List of shipwrecks in 1859

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

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|ship=Agnes Taylor

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Demerara, British Guiana. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Audubon

|flag={{flag|United States|1858}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=30 May 1859 |issue=3521 }}

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|ship=Brutus

|flag={{flag|United States|1858}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Calcutta, India.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=29 August 1859 |issue=3599 }}

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|ship=Bueres

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at a port in India.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 February 1859 |issue=9609 }}

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|ship={{PS|Canton|1842|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle steamer was wrecked in a gale at Macao, China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=London |date=22 November 1859 |issue=3673 }}

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|ship=Civilian

|flag={{flag|United States|1858}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=25 March 1859 |page=11 |issue=23263 |column=C }}

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|ship=Cygnet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the Mosquito Coast. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Gomelza

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Vancouver Island, Colony of British Columbia. Also reported to have sunk in the Hood Canal, Washington Territory.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=2 November 1859 |issue=3656 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 January 1860 |issue=11064 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Good Hope

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.{{cite web |url=http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/ |title=Cardigan & District Shipwrecks and Lifeboat Service |date=23 July 2013 |publisher=Glen Johnson |access-date=1 February 2015}}

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|ship={{ship||Herald of the Morning|clipper|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI }} British North America

|desc=The clipper struck a sperm whale off Cape Horn, Cape Colony and was damaged.

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|ship=Holder Borean

|flag={{flag|United States|1859}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.

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|ship=Hoop van Capelle

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship sank at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies between 25 July and 9 August.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=29 September 1859 |issue=28929 }}

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|ship=Ireland Queen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the Red Sea.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury etc |location=Edinburgh |date=15 February 1859 |issue=21651 }}

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|ship=Isaac Holder

|flag={{flag|United States|1859}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.

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|ship=Ithuriel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All seventeen people on board were rescued by the brig Chatham ({{flag|United States|1858}}). Ithuriel was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The West India and Pacific Mails |date=21 March 1859 |page=10 |issue=23259 |column=A-B }}

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|ship={{SV|John Franklin||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1858}}

|desc= 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1858.htm |title=1858 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=9 July 2021}}

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|ship=John R. Stanley

|flag=Unknown

|desc=The schooner 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=1 March 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}

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|ship=Kitty

|flag=22px Hudson's Bay Company

|desc=The ship was crushed by ice and sank in Hudson's Bay. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lost Voyagers |date=30 October 1860 |page=12 |issue=23764 |column=C }}

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|ship=Kitty

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from London for Port Adelaide, South Australia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hnads.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=30 March 1860 |issue=9666 }}

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|ship=Kona Hassett

|flag={{flag|United States|1859}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.

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|ship={{ship||Lord William Bentinck|1828 Yarmouth ship|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Valparaíso, Chile.

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|ship=Northumbria{{'}}s Daughter

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at Aden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=5 August 1859 |issue=9632 }}

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|ship=Ost

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Scarborough Shoal between 12 October and 9 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite news |title=Casualties at Sea |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=31 December 1859 |issue=26844 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Peruvian

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Gillies Reef, off Belize City, British Honduras. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SV|Queen of Clippers||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1858}}

|desc= The fishing schooner was lost in the Newfoundland fishery in the winter of 1858—59. Lost with all 6 hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1858.htm |title=1858 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=9 July 2021}}

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|ship=Reindeer

|flag={{flag|United States|1858}}

|desc=The ship was lost {{convert|100|nmi|km}} north of Manila, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from China to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=3 June 1859 |page=10 |issue=23323 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Rosebud

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Cape Colony

|desc=The schooner foundered whilst on a voyage from East London to Table Bay with the loss of all on board.{{Cite news |title=Cape of Good Hope |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 November 1859 |issue=4224 }}

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|ship=South Seamen

|flag={{flag|United States|1859}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=1 December 1859 |issue=9652 }}

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|ship=Swiss Boy

|flag=22px Hudson's Bay Company

|desc=The brig was wrecked in Nitinet Sound. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=United States and Canada |date=8 April 1859 |page=12 |issue=23275 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Termandito

|flag=22px Hudson's Bay Company

|desc=The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Mackenzie River with the loss of 115 lives.

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|ship=Tom King{{'}}s Ship

|flag={{flag|United States|1859}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.

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|ship=Tulloch Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Combermere Bay. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Calcutta.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 August 1859 |issue=6210 }}

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|ship=William & Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Youghal, County Cork.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}

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|ship=Yemassee

|flag={{flag|United States|1858}}

|desc=The ship was lost in Loch Bharcasaig.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36148771 |title=Lost ships and aircraft recorded in sea off Scotland |first=Steven |last=McKenzie |work=BBC News |date=May 2016 |access-date=2 May 2016}}

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|ship=Young Greek

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The schooner was lost en route between Pōrangahau and Wellington in February or March.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 65.

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