List of shipwrecks in March 1858

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

1 March

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|ship=Alamode

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Turks Islands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 April 1858 |issue=10500 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Cortez

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

|desc=The whaler was destroyed by fire at "Cape Crusade". Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=26 April 1858 |issue=3179 }}

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|ship=Eliza Battle

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

|desc=The steamboat was destroyed by fire in the Tombigbee River at Pennington, Alabama when cotton on the stern caught fire, possibly from sparks from the stacks of the passing {{SS|Warrior||2}} ({{flag|United States|1851}}). There were around thirty casualties from around 100 people on board.{{cite web |url=https://cdispatch.com/opinions/article.asp?aid=64118 |title=Ask Rufus: The March 1 Tombigbee disasters |date=24 February 2018 |publisher=Columbia University |accessdate=8 February 2020}}

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|ship=Gipsey

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Platters, off Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey.

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|ship=Loyal Standard

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 March 1858 |issue=26268 }} Loya Standard subsequently floated off; she was taken in to Hull, Yorkshire on 3 March in a derelict condition.

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|ship=Mentor

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

|desc=The schooner struck the pier at Amble, Northumberland and was wrecked with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands to Warkworth, Northumberland.

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|ship=Nairns

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Pan Rocks, south of Warkworth, Northumberland with the loss of seven of her nine crew. Two survivors were rescued by Duke of Buccleuch ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which lost three of her crew attempting the rescue.{{Cite news |title=The Weather |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=4 March 1858 |issue=3134 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 March 1858 |issue=28455 }}{{Cite news |title=North Shields |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=5 March 1858 |issue=9558 }}{{Cite news |title=Multum in Parvo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=8 March 1858 |issue=3137 }}

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|ship=Percy

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Ridge Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Folkestone, Kent in a leaky condition, arriving on 2 March.

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|ship=Perseverance

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 March 1858 |issue=10468 |page=7 }} She was refloated on 29 March and taken in to Hartlepool.

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|ship=Poultons

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus and bosun's chair. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 March 1858 |page=10 |issue=22930 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Storm in the North Sea |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=5 March 1858 |issue=3817 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=5 March 1858 |issue=9558 }} She was refloated on 21 March and towed in to Sunderland.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=26 March 1858 |issue=9561 }}

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|ship=Robert and Mary

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Royal Standard

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

|desc=The ship sank in the North Sea off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.

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2 March

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|ship=Amity

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off Inchkeith and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She consequently put in to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.

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|ship=Elise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was taken in to Gibraltar in a derelict condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantle Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 March 1858 |issue=10483 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Feronia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. She was refloated.

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|ship=Louisa

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

|desc=The schooner struck the pier and sank at Kingstown, County Dublin.

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Løkken to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=12 March 1858 |issue=9559 }}

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|ship=Northern Empire

|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Black Rock, off Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Falmouth |date=6 March 1858 |page=7 |issue=22934 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=4 March 1858 |issue=65 }} She was refloated on 28 May and beached at Falmouth.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 May 1858 |issue=10543 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Pye Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Folkestone, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 March 1858 |issue=10467 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Strive

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland with the loss of all seven crew. Wreckage from the ship came ashore at Waren Mill, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=10 March 1858 |issue=5748 }}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship struck the Gannet Rock, in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She consequently put in to Leith, Lothian in a leaky condition.

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3 March

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|ship=Atlas

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore between Cork Head and Ringabella, County Cork with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Cork.{{Cite news |title=The Weather in Ireland |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 March 1858 |issue=28459 }}

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|ship=Ann and Kate

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

|desc=The schooner was run ashore and wrecked at Wexford. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The schooner departed from South Shields, County Durham for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Joseph Portier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the barque Eliza ({{flag|France}}). Joseph Portier was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Honfleur, Calvados{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=26 March 1858 |issue=3153 }}{{Cite news |title=The United States |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=Londo |date=26 March 1858 |issue=28474 }}

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|ship=Liza Brindley

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Spike Island Bank, off the coast of County Cork. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 March 1858 |issue=3682 }} She had been refloated by 18 March and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Margaretha Maria

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Trieste.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 April 1858 |issue=10499 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Pillau

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

|desc=The ship departed from Farsund, Norway for Leith. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 October 1858 |issue=10663 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Robert James Haynes

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Grimsby. She was refloated on 5 March and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Surinam

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to London.

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4 March

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|ship=Alexandrina

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|45|nmi|km}} off the Slyne Head Lighthouse, County Galway. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.

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|ship=Furness

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Fleetwood, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 March 1858 |issue=26266 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Marie Mogeuse

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

|desc=The schooner was lost off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=The Late Heavy Gales and Snow Squalls |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 March 1858 |issue=28458 }}

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|ship=Olive Branch

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Whitehouse, County Antrim.

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|ship=Orwell

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her five crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=10 March 1858 |issue=3139 }}

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|ship=Parrsbro{{'}}

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Massarun Point, County Antrim.

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|ship=Widow

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Massarun Point.

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5 March

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|ship=Ann Cook

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Troon, Ayrshire.

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated and taken in to Waterford in a sinking condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=9 March 1858 |issue=31383 }}

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|ship=Dolphin

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

|desc=The fishing boat ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and was abandoned. She subsequently floated off and was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire, where she was severely damaged.

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|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat foundered at the mouth of the River Dee.

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|ship=Excel

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

|desc=The smack was beached at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

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|ship=Foyle

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Troon.

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|ship=Furness Miner

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Fleetwood. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 March 1858 |issue=10471 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Jonah

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. Her crew survived. .{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=The Preston Guardian etc |location=Preston |date=13 March 1858 |issue=2376 }}

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|ship=Liberato Terceiro

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Brazil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Funchal, Madeira. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 March 1858 |issue=28458 }}

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|ship=Marquis of Camden

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the brig Broderick ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Marquis of Camden was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 March 1858 |page=9 |issue=22369 |column=E }}

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|ship=Reliance

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Funchal with the loss of six lives.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=15 March 1858 |issue=26273 }}{{Cite news |title=Madeira |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 March 1858 |issue=26275 |page=5 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 March 1858 |issue=26275 |page=7 }}

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|ship={{ship||Wild Wave|clipper|2}}

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Oeno Island ({{coord|24|01|S|130|53|W}}), {{convert|75|nmi|km}} north west of Pitcairn Island. Her 38 crew survived. Seven crew sailed to Pitcairn Island, and four of them subsequently sailed for Tahiti, but landed on Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands. They were rescued by {{USS|Vandalia|1828|6}} ({{navy|USA|1851}}), which subsequently rescued the rest of the survivors. Wild Wave was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Valparaíso, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=22 November 1858 |issue=3359 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Wild Wave |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |location=Dublin |date=27 November 1858 }}

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|ship=Williams

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Hunwick ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Williams was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 March 1858 |page=9 |issue=22937 |column=E }}

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6 March

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|ship=Amsterdam Packet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 March 1858 |issue=28460 }}

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|ship=Beejapore

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

|desc=The ship was driven onto the Pluckington Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Duchess of Kent

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by Admiral Windham ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Duchess of Kent was on a voyage from Saint Sampson, Guernsey to London and/or Ipswich, Suffolk.

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|ship=Independant

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was lost at the mouth of the Guadalquivir. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Seville, Spain.

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|ship=Jonah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the River Ribble and sank. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Preston, Lancashire.

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|ship=Oultan, or
Outlaw

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from the River Dee to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 March 1858 |issue=28459 }}

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|ship=Premium

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Barbaer Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated.

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|ship=Stag

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

|desc=The brig collided with another brig and sank off Covehithe, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by a yawl. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=10 March 1858 |issue=26269 |page=8 }}

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7 March

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|ship=Admiral Moorsom

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Odessa.

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|ship=Adventure

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

|desc=The ship ran aground "on the Dogger Bank". She was on a voyage from Wexford to Dublin. She had become a wreck by 17 March.

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|ship=Governor Ready

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked on St Mary's Isle, Douglas, Isle of Man with the loss of her captain.{{Cite news |title=The Storm: Great Loss at Sea |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 March 1858 |issue=3141 }}

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|ship=Marius

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 March 1858 |issue=10472 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Noel Raphael

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground near Honfleur, Calvados. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Honfleur. She sank on 11 March.

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|ship=San Francisco

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore east of Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Naples to Hull. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Stanley

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Great Isaac Cay, Bahamas.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 May 1858 |page=11 |issue=22997 |column=F }}

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|ship=Tarsa

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

|desc=The brigantine was in collision with the steamship {{SS|Ironmaster|1856|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Ironmaster. Tarsa was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Montevideo, Uruguay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiralty Court, July 15 |date=16 July 1858 |page=11 |issue=23047 |column=D }}

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8 March

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|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The ship struck the pier at Bridlington, Yorkshire and sank. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Sunderland, County Durham.

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|ship=Friends

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Newcombe 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=Hilda

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=12 March 1858 |issue=3818 }} She was refloated on 15 March, but capsized and sank the next day.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 March 1858 |issue=10480 |page=7}}

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|ship=James Holmes

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The sloop was abandoned off the coast of Denbighshire. She was subsequently boarded by three fishermen but capsized and broke in two. The fishermen were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat. James Holmes was on a voyage from an Irish port to Douglas, Isle of Man.{{cite news |title=Providential Rescue of Three Lives by the Rhyl Lifeboat |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |issue=28460 }}{{Cite news |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwreck |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 April 1858 |issue=3707 }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualties on the Eastern Coast |date=11 March 1858 |page=9 |issue=22938 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=The Late Gales |newspaper=The Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=13 March 1858 |issue=6201 }}

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|ship=Quicksilver

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

|desc=The collier collided with the brig Jane ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh. Her crew were rescued by Jane. Quicksilver was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.

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|ship=Wave

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Mazagan, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Safi, Morocco. She was consequently beached near Saffi.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=1 April 1858 |issue=3158 }}

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|ship=William and Ann

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned off Madeira. Her crew were rescued by Catherine ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). William and Ann was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Madeira.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=15 April 1858 |issue=26300 |page=7 }}

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9 March

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|ship=Adler, and
Simpson

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

|desc=The steamship Adler was driven ashore by ice at Bremen. The steamship Simpson went to her assistance, but was also driven ashore. Adler was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bremen.

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|ship=Degrace

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

|desc=The ship capsized off Gonaïves, Haiti with the loss of eleven lives.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 April 1858 |issue=26305 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Fidelity

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|18|nmi|km}} off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the smack Adventure ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Fidelity was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Jacobine

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Thisted to an Irish port. She was refloated the next day and taken in to harbor for repairs.

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|ship=Solide

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Calais. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was consequently condemned, but was refloated on 20 March and taken in to Calais.

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|ship=Thorwaldsen

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Strathy, Sutherland, United Kingdom with the loss of nine of the fifteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Drontheim.

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10 March

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|ship=Alice Wilson

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at Birkenhead, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=11 March 1858 |issue=3141 }}

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|ship=Fortitude

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

|desc=The barque struck the Gunn Rock. She was on a voyage from a port in Peru to Aberdeen. She was taken in to Donegal in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 March 1858 |issue=5749 }}

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|ship=Hellevina Americina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot ran aground on the Namagrah Shoal, in the Dardaneles. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ketch sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off New Romney, Kent. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 March 1858 |issue=10475 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Lady Bannerman

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

|desc=The brig sank in the English Channel {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off Hastings, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 March 1858 |issue=21359 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 March 1858 |issue=28461 }}

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|ship=Minor

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea {{convert|7|nmi|km}} off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued by Wynaud ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Minor was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend.

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|ship=Pictou

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at the Third Cliff, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New York, United States. She was declared a total loss.

}}

11 March

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|ship=Judith

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Tongue Sand, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Express and Rob Roy (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Law Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 November 1858 |issue=26483 |page=6 }}

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12 March

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|ship=Balmoral

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Insand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated on 14 March.

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|ship=Drummond

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

|desc=The ship struck the Whitby Rock and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.

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|ship=Dawn

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Middle Ground, in the River Tyne.

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|ship=Eddystone

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

|desc=The clipper ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.

}}

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|ship=Felicitas

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin. She was refloated on 2 April and taken in to Texel, North Holland.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 April 1858 |issue=10496 }}

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|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Middle Ground.

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|ship=Hercules

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Jane and Esther

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|5|nmi|km}} west of St Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 March 1858 |issue=28465 }}

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|ship=Peggy

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Robert and Joseph

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Insand. She was run into by four vessels and sank.

}}

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|ship=Sylvan

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Insand. She was refloated on 14 March.

}}

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|ship=Tecla y Carmen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=19 March 1858 |issue=3147 }}

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13 March

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|ship=Alderman

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged at South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Anna Maria

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Aureo

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Varne Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. Aureo was refloated and beached east of Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was subsequently refloated and towed in to Dover in a severely damaged condition.

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|ship=Bloomer

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the King's Scar, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated at taken in to Fleetwood, Lancashire in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Charles

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to a Welsh port.

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|ship=Dawn

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Middle Ground, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.

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|ship=Defence

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Boscastle, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Corisco, Spanish Guinea to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Insand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated.

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|ship=Eddystone

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The Blyth-registered ship was severely damaged at South Shields.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The South Shields-registered ship was severely damaged at South Shields.

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|ship=Esperance

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Cooper's Sands, off the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Henrietta

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground.

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bootle, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Annan, Dumfriesshire.

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|ship=Lowestoft

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged. She put back to South Shields.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sailing of the Spring Fleet |date=15 March 1858 |page=9 |issue=22941 |column=E }}

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|ship=Navigator

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged. She put back to South Shields.

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|ship=St. Nicholas

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Spiddal, County Galway, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Sylvan

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Insand and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated the next day.

}}

14 March

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|ship=Ann Maria

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Preston, Lancashire.

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|ship=Billow

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=16 March 1858 |issue=3144 }}

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|ship=Clipper

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

|desc=The brig sank at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newport, Monmouthshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 March 1858 |issue=10478 |page=2 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 March 1858 |issue=26274 |page=8 }} She was refloated on 28 March and taken in to Dover, Kent in a derelict condition. Her captain was subsequently charged with barratry.{{Cite news |title=Scuttling of a ship |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=31 March 1858 |issue=3156 }} He was convicted and sentenced to 8 years penal servitude.{{Cite news |title=Scuttling of a Vessel |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=London |date=20 May 1858 |issue=4806 }}

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|ship=Janet Wilson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Parenzo, Austrian Empire and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=16 March 1858 |issue=21363 }} She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 April 1858 |issue=28482 }}

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15 March

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|ship={{HMS|Cumberland|1842|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The third rate ship of the line ran aground on an uncharted rock off the Isla de Flores, Uruguay.

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|ship=Diamond

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Whitby Rock. Her crew were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=19 March 1858 |issue=3819 }}

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|ship=Ultonia

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

|desc=The ship sighted in the South Atlantic whilst on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 183 people on board.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of the Australian Passenger Ship Ultonia with 180 Souls |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 September 1858 |issue=28593 }}

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16 March

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|ship=Dromo

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

|desc=The ship struck a submerged object and sank at Seaham, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham.

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|ship=Escape

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked {{convert|15|nmi|km}} east of "Djygelle", Algeria with the loss of three of her nine crew.

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|ship=Henrietta

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Rhyl, Denbighshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Voryd River.

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|ship=Kingston

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

|desc=The ship struck the Hohman Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New York. She put in to the Isles of Scilly.

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|ship=Titan

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic. Her crew took to a boat. They were rescued on 20 March by Golconde ({{flag|France}}). Titan was on a voyage from the Chincha Islands, Peru to an English port.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 April 1858 |issue=10497 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=8 April 1858 |issue=3712 }}

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17 March

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|ship=Australia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Rotterdam |newspaper=The Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=20 March 1858 |issue=6770 }}

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|ship=Edendale

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Hendon Rock, on the coast of County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=19 March 1858 |issue=28468 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 March 1858 |issue=10482 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Lord Althorpe

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Knobben, in the Kattegat off Anholt, Denmark. She floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued by Anna Dorothea (22px Dantzic). Lord Althorpe was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia.

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|ship=Plynlymmon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Swash. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=22 March 1858 |issue=3149 }}

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18 March

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|ship=Challenger

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

|desc=The ship exploded and sank off Thisted, Denmark. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Swinemünde, Prussia.

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|ship=Eva

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the galiot Juffer Essemensinga ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and sank off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Juffer Essemensinga. Eva was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Paramaribo, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=23 March 1858 |issue=28471 }}

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|ship={{SS|Killarney|1856|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was damaged in the River Gannel. She was refloated and departed the next day for Newport, Monmouthshire for repaies.

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Tasmania

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Louisa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peppermint Bay to Sydney, New South Wales.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 June 1858 |page=12 |issue=23027 |column=D }}

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19 March

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|ship=Circassian

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Swinemünde, Prussia. She was refloated and take in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.

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20 March

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 March 1858 |issue=26279 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Heatherbell

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Black Sea 10 wersts ({{convert|10.67|km|nmi|order=flip}}) off "Schabelsky", Russia. She subsequently capsized and driftd out to sea.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 April 1858 |page=11 |issue=22981 |column=F }}

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|ship=Sir William Wallace

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Moriarty's Reef, off Passage Island, Tasmania. Her crew were rescued.

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21 March

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|ship=Antonia

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Broadhaven Bay. She was refloated.

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|ship=Palmetto

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

|desc= During a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Boston, Massachusetts, carrying general cargo, the {{convert|186|ft|adj=on}}, 750-gross register ton schooner-rigged screw steamer ran aground in fog near Black Rock on the south point of Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. She was refloated but consequently sank nearby just offshore in {{convert|40|ft}} of water at {{coord|41|08.434|N|071|35.696|W|name=Palmetto}}. All on board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 April 1858 |issue=3161 }}{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/palmetto-dat.htm |title=Palmetto | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=19 February 2021 }}

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|ship=Vigilant

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Helsingør, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=25 March 1858 |issue=21371 }}

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22 March

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Missolonghi, Greece. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Henry Ellis

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 April 1858 |issue=10516 |page=7 }}

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23 March

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|ship=Orion

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Steenberg, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 March 1858 |issue=28473 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=25 March 1858 |issue=26282 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Undaunted

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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24 March

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|ship=Darling

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Terceira Island, Azores.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=7 April 1858 |issue=3163 }}

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|ship=Kong Hakon

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was holed by ice and sank in the Black Sea off Yeysk, Russia. Her crew survived She subsequently came ashore there before 11 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 April 1858 |issue=28488 }}

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|ship=Nicholas I

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Electric Telegraph Despatches |date=25 March 1858 |page=9 |issue=22950 |column=C }}

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|ship=Richard and Alice

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Seaview, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to London.

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25 March

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|ship=Actress

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Ossibaw Shoals off the coast of Georgia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Savannah, Georgia, United States.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 April 1858 |issue=26292 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Effort

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Langeoog, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 March 1858 |issue=28477 }}

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|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=29 March 1858 |issue=3155 }}

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|ship=Grange

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Apollo Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 June 1858 |issue=3225 }} She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Guam.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=23 June 1858 |issue=2181 }}

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26 March

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|ship=Chanticleer

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Swine. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin. She was refloated on 28 March and completed her voyage.

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|ship=Lord Nelson

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Teignmouth, Devon.

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27 March

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|ship=Eliza Cornish

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 April 1858 |issue=9562 }}

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|ship=Exchange

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Boskinn Reef, in the North Sea off Groningen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.

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|ship=Johanna

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The schooner capsized and sank at South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 March 1858 |issue=10489 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Matilda

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank off Maranhão, Empire of Brazil. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Sarah Judkins

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in Apalachicola Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 April 1858 |issue=3167 }}

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28 March

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|ship=Albion

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

|desc=The schooner was run into and sunk off the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire by the steamship {{SS|Tubal Cain|1853|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with the loss of a crew member. Albion was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.

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|ship=Egida

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The ship was run aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste. She was refloated and taken in to Dublin, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 April 1858 |issue=10492 |page=7 }}

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|ship=L{{'}}Urgent

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered off Faro, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to A Coruña, Spain.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The India and China Mails |date=19 April 1858 |page=8 |issue=22971 |column=E }}

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|ship=Père Etienne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Colchester, Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 March 1858 |issue=10491 |page=7 }}

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29 March

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|ship=Egioda

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Glasgorman Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste. She was refloated with the assistance of the Coast Guard and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin, United Kingdom in a severely leaky condition.

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30 March

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=31 March 1858 |issue=26287 |page=8 }} She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Bees, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 April 1858 |issue=28481 }}

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|ship=Maria Janet

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near Seacombe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=31 March 1858 |issue=3157 }}

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|ship=Matilda

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=11 May 1858 |issue=3192 }}

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31 March

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|ship=Dos Hijos

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Portevedra with the loss of seventeen lives.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=20 April 1858 |issue=26304 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Duchess of Northumberland

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

|desc=The ship departed from Akyab, Burma for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 November 1858 |issue=28645 }}

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|ship=Jeanette

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship {{SS|Swallow|1857|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew were rescued by Swallow. Jeanette was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Tønning, Duchy of Holstein.{{Cite news |title=Law Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=28 June 1859 |issue=26685 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Juliet

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Solway Firth. She was on a voyage from London to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Œtos

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

|desc=The ship struck the Goose Rock, off the Isle of Wight and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Cowes, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 April 1858 |issue=3161 }}

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|ship=Sutlej

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank in the River Tay. Her 27 crew were rescued by a pilot cutter. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Vessel Wrecked in the Tay |date=5 April 1858 |page=8 |issue=22959 |column=E }}

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|ship=Admiral Zoutmann

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of Florida, United States before 29 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 April 1858 |issue=28496 }}

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|ship=Africano

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria before 5 March with the loss of five of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=12 March 1858 |issue=26271 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Anna Catharina

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom on or before 3 March.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 March 1858 |issue=10469 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The ship was presumed to have foundered before 16 March. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven to Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.

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|ship=Argo

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 March.

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|ship=Argonautes

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was lost at Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar before 27 March.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 May 1858 |issue=10519 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Blanche

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off Tahiti between 13 and 20 March with the loss of all five people on board. She was on a voyage from Tahiti to San Francisco, California, United States.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 August 1858 |issue=10597 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Bogota

|flag=22px Republic of New Granada

|desc=The steamship struck a submerged object and sank in the Magdalena River before 31 March.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=27 April 1858 |issue=3180 }}

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|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked off "Egmont" with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure.

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|ship=Colos

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Mykonos before 9 March.

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|ship=Egyptus

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Kerasund, Ottoman Empire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trebizond to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=The Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=6 April 1858 |issue=6777 }}{{Cite news |title=Foreign Miscellany |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 April 1858 |issue=3162 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 April 1858 |issue=28485 }}

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|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The barque was damaged by an explosion in her cargo of coal at Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=2 April 1858 |issue=3159 }}

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|ship=Empire State

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

|desc=The steamship struck rocks at "Matinacook Point" and sank. All on board were rescued.

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|ship=Flora Kerr

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by War Cloud ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Flora Kerr was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=10 April 1858 |issue=3166 }}

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|ship=Gorinchem

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Borneo, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 July 1858 |page=11 |issue=23037 |column=F }}

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|ship=Harriet

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore between Happisburgh and Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk between 6 and 8 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by a smack.

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|ship=Hebrides

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Portland Bill, Dorset. She was refloated and taken in to Southampton, Hampshire in a leaky conditio.

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|ship=Industrie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to London, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Iris

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Holyhead Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated on 4 March and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 March 1858 |issue=3135 }}

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|ship=Kertch

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

|desc=The barque foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Cádiz Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 April 1858 |issue=5901 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 April 1858 |issue=26289 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Lacon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Athens, Greece. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 April 1858 |issue=3710 }}

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|ship=Manchester

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Skerries, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Llanelly, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Maria Jewett

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Mersey near Seacombe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Liverpool. She was refloated on 30 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 April 1858 |page=11 |issue=22956 |column=F }}

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|ship=Mio Figlio

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Paxos, United States of the Ionian Islands. She was on a voyage from Samsoun, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Castel Nuovo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies for repairs.

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|ship=Oak

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 April 1858 |page=9 |issue=22957 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=2 April 1858 |issue=3159 }}

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|ship=Omonia Argiri

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Psara before 9 March.

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|ship=Orion

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Steinberg, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 March 1858 |page=12 |issue=22950 |column=C }}

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|ship=Penelope

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

|desc=The smack was abandoned in the North Sea before 19 March.

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|ship=R. H. Gamble

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas before 6 March. She was on a voyage from New York to St. Marks, Florida. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=30 March 1858 |issue=3156 }}

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|ship=Sierra Nevada

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Crocker's Reef, off Savannah, Georgia. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

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|ship=Sofia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Mykonos before 9 March.

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|ship=Statesman

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated.

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|ship=St. Jago

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 March.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 April 1858 |issue=3722 }}

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|ship=Victress

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Bahamas.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 April 1858 |issue=28489 }}

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