List of shipwrecks in 1858
The list of shipwrecks in 1858 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1858.
1858 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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
18 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Sappho | ![]() |
The 16-gun brig was sighted off Cape Bridgewater, Victoria. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Bass Strait with the loss of all hands, |
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
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 was severely damaged by fire in the Huskisson Dock, liverpool, Lancashire. 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. |
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 Tugursky Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk.[2][3] |
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.[4] |
September
13 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Austria | ![]() |
![]() 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 ( |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Henry Porcher | ![]() |
The barque ran aground and was wrecked near Thurso, Caithness after her captain committed suicide. She was on a voyage from Quebec, Canada to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
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] |
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. Six of the crew were rescued by the ship Florida (![]() |
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] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ocean Wave | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on Medvezhy Island in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. All hands were lost.[7][8] |
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.[9] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Williams, H. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
- ↑ The Friend, Honolulu, December 4, 1858, Vol. XV, No. 12, p. 93.
- ↑ Williams, H. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
- ↑ Chatfield, T. The Reminiscences of Captain Thomas Chatfield
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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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