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The list of shipwrecks in August 1859 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1859 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Chinsura
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Gaspar Sand, off the coast of India ; crew were saved.[ 1] [ 2]
De Ruyter
Netherlands
The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 3] [ 4]
Ebenezer
New South Wales
Four died when Ebenezer hit the Tweed River bar , New South Wales , Australia , while en route from Sydney , New South Wales, to Tweed River.[ 5]
Langgarten
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bahia , Brazil .[ 6]
Margaret Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Heligoland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Harburg .[ 7] [ 8]
Maria Reifina
Russia
The ship was driven on Naissaar . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom. She had become a wreck by 9 August.[ 9]
Mary Rogers
United Kingdom
The schooner caught fire due to her cargo of quicklime getting wet. She put in to Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wick, Caithness .[ 10]
Middleton
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 11]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The troopship was wrecked in the Myoor River . All on board were rescued by the steamship Nemesis ( United Kingdom ). Neptune was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to Akyab , Burma [ 12] [ 13]
Patriot
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Kentish Knock . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme , Somme , France. She was refloated and beached that day at Easton Bavents , Suffolk , where she became a wreck.[ 14] [ 7] [ 15]
Ripley
New South Wales
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Richmond River .[ 16]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and sank in the River Trent at Morton , Lincolnshire with the loss of two of the eight people on board. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Lincoln .[ 17]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Admella
New South Wales
Painting The Admella wrecked, Cape Banks, 6th August, 1859 by James Shaw , 1859. The passenger ship hit Carpenters Reef, about 20 miles (32 km) off Cape Northumberland , South Australia , while bound for Melbourne , Victoria , from Adelaide , South Australia. Differing accounts claim that either 83 or 89 people lost their lives.[ 28] [ 29]
Equateur
France
Carrying coal from Sydney , New South Wales , to Calcutta , India , the barque was attacked by the local inhabitants and abandoned in the Torres Strait off Murray Island . Her crew were rescued.[ 30] [ 16]
Sovereign of the Seas
United States
The clipper was wrecked on the Pyramid Shoal, in the Strait of Malacca .[ 31] All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to a port in China .[ 32]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Harlequin
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port St. Mary , Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Montreal , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 39] She was refloated on 1 September and taken in to Port St. Mary.[ 40]
Hinda
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Sand Reef, in the North Sea , broke in two and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Glückstadt , Duchy of Schleswig .[ 41]
Hoop
Netherlands
The ship was reported to have been driven ashore near Taganrog , Russia whilst on a voyage from the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg to Delfzijl , Groningen . Her crew were rescued.[ 9]
Kate Howard
United States
The steamboat sank in the Missouri River downstream of Jefferson City, Missouri . All on board, more than 150 people, survived.[ 42]
Kitty
United Kingdom
The barque was crushed by ice and sunk in the Hudson Strait off Cape Resolution. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Hudson's Bay . There were ultimately five survivors of her sixteen crew.[ 43] [ 44]
Pickwick
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Quintiro Shoals, in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Valparaíso , Chile.[ 45]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on the Ness of Queys, in the Pentland Firth . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 8]
Iris
Guernsey
The schooner ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Guernsey. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk.[ 8]
Isabella and Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Jarrow , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Jarrow to Rochester, Kent .[ 8]
Lebanon
United Kingdom
The brig was severely damaged by an explosion of coal gas at Sunderland, County Durham .[ 8]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Aigrette
French Navy
The Alarme -class gunboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Adriatic Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Antivari , Principality of Montenegro with some loss of life. Survivors were rescued by Isly and Monge (both French Navy ).[ 56] [ 57]
Black Douglas
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Kooria Mooria" (Khuriya Muriya Islands ) to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 58]
City of Calcutta
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the George and Mary Shoal, in the Hooghly River with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to the Clyde [ 59] [ 31] [ 60]
Henrietta
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground between the Nore and the Grain Spit She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London . She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness , Kent in a waterlogged condition.[ 41]
Philomela
Sweden
The ship was wrecked at "Wangsaal", near Thisted , Denmark.. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London , United Kingdom .[ 54] [ 61] [ 9]
Victory
United Kingdom
The brig struck a floating object and foundered off the Kent coast[ 3] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 62]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Commodore
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship caught fire at Boston, Massachusetts , United States and was scuttled. She was refloated the next day.[ 65] [ 66] [ 67]
Henbury
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Port Chalmers , New Zealand, where it had arrived from Gravesend , Kent . All crew and passengers were saved, but the cargo was completely lost. According to sources at the time, the ship's captain had travelled from Port Chalmers to Dunedin after the ship was docked along with several passengers, and in his absence the crew obtained grog and became rowdy, leading to the fire.[ 68]
Northam
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Nautilus Reef or the Shab-barger Reef, in the Red Sea off Jeddah , Hejaz Vilayet (20°54′N 37°25′E / 20.900°N 37.417°E / 20.900; 37.417 ). All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Aden to Suez , Egypt .[ 69] [ 70] She was later refloated and temporary repairs made before she was towed in to Bombay , India , where she arrived on 12 June.[ 71]
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Asia
British North America
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Lisette ( France ). Asia was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Bridgeport, Connecticut . United States.[ 77]
Celestine
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Whitby , Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 50]
Cynthia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa , Russia . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt , Russia. She was refloated on 29 August with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage.[ 33] [ 78]
Ilos
Norway
The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom to Helsinki , Finland .[ 3]
James
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the pier and sank at Egremont, Lancashire . Her crew survived.[ 79] [ 80] She was on a voyage from Arklow , County Wicklow to Garston , Lancashire.[ 81]
Mary
Portugal
The schooner was wrecked on the Silloth Bank.[ 82]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire and foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by the smack Sisters ( United Kingdom ). Providence was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 83] [ 50]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Ben Bolt
United States
The ship was wrecked at Brindisi , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London , United Kingdom .[ 84] [ 85]
Dove
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Creggy Bank, in the River Severn and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Wexford .[ 74] [ 72]
Drie Gebroeders
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore on Gotland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to a Dutch port.[ 74]
Friden
Denmark
The ship was lost near "Leming". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Copenhagen .[ 83]
Harriet Newell
British North America
The schooner was driven ashore at Winged Point, Nova Scotia . Her crew were rescued. She was consequently condemned.[ 86]
Hendrika
Netherlands
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Fårö . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[ 74] [ 26]
Marie
France
The brigantine collided with another vessel and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Algiers , Algeria . Her crew were rescued by Conception ( France ). Marie was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Algiers.[ 87]
Ranger
United Kingdom
The tug was in collision with the paddle steamer Venus ( United Kingdom ) and sank at Greenock , Renfrewshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 88]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Forest Monarch
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean . Her 23 crew took to three boats. They were rescued by the schooners Cochief and Flyaway (both United States ). Forest Monarch was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to the Puget Sound .[ 89] [ 90]
Horizont
Hamburg
The ship ran aground at Melbourne , Victoria . She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Guam . She was refloated and put back to Melbourne.[ 22]
Juliane
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship sank between Bornholm and Ertholmene , Denmark. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 91]
Kate
New South Wales
The ship ran aground on the Barrel Rock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Launceston, Tasmania . She was refloated and towed in to Launceston.[ 92]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea. She was refloated on 5 September and found to be severely lealy.[ 18]
William and Mary
United Kingdom
The steamship suffered a boiler explosion in the River Tyne whilst racing Louise Crawshay with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by Louise Crawshay .[ 93]
Unnamed
France
The schooner , a tender to the brig Granville , was run down and sunk in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland by the barque Return ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Return .[ 94]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Chieftain
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the Pescadore Islands . Her crew were rescued by Bantang Annaur (Flag unknown). Three passengers were rescued on 21 September by Brothers ( United Kingdom ). Chieftain was on a voyage from Shanghai to Amoy , China .[ 97]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Runcorn , Cheshire and was wrecked.[ 40]
Jean Bart
France
The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon and Amoy.[ 98] [ 99]
Lawrens Koster
Netherlands
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Amoy.[ 98] [ 99]
Machto
Hamburg
The schooner was driven ashore at "Jakow", China. Two of her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[ 97]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground in the North Sea off Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 100] [ 50]
Ocean Bride
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Aberdeen . She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to East Wemyss , Fife .[ 82] [ 101]
Plymouth
United Kingdom
The schooner 's cargo shifted in a west-northwesterly force 9 gale , and she foundered in the Bristol Channel 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Newport, Monmouthshire , after she sprang a leak. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to London with railway track.[ 102] [ 82]
Solstice
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in the Sea of Marmora . She was on a voyage from Taganrog , Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork .[ 103]
Three Sisters
United Kingdom
The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Burnham-on-Sea , Somerset .[ 104]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1859
Ship
State
Description
Choc
France
The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape de Gatt , Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Larnaca , Ottoman Cyprus .[ 105]
Colin Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Wyre . She was on a voyage from Fleetwood , Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America . She was refloated on 12 September.[ 20]
Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Silloth Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic , Caernarfonshire to Port Carlisle , Cumberland.[ 106] [ 81]
Maia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the La Folle Reef. She was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Liverpool , Lancashire.[ 107]
Ospreinsingen
Norway
The brigantine was abandoned off the Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat.[ 108]
Rebecca Elizabeth
Netherlands
The ship was lost on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Rotterdam , South Holland [ 82]
Ricardo
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Valletta , Malta . She was on a voyage from Berdyansk , Russia to a British port. She was refloated on 3 September.[ 33]
Supply
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 50]
T. E. Schutt
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Irvine, Ayrshire , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon , Ayrshire to Bahia , Brazil .[ 109] [ 110]
Thebes
France
The steamship was wrecked on a reef off Hainan Island , China .[ 111] All on board survived.[ 112] She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Turon , Empire of Đại Nam .[ 113] [ 114]
Verbena
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Dowsing Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to King's Lynn , Norfolk. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition the next day.[ 26]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1859
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Bornholm , Denmark. Her crew survived and arrived at Elsinore on 22 August. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 37]
Alex
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 67]
Alexander Edmond
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lady Aunared (Flag unknown).[ 91] [ 117]
Auguste Friedriche or August Frederic
Prussia
The brig foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by St. Mathurin ( France ) and landed at Cadiz on 8 August. Auguste Friedriche was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom with grain.[ 54] [ 118] [ 119]
Brothers
Tasmania
The schooner was driven ashore on Waterhouse Island before 23 August. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Geelong , Victoria .[ 16]
Duncan
Straits Settlements
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Hainan Island , China . Her crew survived.[ 111]
Emerald
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Carrick Island, in Ramsey Bay before 28 August. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 24]
Helen
New South Wales
The cutter was driven ashore in the Bellambi Creek . She was on a voyage from Bellambi to Melbourne , Victoria .[ 16]
Henrietta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near North Shields , County Durham .[ 8]
Jamaica
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bahia , Brazil .[ 120]
Marie et Pauline
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Namsos , Norway . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to the Norwegian towns of Ålesund and Namsos.[ 81]
Metina Margaretha
Norway
The schooner foundered. Her crew were rescued by Antillas ( United Kingdom ).[ 121]
Ovid
Flag unknown
The ship was destroyed by fire in the North Sea before 25 August.[ 50]
Shah Jehan
India
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean before 8 August. Some survivors were rescued by the schooner Turquoise ( French Navy ), 64 crew were rescued by Vasco de Gama (flag unknown); 350 coolies were drowned.[ 58] [ 122]
Solstice
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Gallipoli , Ottoman Empire .[ 50]
Tamarac
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Morro de São Paulo before 8 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bahia.[ 109] [ 26]
Tye
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Quebec City.[ 65]
Victor
France
The ship was wrecked at Saugor , India.[ 1]
Victoria Packet
Victoria
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bellambi Creek. She was on a voyage from Bellambi to Melbourne.[ 16]
Windsor Castle
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Aden .[ 109] [ 110]
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 6171. Glasgow. 24 October 1859.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 28909. London. 6 September 1859.
^ a b "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9643. Newcastle upon Tyne. 21 October 1859.
^ "Fearful Explosion on the Tyne". The Leeds Mercury . No. 6996. Leeds. 26 August 1859.
^ "Collision and Loss of Life". Daily News . No. 4162. London. 15 September 1859.
^ a b "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle . No. 28093. London. 30 August 1859.
^ "Cape of Good Hope". Daily News . No. 4224. London. 26 November 1859.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 23462. London. 12 November 1859. col F, p. 10.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 23454. London. 3 November 1859. col F, p. 10.
^ a b "Disasters at Sea". The Morning Post . No. 26794. London. 3 November 1859. p. 3.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 10935. London. 31 August 1859. p. 7.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal . No. 5825. Aberdeen. 31 August 1859.
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^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 10980. London. 22 October 1859.
^ "District News". The Bristol Mercury . No. 3624. Bristol. 3 September 1859.
^ "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle . No. 28929. London. 29 September 1859.
^ "Loss of a Schooner. - Carlisle, August 30". The Belfast News-Letter . No. 4150. Belfast. 1 September 1859.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 3630. Liverpool. 4 October 1859.
^ "Preservation of Life from Shipwreck". Daily News . No. 4181. London. 7 October 1859.
^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 6226. London. 1 September 1859.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury and Daily Express . No. 21820. Edinburgh. 1 September 1859.
^ a b "China". Caledonian Mercury and Daily Express . No. 21872. Edinburgh. 1 November 1859.
^ "Foreign Intelligence". Birmingham Daily Post . No. 492. Birmingham. 1 November 1859.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 23450. London. 29 October 1859. col F, p. 12.
^ "China". The Times . No. 23451. London. 31 October 1859. col B-C, p. 7.
^ "By Electric Telegraph". Caledonian Mercury and Daily Express . No. 21820. Edinburgh. 1 September 1859.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 11005. London. 21 November 1859. p. 7.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 10946. London. 13 September 1859. p. 7.
^ "The Bombay Mail". The Times . No. 23395. London. 26 August 1859. col E, p. 7.
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^ "The Brazilian Mails". The Morning Chronicle . No. 28905. London. 1 September 1859.
^ "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle . No. 28897. London. 23 August 1859.
^ "Ship Burnt at Sea - Great Loss of Life". Glasgow Herald . No. 6148. Glasgow. 27 September 1859.
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