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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1858
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Louis  United Kingdom The smack was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ann ( United Kingdom). Louis came ashore at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.[1]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1858
ShipCountryDescription
John Gilpin  United States 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 ( United Kingdom).

February

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth  France 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

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1858
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Sappho  Royal Navy 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

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Alexander  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1858
ShipCountryDescription
John Milton  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Eliza Battle  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Port Glasgow United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand 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

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Zenobia  United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Point Bonita, California.

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1858
ShipCountryDescription
James Baines  United Kingdom 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

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Busy  United Kingdom 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

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Pennsylvania  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Clarke United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was wrecked on a reef close to Waitara, Taranaki.[4]

August

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Antelope  United States The clipper struck Discovery Shoal, off the Paracel Islands and was wrecked. All on board survived.

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Columbus  United States The bark was wrecked in Tugur Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk.[5][6]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Cricketer & Teazer  United Kingdom The pilot boat collided with a Russian steamship off Southwold, Suffolk and foundered. Her thirteen crew were rescued.[7]

September

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Austria Hamburg
Austria.

The passenger ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of about 500 lives. Sixty-five survivors were rescued by Caterina ( Norway) and Maurice ( France).

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Oliver Lang United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand 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

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1858
ShipCountryDescription
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  United Kingdom 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

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Emily  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Eynon. Glamorgan.[1]
Hazard  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich, Glamorgan. Her four crew were rescued.[1]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Ocean Wave  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Phoenix  United States The barque was wrecked on Medvezhiy Island in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. The crew were rescued by the ship Java ( United States) and other vessels the following year.[9][10]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Ajax  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Kenfig Sands, Glamorgan. Her six crew were rescued.[1]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Rajah  United States 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 ( United States).[11]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Neptune  United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore and severely damaged at The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[1]
Sarah  United Kingdom The pilot vessel was driven ashore at The Mumbles and was scuttled by her crew.[1]

November

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Mwnt, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Cardigan.[12]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1858
ShipCountryDescription
Carrier  United States 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand 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. 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.
  2. ↑ Ingram and Wheatley, p. 62
  3. ↑ Ingram and Wheatley, pp. 62-63
  4. 1 2 3 Ingram and Wheatley, p. 63
  5. ↑ Rambler, of New Bedford, Aug. 21, 1858, KWM.
  6. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
  7. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Ingram and Wheatley, pp. 63-65
  9. 1 2 Daily Alta California (Vol. 11, Nos. 332-335, Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 1859).
  10. 1 2 The Friend (Vol. 16, No. 11, November 1, 1859, p. 87)
  11. ↑ The Friend, Honolulu, December 4, 1858, Vol. XV, No. 12, p. 93.
  12. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 106.
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 138.

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