# List of shipwrecks in March 1860

The list of shipwrecks in March 1860 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1860.

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adeline | Prussia | The brig was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Antze | United Kingdom | The ship collided with HMS Perseverance ( Royal Navy) and sank. Her crew were rescued by HMS Perseverance. Antze was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Esther May | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Yang-tel Cape, China. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Shanghai, China. She floated off on 7 March, but consequently sank the next day. Her crew were rescued. |
| J. F. L. | Peru | The full-rigged ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off the coast of Peru. Her 22 crew took to three boats. Two reached the coast of Peru, the third, with nine crew on board, was reported missing. J. F. L. was on a voyage from Callao to the Sandwich Islands and China. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Little Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Magic | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Licata, Sicily. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Licata to a British port. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adrien | France | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Alexandria, Egypt with the loss of two of her nine crew. |
| Camella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Walberswick, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Harwich, Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Almería, Spain. She was refloated and beached at Sizewell, Suffolk. |
| North Wales | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by the barque Mystery ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Strait of Gibraltar off Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°40′N 8°30′W﻿ / ﻿35.667°N 8.500°W﻿ / 35.667; -8.500) with the loss of one of the eleven people on board. Survivors were rescued by Mystery. North Wales was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Gibraltar. |
| San Roque | Netherlands | The schooner was run down and sunk off Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Superb | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina, United States for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Olive | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atterdag | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Leer, Kingdom of Hanover. |
| Augusta | Sweden | The schooner was wrecked in the Aalbek. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cimbritshamn to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Idas | Jersey | The schooner was wrecked at "Mazarelli", Sicily. Her six crew survived. |
| Waters | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by a Prussian barque. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert Thomas | United States | The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion in the Delaware River with much loss of life. |
| Autumn | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Agenoria ( United Kingdom). Autumn was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
| General Miramon | Mexico | Reform War, Battle of Antón Lizardo: The steamship ran aground off Antón Lizardo and was captured by the steamship Wave (on charter to the United States Navy). |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. Jessie was refloated on 8 March. |
| May Flower | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Butter Pladder. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Princesse Carlotta | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked at Castellammare di Stabia, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Odessa to an English port. |
| Syren | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arundel, Sussex. |
| Talca | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Paracel Islands. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Saigon, French Cochinchina. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arthur Gordon, and Independence | United Kingdom | The brigantine Arthur Gordon collided with the tug Independence 16 nautical miles (30 km) north by east of Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Both vessels foundered. Arthur Gordon was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Neath, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by the tug British Queen ( United Kingdom). Independence was towing the full-rigged ship J. K. L. ( United Kingdom) from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew got aboard J. K. L. |
| Crown | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Orfordness Lighthouse, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated. |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition. |
| Virginia | United States | The pilot boat ran ashore in thick fog and gale ten miles east of Rockaway Shoals. The crew was able to escape to safety. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ellen Stuart | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. |
| Emile | France | The ship struck the Lavendee Rock, off the Saint-Mathieu Lighthouse, Finistère and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Esmerelda | Hamburg | The barque was wrecked on a rock off Ningpo, China. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ningpo to Chinchew, China. |
| Gonsalve | France | The brig was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her seven crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat. |
| Martha Grace | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was refloated but consequently foundered, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Crosby ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft. |
| Young King | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Tarragona, Spain. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Ewan Crerar | United Kingdom | The brigantine struck the Graves and foundered. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Hopewell | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Boston, Lincolnshire in a severely leaky condition. |
| Martinus | Netherlands | The koff was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asia | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted at the Equator whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| De Witt Clinton | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. De Witt Clinton was refloated on 26 March and towed in to New York. |
| Dom Pedro | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cádiz, Spain. She had been refloated by 24 March. |
| Enfans Cherie | France | The lugger was wrecked on the Fleur. She was on a voyage from the Loire to Gloucester, United Kingdom. |
| Leda | United Kingdom | The barque departed from Sunderland, County Durham, for Calcutta, India. Sighted in the English Channel a few days later, after which no further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Olivee | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby in a leaky condition. |
| Rapid | Belgium | The sloop ran aground on Filey Brig. She was on a voyage from Bruges, West Flanders to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Wagoola | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and damaged 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. Wagoola was refloated on 18 March and towed in to the River Thames. |
| Woodcote | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dymchurch, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia. Woodcote was refloated on 18 March and taken in to for London. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the north coast of Devon. Her five crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat. |
| Duc de Trevise | France | The brig was run down and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Plymouth, Devon by Heart of Oak ( United Kingdom). All eight people on board were rescued by a pilot cutter. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to the Rio Grande. |
| Mary Bannatyne | United Kingdom | The barque, which had collided with Lucia ( France) on 3 March, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship George F. Patten ( United States). Mary was on a voyage from Odessa to Gibraltar and Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Red Gauntlett | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Calcutta, India. Her 26 crew survived; the ship broke her back. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London. |
| Request | United Kingdom | The ship sank in St. Brides Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| River Belle | United Kingdom | The brig collided with Forest King ( United Kingdom) and sank off Cape San Antonio, Cuba with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to New York, United States. |
| Royal Victoria | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Lough Swilly. |
| Skerryvore | United Kingdom | The brig sank in the Pacific Ocean. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Melbourne, Victoria. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baronet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Maria Spesmea (Flag unknown). Baronet was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bône, Algeria. |
| Clifton | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the north coast of Devon. Her five crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat. |
| Jenny | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was refloated. |
| Lady Suffolk | United States | The brig was abandoned, set afire and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Meereshant and the brig Sappho (both United Kingdom). Lady Suffolk was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Calcutta, Indian. |
| Philip and Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Platters, off the coast of Anglesey and was beached at Cemlyn. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Liverpool. She was refloated by the tug Universe ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Liverpool. |
| Queen of the Seas | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Queenstown | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was refloated. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glencaple | United Kingdom | The brigantine sank off Cape Pula, Sardinia. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Port Lagos" to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Lord Raglan | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Kattywar coast of India. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Kurrachee and London. |
| Queenstown | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Sarı Siğlar Bay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated. |
| Russian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her eighteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Antwerp, Belgium. She later broke in two and was a total loss. |
| Stirling | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the South Pampus, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Babbacombe, Devon, United Kingdom. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Teignmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 24 March and towed in to Teignmouth, Devon in a leaky condition. |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Napier, New Zealand. |
| Morafield | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Drontheim to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Osprey | United Kingdom | The snow foundered in the North Sea. Her seven crew were rescued by Silistria ( United Kingdom). Osprey was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Vistula | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and sank at Aber Wrac'h, Finistère, France. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain and Gibraltar. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alverton | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain with the loss of nine of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a Spanish port. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at San Sebastián. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to San Sebastián. |
| Cairn | United States | The schooner sank off Cape Canaveral, Florida. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to London. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Barageren Sands, off Rangoon, Burma. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Berma to Calcutta, India. |
| Frederick William | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. Her five crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat. |
| Medium | British North America | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°44′N 15°18′W﻿ / ﻿50.733°N 15.300°W﻿ / 50.733; -15.300). Her six crew were rescued by the brig Copernicus ( Rostock). Medium was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Cork. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baronet | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued by the schooner Maria Spes Mea ( Netherlands). Baronet was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bône, Algeria. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked off Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her seven crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
| Paul | Denmark | The brig was sunk by ice at Aarhus. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to Dublin, United Kingdom. |
| Quick | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) west north west of Cabo de Santa Maria, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Trieste. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Black Rock, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. |
| Theda | Sweden | The barque was driven ashore 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km) from Point Centinas, Spain. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Boadicea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Talbot. |
| Caterina | Kingdom of Sardinia | The brig was wrecked at Bosa. Her crew were rescued. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Inniskerra". |
| Othello | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Malmö, Sweden. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edwige | France | The ship was driven ashore at Benidorm, Spain. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was condemned. |
| Grietje | Netherlands | The galiot foundered east of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Ottilia | Sweden | The brig was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. |
| Roska | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked on Skagen. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auspicious | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Brussels, West Flanders, Belgium to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby. |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Oaklands | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her sixteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Algoa Bay. |
| Sir Alexander | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Pole Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Devon, She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Statesman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Lye Moon Passage. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foo Chow Foo, China. |
| Tweed | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Palma de Mallorca. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albatross | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Molasses Reef, south of Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Mary Dawson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Generosity | United Kingdom | The barque was sighted off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Calcutta, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Grietze Wemhoff | Netherlands | The galiot foundered in the Mediterranean Sea (38°00′N 6°58′E﻿ / ﻿38.000°N 6.967°E﻿ / 38.000; 6.967). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Rhine ( Netherlands). Grietze Wemhoff was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Myrtle | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with Devonshire ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Newfoundland, British North America. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Cator | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hellevoetsluis. She was refloated. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Dublin. |
| Fleur de Marie | France | The schooner was driven onto rocks off "Locinaseagner". She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Londonderry, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to port. |
| Florence Nightingale | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Zuleika | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Par, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Par. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annibale Jeanne | France | The lugger was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom by the barque Couriere de Messina ( Austrian Empire) with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Couriere de Messina. |
| Effort | United Kingdom | The schooner 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 Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Endymion | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in L'Eree Bay, on the west coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her twelve crew were rescued by HMRC Eagle ( Board of Customs). Endymion was on a voyage from El Ferrol, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Weekly Despatch | United Kingdom | The trow was holed by her anchor and was beached at Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mentor | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Whittaker Spit, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Increase ( United Kingdom}) and assisted in to Wivenhoe, Essex in a leaky condition. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Devonport, Devon. She was refloated and beached at Broadstairs, Kent. |
| Robert Mills | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Penrhyn Bay, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galveston, Texas, United States. She was later refloated and towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Sir John Easthope | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Alicante, Spain. She was refloated on 3 April and towed in to Penarth, Glamorgan. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Attwood's Key. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked between "Tupelco" and Santa Anna, Mexico. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Gambia River to the Goazcoalcas River. |
| Robert Trial | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Currituck, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to City Point, Virginia. |
| San Francisco | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. |
| Spitfire | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Attwood's Key. She was on a voyage from Gonaïes to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Theodor | Kingdom of Hanover | The tjalk foundered in the Zuyder Zee off Makkum, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Hamburg. |
| Virgine | Kingdom of Sardinia | The barque was driven ashore at Barber's Point. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canrobert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Monte Video, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Cedars | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Velt Bank, off the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Point de Galle, Ceylon. She was refloated. |
| Doris | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the barque Flying Spray ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cromer, Norfolk. Her fourteen crew were rescued, one of them by Flying Spray. |
| La Jeune Ida | France | The brig ran aground on the Pine Keys. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States for repairs. |
| Robert Trent | British North America | The ship was driven ashore south of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. |
| Vesta | Russia | The ship was wrecked at Fjaltring, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spaing to Riga. |
| William | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Villaricos, Spain. Her fifteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aln | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Innistyre, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Westport, County Mayo. She was refloated. |
| William | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emilia | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore near Ottendord, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom and Haiti. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Independence | United States | The ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Kadyak, or Kadiak | United States | Bound for San Francisco, California, with a cargo of 356 tons of ice, the 500-ton ship struck a rock off Woody Island in the Kodiak Archipelago in Russian America and sank in Monk's Lagoon on the coast of nearby Spruce Island. Her wreck was discovered in 2003. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at St Bees, Cumberland. |
| Rose of Sharon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Kertch, Russia. She was refloated on 2 April and taken in to Kertch. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Penny Steel Rocks, on the coast of Yorkshire. She sank the next day. |
| Albatross | Bremen | The brig was wrecked on the Molasses Reef, south of Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Asia | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship foundered off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. Her 26 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. |
| Havering | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Batten Reef, in the English Channel off the coast of Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Hong Kong. |
| Mary and Dorothy | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Stella ( United Kingdom). |
| Rover | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Hook Sands, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exmouth, Devon. |
| Swallow | Denmark | The steamship was driven ashore at Middelfahrt. She was refloated the next day. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1860 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Lockerby | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cobija, Chile for Liverpool, Lancashire before 9 March. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Collier | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was taken in to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands on 7 March. |
| Eastern Queen | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Wiscasset, Maine before 22 March. |
| George and James | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore south of Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat. She was later refloated. |
| Henry Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore before 5 March. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Aberdeen. |
| Jean Baptiste | France | The ship was driven ashore at Provincetown, Massachusetts before 9 March. She was refloated. |
| Lady England | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Simoda, Japan. Her crew were rescued. |
| L. D. | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina before 5 March. |
| Linda | Portugal | The barque was wrecked at "Ilaculumin", Brazil before 27 March. |
| Louisiane | France | The ship collided with a British vessel and foundered before 27 March. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Shanghai, China. |
| Montebello | United Kingdom | The brigantine was lost at sea before 3 March. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Newark | United Kingdom | The ship was lost before 6 March. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Sea Ranger | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked 120 nautical miles (220 km) off the Falkland Islands before 17 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Volta | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked north of "Bangier Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hong Kong |
| Whim | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay between 9 and 29 March. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Dublin and Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |