# List of shipwrecks in January 1858

The list of shipwrecks in January 1858 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1858.

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eyrie | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Belfast, County Antrim. The wreck was subsequently destroyed by the Belfast Harbour Commissioners. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Fowey, Cornwall. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The sloop departed from Cromarty for Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Cranfield Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Youghal, County Cork. |
| John Walker | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized in a squall at Demerara, British Guiana with the loss of all but one of her thirteen crew. |
| Vischnou | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tenerife, Canary Islands with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Gambia River to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Volo | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Despina | Greece | The barque ran aground in the River Lee and was severely damaged. |
| Ellergill | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Hartley Rock and was damaged. She put back to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Henry Tanner | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Alnmouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Henry Tanner was refloated on 16 January and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland. |
| Louis | United Kingdom | The smack was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ann ( United Kingdom). Louis came ashore at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Nelly | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Sillycar Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to South Shields. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Lindisfarne, Northumberland. |
| Richard and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner caught fire and was scuttled at Bursledon, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to a Scottish port |
| Sophia | Prussia | The brig ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Heatherbell | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Queen Margaret (Flag unknown). Heatherbell was on a voyage from Bird Island, Algoa Bay, Cape Colony to London. |
| Louis | France | The sloop spang a leak and was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Ann Lewis ( United Kingdom). Louis was on a voyager from Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She came ashore at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan and was wrecked. |
| Maid of the Mill | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Inverness. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Siluria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| France et Brazil | France | The ship was wrecked on the Kish Bank, in Dublin Bay with the loss of one of her eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Pandora | United Kingdom | The ship struck a submerged object and was wrecked West Hartlepool, County Durham. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albertus | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Trieste. She was refloated with the assistance of the smack Snowdrop ( United Kingdom) and assisted into Harwich, Essex. |
| Blucher | Bremen | The ship was beached at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Sunderland. |
| General Williams | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cutter Harbour", British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Delphine ( United Kingdom). Martha was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Alicante, Spain. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Hartlepool and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was later refloated and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland for repairs. |
| Philadelphia | United States | The steamship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Segna, Austrian Empire. She was reboarded on 7 January. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Assomption | France | The brig was driven ashore at Twielenfleth, Kingdom of Hanover. She was refloated and taken in to Brünshausen. |
| Balaklava | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Brünshausen. She was refloated and taken in to the Elbe. |
| Bon St. Nicholas | France | The brig was driven ashore at Twielenfleth. She was refloated on 12 January and assisted in to Cuxhaven. |
| Infallibloe | 1786 Austrian Empire | The brig was wrecked at "Trefontain", Sicily. She was on a voyage from the Dardanelles to an English port. |
| Jemima | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Portuguese Bay, Ceylon. She was refloated on 24 June. |
| Onderneming | Netherlands | The koff ran aground off Gedser Odde, Denmark with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Stolpemünde, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Panama | New South Wales | The brig foundered off Chatham Island with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Kangaroo Island to Sydney. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank in Cardigan Bay. Her crew were rescued by Progress ( United Kingdom). Albert was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Best | United Kingdom | The ship sank off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. |
| Ernani | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Waterford. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice at "Vollerwyk", Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Rendsburg, Duchy of Holstein to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground at Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lindisfarne in a severely damaged condition. |
| Snowdon | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Colonel's Rock, off the coast of County Cork. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated the next day. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie Gibson | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at False Immanuel Head, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a leaky condition. |
| Catapilco | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Pichadangui", Chile. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Zapallar. She was refloated. |
| Marie | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at "Oggle". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Fredrikshavn. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ernain | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Brading, Isle of Wight to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Macao | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on Miguder's Shoal. She was refloated and put back to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Mary C. Dyner | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey. She was refloated on 2 February and towed in to New York. |
| New England | United States | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the barque Cora Linn ( United Kingdom) but one of them subsequently died from his burns. New England was on a voyage from New York to the Clyde. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louis Armand | France | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Teutonia ( Hamburg). Louis Armand was on a voyage from Réunion to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Miranda | Rostock | The brigantine struck a rock on the west coast of the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Saint Domingo. |
| Strive | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Sillycar Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Port Dundas, Renfrewshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 13 January and assisted in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a severely damaged condition. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Sal, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Cape Verde Islands. |
| Jane Emily | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Aveiro, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Regina | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Valetta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston. |
| Washington | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was wrecked at Hanover Island, Chile. Her 23 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Caldera, Chile. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ardent | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Queendall Bay, Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had become a wreck by 18 January. |
| Catherina | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with brig Westmoreland ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) south-east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Westmoreland. Catherina was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London with coal. |
| Duke of Argyll | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground in Tolen Bay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Sandwick Bay, Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Madras, India. |
| Familiens Haab | Denmark | The ship was lost on the Jedderen Reef, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from "Bidstrup" to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Nouvelle Active | France | African Slave Trade: The schooner was wrecked on a reef in the Sainte Channel with the loss of 82 lives She was on a voyage from Basse-Terre Island to Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arpadina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Antioch Bay. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Dewdrop | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Genova | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near São Miguel Island, Azores. |
| Grantham | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Reveil | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to a port on Sicily. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess of Leven and Melville | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Plough Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Perth to London. She was assisted in to North Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Henrietta Brewis | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a leaky condition. |
| James | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Majestas and sank in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| John and Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint Lucia. She was on a voyage from Bonny, Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| C. S. Pennell | United States | The ship was damaged in a storm at New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Ellen Stewart | United States | The ship was severely damaged in a storm at New Orleans. |
| Innes | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland in a leaky condition. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts. She was refloated. |
| Valetta | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Maffett Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was refloated with the assistance of two steamships and towed in to Charleston. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel by a French brig. |
| Ann Martin | United Kingdom | The barque was lost near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk off the Isle of Wight by a French brig. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Mataró, Spain. |
| Hermonia | Bremen | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Sicily. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia to an English port. |
| Jupiter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. |
| King Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lady Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island. Her crew were rescued. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| William Morgan Davies | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island with the loss of a crew member. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allah Kersim | Flag unknown | The brig was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. |
| Clydeside | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. Clydeside was refloated with the assistance of several smacks and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex. |
| Eyre | United Kingdom | The brigantine was in collision with the steamship Semaphore ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Belfast Lough. Her crew were rescued by Semaphore. Eyre was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Lawsons | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Soldier's Point, County Louth. |
| Washington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her 23 crew survived. They built a sloop from the wreck, and sailed on 24 February, subsequently reaching Valparaíso, Chile. Washington was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Caldera, Chile. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Earl of Surrey | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay, and sank. Four crew were rescued by the Magazines Lifeboat. |
| Indefatigable | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked near the entrance to the Bosphorus. |
| Mal-Bagden | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked near the entrance to the Bosphorus. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Ceará, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Ceará to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition. |
| Oak | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck off Sunderland, County Durham. She was beached in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Seaham or Hartlepool, County Durham. Oak was taken in to Sunderland the next day in a severely damaged condition. |
| Themis | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Carabournou", Ottoman Empire with the loss of two of her crew. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Desengano | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Palmyra | Portugal | The schooner was wrecked on Terceira Island. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | British North America | The barque departed from Savannah, Georgia, United States for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Caroline and Sire | Norway | The schooner ran aground in the Agger Canal, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Randers to London, United Kingdom. |
| Hermina de Breoe | Flag unknown | The brig foundered off the coast of Sicily. |
| Kalodyne | Netherlands | The barque ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 6 March. |
| Kathinka | Russia | The barque was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Riga. |
| Mary Anne | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary Johannah | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank and sank with the loss of a crew member. |
| Medina | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Warp, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated but consequently sank. All seven people on board were rescued by the smack Eliza and Jane ( United Kingdom). Medina was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. |
| Stag | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground and sank on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by a tug. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The steamboat was holed by an anchor and sank at Woolwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Woolwich. |
| Thomas Hodgson | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Riga, Russia. |
| Victor Emeline | France | The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Buenos Ayres | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the Irish Sea. She put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Jeune Blonde | France | The barque was wrecked on the La Folle Reefs, east of the Île-à-Vache, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to Belle Île, Morbihan. |
| Marsden | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Tetney, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Mary and Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Ionian Sea and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Merchant | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of all fifteen people on board. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London. |
| Sarah Palmer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the East Hoyle, in Liverpool Bay. |
| Sieka | Netherlands | The brig was driven ashore near Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She had been refloated by 2 February and taken in to Calais for repairs. |
| Syrian | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued by Empress ( United Kingdom). Syrian was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Terror | Bremen | The steamship ran aground off the Weser Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Sunderland. She was refloated. |
| Windsbride | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smack Magnet ( United Kingdom). Windsbride was on a voyage from Seaton Sluice, County Durham to London. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auguste | France | The full-rigged ship was wrecked in St Francis Bay with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Barnabas Webb | United States | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Excel | United Kingdom | ExcelThe ship Excel of Weymouth, sank at Calais, France, 21–22 January. |
| Dawson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Ellerslie | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barbadoes. She was refloated on 1 February and taken in to Wexford. |
| Excel | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais, France with the loss of all but one of her crew. The ship's dog survived. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. |
| Fawn | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Cayeux-sur-Mer, Somme, France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was condemned. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at "Barnmouth", Fife. |
| Normandy | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. |
| Santa Maria | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom for Livorno. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Seaman's Bride | United States | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. |
| W. H. Prescott | United States | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crimea | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Heckla | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Sound of Bara. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated and put in to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides in a severely damaged condition. |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the west coast North Uist, Outer Hebrides. |
| Louise Estelle | France | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Clifton, India. She was on a voyage from Muscat, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman to Kurrachee, India. She was refloated and taken in to Kurrachee |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Emden, Kingdom of Hanover. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acor | United Kingdom | The steamship was in collision with the steamship Warrior ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. She put in to Folkestone, Kent, where she sank. She was on a voyage from London to Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands. |
| Samuel Laing | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. |
| William Carey | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated the next day. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Capricieux | France | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Tramore, County Waterford, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member and two would-be rescuers. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. |
| Herefordshire | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Cemlyn, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Jemima | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fanad, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Ramilton". |
| Margaret Pryde | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated on 4 February and taken in to Margate, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Tron Rocks. She was refloated. |
| Premier | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Skiddaw | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Payana Shoals. She was on a voyage from She was on a voyage from Guayaquil, Ecuador to London. She was refloated and put back to Guayaquil. |
| Telegraph | United Kingdom | The brig was captured in the Gulf of Aden and was beached at "Ourbah", where she was stripped and plundered. HEIC ship Elphinstone ( India) rescued her crew and set the wreck on fire. Telegraph was on a voyage from Aden to the "Koora Mooria Islands" (Khuriya Muriya Islands). |
| William Williams | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cape Felix. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aden to the "Kooria Moorias" (Khuriya Muriya Islands). The local inhabitants plundered the vessel. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Luigia | Austrian Empire | The brig ran aground at Glandore Harbour, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The felucca was run down and sunk by a brig off Tarifa, Spain. Her crew survived. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Balgowan Point, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Loire | France | The steamship ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and broke in two. Her passengers were rescued by The Hoylake Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London, United Kingdom. |
| Moselle | United Kingdom | The brig foundered 35 nautical miles (65 km) west of Cartagena, Republic of New Granada. All on board took to a boat; they were rescued on 29 January. |
| Navus | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Ridge Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. |
| Tantivy | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the South Atlantic (30°00′S 19°40′W﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 19.667°W﻿ / -30.000; -19.667). Her crew were rescued by New Great Britain ( United Kingdom). |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chancellor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at San Stefano, Ottoman Empire. She had been refloated by 5 February and taken in to port. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jeune Henrietta | France | The ship was wrecked near "Roads". She was on a voyage from Africa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| John Gilpin | United States | The clipper collided with an iceberg in the South Atlantic 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the Falkland Islands. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued by Hertfordshire ( United Kingdom). |
| Mary Wilson | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Havana, Cuba and was abandoned with the loss of her captain. |
| Union | Spain | The brig was wrecked on Green Island, off Algeciras with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Torrevieja to a port in Galicia. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The brig caught fire in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her twelve crew abandoned ship. She was on a voyage from Dublin to South Shields, County Durham. She came ashore at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire and capsized, extinguishing the fire. She broke up on 1 February. |
| Bevis Tree | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to York. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and capsized at Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| John and William | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Douglas, Isle of Man. |
| Scott | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 1 February. |
| Sir Henry Pottinger | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at North Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to North Shields. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Coppin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 2 February and taken in to Ayr. |
| Cæsar | Spain | The brig was wrecked near Algeciras with the loss of six of her eleven crew. |
| Emerald | Jersey | The schooner was wrecked on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Jersey. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Leith, Lothian. |
| Heron | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Cap Gris-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Crail, Fife. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pesaro, Papal States. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Ancona, Papal States. |
| Statesman | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore between Monk's Ferry and Woodside, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Ugie | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood to Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1858 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Collingwood | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony before 8 January. Her crew were rescued by a French barque. She was on a voyage from Namaqualand to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| American Lass | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cabo San Antonio, Cuba. She was on a voyage from London to New Orleans, Louisiana. United States. |
| Assunta | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked at Kiliya, Russia before 28 January. |
| Augustine Clara | France | The ship was driven ashore at Penrhyn Bay, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. |
| Emu | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground whilst on a voyage from Dantzic to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated and taken in to Kristiansand, Norway. |
| Flash | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked "on Smollen" on or before 24 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry. |
| George Metcalf | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea between 18 and 20 January. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. |
| James Russell | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground at the mouth of the Irrawaddy River. |
| Lockaber | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the Swin by the steamship Iron Era ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Naomi | British North America | The brigantine was driven ashore at Porthcurno, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Salem, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Ocean Child | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground between 4 and 13 January whilst on a voyage from Dantzic to Poole. She was refloated and taken in to Kristiansand. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newburgh, Fife. She was refloated on 14 January and taken in to Newburgh. |
| Serampore | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Sir Robert Sale | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Bishop's College Sand, in the Hooghly River before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Stemster | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off Barra, Outer Hebrides and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Limerick. She consequently put in to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. |