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The list of shipwrecks in September 1857 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during September 1857 .
1 September
2 September
3 September
4 September
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Adrian
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea . Five crew were rescued by Hermann Theodore (Flag unknown), the rest by Albion ( United Kingdom ). Adrian was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 9] [ 10]
Aim
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in a typhoon at Samson Bay, Formosa .[ 11]
Confucius
United Kingdom
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).[ 11]
Durance
French Navy
The transport ship was driven ashore on Deadman's Island, Shanghai , China in a typhoon.[ 12]
Egypt
United Kingdom
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 ( United Kingdom ). Egypt was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai.[ 12]
Eliza Jane
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Samson Bay.[ 11]
Fortuna
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Formosa. Her crew survived.[ 13]
Julia
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Amoy , China.[ 12]
Melanie
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Samson Bay.[ 11]
Nile
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in a typehoon at Samson Bay with the loss of all hands.[ 11]
Owen
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Algeria ( United Kingdom ). Owen was on a voyage from Waterford to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Patriot
United Kingdom
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.[ 3]
Rienzi
Belgium
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.[ 8] [ 17]
Vixen
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in a typhoon at Samso Bay. Her crew were rescued.[ 11]
Waverley
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Samson Bay. She was later refloated.[ 11]
Whampoa
United Kingdom
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.[ 11]
5 September
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Australasian League
New South Wales
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Richmond River .[ 18]
Betsey
United Kingdom
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.[ 3]
John
United Kingdom
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.[ 3]
Ophid
United Kingdom
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.[ 5]
Oxford
United Kingdom
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.[ 19]
6 September
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Aerolite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze-kiang . She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai , China .[ 11] She had been refloated by 6 November and towed in to Shanghai[ 20]
Amity
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Harkaway
United States
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 ( United Kingdom ). The remaining seven crew were rescued on 9 September by the barque Advice ( United Kingdom ). Harkaway was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 21]
Kroonprinses Louise Kuhn
Netherlands
The steamship was driven ashore on Saaremaa , Russia . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Saint Petersburg , Russia.[ 22]
Rosalie
United States
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 .[ 23]
7 September
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Albert
France
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 [ 3] [ 24]
East Anglian
United Kingdom
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.[ 5] [ 19]
Lady Ridley
United Kingdom
The ship was run into by the steamship Rouen ( France ) and sank at South Shields , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 25]
Monte Christo
United Kingdom
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 .[ 26]
8 September
9 September
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Corzo
Spain
The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bergen , Norway to Bilboa . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 19]
Donna Thereza
Portugal
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.[ 32]
James Magnet
United Kingdom
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.[ 27]
10 September
11 September
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Ann Hazell
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on Naissaar , Russia . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Narva , Russia. She was refloated.[ 36]
Central America
United States
Central America . The sidewheel paddle steamer sprang a leak during a hurricane . She foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (31°35′N 77°02′W / 31.583°N 77.033°W / 31.583; -77.033 ) with the loss of 425 of the 631 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the barque Ellen ( Norway ) and the brig Marine ( United States ). Central America was on a voyage from Colón , Republic of New Granada to New York .
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Heligoland . Her crew were rescued by the galiot Johannes ( Denmark ). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg .[ 9] [ 27] [ 36]
Florence
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia for San Juan, Puerto Rico . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 37]
Ide
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Red Bay Labrador , British North America .[ 38]
Louise
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the Levant coast.[ 39]
Mary Ann
British North America
The schooner was wrecked at Red Bay.[ 38] [ 40]
Quickstep
British North America
The schooner was wreecked at Red Bay.[ 38] [ 40]
Secret
United Kingdom
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.[ 9]
Sophie
Netherlands
The steamship collided with the steamship William Hutt ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom with the loss of thirteen of the 24 people on board.[ 41] Sophie was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom.[ 33]
Temperance
British North America
The ship was wrecked at Red Bay and was plundered by the local inhabitants.[ 38]
Vitula
British North America
The brig was wrecked at Red Bay.[ 38] [ 40]
Western Boat
British North America
The schooner was wrecked at Red Bay.[ 38] [ 40]
12 September
13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Britannia
United Kingdom
The barque collided with the barque St. Marthe ( France ) and sank 160 nautical miles (300 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.[ 46]
Colin McRae
United States
The barque was wrecked at Wilmington, North Carolina . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Wilmington.[ 47] [ 48] [ 49]
Fusilier
United Kingdom
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.[ 9] [ 42] [ 50]
Luzon
Spain
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 .[ 51] [ 26]
Messenger
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne , Victoria .[ 42]
Penang
Straits Settlements
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 .[ 52]
Polly
New Zealand
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 .[ 53]
14 September
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Murray
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Kate Swanton ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Droogden, off Copenhagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 54] [ 55]
Pegasus
Stettin
The galeass was wrecked near Hirtshals , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Stettin.[ 56]
Sampson
United Kingdom
The tug was in collision with the steamship Fyenoord ( Netherlands ) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent .[ 57]
Troubadour
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Athens , Greece .[ 58]
15 September
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Betsey
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked at Portpatrick , Wigtownshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 55]
Clio
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Sagamore ( United States ). Clio was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 59] [ 60]
Emily
United Kingdom
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.[ 45]
Euphemia
British North America
The brigantine was abandoned "at Grand River", Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Shediac , New Brunswick to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 26] [ 61] [ 62]
Ferne
British North America
The brigantine was driven ashore in Larshayen Bay. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to "Hagland".[ 61]
James Gibbs
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. John's Point, County Down . She was on a voyage from Quebec City to the Clyde .[ 10]
Minna
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze-Kiang. She was on a voyage from Foo-Chow-Foo to Shanghai.[ 11]
Nancy
British North America
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 ( United Kingdom ). Nancy was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Puerto Rica.[ 40] [ 31]
16 September
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Antonius
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja , Russia .[ 63]
Catharina
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]
Commerce
United Kingdom
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.[ 36]
Conservative
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.[ 64] [ 49]
Daguerre
France
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 .[ 65] [ 36]
Glory
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]
Harperley
United Kingdom
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.[ 36]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.[ 64] [ 63]
Isle of Wight
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.[ 64]
Johan Gezina
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]
Lady Sale
United Kingdom
The brig was run down and sunk off the Isle of May by HMS Pembroke ( Royal Navy ). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to London .[ 56]
Princess Victoria
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Bolderāja. She was on a voyage from Bolderāja to Deptford , Kent . She was refloated and put back to Bolderāja.[ 32]
Providentia
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]
Ruby
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rangoon River and was abandoned. She capsized the next day.[ 11]
Sedulous
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.[ 66] [ 64]
Simon Magnus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāaj. Her crew were rescued.[ 64]
St. Antonio
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]
Thomas James Marshall
United Kingdom
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.[ 26]
17 September
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Bell Rock
United Kingdom
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.[ 36]
Grantham
United Kingdom
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.[ 36]
Johan August
Norway
The schooner ran aground and was wrecked off Gåsö , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Christiania .[ 67] She was refloated on 8 October and towed in to Drammen by the steamship Stromstart ( Norway ).[ 62]
Preciosa
Norway
The ship was wrecked off Eckerö , Grand Duchy of Finland . She was on a voyage from Honfleur , Calvados , France to Härnösand , Sweden.[ 68]
William
United Kingdom
The brig was in collision with the steamship European ( United Kingdom ) and sank off North Foreland , Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to London.[ 69] [ 65] [ 36] Also reported to have been wrecked on the Tongue Sand.[ 70]
18 September
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Bonne Mère
France
The ship sprang a leak and was beached 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Calais . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Oran , Algeria .[ 34] [ 36]
Charles
United States
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 ( Royal Navy ). About 150 slaves drowned, but about 380 were rescued.
Columbine
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated.[ 36]
Hercules
United Kingdom
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.[ 44] [ 45]
Hirondelle
France
The ship was wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) from Ventava , Courland Governorate .[ 70]
Jerome Knight
United States
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.[ 71]
Marie Claire
France
The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Calais . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Oran , Algeria .[ 4]
19 September
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Andrea Elizabeth
Norway
The brig was driven ashore on Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to La Rochelle , Charente-Inférieure .[ 45]
Apollo
United Kingdom
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.[ 49]
Brazilian
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Stromness , Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Narva , Russia .[ 72]
De Koophandel
Netherlands
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.[ 58] [ 36] She was refloated on 22 September and taken in to Sheerness , Kent in a waterlogged condition.[ 32]
Goldfinch
United Kingdom
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 .[ 64] [ 73]
Keepsake
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dunbar , Lothian . She was refloated on 2 October.[ 74]
Nile
United States
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.[ 36]
Prince of Wales
United Kingdom
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.[ 32]
20 September
21 September
22 September
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Ellf Geschwister
Dantzic
The ship was driven ashore near "Kronenhoff Nehring". Her crew were rescued.[ 66]
Jehu
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Reval , Russia . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg , Russia.[ 77] She had been refloated by 2 October and resumed her voyage.[ 78]
John
Sweden
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Reval. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg.[ 79]
Kate Swanton
United Kingdom
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.[ 80]
Lefort
Imperial Russian Navy
Lefort .
The Imperatritsa Aleksandra -class 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.
Nile
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Seiskar Reef, in the Baltic Sea . Her crew were rescued.[ 81]
Pandora
Jersey
The schooner was driven ashore in Red Wharf Bay , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Carbonear , Newfoundland , British North America .[ 34] She was refloated on 24 September and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[ 72]
Saucy Jack
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at "Lettapah" or "Lettipah", near Reval , Russia, on voyage from Liverpool for Narva , Russia with salt.[ 79] [ 82]
23 September
24 September
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Allendale
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Agger, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 85]
Ayrshire Lass
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Saltholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Narva , Russia.[ 49]
Ceres
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick" (or Mackowiecim), Russia.[ 64] [ 83]
Dart Packet
Jersey
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 .[ 86] [ 87]
Hoffnung
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at "Munckovick".[ 79]
James Ewing
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cove, Argyllshire . She was on a voyage from Tobago to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 72]
Mount Washington
Flag unknown
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick" (or "Mackowiecim"), in Kaspar Bay. Her crew survived.[ 79] [ 83] [ 16]
Nautilus
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick" (or "Mackowiecim").[ 79] [ 83]
Penelope
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on "Bjiske" or "Fjerke" (Bird's Island). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Wyborg".[ 68]
Peter and Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Riga , Russia. She was refloated on 27 September.[ 83]
Primavera
Spain
The ship departed from Liverpool for St. Jago de Cuba , Cuba . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 88]
Prinz Oscar
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick". She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Cronstadt.[ 49]
Regard
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Nealos" (or "Malos"), Russia.[ 79] [ 83]
Rena
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland . Her crew were rescued by Jane and Mary ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from the Hunte to Bo'ness , Lothian , United Kingdom.[ 68]
Shanghae
Prussia
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.[ 72] Shanghae was refloated on 1 October and taken in to Harwich , Essex in a waterlogged condition.[ 89]
St. John
United Kingdom
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 .[ 90] Salvage was abandoned in July 1858 and she was broken up in situ .[ 91]
Tanfield
United Kingdom
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.[ 45]
Waterford
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Anticosti Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew were rescued by Devon ( United Kingdom ). Waterford was on a voyage from Waterford to Quebec City , Province of Canada , BritishNorth America.[ 60]
25 September
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Admiral Benbow
United Kingdom
The schooner sank in the Baltic Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Pillau , Prussia . Her crew were rescued by Louise ( United Kingdom ). Admiral Benbow was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Riga , Russia .[ 45]
A. L. Crawford
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Liverpool , Lancashire for Havana , Cuba . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 88]
Commodore
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at "Subessern", 14 Prussian miles (57.0 nautical miles (105.5 km)) from Domesnes , Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to a port on the east coast of Scotland.[ 49] [ 67] [ 92]
Hannah
United Kingdom
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.[ 49] [ 67] [ 85]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Reval.[ 93] [ 49]
Susan
Cape Colony
The cutter struck a sunken rock and sank in Saldanha Bay . Her crew were rescued.[ 94]
Wilhelmine
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore near Domesnes with the loss of two of her five crew.[ 49] [ 2] She was on a voyage from Riga to an English port.[ 67]
26 September
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Annan
United Kingdom
The sloop was in collision with the paddle steamer Queen ( United Kingdom ) 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 .[ 95] [ 96] Annan was subsequently towed in to Fleetwood , Lancashire in a waterlogged condition by the fishing smacks Overton and Prince of Wales (both United Kingdom ).[ 97] [ 98]
Ashley
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Hiiumaa , Russia . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Cronstadt , Russia.[ 49] [ 45]
Cruz e Gonçalves
Portugal
The schooner foundered off Gibraltar . Her crew were rescued by HMS Curlew , HMS Vulture and the tug Ward ( United Kingdom ). Cruz e Gonçalves was on a voyage from Huelva , Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne.[ 99]
Taymouth Castle
United Kingdom
The brig foundered off "Falconera", Ottoman Empire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire.[ 100]
27 September
28 September
29 September
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
A. L. Crawford
United States
The schooner departed from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom for Havana , Cuba . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 104]
Alliance
Hamburg
The ship was lost off Fredrikshavn , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 80]
Cuba
Imperial Russian Navy
The paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked off the Absheron Peninsula with the loss of 21 of her crew.[ 105]
Friend
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man with the loss of a crew member.[ 106]
Jean
United Kingdom
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.[ 45]
Lord William Bentinck
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the brig Lucilla ( United Kingdom ).[ 107]
Marmion
United Kingdom
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 .[ 78]
Postillion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Nackoe". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Riga , Russia.[ 80]
Sykes
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Virgin Rock, off Frederikshavn. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to "Wyborg".[ 80] [ 103]
30 September
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1857
Ship
State
Description
Athenian
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Patrick Henry ( United Kingdom ). Athenian was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to South Shields , County Durham .[ 108]
Beta
United Kingdom
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.[ 89] [ 85]
Cecilia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dantzic with the loss of all hands.[ 78]
Celt
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Kunda Bay, in the Baltic Sea .[ 61] She was refloated on 2 October and resumed her voyage.[ 40]
Dido
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Hiiumaa , Russia . she was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to "Wyburg". She was later refloated and repaired.[ 109] [ 26]
Hope
United Kingdom
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.[ 67]
Sabina
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground in the Min River . She was later refloated and taken in to Hong Kong for repairs.[ 102]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1857
Ship
State
Description
HMS Assistance
Royal Navy
The troopship ran aground in the Bangka Strait . She was refloated with assistance from HMS Firm ( Royal Navy ).[ 110]
Bonne Amelie
France
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 .[ 46]
Brockett
United Kingdom
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.[ 60]
Catherine
United Kingdom
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.[ 15]
George Swinton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Oyster Island. She was on a voyage from Akyab , British Burma to Calcutta India .[ 111]
Harriet Cann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ballyedmond , County Wexford . She was refloated on 29 September and taken in to Warrenpoint , County Down .[ 107]
Ida
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Brass , Nigeria . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Brass.[ 4]
Illinois
United States
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 .[ 42]
John Parker
United States
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.[ 47]
Larpool
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Rauschen , Prussia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to London.[ 64] [ 73]
Linden
United Kingdom
The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (51°22′N 21°19′W / 51.367°N 21.317°W / 51.367; -21.317 ). Her crew were rescued by the barque Agnes ( United Kingdom ). Linden was on a voyage from Sligo to Quebec City.[ 34] [ 36]
Minerva
Prussia
The barque collided with William Kirk ( United Kingdom ) 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.[ 64]
Prince Oscar
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked at Reval , Russia .[ 26]
Semiramis
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Colombo , Ceylon . She was on a voyage from Colombo to Liverpool.[ 111]
Sumroo
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Galle , Ceylon and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to the Persian Gulf .[ 111]
Vandolara
United Kingdom
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.[ 32]
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