# List of shipwrecks in July 1859

The list of shipwrecks in July 1859 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1859.

## 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John L. Dimmock | United States | The barque was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Cronstadt, Russia. |

## 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rossett | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Skirweathers Bank, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Sunshine | United States | The barque capsized off Fairport, New York with the loss of nine of the seventeen people on board. |
| William Gibson | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Valparaíso, Chile. |

## 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albatross | United Kingdom | The yacht sank in a thunderstorm at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of four of the eight people on board. |

## 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Royalist | United Kingdom | The fishing boat struck a sunken wreck and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sylla | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had become a wreck by 11 July. |

## 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized at the Sandheads, India with the loss of more than 22 lives. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius. |
| Dunedin | United Kingdom | The steamship was in collision with the steamship Lady Alice Lambton ( United Kingdom) and sank off the mouth of the Elbe. All on board were rescued. |
| Pedlar | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on a reef off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. |

## 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Conferentsraad | Norway | The ship ran ashore at Gottska Sandö, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. |
| James Carson | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic (24°20′S 27°07′W﻿ / ﻿24.333°S 27.117°W﻿ / -24.333; -27.117) in a sinking condition. Her 31 crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Marathon ( United Kingdom). James Carson was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bombay, India. |

## 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ebenezer | Tasmania | The cutter was driven onto a reef in Robbins Passage and sank. Her crew were ashore. |
| Elk | United Kingdom | The Belfast and Glasgow mail steamer ran aground at Ballymacormick Point near Groomsport, County Down, Ireland. |

## 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jylland | Denmark | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Ceres ( Hamburg). Jylland was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |

## 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amphitrite | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.{ |
| Ocean | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Archangelsk, Russia. |
| Symmetry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Archangelsk. |

## 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza Bain | United Kingdom | The brig was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica. |
| Lancaster | United States | The barque foundered at "Malaki". |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to South Shields. |
| Valentine Hellicar | Victoria | The schooner was wrecked on Otaki Beach in New Zealand during a thunderstorm and gale while en route from Melbourne to Port Cooper. All hands were saved. |

## 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rob Roy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Johore Shoal, off the coast of Malaya. She was on a voyage from Sarawak, Malaya to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harpy | Norway | The ship was wrecked on Seskar, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to te Bristol Channel. |
| Hinda | Duchy of Schleswig | The schooner was wrecked on the Kleine Vogelsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Glückstadt. |
| Macaulay | United States | The ship ran aground off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship struck Tings Rocks, off Hartland Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. She put in to Ilfracombe, Devon in a severely leaky condition. |

## 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Juan Fernandez | United States | The ship ran aground off Mindoro, Spanish East Indies and consequently foundered two days later. She was on a voyage from Manilla, Spanish East Indies to Boston, Massachusetts. |

## 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arrow | New South Wales | The brigantine ran aground off the Tweed River Bar, New South Wales. |
| Carron | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the brig Viscountess Canning ( Guernsey) and sank off Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
| Dohallard | France | The schooner was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay while en route to Nantes, France. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Kuressaare, Russia. |

## 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hinde | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Samuel Guiseppe | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Rocque, Brazil. |
| Victor | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the tug Reliance and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port St. Mary, Isle of Man to Liverpool. She was refloated on 21 July. |
| Premier | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) off Tristan d'Acunha. Her crew were rescued by Amica ( Kingdom of Hanover). |

## 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cargey | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Blyth to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria. She was refloated and put back to Blyth for repairs. |
| Jeanette Melanie | Belgium | The brig ran aground on the Gabbard Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage form Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. Subsequently repaired at Ostend, West Flanders. |

## 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ruby | United Kingdom | The schooner became leaky and was abandoned in the English Channel. Her five cew survived. She was on a voyage from Totnes, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. Ruby was subsequently towed in to Plymouth, Devon by a pilot boat. Investigation revealed that holes had been deliberately bored in her stern. |

## 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Waterwitch | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the River Tyne. |

## 20 July

List of shipwrecks: July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Johanna | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Nepalese Ambassador ( United Kingdom). Johanna was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Algiers, Algeria. |
| Seraphina | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Fortune Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. D. Whiddew | United Kingdom | The brig capsized and sank at Aux Cayes, Haiti. |
| Palestine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of "Pittshead". She was on a voyage from "Kooria Mooria" (Khuriya Muriya Islands) to Cromarty. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. SHe was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia. |

## 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Earl of Sefton | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Monkey Point, Burma. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the River Tyne at Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to the River Tyne. She was righted the next day. |
| Nathalie | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Bombay, India with the loss of three of her crew. |

## 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Advice | United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank off Cape Hooper, Greenland.. Her crew were rescued on 26 July by Emma ( United Kingdom) |
| Francis Ridley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto a reef off Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was refloated, but was consequently condemned. |
| Magnolia | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Belvidere, Cape Colony. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Town to Knysna. |

## 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bertha | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | The brigantine foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Adra, Spain. Her seven crew were rescued by the schooner Dos Amigos ( Portugal). Bertha was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |

## 26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisa Jane | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and sank in Loch Carron. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wick, Caithness. |

## 27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adeline | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Glencairn ( United Kingdom). Adeline was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Providence, Rhode Island, United States. |
| Catherine | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Frisia. Her six crew were rescued. |
| Duque do Porto | Portugal | After hitting a rock in fog, the ship was beached at Peniche, Portugal. |
| Evergreen | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground and was severely damaged at Bridgwater, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bridgwater. She was refloated and taken in to Bridgwater. |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom | The coble collided with a brig and sank in the North Sea with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig. |
| Plantaganet | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Demerara river. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to a British port. |
| Xerezano | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rock, in the Crooked Island Passage, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to London. |

## 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Casilda | Spain | The brigantine collided with an American vessel and was severely damaged. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued. Casilda was on a voyage from Valencia to Santander. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked between the Isla de Lobos and Cape Samaira, Uruguay with the loss of all hands. |

## 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Kazan ( Russia) and sank off the French coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the River Wear. |
| Lile | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and departed for her homeport of Plymouth for repairs. |

## 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ebenezer | New South Wales | The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Tweed River and was wrecked with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Tweed River. |
| Woodlark | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Port Natal, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from London to Port Natal. |

## 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Black Rock, in Galway Bay. Her six crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin. |
| Sofira | Malta | The brig was run down and sunk in Besika Bay by the barque Lily ( United Kingdom). |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abbey Blanchard | United Kingdom | The ship severely damaged by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Canning | India | The tug sank at "Colhec" with the loss of twelve of her crew. |
| Daphne | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Edward and William | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Thurso, Caithness. She was refloated in late August and taken in to for Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Forbes | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at Diamond Harbour, India. She was later refloated. |
| Glance | United States | The ship caught fire in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. She was towed in to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, where she burnt to the waterline. |
| Lady Rawlinson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off the Rangoon Lightship ( Burma) before 9 July. |
| Mariout | Ottoman Empire | The steamship wrecked on a reef in the Red Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Cosseir, Egypt. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Djeddah, Ottoman Hejaz. |
| Medway | United Kingdom | The barque sank between Sulina and Tulcea, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Brăila, Ottoman Empire. |
| Petite Hermine | British North America | The brig was wrecked on Langlade Island, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Princess Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Maranhão, Brazil. |
| Regina | India | The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north north west of Saugor. |
| Roslyn | Flag unknown | The yacht was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by St. Helena ( United Kingdom). |
| Sirius | Denmark | The brig was wrecked on Saona Island, Dominican Republic before 11 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands to Saint Domingo. |
| Victor | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) north north west of Saugor. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Réunion and Mauritius. |
| William Chestnut | United States | The ship was wrecked off Key Vascas. |