List of shipwrecks in July 1857

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The list of shipwrecks in July 1857 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during July 1857.

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1 July

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|ship=Earl of Derby

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|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Trefontano", Sicily. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to an English port. She was refloated on 6 July and taken in to "Mazzora".

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|ship=Futtah Moombarrack

|flag=22px India

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on "Sirdy Island", in the Persian Gulf. All on board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 September 1857 |issue=26120 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 September 1857 |issue=10326 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Jantina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Stockton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jantina was on a voyage from Groningen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 July 1857 |issue=28246 }}

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|ship=Patriot

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

|desc=The brig ran aground and sank at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stockholm, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 July 1857 |issue=10264 |page=8 }}

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2 July

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|ship=Arctic

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Sanday, Orkney. She had been refloated by 7 July and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury etc |location=Edinburgh |date=20 July 1857 |issue=21158 }}

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|ship=Hebe

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Torrevecchia Teatina, Papal States to Stockholm. She was refloated and taken in to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 July 1857 |issue=10261 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Napoleon

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Cronstadt.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 July 1857 |issue=3475 }}

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|ship=Norman

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Galle, Ceylon. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=17 August 1857 |issue=3022 }}

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|ship=Patriotess

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Swan Spit. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Geelong, Victoria. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Queenscliff, Victoria.

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|ship=Swea

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Gothenburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 July 1857 |issue=28247 }}

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3 July

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|ship=Delta

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.

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|ship=Floraville

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suddolk. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=10 July 1857 |issue=9524 }}

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|ship=George the Fourth

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Gosport

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south of Cape Henry. Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=20 July 1857 |issue=3010 }}

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|ship=Patriot

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

|desc=The ship sank off Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stockholm, Sweden.

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4 July

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|ship=Anne Augusta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Carlingford, County Louth. She was refloated.

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|ship=Julia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}

|desc=The transport ship was driven ashore at Clifton, India with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to Bombay.

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|ship=Ontario

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 July 1857 |issue=24248 }}

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|ship=Richard

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 July 1857 |issue=28249 }}

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5 July

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.

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|ship=Esther

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was capsized by a tornado off the Spanish Main with the loss of two lives.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 September 1857 |issue=10314 |page=8 }}

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|ship=H. Lidunia

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Akyab, Burma and was damaged. She was refloated and put back to Akyab.

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|ship=Rapid

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 July 1857 |issue=28250 }}

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6 July

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|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the False Cape Patch, off the coast of Africa. She was on a voyage from the British Cameroons to Bonny.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=West Coast of Africa |date=9 October 1857 |page=6 |issue=22807 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 October 1857 |issue=10347 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Sally Gale

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 July 1857 |issue=10265 }}

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7 July

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|ship={{HMS|Actaeon|1831|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The sixth rate frigate ran aground on a reef in the Gaspar Strait ({{coord|1|39|48|S|106|37|58|E}}) and was damaged.

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|ship=Hampden

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the South Atlantic. Her eleven crew too to tow boats; eight of them reached Bahia, Brazilon 17 July. The other three were reported missing. Hampden was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ascension Island.

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|ship=Sampson

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey with the loss of all five people on board.{{Cite news |title=A Flat Sunk in the River |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=8 July 1857 |issue=3005 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 July 1857 |issue=3477 }}

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|ship=Three Brothers

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from London to Lübeck. She was refloated and taken in to Carolinensiel, Kingdom of Hanover for repairs.

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8 July

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|ship=Cawthorn

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and capsized at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Bidefored.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 July 1857 |issue=10267 }}

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|ship=Endeavour

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Jamaica

|desc=The schooner was attacked on the coast of the Spanish Main {{convert|150|nmi|km}} from Bahia Honda, Republic of New Granada. Local inhabitants plundered the vessel, murdered four of her eleven crew and set her afire.{{Cite news |title=Massacre of an English Crew |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 September 1857 |issue=28309 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 September 1857 |issue=10324 }}

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|ship=Koning Willem II

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Guichen Bay.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 September 1857 |issue=10328 |page=8 }}

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10 July

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|ship=Gil Blas

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the southern end of Mana Island, New Zealand, whilst en route from Wellington to Sydney. There were no deaths.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 59-60.

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|ship={{HMS|Transit|1855|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The troopship was wrecked on a reef in the Bangka Strait ({{coord|1|59|40|S|105|08|40|E}}). All on board survived.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/T/04863.html |title=Transit, 1855 |publisher=P Benyon |accessdate=19 August 2019}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Loss of the Transit |date=6 October 1857 |page=7 |issue=22804 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 November 1857 |issue=10380 }}

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|ship=William Bailey

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

|desc=The ship was run ashore in Plettenberg Bay where she was destroyed by fire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Algoa Bay to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 September 1857 |issue=21209 }}

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11 July

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|ship=St. Louis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Vannes, Morbihan. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 July 1857 |issue=10270 }}

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|ship=Undaunted

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

|desc=The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 October 1857 |issue=10345 }}{{Cite news |title=Multum in Parvo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 October 1857 |issue=3046 }}

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13 July

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|ship=Beta

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow.{{Cite news |title=Mercantil Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date= July 1857 |issue=10271 |page=8 }} She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=17 July 1857 |issue=3009 }}

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|ship=Grazio à Deo

|flag={{flag|Uruguay}}

|desc=The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Carlyle ({{flag|United States|1851}}) and sank in St. George's Channel with the loss of six of her twelve crew. Grazio à Deo was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste.{{Cite news |title=Collision in St. George's Channel, and Loss of Life |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 July 1857 |issue=3483 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=15 July 1857 |issue=3008 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Law Report |date=11 January 1858 |page=9 |issue=22887 |column=F }}

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14 July

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|ship=Belle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Rotkein", Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Whitby, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 August 1857 |issue=10309 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Energy

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

|desc=The brig capsized and sank at the mouth of the Restigouche River.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligehnce |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=28 August 1857 |issue=9531 }}

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|ship=Francis

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Chusan Islands, China. She was on a voyage from Woosung to Amoy, China. She became a wreck on 18 July with the loss of 21 crew.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 October 1857 |issue=26133 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=7 October 1857 |issue=2144 }}

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15 July

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|ship=Antarctic

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the South Sands, in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Mercantils Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 September 1857 |issue=10329 |page=8 }}

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17 July

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|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Saguenay River. She was on a voyage from Bic, Province of Canada, British North America to an English port. She was refloated the next day and subsequently taken in to Quebec City, Province of Canada.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 August 1857 |issue=10291 }}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of Öland, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 July 1857 |issue=10274 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Manhattan

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 July 1857 |issue=3486 }}

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18 July

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|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Bimbay Flats, on the African coast.{{Cite news |title=The African Mail |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=10 September 1857 |issue=26114 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Lapwing

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.

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|ship=Louis Charles

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger foundered off Bideford, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 July 1857 |issue=10276 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Van Bosse

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Tarama", in the "Line Kive Islands", Japan. All 27 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 January 1858 |issue=10241 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 January 1858 |issue=10439 }}

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19 July

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|ship=Creole

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Antigua

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Antigua.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 October 1857 |page=10 |issue=22816 |column=B }}

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|ship=Semiramis

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} off Colombo, Ceylon. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Colombo to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=21 September 1857 |issue=3037 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 September 1857 |issue=28314 }}

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20 July

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|ship=Magnet

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. she was refloated.

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|ship=Wohlfart

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued.

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21 July

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|ship=Kandian Chief

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 October 1857 |page=11 |issue=22824 |column=D }} She was on a voyage from The Downs to Ceylon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 October 1857 |issue=3573 }}

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|ship=Monasco

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked near "Burie", Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of 54 lives. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to New York.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 August 1857 |issue=10300 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Moultree

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Charleston. She had sunk by 25 July.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 August 1857 |issue=3017 }}

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|ship=Paragon

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

|desc=The ship struck a reef in the Pentland Firth and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She put in to Widewall Bay in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 July 1857 |issue=10283 |page=8 }}

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22 July

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|ship=Falkland

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Green Island Reef, in British North American waters. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 24 August and towed in to Quebec City in a capsized condition.

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|ship=Ste. Anne

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Goose Island Reef.

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23 July

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|ship=Arabian

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and scuttled at Quebec City, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Rivière-du-Loup to Quebec City.

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|ship=Consul Davis

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on Norra Flytarre, off Gotland, Sweden and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to an English port. She was refloated on 28 August and taken in to Slitohamn, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 August 1857 |issue=10311 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Currency

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kamouraska, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Whitehaven, Cumberland. She had been refloated by 10 August and towed in to Quebec City.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 August 1857 |issue=10306 |page=8 }}

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24 July

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|ship=Juno

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Barshage Reef, off the south coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Turku. She had been refloated by 28 August and taken in to "Burysock".

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|ship=Sarah Clarke

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to a European port. She was refloated and taken in to Portland, Maine.

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|ship=Senoriano

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

|desc=The brig was destroyed by fire at Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Witch of the Wave

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Monte Video, Uruguay.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 September 1857 |issue=10318 |page=8 }}

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25 July

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to Gloucester. She was refloated on 27 July and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=29 July 1857 |issue=28268 }}

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|ship=Ohio

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Alexandretta, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandretta. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 September 1857 |issue=19315 |page=8 }}

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26 July

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|ship=Gipsey

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was lost near St. Shott's, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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27 July

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|ship=London Packet

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Aurora ({{flag|Denmark}}). London Packet was on a voyage from Stettin to Ipswich, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 August 1857 |issue=10287 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Marie Francoise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was in collision with Stranger ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the English Channel {{convert|30|nmi|km}} south of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Stranger. Marie Francoise was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Alderney, Channel Islands in a derelict condition on 6 August.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 August 1857 |issue=10293 |page=8 }}

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28 July

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The brigantine was blown onto rocks at Pitt Island in New Zealand's Chatham Islands by a fierce gale, with the loss of eight of the 14 people on board.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 61.

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29 July

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|ship=Creole

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Belfast Reef, off the north coast of Antigua. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 August 1857 |issue=10301 |page=8 }}

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30 July

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|ship=Ariel

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Swan Island, Tasmania.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 October 1857 |issue=10354 }}

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|ship=Carack

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

|desc=The ship caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 August 1857 |issue=3020 }}

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|ship=Harp

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Swan Island.

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|ship=Hylton Grove

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

|desc=The ship was beached on Landfall Island, Andaman Islands. Her crew were rescued by Arratoon Apcar (Flag unknown).

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|ship=Norna

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Swan Island.

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|ship=Rapid

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Swan Island.

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|ship=Valentine

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground, capsized and sank at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was on a voyage from Newport to Youghal, County Cork.

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|ship=Boyne

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Fleetwood, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 July 1857 |issue=28267 }}

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|ship=Bromborough

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America before 2 June.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=13 July 1857 |issue=3007 }}

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|ship=Constantia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree, India before 3 July.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 August 1857 |issue=3509 }}

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|ship=Don

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Hayle, Cornwall.

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

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The troopship ran aground in the Strait of Banca. She was refloated on 8 July with assistance from Gauntlet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Italia

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Reeth's Reef. Her crew were rescued by Confidence ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Italia was on a voyage from Agrigento to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 July 1857 |issue=3494 }}

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|ship=Johannes

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Adra, Spain before 23 July. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Trieste.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 August 1857 |issue=9529 }}

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|ship=Laurent et Fauny

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig ran aground and capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Leonhardt

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship sank off Manado, Netherlands East Indies before 28 July.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 October 1857 |issue=10342 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Mary Matilda

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship ran aground near Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.

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|ship=Pacha

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 31 July.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 August 1857 |issue=28277 }}

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|ship=Pacific

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 August 1857 |issue=10295 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Polynesia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Carlingford, County Louth before 25 July. She was refloated.

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|ship=Prince Albert

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Patrick's Hole, British North America.

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|ship={{SV|Prisilla||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc= The cargo schooner was lost on Norman's Woe.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1857.htm |title=1857 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=9 July 2021}}

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|ship=Retriever

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The brig was lost at sea during July while en route from Sydney to The Bluff, New Zealand. Wreckage was later found along the South Island's west coast.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 60.

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|ship=Rosabella

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Spanish Main. Her crew survived.

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|ship=Swift

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at "Hantoon", County Wexford. She was refloated.

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|ship=Vermont

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia before 27 July. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Hull, Yorkshire. She had been refloated by 8 August and taken in to Barrington, Rhode Island, where she was condemned.

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