List of shipwrecks in 1858
The list of shipwrecks in 1858 includes some of the ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1858.
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Unknown date |
January
2 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Louis | ![]() |
The smack was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ann (![]() |
29 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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John Gilpin | ![]() |
The clipper collided with an iceberg in the South Atlantic 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the Falkland Islands. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued by Hertfordshire (![]() |
February
13 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() |
The whaling barque was wrecked on a submerged reef some 3 miles (4.8 km) off the northeastern shore of Chatham Island, New Zealand. The crew were saved with the help of the United States whaler Seine, but the Elizabeth was a total wreck.[2] |
18 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Sappho | ![]() |
The 16-gun brig-sloop was sighted off Cape Bridgewater, Victoria, Australia. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Bass Strait with the loss of all hands. |
19 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexander | ![]() |
The whaling ship struck a submerged reef close to Cape Campbell, New Zealand, lost her helm and was holed. All but one of the crew survived.[3] |
20 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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John Milton | ![]() |
The clipper was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of the Montauk Point Lighthouse, New York with the loss of all hands. |
March
1 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza Battle | ![]() |
The steamboat was destroyed by fire in the Tombigbee River at Pennington, Alabama. There were around thirty casualties from around 100 people on board. |
April
14 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Port Glasgow | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at Fitzroy Bay, just south of the entrance to Wellington Harbour. She was carrying grain from Port Cooper to Wellington. All the crew perished, but some of the cargo was saved.[4] |
20 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Zenobia | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Point Bonita, California. |
22 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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James Baines | ![]() |
The clipper burned to the waterline in the Huskisson Dock at Liverpool, Lancashire, England. She was declared a constructive total loss and was subsequently used as a coal hulk. |
June
11 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Busy | ![]() |
The ship struck the Mixon Sand, in the Bristol Channel and foundered. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Neath, Glamorgan.[1] |
13 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pennsylvania | ![]() |
The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee with the loss of about 450 lives. |
July
3 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary Clarke | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked on a reef close to Waitara, Taranaki.[4] |
August
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Antelope | ![]() |
The clipper struck Discovery Shoal, off the Paracel Islands and was wrecked. All on board survived. |
10 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Columbus | ![]() |
The bark was wrecked in Tugur Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk.[5][6] |
29 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cricketer & Teazer | ![]() |
The pilot boat collided with a Russian steamship off Southwold, Suffolk and foundered. Her thirteen crew were rescued.[7] |
September
13 September
25 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Oliver Lang | ![]() |
The clipper ship left Plymouth for Wellington in June 1858, arriving in New Zealand in mid-September, carrying some 300 passengers. En route, she had collided with the Hamburg-registered barque Shan, and both vessels had sustained damage. Shortly after arriving at Wellington Harbour, a strong wind sprang up, and the Oliver Lang was driven on shore, apparently due to negligent handling. She was refloated, but a few days later, on September 25, a heavy gale drove her onto Te Aro beach, by which point she was totally wrecked.[8] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anonyma | Unknown | The clipper was wrecked in the September Typhoon of 1858. |
Gazelle | Unknown | The clipper was wrecked in the September Typhoon of 1858. |
Henry Porcher | ![]() |
The barque ran aground and was wrecked near Thurso, Quebec, after her captain committed suicide. She was on a voyage from Quebec to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Canada. |
Mazeppa | Unknown | The clipper was wrecked in the September Typhoon of 1858. |
Pantaloon | Unknown | The clipper was wrecked in the September Typhoon of 1858. |
October
2 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emily | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Eynon. Glamorgan.[1] |
Hazard | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich, Glamorgan. Her four crew were rescued.[1] |
11 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ocean Wave | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on one of the Pinnacle Rocks in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. All hands were lost.[9][10] |
12 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Phoenix | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on Medvezhiy Island in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. The crew were rescued by the ship Java (![]() |
13 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ajax | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on the Kenfig Sands, Glamorgan. Her six crew were rescued.[1] |
18 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rajah | ![]() |
The New Bedford bark was wrecked on the north side of Bolshoy Shantar Island, Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. Thirteen men, including the captain, perished while thirteen were saved by the ship Condor (![]() |
19 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Neptune | ![]() |
The pilot boat was driven ashore and severely damaged at The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[1] |
Sarah | ![]() |
The pilot vessel was driven ashore at The Mumbles and was scuttled by her crew.[1] |
November
10 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at Mwnt, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Cardigan.[12] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carrier | ![]() |
The 345-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[13] |
Cyclops | Unknown | During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Coquille, Oregon, the schooner was wrecked on the Coos Bay Bar in Coos Bay off the coast of Oregon either in 1858 or in the spring of 1862.[14] |
Panama | ![]() |
The brig went missing while en route between the Chatham Islands and the New Zealand mainland early in 1858. Some wreckage believed to have been from the Panama was washed ashore near Cape Kidnappers in early September.[4] |
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ Ingram and Wheatley, p. 62
- ↑ Ingram and Wheatley, pp. 62-63
- 1 2 3 Ingram and Wheatley, p. 63
- ↑ Rambler, of New Bedford, Aug. 21, 1858, KWM.
- ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
- ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ Ingram and Wheatley, pp. 63-65
- 1 2 Daily Alta California (Vol. 11, Nos. 332-335, Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 1859).
- 1 2 The Friend (Vol. 16, No. 11, November 1, 1859, p. 87)
- ↑ The Friend, Honolulu, December 4, 1858, Vol. XV, No. 12, p. 93.
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 106.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 138.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig. Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks. Louisiana State University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
- Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
Ship events in 1858 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 |
Ship commissionings: | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 |
Shipwrecks: | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 |
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