Barque Oceanica built Connell, Belfast 1851, registered Belfast
273 tons, 107 x 21 x 15.4 ft.
Owned James Lemon & Co., Belfast
Initially used in East India trade.
Voyage Liverpool to Miramichi, cargo coal, Captain White and crew of 11.
On 30th August 1868, foundered off Great Ormes Head
RMS Mandingo, Capt. Lowry, took off all aboard.

London Daily News - Wednesday 02 September 1868

FOUNDERING OF A VESSEL OFF THE GREAT ORMSHEAD. - The barque Oceanica, Captain Wright, bound from Liverpool to Miramichi with a cargo of coals, foundered off the Great Ormshead on Sunday[30 August 1868, at 6pm]. The vessel left the Canning Dock on Friday, and was towed out of the river by the tug Tartar, which left her off Holyhead on Saturday. She was at that time leaking so badly, and had been from the moment she left the dock, that the crew were compelled to be constantly at the pumps; but they could not keep the water down, and by the time the vessel reached the Irish coast, the water had gained so rapidly in the hold that Captain Wright determined to put back. When nearing the Great Ormshead, the vessel then being in a sinking state, the [West] African mail steamer Mandingo came in sight, and Captain Wright immediately signalled that he wished to be taken in tow. There was a fresh breeze blowing at the time, with a heavy rolling sea, in which the ship laboured considerably; still it was thought that by keeping the pumps in constant use the vessel might be brought into port, and the Mandingo bore down upon her for the purpose of rendering assistance. The steamer was not a moment too soon, for whilst her crew were in the act of clearing the hawser to send on board, the Oceanica gave a plunge and went down instantly head foremost. The crew had barely time to save their lives, and lost all their effects; the captain lost everything but his chronometer.