The list of shipwrecks in July 1859 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1859.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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John L. Dimmock | United States | The barque was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Cronstadt, Russia. [1] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rossett | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Skirweathers Bank, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Bridgwater, Somerset. [2] |
Sunshine | United States | The barque capsized off Fairport, New York with the loss of nine of the seventeen people on board. [3] |
William Gibson | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Valparaíso, Chile. [4] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albatross | United Kingdom | The yacht sank in a thunderstorm at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of four of the eight people on board. [5] [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Royalist | United Kingdom | The fishing boat struck a sunken wreck and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. [7] |
Sylla | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had become a wreck by 11 July. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alma | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized at the Sandheads, India with the loss of more than 22 lives. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius. [9] [10] |
Dunedin | United Kingdom | The steamship was in collision with the steamship Lady Alice Lambton ( United Kingdom ) and sank off the mouth of the Elbe. All on board were rescued. [11] [12] [13] |
Pedlar | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on a reef off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. [14] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Conferentsraad | Norway | The ship ran ashore at Gottska Sandö, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. [15] |
James Carson | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic ( 24°20′S27°07′W / 24.333°S 27.117°W ) in a sinking condition. Her 31 crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Marathon ( United Kingdom ). James Carson was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bombay, India. [16] [17] [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ebenezer | Tasmania | The cutter was driven onto a reef in Robbins Passage and sank. Her crew were ashore. [19] |
Elk | United Kingdom | The Belfast and Glasgow mail steamer ran aground at Ballymacormick Point near Groomsport, County Down, Ireland. [20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jylland | Denmark | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Ceres ( Hamburg). Jylland was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [21] [22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amphitrite | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. [23] { |
Ocean | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Archangelsk, Russia. [24] |
Symmetry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Archangelsk. [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza Bain | United Kingdom | The brig was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica. [14] |
Lancaster | United States | The barque foundered at "Malaki". [25] |
Standard | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to South Shields. [26] |
Valentine Hellicar | Victoria | The schooner was wrecked on Otaki Beach in New Zealand during a thunderstorm and gale while en route from Melbourne to Port Cooper. All hands were saved. [27] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rob Roy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Johore Shoal, off the coast of Malaya. She was on a voyage from Sarawak, Malaya to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [28] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Harpy | Norway | The ship was wrecked on Seskar, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to te Bristol Channel. [29] |
Hinda | Duchy of Schleswig | The schooner was wrecked on the Kleine Vogelsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Glückstadt. [30] |
Macaulay | United States | The ship ran aground off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. [31] |
Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship struck Tings Rocks, off Hartland Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. She put in to Ilfracombe, Devon in a severely leaky condition. [31] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Juan Fernandez | United States | The ship ran aground off Mindoro, Spanish East Indies and consequently foundered two days later. She was on a voyage from Manilla, Spanish East Indies to Boston, Massachusetts. [32] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arrow | New South Wales | The brigantine ran aground off the Tweed River Bar, New South Wales. [33] |
Carron | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the brig Viscountess Canning ( Guernsey) and sank off Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. [34] [31] [23] |
Dohallard | France | The schooner was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay while en route to Nantes, France. [35] |
Thetis | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Kuressaare, Russia. [36] [15] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hinde | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [30] [37] |
Samuel Guiseppe | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Rocque, Brazil. [38] |
Victor | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [23] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Catherine | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the tug Reliance and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port St. Mary, Isle of Man to Liverpool. [39] [40] She was refloated on 21 July. [41] [9] |
Premier | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) off Tristan d'Acunha. Her crew were rescued by Amica ( Kingdom of Hanover). [42] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cargey | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Blyth to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria. She was refloated and put back to Blyth for repairs. [23] |
Jeanette Melanie | Belgium | The brig ran aground on the Gabbard Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage form Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. [43] [23] Subsequently repaired at Ostend, West Flanders. [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ruby | United Kingdom | The schooner became leaky and was abandoned in the English Channel. Her five cew survived. She was on a voyage from Totnes, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. Ruby was subsequently towed in to Plymouth, Devon by a pilot boat. Investigation revealed that holes had been deliberately bored in her stern. [29] [45] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Waterwitch | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the River Tyne. [23] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Johanna | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Nepalese Ambassador ( United Kingdom ). Johanna was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Algiers, Algeria. [24] |
Seraphina | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Fortune Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall. [46] [32] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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A. D. Whiddew | United Kingdom | The brig capsized and sank at Aux Cayes, Haiti. [47] |
Palestine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of "Pittshead". She was on a voyage from "Kooria Mooria" (Khuriya Muriya Islands) to Cromarty. [24] |
Swallow | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. SHe was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia. [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Earl of Sefton | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Monkey Point, Burma. [48] [49] |
Helen | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the River Tyne at Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to the River Tyne. She was righted the next day. [44] |
Nathalie | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Bombay, India with the loss of three of her crew. [50] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Advice | United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank off Cape Hooper, Greenland.. Her crew were rescued on 26 July by Emma ( United Kingdom ) [51] [52] [53] |
Francis Ridley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto a reef off Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was refloated, but was consequently condemned. [54] |
Magnolia | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Belvidere, Cape Colony. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Town to Knysna. [55] [56] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bertha | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | The brigantine foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Adra, Spain. Her seven crew were rescued by the schooner Dos Amigos ( Portugal). [57] Bertha was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. [58] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Louisa Jane | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and sank in Loch Carron. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wick, Caithness. [59] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adeline | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Glencairn ( United Kingdom ). Adeline was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [60] [61] |
Catherine | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Frisia. Her six crew were rescued. [62] |
Duque do Porto | Portugal | After hitting a rock in fog, the ship was beached at Peniche, Portugal. [63] |
Evergreen | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground and was severely damaged at Bridgwater, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bridgwater. She was refloated and taken in to Bridgwater. [44] |
Happy Return | United Kingdom | The coble collided with a brig and sank in the North Sea with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig. [64] |
Plantaganet | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Demerara river. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to a British port. [65] [66] [67] [68] |
Xerezano | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rock, in the Crooked Island Passage, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to London. [69] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Casilda | Spain | The brigantine collided with an American vessel and was severely damaged. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued. Casilda was on a voyage from Valencia to Santander. [70] |
Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked between the Isla de Lobos and Cape Samaira, Uruguay with the loss of all hands. [21] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hope | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Kazan ( Russia ) and sank off the French coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the River Wear. [44] |
Lile | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and departed for her homeport of Plymouth for repairs. [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ebenezer | New South Wales | The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Tweed River and was wrecked with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Tweed River. [71] |
Woodlark | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Port Natal, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from London to Port Natal. [55] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Enterprise | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Black Rock, in Galway Bay. Her six crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin. [72] [73] [74] |
Sofira | Malta | The brig was run down and sunk in Besika Bay by the barque Lily ( United Kingdom ). [75] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abbey Blanchard | United Kingdom | The ship severely damaged by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [72] |
Canning | India | The tug sank at "Colhec" with the loss of twelve of her crew. [49] |
Daphne | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. [9] |
Edward and William | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Thurso, Caithness. [76] She was refloated in late August and taken in to for Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [77] |
Forbes | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at Diamond Harbour, India. She was later refloated. [49] |
Glance | United States | The ship caught fire in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. She was towed in to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, where she burnt to the waterline. [72] [78] |
Lady Rawlinson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off the Rangoon Lightship ( Burma) before 9 July. [79] |
Mariout | Ottoman Empire | The steamship wrecked on a reef in the Red Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Cosseir, Egypt. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Djeddah, Ottoman Hejaz. [58] [44] [80] |
Medway | United Kingdom | The barque sank between Sulina and Tulcea, Ottoman Empire. [81] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Brăila, Ottoman Empire. [37] |
Petite Hermine | British North America | The brig was wrecked on Langlade Island, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. [82] |
Princess Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Maranhão, Brazil. [41] |
Regina | India | The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north north west of Saugor. [49] |
Roslyn | Flag unknown | The yacht was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by St. Helena ( United Kingdom ). [61] |
Sirius | Denmark | The brig was wrecked on Saona Island, Dominican Republic before 11 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands to Saint Domingo. [83] |
Victor | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) north north west of Saugor. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Réunion and Mauritius. [49] |
William Chestnut | United States | The ship was wrecked off Key Vascas. [61] |
Ship events in 1859 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 |
Ship commissionings: | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 |
Shipwrecks: | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 |