# List of shipwrecks in March 1866

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

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The sloop sank at "Bunavoe", Caithness, a hole having been bored in her bottom. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Fanny ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft. |
| Hoskins | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Havre de Grâce. |
| Hygeia | Norway | The brig was wrecked on the Herd Sand, at the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of one of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Kragerø to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and towed in to South Shields in a waterlogged condition. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She put in to South Shields in a leaky condition. |
| Unnamed | France | The ship ran aground on Smith's Knoll, in the North Sea off the north coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely leaky condition. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | Tasmania | The whaler was wrecked on Chatham Island, New Zealand. |
| Omar Pasha | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Radiant | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Copenhagen. She was refloated. |
| Victor | France | The ship was abandoned off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage form Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | Flag unknown | The whaling barque was lost in fine weather in the Chatham Islands. The ship's master, Captain James Lucas, died on board on February 21, and command passed to a Mr McGuinness who — through inexperience, drunkenness, or a combination of the two — failed to successfully handle the ship. |
| Squirrel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was refloated by the tug Confidence ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Scarborough. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Libelle | Bremen | The barque struck the reef at Wake Island and sunk. After three weeks, the crew and passengers departed the uninhabited and dry atoll in a longboat and a gig. The ship's buried and scattered treasure of quicksilver, coins and precious stones was recovered by various vessels over the next two years. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Economy | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the brig Unity ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. All but one of her crew were rescued by Unity. Economy was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to London. |
| Edgardo | Italy | The ship ran aground "at the second river". She was on a voyage from Reni, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Gibraltar. |
| John and Betsy | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire to Ardglass, County Down. |
| Progress | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Gronhoe". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated on 12 March and towed in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Absolem | Denmark | The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Scarborough. |
| Achilles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Seacombe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire. |
| B. A. Jones | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the North Sea. Four of he ten crew took to the jolly boat. They were rescued the next day by the smack Gauntlet ( United Kingdom). The rest were reported missing. B. A. Jones was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Conservator | United Kingdom | The smack struck the breakwater and sank at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Merionethshire to Chester, Cheshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Empress | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Punta Mala, Spain. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Malta. She had been refloated by 26 March but ran aground in Gibraltar Bay. She had been refloated by 16 April. |
| Hubert | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in the River Wear. She was on a voyage from the River Wear to the River Tyne. She was later refloated |
| Jane Smith | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She had become a wreck by 10 March. |
| Kate Holmes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Martinique. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Lillian | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Steilsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Mault | United Kingdom | The smack struck a sunken wreck off Donaghadee, County Antrim and sank. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Merionethshire to Londonderry. |
| Morris | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Mugglins. She was on a voyage from Cork to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin, where she sank. |
| Perthshire | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the schooner Breeze ( United Kingdom) and ran aground at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Vixen | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk off "Inske". She was on a voyage from Limerick to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auster | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was severely damaged by fire on 9 March. |
| Emil | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Tarifa, Spain with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Tarragona, Spain. |
| Fear Not | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near Hittarp, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Livonia | Jersey | The brig was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amsterdam | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. All on board were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was being towed from Hull, Yorkshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Barrington | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was severely damaged at Sunderland. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Par, Cornwall. She was refloated. |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Annot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montrose, Forfarshire. |
| Hetton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Sunderland and was severely damaged. |
| Nairnshire | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground in Arklow Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin. |
| Pomona | Victoria | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of The Lakes, Western Australia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Middleton, County Durham. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated. |
| Vigilant | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Annot Bank. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Montrose. |
| Vivid | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Hartlepool. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| B.L. 686 | France | The steam dredger collided with the barque Express ( France) and sank at Gibraltar with the loss of five crew. |
| Cleopatra | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was run into by Agnes ( United Kingdom) and was damaged. Cleopatra was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Intrinsic | United Kingdom | The barque was severely damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham. |
| Johanna | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Spittal, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| John Parker | British North America | The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition. |
| Lady Duff | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Latona | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Sunderland. |
| Mazurka | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her ten crew were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife to Barbadoes. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sunderland. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent in a severely leaky condition. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dorothea | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the brigantine Brothers ( United Kingdom) and sank in Mounts Bay. Her crew were rescued by Brothers. Dorothea was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Llanelly, Glamorgan. |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto a reef in Triumph Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Sea Bird | Tasmania | The schooner went aground close to Greymouth, New Zealand, and broke up. |
| St. Lawrence | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Lagos Colony to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| William | New South Wales | The schooner went aground on a spit at the mouth of New Zealand's Grey River, seriously damaging her hull. She was washed off the spit several days later and sank. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. Her eight crew were taken off the next day by the Lytham Lifeboat. She was refloated on 14 March with assistance from a tug and beached at Lytham St. Annes. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Barbuda. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Teignmouth. |
| Jane Macdonald | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Varberg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dantzic. |
| Moses Shepherd | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilberry, Argyllshire. |
| Octavia | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. |
| Pollux | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked at Galle, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend, West Flanders. She was refloated and taken in to Ostend in a leaky condition. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued by Monarch ( United Kingdom). Ann and Jane was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Lemvig, Norway with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Petrel | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Richmond River. Her crew were rescued. |
| Reform | Norway | The schooner was driven out to sea from Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Wick. She was boarded by some fishermen who intended to take her in to Cromarty, United Kingdom. |
| St. Pierre | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées for Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| William | United Kingdom | The brig, which had been ashore on Læsø, Denmark and had been refloated and consequently abandoned by her crew, sank off Hirsholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Swinemünde, Prussia. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortuna | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Adinkerke, West Flanders, Belgium. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Ostend Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated on 17 March and towed in to Ostend, West Flanders. |
| Pacific | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Portsmouth | Bahamas | The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Coega River, north east of Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Port Elizabeth. |
| Trio | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Varberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving in London on 15 May. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arnul | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She sank the next day. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Eleanor | New Zealand | The 58-ton paddle steamer was washed ashore three miles north of Greymouth, and became a total wreck. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Stackpole Rock with the loss of all five crew. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Roen", in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The schooner was beached at Newry, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Newry. She was refloated on 21 March and found to be severely damaged. |
| Lord Brougham | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Laccadive Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India. |
| Olga | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Prospero | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the North Sands, off the coast of County Durham whilst avoiding a collision with Anna Bell ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated but was damaged. |
| Two Emmas | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated and taken in to the River Thames. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Sandgate, Kent. |
| Von Beuningen | Kingdom of Hanover | The schooner ran aground off Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by the Agger Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Copenhagen, Denmark and Stettin. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada | United Kingdom | The ship was run intp by the brigantine William ( United Kingdom) and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Isabella and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Kingsbora", Forfarshire. She was refloated on 29 March and towed in to Dundee in a severely leaky condition. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Catherine Gwladys | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 25 March. |
| Eleanor Davidson | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 25 March. |
| Frederick Eugene | United States | The ship was wrecked 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Cape Mondego, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Giraffe | British North America | The brigantine was wrecked off Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ipswich | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 25 March. |
| Liconsiglio | Italy | The ship was wrecked off Conil, Spain with the loss of nine of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Odessa, Russia. |
| Sultan | United Kingdom | The barque sank off Alexandria, Egypt with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Alexandria. |
| Tabustinac | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Wonder | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Hayle, Cornwall. She had been refloated by 25 March. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Drogheda | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Roquetas, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 31 March. |
| Edith | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Annalong, County Down, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Newry, County Antrim, United Kingdom. |
| Hesperus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Torrox, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jeune Mathilde | France | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Promise | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned by her crew off St. Ubes, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Alicante, Spain. She foundered on 26 March. |
| Rainbow | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Seaham, County Durham. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hesperus | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields. |
| Kathleen | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew took to two boats. Four crew in one boat were supplied with provisions by Superb ( United Kingdom) and reached English Harbour, Antigua. Those in the other boat were rescued by Emma ( United States). Kathleen was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galveston, Texas, United States. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Malta. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Castlehaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to London. She was refloated. |
| Monarch of the Seas | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool for New York, United States. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all 699 people on board; a lifeboat from the ship containing several bodies washed up on the coast of County Kerry on 9 July and a message in a bottle washed up at Blackpool Lancashire on 30 June confirming that she had foundered. |
| Spirit of the Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a rock in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon with the loss of 38 of the 42 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza and Jane | United Kingdom | The brigantine sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Equity ( United Kingdom). Eliza and Jane was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Erin's Pride | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Maria Agnes | Netherlands | The barque foundered in the Chops of the Channel. Her crew were rescued by Water Sprite ( United Kingdom). Maria Agnes was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albertina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank in the River Thames at the Thames Embankment, London with the loss of four lives. |
| Margaret Evans | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Île au Bec, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Mary Curran | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Clippera Rocks, Anglesey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Cork. |
| Tahiti | Grand Duchy of Finland | The brig was run into by the steamship Lord Barrington or Lord Byron ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Sea Palling, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of ten of the seventeen people on board. Tahiti was on a voyage from Grimsbyl Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Alicante, Spain. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| David | United Kingdom | The ship heeled over and sank in Gare Loch whilst coaling Geelong ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off the Longships, Cornwall whilst on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Gloucester. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alarm | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ballycotton, County Cork. Her eleven crew were taken off by the Ballycotton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Alicia Bland | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the barque Glenfalloch ( United Kingdom) 15 nautical miles (28 km) west south west of the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Seven crew were rescued by Glenfalloch. Four crew were rescued by Charles Chalmer, and the rest were rescued by Star of the West (both United Kingdom). Alica Bland was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her three crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Arran Castle | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer foundered in the Firth of Forth between the Mull of Galloway and Ailsa Craig with the loss of all twenty people on board. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to London. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire the next day. |
| Baron Hambro | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to South Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated. |
| Bebee | Jersey | The brig was wrecked on the Blacktail Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Chieftain | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gävle, Sweden. She was refloated and put in to Kristiansand, Norway. |
| Christina Wabbegina | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom in a severely damaged condition. |
| Claudia | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was refloated with assistance from the Penarth Lifeboat and assisted in to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Confidence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Great Cumbrae, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to the Clyde. She was refloated and towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| East Cornwall | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was refloated but had to be beached at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued. |
| Eastward Ho | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Ridge Sand. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from the Gaboon River to Hamburg. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The smack sank at Cardigan. Her six crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Esther Dorn | Prussia | The brigantine was driven ashore at St. Austell, Cornwall. |
| George Ramsey | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Karlskrona, Sweden. |
| Gitana | Prussia | The ship ran aground in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a severely leaky condition. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She had sunk by 28 March. She was refloated on 2 April and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| H. E. Spearing | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to London. |
| Jeffrey | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Lumley ( United Kingdom). |
| Jenny Jones | United Kingdom | The smack was abandoned off Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat. |
| Jessie | Isle of Man | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Laxey. |
| John Munroe | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth Hoe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated on 1 April and towed in to Sutton Pool. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near Dundalk, County Louth with the loss of one of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the Dundalk Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. |
| Letitia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Watchet, Somerset. |
| Libertado | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Trefusis, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Viana do Castelo. |
| Lord Swinson | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at "Penchos", Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Major | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Goole, Yorkshire. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Crookhaven, County Cork. Her crew survived. |
| Marvel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberach, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Mary Louisa | United Kingdom | The schooner was run ashore at Paignton, Devon. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to London. |
| Nouvelle Pauline | France | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Rio Real, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. |
| Overy Packet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whittaker Spit, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. She was on a voyage from Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk to London. |
| Spirit of the Ocean | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Prawle Point, Devon with the loss of 38 of the 42 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Taleburo | Sweden | The brig was wrecked in Sandown Bay. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily, Italy to Bergen, Norway. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Whitehaven. |
| Tigris | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Blackwater Head, County Wexford with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in Swansea Bay, Wales. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Swansea Lifeboat Martha and Anne ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Young | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her eleven crew were rescued by the pilot cutter No. 4 ( United Kingdom). Young was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bloomer | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Germania ( Prussia). Bloomer was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Aden. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cardigan. Her six crew were rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat. |
| Flying Foam | Jersey | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Dover, Kent. she was on a voyage from Cephalonia, Greece to London. |
| Gipsey | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. All four people on board were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat Crossley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Tiber ( British North America. Harriet was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Howard | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All 34 people on board were rescued by Douglas Castle ( United Kingdom). Howard was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Eastport, Maine, United States and Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Dublin. |
| Lady Grant | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was consequently condemned. |
| Liberstare | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Trefusis, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to "Viuna". |
| Missionary | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack. |
| Montezuma | United Kingdom | The barque foundered 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east by south of The Smalls with the loss of all fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Osprey | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was run ashore north of Clogherhead, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Dublin. She was refloated on 28 March and towed in to Drogheda. |
| Paquette do Rio Grande | Portugal | The barque was driven against the breakwater and severely damaged at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Oporto. |
| Peerless | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the North Deal Lifeboat Vankook ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Peerless was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Pegasus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham and/or Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated. |
| Providentia | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by the Peterhead Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dram to the Firth of Forth. |
| Queen of the Isles | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven against the breakwater and sank at Holyhead. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Liverpool. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The brig sank off Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by the Swansea Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all five crew. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Londonderry, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 27 March and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jamaica. She was refloated. |
| Empress | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Arbutus ( United Kingdom). Empress was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. She may have caught fire or been set afire on being abandoned. Empress was sighted on 1 April 25 nautical miles (46 km) north by east of Cape Cornwall, Cornwall with her aft burnt down to the waterline and in a waterlogged condition. The tugs Constitution and Rock Light (both United Kingdom towed her in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a capsized condition on 23 April. |
| Fahle Bure | Sweden | The ship brig was driven ashore at Sandown, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by the Coastguard. |
| Joseph Soames | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Helsingør, Denmark and Hull, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| New Times | British North America | The schooner was sunk by ice in Bird Island Cove. |
| Salem | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Lindesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to a Baltic port. |
| Wealands | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by the brig Derize Jaillez ( France}). Wealands was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Oporto, Portugal. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Monarch | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Salinas, Brazil with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pará, Brazil. |
| Claudia | United Kingdom | The brig was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| John S. Harris | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto rocks at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Milford Haven in a leaky condition. |
| Maggie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bude, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bude to a Welsh port. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Sidestrand, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adam Lodge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Amore | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. |
| Anna Maria | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gibraltar. She was consequently condemned. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Gibraltar. She was refloated on 29 March. |
| Coburg | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Inchkeith, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Korsør, Denmark. |
| Constant | France | The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated on 29 March. |
| Croladys | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. |
| Eleanor Davidson | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gibraltar. |
| Ellen Catharine Rees | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was refloated on 26 March. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of Northumberland with the loss of a crew member. Survivors took to a boat; they were rescued by the brig Baltic ( United Kingdom). Emily was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Gibraltar. |
| Inanda Jellod | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. She was refloated on 29 March. |
| Munda | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar. |
| Palmerston | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the South China Sea 210 nautical miles (390 km) off Hong Kong. Her crew were rescued by the barque Amar ( Hamburg). |
| Stamboul | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool. She was refloated on 3 April and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition. |
| Thistle | South Australia | The schooner was wrecked at Cape Jervis. Her crew were rescued. |
| Thomas Lord | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from "Aquilas" to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Viscount Lambton | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Sunderland, County Durham in a leaky condition. |
| Wonder | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coke | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Floating Cloud | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Triumph ( United Kingdom). |
| Gleam | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Newhaven, Sussex. She was refloated and towed in to Dover, Kent by a tug. |
| Jane Jackson | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Dover. |
| Lizzie Fox | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Algoa Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Olive | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Leerbergen, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Cullen, Moray to Stettin. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arago | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on South Stack, Anglesey. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Blandina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cockatoo Rocks, near Bassein, India. She was on a voyage from Bassein to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bassein. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship ran ashore near Bude, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cork to Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was driven further ashore and wrecked whilst an attempt was made to refloat her. |
| Griffin | Jersey | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Flores Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Jacoba | 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 South Shields, County Durham to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Orient | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Stettin. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belga and Eleonora | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. |
| Briton's Queen | Tasmania | The ship was wrecked on the Capricorn Reef. She was on a voyage from Port Denison to Brisbane, Queensland. |
| Maori | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Houghton ( United Kingdom) at Montrose, Forfarshire. She caught fire when her cargo of quicklime got wet and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montrose. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer struck the Tings Rocks, in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon and was holed. She was beached at Clovelly, Devon, where she subsequently broke her back and was a total loss. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Hayle, Cornwall. |
| Statesman | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. she was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Thomas Kiliam | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dorothea | Spain | Chincha Islands War: The polacca, a prize of Huáscar ( Peruvian Navy) was run ashore and burnt at Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Havana, Cuba. |
| Glyncorrwg | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Portrush, County Antrim. |
| Grecian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to Venice. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1866 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes Kelly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Jura. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Levant. She was refloated. |
| Alumina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the "Cameroons River". |
| Australian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on "Guy's Island", in the Persian Gulf. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Blackburn | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Baker Island to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Claudia | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank near Dumfries before 13 March. |
| Elizabeth Young | Jersey | The ship was driven ashore at Málaga, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Motril, Spain. |
| Ernestine | Prussia | The brig was driven ashore at Mazatlán, Mexico before 11 March. Her crew survived. |
| Fairy | Jersey | The schooner sank in Plymouth Sound. |
| Fusilier | None | The unregistered schooner was wrecked in the Derwent River. |
| Gertrude | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay, India. |
| Herald of the Morning | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the False Spit, off Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Boston. She was refloated and towed in to Boston. |
| Hound | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off "Tocondina", Brazil. |
| Jacobus | Kingdom of Hanover | The schooner was driven ashore on Hirsholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Odense, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark, where she arrived on 31 March in a leaky condition. |
| John Moore | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Cartagena, Spain. She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Kestrel | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Lisbon. She was refloated and taken in to Lisbon in a leaky condition. |
| Knowsley | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock at "Guayacan", Chile. She was taken in to Valparaíso for repairs. |
| Leo | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay on or after 24 March with the loss of all hands. She was on her maiden voyage, from Newcastle upon Tyne to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Mandrine | South Australia | The schooner was wrecked at Wilson's Promontory, New South Wales on or before 29 March. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to Shanghai, China. |
| Marie Marguerite | France | The ship capsized in the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Falmouth on 30 March in a capsized condition. |
| Napoleon Canavero | Italy | The ship was abandoned by her crew, who had been overpowered by the coolies on board. They were rescued by Madeira ( Hamburg). Napoleon Canavero was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Havana, Cuba. |
| Natchez | United States | The lighter sank in Mobile Bay. |
| Nymphen | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland before 18 March. She was refloated on 21 March and taken in to Blyth. |
| Pioneer | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked on "Mercede Island" before 22 March. |
| Silver Star | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Mosquito Bay Reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Aux Cayes, Haiti. |
| Sparks | United Kingdom | The ship foundered before 8 March. A message in a bottle washed up at Demerara, British Guiana giving the news. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 18 April with the assistance of two tugs. |
| Vellore | France | The ship was wrecked on Île Amsterdam. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Victory | Victoria | The schooner foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Port Phillip Heads before 30 March. |
| Vixen | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock on or before 7 February. |