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class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wreck_of_the_Tararua.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Wreck_of_the_Tararua.jpg/300px-Wreck_of_the_Tararua.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Wreck_of_the_Tararua.jpg/450px-Wreck_of_the_Tararua.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Wreck_of_the_Tararua.jpg/600px-Wreck_of_the_Tararua.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="460" /></a></span><div>Contemporary portrayal of the wreck</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>S.S Tararua</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Owner</td><td><a href="/wiki/Union_Company" title="Union Company">Union Steam Ship Company</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Gourlay_Brothers" title="Gourlay Brothers">Gourlay Brothers</a>, Dundee</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>21 April 1864</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>1864</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Maiden voyage</td><td>Unknown</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In service</td><td>1864</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>29 April 1881</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Struck fast to Otara Reef at Waipapa point on 29 April 1881</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">Screw</a>-driven steamer</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td>Originally 523, Increased to 563</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>222.6 ft (67.8 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Height</td><td>222.6 Feet{67.8m}</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Depth</td><td>16.2 ft (4.9 m)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>SS <i>Tararua</i></b> was a passenger <a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">steamer</a> that struck the reef off <a href="/wiki/Waipapa_Point" title="Waipapa Point">Waipapa Point</a> in <a 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title="Propeller">screw</a>-driven steamer with two 155-horsepower (116 kW) engines, measuring 222.6 ft (67.8 m) long, 28 ft (8.5 m) wide and 16.2 ft (4.9 m) deep. Built in Dundee by <a href="/wiki/Gourlay_Brothers" title="Gourlay Brothers">Gourlay Brothers</a> in 1864, her original capacity was 523 tons (net) but alterations later increased her net <a href="/wiki/Tonnage" title="Tonnage">tonnage</a> to 563 tons.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingram_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingram-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Tararua&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grounding">Grounding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Tararua&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Grounding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 20 December 1865. <i>Tararua</i> ran aground at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Farewell,_New_Zealand" title="Cape Farewell, New Zealand">Cape Farewell, New Zealand</a> whilst on a voyage from <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> to <a href="/wiki/Nelson,_New_Zealand" title="Nelson, New Zealand">Nelson, New Zealand</a>. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.<sup id="cite_ref-CM260366_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CM260366-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wreck">Wreck</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Tararua&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wreck"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rocks_at_Waipapa_Point.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Rocks_at_Waipapa_Point.jpg/220px-Rocks_at_Waipapa_Point.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Rocks_at_Waipapa_Point.jpg/330px-Rocks_at_Waipapa_Point.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Rocks_at_Waipapa_Point.jpg/440px-Rocks_at_Waipapa_Point.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The reef on a fine day</figcaption></figure> <p>Sailing from <a href="/wiki/Port_Chalmers" title="Port Chalmers">Port Chalmers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a> at 5 pm on 29 April 1881, the <i>Tararua</i> was en route to <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> via <a href="/wiki/Bluff,_New_Zealand" title="Bluff, New Zealand">Bluff</a> and Hobart. Steering by land on a dark night, with clear skies overhead but a haze over the land, the captain turned the ship west at 4 am believing they had cleared the <a href="/wiki/Slope_Point" title="Slope Point">southernmost point</a>. After breakers were heard at 4:25 am, they steered away to the W by S-half-S for 20 minutes before heading west again. At around 5 am, the ship struck the Otara Reef, which runs 13 km (8 mi) out from Waipapa Point.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingram_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingram-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Waves caused the SS <i>Tararua</i> to list to port. George Lawrence got in a boat and then jumped into the waves to swim ashore to warn a man who was named Charles Gilbee who rode his horse to Wyndham to send a message. At 11 am a wave caused the bridge to fall. At 1 pm, it was not marked urgent. At 2 pm the <i>Tararua</i> started to break apart, and it took until 5 pm for the <i>Hawea</i> to leave port with supplies. Meanwhile, the wind and waves had risen. Around noon, six passengers who were strong swimmers were taken close to shore; three managed to get through the surf, with the help of the earlier volunteer, but the others drowned. On a return trip, one man attempted to get ashore on the reef, but had to give up; another three drowned trying to swim to the beach. Eight of its nine crew survived, and the locals who had gathered on the shore could not repair it. The remaining boat could no longer reach the ship, due to the waves, and stood out to sea in the hope of flagging down a passing ship to help.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingram_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingram-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Tararua</i> took over 20 hours to sink, with the stern going under around 10 pm a voice yelled out “a boat for God’s sake a boat”. The last cries of the victims were heard at 2:30 am when a loud crash was heard before a loud cry then stillness. </p><p>About 74 bodies were recovered, of which 55 were buried in a nearby plot that came to be known as the "Tararua Acre". Three gravestones and a memorial plinth remain there today. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waipapa_point_lighthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Waipapa_point_lighthouse.jpg/170px-Waipapa_point_lighthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Waipapa_point_lighthouse.jpg/255px-Waipapa_point_lighthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Waipapa_point_lighthouse.jpg/340px-Waipapa_point_lighthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="762" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Waipapa Point lighthouse, built after the wreck</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inquiry">Inquiry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Tararua&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Inquiry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A court of inquiry found that the disaster was primarily caused by the ship's captain failing to establish his correct position at 4 am, before changing course to head west. An <a href="/wiki/Able_Seaman_(occupation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Able Seaman (occupation)">able-bodied seaman</a> was also blamed for not keeping a proper lookout, from which breakers would have been heard in time to avoid the reef.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingram_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingram-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court recommended that steamers should carry enough lifebelts for all their passengers (there were only twelve on the <i>Tararua</i>) and that a <a href="/wiki/Waipapa_Point_Lighthouse" title="Waipapa Point Lighthouse">lighthouse</a> should be built at Waipapa Point. The lighthouse began operating in 1884. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Previous_incident">Previous incident</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Tararua&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Previous incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Tararua</i> had a narrow escape on a previous voyage in 1865, suffering no damage after grounding on a beach at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Farewell,_New_Zealand" title="Cape Farewell, New Zealand">Cape Farewell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Tararua&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_disasters_in_New_Zealand_by_death_toll" title="List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll">List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Tararua&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ChchLib-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ChchLib_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Kids/NZDisasters/SSTararua.asp">New Zealand Disasters – SS Tararua Shipwreck</a></i>, Christchurch City Libraries. Accessed 20 January 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gerard Hutching. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/SeaAndAirTransport/Shipwrecks/2/ENZ-Resources/Standard/6/en">Shipwrecks – SS Tararua</a></i>, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated 21 September 2007. Accessed 20 January 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ingram-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ingram_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingram_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingram_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingram_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://divenewzealand.com/articles.asp?sid=444">Tararua (1881)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070813211221/http://divenewzealand.com/articles.asp?sid=444">Archived</a> 13 August 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, excerpt from Ingram, C.W.N. (1990) <i>New Zealand Shipwrecks: 195 years of disasters at sea</i>, Beckett Books: Auckland, on the Dive New Zealand website. 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(1862)"><i>Patapsco</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">24 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Drewry" title="CSS Drewry">CSS <i>Drewry</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">24 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Scorpion" title="CSS Scorpion">CSS <i>Scorpion</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">26 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Dai_Ching" title="USS Dai Ching"><i>Dai Ching</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/PS_Lelia" title="PS Lelia"><i>Lelia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">6 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/Favorita_(pilot_boat)" title="Favorita (pilot boat)"><i>Favorita</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">15 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Merrimac_(1864)" title="USS Merrimac (1864)"><i>Merrimac</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Charleston" title="CSS Charleston">CSS <i>Charleston</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Chicora" title="CSS Chicora">CSS <i>Chicora</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Indian_Chief" title="CSS Indian Chief">CSS <i>Indian Chief</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Palmetto_State" title="CSS Palmetto State">CSS <i>Palmetto State</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Peedee" title="CSS Peedee">CSS <i>Peedee</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/Daring_(schooner)" title="Daring (schooner)"><i>Daring</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">25 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Chickamauga" title="CSS Chickamauga">CSS <i>Chickamauga</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">27 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Arizona_(1858)" title="USS Arizona (1858)"><i>Arizona</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 1 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Harvest_Moon" title="USS Harvest Moon"><i>Harvest Moon</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 2 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Rob_Roy" title="CSS Rob Roy">CSS <i>Rob Roy</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">12 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Althea_(1863)" title="USS Althea (1863)"><i>Althea</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">14 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Neuse" title="CSS Neuse">CSS <i>Neuse</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">28 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Milwaukee_(1864)" title="USS Milwaukee (1864)"><i>Milwaukee</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">29 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Osage_(1863)" title="USS Osage (1863)"><i>Osage</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Spray" title="CSS Spray">CSS <i>Spray</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 1 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/Bertrand_(steamboat)" title="Bertrand (steamboat)"><i>Bertrand</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 1 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Rodolph" title="USS Rodolph"><i>Rodolph</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Beaufort" title="CSS Beaufort">CSS <i>Beaufort</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Fredericksburg" title="CSS Fredericksburg">CSS <i>Fredericksburg</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Hampton" title="CSS Hampton">CSS <i>Hampton</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Patrick_Henry" title="CSS Patrick Henry">CSS <i>Patrick Henry</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Richmond" title="CSS Richmond">CSS <i>Richmond</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Raleigh_(1861)" title="CSS Raleigh (1861)">CSS <i>Roanoke</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Virginia_II" title="CSS Virginia II">CSS <i>Virginia II</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">12 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Huntsville" title="CSS Huntsville">CSS <i>Huntsville</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">12 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Tuscaloosa" title="CSS Tuscaloosa">CSS <i>Tuscaloosa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">13 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Ida" title="USS Ida">USS <i>Ida</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">14 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Sciota_(1861)" title="USS Sciota (1861)"><i>Sciota</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">17 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Chattahoochee" title="CSS Chattahoochee">CSS <i>Chattahoochee</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">17 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Muscogee" title="CSS Muscogee">CSS <i>Jackson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">22 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Black_Hawk_(1848)" title="USS Black Hawk (1848)"><i>Black Hawk</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">24 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_O._M._Pettit" title="USS O. M. Pettit"><i>O. M. Pettit</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">24 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/CSS_Webb" title="CSS Webb">CSS <i>Webb</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">27 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat)" title="Sultana (steamboat)"><i>Sultana</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Rose" title="USS Rose"><i>Rose</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 8 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Glasgow" title="USS Glasgow"><i>Glasgow</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">12 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Comet_(clipper)" title="Comet (clipper)"><i>Fiery Star</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">20 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/City_of_Dunedin_(ship)" title="City of Dunedin (ship)"><i>City of Dunedin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Race_Horse" title="Race Horse"><i>Race Horse</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 8 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/PS_Anglia" title="PS Anglia"><i>Admiral Du Pont</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 8 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_corvette_Jequitinhonha" title="Brazilian corvette Jequitinhonha"><i>Jequitinhonha</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">28 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_(1827_ship)" title="Brunswick (1827 ship)"><i>Brunswick</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Bloomer" title="USS Bloomer">USS <i>Bloomer</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 4 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/Agnes_(cutter)" title="Agnes (cutter)"><i>Agnes</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">30 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/Brother_Jonathan_(steamer)" title="Brother Jonathan (steamer)"><i>Brother Jonathan</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 4 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/Russian_monitor_Smerch" title="Russian monitor Smerch"><i>Smerch</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 9 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Pewabic" title="SS Pewabic"><i>Pewabic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/HCS_Hugh_Lindsay_(1829)" title="HCS Hugh Lindsay (1829)"><i>Hugh Lindsay</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">23 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Commodore_McDonough" title="USS Commodore McDonough"><i>Commodore McDonough</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">16 Sep:</span> <a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_(steamer)" title="Lone Star (steamer)"><i>Lone Star</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">22 Sep:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Pink" title="USS Pink"><i>Pink</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 7 Oct:</span> <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Dunbar" title="Duncan Dunbar"><i>Duncan Dunbar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">25 Oct:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Republic_(1853)" title="SS Republic (1853)"><i>Republic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 6 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Jacob_Bell" title="USS Jacob Bell"><i>Jacob Bell</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">10 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Patroon" title="USS Patroon"><i>Patroon</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">13 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/Aenid_(ship)" title="Aenid (ship)"><i>Aenid</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">19 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Launceston" title="SS City of Launceston"><i>City of Launceston</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">27 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/Fairlie_(1810_ship)" title="Fairlie (1810 ship)"><i>Fairlie</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Clyde_(1863)" title="USS Clyde (1863)"><i>Indian River</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 5 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Neptune_(1863)" title="USS Neptune (1863)"><i>Neptune</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">16 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_New_Ironsides" title="USS New Ironsides">USS <i>New Ironsides</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">30 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Huntress_(1862)" title="USS Huntress (1862)"><i>Huntress</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">31 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Juliet_(1862)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Juliet (1862)"><i>Goldena</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left; padding:0 1em 0 1em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 14em;"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 4 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Cadmus_(1856)" title="HMS Cadmus (1856)">HMS <i>Cadmus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">14 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Geyser_(1841)" title="HMS Geyser (1841)">HMS <i>Geyser</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">14 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Terrible_(1845)" title="HMS Terrible (1845)">HMS <i>Terrible</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Niger_(1846)" title="HMS Niger (1846)">HMS <i>Niger</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">13 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Eclipse_(1860)" title="HMS Eclipse (1860)">HMS <i>Eclipse</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 9 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/PS_Ipswich_(1864)" title="PS Ipswich (1864)"><i>Ipswich</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">10 Oct:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sepoy_(1856)" title="HMS Sepoy (1856)">HMS <i>Sepoy</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">10 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bristol_(1861)" title="HMS Bristol (1861)">HMS <i>Bristol</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 1 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Research_(1863)" title="HMS Research (1863)">HMS <i>Research</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; 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padding:0 1em 0 1em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 16em;"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">16 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_frigate_Apur%C3%ADmac" title="Peruvian frigate Apurímac"><i>Apurímac</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">16 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Catawba_(1864)" title="USS Catawba (1864)"><i>Atahualpa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">16 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/Talism%C3%A1n_(ship)" title="Talismán (ship)"><i>Talismán</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">16 Jan:</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Toro_Submarino" title="Toro Submarino">Toro Submarino</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">16 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/BAP_Uni%C3%B3n" title="BAP Unión"><i>Unión</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">17 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/Chilean_transport_R%C3%ADmac" title="Chilean transport Rímac"><i>Rímac</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">27 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/PS_Eleanor_(1873)" title="PS Eleanor (1873)"><i>Eleanor</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_(ship)" title="Jamestown (ship)"><i>Jamestown</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 8 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/Josephine_(shipwreck)" title="Josephine (shipwreck)"><i>Josephine</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">10 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Ridge_Park" title="SS Ridge Park"><i>Ridge Park</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">13 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/Flying_Spur_(clipper)" title="Flying Spur (clipper)"><i>Flying Spur</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 3 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_United_States_(1864)" title="SS United States (1864)"><i>United States</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">26 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Doterel_(1880)" title="HMS Doterel (1880)">HMS <i>Doterel</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">30 Apr:</span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Tararua</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">10 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Gananoque" title="Gananoque"><i>Gananoque</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">24 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_steamboat_disaster" title="Victoria steamboat disaster"><i>Victoria</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">31 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Nations" title="Queen of Nations"><i>Queen of Nations</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">13 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Jeannette_(1878)" title="USS Jeannette (1878)">USS <i>Jeannette</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">26 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_(ship)" title="Jamestown (ship)"><i>Jamestown</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">15 Aug:</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Lisette_(German_schooner)" title="Lisette (German schooner)">Lisette</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 5 Oct:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Koning_der_Nederlanden" title="SS Koning der Nederlanden"><i>Koning der Nederlanden</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">14 Oct:</span> <a href="/wiki/Ganges_(1861)" title="Ganges (1861)"><i>Ganges</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">25 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Jane_Miller" title="SS Jane Miller"><i>Jane Miller</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 1 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Rodgers_(1881)" title="USS Rodgers (1881)">USS <i>Rodgers</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Unkn:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Ellengowan" title="SS Ellengowan"><i>Ellengowan</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Unkn:</span> <i><a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_London" title="SS City of London">City of London</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left; padding:0 1em 0 1em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 16em;"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">11 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/Hereford_(ship)" title="Hereford (ship)"><i>Hereford</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Penelope_(1867)" title="HMS Penelope (1867)">HMS <i>Penelope</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Nubia_(1854)" title="SS Nubia (1854)"><i>Shaftesbury</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">20 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Collaroy" title="SS Collaroy"><i>Collaroy</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/Advance_(1874)" title="Advance (1874)"><i>Advance</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. 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