The list of shipwrecks in June 1859 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1859.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Arcade | ![]() | The barque was damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [1] |
Sumatra | ![]() | The ship capsized at Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. [2] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emperor | ![]() | The barque ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. [2] [3] |
Fly | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of four tugs and towed to Walker, Northumberland in a leaky condition. [2] |
Iris | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at North Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to North Shields. She was refloated and found to be leaky. [3] |
Minerva | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Caroline Agnes (![]() |
Sir Charles Napier | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Acheen, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew took to three boats. Fourteen crew were rescued by Melanie (![]() |
United Kingdom | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christine | ![]() | The brig ran aground at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated. [8] |
Undaunted | ![]() | The ship foundered off Lindisfarne, Northumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors took to the longboat and were rescued by Johanne Marie (![]() |
HMY Victoria and Albert | ![]() | The Royal yacht ran aground in the Scheldt. |
Whisker | ![]() | The cutter struck a rock and sank in St. Clement's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France to Jersey. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eastern Monarch | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mary Virginia | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to St. Peter's, Nova Scotia. [13] |
Shepherd | ![]() | The brig ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated and put back to South Shields in a leaky condition. [3] |
Vitula | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Havre aux Maisons, Magdalen Islands, Province of Canada, British North America. She was consequently condemned, but was later refloated. [14] |
Waterwitch | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the Isle of Lions, off Montevideo, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montevideo. [15] [16] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Esse | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Sea of Marmora. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Constantinople and Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. [17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Annabella | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated. [18] |
Caledonia | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Britaree Rocks, north east of Östergarnsholm, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [19] |
Elk | ![]() | The paddle steamer struck rocks near Groomsport, County Down and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She broke in two; both sections were subsequently refloated and taken in to Belfast with the intention of rebuilding, but she was scrapped in December. [20] [21] |
Gitana | ![]() | The steamship put in to West Hartlepool, County Durham with her cargo of shoddy on fire. She was on a voyage from "Diorn" to Hamburg. The fire was extinguished. [18] |
Lopie | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Höganäs Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Helsinki. [22] |
Sir George Anderson | ![]() | The ship was dismasted off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony and was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Argonaut (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Star of the North | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated. [18] |
Ulysses | ![]() | The ship was abandoned off the coast of the Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued by Chandernagor ( ![]() |
William Gowland | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Dover. [18] [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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George Marshall | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Gellibrand's Point, Victoria. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, New South Wales. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [27] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | ![]() | The ship was abandoned off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire and foundered. [1] Her crew survived. [28] |
Frouwina | ![]() | The ship foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cabourg, Calvados, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom and Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. [1] |
Radius | ![]() | The brig was wrecked at Whitehead, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Connecticut, United States to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. [13] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Spray | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Pernambuco, Brazil. [29] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alma | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked on the Mooshedjerah Reef, in the Red Sea ( 13°48′N43°53′E / 13.800°N 43.883°E ). [30] [31] HMS Cyclops (![]() ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth Walker | ![]() | The ship collided with Red Jacket (![]() |
Maria | ![]() | The schooner foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Queen of the Belgians (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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David Grant | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Tillen and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. [41] [42] |
Emerald | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Salvo Reef, off Fårö, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norrköping, Sweden to Riga, Russia. [43] |
Stric Lutchmee Pursad | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Negrais, Burma There were 21 survivors. She was on a voyage from Madras to Moulmein, Burma. [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cheapside | ![]() | The ship ran aground on Video Island, in the Fisherman's Group and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Shanghai, China. [45] [24] |
Jane and Isabella | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Juan de Nova Island, off Madagascar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Aden. [46] |
Nelly Southard | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. [47] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Penarth, Glamorgan. [48] |
Sabina | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Liverpool, Lancashire. [49] [50] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Blenheim | ![]() | The East Indiaman foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew took to two boats and landed on Ramree Island, Burma, where one of the boats capsized with the loss of thirteen of her crew. Blenheim was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Calcutta, India. [5] [51] |
Bolton | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Cross Island, Maine with the loss of fifteen of the eighteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Bath, Maine to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. [52] |
Premier | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Tristan d'Acunha. Her crew were rescued by Amisia (![]() |
Vigilant | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Buctouche, New Brunswick. [13] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Clymene | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Whitby. [54] |
Dauntless | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea ( 56°10′N5°02′E / 56.167°N 5.033°E ). Her crew were rescued by the barque Go-ahead (![]() |
Galatee | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Firth of Forth 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of St. Andrews, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Dundee, Forfarshire. [42] |
Jacob | ![]() | The barque ran aground on the Turneffe Atoll. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. [57] |
Moira | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Leith, Lothian and was scuttled. She was severely damaged. [58] |
Petite Hermine | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Little Miquelon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Queenstown, County Cork. [59] |
West Chirton | ![]() | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her nine crew were rescued by the brig Ann Louisa (![]() |
Wolfe | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Kooria Mooria" (Khuriya Muriya Islands) to Liverpool. [61] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grange | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and put in to Falmouth, Cornwall, where she ran aground. She was on a voyage from Saint-Gilles, France to Preston, Lancashire. She was refloated. [54] |
Sea Belle | ![]() | The ship ran aground on a sunken wreck at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 20 June and towed back to Richibucto. [62] [63] |
Thetis | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Dunnet Head, Caithness. [64] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Corinthian Lass | ![]() | The ship ran aground at North Shields, County Durham. She was refloated. [42] |
Francis Joseph | ![]() | Second Italian War of Independence: The steamboat was shelled by Piedmontese artillery and sank in Lake Garda off Salò, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia with the loss of all 200 people on board. [65] |
Jane and Isabella | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on a reef 300 nautical miles (560 km) south of Aden. [66] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Pekin | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Calcutta, India. She was refloated on 23 June. [26] |
Seranger | ![]() | The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Australia ( ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bretagne | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued by the lugger Neptune (![]() |
Falcon | ![]() | The ship struck a sunken object and sank in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Crocodile (![]() |
Melita | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Amoor River and sank. She was on a voyage from De Castries Bay to "Nicolaefsky". [69] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady Ann | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. [43] |
Josephine | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. [70] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marchioness | ![]() | While heading into Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand for shelter from a gale the ship hit a submerged rock and began taking on water. Her captain beached the ship to prevent her from sinking. She was later salvaged and returned to service.. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Drie Broeders | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Fjaltring, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland to Königsberg, Prussia. [13] |
HMS Kestrel | ![]() | Second Opium War, Second Battle of Taku Forts: While attacking the Taku Forts, the Clown-class gunvessel was sunk in the Peiho river by Chinese artillery. She was later refloated and taken in tow by HMS Janus (![]() |
HMS Lee | ![]() | Second Opium War, Second Battle of Taku Forts: While attacking the Taku Forts, the Algerine-class gunboat was sunk in the Peiho River by Chinese artillery. [71] |
London | ![]() | The ship capsized and sank in the East River. [63] She was refloated on 30 June. [72] |
HMS Plover | ![]() | Second Opium War, Second Battle of Taku Forts: While attacking the Taku Forts, the Albacore-class gunvessel was sunk in the Peiho River by Chinese artillery. She was subsequently set afire by the Chinese. [71] [73] |
Silistria | ![]() | The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt with the loss of 77 of the 350 passengers on board. Survivors were rescued by an Egyptian vessel. It was reported that some of the Christian passengers were murdered by her captain and crew. Silistria was on a voyage from Alexandria to Constantinople. [47] [74] [75] |
Thetis | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Stroma, Caithness. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Drogheda, County Louth. [76] |
Victoria | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Nakkehead Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia. [60] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amerika | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on Læsø. She was on a voyage from "Swartvok" to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [13] |
Anna | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Skagen, Denmark. she was on a voyage from Dantzic to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [13] [56] She had broken up by 29 June. [50] |
HMS Cormorant | ![]() | Second Opium War, Second Battle of Taku Forts: While attacking the Taku Forts, the Vigilant-class gunvessel was sunk in the Peiho River by Chinese artillery. [71] She was refloated on 27 June. [77] |
HMS Haughty | ![]() | Second Opium War, Second Battle of Taku Forts: While attacking the Taku Forts, the Albacore-class gunvessel was sunk in the Peiho river by Chinese artillery. She was later refloated. [73] |
Robert | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Tushan, China with the loss of five of her crew. [78] |
Sarah | ![]() | The barque ran aground on the Platters, off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. France. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [60] |
HMS Starling | ![]() | Second Opium War, Second Battle of Taku Forts: While attacking the Taku Forts, the Dapper-class gunvessel was sunk in the Peiho River by Chinese artillery. She was refloated. [71] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Shah Jehan | ![]() | The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean. She was abandoned on 27 June with the loss of 365 lives. About 60 survivors were rescued by Vasco de Gama (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Argo | ![]() | The passenger ship was wrecked in thick fog on a reef in Trepassey Bay off the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. All on board survived. |
Belmont | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Kalamati near "Marathonesse", Greece. She was on a voyage from Soukoum Kaleh, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. Belmont was refloated on 4 July and taken in to "Trinos". [82] [83] |
HMS Cormorant | ![]() | Second Opium War, Second Battle of Taku Forts: The Vigilant-class gunboat ran aground in the Peiho River and was sunk by Chinese artillery. [84] [85] [77] |
Fly | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in Lunan Bay. [86] |
Friesland | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex. [87] |
Sarah Minot | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Retriever (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Belisima | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Melbourne, Victoria. She was later refloated, and resumed her voyage, but put in to Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland on 3 July in a leaky condition. [50] |
Bona Dea | ![]() | The ship foundered off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Queenstown, County Cork. [15] |
Hope | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Start Point, Devon. [86] |
John Wesley | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated. [60] |
Paramatta | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
William Gibson | ![]() | The ship was abandoned off Cape Frio, Brazil. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Valparaíso, Chile. [90] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alderman Pirie | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Siam (![]() |
Angeline | ![]() | The ship was abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony before 27 June. Her crew were rescued by Simonds (![]() |
Annie | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. [25] |
Ann Roxby | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 June. Her crew were rescued by Pharamond (![]() |
Assens | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on Trellenaeshage. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Assens. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition, arriving on 17 June. [60] |
Cleopatra | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Fleetwood on 23 June. [43] |
Edward Herbert | ![]() | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Valparaíso, Chile. [47] |
Emily | ![]() | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New York to Newfoundland, British North America. [92] |
Eveline | ![]() | The ship ran aground in Thornhill's Channel. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and put back to Calcutta in a leaky condition. [14] |
Flora | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore in Walvis Bay with the loss of more than five lives. [25] |
Imperador | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. [29] |
John Wade | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Siam. [50] |
Josephine Idel | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated. [10] |
Kars | ![]() | The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Ottoman Syria. She was carrying 300 passengers. [47] She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Constantinople. [59] |
Kate Prendergast | ![]() | The ship was wrecked. she was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Newfoundland. [92] |
Leontine | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Emanuel (![]() |
Mary Prescott | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Buenos Aires, Argentina. [62] [63] |
Osmond | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Port Beaufort. [25] |
Protège de Marie | ![]() | The ship sank at Hennebont, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from Hennebont to New Ross, County Wexford, United Kingdom. [18] |
Shepherdess | ![]() | The barque was wrecked in Algoa Bay with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew. [25] [93] |
Tulloch Castle | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Combermere Bay, Burma before 24 June. [5] |
Two unidentified schooners | Flags unknown | One was driven ashore, above the spring high tide mark, in Par harbour, Cornwall during ″very considerable oscillations of the sea″. A second schooner's hawsers parted and she was driven out of the harbour by the current and went ashore nearby. This was on 25 or 26 June. [94] |