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

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Ship State Description
Agnes Taylor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Demerara, British Guiana. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Audubon  United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to New York.[2]
Brutus  United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Calcutta, India.[3]
Bueres  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at a port in India.[4]
Canton  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked in a gale at Macao, China.[5]
Civilian  United States The ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to New York.[6]
Cygnet  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Mosquito Coast. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Gomelza  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Vancouver Island, Colony of British Columbia. Also reported to have sunk in the Hood Canal, Washington Territory.[7][8]
Good Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[9]
Herald of the Morning United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The clipper struck a sperm whale off Cape Horn, Cape Colony and was damaged.
Holder Borean  United States The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.[10]
Hoop van Capelle  Netherlands The ship sank at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies between 25 July and 9 August.[11]
Ireland Queen  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Red Sea.[12]
Isaac Holder  United States The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.[10]
Ithuriel  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All seventeen people on board were rescued by the brig Chatham ( United States). Ithuriel was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
John Franklin  United States The schooner was lost while coming from Prince Edward Island for Gloucester, Massachusetts in the winter of 1858—59. Lost with all 6 hands, plus passengers, up to 14 lives lost.[13]
John R. Stanley Unknown The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[14]
Kitty Hudson's Bay Company The ship was crushed by ice and sank in Hudson's Bay. Her crew were rescued.[15]
Kitty  United Kingdom The ship departed from London for Port Adelaide, South Australia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hnads.[16]
Kona Hassett  United States The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.[10]
Lord William Bentinck  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Valparaíso, Chile.
Northumbria's Daughter  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Aden.[17]
Ost  Prussia The ship was wrecked on the Scarborough Shoal between 12 October and 9 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Melbourne, Victoria.[18]
Peruvian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gillies Reef, off Belize City, British Honduras. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Queen of Clippers  United States The fishing schooner was lost in the Newfoundland fishery in the winter of 1858—59. Lost with all 6 hands.[19]
Reindeer  United States The ship was lost 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Manila, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from China to Boston, Massachusetts.[20]
Rosebud United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Cape Colony The schooner foundered whilst on a voyage from East London to Table Bay with the loss of all on board.[21]
South Seamen  United States The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.[10]
Swiss Boy Hudson's Bay Company The brig was wrecked in Nitinet Sound. Her crew survived.[22]
Termandito Hudson's Bay Company The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Mackenzie River with the loss of 115 lives.[22]
Tom King's Ship  United States The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.[10]
Tulloch Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Combermere Bay. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Calcutta.[23]
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.[24]
Yemassee  United States The ship was lost in Loch Bharcasaig.[25]
Young Greek United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was lost en route between Porangahau and Wellington in February or March.[26]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The West India and Pacific Mails". The Times. No. 23259. London. 21 March 1859. col A-B, p. 10.
  2. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 3521. Liverpool. 30 May 1859.
  3. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 3599. Liverpool. 29 August 1859.
  4. ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 9609. Newcastle upon Tyne. 25 February 1859.
  5. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 3673. London. 22 November 1859.
  6. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 23263. London. 25 March 1859. col C, p. 11.
  7. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 3656. Liverpool. 2 November 1859.
  8. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11064. London. 28 January 1860. p. 7.
  9. ^ "Cardigan & District Shipwrecks and Lifeboat Service". Glen Johnson. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 9652. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1 December 1859.
  11. ^ "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle. No. 28929. London. 29 September 1859.
  12. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury etc. No. 21651. Edinburgh. 15 February 1859.
  13. ^ "1858". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  14. ^ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Lost Voyagers". The Times. No. 23764. London. 30 October 1860. col C, p. 12.
  16. ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 9666. Newcastle upon Tyne. 30 March 1860.
  17. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 9632. Newcastle upon Tyne. 5 August 1859.
  18. ^ "Casualties at Sea". The Morning Post. No. 26844. London. 31 December 1859. p. 8.
  19. ^ "1858". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  20. ^ "America". The Times. No. 23323. London. 3 June 1859. col A-B, p. 10.
  21. ^ "Cape of Good Hope". Daily News. No. 4224. London. 26 November 1859.
  22. ^ a b "United States and Canada". The Times. No. 23275. London. 8 April 1859. col A-B, p. 12.
  23. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 6210. Glasgow. 13 August 1859.
  24. ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  25. ^ McKenzie, Steven (May 2016). "Lost ships and aircraft recorded in sea off Scotland". BBC News. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  26. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 65.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1859