List of shipwrecks in February 1859

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

1 February

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|ship=Charlotte Jane

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Crookrahatta Lump, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 March 1859 |issue=10804 }}

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|ship=Countess of Leicester

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was refloated.

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|ship=Experiment

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Horse Isle, in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of two of her crew.

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|ship=Jeune Augustine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck in the English Channel {{convert|12|nmi|km}} north west of Calais. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Port-en-Bessin, Calvados. She consequently put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a leaky condition the next day.

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|ship=Victory

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

|desc=The tug sank at Birkenhead, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 February 1859 |issue=10756 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=4 February 1859 |issue=3423 }}

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2 February

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|ship=Crocus

|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 Caen, Calvados, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated with assistance from the Caister Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 February 1859 |issue=9607 }}

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|ship=Dare

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Roar Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cherbourg, Manche, France. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.

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|ship=D{{'}}Elmira, and
Vizcaya

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

|desc=D{{'}}Elmira collided with the barque Vizcaya in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was severely damaged was towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom by the tug Don ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}. Vizcaya{{'}}s crew got aboard D{{'}}Elmira She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Vizcaya was subsequently boarded by the Brighton and Newhaven Lifeboats. She was towed in to Newhaven, Sussex by the steamship {{SS|Lyons|1856|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{cite book |title=Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century |first=David |last=Renno |pages=189–90 |publisher=Amherst Publishing |location=Sevenoaks |year=2004 |isbn=1-903637-20-1}}

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the brig Alma ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Moderator

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

|desc=The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and taken in tow in a capsized condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 February 1859 |issue=28726 }}

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|ship=Richmond

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

|desc=The schooner collided with another vessel and sank off Kingsdown, Kent. All but her captain were rescued by the vessel she collided with. Her captain was rescued by the Deal lugger Seaman{{'}}s Hope ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Richmond was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwreck |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 March 1859 |issue=3448 }}

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|ship=Rocket

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 February 1859 |page=8 |issue=23220 |column=F }}

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|ship=Thetis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Brest, Finistère. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Powerful and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Case of Salvage at Lowestoft |newspaper=The Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=12 February 1859 |issue=6249 }}

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3 February

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|ship=Archimede

|flag=22px Kingdom of Sardinia

|desc=The ship was driven ashore east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She had become a wreck by 19 February.

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|ship=Cymbeline

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

|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 July 1859 |issue=10895 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Erin

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. She was refloated on 9 February and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 February 1859 |issue=10762 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Vernon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Nahant, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Boston, Massachusetts.

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4 February

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|ship=Bijou

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Margate Sand, off the coast of Kent. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the River Thames.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 February 1859 |issue=10759 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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|ship=Grace

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.

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|ship=Himalaya

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Solent.

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|ship=Jubilee

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her 25 crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of an English Ship |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=5 February 1859 |issue=26563 |page=5 }} She was refloated on 1 June.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=2 June 1859 |issue=3524 }}

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|ship=Maxim

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and beached at Lowestoft. Maxim was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft.

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|ship=North Star

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at New River, New Zealand when she became stranded on a bar during a gale.{{cite news|title=Loss of the Screw Steamer 'Ignez de Castro'|work=Glasgow Herald|issue=6050|date=8 February 1859|page=2}}

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|ship=Thalestris

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbados. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 February 1859 |issue=3424 }}

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5 February

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|ship=Five Brothers

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Straits Settlements

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on Capchee Point, China. She was attacked by the Chinese with some loss of life. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Zephyr ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Five Brothers was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Swatow and Amoy, China.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 March 1859 |page=12 |issue=23256 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=China |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 April 1859 |issue=21696 }}

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|ship=Ignes de Castro

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Peniche. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Lisbon.

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6 February

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|ship=Governor Anderson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fos-sur-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to an English port. She was later refloated and taken int o Bône, Algeria, where she arrived on 4 March.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 March 1859 |issue=10789 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The smack was struck the Horse Rock, off Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.

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|ship=Miaza

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Honfleur, Calvados, France. She was refloated with the assistance of the smack Hart ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a severely damaged condition.

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|ship=Mentor

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The crewless brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hjørring, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.

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|ship=St. Anne

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked near Galway. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Valkyrien

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Malta. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and put in to Malta in a leaky condition.

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7 February

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|ship=Pioneer

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

|desc=The ship collided with Copia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bowling, Dunbartonshire to Morecambe Bay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 February 1859 |page=12 |issue=23227 |column=F }}

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8 February

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Alde at Orford, Suffolk.

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|ship=Elfin

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

|desc=The schooner was in collision with the steamship Prince Patrick ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|13|nmi|km}} off Fleetwood, Lancashire with the loss of five of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date9 February 1859 |page=10 |issue=23225 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shocking Collision at Sea |date=10 February 1859 |page=8 |issue=23226 |column=D }}

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|ship=Elizabeth and Jane

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship R. L. Lane ({{flag|United States|1858}}) and was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=9 February 1859 |issue=3427 }}

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|ship=Francis P. Beck

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Riding Rocks, off Grand Bahama, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Providence, Rhode Island.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=15 March 1859 |issue=3456 }}

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|ship=Gentleman

|flag=22px Stralsund

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 February 1859 |issue=10761 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Ignez de Castro

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Peniche, Portugal. Crew and passengers saved.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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|ship={{HMS|Wizard|1830|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Cherokee|brig-sloop}} was wrecked on the Seal Rock, in Bantry Bay. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Skipjack|1855|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).

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9 February

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|ship=Erin

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

|desc=The ship struck the breakwater at Holyhead, Anglesey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was towed in to Holyhead in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Herald

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

|desc=The schooner struck rocks off Rutland Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to the River Clyde. She was refloated and taken in to "Port Adara" in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Juno

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

|desc=The ship struck the Feenish Rocks, off the coast of County Galway. She was then driven ashore in the Aran Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galway to Portsmouth, Hampshire.

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|ship=Mercator

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

|desc=The sloop foundered in the Bristol Channel off Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was later refloated and towed back to Bristol.{{Cite news |title=District News |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=12 February 1859 |issue=3595 }}

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|ship=Pangan

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

|desc=The schooner collided with Rochenham ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off The Skerries, Anglesey with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 February 1859 |page=9 |issue=23226 |column=F }}

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|ship=St. Nicholas

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen. She had become a wreck by 12 February.

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|ship=Vixen

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Bahama Bank, in the Irish Sea north east of the Isle of Man and was wrecked with the loss of six of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Gourock, Renfrewshire to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck off the Isle of Man |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 February 1859 |issue=6055 }}

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10 February

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|ship=Eblana

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 April 1859 |issue=6098 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 April 1859 |issue=4023 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 April 1859 |issue=9615 }}

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|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Jacksonville, Florida.

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|ship=Joseph

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Ballyhack, County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The standard |location=London |date=14 February 1859 |issue=10765 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Mechanic

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=11 February 1859 |issue=3429 }}

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|ship=Sea Bird

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

|desc=The steamship capsized and sank off Quail Island. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 May 1859 |issue=10851 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Vigilant

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Montrose, Forfarshire. All but her captain were taken off by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was subsequently towed in to Montrose.

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Berbice, British Guiana.

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11 February

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|ship=Annette Gilbert

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

|desc=The ship wrecked in the Sooloo Sea. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from "Coti" to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=29 April 1859 |issue=3495 }}

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|ship=Corredo

|flag={{flag|Mexico|1823}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Guaymas.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=14 February 1859 |issue=3431 }}

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|ship=Merioneth

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Rising Sun

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground and sank at Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 February 1859 |issue=10766 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Robert McWilliam

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Neath, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cartagena, Spain. She was refloated and beached at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 18 February.

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12 February

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|ship=Hendrika Morgreska

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brigantine ran aground in the Irish Sea off the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She consequently put in to Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Schwan

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Weser near Imsum. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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13 February

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|ship=Anna Isabella

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean shortly before she foundered. Her crew were rescued by R. D. Shepherd ({{Flag|United States|1858}}). Anna Isabella was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Waterford.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 February 1859 |issue=3990 }}

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|ship={{SS|European|1851|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. European was refloated with the assistance of the tug Prowler and taken in to Liverpool the next day.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 February 1859 |issue=3980 }}

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14 February

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|ship=Diana

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

|desc=The ship collided with a barque and sank in the North Sea. {{convert|13|nmi|km}} off Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Auguste ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}). Diana was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brake.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 February 1859 |page=8 |issue=23235 |column=B }}

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|ship=Rowena

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Athens, Greece.

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|ship=Rubenow

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Trieste. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.

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15 February

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|ship=Lenna

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near the Morups Tånge Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.

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|ship={{SS|William Hutt|1853|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship, a collier, was driven ashore. She was refloated the next day but then ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. William Hutt was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated with the assistance of six smacks and resumed her voyage.

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16 February

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Woodbridge, Suffolk in a waterlogged condition.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |authorlink=Hervey Benham |page=187 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

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|ship=Annogara

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.

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|ship=Diana

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Luctor et Emergo

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Middelburg, Zeeland.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 February 1859 |issue=10770 |page=7 }} She had become a wreck by 19 February.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 February 1859 |issue=3986 }}

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|ship=Maid of Julpha

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Victoria

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Warrnambool and caught fire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=7 April 1859 |issue=3476 }}

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|ship=Reliance

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Jamaica

|desc=The sloop was lost between Old House Point and Rock Bay.

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17 February

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|ship=Bay

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat was driven ashore and wrecked at Havering Point, between Ravenglass, Cumberland and the mouth of the River Duddon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Courrier de Filfila

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Phillippeville, Algeria with the loss of seven lives.

}}

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|ship=Despina M

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Berdyansk, Russia to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 March 1859 |issue=3995 }}

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth and Sarah

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Southwold. She was refloated and taken in to Southwold in a waterlogged condition.

}}

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|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The barque ran aground and was wrecked on Cay Bokel. She was on a voyage form London to Belize City, British Honduras.

}}

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|ship=Viscount Arbuthnot

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

|desc=The ship struck the Newton Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. She was assisted in the Lindisfarne, Northumberland in a leaky condition.

}}

18 February

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|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on a reef {{convert|25|nmi|km}} off Belize City, British Honduras. She was on a voyage from London to Belize City.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The West Indies and Pacific Mails |date=21 March 1859 |page=10 |issue=23259 |column=A-B }}

}}

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|ship=Father Mathew

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Callantsoog, Groningen, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Texel, North Holland, where she arrived on 21 January.

}}

19 February

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|ship=Breeze

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

|desc=The ship sank in the Scheldt between Borsele and Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Commercie Compagnie, and
Jackson

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

|desc=Commercie Compagnie was driven into Jackson. Both were driven ashore at Vlissingen, Zeeland, where Commercie Compagnie was wrecked. Jackson was refloated and taken in to Vlissingen in a severely leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dorothy

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

|desc=The schooner was damaged by an explosion in her cargo of coal at Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

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|ship=Egide

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Jury's Gap, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated.

}}

20 February

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|ship={{PS|Black Warrior|1852|2}}

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

|desc=The 1,556-tons burden sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground at Rockaway, New York City. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York City. She was refloated with the assistance of Achilles, Edwin Blount and Screamer (all {{flag|United States|1858}}) but ran aground again. She was wrecked in a gale on 24 February{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=9 March 1859 |issue=3451 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?23209 |title=PSS Black Warrior (+1859) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=5 November 2019}}{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 March 1859 |issue=10785 |page=5 }} and sank in {{convert|35|ft|m|0}} of water at {{coord|40|25.641|N|073|51.135|W|name=Black Warrior}}.[https://njscuba.net/sites/site_black_warrior.php njscuba.net Black Warrior]

}}

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|ship=B. Norris

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship caught fire in Hobsons Bay. She was scuttled by {{ship|HMVS|Victoria|1855|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=10 May 1859 |issue=3504 }}{{Cite news |title=The Burning of the American Ship B. Norris, in Hobson's Bay |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=11 May 1859 |issue=13381 }}

}}

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|ship=Ernest and George

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Inner Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

21 February

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|ship=Henriette

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Tino, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 23 February.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=1 April 1859 |issue=9614 }}

}}

22 February

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|ship=Brighton

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

|desc=The ship sank at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to King's Lynn.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The paddle steamer collided with the steamship {{SS|Islesman|1857|2}} and sank off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire with the loss of two lives. Survivors were rescued by Islesman. Lapwing was on a voyage from the Clyde to Inverness.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 February 1859 |page=12 |issue=23240 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Steamship Collision and Loss of Life |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=23 February 1859 |issue=3439 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Normandy ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Torquay, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Normandy. Mary was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Torquay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thye

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Heraklion, Crete. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to a British port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 March 1859 |page=11 |issue=23248 |column=A }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vigilant

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Moy and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ballina, County Mayo. She was refloated and towed in to Ballina.

}}

23 February

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|ship=Commerce de Carentan

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. Commerce de Carentan was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She subsequently floated off and was discovered off Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was taken in to Aldeburgh, Suffolk in a derelict condition.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 March 1859 |issue=9610 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Adelaide

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was scuttled at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown, County Cork.

}}

24 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Greek Slave

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

|desc=The brig was run into by the Thames barge James and sank in the River Thames at Barking, Essex.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiralty Court, July 28 |date=1 August 1859 |page=10 |issue=23373 |column=E }} She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London.

}}

25 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jean Baptiste

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig struck a submerged object and sank {{convert|16|nmi|km}} east north east of the Tuskar Rock. Her crew took to a boat and were subsequently rescued by Aladdin ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jean Baptiste was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Waterford and Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 March 1859 |page=12 |issue=23245 |column=F }}

}}

26 February

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|ship=Fowler

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Calais, France. She was refloated and found to be leaky.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Jaseur|1857|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=. The {{Sclass|Algerine|gunboat}} was wrecked on the Bajo Nuevo Bank in the Caribbean Sea. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Phantom

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Hartwell Reef, off Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shanghai, China.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|Start||2}}

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

|desc= The cargo schooner was lost on Narragansett Beach, Rhode Island. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1859.htm |title=1859 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=9 July 2021}}

}}

27 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carnatic

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

|desc=The barque struck Filey Brigg and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Lochlibo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Hartland Point, Devon, England, while carrying coal from Newport, Wales, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was declared a total loss.{{cite book|last1=Larn|first1=Richard|last2=Larn|first2=Bridget|title=Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. Volume 1, Section 1 – North Devon|date=1997|publisher=Lloyds Register of Shipping|location=London|isbn=0-900528-88-5}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prince Frederick William of Prussia

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

|desc=The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Calais, France with the loss of three lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Ondine ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Prince Frederick William of Prussia was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Calais. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of the steamship L{{'}}Imperatrice ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=29 March 1859 |page=9 |issue=23266 |column=E-F }}{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneouw |newspaper=Berrow's Worcester Journal |location=Bristol |date=5 March 1859 |issue=8155 |page=3 }}{{Cite news |title=Fatal Steam-boat Accident |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly News |location=London |date=16 March 1859 |issue=850 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Richard and Alice

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Frederikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tam O{{'}}Shanter

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Archer Bank, at the mouth of the Seine.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 March 1859 |issue=10781 |page=7 }}

}}

28 February

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|ship=Atlantic

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to British Honduras. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, where she arrived on 19 March in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=1 April 1859 |issue=3873 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dahinda

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Proudfoot Rocks, near Wick, Caithness. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=3 March 1859 |issue=21665 }} She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wick, Caithness.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 March 1859 |issue=9612 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Don

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 March 1859 |issue=6068 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lochlibo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Ilfracombe, Devon.

}}

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea before 6 February.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aglae

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was struck by lightning and sank off the coast of Africa. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Accra, Gold Coast to London, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aglae et Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Portugal.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The East India and China Mails |date=16 February 1859 |page=12 |issue=23231 |column=A }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alchymist

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Indian coast.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amelia and Mary

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 18 February. her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anna

|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 with the assistance of the smacks Alfred and Celerity (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bruce

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

|desc=The schooner was driven into the pier and sank in Loch Melfort before 3 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Loch Melfort.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 February 1859 |page=12 |issue=23222 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=7 February 1859 |issue=21644 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=European

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 14 February and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 February 1859 |page=5 |issue=23230 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Freia

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Babao, Macao, China before 7 February. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to be on a voyage from Sunderland to Havana, Cuba{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 March 1859 |issue=4010 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 March 1859 |issue=10796 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Furlose

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Sulina, Ottoman Empire in late February. Her crew were rescued by Susan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=District Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=20 April 1859 |issue=2224 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gentoo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Panama City, Granadine Confederation.{{Cite news |title=West India and Pacific Mails |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=4 March 1859 |issue=13324 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glentilt

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

|desc=The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to the River Plate. She put in to the Rio Grande, where she sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 February 1859 |page=11 |issue=23236 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=H. Volant

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

|desc=The ship sank at Kirkcudbright before 4 February. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James

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

|desc=The brig collided with Richard Cobden ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jubilee

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Minsmere Sluice, Suffolk before 14 February.{{cite web |url=http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net/assets/WLHG/ShipsShipwrecks1782-1845.pdf |title=Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874 |first=Alan Farquar |last=Bottomley |publisher=Suffolk Records Society |accessdate=25 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Julie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Laguna. She was on a voyage from Veracruz, Mexico to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks and Loss of Life &c |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=23 February 1859 |issue=13315 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Anna

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea before 25 February.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Palm

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Guadeloupe.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 February 1859 |issue=9609 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Portia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Calcutta, India.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Saint Clément

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered. All on board were rescued by Der Wager ({{flag|Prussia|civil}}). Saint Clément was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Express from Paris |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 November 1859 |issue=28979 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=South Carolina

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Mobile, Alabama before 4 February.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Spitfire|1845|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The survey ship was driven ashore on Sherborough Island, Sierra Leone. She was refloated three days later.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 April 1859 |page=10 |issue=23276 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tribune

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Porto, Portugal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vernon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Boston on 12 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 February 1859 |page=12 |issue=23241 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vesta

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

|desc=The ship foundered before 5 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 March 1859 |issue=3459 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victory

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

|desc=The tug sank at Birkenhead, Cheshire. She was refloated on 17 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 February 1859 |page=9 |issue=23233 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Vulture|1843|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Cyclops|frigate}} was driven ashore on the Barbary Coast. She was refloated and assisted in to Malta by {{HMS|Perseverance|1854|6}} ({{navy|UK}}), arriving on 21 February.{{Cite news |title=The Mediterranean Station |newspaper=Hampshire Advertiser and Salisbury Guardian |location=Southampton |date=12 March 1859 |issue=1854 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Walmaet

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Málaga, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Spain |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 February 1859 |issue=28745 |edition=First }}

}}

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|ship=Wildflower

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Augusta, Sicily before 12 February. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Trieste.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wonga Wonga

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Manawatu River before 24 February. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 May 1859 |issue=6135 }}

}}

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