The list of shipwrecks in July 1859 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1859.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John L. Dimmock | The barque was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Kronstadt, Russia. [1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rossett | 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 | The barque capsized off Fairport, New York with the loss of nine of the seventeen people on board. [3] | |
| William Gibson | The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Valparaíso, Chile. [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albatross | The yacht sank in a thunderstorm at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of four of the eight people on board. [5] [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Royalist | The fishing boat struck a sunken wreck and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. [7] | |
| Sylla | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alma | 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 | The steamship was in collision with the steamship Lady Alice Lambton ( | |
| Pedlar | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Conferentsraad | 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 | 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 ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ebenezer | | The cutter was driven onto a reef in Robbins Passage and sank. Her crew were ashore. [19] |
| Elk | The Belfast and Glasgow mail steamer ran aground at Ballymacormick Point near Groomsport, County Down, Ireland. [20] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jylland | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Ceres ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amphitrite | The brig ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Kronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. [23] { | |
| Ocean | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arkhangelsk, Russia. [24] | |
| Symmetry | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arkhangelsk. [24] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza Bain | The brig was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica. [14] | |
| Lancaster | The barque foundered at "Malaki". [25] | |
| Standard | 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 | | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Roy | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harpy | The ship was wrecked on Seskar, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to te Bristol Channel. [29] | |
| Hinda | | 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 | The ship ran aground off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. [31] | |
| Nautilus | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Fernandez | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow | | The brigantine ran aground off the Tweed River Bar, New South Wales. [33] |
| Carron | The steamship collided with the brig Viscountess Canning ( | |
| Dohallard | The schooner was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay while en route to Nantes, France. [35] | |
| Thetis | The steamship ran aground and sank at Kuressaare, Russia. [36] [15] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hinde | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [30] [37] | |
| Samuel Guiseppe | | The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Rocque, Brazil. [38] |
| Victor | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine | 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 | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) off Tristan d'Acunha. Her crew were rescued by Amica ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cargey | 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 | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Waterwitch | The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the River Tyne. [23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Johanna | The ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Nepalese Ambassador ( | |
| Seraphina | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. D. Whiddew | The brig capsized and sank at Aux Cayes, Haiti. [47] | |
| Palestine | 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 | The brig was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. SHe was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kronstadt, Russia. [24] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Earl of Sefton | The ship was destroyed by fire at Monkey Point, Burma. [48] [49] | |
| Helen | 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 | The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Bombay, India with the loss of three of her crew. [50] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Advice | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank off Cape Hooper, Greenland.. Her crew were rescued on 26 July by Emma ( | |
| Francis Ridley | The ship was driven onto a reef off Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was refloated, but was consequently condemned. [54] | |
| Magnolia | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bertha | | The brigantine foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Adra, Spain. Her seven crew were rescued by the schooner Dos Amigos ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louisa Jane | The ship struck a sunken rock and sank in Loch Carron. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wick, Caithness. [59] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adeline | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Glencairn ( | |
| Catherine | The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Frisia. Her six crew were rescued. [62] | |
| Duque do Porto | After hitting a rock in fog, the ship was beached at Peniche, Portugal. [63] | |
| Evergreen | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Casilda | 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 | The ship was wrecked between the Isla de Lobos and Cape Samaira, Uruguay with the loss of all hands. [21] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | The ship collided with the steamship Kazan ( | |
| Lile | 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 | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ebenezer | | 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 | The brig was driven ashore at Port Natal, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from London to Port Natal. [55] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | 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 | The brig was run down and sunk in Besika Bay by the barque Lily ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey Blanchard | The ship severely damaged by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [72] | |
| Canning | | The tug sank at "Colhec" with the loss of twelve of her crew. [49] |
| Daphne | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. [9] | |
| Edward and William | The ship was wrecked at Thurso, Caithness. [76] She was refloated in late August and taken in to for Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [77] | |
| Forbes | The steamship sank at Diamond Harbour, India. She was later refloated. [49] | |
| Glance | 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 | The ship was wrecked off the Rangoon Lightship ( | |
| Mariout | 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 | 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 | | 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 | The ship was wrecked at Maranhão, Brazil. [41] | |
| Regina | | 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 ( |
| Sirius | 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 | 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 | The ship was wrecked off Key Vascas. [61] |
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