Ancona. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Doris | Danzig | The ship was driven ashore near "Raa", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Neufahrwasser. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Jane Goodyear | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Bimini, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from London to Campeche City, Mexico. |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak, capsized and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by Excelsior ( United Kingdom). Commerce was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Stettin. |
| Pallas | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Stonewall Jackson ( United Kingdom). Pallas was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cyclone | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of Japan with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Shanghai, China. |
| Lady Stewart | United Kingdom | The brig sank off Heligoland after a Bremen pilot cutter refused to take off her crew or take her in tow. Her eight crew took to a skiff; they were rescued the next day by Norsken ( Sweden. Lady Stewart was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Herald | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east by east the Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Lady Westmorland | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship departed from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Wasp | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and sank in the River Wyre. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood to Southport, Lancashire. She was refloated and beached at Fleetwood. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Huelva, Spain for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ann and Emma | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked near Portholland, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portholland to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the sloop Nine Brothers. |
| President | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Port Ellesmere, Cheshire. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Scout | Royal Navy | The Pearl-class corvette struck an uncharted rock in the Pacific Ocean. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary and Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with assistance and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Jose S. Romas | Brazil | The ship was wrecked at Laguna, Santa Catarina. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Laguna. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blanche | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated the next day. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Angle, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cork. She was refloated and beached. |
| Five unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The schooners ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fulmar | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Middle Grunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Dick Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Nord and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Holland (Flag unknown) and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex. |
| Onward | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Gorriti Island, Uruguay. Her crew survived. |

## 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arnold | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Ilva | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in Algoa Bay. |
| Lady Napier | United Kingdom | The ship departed from North Shields, Northumberland for Dantzic. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Weybourne | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with the schooner Jessie ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Jessie. Weybourne was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | British North America | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland. |
| Caleb Haley | United States | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Mexico. Her crew survived. |
| Christina Wubbegina | Netherlands | The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin. |
| Mary Gillespie | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea (55°06′N 3°20′E﻿ / ﻿55.100°N 3.333°E﻿ / 55.100; 3.333). Her eight crew were rescued by the yacht Treide Egg ( Denmark). Mary Gillespie was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Douro ( Portugal) and sank in Liverpool Bay off the Crosby Lightship ( Trinity House). Alice was on a voyage from Liverpool to Preston, Lancashire. |
| Minnie Waterson | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Towy | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and sank off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to an Irish port. |
| Wingate Grange | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged at Sunderland, County Durham by two separate explosions in her cargo of coal. A crew member was severely injured in each explosion. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred Barrett | United States | The schooner exploded, caught fire and was destroyed at Jersey City, New Jersey with the loss of at least three of her four crew. |
| Bruiser | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steam collier Haswell ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk with the loss of fifteen of the 108 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the collier and the schooner Perseverance ( United Kingdom), which rescued three people. Bruiser was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. |
| Hermina Hendrika | Netherlands | The galiot was run down and sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom by the steamship Fairy Queen ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Fairy Queen. |
| Lambert | Bremen | The ship caught fire, exploded and was destroyed at Jersey City. |
| Sardinia | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Royal Family ( United Kingdom). Sardinia was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Vulcan | Belgium | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew survived. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duncan | British North America | The barque foundered in the North Sea. All sixteen people on board were rescued by the schooner Edward ( Belgium). Duncan was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Theodore | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Woodman | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was refloated the next day and taken into Berwick upon Tweed. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hibernia | Isle of Man | The cutter ran ashore and was wrecked at the Point of Ayre. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Omar Pacha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Krasnaya Gorka, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken into Cronstadt. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| United Kingdom, and No. 6 | United Kingdom | The dredger No. 6 was run into and sunk in the Clyde by the steamship Heron ( United Kingdom), which was trying to avoid the steamship United Kingdom, which had run aground. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Europa | Denmark | The ship departed from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands for Copenhagen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Golden City | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Sydney, New South Wales. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Walvisch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza Jenkins | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Lagos, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liscannor, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Liscannor to Liverpool. |

## 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oceanita | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Ascension Island for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess of Durham | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken into sunderland. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Corrib | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Cezimbra Bay, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Bristol Gloucestershire. |
| Cupid | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Goliah | United Kingdom | The tug was driven into the tug Hilda ( United Kingdom) and both were driven out to sea from Whitby. Goliah's captain got on board Hilda, leaving a boy on board. Hilda returned to port. Goliah was driven ashore and wrecked. |
| Lidener | France | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Port Mahon, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Maria Renée | France | The schooner foundered off the North Sand Head. Her crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Honfleur, Calvados. |
| Martha & Eliza | United States | The fishing schooner was run down and sunk by schooner Northerner near the Magdalen Islands. Crew saved. |
| North | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her 31 crew took to two boats; seventeen were rescued by the Texel Lifeboat ( Netherlands), and fourteen by the lugger Reform ( United Kingdom). North was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Bremen. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The fishing coble was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby. |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admirable | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Ceylon | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the Clyde for Bombay, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Dressine | Russia | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to a British port. |
| Annie | British North America | The ship was sunk by ice before 17 August. |
| Backworth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles on or before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sicily, Italy to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Tegeler Platte, in the North Sea before 7 August. |
| Como | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Fortitude | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Akyab, Burma. |
| Highflyer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Langsham". She was refloated. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Maceió, Brazil. |
| J. B. Elliott | United States | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to New York. |
| Jean Baptiste | France | The ship foundered off Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Vigo, Spain. |
| Madaweska | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Maitland | United States | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Malta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was refloated. |
| Mary Gillespie | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and sank at Lagos. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lagos to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nile | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Queen of India | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Manila, Spanish East Indies for San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Queen of the Forth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Paraíba, Brazil She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin downstream of Moulmein, Burma. She was on a voyage from Moulmein to Madras, India. She was refloated and towed in to "Fishing Village" in a waterlogged condition. |
| St. Hilda | Burma | The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean before 3 August with the loss of seventeen lives. She was on a voyage form Rangoon to Bombay. |
| Themis | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground, broke her back and was wrecked at Alibag, India. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aden. |
| Wing | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued. |