List of shipwrecks in December 1858

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

1 December

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|ship=Countess of Caithness

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Arnish Point, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and beached at Stornoway.

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|ship=Euclid

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Cape San Antonio, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Queenstown, County Cork.

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|ship=Falcon

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated with the aid of a tug and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 December 1858 |issue=9597 }}

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|ship={{SS|Genova|1850|2}}, and
Good Speed

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

|desc=The steamship Genova collided with Good Speed in the River Mersey and was beached at the Rock Lighthouse. All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. She was refloated on 6 December and beached. She was taken in to Liverpool on 9 December. Good Speed was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool.

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Nidingen Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 December 1858 |issue=28678 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 December 1858 |issue=10710 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Meteor Flag

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Sheephaven Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 December 1858 |issue=6007 }} She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to the Clyde.

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|ship=Rommerig

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Fanny ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to London, United Kingdom. She was taken in to "Rosavag", Norway the next day.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 December 1858 |issue=10708 |page=7 }}

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|ship={{SS|Wearmouth|1855|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Coalhouse Fort, Essex .{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=1 December 1858 |issue=28669 }}

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2 December

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned off Eagle Head, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued by Alphonsine ({{flag|France}}). Ann was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to an English port.

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|ship=Earl of Seafield

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

|desc=The ship driven ashore at the mouth of the "Yrten River". She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to the "Newburgh Creek".

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|ship=Hennatope

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fort Puntales, Cádiz, Spain.

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|ship=Lavinia

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

|desc=The schooner caught fire and sank off the Rammekins Castle, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Vlissingen.

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3 December

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|ship=Annie

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=16 December 1858 |issue=3380 }}

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|ship=Marchioness of Ailsa

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Troon to Demerara, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 February 1859 |issue=10762 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Souvenir

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig ran ashore south of Carteret, Manche. She was on a voyage from Monte Video to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.

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4 December

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|ship=Caledonia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=7 December 1858 |issue=3345 }}

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|ship=Casket

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on a reef off Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=3 January 1859 |issue=3395 }}

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|ship=Drake

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely leaky condition.

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|ship=Dnieper

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire with the loss of five or six of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 January 1859 |issue=6024 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 January 1859 |issue=3965 }} She was on a voyage from an English port to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Turkey and Egypt |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 February 1859 |issue=28724 }}

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|ship={{SS|Gertrude|1855|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Vorgeburger Kullen, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Stettin. She was refloated and taken in to Stettin in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Liberty

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 December 1858 |issue=28673 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 December 1858 |issue=10705 |page=7 }} She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 December 1858 |issue=10707 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Madagascar

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked on a reef near the mouth of the Bira River near East London, Cape Colony."Rennie's Steamer Service: Natal and Cape Colonies", R. N. Porter, The South African Philatelist, Vol. 90, No. 6 (December 2014), Whole No. 927, pp. 178-182.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=19941 |title=Madagascar |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |access-date=6 May 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3252928 |title=Loss of the Steamer Madagascar |newspaper=The Hobart Town Daily Mercury |date=3 February 1859 |page=2 |access-date=6 May 2019}}

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|ship=Spring

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was then run into by the schooner Courier ({{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}). Pallas was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London.

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|ship=Vrouw Jantje

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from "Rautsepehn" to London.

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|ship=Widar

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Gotland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to "Bohnehamn".

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|ship=Willing Mind

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

|desc=The brig was run ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 December 1858 |issue=28675 }}

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5 December

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|ship=Corymbus

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was abandoned by her five crew. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Calais, France the next day in a derelict condition.

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|ship=Jessy

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 December 1858 |issue=10706 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Oostzee

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|49|14|N|15|00|W}}). Her crew were rescued by Bostonian ({{flag|United States|1858}}). Oostzee was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 December 1858 |issue=10709 }}

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|ship=Science

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by St. Patrick ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Science was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=London |date=10 December 1858 |issue=3375 }} She subsequently came ashore in Castles Bay and was wrecked.

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|ship=Uskermunde

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was beached at a port near Egersund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.

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6 December

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|ship=Belle Anais

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship capsized at Dunkerque, Nord.

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|ship=Commodore

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with a brig and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Kilrush, County Clare to London.

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|ship=Corymbus

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

|desc=The ship was taken in to Calais in a derelict condition.

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|ship=Eider

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Bolder Bank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from San Antonio to Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex.

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|ship=Fairy Queen

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Syracuse, Sicily. Her crew were rescued by Due Fratelli (File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies). Fairy Queen was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Malta |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 December 1858 |issue=26521 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of the Mouse Lightship (22px Trinity House) by the steamship {{SS|Berwick|1855|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.

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|ship=Gustav

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Eckerö, Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to London.

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|ship=Jane and Sarah

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

|desc=The smack driven ashore in Caernarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 4 January 1859.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=7 January 1859 |issue=3399 }}

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|ship=Johannes

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Alt Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 January 1859 |issue=10747 |page=7 }}

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|ship={{SS|Madagascar|1855|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on a reef and was consequently beached at the mouth of the Beka River. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from East London to Algoa Bay, Cape Colony.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Madagascar |newspaper=Hampshire Advertiser and Salisbury Guardian |location=Southampton |date=29 January 1859 |issue=1848 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Rose of the West

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Tortola, Virgin Islands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=4 January 1859 |issue=3396 }}

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|ship=Scalby

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Inishbofin, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 December 1858 |issue=28674 }}

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7 December

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|ship=Commandeur

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated on 9 December and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 December 1858 |issue=28677 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 December 1858 |issue=28679 }}

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|ship=Cuatro Hermanos

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and sank at Dungeness. She was on a voyage from Antwerpto Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 December 1858 |issue=3923 }}

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|ship=USRC McLelland

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1858}} United States Revenue Cutter Service

|desc=The cutter ran aground at Mobile, Alabama whilst attempting to prevent the schooner Susan ({{flag|United States|1858}}) from leaving port with 188 of Walker's filibusters on board.{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=The Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=28 December 1858 |issue=3992 |page=1 }}

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8 December

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|2.5|nmi|km}} off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Padstow, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=11 December 1858 |issue=3376 }}

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|ship=Alexandre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. Alexandre was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 December 1858 |issue=28676 }}

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Trieste. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Aid ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Amelia

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off the coast of Cantabria with the loss of most of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Spain |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 December 1858 |issue=3929 }}

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|ship=Ardent

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

|desc=The ship struck a reef and sank {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Armanilla

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off the coast of County Antrim. Her cre were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to the Belfast Lough.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 December 1858 |issue=28680 }}

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|ship=Cora

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Pernambuco.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 January 1859 |issue=28701 }}

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|ship=Courier

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in tow for London.

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The schooner was beached at Clovelly, Devon. she was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.

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|ship=Lucie Antoinette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was discovered derelict in the Bristol Channel. She was taken in to Tenby, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom by a pilot boat.

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|ship=Marianne

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Martha Ridout ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Marianne was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was towed in to Queenstown, County Cork in a waterlogged condition on 15 January 1859.

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of four smacks and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Pelican

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=9 December 1858 |issue=3374 }} She was refloated on 9 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=13 December 1858 |issue=3377 }}

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|ship=Roberts

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Galicia, Spain. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=San Ignacio

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off the coast of Cantabria.

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9 December

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|ship=Adelaide Prendergast

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

|desc=The ship was beached at Youghal, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Youghal.

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|ship=Felicity

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Northern Burrows, off the north coast of Devon. Her seven crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Multum in Parvo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=24 December 1858 |issue=3380 }}{{Cite news |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwrecke |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 January 1859 |issue=3947 }}

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|ship=Gulf Stream

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

|desc=The three-masted schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south west of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the barque Constellation ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Gulf Stream was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Martinique.{{Cite news |title=The Real Contest with America |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 November 1859 |issue=6178 }}

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|ship=Marie Antoinette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship collided with Alliance ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of one of her six crew.

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|ship={{PS|Thistle|1848|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Raghly Point, County Sligo. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo. She broke up on 20 December.

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10 December

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|ship=Lucas

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of California with the loss of twenty lives.{{Cite news |title=Colonial and Foreign |newspaper=The Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=1 January 1859 |issue=6894 }}

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|ship=Sophie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Sylph ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 December 1858 |page=4 |issue=23174 |column=D }}

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|ship=Vixen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Limerick.

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11 December

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|ship=Cornubia

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on The Manacles. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.

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12 December

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|ship=Alwine

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Laffolle Reefs, east of the Île-à-Vache, Haiti., She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Aux Cayes, Haiti.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 January 1859 |issue=3958 }}

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|ship=Herman

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

|desc=The ship collided with {{HMS|Firefly|1832|6}} or {{HMS|Sandfly|1855|6}} (both {{navy|United Kingdom}}) and sank in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship (22px Trinity House).{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 December 1858 |issue=28681 }}

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|ship=Lion

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Don, Aberdeenshire. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=17 December 1858 |issue=9599 }}

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|ship=Louis Amelie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore near Newcastle, County Down, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Newcastle Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dublin, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 December 1858 |issue=10713 |page=7 }}

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13 December

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|ship=Ajax

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The galiot sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Eyemouth, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen, United Kingdom to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 December 1858 |issue=28682 }}

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Trieste.

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|ship=Hilke

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardglass, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Ardglass.

}}

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|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near the Haslar Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton to Portsmouth. She was refloated and towed in to Portsmouth.

}}

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|ship=Louise Amelie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dublin, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Plynlymon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Patches Rocks. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 December 1858 |issue=10714 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Ruby

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at the Haslar Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Ryde, Isle of Wight to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Postscript |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=17 December 1858 |issue=2895 |page=8 }}

}}

14 December

{{For|the stranding of Nestorian on this date|List of shipwrecks in November 1858#25 November}}

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|ship=Anette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom and sank. Her 37 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Umeå, Sweden to Valparaíso, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Wreck in Orkney |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 December 1858 |issue=10720 |page=3 }}

}}

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|ship={{PS|Champion|1857|2}}

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

|desc=The tug collided with the tug Glowworm ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of four of the seven people on board. Survivors were rescued by Glowworm.{{Cite news |title=Collision and Loss of Life in the Rivery Clyde |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 December 1858 |issue=26520 |page=5 }}

}}

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|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Drogheda to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

}}

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|ship=Gustav Wasa

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The schooner barque ran aground off "Norl", near Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=24 December 1858 |issue=9600 }}

}}

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|ship=Heroine, and
{{PS|Sir Charles Napier|1854|2}}

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

|desc=The tug Sir Charles Napier ran aground in the Clyde at Dumbarton whilst towing the smack Heroine, which ran into her and sank. Heroine{{'}}s crew were rescued by Sir Charles Napier.{{Cite news |title=Greenock and Coast News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 December 1858 |issue=6013 }}

}}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent by the tug Vulcan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 December 1858 |issue=10715 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Marcella

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.

}}

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|ship={{PS|Royal Consort|1844|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Belfast. She was refloated.

}}

15 December

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|ship=Engineer

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned off Heraklion, Crete. Her crew were rescued by the brig Solide ({{flag|France}}). Engineer was on a voyage from St. Jean d'Acre, Ottoman Syria to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=25 January 1859 |issue=3414 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=29 January 1859 |issue=9605 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 March 1859 |issue=9610 }}

}}

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|ship=Gipsy

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Long Island, New York to Baltimore, Maryland.

}}

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship ran ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport.

}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Howick, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 23 December and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland.

}}

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|ship=Orient

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on a sandbank off Dunkerque, Nord, France. Her crew took to a boat, and were rescued by Bernard Burton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Orient was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.

}}

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|ship=Profeta

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Caistor Lifeboat, but one of them died after being landed She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Lisbon.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Portuguese Schooner on the Scroby Sands |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 December 1858 |issue=10716 |page=3 }}

}}

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|ship=Resolution

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Kinsale, County Cork.

}}

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|ship=Star of Brunswick

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk.

}}

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|ship=Victory

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Victory |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 December 1858 |issue=10716 |page=3 }}

}}

16 December

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|ship=Albion

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy sank in the North Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} off the mouth of the River Tees. Her three crew were rescued by the schooner Helen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Albion was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.

}}

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|ship=Australian

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Tiger ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Humber at Whitebooth, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=17 December 1858 |issue=3858 }} Australian was refloated on 20 December.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 December 1858 |issue=10719 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Diana

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore on Spike Island, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to the Kingroad.

}}

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|ship=Empire

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire and was run ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Grimsby for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 December 1858 |issue=10717 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The brig struck a sunken wreck or sandbank and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Alster|1854|2}} ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Friendship was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton, Sussex.

}}

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|ship=Ina

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Groundeddle Bank, off Graemsay, Orkney Islands. She was refloated in a waterlogged condition.

}}

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|ship=Lucy

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

|desc=The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Scarborough.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=24 December 1858 |issue=3859 }}

}}

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|ship=Marie Antoinette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine collided with the brig Alliance ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank off Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Alliance.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Cheshire Observer and General Advertiser |location=Chester |date=18 December 1858 |issue=250 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=Queen

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=17 December 1858 |issue=3381 }}

}}

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|ship={{PS|Queen of the Tyne|1843|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle tug ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and sank.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 December 1858 |issue=28683 }}

}}

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|ship=Susan

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Glovers Reef, {{convert|60|nmi|km}} off Belize City, British Honduras. All on board were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=17 January 1859 |page=10 |issue=23205 |column=A-B }}

}}

17 December

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|ship=Eliza

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship collided with the barque Latona ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 21 December and towed in to Helsingør in severely leaky condition by the steamship Ossian ({{flag|Denmark}}).

}}

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|ship=Felice

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship sank off Castle Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=21 December 1858 |issue=3384 }}

}}

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|ship=Grasshopper

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 December 1858 |page=10 |issue=23181 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Henry Volant

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

|desc=The ship sank at Kirkcudbright. She was on a voyage from Pittenweem, Fife to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 22 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 December 1858 |issue=3937 }}

}}

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|ship=Johannes

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.

}}

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|ship=Lucien

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Groatness Point, Lothian. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Reindeer

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the North Rock, in Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America.

}}

18 December

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|ship=Eliza and Hester

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Odessa.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 December 1858 |issue=3932 }}

}}

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|ship=Gannet

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore {{convert|5|nmi|km}} east of Lossiemouth, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 December 1858 |page=10 |issue=23183 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Margaret and Ann

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

|desc=The schooner was driven against the breakwater, capsized and sank at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Drogheda.

}}

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Newburgh, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. Rose was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Newburgh.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=29 December 1858 |issue=5790 }}

}}

19 December

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|ship=Alexander

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 December 1858 |issue=10718 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alice McVicar

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the Sherbro River. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Catherine Sypkens

|flag={{flag|United States|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Arendal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Kjose to Arundel, Sussex, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Dromahir

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|51|34|N|30|20|W}}). Five of her crew died before the survivors were rescued on 9 January 1859 by Centurion ({{flag|United States|1858}}). Dromahir was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=16 March 1859 |issue=2219 }}

}}

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|ship=Flora Muir

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Queenstown, County Cork.

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Buryan, Cornwall with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Coroner's Inquests |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=24 December 1858 |issue=2896 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the Sound of Mull.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lexovierne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Praa Sands, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oakland

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

|desc=The ship was struck by lightning and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to two boats. Six crew in one of the boats were rescued by Emilie ({{Flag|France}}. Oakland was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

}}

20 December

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|ship={{SS|Sea Horse|1856|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated.

}}

21 December

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|ship=Edgar

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Black Prince

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three Brothers

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Sandwood Bay. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America to Chester, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 December 1858 |issue=10722 |page=7 }}

}}

22 December

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alpha

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anna

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner struck the Wolf Rock, off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom and capsized. Her crew were rescued by the cutter Sylvia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Anna was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anna

|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=British Queen

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Corton Sand or the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 December 1858 |issue=10721 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carl Staegemann

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Audreselles, Pas-de-Calais, France. Twenty-three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig collided with the Goodwin Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was abandoned by all but one of her crew, who got aboard the lightship. She subsequently ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Elise was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.

}}

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|ship=Escape

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore in Loch Ròg. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Greenock, Renfrewshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Isaac Wright|1847 ship|2}}

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

|desc=The ship caught fire in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. She was taken in to Liverpool, where her passengers and crew were taken off and she was scuttled by {{HMS|Hastings|1819|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) but she continued to burn.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=24 December 1858 |issue=3387 }}

}}

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|ship=Stadt Barth

|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Ringkøbing, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Barth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=31 December 1858 |issue=28695 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Talavera, or
Talusin

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

|desc=The sloop was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Rhyl, Denbighshire. She was on a voyage from Conway, Anglesey to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 December 1858 |issue=10720 |page=7 }}

}}

23 December

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|ship=Carleton

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. SHe was on a voyage from Restigouche, New Brunswick, British North America to Limerick.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=F. A. Palmer

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Scheldt.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three Brothers

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cape Wrath, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Windsor

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Nene.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=27 December 1858 |issue=28691 }}

}}

24 December

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|ship=Alfred

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Burry Port, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Columbus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dingle, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 December 1858 |issue=28690 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sherlock

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

25 December

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|ship=Cambyses

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Barra, Outer Hebrides and capsized.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harriet

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 December 1858 |issue=10724 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Triumph

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cordelia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Triumph was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Limerick.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=10 January 1859 |issue=3401 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Yorkshire Lass

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 22 February 1859.{{Cite news |title=District Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=25 February 1859 |issue=3868 }}

}}

26 December

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in Horsens Fjord. She was on a voyage from Horsens, Denmark to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated three days later and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Blue Bell

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=31 December 1858 |issue=9601 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Coriander

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Robin Hoods Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

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|ship=Fourteen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and placed under repair.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 January 1859 |issue=9604 }}

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|ship=George and Alexander

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Gisina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Alexandria, Egypt.

}}

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|ship=Hazard

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The brigantine ran aground at Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Cork, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Mariquita

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The chasse-marée ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

}}

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|ship=Peter Andras

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Alexandria.

}}

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|ship=Rebecca

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 January 1859 |issue=10736 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Trinity Yacht

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Three of her crew took to a boat and were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to São Miguel Island, Azores. Trinity Yacht was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.

}}

27 December

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|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Aurora

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The smack sank in the North Sea. Her crew survived.

}}

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|ship=Caractacus

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 December 1858 |issue=28692 }} Some of those on board were taken off by the South Shields Lifeboat. Caractacus was on a voyage from Galway to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 1 January 1859 and taken in to South Shields.

}}

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|ship=Eaglet

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from "Wyburgh" to Memel, Kingdom of Prussia and Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and take in to Malmö, Sweden for repairs.{{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=Energie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.

}}

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|ship=Ocean Queen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Appledore, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 December 1858 |issue=10726 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Reine de Anges

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The chasse-marée ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of three smacks and take in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Vine

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Norfolk coast. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Rewards for Saving Life |newspaper=The North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=5 February 1859 |issue=1661 }}

}}

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|ship=Vintage

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Blackpool, Lancashire. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=A Schooner Wrecked near Blackpool |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 December 1858 |issue=10726 |page=6 }}

}}

28 December

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|ship=Ariel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Marstrand, Sweden to London. She was refloated on 2 January 1859 and taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aufgekende Sonne

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Laaland. She was on a voyage from Saxkjøbing to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 January 1859 |issue=10729 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Coadjutor

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

|desc=The ship sank off Veurne, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.

}}

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|ship=Confianza

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off Westkapelle, West Flanders. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat Gaspard ({{Flag|Belgium}}). Confianaza was on a voyage from Sunderland to Lisbon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 January 1859 |issue=3943 }}

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Hœmskerk", Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ostend, West Flanders.

}}

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|ship=Mazeppa

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

|desc=schooner capsized and sank at Hong Kong with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=16 February 1859 |issue=2215 |page=1 }}

}}

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|ship=Minnie Harley

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned off the Butt of Lewis. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Cork.

}}

29 December

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|ship=Arion

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Frederikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Randers.

}}

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|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Frederikshavn.

}}

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|ship=Endeavour

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

|desc=The barque collided with the barque Adeline ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Cartagena, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall of Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 January 1859 |issue=6023 }}

}}

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|ship=Henrys

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

|desc=The brig was run down by the steamship Vigilant ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Pakefield, Suffolk. Henrys was on a voyage from Crimea, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 January 1859 |issue=10728 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 January 1859 |issue=9602 }}

}}

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|ship=John and Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Belmullet, County Mayo.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Johnson

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jonge Renke

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Agger Canal. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Julia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Frederikshavn.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Frederikshavn.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Othello

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

|desc=The ship sank at Frederikshavn. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Othello

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

|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Commerce de Paris ({{flag|France}}). Othello was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Isles of Scilly and London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 January 1859 |issue=10730 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Royal Albert

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Gravelines, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Stirling Castle

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Inverness to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=31 December 1858 |page=9 |issue=23191 |column=B }} Stirling Castle was subsequently towed in to Harwich, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 December 1858 |issue=10727 |page=7 }}

}}

30 December

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|ship=Aragon

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked in Table Bay.{{Cite news |title=Cape of Good Hope |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 January 1859 |issue=10750 |page=5 }}

}}

31 December

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|ship=Annie Margrethe

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bogense to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Bertha

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Palermo, Sicily. She was refloated on 3 January 1859 with assistance from the steamship Taurus (File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) and taken in to Palermo for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Jane Black

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Flora McDonald ({{flag|United States|1858}}).

}}

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|ship=Madinina

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bône. Algeria. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Tunis, Beylik of Tunis to Bôna.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Gales in the Mediterranean |date=21 January 1859 |page=7 |issue=23209 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Orland

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Pedro Shoals. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The West India, Mexico, and Pacific Mails |date= 3 February 1859 |page=8 |issue=23220 |column=D-E }}

}}

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|ship=St. Michael

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

|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|Panther|1851|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank in the River Thames. She had been refloated by 5 January 1859 and taken in to Bow Creek for repairs.

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|ship=Abeona

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 December. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Adelphi

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

|desc=The ship struck a submerged object and sank in the River Tyne at Pelaw, Northumberland. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged, but was placed under repair.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 January 1859 |issue=9603 }}

}}

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|ship=Agenoria

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Kingstown, County Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 December 1858 |issue=3926 }}

}}

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|ship=Alexander

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bags Ledge, in the Isles of Scilly. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anna Louise

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig was lost in the Dogger Bank before 4 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Amsterdam, North Holland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Skerbor River. She was refloated and taken to a port in Sierra Leone before 20 December. She was consequently condemned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Axe

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=8 December 1858 |issue=2205 }}

}}

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|ship=A. Y. Trask

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in Puget Sound on or about 10 December.{{Cite news |title=British Columbia |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=29 January 1859 |issue=28721 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bartolo

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom for repairs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Biovald

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Valparaíso, Chile.

}}

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|ship=City of Delhi

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and put back to Greenock.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 January 1859 |issue=3956 }}

}}

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|ship=Cresswell

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and put back to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Due Fratelli

|flag=22px United Principalities

|desc=The ship foundered in the Black Sea.{{Cite news |title=Turkey and its Dependencies |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 January 1859 |issue=28700 |edition=Second }}

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|ship=Dorothea

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque collided with another ship and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 December. Her crew were rescued by Equinox ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Duchess of Northumberland

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Marion ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Elisha Kent

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 December. Her crew were rescued by Rising Sun ({{flag|United States|1858}}).

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth Hall

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 December. Her crew were rescued by the brig Bull ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Elizabeth Hall was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to the Canary Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth Moore

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 December.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 February 1859 |issue=10765 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Elk

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardglass, County Down before 14 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=14 December 1858 }}

}}

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|ship=Eva

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Evangilistria

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig foundered in the Black Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fanny Palmer

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

|desc=The ship foundered at sea before 23 December. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to a British port.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Freeland

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea before 6 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar.

}}

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|ship=Furst Blucher

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark before 20 December. She was on a voyage from Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rostock.

}}

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|ship=Gianetta

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Danube before 15 December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gianetta

|flag=File:Flag of the Papal States (1808-1870).svg Papal States

|desc=The brig foundered in the Black Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Graf von Schwerin

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The koff was driven ashore at Drontheim, Norway. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gratitude

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 January 1859 |issue=6020 }} She was on a voyage from Trieste to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.

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|ship=Hector

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |pages=186–87 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

}}

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

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

|desc= The schooner was lost returning from Prince Edward Island in December, 1858 or January, 1859. All aboard, 8 passengers and 7 crew, were killed.{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=11 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124722/https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |url-status=dead }}

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|ship=John Stephens

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in Puget Sound on or about 10 December.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kate Wheeler

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by Southerner and a barque ({{both|flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Kate Wheeler was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Boston, Massachusetts.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Klawiller

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Black Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Hodgkinson

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

|desc=The troopship was driven ashore on the Malabar Coast, India. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mangalia

|flag={{flag|Ottoman Empire|red}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Black Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship was beached in Mulroy Bay. She was on a voyage from "Ballynase Quay" to Buncrana, County Donegal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaretha Kristine

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. She was refloated wt=utg assistance of Wonder ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Margaret Tyspn

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

|desc=The ship foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Intelligence |date=24 January 1859 |page=9 |issue=23211 |column=A }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mathilda

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Matthew King

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel before 11 December. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 December 1858 |issue=10711 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Monica

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

|desc=The ship sank at Scarborough before 17 December. She was refloated on that date and taken in to Scarborough.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Queenstown, County Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nile

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nile

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Palmas

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pelestrina

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Ambelachi", Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Reather Schaffer

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Cape Horn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to a port in California, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Ruby|1854|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Gleaner|gunboat}} was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 28 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=30 December 1858 |issue=3392 }}

}}

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|ship=Stirlingshire

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Russian coast with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London.{{Cite news |title=The Wreck of the Stirlingshire of Montrose, And Loss of Ten Lives |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 December 1858 |issue=6010 }}

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|ship=Stoliviano

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The ship sank between Chios and Psara.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 January 1859 |issue=28699 }}

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|ship=Tilsit

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Stettin. She was refloated on 29 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=5 January 1859 |issue=21616 }}

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|ship=Valkyren

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Andrews Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich.

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|ship=Victor Henriette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Alicante ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}).

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|ship=Viscount

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered off Cape Horn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Arica, Chile.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=25 January 1859 |page=7 |issue=23212 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Waterloo

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned off Cuxhaven.

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|ship=Wild Irish Girl

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 December. Her sixteen crew were rescued by Providence ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Wild Irish Girl was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal.

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|ship=William B. Dean

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Kingstown, County Dublin. She was subsequently taken in to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 December 1858 |issue=10712 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Woodpark

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

|desc=The ship sank in the River Thames.

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References

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