List of shipwrecks in 1868

The list of shipwrecks in 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1868.

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1868
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January
Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1868

February
Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1868

March
Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1868

April
Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1868

May
Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1868

June
Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1868

July
Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1868

August
Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1868

September
Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1868

October
Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1868

November
Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1868

December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1868

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1868
ShipCountryDescription
Ajax  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Shanghai, China.[1]
Aline  France The steamship was severely damaged at King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom between 23 August and 19 September. She departed on the latter date for London, United Kingdom for repairs.[2]
Amaranth  United States The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Smith's Bar in Kansas.[3]
Confidence  Prussia The brig foundered. Her crew were rescued by the smack Columbine ( United Kingdom).[4]
Cumberland  United Kingdom The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland.[5]
Echunga  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Napier, New Zealand.[6][7]
Emeline  United States The whaling schooner was lost in the Arctic.[8]
Graf von Schliffen Rostock The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Iona, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom.[9]
Growler  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Vancouver Island, Colony of British Columbia before 11 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Victoria, British Columbia to Sitka, Department of Alaska.[10][11]
Isablella  United Kingdom The ship, which had departed from Rangoon, Burma for Queenstown, County Cork on 15 April, was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean on either 25 July or 15 August. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[12]
Murden  United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire 60 nautical miles (110 km) off the Berlengas, Portugal. Her crew survived.[13]
Vervisseling Flag unknown The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Sagua La Grande, Mexico.[14]
W. A. Fisher  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Auckland, New Zealand.[15]
Wildfire  United Kingdom The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland.[5]

References
  1. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury (6482). Liverpool. 4 November 1868.
  2. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard (13771). London. 23 September 1868. p. 7.
  3. Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
  4. "Yarmouth". Bury and Norwich Post (4539). Bury St. Edmunds. 22 June 1869. p. 7.
  5. "Loss of Whaler River Tay". Dundee Courier (4752). Dundee. 26 October 1868.
  6. "(untitled)". Dundee Courier (4579). Dundee. 7 April 1868.
  7. "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald (8818). Glasgow. 8 April 1868.
  8. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)
  9. "Greenock". Glasgow Herald (8956). Glasgow. 16 September 1868.
  10. "Ship News". The Times (26185). London. 24 July 1868. col D, p. 11.
  11. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (6935). London. 24 July 1868.
  12. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard (13862). London. 7 January 1869. p. 7.
  13. "West Indies and South America". Dundee Courier (4667). Dundee. 18 July 1868.
  14. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury (6427). Liverpool. 1 September 1868.
  15. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury (6503). Liverpool. 28 November 1868.
Ship events in 1868
Ship launches: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873
Ship commissionings: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873
Ship decommissionings: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873
Shipwrecks: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873

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