List of shipwrecks in January 1859

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

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January 1859

Mon| Tue| Wed| Thu| Fri| Sat| Sun
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3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30
31 | Unknown date
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## 1 January

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List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Henry Gardner |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cleet Reef, off Graemsay, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aden. She was refloated on 7 January.[1][2]
Louisa |  France | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[3]
Russell |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to Sunderland, County Durham.[4]

## 2 January

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List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Elizabeth |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire in a leaky condition.[4]
La Plata |  Sweden | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom on 6 January in a leaky condition.[5]
Luca Padre |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Indian Bank, in the Irish Sea.[6]
Maria Margaretta |  Denmark | The ship ran aground on the Andrews Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Agger Canal to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[7]
Orda |  Prussia | The brig struck a sunken rock and was holed. She was on a voyage from Memel to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, She put in to Grimstad, Norway in a leaky condition.[8]

## 3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Admiral Nelson |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition,[4] but consequently put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk on 9 January in a leaky condition.[9]
Asia, and
Matilda |  Stralsund
United Kingdom | The barque Asia collided with Matilda in the English Channel. Both vessels were beached at Dungeness, Kent. Asia was on a voyage from Stralsund to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated and taken in to port. Matilda was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[4][5]
Great Conquest |  United Kingdom | The tug was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool waterlogged at the bows.[10]
Pioneer |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Upper Humphrey's Rocks, on the Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Williams |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Bacton. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[4]

## 4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Arend |  Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[10] She was refloated.[5]
Cummings |  United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Leman Sand. Her crew were rescued by the Leman and Ower Lightship ( Trinity House).[4]
C. Vanderbilt |  United States | The ship was wrecked on Fisher's Island, off Cape Race, Newfoundland, British North America. All on board survived.[11]
Dneiper | Flag unknown  | The steamship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She became a wreck in November.[12]
Ellen |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Tenedos, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.[13]
Exchange |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Southwold, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby.[4]
Ipapandia |  Ottoman Empire | The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by the Kentish Knock Lightship ( Trinity House). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Civitavecchia, Papal States. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom by at tug.[2]
Johanne |  Denmark | The ship foundered.[9]
Koh-i-Noor |  India | The ship caught fire at Cochin and was scuttled.[14][15]
Malenina |  France | The steamship was wrecked at Bône, Algeria. She was on a voyage from Tunis, Beylik of Tunis to Malta and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[9]
Melona |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[4]
Skimmer of the Seas |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St. Margaret's Bay, Kent.. She was refloated and taken in to Deal, Kent.[16][10]
Vrouw Jantje |  Kingdom of Hanover | The galiot ran aground in the Nieuw Diep. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Randervien" to London.[5]
Weasel |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St. Margaret's Bay. She was refloated and taken in to Deal.[16][10]

## 5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Dumfries |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Nith. She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Liverpool, Lancashire.[17]
Falcon |  United Kingdom | The tug ran aground and was wrecked south of Sunderland, County Durham.[2]
Lord Panmure |  United Kingdom | The steamship was run down and sunk in the Swin by the steamship Derwent ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[2]
Molly |  Russia | The schooner was wrecked on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Prince Albert ( United Kingdom). Molly was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Castellamare del Golfo, Sicily.[5][18][2][19]

## 6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Eugenie |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[2]
Good Intent |  United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Eliza and sank in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of the North West Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Eliza. Good Intent was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Faversham, Kent.[20][21]
Hazard |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire.[22]
Seaton |  United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 8 January and resumed her voyage.[2]

## 7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Axa |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[9]
Franklin |  United Kingdom | The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three lives. Survivors were rescued on 10 January by Manhattan ( United States).[23] She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[24][25]
Mary |  United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Irish coast. Her crew were rescued by Edward Whelan ( United Kingdom).[26]
Meg Merrilees |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[5]
Nautilus |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Havre de Grâce. She was refloated and taken in to Havre de Grâce in a severely leaky condition.[9]
Prospect |  United Kingdom | The brig was lost off "Galete Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marianopoli, Sicily to Hull, Yorkshire.[27][28][29]
Providence |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at the mouth of the River Tyne. She was on a voyage from Bremen to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields in a leaky condition.[2]
Rebecca |  United States | The barque was wrecked on the Aguada Shoals. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Jamaica.[30][31]
Sarah |  United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was run ashore at North Sunderland, County Durham, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to South Shields.[9][32]
Seaton |  United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[5] She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.[33]
Stella |  United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Strathleven ( United Kingdom) 27 nautical miles (50 km) east of the Tuskar Rock and was abandoned by four of her six crew, who were rescued by Strathleven. Stella was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Dublin. She was towed in to Waterford in a leaky condition.[13]
St. Fort |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked "on the west coast of Ikanoe". She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Leith, Lothian.[21]
Talavera |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Tranquebar, India. She was refloated and found to be leaky. She was taken in to Trincomalee, Ceylon for repairs.[34]

## 8 January

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Auguste Louise |  France | The steamship collided with the steamship Emerald ( United Kingdom) in the River Clyde and was beached at Garvel Point.[9] Subsequently refloated and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom where she was repaired by Robert Steele & Company.[35]
Briseis |  United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic (20°52′S 33°15′W﻿ / ﻿20.867°S 33.250°W﻿ / -20.867; -33.250). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, British North America.[36]
Caroline Daly |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.[33] She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a waterlogged condition.[9]
Corcyra |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[9][2]
Druide |  France | The barque was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikshavn, Denmark to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[9]
Earl of Caithness |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Aberdeen. All on board, more than 40 people, were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Grantown-on-Spey, Moray to Wick, Caithness.[33][37] She was refloated in late January and take in to Aberdeen.[38]
Garril |  United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground and was damaged at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Dungarvan.[13]
Helen Wallace |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Propeller |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Kinmore Point.[39] She was refloated on 15 January and taken in to Galway.[40]
Sarah |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[33]
Sir Edward Banks |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Aberdeen. She subsequently became a wreck.[33][2]

## 9 January

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List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Betsey |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Newbiggin, Northumberland. Her four crew were rescued by the Newbiggin Lifeboat. Shw was refloated and taken in to Newbiggin.[41]
Crown |  United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the River Thames by a Dutch steamship. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Dodo |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork.[39]
Hazard |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire.[9]
Ida |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was reported to be on a voyage from Sunderland to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Lydia |  United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[43][13][2]

## 10 January

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List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Marianne |  Danzig | The lighter sank at Danzig with the loss of fifteen lives.[42]
Saxon King |  United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rock. She was on a voyage from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies to the River Clyde She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a severely leaky condition, having taken on extra hands, but consequently sank off Stranraer, Wigtownshire on 12 December. Her crew were rescued.[43][39]

## 11 January

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List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Abdalia |  United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Barra Head, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India.[31]
Agnes |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Perth.[13]
Blossom |  United Kingdom | The ship struck the Plough Seat and was then driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was refloated.[43][13]
Catania |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Catania, Sicily. Her crew were rescued.[40][44]
Einigkeit |  Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pillau.[45][44]
Jane |  Denmark | The ship sank south of the entrance to the Mareagher Fjord. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Jane |  United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Catania. Her crew were rescued.[46][40][44]
Sappho |  United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Catania. Her crew were rescued.[46][40][44]
Sir George Anderson |  United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glückstadt, Duchy of Schleswig to Hartlepool, County Durham.[39][2]
Vesper |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the "Guspel Straits". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[47]

## 12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Delia |  Russia | The ship was driven ashore at Rügenwaldermünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Liepāja to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 5 May and taken in to Stolpmünde, Prussia.[48][49]

## 13 January

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List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Carl August |  Dantzic | The barque was driven ashore on "Rosettern", off the coast of the Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Dantzic.[50]
Gudrun |  Denmark | The brig was driven ashore at the entrance to the Agger Canal. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[51][52]
Peruvian |  United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Gallows Point, British Honduras. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Queenstown, County Cork.[31]

## 14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Cachalot |  Russia | The steamship driven ashore and wrecked near Adra, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[53][40]
Sutlej |  India | The ship caught fire and sank in the Hooghly River with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[54][55]

## 15 January

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List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Clorinda |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Saint George Bay with the loss of two of her crew. She was consequently condemned.[56]
Dream |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Falmouth, Cornwall.[57] She was refloated.[48]
Lene |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[58]
Maid of Orleans |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Saint George Bay with the loss of a crew member. She was consequently condemned.[59][52]
Mary |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and put back to South Shields in a leaky condition.[44][32]
Meggy |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Saint George Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was consequently condemned.[59][52]
Morning Star |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Saint George Bay.[52]
Porto Novo |  United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bristol, Gloucestershire.[60]
Star |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Saint George Bay. Her crew were rescued.[56][52]
Usworth |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Jean d'Acre, Ottoman Syria.[2][29]
Whalton |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Saint George Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was consequently condemned.[59][52]

## 16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Alacrity |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Perney Steel, on the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[32]
Emanuel Boutcher |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[32]
Liverpool |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Formby Point, Lancashire.[61]
Maria |  Spain | The schooner was wrecked on the Brotharen Rocks, in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to Santander.[8][62]
Northumbria |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated the nexty and taken in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland or Bremerhaven. Northumbria was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[45][44][32]
Peace |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Carse Bank, in the Solway Firth and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Port Carlisle, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8]
Zealous |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Amble, Northumberland. She was refloated.[32]

## 17 January

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List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Ganymede |  United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Lisbon, Portugal.[63]
Joseph and Elizabeth |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Upgang Rock. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire, where she sank.[8] She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Whitby.[32]
Perseverance |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to the River Tyne. She was refloated.[32]

## 18 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Aurora |  Jersey | The brigantine ran aground and was wrecked at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[64][63]
Eliza Pickering |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Belfast, County Antrim.[8]
Kate Weston |  United States | The schooner was driven ashore near Paraíba, Brazil. She was on a voyage from New York to Pernambuco, Brazil.[15]
Westerbotton |  Sweden | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hamburg.[44]
Wild Flower |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Ragusa, Sicily with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.[63][65]

## 19 January

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List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Atlas |  Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Lagulhas Reef. She was on a voyage from Batavia to a Dutch port.[66]
Nancies |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Irvine, Ayrshire with the loss of one of her five crew.[62]

## 20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Lillie Mills |  United States | The ship ran aground on a reef off Bahía Honda, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated.[67]
Queen |  United Kingdom | The ship partly sank at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Dover.[68]
William Frazer |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[68][50]
Yemassee |  United States | The ship was driven ashore at Orbost, Isle of Skye, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[53] She had become a wreck by 24 January.[57]

## 21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Come On |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the West Indies. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition,[51] subsequently returning to Sunderland having taken on extra hands.[57]
Czar |  United Kingdom | The 740-ton government transport ship was wrecked on the Vrogue Rocks, off Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall. The coastguard from Cadgwith and Church Cove saved seventeen people but the captain and twelve others drowned. Czar was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Malta with a cargo of ammunition and uniforms. [69][70][71]
London |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. She was refloated.[68]

## 23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Lifeguard |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[51]

## 24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Centenary |  United Kingdom | The brig exploded, caught fire and sank in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Henry Watson ( United Kingdom). Centenary was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[72][73][28]
Cynthia |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.[51][28]
Diana |  Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Bracklesham Bay, Sussex. United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Diana was refloated on 5 May and taken in tow for Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom but consequently foundered off Southsea, Hampshire.[74][75] Diana was refloated on 15 May and towed in to Southampton, Hampshire.[76]
Louisa |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bahia, Brazil. She was refloated and towed back to Liverpool.[77]
Providence |  United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Secret ( United Kingdom). Providence was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Great Yarmouth Norfolk.[28]
Wansbeck |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore east of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[51]

## 25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Bell |  United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Diligence ( United Kingdom).[57]
Jupiter |  Jersey | The ship was driven ashore at "Newton Oyse", Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[78] She was later refloated.[79]

## 26 January

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List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Vesta |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Singapore, Straits Settlements.[80]
William Sorlie |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Borve, Barra, Outer Hebrides. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Suriname.[81][82]

## 27 January

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List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Caroline |  New South Wales | The ship was wrecked at Point Perpendicular. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle.[83]
Malabar |  United States | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Boston, Massachusetts.[15]

## 28 January

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List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1859  Ship | State | Description

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Five Brothers |  Straits Settlements | The steamship struck an uncharted rock off "Kupchee" (or "Cupchi") Point, near "Kam-chew". She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Swatow and Amoy, China. The wreck was fired on and attacked by local Chinese. Some 55 Chinese deck passengers who went ashore were murdered, as were two crewmen in their escape; the remaining passengers and crew were rescued by a schooner Zephyr. Gunboats were sent from Hong Kong to exact retribution.[84][85][86]
Grace and Jane |  United Kingdom | The schooner was lost near "Hangosund", Norway. Her crew were rescued by two Norwegian brigs. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg Sweden, to London.[87][88]
Henry Gardner |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Madsbøll, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aden.[27][48][29]
Mimi Scharitz |  Bremen | The ship was wrecked on the Pickle Reef. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[89]
Russell Ellice |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. She was on a voyage from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.[90]
Sarah Kay |  United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[57] She was refloated on 31 January with the assistance of the tug Express ( United Kingdom).[36]
Swarthmore |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Ground, in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[91]

## 29 January

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Gleaner |  United Kingdom | The paddle tug suffere a boiler explosion, drove ashore and was wrecked at Blyth, Northumberland.[48] Her crew were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from Cambois, Northumberland to Sunderland, County Durham.[28]
Henry Gardiner |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Odessa.[92]
Hillman |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin.[93]
Mountstewart Elphinstone |  United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Moulmein, Burma and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Moulmein to Calcutta, India.[94]
Sir Colin Campbell |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Whittaker Spit, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a smack and resumed her voyage.[28]
Victor |  British North America | The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[53]

## 30 January

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Frances Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Middle Heaps, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[28]
Hector |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on The Knowle, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.[48]
Kate |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.[48]
Pioneer |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Buckie, Banffshire. Her two crew were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. She was refloated and taken in to Buckie for repairs.[95]
Sully |  France | The ship was wrecked at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rotterdam.[48]
Tropic |  United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans.[15]

## 31 January

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Earl of South Esk |  United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and towed in to London for repairs.[28][52]

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Adele |  France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tunis, Beylik of Tunis before 11 January. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Agnes Taylor |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Demerara, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put back to Demerara, where she sank.[96]
Alma |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River at "Fort Gloster". She was refloated.[34]
Amphitrite |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in the River Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Amphore |  France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tunis before 11 January. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Ann Lee |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[34]
Black Prince |  United Kingdom | The ship wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[62]
Corremuize |  Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Maneater Reef. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship HNLMS Ardjoeno ( Royal Netherlands Navy) and completed her voyage, arriving at Jakarta on 21 January.[94]
Dutchman |  Russia | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire before 19 January with the loss of six of her crew.[73]
Fox |  United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was beached at Bahia Formosa, Brazil before 14 January. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pernambuco, Brazil.[97]
Gatigni |  France | The barque was in collision with another vessel and was consequently abandoned. Her eight crew were rescued by the barque Saranac ( United States).[98]
Glentilt |  United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the Rio Grande before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to the River Plate. She put in to the Rio Grande, where she sank.[15]
Goliath |  United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in West Bay.[14]
Henrietta |  United States | The fishing schooner was lost on Miquelon Island. Crew saved.[99]
Herald |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Nantucket Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts, United States.[100]
Island Prince, or
Island Queen |  United Kingdom | The ship wrecked near Hodeida, Yemen Eyalet before 3 January.[101][102]
James Paton |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Penang, Malaya to New York, United States. She was refloated on 17 January and towed in to New York.[48]
Jeune Adeline |  France | The lugger was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by a British brigantine. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Bourn" to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[50]
John |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated on 1 February and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[53]
John Franklin |  United States | The schooner was lost returning from Prince Edward Island in December, 1858 or January, 1859. All aboard, 8 passengers and 7 crew, were killed.[103]
Lamb |  United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Leith, Lothian in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all four crew.[104]
Macassar |  Belgium | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Bril Reef before 21 January. She was on a voyage from a port in China to Java, Netherlands East Indies.[94]
Marie Eugenie |  Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked at "Cefontane", Sicily. She was on a voyage from Odessa, to Bremen.[105][50]
Matthew King |  United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Liverpool.[106]
Monarch |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Warkworth, Northumberland. She was refloated and subsequently put in to North Shields, County Durhf for repairs.[51]
Naparina |  United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°17′N 30°09′W﻿ / ﻿38.283°N 30.150°W﻿ / 38.283; -30.150 and sank before 23 January. Her crew were rescued by the barque Giulia ( Kingdom of Sardinia). Naparina was on a voyage from "Patook", British Honduras to Queenstown, County Cork.[87][107]
Norfolk |  United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores before 4 December.[29]
Olivier |  France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tunis before 11 January. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Ottalia |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Sittaung River.[14]
Oxnard |  United States | The full-rigged ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by Chariot of Fame ( United States). Oxnard was on a voyage from Cardiff to San Francisco, California.[27][48]
Parmonia |  Austrian Empire | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Tunis before 15 January. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool.[72][87][78][25]
Pomona |  United Kingdom | The brig foundered at Odessa.[40]
Renang |  United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned before 24 January and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Queenstown.[57]
Sarah |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Tyne at Pelaw, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. She was refloated and taken in to North Shields for repairs.[2][51]
Seraphine |  France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tunis before 11 January. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Shanghai |  United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Swan River, Western Australia.[108]
South Carolina |  United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mobile Point, Alabama with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France to Mobile, Alabama.[3]
Windau |  Russia | The ship was driven ashore before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Riga to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[5]
Zenobia |  United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 14 January. Her crew were rescued by St. Vincent de Paul ( France). Zenobia was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a Brazilian port.[59]
Zingari |  United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands before 20 January. She was refloated.[50][51]

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