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The list of shipwrecks in December 1857 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1857 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Acadia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Peniche, Portugal .[ 1]
Beffroi
France
The brig was wrecked on the east coast of São Miguel Island , Azores . She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom .[ 2]
HMS Cuckoo
Royal Navy
The paddle steamer ran aground and sank in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent .[ 3] She was refloated on 6 December.[ 4]
Doram Andrei
Russia
The ship was wrecked at Aspö , Grand Duchy of Finland . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 5]
Epaminondas
Greece
The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island , County Cork , United Kingdom. Her twelve crew took to a boat, but two of them died before they were rescued on 6 December by some fishermen. She was on a voyage from the Sea of Azov to Cork , United Kingdom.[ 6]
Her Perantien San Persidon
Greece
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Dingle Bay .[ 7]
Lemuel Dyer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brown Water Rocks. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States. She was refloated on 8 December and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas .[ 8]
Robert James Haynes
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 9]
Windsor
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off the Cape Verde Islands . She was on a voyage from a British port to Melbourne , Victoria .[ 10]
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Agnes Kelly
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Girvan , Ayrshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Girvan.[ 15] [ 16]
Chester
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at South Shields , County Durham . She was refloated.[ 15]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the Baltic Sea off Hiiumaa , Russia . She was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to Cronstadt , Russia.[ 15]
Lady Margaret
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was refloated but found to be in a sinking condition and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 1]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the Clissera Rocks, off the coast of Anglesey , and sank. Her crew were rescued.[ 15] She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Dublin .[ 16]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Devonport
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Donau ( Hamburg ). Devonport was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 8]
Espindola
Norway
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to London , United Kingdom .[ 18]
Northumberland
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . All 63 people on board were rescued by Jessie ( United Kingdom ). Northumberland was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint John's, Newfoundland , British North America .[ 19] [ 20]
Pertindedo
Portugal
The schooner was driven ashore at Kilmore, County Wexford , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Viana do Castelo to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 16]
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Aghios Spiridones
Greece
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rossbeigh , County Kerry , United Kingdom .[ 27]
Annie Letitia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on The Needles , Isle of Wight . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal , County Cork to London .[ 28] [ 29] [ 7]
Argo
Hamburg
The galiot was in collision with the brig Jane and Ann and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued by Jane and Ann . Argo was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Harburg .[ 30]
Hermann
Bremen
The schooner struck a rock off the Isile Tremiti , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Venice , Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom. She was taken in to Brindisi , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[ 23]
Speculation
Norway
The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked in Havøysund . She was on a voyage from Hammerfest to Hamburg .[ 31]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Cecilia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . All on board were rescued by Aladdin ( United Kingdom ). Cecilia was on a voyage from Berbice , British Guiana to London .[ 32]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig was driven against the pier, ran aground and was damaged at Arbroath , Forfarshire . She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Seaham , County Durham .[ 30]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven against the pier and damaged at Arbroath. She was on a voyage from North Sunderland , County Durham to Dundee.[ 30]
Kate
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked at the entrance to Toi Toi Harbour (Toetoes Bay ). The wind suddenly changed when she was at the channel's narrowest point, and she was driven onto rocks, snapping her keel.[ 33]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Trofana". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valencia , Spain.[ 19]
Mary and Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Lindesfarne , Northumberland . She was refloated the next day.[ 30]
Milford
United States
The barque was driven ashore in the Quoque Inlet, New York . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Newhaven, Connecticut .[ 13]
Nimrod
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore north of Skagen . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Stubbekøbing .[ 23]
Owen
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Saugor , India for Mauritius . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 34]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at "Torpez", 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Sines , Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sines to Vila Nova de Portimao , Portugal.[ 22]
Planet
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east south east of Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire . Her fifteen crew took to a boat; they landed at Cairnbulg . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 27] [ 30]
Wallace
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship capsized in the North Atlantic Ocean approximately 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) from Cape Clear , Ireland , after being struck by a large wave. Survivors were rescued on 17 December by Colina ( New Brunswick ).[ 35]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Cornelia
Netherlands
The brig was in collision with the tug Orient ( United Kingdom ), ran aground and was abandoned at Gibraltar . She was refloated.[ 2]
Crimea
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at the Boston Lighthouse , Massachusetts , United States. She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 38]
Emmanuel
Prussia
The brig was wrecked at Höganäs , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 32]
Eva Dorothea
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry , Virginia , United States. All on board, more than 200 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 13]
Harmonia
United States
The full-rigged ship ran aground in Blommel Sound. She was on a voyage from New York to the Clyde . She was refloated but ran aground near Yell , Shetland Islands , United Kingdom . She was refloated on 12 December and taken in to Blue Minna Sound.[ 39] Taken into Culli Voe on 17 December, she was declared a total loss on 19 December.[ 40]
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Amaranth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Tynemouth , Northumberland . She was refloated.[ 30]
Atalanta
United Kingdom
The brig collided with Times ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the Irish Sea off The Skerries , County Antrim . Her crew were rescued. Atalanta was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 46]
Army
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Bordeaux , Gironde , France. She was refloated on 18 December and taken in to Ramsgate , Kent in a leaky condition.[ 18] [ 47]
Belle
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton , Hampshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[ 30]
Cynthia
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Missolonghi , Greece .[ 22] She was on a voyage from an English port to Patras and Syros , Greece then Galaţi , Ottoman Empire .[ 13] She was refloated with assistance from HMS Recruit ( Royal Navy ) and taken in to Patras.[ 48]
Rotterdam
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France. She was refloated the next day and taken in to The Downs .[ 46]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Atalanta
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the steamship Times ( United Kingdom ) and sank in St. George's Channel . Her crew were rescued by Times . Atalanta was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 49] [ 50]
Banshee
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with James ( United Kingdom ) and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Fort William, Inverness-shire . She was on a voyage from Inverness to Corran , Inverness-shire .[ 48]
Electra
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Avon . She was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana to Bristol , Gloucestershire . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bristol.[ 51]
Hioma
Russia
The ship was driven ashore on Osmussaar . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Reval . She was refloated but found to be waterlogged.[ 19]
USLHT Howell Cobb
United States Lighthouse Establishment
The lighthouse tender ran aground in the Bahamas . She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[ 52]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the steamship New Pelton ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . All on board were rescued.[ 53]
St. Lawrence
United States
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from St. Andrew's Bay to Limerick , United Kingdom. She came ashore in Boylagh Bay and was wrecked.[ 23]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Cobourg
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between Folkestone and Sandgate, Kent . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was refloated and taken in to Folkestone.[ 30]
Creole
France
The steamship sank in the Bay of Fundy . She was being towed from Granville, Manche to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 54]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Exmouth , Devon . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Exeter , Devon.[ 55]
Lago
British North America
The schooner was driven ashore on the south coast of Prince Edward island . She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to the Clyde . She was consequently condemned.[ 54]
London
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Brielle , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 22]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The steamship was in collision with another steamship and was beached on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk , where she sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to London .[ 32]
Robina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Maryport , Cumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to the Clyde .[ 32] She was refloated on 30 December and taken in to "Dunmore".[ 56]
William
British North America
The ship was beached on Rutland Island , County Donegal .[ 55]
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Argo
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Moville Bay .[ 2]
Chieftain
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head , Sussex . She was on a voyage from London to Madras , India . She was refloated and put back to London in a leaky condition.[ 57]
Earl of Zetland
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Moville Bay.[ 2]
Iris
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to London.[ 57] She was towed in to Malmö , Sweden on 25 December.[ 58]
Juffer Ellegonda
Netherlands
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Newbiggin Point, Northumberland , United Kingdom . Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Rotterdam , South Holland . Juffer Ellegonda broke up on 19 December.[ 2] [ 59]
Mary Dare
United Kingdom
The brig was in collision with the brig Adonis ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by Adonis . Mary Dure was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to London.[ 55] [ 60] She broke up on 19 December.[ 13]
Primus
Rostock
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Rostock.[ 13]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Ebenezer
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Newburgh, Fife . She was on a voyage from Alloa , Clackmannanshire to Newburgh.[ 61]
Governess
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned off Mauritius . She was taken in to Port Louis, Mauritius on 17 December.[ 62]
Harmonia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Culla Voe, Shetland Islands . she was on a voyage from New York City , United States to the Clyde .[ 8]
Menodora
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with an American vessel in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Sandbank. She was consequently beached the next day near Grimsby , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex .[ 59]
Volador
Flag unknown
The ship departed from Havana , Cuba for Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 63]
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Archipelago
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Taganrog , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire . She was refloated with the assistance of a smack and assisted in to Harwich , Essex .[ 59]
Bella Portena
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Braganza Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Pará , Brazil .[ 67]
Bramley
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 or 3 nautical miles (3.7 or 5.6 km) east of Calais , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais .[ 68] [ 69] [ 13]
Earl of Carrick
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on a reef off Dalby Point, near Port Erin , Isle of Man with the loss of all but two of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 38] [ 58]
Porto Maruizio
Kingdom of Sardinia
The brig was destroyed by fire at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Genoa .[ 13] [ 59]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Amazon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Christiansø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 18]
Ange Mathilde
France
The schooner was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to A Coruña , Spain.[ 18] Ange Mathilde was refloated on 22 December.[ 59]
Columbus
Spain
The brig was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Naples , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . She was refloated and taken in to Deal, Kent .[ 47] [ 59]
Crimea
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 18]
Daring
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Aux Cayes , Haiti.[ 70]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[ 18]
William Clowes
United Kingdom
The ship was discovered derelict off the mouth of the River Tyne .[ 13]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1857
Ship
State
Description
Ajos Nicholaos
Greece
The ship was abandoned at Sulina , Ottoman Empire before 28 December. She was on a voyage from Brăila , Ottoman Empire to an English port.[ 81]
Alby
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Trieste . She was refloated and taken in to Venice , Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia .[ 22]
Amelia
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock at Smyrna , Ottoman Empire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Smyrna.[ 22]
Coquette
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 2 December. Her crew were rescued by the barque Capella ( Norway ). Coquette was on a voyage from Huelva , Spain to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 82] [ 83]
Danæ
Hamburg
The ship capsized at Buenos Aires , Argentina in early December.[ 84]
Felicidade
Portugal
The brig was wrecked in the Indian Ocean (31°07′S 40°41′E / 31.117°S 40.683°E / -31.117; 40.683 ). Her crew were rescued by Blackburne ( United Kingdom ).[ 85]
Fides
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 27]
Flirt
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Black Sea . Her crew were rescued by Isabella Hay ( United Kingdom ). Flirt was on a voyage from Galaţi , Ottoman Empire to an English port.[ 79]
Fortuna
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship was sunk by insurgent artillery fire at Saint Domingo .[ 75]
Gossypium
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin . She was refloated and put back to Moulmein , Burma .[ 86]
Governess
United Kingdom
The brig foundered. She was on a voyage from Ichaboe Island to Mauritius .[ 87]
Margaretha Kristine
Denmark
The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk , United Kingdom . She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich , Essex , United Kingdom by Wonder ( United Kingdom ).[ 88]
Mary and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet , Lincolnshire . She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire, where she arrived on 30 December.[ 14]
Pharamond
France
The steamship was wrecked at Trabzon , Ottoman Empire.[ 89] [ 90]
Polly Hopkins
New South Wales
The ship was wrecked at Port Stephens before 11 December. Her crew were rescued.[ 91]
Providence
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at Psara , Greece . She was refloated and repaired.[ 92]
Resolution
United States
The schooner was driven ashore in Georgian Bay .[ 54]
Springfield
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Cartagena, Spain . She was refloated on 15 December with assistance from the Coast Guard and put back to Newcastle upon Tyne in a severely leaky condition.[ 30]
Times
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked at Lazelintzy Point, Russia .[ 93]
Vigilant
France
The brig was driven ashore in Brandon Bay .[ 48]
Vondel
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the Paracel Islands . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Hong Kong .[ 65]
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