The list of shipwrecks in June 1861 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1861.
1 June
2 June
3 June
4 June
5 June
6 June
8 June
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1861 | Ship | State | Description |
| Jaffa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Nantucket, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia, British North America to New York.[19] |
| Merlin | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by Coquimbo ( United Kingdom). Merlin was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Plymouth, Devon.[20] |
| Queen of the Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ganjam, India. She was on a voyage from Madras to Ganjam.[21] |
| Somerset | Unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner, was captured in Breton's Bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River and burned on the Virginia shore by the armed screw steamer USS Resolute ( United States Navy).[22][23] |
9 June
10 June
11 June
12 June
13 June
15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1861 | Ship | State | Description |
| Alarm | United Kingdom | The tug suffered a boiler explosion at Bristol, Gloucestershire and sank with the loss of one of her crew.[33] |
| Christiana Kean | United States | American Civil War: The schooner was run aground, boarded, and burned by Confederate forces in rowboats one-half mile (0.8 km) from the Virginian bank of the Potomac River off Machodoc Creek, below Mathias Point opposite Cedar Point.[34] |
| Guadalete | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day and taken in tow for London.[30] |
| Hersilia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Poondy", India. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[35] |
| John Fowler | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Walpole Rocks, on the Kent coast. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[30][29] |
| Lawson | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Toulon, Var, France.[36] |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by the steamship Lord Raglan ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Lord Raglan. Swallow was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[29][37] |
| Therese | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. United Kingdom.[30] |
| Zarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Rosherville, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to the Clyde. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[30] |
16 June
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1861 | Ship | State | Description |
| Berenica | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Robben Island, Cape Colony with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from an English port to Cape Town, Cape Colony.[38] |
| Bittern | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Westplaat, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[30] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[39] |
| Cataract | United States | The 393-ton screw steamer burned at Erie, Pennsylvania, with the loss of four lives.[40] |
| Luigi | Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia | The ship ran aground on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[30] |
| Old England | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was holed by her anchor and sank at Flint. Shew as on a voyage from Liverpool to Saltney, Cheshire.[19] |
17 June
18 June
19 June
22 June
23 June
24 June
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1861 | Ship | State | Description |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Veckmansground, off Dagö, Russia. All 26 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Reval, Russia.[26][48] |
| Fantome | United Kingdom | The barque struck the Billyrock, off Port William, Falkland Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Stanley in a severely leaky condition.[49] |
| Gloria Deo | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on Dagö. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to Kronstadt, Russia.[26] |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Tigris. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon. She was later refloated.[50] |
| Keystone | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The 69-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Mississippi River at Arkansas City, Arkansas.[51] |
| Senator | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames, at Millwall, Essex.[52] |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the North Sea off Methil, Fife. Her crew survived.[53] |
| Workington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "New Island", County Antrim.[52] |
25 June
28 June
29 June
30 June
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1861 | Ship | State | Description |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Veckman's Ground, off Hiiumaa, Russia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Kronstadt, Russia.[57] |
| Baton Rouge | Confederate States of America | The 65-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Tennessee River in Tennessee.[58] |
| Bedouin | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 June. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Galway.[17] |
| Carl | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near "Kloven". She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Tromsø. She was refloated.[56] |
| Chieftain | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on a rock off Coll, Inner Hebrides before 15 June.[59] |
| Coronet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Hunting Island, South Carolina, Confederate States of America. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, Confederate States of America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1] |
| Elizabeth Wilhelmine | Sweden | The ship capsized in Sutton Pool. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[18] |
| Gambia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk before 22 June.[47] |
| Hubet | Norway | The brig became waterlogged at "Margum", Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America between 4 and 13 June.[17] |
| Josepha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Garrucha, Spain. She was consequently condemned.[29] |
| Lord Raglan | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[60] |
| Mary Fry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River at Richelieu, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to Liverpool.[1] |
| New Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank in the Rance before 17 June. She was on a voyage from London to Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord, France.[61] |
| Parsee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Bognor Rocks, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Poti, Russia.[18] |
| Rollo | United States | The fishing schooner left Halifax, Nova Scotia in mid June for the Seal Island Grounds and vanished. Lost with all 8 crew.[62][63][64] |
| Sparrow | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 June. Her crew were rescued by Allendale ( United Kingdom.[14] |
| Sympathy | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Hauxley Sand, on the coast of Northumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Alnmouth, Northumberland.[2] |
| Unidentified vessel | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the vessel in the Warwick River in Virginia.[65] |
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