List of shipwrecks in 1858

The list of shipwrecks in 1858 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1858.

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1858
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1858
Ship Country Description
Louis  United Kingdom The smack was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ann ( United Kingdom). Louis came ashore at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.[1]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1858
Ship Country Description
John Gilpin  United States 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 ( United Kingdom).

February

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1858
Ship Country Description
HMS Sappho  Royal Navy 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

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1858
Ship Country Description
John Milton  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1858
Ship Country Description
Eliza Battle  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1858
Ship Country Description
Zenobia  United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Point Bonita, California.

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1858
Ship Country Description
James Baines  United Kingdom 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

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1858
Ship Country Description
Busy  United Kingdom 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

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1858
Ship Country Description
Pennsylvania  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1858
Ship Country Description
Antelope  United States The clipper struck Discovery Shoal, off the Paracel Islands and was wrecked. All on board survived.

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1858
Ship Country Description
Columbus  United States The bark was wrecked in Tugursky Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk.[2][3]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1858
Ship Country Description
Cricketer & Teazer  United Kingdom The pilot boat collided with a Russian steamship off Southwold, Suffolk and foundered. Her thirteen crew were rescued.[4]

September

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1858
Ship Country Description
Austria Hamburg
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 ( Norway) and Maurice ( France).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1858
Ship Country Description
Henry Porcher  United Kingdom 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

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1858
Ship Country Description
Emily  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Eynon. Glamorgan.[1]
Hazard  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich, Glamorgan. Her four crew were rescued.[1]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1858
Ship Country Description
Phoenix  United States 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 ( United States) the following year.[5]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1858
Ship Country Description
Ajax  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Kenfig Sands, Glamorgan. Her six crew were rescued.[1]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1858
Ship Country Description
Rajah  United States 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 ( United States).[6]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1858
Ship Country Description
Neptune  United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore and severely damaged at The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[1]
Sarah  United Kingdom The pilot vessel was driven ashore at The Mumbles and was scuttled by her crew.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1858
Ship Country Description
Ocean Wave  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1858
Ship Country Description
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Mwnt, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Cardigan.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Rambler, of New Bedford, Aug. 21, 1858, KWM.
  3. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
  4. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Williams, H. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
  6. ↑ The Friend, Honolulu, December 4, 1858, Vol. XV, No. 12, p. 93.
  7. ↑ Williams, H. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
  8. ↑ Chatfield, T. The Reminiscences of Captain Thomas Chatfield
  9. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
Ship events in 1858
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