List of shipwrecks in August 1867

The list of shipwrecks in August 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1867.

1 August

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|ship=Defiance

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Parrett. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Ilfracombe, Devon. She was refloated with assistance from a tug.{{Cite news |title=Bridgwater |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=3 August 1867 |issue=4035 }}

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|ship=Dyson

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Archangelsk, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 August 1867 |page=12 |issue=25880 |column=F }}

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|ship= Edward and Christopher

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

|desc= The schooner was wrecked at Stony Bay, close to the entrance to Akaroa Harbour, during a heavy gale.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 149.

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|ship=Friedrich

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk. She was refloated and taken into Archangelsk for repairs.

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|ship=Heinrich

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore at "Havannah". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom.

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|ship=I. O. U.

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Havana, Cuba.

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|ship= Mary Ann Christina

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

|desc= The schooner was wrecked on Ninety Mile Beach during a strong gale. She was driven ashore in order to save the crew, some 3 km south of the wreck of the Vixen (see below).Ingram & Wheatley, p. 148.

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|ship=Ocean Bride

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

|desc=The dandy was wrecked on the Denouilles Rocks, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.

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|ship=Star of Canada

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 August 1867 |issue=8608 }} Although condemned, she was refloated in September and towed to Quebec City in a hogged and twisted condition. She arrived on 20 September.

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|ship= Vixen

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

|desc= The schooner (also reported as a ketch) was wrecked on Ninety Mile Beach during a strong gale. The ship capsized, and all but one of her crew drowned.

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2 August

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|ship=Antoinetta

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Nottinghamshire Guardian |location=Nottingham |date=19 September 1867 |issue=1126 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 September 1867 |issue=13456 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Black Diamond

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

|desc=The brig was run into by the steamship Bombay Castle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the Malacca Lighthouse, Malaya with the loss of twenty lives. About 40 survivors were rescued by Bombay Castle.{{Cite news |title=Collision at Sea. Loss of Twenty Lives |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 September 1867 |issue=6126 }}

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|ship= Cordelia

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

|desc= The 29-ton cutter was wrecked near Baring Head near Wellington with the loss of all three on board.

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|ship=Volga

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1867-official}} Canada

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on "Burnt Coast Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Newhaven, Connecticut, United States.

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|ship=Willie

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

|desc=The smack ran aground on the Foilskirt Rocks, off the coast of County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 August 1867 |issue=13414 }}

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3 August

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|ship=Junius

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Ceuta, Spain and Tangier, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.

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|ship=Phaolo

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Cienfuegos ({{Flag|United States|1867}}). Phaolo was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Greenock, Renfrewshire.

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|ship={{SV|Water Witch||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The seining schooner was lost off Matinicus Isle, Maine. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1867.htm |title=1867 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 July 2021}}

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4 August

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|ship=Cruickshank

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

|desc=The ship sank near the Outer Dowsing Sand, in the North Sea.

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|ship=Isabella Forbes

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 August 1867 |page=12 |issue=25881 |column=E }}

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5 August

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|ship=Baltique

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kalix, Sweden to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and taken into Copenhagen, Denmark.

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|ship=Charles Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calaisl to Sunderland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 August 1867 |issue=6091 }}

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|ship=James Cruickshank

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carboneras, Spain to Aberdeen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 August 1867 |page=11 |issue=25882 |column=C }}

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|ship=St. Bartholemy

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken into Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.

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6 August

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|ship=Koonen

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Ceuta, Spain. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 August 1867 |issue=13419 |page=7 }}

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8 August

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|ship=Armenian

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire off Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Straits Settlements. She put back to Singapore, where the fire was extinguished with assistance from {{HMS|Rifleman|1846|6}}, {{HMS|Zebra|1860|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}) and other vessels.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 October 1867 |issue=13464 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Emily Gifford

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship {{SS|Malta|1865|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Long Island, New York. Her crew were rescued by Malta. Emily Gifford was on a voyage from New York City to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 August 1867 |issue=13436 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Johanna Maria

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship departed from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies for a Dutch port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 March 1868 |issue=13616 |page=7 }}

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|ship=New Simon Peter

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

|desc=The fishing lugger collided with the sloop Brilliant ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Brilliant.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=17 August 1867 |issue=6694 }}

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|ship=Santa Marguerita Ligure

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ceuta, Spain. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed into Gibraltar.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 August 1867 |issue=13420 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Sea Flower

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock in Baleachrach Bay and was holed. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Aberdeen. She put into Portaskaig, Islay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=14 August 1867 |issue=6240 }}

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9 August

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|ship=Gleaner

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

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk {{Convert|3|nmi|km}} off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire by Henry ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued by Henry. Gleaner was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Southwold, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 August 1867 |issue=13424 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Merchant Prince

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Chowl's Cedar Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bombay, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 August 1867 |page=10 |issue=25888 |column=F }}

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|ship=Nuestra Señora Del Carmen

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off "Ragged Staff".

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10 August

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|ship=Annette

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Tarifa ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}) and sank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Tarifa.

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|ship=Farmers

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Holborn Head, Caithness. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 August 1867 |issue=6101 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 August 1867 |issue=13426 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Husopulo

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Conig Shallows. She was on a voyage from "Scopello" to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The tug was severely damaged by a boiler explosion in the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=16 August 1867 |issue=10051 }}

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11 August

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|ship={{PS|Arkadion|1866|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=Cretan revolt: The paddle steamer was shelled and rammed by {{ship|Ottoman aviso|İzzedin||2}} ({{navy|Ottoman Empire|naval-1844}}) off Cape Krios, Crete. She was consequently beached with the loss of three lives and set afire. Arkadion was subsequently shelled by {{ship|Ottoman frigate|Ertuğrul||2}} and {{ship|Ottoman ironclad|Mahmudiye||2}} (both {{navy|Ottoman Empire|1844}}). The Ottomans extinguished the fire the next day. She was refloated and towed to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, where she arrived on 21 September. Arkadion was repaired and taken into Ottoman Navy service.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Destruction of the Arkadi |date=3 September 1867 |page=7 |issue=25906 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://thepaleochorasite.com/history/a-sea-battle-at-paleochora-the-arkadi-incident/ |title=A Sea Battle at Paleochora. The Arkadion Incident |first=Mick |last=McTiernan |publisher=The Paleochora Site |accessdate=17 August 2020}}{{Cite news |title=Naval Battle between the Greeks and Turks |newspaper=Reynold's Newspaper |location=London |date=8 September 1867 |issue=891 }}

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|ship=Czar

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|54|25|N|26|12|W}}). Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Arago|1855|2}} ({{Flag|United States|1867}}). Czar was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 August 1867 |issue=8616 }}

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|ship= Nautilus

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

|desc= The 29-ton schooner was wrecked on Whale Island in the Bay of Plenty. She was en route to Auckland and took shelter in the lea of the island during a gale, but dragged both anchors and ran on shore.

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|ship= Stella

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc= The barque was wrecked on Trety Island in Penzhina Bay in Shelikhov Gulf in the northeastern Sea of Okhotsk. Two men were lost as the barque was smashed on the rocks. The rest of the crew were rescued by nearby vessels.Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, August 15, 1867, Old Dartmouth Historical Society.Whalemen's shipping list and merchants' transcript (Vol. XXV, No. 35, October 29, 1867, New Bedford).{{cite book |last=Starbuck |first=Alexander |title=History of the American whale fishery from its earliest inception to the year 1876 |year=1878 |publisher=Castle |isbn=1-55521-537-8 }}

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12 August

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|ship=Arrow

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off "Viuvielgrund".{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 August 1867 |issue=6097 }}

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|ship=Dragon Fly

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

|desc=The overloaded steamboat started taking on water and was beached in Lake Windermere. Some of the 400-plus passengers were taken off by another steamboat and she floated.{{Cite news |title=A Steamer Foundering in Lake Windermere |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=17 August 1867 |issue=4194 }}

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|ship=James and Mary

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

|desc=The ship struck the Willow Rock, off the coast of Cornwall and sank at Saint Michael's Mount. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage following temporary repairs.

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|ship=Krompenerwaard

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Cape of Good Hope |date=6 November 1867 |page=7 |issue=25961 |column=C }}

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|ship=Susannah Temple

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Matanzas, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=West India Mails |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 August 1867 |issue=8626}}

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13 August

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|ship=Fortuna

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Herzog Bogislaw (22px Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin). Fortuna was on a voyage from Hamburg to Perth, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 August 1867 |page=5 |issue=25896 |column=F }}

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14 August

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|ship=Anastasia

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Cape Spartel, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Bombay Mails |date=26 August 1867 |page=9 |issue=25899 |column=C }}

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|ship= Edward Moore

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

|desc= The 16-ton schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 8 km south of the mouth of the Manawatu River.

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|ship=Geneva

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

|desc=The schooner struck The Platters, off the coast of Anglesey and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to "Llanellhaiarn" or "Llanarthison".{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 August 1867 |page=11 |issue=25890 |column=F }} Geneva was refloated on 23 August and taken into Holyhead, Anglesey.

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|ship=Mariner

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

|desc=The ship caught fire in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She put into Poole, Dorset in a leaky condition. Extra crew were taken aboard to work the pumps and she completed her voyage the next day.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 August 1867 |issue=13427 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Zone

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

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|180|nmi|km}} east of Cape St. Mary's, Falkland Islands. She was on a voayeg from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Lambayeque, Peru.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 December 1867 |issue=13518 |page=7 }}

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15 August

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|ship=Lake St. Peter

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1867-official}} Canada

|desc=The steamship was run into by the steamship Secred ({{Flagicon|Canada|1867-official}}) and sank in the Saint Lawrence River.

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16 August

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|ship=Prince Arthur

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

|desc=The tug collided with the steamship Helvetia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Helvetia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=A Steamtug Sunk |date=19 August 1867 |page=7 |issue=25893 |column=E }}

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17 August

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|ship=Alliance

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} north of the Spurn Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Iona ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Ship, and Rescue of the Crew |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=21 August 1867 |issue=29234 |page=3 }} Alliance was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 August 1867 |issue=13430 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Robert Hudson

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

|desc=The smack ran aground on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 September 1867 |issue=6659 }}

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|ship=Trajan

|flag={{flag|United States|1908}}

|desc=Carrying a cargo of lime in barrels, the {{convert|125|ft|adj=on}} bark burned in the harbor at Newport, Rhode Island, after the lime became wet, reacted with the water, and caught fire. To extinguish the blaze, she was scuttled in {{convert|30|ft}} of water in Narragansett Bay off Goat Island. There were no deaths in the fire or sinking.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/trajan-dat.htm |title=Trajan | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=25 February 2021 }}

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18 August

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|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The tug sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 August 1867 |page=9 |issue=25894 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=20 August 1867 |issue=9158 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Harry

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

|desc=The ship sank at New Calabar, Africa. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Calabar.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 October 1868 |issue=7000 }}

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Maltreath, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim.

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|ship=River Derwent

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on New Island, Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 October 1867 |page=5 |issue=25945 |column=F }}

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|ship=Thistle

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

|desc=The ship sank in St. Mary's Bay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Waterford.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 September 1867 |issue=13457 |page=7 }}

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19 August

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|ship=Florence

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Seal Island, Maine, United States with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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|ship=Happy Return

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Caen, Calvados, France. She was refloated on 25 September and taken into Fécamp for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 October 1868 |issue=13780 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Octavie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship struck a rock and sank in the Loire. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Sarah Jane

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Quebec City, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Pier Head, Dublin |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=12 September 1867 }}

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20 August

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|ship=Carl Johann

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 August 1867 |issue=6106 }}

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|ship=Hirnant

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

|desc=The schooner-rigged steamship was wrecked on the Isle of May, Fife. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 August 1867 |issue=13432 |page=7 }} Hirnant was on a voyage from Gourdon, Aberdeenshire to Leven, Fife.{{Cite news |title=Anstruther |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=29 August 1867 |issue=4389 }}

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|ship={{PS|Singapore|1850|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer struck an uncharted rock and was wrecked at Hakodate, Japan. All 145 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yokohama to Hakodate.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Wreck og the Singapore |date=13 November 1867 |page=8 |issue=25967 |column=D-E }}

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|ship=Venus

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

|desc=The cutter struck the Fourquier Rocks, in the Channel Islands and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She put into Gorey, Jersey in a leaky condition.

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21 August

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|ship=Asia

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Burnevelt Island, off Cape Horn, Chile. Her eighteen crew survived. They were rescued on 20 September by the barque Professor Airey ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Asia was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to San Francisco, California.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 December 1867 |page=10 |issue=25985 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The West India, Pacific, Mexican, and Australian Mails |date=5 December 1867 |page=11 |issue=25986 |column=C-D }}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship was lost at St. Shott.s, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Málaga, Spain.

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22 August

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|ship=Alma

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

|desc=The ship departed from Donegal for Quebec City, Canada. No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 June 1868 |issue=6358 }}

}}

23 August

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|ship=Blackwall

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at San Francisco, California, United States. She was repaired.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 September 1867 |issue=13463 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Darling

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Victoria

|desc=The steamship caught fire in the Murray River and was scuttled. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Echuca Wharf to Wahgunyah.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 November 1867 |issue=13512 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=One

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

|desc=The smack collided with the schooner Mary Grace ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached in the Menai Strait. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 August 1867 |issue=13433 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tenant

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Islay, Inner Hebrides.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 August 1867 |issue=6107 }}

}}

25 August

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|ship=Christian

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked between Cape Terebersloi and Kildin Island, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 September 1868 |issue=6442 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Volante

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 October 1867 |issue=6161 }}

}}

26 August

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|ship=Curlew

|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Danish West Indies

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Saint Domingo. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 October 1867 |issue=8657 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Emerald Isle

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

|desc= The 29-ton schooner foundered off the Buller coast with the loss of all on board during a storm.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 150.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Mariner

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

|desc= The schooner was wrecked near Whangārei.

}}

27 August

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|ship=Enoch Benier

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 December 1867 |issue=13537 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Planter

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered off the Crow Rock, off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Kinsale, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 August 1867 |issue=13437 |page=7 }}

}}

28 August

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|ship=Schyrid

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

|desc=The brigantine collided with Adelaide Fanny ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off The Smalls, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Adelaide Fanny. Schyrid was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=31 August 1867 |page=12 |issue=25904 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Antonio

|flag={{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|red}} Syria Vilayet

|desc=The brig foundered off Lisbon, Portugal. Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamship Atlas ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=30 September 1867 |page=7 |issue=25929 |column=E-F }}

}}

29 August

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|ship=Emmy

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Pedder

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk and sank. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 August 1867 |issue=13438 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 August 1867 |issue=13439 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie Leocadie

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Christchurch Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bridport, Dorset. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wey

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

|desc=The barque collided with another vessel and was beached at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Berdyanski, Russia to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated.

}}

30 August

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|ship=Augusta

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French frigate|Guerrière|1860|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Dryade|frigate}} was severely damaged in a typhoon in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Japan to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 October 1867 |issue=13485 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{Navy|Ottoman Empire|1844}}

|desc=The transport ship collided with the steamship Vladimir ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}) and sank in the Sea of Marmora with the loss of all but her captain. He was rescued by Vladimir.{{Cite news |title=Disastrous Collision in the Sea of Marmora |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 September 1867 |issue=8640 }}

}}

31 August

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|ship=San Autinig

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Lagos, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 September 1867 |issue=13450 |page=7 }}

}}

Unknown date

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|ship=Admiral Lyons

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Clanyard Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada. She was refloated and put into Greenock, Renfrewshire in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 August 1867 |issue=13438 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amelia

|flag={{flagc|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Sierra Leone.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anastasia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cape Spartel, Morocco before 15 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Trieste.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 August 1867 |page=11 |issue=25892 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie Wilson

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

|desc=The barque foundered off Cape Horn, Chile before 3 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bruto

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The brig caught fire in the Gulf of Lyon and was beached near Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France before 26 August. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Genoa. She was subsequently towed into Genoa.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Currency

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 September 1867 |issue=13440 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Swatow, China with the loss of eight lives.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 September 1867 |issue=13447 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Exertion

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

|desc=The ship sank in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Findhorn, Moray.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fleetwing

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Matan". She had been refloated by 4 August and taken into Quebec City. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 September 1867 |issue=6124 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|Frank Herbert||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The fishing schooner was lost on Georges Bank. Lost with all 8 hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1867.htm |title=1867 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Heinrich George

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was abandoned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Innocencia

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Castello Reef with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Tarragona to Monte Video, Uruguay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ironsides

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Green Island, Canada. She had been refloated and taken into Quebec City by 5 August.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|Jennie Tyler||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The schooner was lost on her passage from Para to New York. Lost with all 8 hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1867.htm |title=1867 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Durkee

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River before 3 August. She was on a voyage from Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada to Penarth, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 August 1867 |issue=6091 }} She subsequently floated off and drove out to sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Miguel de Cervantes

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Anegonda Reef. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nestorian

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Matan". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. She had been refloated by 4 August and taken into Quebec City.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Newsky

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden before 7 August. She was on a voyage from London to Stockholm, Sweden. She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Novanside

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pro Tem

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Point Levi, Quebec. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Raphael

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

|desc=The ship departed from Nagasaki, Japan for Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 November 1867 |issue=6181 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=San Pietro

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Riva, Ottoman Empire before 17 August. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to a British port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=S. L. Tilley

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 August 1867 |issue=6099 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. David

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Matane, Quebec. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 September 1867 |issue=8636 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|Sunny Side||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc= The fishing schooner sank on the Georges Bank. All 9 crewmen killed.{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=15 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124722/https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?214772 |title=Sunny Side (+1867 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 May 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tantje Trinend

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Venice

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Trieste. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=A Sunderland Screw Steamer Missing |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 October 1868 |issue=10110 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wave

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Weile

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to a Danish port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William Melhuish

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated.

}}

References

=Bibliography=

Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

1867-08

Category:Maritime incidents in August 1867