List of shipwrecks in 1857
January
{{see|List of shipwrecks in January 1857}}
February
{{see|List of shipwrecks in February 1857}}
March
{{see|List of shipwrecks in March 1857}}
==April==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in April 1857}}
==May==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in May 1857}}
==June==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in June 1857}}
July
{{see|List of shipwrecks in July 1857}}
August
{{see|List of shipwrecks in August 1857}}
September
{{see|List of shipwrecks in September 1857}}
==October==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in October 1857}}
November
{{see|List of shipwrecks in November 1857}}
December
{{see|List of shipwrecks in December 1857}}
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|ship={{ship|USCS|Belle|1848|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|United States|1851}} United States Coast Survey
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in St. Andrews Bay, Florida.
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|ship=Calabar
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Africa between 1 July and 8 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bonny.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 October 1857 |page=9 |issue=22808 |column=F }}
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|ship=Clara Brookman
|flag=Unknown
|desc=The full-rigged ship was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |title=njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" |access-date=2020-03-01 |archive-date=2020-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}
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|ship=Cuba
|flag={{Navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The steamship struck a rock and sank in the Caspian Sea with the loss of 22 of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Losses of Russian Ships of War |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=18 June 1878 |issue=4157 }}
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|ship=Dayspring
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamship was lost in the Niger River near "Rahbee".{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 January 1858 |issue=10420 |page=8 }}
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|ship=Frolic
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Increase ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=186 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}
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|ship=Golden Fleece
|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}
|desc=While entering the Golden Gate, the clipper struck Four Fathom Bar off Point Bonita, California, and was run up on the mud flats. She later made it to the wharf at San Francisco, California, with 12 to 14 feet (3.7 to 4.3 meters) of water in her hold.
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|ship={{ship||Helena|packet sailboat|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}
|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from China to Havana, Cuba.
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|ship={{PS|Industry|1814|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The paddle steamer struck a rock off Renfrew, Scotland, and sank. Later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/INDUSTRY_.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315052738/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/INDUSTRY_.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 March 2015|title=INDUSTRY |publisher=Clydesite |access-date= 1 July 2016 }}
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|ship=Little Belt
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The smack was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.{{cite web |url=http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Wrecks%20off%20Burton%20Bradstock/Historical%20list%20of%20wrecks.htm |title=Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis |publisher=Burton Bradstock Online |access-date=27 December 2014}}
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|ship=Maria
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in the Crozet Islands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 March 1858 |issue=10468 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Mary Mackertoon
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Formosa. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 December 1857 |issue=28400 }}
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|ship=Minerva
|flag=Unknown
|desc=The full-rigged ship was lost at Cranberry Inlet on the coast of New Jersey.
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|ship={{ship|French frigate|Némésis|1847|2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Némésis|frigate}} ran agroung in the Bangka Strait.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 November 1857 |issue=10380 }}
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|ship=Palermo
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales
|desc=The brig was wrecked in the Fiji Islands. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the South Sea Islands.{{Cite news |title=Mercanticle Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 September 1857 |issue=10317 |page=8 }}
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|ship=Rajah of Sarawak
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Maneater's Island". She was on a voyage from Bombay to China. She was refloated and taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 April 1857 |issue=2965 }}
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|ship=Sarah Ann
|flag={{flag|Chile}}
|desc=The brigantine was wrecked in the Paumonton Islands in or before May 1857. Her crew were killed and eaten by cannibals. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to the South Sea islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Pacific |date=19 December 1857 |page=10 |issue=22868 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 January 1858 |issue=10427 |page=8 }}
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|ship=Samuel Willets
|flag=Unknown
|desc=The full-rigged ship was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.
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|ship=Wallachia
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Trebizond, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 May 1857 |issue=10212 }}
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|ship=Warburton
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run into by Margaret ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew survived and spent the winter on the island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 May 1858 |issue=10532 }}
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