List of shipwrecks in December 1858

The list of shipwrecks in December 1858 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1858.

1 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1858
Ship State Description
Countess of Caithness   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Arnish Point, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and beached at Stornoway.[1][2]
Euclid   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Cape San Antonio, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Queenstown, County Cork.[3]
Falcon   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated with the aid of a tug and resumed her voyage.[4]
Genova, and
Good Speed
  United Kingdom The steamship Genova collided with Good Speed in the River Mersey and was beached at the Rock Lighthouse. All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. She was refloated on 6 December and beached. She was taken in to Liverpool on 9 December. Good Speed was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool.[5][6][7]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Nidingen Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[8][9][2]
Meteor Flag   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Sheephaven Bay.[5] She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to the Clyde.[10]
Rommerig   Norway The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Fanny (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to London, United Kingdom. She was taken in to "Rosavag", Norway the next day.[11][12]
Wearmouth   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Coalhouse Fort, Essex .[13]

2 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1858
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned off Eagle Head, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued by Alphonsine (  France). Ann was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to an English port.[14]
Earl of Seafield   United Kingdom The ship driven ashore at the mouth of the "Yrten River". She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to the "Newburgh Creek".[12]
Hennatope   Jersey The ship was driven ashore at Fort Puntales, Cádiz, Spain.[12]
Lavinia   United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and sank off the Rammekins Castle, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Vlissingen.[10]

3 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1858
Ship State Description
Annie   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15]
Marchioness of Ailsa   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Troon to Demerara, British Guiana.[16]
Souvenir   France The brig ran ashore south of Carteret, Manche. She was on a voyage from Monte Video to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[17]

4 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1858
Ship State Description
Caledonia   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão, Brazil.[18]
Casket   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on a reef off Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.[19][20]
Drake   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely leaky condition.[6][21]
Dnieper   Russia The steamship was wrecked near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire with the loss of five or six of her crew.[22][23] She was on a voyage from an English port to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[24]
Gertrude   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Vorgeburger Kullen, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Stettin. She was refloated and taken in to Stettin in a leaky condition.[21]
Liberty   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk[25][10] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[21]
Madagascar   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked on a reef near the mouth of the Bira River near East London, Cape Colony.[26][27][28]
Spring   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was then run into by the schooner Courier (  Hamburg). Pallas was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London.[21]
Vrouw Jantje   Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from "Rautsepehn" to London.[29]
Widar   Sweden The brig was driven ashore on Gotland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to "Bohnehamn".[30]
Willing Mind   United Kingdom The brig was run ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[6][21]

5 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1858
Ship State Description
Corymbus   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was abandoned by her five crew. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Calais, France the next day in a derelict condition.[21]
Jessy   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[14]
Oostzee   Netherlands The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°14′N 15°00′W / 49.233°N 15.000°W / 49.233; -15.000). Her crew were rescued by Bostonian (  United States). Oostzee was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[7][31]
Science   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by St. Patrick (  United Kingdom). Science was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32][33] She subsequently came ashore in Castles Bay and was wrecked.[15]
Uskermunde   Stettin The ship was beached at a port near Egersund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.[12]

6 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1858
Ship State Description
Belle Anais   France The ship capsized at Dunkerque, Nord.[31]
Commodore   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with a brig and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Kilrush, County Clare to London.[10]
Corymbus   United Kingdom The ship was taken in to Calais in a derelict condition.[14]
Eider   Bremen The brigantine ran aground on the Bolder Bank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from San Antonio to Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex.[11]
Fairy Queen   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Syracuse, Sicily. Her crew were rescued by Due Fratelli (  Kingdom of the Two Sicilies). Fairy Queen was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32][33][34]
Gem   United Kingdom The smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Mouse Lightship (  Trinity House) by the steamship Berwick (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[35]
Gustav   Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Eckerö, Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to London.[14]
Jane and Sarah   United Kingdom The smack driven ashore in Caernarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30] She was refloated on 4 January 1859.[36]
Johannes   Stettin The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Alt Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[37][38]
Madagascar   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on a reef and was consequently beached at the mouth of the Beka River. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from East London to Algoa Bay, Cape Colony.[39]
Rose of the West   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Tortola, Virgin Islands.[40]
Scalby   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Inishbofin, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss.[30][11][41]

7 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1858
Ship State Description
Commandeur   Belgium The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated on 9 December and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[7][42]
Cuatro Hermanos   Spain The brig was driven ashore and sank at Dungeness. She was on a voyage from Antwerpto Havana, Cuba.[32]
USRC McLelland   United States Revenue Cutter Service The cutter ran aground at Mobile, Alabama whilst attempting to prevent the schooner Susan (  United States) from leaving port with 188 of Walker's filibusters on board.[43]

8 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1858
Ship State Description
Active   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Irish Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Padstow, Cornwall.[1][8]
Alexandre   France The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. Alexandre was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[35]
Alice   United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Trieste. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Aid (  United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage.[19]
Amelia   Spain The schooner foundered off the coast of Cantabria with the loss of most of her crew.[44]
Ardent   United Kingdom The ship struck a reef and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Armanilla   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off the coast of County Antrim. Her cre were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to the Belfast Lough.[45]
Cora   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Pernambuco.[46][47]
Courier   Russia The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in tow for London.[35]
Friendship   United Kingdom The schooner was beached at Clovelly, Devon. she was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.[2]
Lucie Antoinette   France The brigantine was discovered derelict in the Bristol Channel. She was taken in to Tenby, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom by a pilot boat.[12]
Marianne   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Martha Ridout (  United Kingdom). Marianne was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was towed in to Queenstown, County Cork in a waterlogged condition on 15 January 1859.[48][49][50]
Minerva   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of four smacks and resumed her voyage.[51]
Pelican   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[52] She was refloated on 9 December.[53]
Roberts   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of Galicia, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[8][2]
San Ignacio   Spain The schooner foundered off the coast of Cantabria.[44]

9 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1858
Ship State Description
Adelaide Prendergast   United Kingdom The ship was beached at Youghal, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Youghal.[54]
Felicity   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Northern Burrows, off the north coast of Devon. Her seven crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat.[55][56][41]
Gulf Stream   United States The three-masted schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Irish Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) south west of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the barque Constellation (  United Kingdom). Gulf Stream was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Martinique.[42][57]
Marie Antoinette   France The ship collided with Alliance (  United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of one of her six crew.[1]
Thistle   United Kingdom The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Raghly Point, County Sligo. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo.[42] She broke up on 20 December.[58]

10 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1858
Ship State Description
Lucas   United States The ship was wrecked on the coast of California with the loss of twenty lives.[59]
Sophie   France The ship was in collision with Sylph (  United Kingdom) and sank off St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure.[1]
Vixen   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Limerick.[53]

11 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1858
Ship State Description
Cornubia   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on The Manacles. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[12]

12 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1858
Ship State Description
Alwine   Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Laffolle Reefs, east of the Île-à-Vache, Haiti., She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Aux Cayes, Haiti.[60]
Herman   United Kingdom The ship collided with HMS Firefly or HMS Sandfly (both   Royal Navy) and sank in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship (  Trinity House).[61][51]
Lion   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Don, Aberdeenshire. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[54][51]
Louis Amelie   France The lugger was driven ashore near Newcastle, County Down, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Newcastle Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dublin, United Kingdom.[62][41]

13 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1858
Ship State Description
Ajax   Hamburg The galiot sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Eyemouth, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[63]
Alice   United States The ship was driven ashore at Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Trieste.[64]
Hilke   Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardglass, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Ardglass.[54][65]
Gem   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near the Haslar Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton to Portsmouth. She was refloated and towed in to Portsmouth.[63]
Louise Amelie   France The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dublin, United Kingdom.[66]
Plynlymon   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Patches Rocks. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire in a leaky condition.[15][65]
Ruby   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the Haslar Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Ryde, Isle of Wight to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[67]

14 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1858
Ship State Description
Anette   France The ship was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom and sank. Her 37 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Umeå, Sweden to Valparaíso, Chile.[68][69][70]
Champion   United Kingdom The tug collided with the tug Glowworm (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of four of the seven people on board. Survivors were rescued by Glowworm.[15][71]
Emily   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Drogheda to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[65]
Gustav Wasa   Sweden The schooner barque ran aground off "Norl", near Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.[55][37]
Heroine, and
Sir Charles Napier
  United Kingdom The tug Sir Charles Napier ran aground in the Clyde at Dumbarton whilst towing the smack Heroine, which ran into her and sank. Heroine's crew were rescued by Sir Charles Napier.[72]
Kate   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent by the tug Vulcan (  United Kingdom).[17][37]
Marcella   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[73]
Royal Consort   United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Belfast. She was refloated.

15 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1858
Ship State Description
Engineer   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off Heraklion, Crete. Her crew were rescued by the brig Solide (  France). Engineer was on a voyage from St. Jean d'Acre, Ottoman Syria to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[74][75][76]
Gipsy   United States The brig was driven ashore near the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Long Island, New York to Baltimore, Maryland.[19]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship ran ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport.[77]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Howick, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[37] She was refloated on 23 December and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland.[78]
Orient   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on a sandbank off Dunkerque, Nord, France. Her crew took to a boat, and were rescued by Bernard Burton (  United Kingdom). Orient was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[37]
Profeta   Portugal The schooner was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Caistor Lifeboat, but one of them died after being landed She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Lisbon.[77][79]
Resolution   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Kinsale, County Cork.[80]
Star of Brunswick   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk.[80]
Victory   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[81][37]

16 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1858
Ship State Description
Albion   United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy sank in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the mouth of the River Tees. Her three crew were rescued by the schooner Helen (  United Kingdom). Albion was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[55][37]
Australian   United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Tiger (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Humber at Whitebooth, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Hull, Yorkshire.[80][82] Australian was refloated on 20 December.[83]
Diana   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on Spike Island, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to the Kingroad.[55]
Empire   United Kingdom The steamship caught fire and was run ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[80][77] She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Grimsby for repairs.[68]
Friendship   United Kingdom The brig struck a sunken wreck or sandbank and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Alster (  United Kingdom). Friendship was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton, Sussex.[37]
Ina   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Groundeddle Bank, off Graemsay, Orkney Islands. She was refloated in a waterlogged condition.[37]
Lucy   United Kingdom The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Scarborough.[84][37]
Marie Antoinette   France The brigantine collided with the brig Alliance (  United Kingdom and sank off Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Alliance.[85]
Queen   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued.[66]
Queen of the Tyne   United Kingdom The paddle tug ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and sank.[77]
Susan   United States The schooner was wrecked on the Glovers Reef, 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Belize City, British Honduras. All on board were rescued.[86]

17 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1858
Ship State Description
Eliza   Russia The ship collided with the barque Latona (  Norway) and was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark.[87] She was on a voyage from Riga to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[88] She was refloated on 21 December and towed in to Helsingør in severely leaky condition by the steamship Ossian (  Denmark).[89][64]
Felice Flag unknown The ship sank off Castle Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.[90]
Grasshopper   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[80]
Henry Volant   United Kingdom The ship sank at Kirkcudbright. She was on a voyage from Pittenweem, Fife to Liverpool, Lancashire.[90] She was refloated on 22 December.[91]
Johannes   Stettin The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[87][88]
Lucien   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Groatness Point, Lothian. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[68]
Reindeer   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the North Rock, in Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America.[55]

18 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1858
Ship State Description
Eliza and Hester   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Odessa.[92][93]
Gannet   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Lossiemouth, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[48]
Margaret and Ann   United Kingdom The schooner was driven against the breakwater, capsized and sank at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Drogheda.[90][89]
Rose   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Newburgh, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.[37] Rose was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Newburgh.[70]

19 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1858
Ship State Description
Alexander   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was refloated.[55]
Alice McVicar   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[48]
Aurora   United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the Sherbro River. She was refloated.[29]
Catherine Sypkens   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Arendal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Kjose to Arundel, Sussex, United Kingdom.[94]
Dromahir   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean (51°34′N 30°20′W / 51.567°N 30.333°W / 51.567; -30.333). Five of her crew died before the survivors were rescued on 9 January 1859 by Centurion (  United States). Dromahir was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to the Clyde.[95]
Flora Muir   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Queenstown, County Cork.[87]
Isabella   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Buryan, Cornwall with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon.[55][96]
John   United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the Sound of Mull.[64]
Lexovierne   France The ship was wrecked at Praa Sands, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[55]
Oakland   United States The ship was struck by lightning and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to two boats. Six crew in one of the boats were rescued by Emilie (  France. Oakland was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[91]

20 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1858
Ship State Description
Sea Horse   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands.[92] She was refloated.[58]

21 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1858
Ship State Description
Edgar   United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated.[58]
Black Prince   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew survived.[58]
Three Brothers   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Sandwood Bay. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America to Chester, Cheshire.[89]

22 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1858
Ship State Description
Alpha   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[97]
Anna   France The schooner struck the Wolf Rock, off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom and capsized. Her crew were rescued by the cutter Sylvia (  United Kingdom). Anna was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[58]
Anna   Grand Duchy of Oldenburg The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal.[58]
British Queen   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Corton Sand or the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[87][88][97]
Carl Staegemann   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Audreselles, Pas-de-Calais, France. Twenty-three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to Hamburg.[58]
Elise   France The brig collided with the Goodwin Lightship (  Trinity House) and was abandoned by all but one of her crew, who got aboard the lightship. She subsequently ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Elise was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[58]
Escape   British North America The brigantine was driven ashore in Loch Ròg. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[98]
Isaac Wright   United States The ship caught fire in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. She was taken in to Liverpool, where her passengers and crew were taken off and she was scuttled by HMS Hastings (  Royal Navy) but she continued to burn.[87]
Stadt Barth   Grand Duchy of Oldenburg The brig was wrecked at Ringkøbing, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Barth.[99]
Talavera, or
Talusin
  United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Rhyl, Denbighshire. She was on a voyage from Conway, Anglesey to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58][87]

23 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1858
Ship State Description
Carleton   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. SHe was on a voyage from Restigouche, New Brunswick, British North America to Limerick.[20]
F. A. Palmer   United States The ship ran aground in the Scheldt.[87]
Three Brothers   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cape Wrath, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Windsor   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Nene.[100]

24 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1858
Ship State Description
Alfred   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Burry Port, Glamorgan.[64]
Columbus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dingle, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[101]
Sherlock   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham.[64]

25 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1858
Ship State Description
Cambyses   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Barra, Outer Hebrides and capsized.[29]
Harriet   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[64]
Triumph   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cordelia (  United Kingdom). Triumph was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Limerick.[49]
Yorkshire Lass   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 22 February 1859.[102]

26 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1858
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Horsens Fjord. She was on a voyage from Horsens, Denmark to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated three days later and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[94]
Blue Bell   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.[97]
Coriander   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Robin Hoods Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham.[64]
Fourteen   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and placed under repair.[103]
George and Alexander   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[97]
Gisina   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Alexandria, Egypt.[94]
Hazard   Sweden The brigantine ran aground at Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Cork, United Kingdom.[99]
Mariquita   France The chasse-marée ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[64]
Peter Andras   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Alexandria.[94]
Rebecca   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[29]
Trinity Yacht   Guernsey The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Three of her crew took to a boat and were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to São Miguel Island, Azores. Trinity Yacht was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[64]

27 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1858
Ship State Description
Alert   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford.[98] She was refloated.[29]
Aurora   Belgium The smack sank in the North Sea. Her crew survived.[78]
Caractacus   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[78][64] Some of those on board were taken off by the South Shields Lifeboat. Caractacus was on a voyage from Galway to South Shields, County Durham.[97] She was refloated on 1 January 1859 and taken in to South Shields.[93]
Eaglet   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from "Wyburgh" to Memel, Kingdom of Prussia and Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and take in to Malmö, Sweden for repairs.[104]
Energie   France The schooner abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[73]
Ocean Queen   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Appledore, Devon.[73]
Reine de Anges   France The chasse-marée ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of three smacks and take in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[97]
Vine   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Norfolk coast. Her crew were rescued.[105]
Vintage   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Blackpool, Lancashire. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[106]

28 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1858
Ship State Description
Ariel   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Marstrand, Sweden to London. She was refloated on 2 January 1859 and taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk.[94]
Aufgekende Sonne   Denmark The ship was driven ashore on Laaland. She was on a voyage from Saxkjøbing to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig for repairs.[107]
Coadjutor   United Kingdom The ship sank off Veurne, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[19][93]
Confianza   Portugal The schooner foundered off Westkapelle, West Flanders. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat Gaspard (  Belgium). Confianaza was on a voyage from Sunderland to Lisbon.[108][93]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Hœmskerk", Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ostend, West Flanders.[109]
Mazeppa   United Kingdom schooner capsized and sank at Hong Kong with the loss of all hands.[110]
Minnie Harley   United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned off the Butt of Lewis. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Cork.[29]

29 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1858
Ship State Description
Arion   Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Frederikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Randers.[46][94][93]
Ceres   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Frederikshavn.[46]
Endeavour   United Kingdom The barque collided with the barque Adeline (  United Kingdom) and sank at Cartagena, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall of Queenstown, County Cork.[111][112]
Henrys   United Kingdom The brig was run down by the steamship Vigilant (  United Kingdom) and sank off Pakefield, Suffolk. Henrys was on a voyage from Crimea, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[19][93][112]
John and Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Belmullet, County Mayo.[93]
John Johnson   Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[109]
Jonge Renke   Denmark The ship ran aground in the Agger Canal. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[94]
Julia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Frederikshavn.[46]
Leo   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Frederikshavn.[46]
Othello   United Kingdom The ship sank at Frederikshavn. Her crew were rescued.[46]
Othello   United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Commerce de Paris (  France). Othello was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Isles of Scilly and London.[94]
Royal Albert   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Gravelines, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued.[105]
Stirling Castle   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Inverness to London.[109][99] Stirling Castle was subsequently towed in to Harwich, Essex.[98]

30 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1858
Ship State Description
Aragon   Hamburg The barque was wrecked in Table Bay.[113]

31 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1858
Ship State Description
Annie Margrethe   Denmark The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bogense to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[19]
Bertha   United States The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Palermo, Sicily. She was refloated on 3 January 1859 with assistance from the steamship Taurus (  Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) and taken in to Palermo for repairs.[29]
Jane Black   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Flora McDonald (  United States).[94]
Madinina   France The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bône. Algeria. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Tunis, Beylik of Tunis to Bôna.[114]
Orland   United States The brigantine was wrecked on the Pedro Shoals. Her crew were rescued.[115]
St. Michael   United Kingdom The tug collided with Panther (  United Kingdom and sank in the River Thames. She had been refloated by 5 January 1859 and taken in to Bow Creek for repairs.[3]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1858
Ship State Description
Abeona   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 December. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire.[87]
Adelphi   United Kingdom The ship struck a submerged object and sank in the River Tyne at Pelaw, Northumberland. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged,[7] but was placed under repair.[112]
Agenoria   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Kingstown, County Dublin.[116]
Alexander   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Bags Ledge, in the Isles of Scilly. She was refloated.[63]
Anna Louise   Netherlands The brig was lost in the Dogger Bank before 4 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Amsterdam, North Holland.[14]
Aurora   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Skerbor River. She was refloated and taken to a port in Sierra Leone before 20 December. She was consequently condemned.[16]
Axe   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea.[117]
A. Y. Trask   British North America The schooner foundered in Puget Sound on or about 10 December.[118]
Bartolo   Spain The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom for repairs.[25]
Biovald   Denmark The full-rigged ship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Valparaíso, Chile.[119]
City of Delhi   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and put back to Greenock.[90][50]
Cresswell   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and put back to London.[97]
Due Fratelli   United Principalities The ship foundered in the Black Sea.[120]
Dorothea   Norway The barque collided with another ship and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 December. Her crew were rescued by Equinox (  United Kingdom).[55]
Duchess of Northumberland   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[18] Her crew were rescued by Marion (  United Kingdom).[14]
Elisha Kent   United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 December. Her crew were rescued by Rising Sun (  United States).[121]
Elizabeth Hall   United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 December. Her crew were rescued by the brig Bull (  United Kingdom). Elizabeth Hall was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to the Canary Islands.[92][55]
Elizabeth Moore   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 December.[121]
Elk   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardglass, County Down before 14 December.[122]
Eva   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[123]
Evangilistria   Greece The brig foundered in the Black Sea.[120]
Fanny Palmer   United Kingdom The ship foundered at sea before 23 December. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to a British port.[87]
Freeland   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea before 6 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar.[116][54]
Furst Blucher   Rostock The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark before 20 December. She was on a voyage from Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rostock.[64]
Gianetta   Trieste The ship was wrecked in the Danube before 15 December.[48]
Gianetta   Papal States The brig foundered in the Black Sea.[120]
Graf von Schwerin Flag unknown The koff was driven ashore at Drontheim, Norway. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.[54][61]
Gratitude   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[46] She was on a voyage from Trieste to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.[94]
Hector   Sweden The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich.[123]
John Franklin   United States The schooner was lost returning from Prince Edward Island in December, 1858 or January, 1859. All aboard, 8 passengers and 7 crew, were killed.[124]
John Stephens   British North America The schooner foundered in Puget Sound on or about 10 December.[118]
Kate Wheeler   United States The barque was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by Southerner and a barque (1). Kate Wheeler was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Boston, Massachusetts.[58]
Klawiller   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Black Sea.[120]
Lady Hodgkinson   United Kingdom The troopship was driven ashore on the Malabar Coast, India. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India.[15]
Mangalia   Ottoman Empire The ship foundered in the Black Sea.[120]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was beached in Mulroy Bay. She was on a voyage from "Ballynase Quay" to Buncrana, County Donegal.[65]
Margaretha Kristine   Denmark The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. She was refloated wt=utg assistance of Wonder (  United Kingdom).[123]
Margaret Tyspn   United States The ship foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California.[119]
Maria   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 December.[108]
Mathilda   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 December.[8]
Matthew King   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel before 11 December. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Liverpool.[12]
Monica   United Kingdom The ship sank at Scarborough before 17 December. She was refloated on that date and taken in to Scarborough.[84]
Nancy   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Queenstown, County Cork.[58]
Nile   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich in a leaky condition.[123]
Nile   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich.[123]
Palmas   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.[25]
Pelestrina Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near "Ambelachi", Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.[3]
Reather Schaffer   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Cape Horn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to a port in California, United States.[119]
HMS Ruby   Royal Navy The Gleaner-class gunboat was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 28 December.[125]
Stirlingshire   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Russian coast with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London.[126]
Stoliviano   Kingdom of Greece The ship sank between Chios and Psara.[3]
Tilsit   Stettin The steamship was driven ashore at Stettin. She was refloated on 29 December.[127]
Valkyren   Denmark The schooner ran aground on the Andrews Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich.[123]
Victor Henriette   France The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Alicante (  Spain).[55]
Viscount   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered off Cape Horn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Arica, Chile.[128]
Waterloo   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off Cuxhaven.[105]
Wild Irish Girl   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 December. Her sixteen crew were rescued by Providence (  United Kingdom). Wild Irish Girl was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal.[87][88][97]
William B. Dean   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Kingstown, County Dublin. She was subsequently taken in to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[54]
Woodpark   United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Thames.[25]

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