List of shipwrecks in 1866

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

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|ship= {{SS|Alex Majors||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Grand River.[https://books.google.com/books?id=n51AAQAAMAAJ&dq=Creole+sank+March+1868&pg=PA298 Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.]

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|ship=Edward

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Taewan".

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|ship=Emma

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Western Australia

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at the North West Cape. She was on a voyage from Port Walcot to Fremantle. All on board survived the wreck, but were captured by the local inhabitants. They were subsequently killed and eaten.{{Cite news |title=A Shipwrecked Crew Eaten by Cannibals |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=12 April 1876 |issue=5539 }}

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|ship=Ernestine

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 April 1866 |issue=12996 |page=7 }}

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|ship=General McNeil

|flag=Unknown

|desc=The sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Howards Bend near St. Louis, Missouri, sometime during the 1860s.Gaines, p. 106.

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|ship={{ship||Jane|1813 Hull ship|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked.

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|ship= Kate

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The ketch was wrecked at Okarito in late April or early May.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 127.

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|ship=Kenna

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The schooner departed from Seville, Spain for the River Tyne in late May or early June. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=24 August 1866 |issue=10000 }}

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|ship=Lanuca, or
Laura

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Formosa.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 November 1866 |issue=5866 }}

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|ship=Lilly

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Taewan".

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|ship=Loda

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Melbourne, Victoria and Shanghai, China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 March 1866 |issue=5662 }}

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|ship=Nelly

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Tawnfoo".

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|ship=Penang

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Paracel Islands between 25 March and 6 May. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Cochinchina to Hong Kong. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=5 July 1866 |issue=24029 }}

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|ship=Polades

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Formosa.

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|ship=R. G. Porter

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=The schooner was lost at Point Pleasant, New Jersey.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |title=njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" |access-date=2020-03-01 |archive-date=2020-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}

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|ship=Rising Dawn

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice at Ivituut, Greenland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 October 1866 |page=9 |issue=25624 |column=F }}

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|ship=Rylanders

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked.

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|ship=Santiago

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on George Island, Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Iquique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 October 1866 |page=9 |issue=25634 |column=F }}

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|ship= Sarah

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Victoria

|desc=The schooner was wrecked to the north of the mouth of the Rangitikei River during a heavy gale early in the year. All hands were saved.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 126.

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|ship=Victoria

|flag={{flag|United States|1864}}

|desc= The 487-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost in 1866.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/victoria.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Victoria]

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References

=Notes=

=Bibliography=

[http://scubagonewild.com/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Civil%20War%20Shipwrecks%20-%20(Malestrom).pdf Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129144606/http://scubagonewild.com/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Civil%20War%20Shipwrecks%20-%20(Malestrom).pdf |date=2010-11-29 }}, {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3274-6}}.
Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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