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The list of shipwrecks in 1857 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1857 .
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1857
Ship
State
Description
USCS Belle
United States Coast Survey
The schooner was wrecked in St. Andrews Bay , Florida .
Calabar
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Africa between 1 July and 8 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Bonny .[ 1]
Clara Brookman
Unknown
The full-rigged ship was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet .[ 2]
Cuba
Imperial Russian Navy
The steamship struck a rock and sank in the Caspian Sea with the loss of 22 of her crew.[ 3]
Dayspring
United Kingdom
The steamship was lost in the Niger River near "Rahbee".[ 4]
Frolic
France
The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was refloated with assistance from the smack Increase ( United Kingdom ).[ 5]
Golden Fleece
United States
While entering the Golden Gate , the clipper struck Four Fathom Bar off Point Bonita , California , and was run up on the mud flats . She later made it to the wharf at San Francisco , California, with 12 to 14 feet (3.7 to 4.3 meters) of water in her hold .
Helena
United States
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from China to Havana , Cuba .
Industry
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer struck a rock off Renfrew , Scotland , and sank. Later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[ 6]
Little Belt
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked at Chesil Beach , Dorset .[ 7]
Maria
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in the Crozet Islands .[ 8]
Mary Mackertoon
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Formosa . Her crew were rescued.[ 9]
Minerva
Unknown
The full-rigged ship was lost at Cranberry Inlet on the coast of New Jersey .[ 2]
Némésis
French Navy
The Némésis -class frigate ran agroung in the Bangka Strait .[ 10]
Palermo
New South Wales
The brig was wrecked in the Fiji Islands . She was on a voyage from Sydney to the South Sea Islands.[ 11]
Rajah of Sarawak
India
The ship was driven ashore on "Maneater's Island". She was on a voyage from Bombay to China. She was refloated and taken in to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies in a leaky condition.[ 12]
Sarah Ann
Chile
The brigantine was wrecked in the Paumonton Islands in or before May 1857. Her crew were killed and eaten by cannibals . She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to the South Sea islands.[ 13] [ 14]
Samuel Willets
Unknown
The full-rigged ship was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet .[ 2]
Wallachia
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground in the Dardanelles . She was on a voyage from London to Trebizond , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire for repairs.[ 15]
Warburton
United Kingdom
The ship was run into by Margaret ( United Kingdom ) and was beached on Anticosti Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew survived and spent the winter on the island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to London.[ 16]
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22808. London. 10 October 1857. col F, p. 9.
^ a b c "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" " . Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01 .
^ "Losses of Russian Ships of War". Pall Mall Gazette . No. 4157. London. 18 June 1878.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 10420. London. 7 January 1858. p. 8.
^ Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers . Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. p. 186. ISBN 00-950944-2-3 .
^ "INDUSTRY" . Clydesite. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016 .{{cite web }}
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^ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis" . Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014 .
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 10468. London. 4 March 1858. p. 7.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 28400. London. 30 December 1857.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 10380. London. 21 November 1857.
^ "Mercanticle Ship News". The Standard . No. 10317. London. 7 September 1857. p. 8.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2965. Liverpool. 6 April 1857.
^ "The Pacific". The Times . No. 22868. London. 19 December 1857. col B, p. 10.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 10427. London. 15 January 1858. p. 8.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10212. London. 6 May 1857.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 10532. London. 18 May 1858.
Shipwrecks 1850–59, by month
1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859