List of shipwrecks in 1859

The list of shipwrecks in 1859 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1859.

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1859
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May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1859
Ship Country Description
Czar  United Kingdom The 740 ton government transport ship was wrecked on the Vrogue Rocks, off Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall. The coastguard from Cadgwith and Church Cove saved some of the crew but the captain and his family drowned. Following the tragedy Mrs Agar of Lanhydrock donated money to buy the first Lizard Lifeboat (Anna Maria) which was stationed later in the year. Czar was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Malta with a cargo of ammunition and uniforms.[1]

February

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1859
Ship Country Description
Ignez de Castro  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Peniche, Portugal. Crew and passengers saved.[2]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1859
Ship Country Description
HMS Jaseur  Royal Navy . The Algerine-class gunboat) ran aground on the Bajo Nuevo Bank, in the Caribbean Sea. Her crew survived.

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1859
Ship Country Description
Lochlibo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked and a total loss on Hartland Point, Devon, while carrying coal from Newport to Rio de Janeiro.[3]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1859
Ship Country Description
Jubilee  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Minsmere Sluice, Suffolk before 14 February.[4]

March

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1859
Ship Country Description
Pizarro  Chilean Navy The brigantine foundered off Cape Horn in early March.

April

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1859
Ship Country Description
Fame  United Kingdom The fishing vessel capsized near the Seven Stones Lightship ( United Kingdom) in a severe east-south-east gale while running for shelter in the Isles of Scilly. There were no survivors.[5]

May

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea by Tivy ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Tivy.[6]

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Ship Country Description
Amelia  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her four crew were rescued.[7]

June

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1859
Ship Country Description
Argo  United Kingdom The passenger ship was wrecked in Trepassey Bay. All on board survived.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1859
Ship Country Description
Two unidentified schooners 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.[8]

July

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1859
Ship Country Description
Elk  United Kingdom The Belfast and Glasgow mail steamer ran aground at Ballymacormick Point near Groomsport, County Down.[9]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1859
Ship Country Description
Arrow United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The brigantine ran aground off the Tweed River Bar, New South Wales.[10]
Dohallard  France The schooner was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay while en route to Nantes.[11]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1859
Ship Country Description
Duque do Porto  Portugal After hitting a rock in fog, the ship was beached at Peniche.[12]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1859
Ship Country Description
Ebenezer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales Four died when Ebenezer hit the Tweed River bar, New South Wales while en route from Sydney to Tweed River.[13]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1859
Ship Country Description
Admella United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The passenger ship hit Carpenters Reef, about 20 miles (32 km) off Cape Northumberland, South Australia, while bound for Melbourne, New South Wales from Adelaide. Differing accounts give eighty-three or eighty-nine people lost their lives.[14][15]
Equateur United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales Carrying coal from Sydney to Calcutta, the barque was lost in the Torres Strait, off Murray Island.[16]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1859
Ship Country Description
Nantucket  United States The whaler was wrecked off the Island of Nashawena, Massachusetts.

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1859
Ship Country Description
Aigrette  France A boiler exploded and she sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south-west of Antivari, Principality of Montenegro in the Adriatic Sea.[17]
City of Calcutta  United Kingdom Ran aground in the Hooghly River, West Bengal, India.[18]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1859
Ship Country Description
Plymouth  United Kingdom The schooner's cargo shifted in a WNW force 9 gale, and she foundered in the Bristol Channel 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Newport, Monmouthshire after she sprang a leak. She was en route to London with railway track.[19]

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Ship Country Description
Patriot  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Easton Bavents, Suffolk before 9 August.[4]

September

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1859
Ship Country Description
Suffolk  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Tuggerah Beach, New South Wales, while in ballast from Launceston, Tasmania to England.[20]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1859
Ship Country Description
Lucinde  Prussia The brig was wrecked off Minsmere, Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat. Lucinde was on a voyage from Memel to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom.[4]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1859
Ship Country Description
Express  United Kingdom The South Western Steam Co mail ship sank near Corbiere Jersey Channel Islands. [21]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1859
Ship Country Description
Friends  United Kingdom The ketch foundered on the Helwick Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six crew.[7]

October

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1859
Ship Country Description
Iris  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and sank in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon. She was carrying coal from Cardiff to Devoran, Cornwall.[3]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1859
Ship Country Description
Troy  United States Eighteen people lost when Troy foundered in Lake Huron while carrying passengers and wheat. Eight people survived.[22]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1859
Ship Country Description
Busy  United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Bristol Channel 8 miles (13 km) south of Lundy Island, Devon.[19]
Eliza  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[7]
Margaret Lloyd  United Kingdom The dandy foundered in the Irish Sea off Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire. Her eight crew were rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat.[6]
Morning Star  United Kingdom The smack foundered in the Irish Sea off Cardigan Head, Cardiganshire with the loss of her three crew.
Union  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Llanelli, Glamorgan.[7]
Unidentified ships Two lost on the Stones reef, Cornwall during a storm known as the Royal Charter Storm.[23]
Unidentified ships Three (a barque, brigantine and schooner) lost on Lundy in the Bristol Channel.[19]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1859
Ship Country Description
Ann  United Kingdom While carrying iron ore, the snow from Blyth was stranded and lost on Morte Point, north Devon in a north-west force 11.[3]
Clara  France The schooner was stranded and a total loss on Morte Point, north Devon.[3]
Iron Age  United Kingdom All eleven crew died when Iron Age foundered off Trevose Head, Cornwall.[24]
Royal Charter  United Kingdom
Royal Charter.

In what became known as the Royal Charter Storm, the steam clipper dragged her anchors and was wrecked in Lligwy Bay near Moelfre, with the loss of over four hundred and fifty lives.[25]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1859
Ship Country Description
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk.[4]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1859
Ship Country Description
Ann Emma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk.[4]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1859
Ship Country Description
Robert Henry  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Pennard, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[7]

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Ship Country Description
Oscar  Sweden The brig was driven ashore at St Mawes, Cornwall, United Kingdom in a severe storm. She was later refloated.[26]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1859
Ship Country Description
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk for repairs.[4]
Royalist  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold.[4]
Silva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold.[4]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1859
Ship Country Description
Sanda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The barque was driven ashore on the Kenfig Sands, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[7]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1859
Ship Country Description
Chincas  United States The ship was driven onto Loe Bar, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom when her anchor cable parted in high winds. She was bound for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom with 3,000 tons of coal and was the largest sailing ship to be wrecked on the bar. Four of the crew of thirty-five lost their lives.[23]
Beverley  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the shore one mile south–west of Upton Cliff, near Bude, Cornwall. Her crew and one female passenger were rescued by the rocket apparatus and her captain jumped overboard and reached the shore.[27]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1859
Ship Country Description
Herald of the Morning United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Canada The ship was severely damaged by fire in Hobsons Bay, New South Wales.

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1859
Ship Country Description
Burmah  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Pacific Ocean (48°S 97°E / 48°S 97°E / -48; 97) whilst on a voyage from London to New Zealand. No further trace, presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all on board.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1859
Ship Country Description
Raven  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk.[4]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1859
Ship Country Description
Good Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[6]
William & Mary  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Youghal, County Cork.[7]

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Ship Country Description
Yemassee  United States The ship was lost in Loch Bharcasaig.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "The Lizard in Landewednack". Lizard History Society.
  2. ↑ "Loss of the Screw Steamer 'Ignez de Castro'". Glasgow Herald (6050). 8 February 1859. p. 2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Larn, Richard; Larn, Bridget (1997). Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. Volume 1, Section 1 – North Devon. London: Lloyds Register of Shipping. ISBN 0 900528 88 5.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  6. 1 2 3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Edmunds, Richard (1862). The Land's End District: Its Antiquities, Natural History, Natural Phenomena and Scenery. London: J Russell Smith.
  9. ↑ Lettens, Jan. "PSS Elk (+1895)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Arrow (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  11. ↑ De Maisonneuve, Bernard. "Dohallard (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Avec43. "Duque do Porto (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  13. ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Ebenezer (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Allen, Tony. "SS Admella (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "The Admella Story". Admella. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  16. ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Equateur (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  17. ↑ Avec43. "SS Aigrette (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  18. ↑ Allen, Tony. "SV City Of Calcutta (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  19. 1 2 3 Larn, Richard; Larn, Bridget (1997). Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. Volume 1, Section 1a – Lundy. London: Lloyds Register of Shipping. ISBN 0 900528 88 5.
  20. ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Suffolk (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  21. ↑ cite |title=Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche |published=2008 |author=YvesDufiel
  22. ↑ Gothro, Phil. "SS Troy (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  23. 1 2 Treglown, Tony (2011). Porthleven in Years Gone by; Local Shipwrecks. Ashton: Tony Treglown.
  24. ↑ Allen, Tony. "SV Iron Age (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  25. ↑ "The sinking of the Royal Charter". Merseyside maritime museum. National museums Liverpool. Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  26. ↑ Pollard, Chris (2007). The Book of St Mawes. Wellington, Somerset: Halsgrove. ISBN 978 1 84114 631 7.
  27. ↑ "Beverely". Pastscapes. English Heritage. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  28. ↑ McKenzie, Steven. "Lost ships and aircraft recorded in sea off Scotland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
Ship events in 1859
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