List of shipwrecks in 1858
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The list of shipwrecks in 1858 includes ships sunk, wrecked, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1858.
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Boree | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sfax, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated, repaired and resumed her voyage some time later.[1] |
Carrier | File:Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg United States | The 345-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[2] |
Catherine | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Ningpo, China. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai.[3] |
Cyclops | Unknown | During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Coquille, Oregon, the schooner was wrecked on the Coos Bay Bar in Coos Bay off the coast of Oregon either in 1858 or in the spring of 1862.[4] |
Dona Franziska | File:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg Hamburg | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Brazil between 24 July and 6 November with the loss of three lives.[5] |
Elizabeth | File:Flag of France.svg France | The whaler was wrecked in the Chatham Islands before 10 April. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
General Kushion | File:Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at San Francisco, California.[7] |
Genevieve | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Matakong, Africa.[8] |
Hope | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Parague Flat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Rangoon, Burma.[9] |
Jane Black | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | The ship departed from Limerick for Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America in mid-July. Presumed to have foundered on the return voyage with the loss of all hands.[10] |
John E. Mayer | File:Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg United States | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of California.[7] |
John Franklin | File:Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg United States | The schooner was lost while coming from Prince Edward Island for Gloucester, Massachusetts in the winter of 1858—59. Lost with all 6 hands, plus passengers, up to 14 lives lost.[11] |
Lucas | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria | The ship was wrecked with the loss of fifteen lives. She was on a voyage from Victoria to Fraser Island, New South Wales.[12] |
Maria Isabel | File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru | The steamship was lost in the Straits of Magellan. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
Neophyte | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on a reef off Sierra Leone in late July or early August. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14] |
Panama | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand | The brig went missing while en route between the Chatham Islands and the New Zealand mainland early in 1858. Some wreckage believed to have been from the Panama was washed ashore near Cape Kidnappers in early September.[15] |
Queen of Clippers | File:Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg United States | The fishing schooner was lost in the Newfoundland fishery in the winter of 1858—59. Lost with all 6 hands.[16] |
References
Notes
- ↑ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 10695. London. 24 November 1858. p. 7.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 106.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. Liverpool. 27 February 1858.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 138.
- ↑ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 10683. London. 10 November 1858. p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Dundee Courier. No. 2181. Dundee. 23 June 1858.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 10696. London. 25 November 1858. p. 7.
- ↑ "The West Coast of Africa". The Times. No. 23093. London. 8 September 1858. col D, p. 8.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 3259. Liverpool. 28 July 1858.
- ↑ "The Jane Black Missing". The Standard. No. 10710. London. 11 December 1858. p. 6.
- ↑ "1858". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 3384. Liverpool. 21 December 1858.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 3122. Liverpool. 18 February 1858.
- ↑ "The West Coast of Africa". The Times. No. 23122. London. 12 October 1858. col F, p. 8.
- ↑ Ingram and Wheatley, p. 63
- ↑ "1858". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig. Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks. Louisiana State University Press, 2008 Archived 2010-11-29 at the Wayback Machine. ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
- Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.