List of shipwrecks in August 1859

The list of shipwrecks in August 1859 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1859.

August 1859
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29 30 31 Unknown date

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1859
ShipCountryDescription
Ebenezer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales Four died when Ebenezer hit the Tweed River bar, New South Wales, Australia, while en route from Sydney, New South Wales, to Tweed River.[1]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1859
ShipCountryDescription
Admella United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales
Painting The Admella wrecked, Cape Banks, 6th August, 1859 by James Shaw, 1859.
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, South Australia. Differing accounts claim that either 83 or 89 people lost their lives.[2][3]
Equateur United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales Carrying coal from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to Calcutta, India, the barque was lost in the Torres Strait off Murray Island.[4]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1859
ShipCountryDescription
Nantucket  United States
Painting of the wreck of Nantucket by William Bradford, ca. 1860-1861.
The whaler was wrecked off the Island of Nashawena, Massachusetts.

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1859
ShipCountryDescription
Aigrette  France The vessel sank in the Adriatic Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Antivari, Principality of Montenegro, after a boiler explosion.[5]
City of Calcutta  United Kingdom The vessel was wrecked in the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.[6]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1859
ShipCountryDescription
Henbury  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, where it had arrived from Gravesend. All crew and passengers were saved, but the cargo was completely lost. According to sources at the time, the ship's captain had travelled from Port Chalmers to Dunedin after the ship was docked along with several passengers, and in his absence the crew obtained grog and became rowdy, leading to the fire.[7]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1859
ShipCountryDescription
Plymouth  United Kingdom The schooner″s cargo shifted in a west-northwesterly force 9 gale, and she foundered in the Bristol Channel 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, after she sprang a leak. She was en route to London with railway track.[8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1859
ShipCountryDescription
Patriot  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Easton Bavents, Suffolk, England, sometime before 9 August.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Ebenezer (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Allen, Tony. "SS Admella (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Admella Story". Admella. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Equateur (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Avec43. "SS Aigrette (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Allen, Tony. "SV City Of Calcutta (+1859)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 66-67.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
Ship events in 1859
Ship launches: 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864
Ship commissionings: 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864
Ship decommissionings: 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864
Shipwrecks: 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864

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