List of shipwrecks in July 1859
The list of shipwrecks in July 1859 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1859.
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1 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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John L. Dimmock | The barque was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Cronstadt, Russia.[1] |
2 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rossett | The smack ran aground on the Skirweathers Bank, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Bridgwater, Somerset.[2] | |
Sunshine | The barque capsized off Fairport, New York with the loss of nine of the seventeen people on board.[3] | |
William Gibson | The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Valparaíso, Chile.[4] |
3 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albatross | The yacht sank in a thunderstorm at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of four of the eight peopl on board.[5][6] |
4 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Royalist | The fishing boat struck a sunken wreck and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[7] | |
Sylla | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had become a wreck by 11 July.[8] |
5 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alma | The ship ran aground and capsized at the Sandheads, India with the loss of more than 22 lives. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius.[9][10] | |
Dunedin | The steamship was in collision with the steamship Lady Alice Lambton ( | |
Pedlar | The brig was wrecked on a reef off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[14] |
6 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Conferentsraad | The ship ran ashore at Gottska Sandö, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to London, United Kingdom.[15] | |
James Carson | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic (24°20′S 27°07′W) in a sinking condition. Her 31 crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Marathon ( |
7 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ebenezer | The cutter was driven onto a reef in Robbins Passage and sank. Her crew were ashore.[19] | |
Elk | The Belfast and Glasgow mail steamer ran aground at Ballymacormick Point near Groomsport, County Down, Ireland.[20] |
8 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jylland | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Ceres ( |
9 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amphitrite | The brig ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[23]{ | |
Ocean | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Archangelsk, Russia.[24] | |
Symmetry | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Archangelsk.[24] |
10 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza Bain | The brig was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica.[14] | |
Lancaster | The barque foundered at "Malaki".[25] | |
Standard | The barque ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to South Shields.[26] | |
Valentine Hellicar | The schooner was wrecked on Otaki Beach in New Zealand during a thunderstorm and gale while en route from Melbourne to Port Cooper. All hands were saved.[27] |
11 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rob Roy | The ship ran aground on the Johore Shoal, off the coast of Malaya. She was on a voyage from Sarawak, Malaya to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[28] |
12 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Harpy | The ship was wrecked on Seskar, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to te Bristol Channel.[29] | |
Hinda | The schooner was wrecked on the Kleine Vogelsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Glückstadt.[30] | |
Macaulay | The ship ran aground off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[31] | |
Nautilus | The ship struck Tings Rocks, off Hartland Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. She put in to Ilfracombe, Devon in a severely leaky condition.[31] |
13 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Juan Fernandez | The ship ran aground off Mindoro, Spanish East Indies and consequently foundered two days later. She was on a voyage from Manilla, Spanish East Indies to Boston, Massachusetts.[32] |
14 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arrow | The brigantine ran aground off the Tweed River Bar, New South Wales.[33] | |
Carron | The steamship collided with the brig Viscountess Canning ( | |
Dohallard | The schooner was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay while en route to Nantes, France.[35] | |
Thetis | The steamship ran aground and sank at Kuressaare, Russia.[36][15] |
15 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hinde | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[30][37] | |
Samuel Guiseppe | The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Rocque, Brazil.[38] | |
Victor | The brig was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was reflaoted and resumed her voyage.[23] |
16 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Catherine | The smack collided with the tug Reliance and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port St. Mary, Isle of Man to Liverpool.[39][40] She was refloated on 21 July.[41][9] | |
Premier | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) off Tristan d'Acunha. Her crew were rescued by Amica ( |
17 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cargey | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Blyth to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria. She was refloated and put back to Blyth for repairs.[23] | |
Jeanette Melanie | The brig ran aground on the Gabbard Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage form Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[43][23] Subsequently repaired at Ostend, West Flanders.[44] |
18 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ruby | The schooner became leaky and was abandoned in the English Channel. Her five cew survived. She was on a voyage from Totnes, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. Ruby was subsequently towed in to Plymouth, Devon by a pilot boat. Investigation revealed that holes had been deliberately bored in her stern.[29][45] |
19 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Waterwitch | The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the River Tyne.[23] |
20 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Johanna | The ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Nepalese Ambassador ( | |
Seraphina | The brig was wrecked on Fortune Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall.[46][32] |
22 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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A. D. Whiddew | The brig capsized and sank at Aux Cayes, Haiti.[47] | |
Palestine | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of "Pittshead". She was on a voyage from "Kooria Mooria" to Cromarty.[24] | |
Swallow | The brig was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. SHe was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.[24] |
23 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Earl of Sefton | The ship was destroyed by fire at Monkey Point, Burma.[48][49] | |
Helen | The ship capsized in the River Tyne at Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to the River Tyne. She was righted the next day.[44] | |
Nathalie | The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Bombay, India with the loss of three of her crew.[50] |
24 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Advice | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank off Cape Hooper, Greenland.. Her crew were rescued on 26 July by Emma ( | |
Francis Ridley | The ship was driven onto a reef off Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was refloated, but was consequently condemned.[54] | |
Magnolia | The brig was wrecked at Belvidere, Cape Colony. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Town to Knysna.[55][56] |
25 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bertha | The brigantine foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Adra, Spain. Her seven crew were resced by the schooner Dos Amigos ( |
26 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Louisa Jane | The ship struck a sunken rock and sank in Loch Carron. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wick, Caithness.[59] |
27 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adeline | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Glencairn ( | |
Catherine | The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Frisia. Her six crew were rescued.[62] | |
Duque do Porto | After hitting a rock in fog, the ship was beached at Peniche, Portugal.[63] | |
Evergreen | The barque ran aground and was severely damaged at Bridgwater, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bridgwater. She was refloated and taken in to Bridgwater.[44] | |
Happy Return | The coble collided with a brig and sank in the North Sea with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig.[64] | |
Plantaganet | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Demerara river. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to a British port.[65][66][67][68] | |
Xerezano | The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rock, in the Crooked Island Passage, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to London.[69] |
28 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Casilda | The brigantine collided with an American vessel and was severely damaged. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued. Casilda was on a voyage from Valencia to Santander.[70] | |
Victoria | The ship was wrecked between the Isla de Lobos and Cape Samaira, Uruguay with the loss of all hands.[21] |
29 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hope | The ship collided with the steamship Kazan ( | |
Lile | The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and departed for her homeport of Plymouth for repairs.[44] |
30 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ebenezer | The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Tweed River and was wrecked with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Tweed River.[71] | |
Woodlark | The brig was driven ashore at Port Natal, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from London to Port Natal.[55] |
31 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Enterprise | The schooner was wrecked on the Black Rock, in Galway Bay. Her six crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin.[72][73][74] | |
Sofira | The brig was run down and sunk in Besika Bay by the barque Lily ( |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abbey Blanchard | The ship severely damaged by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[72] | |
Canning | The tug sank at "Colhec" with the loss of twelve of her crew.[49] | |
Daphne | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg.[9] | |
Edward and William | The ship was wrecked at Thurso, Caithness.[76] She was refloated in late August and taken in to for Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[77] | |
Forbes | The steamship sank at Diamond Harbour, India. She was later refloated.[49] | |
Glance | The ship caught fire in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. She was towed in to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, where she burnt to the waterline.[72][78] | |
Lady Rawlinson | The ship was wrecked off the Rangoon Lightship ( | |
Mariout | The steamship wrecked on a reef in the Red Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Cosseir, Egypt. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Djeddah, Ottoman Hejaz.[58][44][80] | |
Medway | The barque sank between Sulina and Tulcea, Ottoman Empire.[81] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Brăila, Ottoman Empire.[37] | |
Petite Hermine | The brig was wrecked on Langlade Island, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[82] | |
Princess Victoria | The ship was wrecked at Maranhão, Brazil.[41] | |
Regina | The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north north west of Saugor.[49] | |
Roslyn | Flag unknown | The yacht was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by St. Helena ( |
Sirius | The brig was wrecked on Saona Island, Dominican Republic before 11 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands to Saint Domingo.[83] | |
Victor | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) north north west of Saugor. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Réunion and Mauritius.[49] | |
William Chestnut | The ship was wrecked off Key Vascas.[61] |
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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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