List of shipwrecks in September 1857

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

1 September

{{For|the loss of Drake on this date|List of shipwrecks in August 1857#30 August}}

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|ship=Palmaille

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Porian Reef, at the mouth of the Bassein River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 November 1857 |issue=20378 }}

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|ship={{SS|Tyne|1852|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British Guiana

|desc=The steamship was abandoned {{convert|20|nmi|km}} west of Saint Vincent and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Saint Vincent.

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2 September

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Point of Ayre Lighthouse, Isle of Man.

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|ship=Louisa

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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3 September

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|ship=Flèche

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Dunkerque.

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|ship=Helena

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with the barque Flavio (Flag unknown) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Flavio. Helena was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Dunkerque. France.

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|ship=Laurel

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

|desc=The brig ran aground and was wrecked at Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued by the Rouen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Express From Paris |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 September 1857 |issue=28302 }} Also reported as being wrecked at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and being on a voyage from South Shields. County Durham to Rouen.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 September 1857 |issue=10317 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Truth

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

|desc=The schooner was in collision with the steamship {{SS|Samuel Laing|1855|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of all but one of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Collisions and Loss of Life at Sea. - Four Vessels Run Down |newspaper=The Examiner |location=London |date=6 September 1857 |issue=989 }}

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4 September

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|ship=Adrian

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea. Five crew were rescued by Hermann Theodore (Flag unknown), the rest by Albion ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Adrian was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 September 1857 |issue=3536 }}

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|ship=Aim

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in a typhoon at Samson Bay, Formosa.

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|ship=Confucius

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered in a typhoon off Swatow, China with the loss of 22 of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by Patria (Flag unknown).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 November 1857 |page=9 |issue=22840 |column=F }}

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|ship={{ship|French transport|Durance|1854|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The transport ship was driven ashore on Deadman's Island, Shanghai, China in a typhoon.

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|ship=Egypt

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Blohorm Island", Hong Kong in a typhoon with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Waverley ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Egypt was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 November 1857 |page=10 |issue=22841 |column=F }}

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|ship=Eliza Jane

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Samson Bay.

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|ship=Fortuna

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Formosa. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 November 1857 |issue=10387 }}

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|ship=Julia

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Amoy, China.

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|ship=Melanie

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Samson Bay.

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|ship=Nile

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

|desc=The brig foundered in a typehoon at Samson Bay with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Owen

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Algeria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Owen was on a voyage from Waterford to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 October 1857 |page=10 |issue=22816 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=21 October 1857 |issue=3050 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=21 October 1857 |issue=5728 }}

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|ship=Patriot

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Rienzi

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Wellington Sandbank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Antwerp. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=7 September 1857 |issue=3032 }}

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|ship=Vixen

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in a typhoon at Samso Bay. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Waverley

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Samson Bay. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Whampoa

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Samson Bay. She was later refloated and taken in to Foo-Chow-Foo, China, where she arrived on 11 September.

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5 September

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|ship=Australasian League

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Richmond River.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 December 1857 |issue=10393 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Capperies Bank, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bideford, Devon. She was refloated and put in to Ilfracombe, Devon for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 September 1857 |issue=10318 |page=8 }}

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Ophid

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Tay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Archangelsk, Russia. She was refloated on 7 September and taken in to Dundee.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 September 1857 |issue=10319 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Oxford

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near "Hammermukle", Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Sundsvall, Sweden. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.

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6 September

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|ship=Aerolite

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze-kiang. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. She had been refloated by 6 November and towed in to Shanghai{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 January 1858 |issue=10416 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Amity

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

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

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|ship=Harkaway

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her passengers were put in the ship's boats. She was abandoned the next day; Her ten passengers and ten of her crew were rescued by the barque Sarah and Dorothy ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). The remaining seven crew were rescued on 9 September by the barque Advice ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Harkaway was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=The West India Mail |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 September 1857 |issue=10323 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Kroonprinses Louise Kuhn

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 September 1857 |issue=28307 }}

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|ship=Rosalie

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Sydney, New South Wales.{{Cite news |title=Jottings from Nova Scotia |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 September 1857 |issue=5819 }}

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7 September

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|ship=Albert

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship collided with Chanticleer (Flag unknown) and sank off the Three Crown Battery, Copenhagen, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Saint Petersburg, Russia{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=9 September 1857 |issue=2140 }}

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|ship=East Anglian

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Lady Ridley

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

|desc=The ship was run into by the steamship Rouen ({{flag|France}}) and sank at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Monte Christo

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

|desc=The brigantine sprang a leak and was run ashore at "Newfrage", Prince Edward Islands, British North America, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Queenstown, County Cork.

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8 September

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|ship=Fenus

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

|desc=The galiot foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat Jonge Neeltje ({{Flag|Netherlands}}). Fenus was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Varel.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 September 1857 |issue=9534 }}

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|ship=John Dalton

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

|desc=The ship sank in the Hooghly River.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 October 1857 |issue=3560 }} She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=19 October 1857 |issue=3049 }}

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|ship=Providence

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Dundee, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=16 September 1857 |issue=2141 }}

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|ship=Rajah

|flag=22px India

|desc=The ship sank on the Diamond Sand, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta.

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9 September

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|ship=Corzo

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Bilbao. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 September 1857 |issue=10321 }}

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|ship=Donna Thereza

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

|desc=The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached at Lisbon. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

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|ship=James Magnet

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.

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10 September

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|ship=Henrietta Sophia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=11 September 1857 |issue=26115 |page=8 }} She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. She was refloated the next day and was taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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|ship=John Thomas Bell

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|80|to|90|nmi|km}} off Lindesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued by Albert ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). John Thomas Bell was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark.

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|ship=Namoa

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=29 October 1857 |issue=28347 }}

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

|flag=Unknown

|desc=The schooner was burned by the brig-sloop {{HMS|Sappho|1837|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) while preparing to load slaves in West Africa.

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11 September

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|ship=Ann Hazell

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Narva, Russia. She was refloated.

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|ship={{SS|Central America||2}}

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

|desc=File:Wreck of the Central America.jpg The sidewheel paddle steamer sprang a leak during a hurricane. She foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|31|35|N|77|02|W}}) with the loss of 425 of the 631 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the barque Ellen ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and the brig Marine ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Central America was on a voyage from Colón, Republic of New Granada to New York.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|70|nmi|km}} west of Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by the galiot Johannes ({{Flag|Denmark}}). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.

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|ship=Florence

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

|desc=The ship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia for San Juan, Puerto Rico. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=1 January 1858 |issue=28402 }}

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|ship=Ide

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Red Bay Labrador, British North America.

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|ship=Louise

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the Levant coast.{{Cite news |title=The Late Gales |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |location=Dublin |date=10 October 1857 }}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Red Bay.

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|ship=Quickstep

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

|desc=The schooner was wreecked at Red Bay.

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|ship=Secret

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Barcelona, Spainh.

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|ship=Sophie

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship {{SS|William Hutt|1852|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of thirteen of the 24 people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steam-Ship Collision in the Channel |date=12 September 1857 |page=6 |issue=22784 |column=F }} Sophie was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 September 1857 |issue=10323 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Temperance

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Red Bay and was plundered by the local inhabitants.

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|ship=Vitula

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Red Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=10 October 1857 |issue=810 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 October 1857 |issue=3046 }}

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|ship=Western Boat

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Red Bay.

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12 September

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|ship=Albertine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne or Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=The Bury and Norwich Post |location=London |date=22 September 1857 |issue=3926 }}

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|ship=Alliance

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sabrina ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Alliance was on a voyage from British Honduras to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 October 1857 |page=9 |issue=22810 |column=F }}

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|25|nmi|km}} off Ribadeo, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal.

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13 September

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|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The barque collided with the barque St. Marthe ({{flag|France}}) and sank {{convert|160|nmi|km}} west of Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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|ship=Colin McRae

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Wilmington, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Wilmington.{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 September 1857 |issue=10335 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Fusilier

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in Big Bull Slaughter Bay, near St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Ship Fusilier |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=7 October 1857 |issue=3044 }}

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|ship=Luzon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the New Topsail Inlet. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 October 1857 |issue=3043 }}

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|ship=Messenger

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 September 1857 |issue=10324 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Penang

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

|desc=The ship was struck by a waterspout and sank with the loss of 38 of the 65 people on board. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Malacca and Penang.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 October 1857 |page=11 |issue=22824 |column=D }}

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|ship=Polly

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at New Plymouth. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wellington to New Plymouth and Sydney, New South Wales.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 January 1858 |page=11 |issue=22890 |column=F }}

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14 September

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|ship=Murray

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Kate Swanton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Droogden, off Copenhagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 September 1857 |issue=3537 }}

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|ship=Pegasus

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The galeass was wrecked near Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.

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|ship=Sampson

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

|desc=The tug was in collision with the steamship Fyenoord ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Collision off Gravesend |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 September 1857 |issue=3536 }}

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|ship=Troubadour

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Athens, Greece.

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15 September

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=16 September 1857 |issue=3035 }}

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|ship=Clio

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sagamore ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Clio was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 October 1857 |page=10 |issue=22815 |column=B }}

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|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Grassholm's Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Euphemia

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned "at Grand River", Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Shediac, New Brunswick to Swansea, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Ferne

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore in Larshayen Bay. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to "Hagland".

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|ship=James Gibbs

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at St. John's Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 September 1857 |issue=10326 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Minna

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze-Kiang. She was on a voyage from Foo-Chow-Foo to Shanghai.

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|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but three of her crew. The survivors were rescued on 19 September by Eliza ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Nancy was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Puerto Rica.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 October 1857 |issue=10347 |page=8 }}

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16 September

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|ship=Antonius

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja, Russia.

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|ship=Catharina

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.

}}

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|ship=Commerce

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Goldstone Reef, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Conservative

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

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

}}

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|ship=Daguerre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 September 1857 |issue=10328 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Glory

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 September 1857 |issue=10335 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Harperley

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Hope

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

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

}}

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|ship=Isle of Wight

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Johan Gezina

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.

}}

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|ship=Lady Sale

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

|desc=The brig was run down and sunk off the Isle of May by {{HMS|Pembroke|1812|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 September 1857 |issue=10329 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Princess Victoria

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Bolderāja. She was on a voyage from Bolderāja to Deptford, Kent. She was refloated and put back to Bolderāja.

}}

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|ship=Providentia

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.

}}

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|ship=Ruby

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rangoon River and was abandoned. She capsized the next day.

}}

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|ship=Sedulous

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=24 September 1857 |issue=28317 }}

}}

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|ship=Simon Magnus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāaj. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=St. Antonio

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.

}}

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|ship=Thomas James Marshall

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

|desc=The barque was lost off Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.

}}

17 September

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|ship=Bell Rock

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Grantham

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Cockle Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Johan August

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground and was wrecked off Gåsö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Christiania. She was refloated on 8 October and towed in to Drammen by the steamship Stromstart ({{flag|Norway|1844}}).{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 October 1857 |issue=10353 }}

}}

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|ship=Preciosa

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Eckerö, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Calvados, France to Härnösand, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 October 1857 |issue=10343 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The brig was in collision with the steamship European ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=19 September 1857 |issue=28313 }} Also reported to have been wrecked on the Tongue Sand.

}}

18 September

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|ship=Bonne Mère

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Oran, Algeria.

}}

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|ship=Charles

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

|desc=Operating as a slave ship, the full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Portuguese West Africa about 40 miles (64 km) from Loando by the brig-sloop {{HMS|Sappho|1837|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). About 150 slaves drowned, but about 380 were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Columbine

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Hercules

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from "Wyborg" to Ipswich, Suffolk. She had become a wreck by 4 October.

}}

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|ship=Hirondelle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked 4 leagues ({{convert|12|nmi|km}}) from Ventava, Courland Governorate.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 September 1857 |issue=28314 }}

}}

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|ship=Jerome Knight

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 October 1857 |issue=10354 }}

}}

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|ship=Marie Claire

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of Calais. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Oran, Algeria.

}}

19 September

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|ship=Andrea Elizabeth

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure.

}}

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|ship=Apollo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Mainland, Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Westerwick, Shetland Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Westerwick.

}}

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|ship=Brazilian

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=25 September 1857 |issue=3039 }}

}}

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|ship=De Koophandel

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated with the aid of six smacks, but was driven onto the Grain Spit, off the Isle of Grain, Kent, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 September 1857 |issue=3543 }} She was refloated on 22 September and taken in to Sheerness, Kent in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 September 1857 |issue=10331 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Goldfinch

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Norsholm, off Farö, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Wyborg" to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 September 1857 |issue=28320 }}

}}

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|ship=Keepsake

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dunbar, Lothian. She was refloated on 2 October.

}}

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|ship=Nile

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to New York. She was refloated and resumed he voyage.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 September 1857 |issue=9535 }}

}}

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|ship=Prince of Wales

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

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

}}

20 September

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|ship=Adolph

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Sally

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Namsos, Norway to Nieuwpoort. She was refloated on 11 October and taken in to Ostend, West Flanders.

}}

21 September

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|ship=Elspeth

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

|desc=The barque foundered {{convert|35|nmi|km}} west north west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Euxine ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Elspeth was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Martinique.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 September 1857 |issue=3547 }}{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=2 October 1857 |issue=2832 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Jeanette Malanie

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was driven against the quayside and severely damaged at Ostend, West Flanders.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paragon

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at North Kyn, Russia with the loss of three of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=24 October 1857 |issue=3570 }}

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22 September

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|ship=Ellf Geschwister

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Kronenhoff Nehring". Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=24 September 1857 |issue=28317 }}

}}

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|ship=Jehu

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 November 1857 |page=8 |issue=22846 |column=E }} She had been refloated by 2 October and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Reval. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 September 1857 |issue=10334 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Kate Swanton

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock south of "Lavenskar" and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Cronstadt, Russia. She arrived at Cronstadt in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 October 1857 |issue=10340 }}

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|ship={{ship|Russian ship of the line|Lefort||2}}

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=File:Aivazovski Gibel Leforta 1858.jpg

The {{sclass|Imperatritsa Aleksandra|ship of the line}} capsized and sank in the Gulf of Finland between the islands of Gogland and Bolshoy Tyuters during a squall. All 826 people on board were killed.

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|ship=Nile

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Seiskar Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 October 1857 |issue=3555 }}

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|ship=Pandora

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Carbonear, Newfoundland, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 September 1857 |issue=10332 |page=8 }} She was refloated on 24 September and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Saucy Jack

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at "Lettapah" or "Lettipah", near Reval, Russia, on voyage from Liverpool for Narva, Russia with salt.{{cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001702/18571003/014/0003 |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=Shipping and Mercantile Gazette |issue=6117 |date=3 October 1857 |location=London |page=3|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

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23 September

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|ship=Brunswick

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Reval, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 October 1857 |issue=10341 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Robinson

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to North Shieds, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance from the yawls Assistance and Hand of Providence (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Law Intelligence |newspaper=The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=27 July 1858 |issue=3970 }}

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24 September

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|ship=Allendale

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Agger, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.

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|ship=Ayrshire Lass

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia.

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|ship=Ceres

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick" (or Mackowiecim), Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dart Packet

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Exeter, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=26 September 1857 |issue=28319 }}{{Cite news |title=Falmouth Express |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=2 October 1857 |issue=2832 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Hoffnung

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Munckovick".

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|ship=James Ewing

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cove, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Tobago to Greenock, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Mount Washington

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick" (or "Mackowiecim"), in Kaspar Bay. Her crew survived.

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|ship=Nautilus

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick" (or "Mackowiecim").

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|ship=Penelope

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

|desc=The ship was lost on "Bjiske" or "Fjerke" (Bird's Island). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Wyborg".

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|ship=Peter and Sophia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Riga, Russia. She was refloated on 27 September.

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|ship=Primavera

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

|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool for St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=26 February 1858 |issue=26259 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Prinz Oscar

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick". She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Cronstadt.

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|ship=Regard

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Nealos" (or "Malos"), Russia.

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|ship=Rena

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by Jane and Mary ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from the Hunte to Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Shanghae

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Shanghae was refloated on 1 October and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.

}}

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|ship=St. John

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Miscou Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bathurst, New Brunswick.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 October 1857 |issue=3566 }} Salvage was abandoned in July 1858 and she was broken up in situ.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 August 1858 |issue=10605 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Tanfield

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off the Landguard Fort, Harwich. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich.

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|ship=Waterford

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Devon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Waterford was on a voyage from Waterford to Quebec City, Province of Canada, BritishNorth America.

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25 September

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|ship=Admiral Benbow

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

|desc=The schooner sank in the Baltic Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} off Pillau, Prussia. Her crew were rescued by Louise ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Admiral Benbow was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Riga, Russia.

}}

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|ship=A. L. Crawford

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

|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

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|ship=Commodore

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at "Subessern", 14 Prussian miles ({{convert|105.5|km|nmi|order=flip}}) from Domesnes, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to a port on the east coast of Scotland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=9 October 1857 |issue=3796 }}

}}

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|ship=Hannah

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Siekraggen", near Domesnes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Reval, Russia.

}}

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|ship=Laurel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Reval.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=29 September 1857 |issue=21219 }}

}}

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|ship=Susan

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

|desc=The cutter struck a sunken rock and sank in Saldanha Bay. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 November 1857 |issue=10385 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Wilhelmine

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Domesnes with the loss of two of her five crew.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 October 1857 |issue=26133 |page=8 }} She was on a voyage from Riga to an English port.

}}

26 September

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|ship=Annan

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

|desc=The sloop was in collision with the paddle steamer Queen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Irish Sea off the Pile Foundry, Lancashire with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Annan, Dumfriesshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 September 1857 |page=5 |issue=22798 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Disaster at Sea, - Two Lives Lost |newspaper=The Preston Guardian etc |location=Preston |date=17 October 1857 |issue=2355 }} Annan was subsequently towed in to Fleetwood, Lancashire in a waterlogged condition by the fishing smacks Overton and Prince of Wales (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Collision at Sea, near the Isle of Man |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 October 1857 |issue=3551 }}{{Cite news |title=Disaster at Sea, near Fleetwood |newspaper=The Preston Guardian |location=Preston |date=3 October 1857 |issue=2353 }}

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|ship=Ashley

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.

}}

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|ship=Cruz e Gonçalves

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Curlew|1854|6}}, {{HMS|Vulture|1843|6}} and the tug Ward ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Cruz e Gonçalves was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Peninsular Mails |date=5 October 1857 |page=6 |issue=22803 |column=E }}

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|ship=Taymouth Castle

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

|desc=The brig foundered off "Falconera", Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 October 1857 |page=9 |issue=22812 |column=F }}

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27 September

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 September 1857 |issue= 10336 |page=8}}

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|ship=Giulia

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

|desc=The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from New York to Cádiz, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 November 1857 |issue=10364 }}

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|ship=Rimswell

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

|desc=The ship was discovered derelict in the Baltic Sea. She was towed in to Memel, Prussia by the steamship Luna ({{flag|Prussia|civil}}).

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|ship=Royal Sovereign

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Miramichi, New Brunswick. She was refloated on 19 November and taken in to Miramichi.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 December 1857 |page=9 |issue=22852 |column=F }}

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|ship=Vivandière

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Aléria, Corsica,France. Her crew were rescued.

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28 September

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|ship=Pontus

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the entrance to Farö Sound. She was on a voyage from London to Stockholm, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 October 1857 |issue=28326 }}

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|ship=Luzon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the New Topsail Inlet. She was on a voyage from Havana to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 October 1857 |issue=3043 }}

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|ship=Vulcan

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Riga, Russia.

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|ship=Zorg en Vliet

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was discovered abandoned in the Baltic Sea. She was towed in to Pillau, Prussia on 30 September.

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29 September

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|ship=A. L. Crawford

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

|desc=The schooner departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=29 January 1858 |issue=3105 }}

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|ship=Alliance

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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|ship=Cuba

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked off the Absheron Peninsula with the loss of 21 of her crew.{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}

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|ship=Friend

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 October 1857 |page=11 |issue=22802 |column=F }}

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|ship=Jean

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Whitstable, Kent. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 October 1857 |issue=9536 }}

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

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Lucilla ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Marmion

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 October 1857 |issue=10347 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Postillion

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Nackoe". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Riga, Russia.

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|ship=Sykes

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Virgin Rock, off Frederikshavn. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to "Wyborg".{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 October 1857 |issue=28330 }}

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30 September

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|ship=Athenian

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Patrick Henry ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Athenian was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=9 November 1857 |issue=3058 }}

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|ship=Beta

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bridlington to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bridlington.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 October 1857 |issue=28324 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 October 1857 |issue=9537 }}

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|ship=Cecilia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Danzig with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Celt

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in Kunda Bay, in the Baltic Sea.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=7 October 1857 |issue=3044 }} She was refloated on 2 October and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Dido

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Hiiumaa, Russia. she was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to "Wyburg". She was later refloated and repaired.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 December 1857 |page=12 |issue=22871 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 October 1857 |issue=10342 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 October 1857 |issue=10339 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Sabina

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Min River. She was later refloated and taken in to Hong Kong for repairs.

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

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The troopship ran aground in the Bangka Strait. She was refloated with assistance from {{HMS|Firm|1856|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite news |title=The Navy |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 November 1857 |issue=10382 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Bonne Amelie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores before 16 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tampico, Mexico to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 September 1857 |issue=26120 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Brockett

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Balranald", British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated before 21 September but later drove ashore again and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 October 1857 |page=9 |issue=22818 |column=C }}

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|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The ship was run into by another vessel and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New York, United States.

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|ship=George Swinton

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Oyster Island. She was on a voyage from Akyab, British Burma to Calcutta India.

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|ship=Harriet Cann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ballyedmond, County Wexford. She was refloated on 29 September and taken in to Warrenpoint, County Down.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=5 October 1857 |issue=12884 }}

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|ship=Ida

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Brass, Nigeria. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Brass.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 October 1857 |page=9 |issue=22808 |column=F }}

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|ship=Illinois

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Coloradoes. She was on a voyage from Aspinwall, Republic of New Granada to New York. She was refloated and taken in to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=John Parker

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Cape Lookout, North Carolina before 19 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 October 1857 |page=10 |issue=22803 |column=B }}

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|ship=Larpool

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Rauschen, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.

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|ship=Linden

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

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|51|22|N|21|19|W}}). Her crew were rescued by the barque Agnes ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Linden was on a voyage from Sligo to Quebec City.

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The barque collided with William Kirk ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by William Kirk. Minerva was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

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|ship=Prince Oscar

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Reval, Russia.

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|ship=Semiramis

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Colombo, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Colombo to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=21 September 1857 |issue=3037 }}

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|ship=Sumroo

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Galle, Ceylon and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to the Persian Gulf.

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|ship=Vandolara

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Plymouth, Devon in a leaky condition.

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