List of shipwrecks in 1857

The list of shipwrecks in 1857 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1857.

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1857
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Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Northern Belle  United States
Northern Belle.

The passenger ship, a bark, was driven ashore at Foreness Point, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Culmer White, Mary White, and Ocean (all  United Kingdom).

Victry  United Kingdom The lugger foundered with the loss of all nine crew whilst going to the assistance of Northern Belle ( United States).[1]
Boadicea  United Kingdom The barque mistook Les Casquets (west of Alderney in the Channel Islands) for the Scilly Isles. She was driven onto Tautenay Rock in the Little Russel. The brig Diolinda (flag unknown) raised the alarm and the steam tug Watt, H.M. Revenue Cutter Eagle ( United Kingdom), and pilot boat Blonde (flag unknown) between them saved six of the 15 crew.[2]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Cheverell  United Kingdom The barque ran aground off Minsmere, Suffolk, England, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[3]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Endeavour United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner ran aground on a sandspit at the mouth of the Clutha River, New Zealand, and was wrecked.[4]

February

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Workington United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria (Australia) The brig ran aground on Stewart Island, New Zealand, after taking on water during a storm in Foveaux Strait. No lives were lost.[5]

March

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1857
ShipCountryDescription
William Denny United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The steamer went ashore near North Cape, New Zealand, in heavy fog whilst en route from Auckland to Sydney.[5]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Juanita  Spain The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Seville.[6]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Trevaunce  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of one of her four crew.[6]

May

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Newton  United States The barque was stove by a cake of ice in the Sea of Okhotsk. The wreck was purchased by Captain Henry of the ship Brutus ( United States), who saved about 200 barrels of whale oil.[7]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Pacific  United States The whaling barque foundered off the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Only eight of the crew of 24 survived.[8]

June

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Sobraon  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean at 18°S 28°W / 18°S 28°W / -18; -28 (Sobraon), about 600 nautical miles (1,111 km) southeast of Salvador, Brazil. All 13 of her crew were saved.[9]

July

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Gil Blas United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked on the southern end of Mana Island, New Zealand, whilst en route from Wellington to Sydney. No lives were lost.[10]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Helen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brigantine was blown onto rocks at Pitt Island in New Zealand's Chatham Islands by a fierce gale, with the loss of eight of the 14 people on board.[11]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Retriever United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The brig was lost at sea during July while en route from Sydney to The Bluff, New Zealand. Wreckage was later found along the South Island's west coast.[8]

August

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Dunbar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sydney, New South Wales, with the loss of all but one of those on board. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney.

September

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified schooner Unknown The schooner was burned by the brig-sloop HMS Sappho ( Royal Navy) while preparing to load slaves in West Africa.

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Central America  United States
Central America.
The sidewheel paddle steamer sprang a leak during a hurricane. She foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 425 of the 631 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Ellen ( Norway) and Marine ( United States).

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Charles  United States Operating as a slave ship, the full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Portuguese West Africa about 40 miles (64 km) from Loando by the brig-sloop HMS Sappho ( Royal Navy). About 150 slaves drowned, but about 380 were rescued.

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Lefort  Imperial Russian Navy
Lefort.

The Imperatritsa Aleksandra-class ship of the line capsized and sank in the Gulf of Finland between the islands of Gogland and Bolshoy Tyuters during a squall. All 826 people on board were killed.

October

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Harry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner left New Plymouth on this day, and was not sighted again.[11]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Adelaide Packet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The schooner was caught in a heavy swell and blown on shore at Toupeka Beach on New Zealand's Chatham Island, with the loss of one life.[11]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October
ShipCountryDescription
Naylor  United Kingdom The brig sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, during a voyage from Schiedam, the Netherlands, to Whitby, Yorkshire, England. The captain, Thomas Thompson, and the entire crew were drowned.[12]

December

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1857
ShipCountryDescription
Kate United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked at the entrance to Toi Toi Harbour (Toetoes Bay). The wind suddenly changed when she was at the channel's narrowest point, and she was driven onto rocks, snapping her keel.[11]
Wallace  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship capsized in the North Atlantic Ocean approximately 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) from Cape Clear, Ireland, after being struck by a large wave. Survivors were rescued on 17 December by Colina (United Kingdom New Brunswick).[13]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1857
ShipCountryDescription
USLHT Howell Cobb  United States Lighthouse Establishment The lighthouse tender ran aground in the Bahamas. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[14]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1857
ShipCountryDescription
USCS Belle United States United States Coast Survey The schooner was wrecked in St. Andrews Bay, Florida.
Golden Fleece  United States While entering the Golden Gate, the clipper struck Four Fathom Bar off Point Bonita, California, and was run up on the mud flats. She later made it to the wharf at San Francisco, California, with 12 to 14 feet (3.7 to 4.3 meters) of water in her hold.
Industry  United Kingdom The paddle steamer struck a rock off Renfrew, Scotland, and sank. Later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[15]
Little Belt  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, England.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Bignell, Alan (2001). Kent Shipwrecks (Second ed.). Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 22–28. ISBN 1 85306 719 9.
  2. ↑ cite web |url=http://www.rnli.org.gg/lifeboat-timeline/lifeboat-timeline-1803-1899/ |title=1857
  3. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 58.
  5. 1 2 Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 59.
  6. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript (Vol. XV, No. 38, Dec. 1, 1857, New Bedford).
  8. 1 2 Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 60.
  9. ↑ "The River Plate and the Brazils". The Morning Chronicle (28258). London. 17 July 1857. p. 6.
  10. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 59-60.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 61.
  12. ↑ Information obtained from the archives of The George Müller Charitable Trust (admissions register entry for Thompson's daughter)
  13. ↑ "Dreadful Shipwreck. Suffering and Death of Three of the Crew". Falmouth and Cornwall Advertiser. 2 January 1858. p. 2.
  14. ↑ uscg.mil Howell Cobb, 1857
  15. ↑ "INDUSTRY". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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