List of shipwrecks in September 1859

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

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1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1859
Ship State Description
Beal  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Tolbuchin Lighthouse, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated the next day with the assistance from a tug and taken in to Cronstadt.[1]
Stridente  French Navy The Alerte-class gunboat was driven ashore and wrecked at Rufisque, Senegal.[2]
Rebecca and Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Hinder Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland.[3]
Venete  France The barque was wrecked at Cannoniers Point, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to a European port.[4]
Vollenhove  Netherlands The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Trompen ( Netherlands). Vollenhove was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Zwolle, Overijssel.[1]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1859
Ship State Description
Harbinger  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hastings, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Hastings.[5]
Mellaneah  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France with the loss of all five crew.[6][3][7]
Mentor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Westerberm, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Antwerp, Belgium.[5]
Renovation  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated.[3]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1859
Ship State Description
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Sunderland, County Durham.[5]
Rival  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a British port to Hamburg[6][8]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1859
Ship State Description
Josiah Quincy  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Eddystone ( United Kingdom). Josiah Quincy was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Boston, Massachusetts.[9]
Lord Seaham  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Patch Sand, in the North Sea.[5] She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely leaky condition and took on extra hands.[1]
Maxim  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the coast of Kent and subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued by Zoanstrom (Flag unknown). Maxim was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[10][5]
Miltiades  Greece The ship departed from Malta for Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[11]
Suffolk United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The brig ran aground off Tuggerah Beach. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Tasmania, to Newcastle.[12][13]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1859
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[5]
Francis  United Kingdom The barque struck the pier and was severely damaged at Great Yarmouth.[5]
Gallego  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore in Table Bay. She was refloated.[14]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1859
Ship State Description
Fame  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her five crew were rescued by the smack John and William ( United Kingdom). Fame was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[15][5][16]
Josephine  France The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Saint Pierre Island to Rรฉunion. Her crew were rescued by Bacchus ( United Kingdom).[17]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1859
Ship State Description
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the "Myoor River" Burma. Her crew survived.[18]
Olive  United Kingdom The paddle tug caught fire and sank at Sunderland, County Durham.[18]
Porto Franco Kingdom of Sardinia The ship was severely damaged by fire at Genoa.[19]
Quickstep  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was refloated.[19] She was refloated with the assistance of the Ramsgate Lifeboat, a tug and somed luggers and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[16]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1859
Ship State Description
August Marie  France The ship was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United kingdom to Dieppe, Seine-Infรฉrieure.[20]
Grace Darling  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Carradale Point, on the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to West Loch Tarbert.[21][22][23]
Jeune Marie  France The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated and taken in to Ostend in a severely leaky condition.[19]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1859
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Dundee. She was refloated on 13 September and taken in to Dundee.[21]
Catherines  United Kingdom The ship sank in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire with the loss of one of the five people on board. Survivors were rescued by the galiot Gezina Abena ( Netherlands). Catherines was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.[24][1][25]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in Wigtown Bay with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Freetown, Sierra Leone.[26][18]
Great Eastern  United Kingdom
Great Eastern
The steamship was severely damaged by a boiler explosion in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex with the loss of six lives.
Industry  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground and sank at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Warrenpoint, County Antrim.[19] She was refloated on 13 September and taken in to Lindisfarne in a severely damaged condition.[21][1]
Intrepid  United Kingdom The schooner was discovered derelict off the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. She was taken in to Flint.[19]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of South America. All on board survived.[27]
Maggie Miller  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore at Calcutta, India. She was refloated the next day.[28]
Phoebe  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on the west coast of the Isle of Bute with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[24] She was refloated on 13 September and taken in to Rothesay, Buteshire for repairs.[29]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1859
Ship State Description
Carl von Linne Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship ran aground on the Noriskar Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Vaasa.[30]
Margaret  Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Hanstholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by Josephine Gogstad ( Norway). Margaret was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Porsgrund.[9]
Sportsman  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Cygnet ( United Kingdom). Sportsman was on a voyage from the River Wear to Aberdeen.[1]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1859
Ship State Description
Celestial  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Swatow, China.[31]
Chin Chin  United Kingdom The barque was damaged in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]
Cid  Hamburg The barque was damaged in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]
Confucius  United Kingdom The ship was driven into Victoria ( United Kingdom) in a typhoon at Hong Kong and sank.[32]
Dr. Jaris Jantsen  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[33][28]
Hazard  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]
Hendrika Jantina  Netherlands The koff sprang a leak and foundered off Salcombe, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mรกlaga, Spain to the River Clyde.[18]
India  Sweden The barque was damaged in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]
Kenilworth  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[32]
Luna  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[32][33]
Lucifer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Nirro, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26]
Melbourne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[32]
Moultan  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]
Napoleon  Chile The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]
New York  United Kingdom The barque was damaged in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]
Orestes  United Kingdom The barque was damaged in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]
Podesta  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing following a typhoon at Hong Kong.[32]
Sea  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered at a position variously reported as 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork or 141 nautical miles (261 km) north by west of Cape Finisterre, Spain (44ยฐ45โ€ฒ00โ€ณN 11ยฐ01โ€ฒ30โ€ณW / 44.75000ยฐN 11.02500ยฐW / 44.75000; -11.02500). Her crew were rescued by Llewellyn ( United Kingdom). Sea was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to "Kustinga".[34][26][35][36]
Shantung  China The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) downstream of Swatow.[32][31]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was sunk in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[32][33]
Victoria  Peru The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]
Whirlwind  United States The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[33][28]
Wide Awake  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in a typhoon 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) downstream of Swatow.[33][31]
Wild Wave  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in a typhoon at Swatow.[31]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1859
Ship State Description
Emma  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Warden Ledge, off the Isle of Wight and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[1][23]
Hector  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Swanage Bay.[23]
Treasure  United Kingdom The ship put in to Belfast, County Antrim is a severely sagged condition. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Sunderland, County Durham.[21]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1859
Ship State Description
Belle  United Kingdom The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (47ยฐ28โ€ฒN 30ยฐ48โ€ฒW / 47.467ยฐN 30.800ยฐW / 47.467; -30.800) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Eclipta ( United Kingdom). Belle was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Padstow, Cornwall.[37]
Commerce  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Glen Head, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Limerick.[38]
Emanuel  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was wrecked at Fjaltring, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Norwarp" to Hanover.[39][19]
Friends  United Kingdom The brigantine departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Pembroke Dockyard. No further trace, believed foundered off Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands.[40]
Governor Brown  United Kingdom The ship was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned on 16 September. Her crew were rescued by Birmingham. Governor Brown was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Newhaven, Connecticut, United States.[37][41][32][28]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
Ocean Wave  United States The ship ran aground on the Man of War Shoal. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Baltimore, Maryland.[42]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1859
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore north of Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Scarborough.[38]
Dove  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. Dove was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Harfleur, Seine-Infรฉrieure, France.[43][1][38]
Luna  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put in to Swansea, Glamorgan in a waterlogged condition.[38]
Pet  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barmouth, Caernarfonshire.[44]
Union United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Cove, Newfoundland and sank. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Weymouth, Nova Scotia.[45]
Westmoreland  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Hartlepool, County Durham.[38]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1859
Ship State Description
Mastiff  United States The clipper was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean. All 208 people on board were rescued by the full-rigged ship Achilles ( United States). Mastiff was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Hong Kong.[46][47]
Ostrich United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was wrecked at "Fox, Newfoundland". Her crew were rescued.[48]
Princess  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and sank with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Queen of the Fleet ( United Kingdom). Princess was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[49][50]
Rhoda  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Sardinia. Her six crew were rescued by Cornelia ( Kingdom of Hanover). Rhoda was on a voyage from Brฤƒila and Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Cork.[51]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1859
Ship State Description
Mansfield  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak, ran aground and was severely damaged at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Drontheim, Norway. She was refloated and taken in to Peterhead in a waterlogged condition.[38]
Rome  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[49]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1859
Ship State Description
Amelia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.[23]
Benjamin Heape  United Kingdom The barque ran aground off Port Malcolm, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Adelaide, South Australia.[52]
Eagle  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked north of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her six crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France.[53][38]
Golden Gate  United States The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her seven crews. Survivors were rescued on 2 October by Isabella Maria ( United Kingdom). Golden Gate was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pernambuco, Brazil.[54]
Lucinde  Prussia The brig was wrecked off Minsmere, Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. Eleven survivors were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Lucinde was on a voyage from Memel to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom.[55][16]
Rome  United States The ship was damaged by fire at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Saint Thomas.[56]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1859
Ship State Description
Catherine Hodges  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore and wrecked at Dunnet Head, Caithness with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[42]
Haidee  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Schouwen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Haidee was refloated on 20 September and towed in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland., where she was beached, being severely leaky.[38][42]
Hendrika  Kingdom of Hanover The ship ran ashore on Baltrum and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Ems to Geestemรผnde.[57]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1859
Ship State Description
Lily  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Danube downstream of Sfรขntu Gheorghe, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Sulina, Ottoman Empire.[38] She had been refloated by 9 October and taken in to Sulina for repairs.[58]
Rรผgen  Prussia The paddle steamer ran aground and was severely damaged at Swinemรผnde.[59]
Swantje  Netherlands The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Anna ( United Kingdom). Swantje was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Hamburg.[60]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1859
Ship State Description
Express  United Kingdom
The South Western Steam Company mail ship struck the Grunes Houilleres Rocks off La Corbiรจre, Jersey, Channel Islands and was run ashore with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Saint Helier, Jersey to Guernsey, Channel Islands and Weymouth, Dorset. Her crew and survivors of about 200 passengers were rescued, some of them by the cutter Napier (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey)[61][62]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the English Channel off La Heve, Seine-Infรฉrieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Infรฉrieure to Runcorn, Cheshire.[38]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1859
Ship State Description
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Goatness, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Dunbar, Lothian.[63]
Marion  United Kingdom The brig sank off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Cronstadt, Russia.[38]
Marys  United Kingdom The brig sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Bertha ( United Kingdom). Marys was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[56]
Ophelia  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bridlington, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[9][63]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1859
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland.[42][63]
Anna Catherina  Hamburg The galiot collided with another vessel in the North Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were taken off the wreck the next day by Waters ( United Kingdom). Anna Catherina was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[63]
Archduke  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea and foundered off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Southwold, Suffolk to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire in a derelict condition the next day.[57]
Fenna Catherina  Kingdom of Hanover The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Sir Robert Peel ( United Kingdom).[48]
Hellespont  France The paddle steamer struck a sunken rock and sank off Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Naples to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhรดne.[65][66]
Italian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on a reef north east of Namoa, China. All on board were rescued by the steamship Manilla (Flag unknown).[67]
James Dixon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[59]
Lebanon  United Kingdom The brig foundered 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Alicante, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the barque Stentor ( United Kingdom).[51] Lebanon was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[41]
Monkey  United Kingdom The tug collided with Firefly ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Avon. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Northern Eagle  United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Esquimault Harbour, British Columbia, British North America.[68]
S Giovanni Papal States The brigantine was wrecked at Rimini. Her crew were rescued.[56]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1859
Ship State Description
Sanรฉ  French Navy The paddle frigate was wrecked on the Chaussรฉe du Sein.[69] Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var to Brest, Finistรจre.[70] mc
Sapphire  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Queensland. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Calcutta, India.[71]
Victoria  United Kingdom The paddle steamer foundered off Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[65][72][73][57][59]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1859
Ship State Description
Beatrice  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Laboreaux ( France).[74]
Conservative United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Guiana The schooner collided with the steamship Admiral van Ryk ( Netherlands) and sank off Berbice with the loss of a crew member.[45][75]
Forest Monarch  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Puget Sound.[76]
Heinrich and Edouard  Hamburg The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Medora ( United Kingdom). Heinrich and Edouard was on a voyage from Hamburg to the Rio Grande.[77]
Wide Awake  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Lemvig, Denmark.[42]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1859
Ship State Description
Christiania  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Nancy ( United Kingdom).[78] She was on a voyage from dublin to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[79]
Hebe  Sweden The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Gotland. She was on a voyage from the East Indies to Stockholm.[80]
New Rambler  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a severely leaky condition.[80]
Rambler  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Montreal ( United Kingdom). Rambler was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[40]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1859
Ship State Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in Kyle Rhea. She was refloated but was consequently beached at Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides.[29]
Olaf  Norway The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Kristiansand.[56]
Palmyra  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Lambayeque, Peru. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Callao, Peru.[81][82][83][84]
Sascha  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Little Tytters, in the Baltic Sea. . She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg.[29]
Scandia  Sweden The ship was driven ashore near "San Stefano", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Brฤƒila, Ottoman Empire to an English port.[80]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1859
Ship State Description
Disco  Norway or
 Sweden 		The barque was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Ringkรธbing, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nordmaling or Umeรฅ, Sweden to London, United Kingdom.[85][86]
Empire  United States The ship collided with Marcellus ( United States) and sank in The Narrows. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Bristol, Rhode Island. She was later refloated and towed in to Boston.[45]
Nova Scotian United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The steamship was reported to have run aground in the Saint Lawrence River upstream of Trois-Riviรจres, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Quebec City. She was reported to have been refloated two days later and taken in to Quebec City.[87][88] The report was denied by her owners, the Montreal Screw Steamship Company.[89]
Panola  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Clemanthe ( United Kingdom). Panola was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London.[90]
Waterlily  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel between Nash Point, Glamorgan and Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[91]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1859
Ship State Description
Admiral Boxer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 14 nautical miles (26 km) from Kurrachee, India. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kurrachee.[92][93]
Circe  France The ship ran aground on the Marquesas Shoals. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Cherbourg, Seine-Infรฉrieure. She was refloated and taken in the Key West, Florida, United States where she was condemned.[94]
Friends  United Kingdom The ketch foundered on the Helwick Shoal in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six crew.[95]
Grace Darling  United Kingdom The schooner was run ashore and wrecked at Kilinore, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford.[41]
New Darlington  United Kingdom The brig collided with the barque Pantaloon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of the Mouse Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[60]
Turk  United Kingdom The ship sank at Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.[96][86]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1859
Ship State Description
Army  United Kingdom The ship departed from Barcelona, Spain for Swansea, Glamorgan. She subsequently foundered; wreckage from the ship washed up at Hartland Point, Devon on 10 November.[67]
Fero United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Aurelia ( United States). Fero was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[97][54][98][99]
John  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore near Dartmouth, Devon. She was refloated on 8 October and taken in to Dartmouth.[100]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1859
Ship State Description
Arrow  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Droogden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia. She had been refloated by 12 October and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[74]
Cumberland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandhammaren, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[41]
Flor de Mar  Portugal The schooner foundered in the Strait of Dover. Her crew were rescued by Destin ( France).[101]
Louise Frederike  Hamburg The brig ran aground off Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to "Aguin". She was refloated on 3 October and resumed her voyage.[75]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1859
Ship State Description
Achsah  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 22 September. Her crew were rescued by Newa ( Russia). Achsah subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[63]
Ark United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship ran aground on the Anegada Reef, off Bermuda. She was refloated on 20 September and taken in to Tortola in a leaky condition.[31]
Better Luck  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire before 22 September.[9]
Canning  United Kingdom The ship foundered with the loss of twelve lives.[102]
Charity  United Kingdom The lighter was wrecked on Hiiumaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[103][42]
Chinchurrah Eastaway  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Gaspar Sands. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[65]
Cornhill  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middlegrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but later collided with a schooner and was damaged. She put in to Helsingรธr, Denmark on 30 September in a leaky condition.[86]
Cromwell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Singapore, Straits Settlements.[102]
Emerald  France The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel before 4 September. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Infรฉrieure to the Clyde.[10]
USS Fulton  United States Navy The harbor defense ship was reported to have been wrecked on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.
Fury  United Kingdom The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank off the mouth of the River Avon with the loss of three of her four crew.[104]
General Parkhill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston, South Carolina. She was later refloated and completed her voyage.[101]
Heden  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 September.[81]
Hoffnung  Kingdom of Hanover The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Bremen.[37][41]
Isaac H Boardman  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Aden and was scuttled. She was later refloated.[50]
Jan Zylker  Netherlands The galiot ran aground off Sestos, Ottoman Empire with the loss of a crew member. She had been refloated by 27 September.[96]
Jernbarden  Norway The schooner foundered in the North Sea before 29 September. Her crew were rescued by Augusta ( United Kingdom). Jernbarden was on a voyage from an English port to Brevig.[105]
John Bull  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Toukow". She was on a voyage from London to Vaasa, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingรธr, Denmark, where she arrived on 30 September in a leaky condition.[105]
Kate and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dartmouth, Devon. She was refloated on 27 September.[96]
Louis Alma Inkermann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was wrecked near Sept-รŽles, Province of Canada.[106][101]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. She was on a voyage from London to Suez, Egypt.[21]
Ocean  Sweden The schooner foundered off Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Montevideo, Uruguay.[107][56]
Rachel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Hudson River before 28 September. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[30]
Rattler  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean between 8 and 20 September. Her crew were rescued by Jessy ( United Kingdom). Rattler was on a voyage from Quebec City to London.[108][101]
Sphynx  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 September.[109]
Thomas Brassey  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[65]
Uruguay  France The barque ran aground on the Florida Reefs, in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Havre de Grรขce, Seine-Infรฉrieure. She was refloated and put in to Norfolk, Virginia, United States, where she arrived on 21 September in a severely leaky condition.[30]
Vedra  Russia The steamship was driven ashore on "Demunstein" before 23 September. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Narva. She was consequently condemned.[57]
Zembarden Christensen  Norway The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Augusta ( Sweden). Zembarden Christensen was on a voyage from an English port to Lemvig.[110]

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