# List of shipwrecks in 1859

The list of shipwrecks in 1859 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1859.
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes Taylor | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Demerara, British Guiana. Her crew were rescued. |
| Audubon | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to New York. |
| Brutus | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at Calcutta, India. |
| Bueres | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at a port in India. |
| Canton | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was wrecked in a gale at Macao, China. |
| Civilian | United States | The ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to New York. |
| Cygnet | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Mosquito Coast. Her crew were rescued. |
| Gomelza | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Vancouver Island, Colony of British Columbia. Also reported to have sunk in the Hood Canal, Washington Territory. |
| Good Hope | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Herald of the Morning | British North America | The clipper struck a sperm whale off Cape Horn, Cape Colony and was damaged. |
| Holder Borean | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean. |
| Hoop van Capelle | Netherlands | The ship sank at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies between 25 July and 9 August. |
| Ireland Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Red Sea. |
| Isaac Holder | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean. |
| Ithuriel | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All seventeen people on board were rescued by the brig Chatham ( United States). Ithuriel was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| John Franklin | United States | The schooner was lost while coming from Prince Edward Island for Gloucester, Massachusetts in the winter of 1858—59. Lost with all 6 hands, plus passengers, up to 14 lives lost. |
| John R. Stanley | Unknown | The schooner 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. |
| Kitty | Hudson's Bay Company | The ship was crushed by ice and sank in Hudson's Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship departed from London for Port Adelaide, South Australia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hnads. |
| Kona Hassett | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean. |
| Lord William Bentinck | United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Northumbria's Daughter | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Aden. |
| Ost | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on the Scarborough Shoal between 12 October and 9 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Peruvian | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Gillies Reef, off Belize City, British Honduras. Her crew were rescued. |
| Queen of Clippers | United States | The fishing schooner was lost in the Newfoundland fishery in the winter of 1858—59. Lost with all 6 hands. |
| Reindeer | United States | The ship was lost 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Manila, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from China to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Rosebud | Cape Colony | The schooner foundered whilst on a voyage from East London to Table Bay with the loss of all on board. |
| South Seamen | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean. |
| Swiss Boy | Hudson's Bay Company | The brig was wrecked in Nitinet Sound. Her crew survived. |
| Termandito | Hudson's Bay Company | The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Mackenzie River with the loss of 115 lives. |
| Tom King's Ship | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean. |
| Tulloch Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Combermere Bay. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Calcutta. |
| William & Mary | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Youghal, County Cork. |
| Yemassee | United States | The ship was lost in Loch Bharcasaig. |
| Young Greek | New Zealand | The schooner was lost en route between Pōrangahau and Wellington in February or March. |