List of shipwrecks in February 1868

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

1 February

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|ship=Dependent

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

|desc=The ship collided with John Paxton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the coast of Monmouthshire with the loss of a crew member

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|ship=Edwin

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Elinor

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Sandsend, Yorkshire. She was refloated but had to be beached.

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|ship=Floen

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cuba.

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|ship=Flying Fish

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

|desc=The smack struck the wreck of Lord Clyde ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew survived.

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|ship=Harriet

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Charente. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Secret ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Sutton Pool.

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|ship=Jessie

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

|desc=The ship sank at East Point, Monmouthshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 10 February and towed in to Newport for repairs.

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|ship=John and William

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Amlwch, Anglesey. Shew as on a voyage from Dublin to Bangor, Caernarfonshire.

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|ship=Kyanite

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew took to a boat, but were blown out to sea. They got onto the New Sand Float, from where they were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lyme Regis, Dorset to Hull, Yorkshire. Kyanite was refloated on 8 February and taken in to Grimsby Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 February 1868 |issue=13577 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Mary and Grace

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Bangor |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=8 February 1868 |issue=2147 }}

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|ship=Melby

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

|desc=The brig collided with another vessel. She was taken in tow by two tugs but drove ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Shields Brig |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=4 February 1868 |issue=9301 }}

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|ship=Mistley

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

|desc=The fishing smack was abandoned on the Dog Head Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 February 1868 |page=11 |issue=26043 |column=F }}

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|ship=Parana

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 February 1868 |page=11 |issue=26037 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 February 1868 |issue=13571 |page=7 }}

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2 February

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|ship=Amazon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Mazagan, Morocco and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from London to Mazagan.

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|ship=Glendevon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Stiff. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall. She had become a wreck by 6 February.

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|ship=Marie Emilie

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent to Seaham, County Durham.

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|ship=Mary and Grace

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bangor.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 February 1868 |issue=6246 }}{{Cite news |title=Terrific Gale at Liverpool |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 February 1868 |issue=6246 }}

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|ship=Otago

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked south of Oamaru. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Star of Tasmania

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Oamaru with the loss of four lives.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=7 April 1868 |issue=4579 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Star of Tasmania |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=8 April 1868 |issue=4580 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 April 1868 |issue=8830 }}

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|ship=Water Nymph

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Oamaru.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 April 1868 |issue=8818 }}{{Cite news |title=The Panama and West India Mails |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 April 1868 |issue=6861 }}

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|ship=William Uriskin

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Oamaru with the loss of two lives.{{Cite news |title=The West India and New Zealand Mail |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 April 1868 |issue=29449 }}

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3 February

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|ship=Alpha

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her three crew were rescued by the brig Adra ({{Flag|Sweden|1844}}).{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 February 1868 |issue=10076 }}

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|ship=Azorean

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

|desc=The brig sank on the Girdler Sand. Her crew were rescued by a lugger. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 February 1868 |issue=13571 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 February 1868 |issue=13572 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Breeze

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

|desc=The schooner went ashore and was wrecked at Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.Ingram & Wheatley, p.154.

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|ship=Circassian

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Rodosto, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Varna, Ottoman Empire to an English port. She was a total loss.

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|ship=Coyattin

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=A mutiny occurred on board the barque. Her coolies murdered the ship's crew. Coyattin was on a voyage from "Cowag" to Arequipa, Peru. The coolies attempted to sail her to China, but it was presumed she was subsequently wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 November 1868 |page=10 |issue=26290 |column=F }}

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|ship=Echunga

|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Napier, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.

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|ship=Fortune

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

|desc=The 160-ton brig was wrecked {{convert|10|mi|km}} south of Hokianga, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. Only one of the crew of eight was saved.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 155.

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|ship=Hoogezand

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Great Vogelsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a pilot schooner. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Harburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 February 1868 |page=11 |issue=26041 |column=F }}

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|ship=Otago

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

|desc=The 26-ton ketch was wrecked {{convert|8|mi|km}} north of Oamaru, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.

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|ship=Sea Bird

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Haumuri Bluff, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.

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|ship=Star of Tasmania

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Tasmania

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Oamaru, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. Five lives were lost.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 154–155.

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|ship=Symmetry

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Oran, Algeria and was scuttled.

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|ship=Tugela

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Natal Colony. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=25 March 1868 |page=10 |issue=26081 |column=F }}

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|ship=Water Nymph

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Oamaru, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. All hands were saved.

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4 February

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|ship=Challenge

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

|desc=The ketch went ashore and was wrecked at Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 156.

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|ship=Fowler

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned off the Well Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.

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|ship=Industry

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Visschers ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 February 1868 |page=11 |issue=26046 |column=F }} She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham. The derelict Industry was driven ashore at Lemvig, Norway on 7 February.

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|ship=Josephine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Joseph and Anne ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth|newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=11 February 1868 |issue=4468 }}

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|ship=Rambler

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Cunslyon". She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Galway.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 February 1868 |issue=6250 }}

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|ship=Riga

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Rover{{'}}s Bride ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Riga was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.

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|ship=Stettin

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore by ice near Pillau, Prussia.

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|ship=William Miskin

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

|desc=The 142-ton screw steamer was wrecked at Timaru, New Zealand, during the Great storm of 1868, a cyclone which swept much of the country. One crewman drowned.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 155–156.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon, Somerset.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 February 1868 |issue=13573 |page=7 }}

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5 February

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|ship=Lessborough

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Sark, Channel Islands.

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|ship=Nederland

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship collided with Kortenaar ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and was run ashore at Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 February 1868 |issue=6249 }}

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|ship=Riga

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 February 1868 |issue=13576 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Smyrna

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Kristiansand, Norway for Hull, Yorkshire. Subsequently foundered off Skagen, Denmark on or about 9 February with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Thomas

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|160|nmi|km}} off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.

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6 February

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|ship=Admiral

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 February 1868 |issue=6252 }} She was refloated.

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|ship=Eleanor

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

|desc=The schooner was run ashore at "Landsend", Yorkshire and was wrecked.

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|ship=George Robinson

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

|desc=The ship sank off Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.

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|ship=Mantura

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Liverpool.

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The koff was wrecked on Hirsholmene. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Præstø to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 February 1868 |page=9 |issue=26047 |column=F }}

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|ship=Mary and Ann

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

|desc=The snow foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 February 1868 |issue=10077 }}

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|ship={{PS|Seagull|1848|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer collided with the paddle steamer Swan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Happisburgh, Norfolk with the loss of one of the 23 people on board. Seagull was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=11 February 1868 |issue=4468 }}

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|ship=Venise

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

|desc=The brig struck the Ploughseat Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 February 1868 |issue=10076 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off Bolt Head, Devon, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 February 1868 |issue=13576 |page=7 }}

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7 February

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|ship={{SV| Lizzie F. Choate||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo schooner was lost, apparently swamped and waterlogged, in the Gulf Stream while on the passage from New York City to Antigua. Her Captain and 2 crewmen died. Survivors taken off by brig {{SV|J. S. Wright||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) 5 days later.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1868.htm |title=1868 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 July 2021}}

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8 February

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|ship=Concordia

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Kiel, Prussia.

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|ship=Fox

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

|desc=The sloop sank on the Ferrier Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 11 February and towed in to King's Lynn, Norfolk.

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Skerries, County Dublin with the loss of four lives.

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|ship=John Watt

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Calicut, India and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 March 1868 |issue=13607 |page=7 }} She was refloated on 14 February.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 April 1868 |issue=10087 }}

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|ship=Marietta

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Hope Cove, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure to Plymouth, Devon.

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|ship=Providence

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck in the English Channel off Dungeness. She consequently foundered off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Jeune Emile ({{flag|France}}). Providence was on a voyage from London to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.

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9 February

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|ship=Admiral Jarvis

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Woodbridge, Suffolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Æneas

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Bolton Rocks, near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Wexford.

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|ship=Bessy

|flag=22px Newfoundland Colony

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Saint John's. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Havana, Cuba. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Eagle Wing

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

|desc=The schooner collided with {{HMS|Britannia|1860|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) on being launched at Dartmouth, Devon and was severely damaged.

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|ship=Ella

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Jardinelle's Reef, south of Cuba. Five crew were rescued by Dolphin ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ella was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 March 1868 |issue=13619 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Esmerelda

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall, Dec. 14 |date=15 December 1868 |page=10 |issue=26308 |column=B-C }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The schooner struck Carr's Rock, off the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim and sank with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Portrush, County Antrim to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck and Loss of Life on the Irish Coast |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=10 February 1868 |issue=4530 }}

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|ship=Lizzie F. Choate

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

|desc=The ship foundered with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by J. and G. Wright ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Lizzie F. Choate was on a voyage from New York to Antigua.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 March 1868 |issue=13602 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Star

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Buckhaven Fife. She was on a voyage from Largo, Fife to Leith, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 February 1868 |issue=6252 }}

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10 February

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|ship=Eleanor

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

|desc=The brig was damaged by fire at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.

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|ship=Elizabeth Wright

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Macduff, Aberdeenshire.

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|ship=Jane and Margaret

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She floated off and sank {{convert|2|nmi|km}} off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the yawl Anna Maria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jane and Margaret was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Aldeburgh |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=15 February 1868 |issue=6720 }}

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|ship=Kate Agnes

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire, United Kingdom. In two trips, fourteen people on board were rescued by the File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Irvine Lifeboat Pringle Kidd; the rest reached shore in a boat. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Troon, Ayrshire.{{cite journal |title=Kate Agnes, of St Johns |journal=The Lifeboat |date=1 October 1869 |volume=VII |issue=74 |page=259 |url=https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/07/74/kate-agnes-of-st-johns |access-date=14 March 2025}}{{Cite news |title=Irvine |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 February 1868 |issue=8770 }}

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|ship=Kennett

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Conine, County Waterford. She was refloated.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. Her crew got on board the Formby Lightship (22px Trinity House). Mary was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 February 1868 |issue=13578 |page=7 }} She was refloated on 17 February and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charlestown, Cornwall. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 February 1868 |issue=13580 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Schwalbe

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Wyk auf Föhr. She was on a voyage from Emden to London, United Kingdom.

}}

11 February

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|ship=Amanda Guion

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the full-rigged ship Huntress ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 March 1868 |issue=6274 }}

}}

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|ship=Auria

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a sinking condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chin Chin

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Rodrigues. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=26 June 1868 |issue=10096 }}

}}

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|ship=Croisic

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 February 1868 |issue=6254 }}

}}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Inverness.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Sanders

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Queen's Channel and was beached. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated on 16 January and towed in to Runcorn.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Renata

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Callao, Peru. She was refloated the next day,{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 February 1868 |issue=13580 |page=7 }} and put in to London in a leaky condition.

}}

12 February

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|ship=Beta

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Nore.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 February 1868 |issue=6255 }}

}}

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|ship=Chevalier

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clara and Jane, or
Clara and Jenny

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Borkum, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Electric

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

|desc=The tug was driven ashore near Aden with the loss of one life. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=The Reported Wreck of the Transport Electric |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 May 1868 |issue=6332 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Frank

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} east of Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily, Italy to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Franziska

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Jutland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hercules

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her six crew were rescued by a galiot. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Loss of an Arbroath Schooner |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=22 February 1868 |issue=4541 }}

}}

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|ship=Inverrugie

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande do Norte.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Gibraltar

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 February 1868 |page=10 |issue=26050 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Meteor

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The brig was wrecked {{convert|8|nmi|km}} east of Gibraltar with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage form Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Solitario

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar with the loss of six of her ten crew. She subsequently became a wreck.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 February 1868 |issue=6262 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Virginia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Bluefields, Nicaragua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colón, United States of Colombia to Minatitlán, Mexico.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 March 1868 |page=11 |issue=26074 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 March 1868 |issue=13608 |page=7 }}

}}

13 February

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|ship=Comorn

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from an English port to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 February 1868 |page=11 |issue=26049 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Demerara

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sandgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and towed in to Dover, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 February 1868 |issue=13583 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Javadette

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brigantine ran aground at Berbice, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from Berbice to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Trinidad on 21 February in a leaky condition.

}}

14 February

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|ship=Comorn

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane and Ellen

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

|desc=The ship was run into by the brig Marwood ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off Staithes, Yorkshire and was abandoned by all but her captain, her crew getting on board Marwood. Jane and Ellen was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Seaham, County Durham. She was towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Scott

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Crail, Fife in a capsized condition and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Anstruther |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=22 February 1868 |issue=4541 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland.

}}

15 February

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|ship=Abbey

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The wooden brigantine was wrecked three miles north of Crowdy Head in a gale.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aurora

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The steamship sank at Lachine, Quebec.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Doris

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|90|nmi|km}} east north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George

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

|desc=The smack collided with the steamship Phoenix ({{flag|Denmark}}) in the River Humber and was abandoneed by all but one of her crew, who were rescued by Phoenix. The remaining crew member ran her ashore and she sank.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=21 February 1868 |issue=4335 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Industrie

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

|desc=The brig capsized and sank in the Clyde at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on under tow from Greenock to Glasgow. Industrie was righted on 20 February and found to be severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 February 1868 |issue=8778 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mystery

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Figueira da Foz, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=London |date=18 March 1868 |issue=3713 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The ship was driven onto the Bowling Rocks, on the coast on Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 February 1868 |issue=13583 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Young Louisa

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Shingles. She was refloated the nextday.

}}

16 February

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|ship=Esmeralda

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Broughton Island, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney, New South Wales. She had been refloated by 27 February and taken in to Sydney.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 April 1868 |issue=8830 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Londonderry

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 February 1868 |issue=13584 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie Elize

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Stettin. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Milo

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was refloated with assistance from Wanderer ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Patty and Polly

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sandringham

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Gaspar Strait. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 March 1868 |issue=6287 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 March 1868 |issue=13612 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sea Belle

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

|desc=The 27-ton cutter was wrecked after being stranded on a sandspit at Whangapoua, New Zealand.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Superior

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

|desc=The barque was run down and sunk off Ramsgate, Kent by the steamship Lena ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with the loss of two of her crew. Superior was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Santander, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Fatal Collision at Sea |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=18 February 1868 |issue=4469 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Woodlark

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked while carrying cargo from Sydney to Newcastle.

}}

17 February

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|ship=Betty

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Java, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and put in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eureka

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Antwerp, Belgium.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fuschia

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The schooner struck rocks at Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire and was holed. She was beached at Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Aberdeen |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=20 February 1868 |issue=4539 }} She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 February 1868 |issue=10078 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=The ships were damaged by fire at Antwerp.

}}

18 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Acadia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated and taken in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anna

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Dénia, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 February 1868 |issue=6260 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anna Catharina

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Dénia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Batavier

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Brielle, South Holland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 February 1868 |issue=13588 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cheviot

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Matanzas, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Matanzas to Portland, Maine, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cwmsymlog

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

|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Tralee, County Kerry. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 May 1868 |issue=13670 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Killarney

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and put back to Goole in a leaky condition.

}}

19 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Brazilian monitor|Alagoas||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Brazil}}

|desc=Paraguayan War, Battle of Humaitá: The {{sclass|Pará|monitor|1}} was beached in the Paraguay River upstream of Humaitá, Paraguay following damage inflicted in the battle.{{Cite news |title=Brazil and River Plate Mails |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 April 1868 |issue=6842 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthcawl, Glamorgan with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by the Porthcawl Lifeboat Good Deliverance (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Ann was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Lifeboat Services |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 February 1868 |issue=6806 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Commissioner

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

|desc=The pilot cutter was run down and sank in the Humber by the steamship Schwalbe ({{Flag|Bremen}}). Her crew were rescued by Schwalbe.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Buoy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The schooner was beached at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked on the Dutchman's Bank with the loss of her captain.{{Cite news |title=Beaumaris |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=4 April 1868 |issue=2155 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Collier

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Corby Castle

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

|desc=The ship sank at Amlwch, Anglesey.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dee

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Devonia

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands, at least five lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Swansea.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 February 1868 |page=7 |issue=26053 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Holyhead |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=22 February 1868 |issue=2149 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Electric

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off the Point of Ayr, Cheshire or the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 February 1868 |issue=6261 |edition=Second }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Endeavour

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Estella

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

|desc=The tug collided with the ferry Mayflower ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by Mayflower.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fanny Truss

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Friends

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gipsey

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall. Her five crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Loss of Life and Shipwrecks |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=20 February 1868 |issue=9315 }} She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gloucester Packet

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

|desc=The smack was abandoned off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Both crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hannah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jarapa

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Salt Island, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Storm at Holyhead |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 February 1868 |issue=6261 |edition=Second }} She was later refloated and towed in to Liverpool by the tugs Reliance and Tiger (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jenny Jones

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of all eight crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 February 1868 |issue=6261 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 February 1868 |issue=13587 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck and Serious Loss of Life on the Devon Coast |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=22 February 1868 |issue=4541 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeune Joseph

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the north Devon coast with the loss of all eight crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johns

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground and sank off the Godrevy Lighthouse, Corwnall. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 March 1868 |issue=13601 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Juno

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Helena

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lightning

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

|desc=The smack ran aground at Brixham, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Brixham in a waterlogged condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lily

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=March

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Moelfre Bay. Her three crew were rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 March 1868 |issue=6815 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The Amlwch-registered ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.{{Cite news |title=The Late Storm in the Channel |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=24 February 1868 |issue=34077 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The Chester-registered ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary and Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Louisa

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

|desc=The ship collided with E. H. Taylor ({{flag|United States|1867}}) and sank in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by E. H. Taylor. Mary Louisa was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Runcorn.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mountain Maid

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

|desc=The ship sank at Amlwch.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Brazilian monitor|Pará||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Brazil}}

|desc=Paraguayan War, Battle of Humaitá: The {{sclass|Pará|monitor|1}} was beached in the Paraguay River upstream of Humaitá following damage sustained in the battle.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Phantom

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Brixham.

}}

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|ship=Princess Amalia

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked in Lligwy Bay with the loss of both crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prince Waterloo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prize

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Quatre Sœurs

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Cape Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Two Vessels Wrecked off Cornwall |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=22 February 1868 |issue=4541 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Richard

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in Moelfre Bay. Her three crew were rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat. She was subsequently taken in to the Menai Strait.

}}

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|ship=Souvenir

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Hartland Point with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 February 1868 |issue=13588 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Hartland |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=26 February 1868 |issue=5308 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sparling

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stag

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Success

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Brazilian ironclad|Tamandaré||2}}

|flag={{Navy|Empire of Brazil}}

|desc=Paraguayan War, Battle of Humaitá: The ironclad gunboat was beached in the Paraguay River upstream of Humaitá following damage sustained in the battle.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tan Tivy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thames

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

|desc=The ship sank at Amlwch.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thomas

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

|desc=The schooner sank at Amlwch.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship sank at Amlwch.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wepre Lass

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Disasters on the Coast of Anglesey |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=22 February 1868 |issue=2149 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The gig capsized whilst going to the aid of Gipsey ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with the loss of one of her two crew. The survivor was rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eleven unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=Seven schooners and four sloops were driven ashore in Moelfre Bay.

}}

20 February

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|ship=Batavier

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Brielle, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to London, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Youghal, County Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johan

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Aalborg, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=North Star

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked near Seaton Point, Cumberland. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Peel.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Parary

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at Pernambuco, Brazil.

}}

21 February

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|ship=Banff

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bellona

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

|desc=The smack was run ashore at Westport, County Mayo.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 February 1868 |issue=6265 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Leven|1857|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Algerine|gunboat}} ran aground off "Eunoe Islet", China. Subsequentlyb refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{Cite news |title=Naval Disasters Since 1860 |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=10 May 1873 |issue=4250 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nithsdale

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prompt

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Wisbech.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 February 1868 |issue=13589 |page=7 }}

}}

22 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alacer

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

|desc=The Thames barge ran aground on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. Alacer was on a voyage from London to Maldon, Essex. She floated off the next day and taken in to Sheerness, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 March 1868 |issue=13598 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Antouin

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The smack ran aground on the Black Rock Ledge, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Brest, Finistère.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 February 1868 |issue=13590 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bernard Barton

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the West Bank, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chester

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Wylfa, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Flint to Belfast, County Antrim.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dart

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The fishing lugger was abandoned off the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the trawl boat Undine {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}, which towed Dart into Douglas.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 February 1868 |issue=6265 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Black

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated and taken in to Bangor, County Down for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 April 1868 |issue=13633 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cemaes, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Wicklow.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Swan

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

|desc=The schooner collided with Emblem ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Emblem. Swan was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Margate, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tamar

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

|desc=The brig struck the wreck of Superior {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank in the Gull Stream. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Concordia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Tamar was on a voyage from South Shields to Plymouth, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unicorn

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in the Larne Lough. She was on a voyage from Magheramorne, County Antrim to Belfast.

}}

23 February

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|ship=Kitty

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the barque Frigate Bird ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and sank off the "Cabezos". Her seven crew were rescued by Frigate Bird. Kitty was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Palermo, Sicily, Italy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mediterranean |date=7 March 1868 |page=5 |issue=26066 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters to Shipping |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=7 March 1868 |issue=34087 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Emilie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her nine crew were rescued by two brigs, including Fortitude ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Melbourne

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

|desc=The ship collided with {{HMS|Viper|1865|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) in the River Mersey and was beached at New Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Severe Gale at Liverpool. - Disaster to H.M. Steam Ram Viper |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=24 February 1868 |issue=9318 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Olly

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Calcutta, India. She was refloated on 25 February.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 March 1868 |issue=6291 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Omega

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, collided with the Cockle Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was abandoned with the loss of one of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Cockle Lightship, the Caister Lifeboat Birmingham No.2 and the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat Mark Lane (both file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Omega was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. She foundered {{convert|14|nmi|km}} off Lowestoft, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=News of the Day |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=25 February 1868 |issue=2994 }}{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=25 February 1868 |issue=4470 }}{{Cite news |title=Serious Gale - Shipwrecks |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 February 1868 |issue=13590 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=28 February 1868 |issue=10079 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William Barker

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus and breeches buoy.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Schooner at Whitby and Gallant Rescue of the Crew |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=24 February 1868 |issue=9318 }}

}}

24 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Red Gauntlett

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Dutch coast. All on board were rescued.

}}

25 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cornelia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartland Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 February 1868 |page=6 |issue=26060 |column=F }}

}}

26 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The schooner sank in the North Sea off the Mouse Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 February 1868 |issue=13593 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zitella

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

|desc=The ship collided with Esther ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Esther.

}}

27 February

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|ship=City of Melbourne

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and sank at Melbourne, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 March 1868 |issue=6289 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Süderoog, Prussia.

}}

28 February

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|ship=Adelgunde

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque collided with a Dutch brigantine and sank in the English Channel {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brigantine. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 March 1868 |page=9 |issue=26062 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Belle Francaise

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

|desc=The ship collided with Ellen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Ellen. Belle Francaise was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters & Loss of Life |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 March 1868 |issue=6272 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hubertus

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

|desc=The brig was run down and sunk by the steamship Sherburn ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Four of her six crew were reported missing, the rest were rescued by Sherburn.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=6 March 1868 |issue=10080 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sampson

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the brig Mercury ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the English Channel {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Start Point. Her crew were rescued by Mercury. Sampson was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Schooner. - Plymouth |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 March 1868 |issue=13595 |page=3 }}{{Cite news |title=Truro |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=5 March 1868 |issue=3373 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Rhum, Inner Hebrides with the loss of all four crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 March 1868 |page=11 |issue=26070 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 April 1868 |page=6 |issue=26102 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brigantine foundered in the English Channel off Worthing, Sussex with the loss of all hands.

}}

29 February

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|ship=Devonshire

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Audresselles, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of all sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters & Loss of Life |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 March 1868 |issue=6272 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Abgyle

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off Tory Island, County Donegal before 10 February. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to the Clyde.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amelia

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cape Negro, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var to Cayenne, French Guiana.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amethyst

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Cape Negro.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie M. Goodwin

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

|desc=The barque was lost near Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 March 1868 |issue=6271 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Argyle

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Newfoundland to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 February 1868 |issue=6256 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ariadne

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Torre del Mar, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 February 1868 |issue=6259 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Claverhouse

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Euphrates. She was on a voyage from Bushire, Persia to London. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Columbia

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued four days later by Alimen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Columbia was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rangoon, Burma.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 March 1868 |issue=13605 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Delphin

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Kertch, Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eilea

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

|desc=The ship was lost near the mouth of the Rio Grande.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kornaloff, or
Kornlieff

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 March 1868 |issue=13616 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Light of the Age

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the Port Phillip Heads, Victoria before 24 February. All on board were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=M. T. Trueman

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Trepassey, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John's, Newfoundland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Queen of the Clippers

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The schooner was holed by ice at Winkworth, Nova Scotia before 22 February.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 March 1868 |issue=13603 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=S. Deonista

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

|desc=The brig was lost at Patras.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 February 1868 |issue=6253 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Teresa

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|11|30|S|37|00|W}}). Her crew were rescued by Eddystone ({{Flag|United States|1867}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Cape of Good Hope |date=25 March 1868 |page=12 |issue=26081 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tigri

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ship caught fire {{convert|90|nmi|km}} off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia on or about 10 February. Laden with petroleum, she was still burning on 12 February when discovered by the steamships {{SS|Palmyra|1866|2}} and {{SS|William Penn|1866|2}} (both {{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

References

=Bibliography=

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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Category:Maritime incidents in February 1868