List of shipwrecks in 1859
The list of shipwrecks in 1859 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1859.
January
21 January
- 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
26 February
- HMS Jaseur (
Royal Navy). The Algerine-class gunboat) ran aground on the Bajo Nuevo Bank, in the Caribbean Sea. Her crew survived.
27 February
- Lochlibo ( United Kingdom): The ship was wrecked and a total loss on Hartland Point, Devon, while carrying coal from Newport to Rio de Janeiro.[2]
Unknown date
- Jubilee (
United Kingdom): The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Minsmere Sluice, Suffolk before 14 February.[3]
March
Unknown date
- Pizarro (
Chilean Navy): The brigantine foundered off Cape Horn in early March.
April
27 April
- 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.[4]
May
5 May
- Mary ( United Kingdom): The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea by Tivy ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Tivy.[5]
Unknown date
- Amelia ( United Kingdom): The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her four crew were rescued.[6]
June
28 June
- Argo ( United Kingdom): The passenger ship was wrecked in Trepassey Bay. All on board survived.
Unknown date
- 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.[7]
July
7 July
- Elk ( United Kingdom): The Belfast and Glasgow mail steamer ran aground at Ballymacormick Point near Groomsport, County Down.[8]
14 July
- Arrow (
New South Wales): The brigantine ran aground off the Tweed River Bar, New South Wales.[9] - Dohallard (
France): The schooner was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay while en route to Nantes.[10]
27 July
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August
1 August
- Ebenezer ( New South Wales): Four died when Ebenezer hit the Tweed River bar, New South Wales while en route from Sydney to Tweed River.[12]
6 August
- Admella ( 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.[13][14]
- Equateur (( New South Wales)): Carrying coal from Sydney to Calcutta, the barque was lost in the Torres Strait, off Murray Island.[15]
7 August
- Nantucket (
United States): The whaler was wrecked off the Island of Nashawena, Massachusetts.
17 August
- 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.[16]
- City of Calcutta ( United Kingdom): Ran aground in the Hooghly River, West Bengal, India.[17]
29 August
- 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.[18]
Unknown date
- Patriot ( United Kingdom): The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Easton Bavents, Suffolk before 9 August.[3]
September
4 September
- Suffolk ( United Kingdom): The brig ran aground off Tuggerah Beach, New South Wales, while in ballast from Launceston, Tasmania to England.[19]
17 September
- 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.[3]
28 September
- Friends ( United Kingdom): The ketch foundered on the Helwick Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six crew.[6]
October
17 October
- 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.[2]
24 October
- Troy ( United States): Eighteen people lost when Troy foundered in Lake Huron while carrying passengers and wheat. Eight people survived.[20]
25 October
- Busy ( United Kingdom): The sloop was abandoned in the Bristol Channel 8 miles (13 km) south of Lundy Island, Devon.[18]
- Eliza ( United Kingdom): The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[6]
- Margaret Lloyd ( United Kingdom): The dandy foundered in the Irish Sea off Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire. Her eight crew were rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat.[5]
- 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.[6]
- Unidentified ships: Two lost on the Stones reef, Cornwall during a storm known as the Royal Charter Storm.[21]
- Unidentified ships: Three (a barque, brigantine and schooner) lost on Lundy in the Bristol Channel.[18]
26 October
- 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.[2]
- Clara ( France): The schooner was stranded and a total loss on Morte Point, north Devon.[2]
- Iron Age ( United Kingdom): All eleven crew died when Iron Age foundered off Trevose Head, Cornwall.[22]
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- Royal Charter ( United Kingdom): 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.[23]
28 October
- Neptune ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk.[3]
30 October
- Ann Emma ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk.[3]
31 October
- Robert Henry ( United Kingdom): The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Pennard, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[6]
Unknown date
- Oscar (
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Sweden): The brig was driven ashore at St Mawes, Cornwall, United Kingdom in a severe storm. She was later refloated.[24]
November
1 November
- 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.[3]
- Royalist ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold.[3]
- Silva ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold.[3]
2 November
- Sanda ( Jersey): The barque was driven ashore on the Kenfig Sands, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[6]
7 November
- 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.[21]
- 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.[25]
15 November
- Herald of the Morning ( Canada): The ship was severely damaged by fire in Hobsons Bay, New South Wales.
17 November
- Burmah ( United Kingdom): The ship was sighted in the Pacific Ocean (48°S 97°E / 48°S 97°E) whilst on a voyage from London to New Zealand. No further trace, presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all on board.
Unknown date
- Raven ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk.[3]
Unknown date
- Good Hope ( United Kingdom): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[5]
- 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.[6]
References
- ↑ "The Lizard in Landewednack". Lizard History Society.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874". Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ Edmunds, Richard (1862). The Land's End District: Its Antiquities, Natural History, Natural Phenomena and Scenery. London: J Russell Smith.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan. "PSS Elk (+1895)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Arrow (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ De Maisonneuve, Bernard. "Dohallard (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ Avec43. "Duque do Porto (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Ebenezer (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ↑ Allen, Tony. "SS Admella (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Admella Story". Admella. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Equateur (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ Avec43. "SS Aigrette (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Allen, Tony. "SV City Of Calcutta (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 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.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Suffolk (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ Gothro, Phil. "SS Troy (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Treglown, Tony (2011). Porthleven in Years Gone by; Local Shipwrecks. Ashton: Tony Treglown.
- ↑ Allen, Tony. "SV Iron Age (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ↑ "The sinking of the Royal Charter". Merseyside maritime museum. National museums Liverpool. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ↑ Pollard, Chris (2007). The Book of St Mawes. Wellington, Somerset: Halsgrove. ISBN 978 1 84114 631 7.
- ↑ "Beverely". Pastscapes. English Heritage. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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