# List of shipwrecks in March 1857

The list of shipwrecks in March 1857 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during March 1857.

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Madras | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Calcutta, India. |
| Deux Frères | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Málaga, Spain. |
| Fanny Huntley | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Isabella Croll | United Kingdom | The steamship was holed by an anchor and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the barque Duchesse de Brabant ( Belgium) and foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south west of The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Duchesse de Brabant. Jason was on a voyage from Scala Nuova, Ottoman Empire to Cork and Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Virginia | United States | The ship departed from New York for Youghal, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annabella | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and sank in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Scrabster, Caithness to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The smack struck a rock and sank in the River Fowey. |
| Mary Howe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated. |
| Reaper | United Kingdom | The sloop was in collision with the fishing smack Blue-Eyed Maid ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel east of Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Blue-Eyed Maid. Reaper was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Susan | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Nagara, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Moldavia to a British port. She was consequently condemned. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the Mull of Oa, Islay with the loss of a crew member. |
| Gaston | Belgium | The schooner was wrecked at Dénia, Spain with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Ocean Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Nyuti Island. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London. |
| HMS Urgent | Royal Navy | The troopship sprang a leak in the Bay of Biscay. She put in to A Coruña, Spain in a sinking condition. |
| William Denny | New Zealand | The steamship went ashore near North Cape in heavy fog whilst en route from Auckland to Sydney, New South Wales. All on board were rescued. She was later refloated and placed under repair, but was wrecked in a gale on 7 June 1858. |
| Zetland | British North America | The brig sprang a leak and capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Jane ( United Kingdom). Zetland was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Puerto Rico. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Findhorn, Moray. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cromarty. |
| Mary Eliza | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by General Willshire ( United States). |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Saracen | United States | The ship ran aground on the Hastings Shoal, in the Irrawaddy River. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antoine et Jean | France | The ship was wrecked near Benicàssim, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Branch | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank near Hollum, Friesland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Harburg, Hamburg. |
| Gaston | Belgium | The schooner was wrecked near Oliva, Spain with the loss of five of her crew. |
| Hebe | Austrian Empire | The schooner was wrecked near Oliva with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Laurentine and Emilia | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Japara Point, Netherlands East Indies. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Samarang to Sourabaya. |
| Möwe | Hamburg | The steamship was wrecked on the Droogden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Defence | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Cork. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship sank between Looe Island and Rame Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, possibly on the night of 8–9 March. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice Mondell | United States | The whaler ran aground on the Pratas Shoal, in the South China Sea and was wrecked. Her crew took to four boats. Three of them had reached Hong Kong by 15 April. |
| John and Albert | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by New England ( United States). John and Albert was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Nonpareil | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Billing Point. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in tow. |
| Smuggler | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with the steamship Teutonia ( Hamburg) and sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of four of her five crew. Her captain survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to A Coruña, Spain. |
| Stag | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground at Black Head, Wigtownshire. Her passengers were taken off by Cambria ( United Kingdom). Stag was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated with assistance from Cambria and the tug Premier ( United Kingdom). |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James and Francis | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| James Daly | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast. Her crew were rescued. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smack Liberty ( United Kingdom). Nancy was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Trine | Denmark | The ship was sighted off Fredrikshavn whilst on a voyage from Horsens to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carmen | Peru | The full-rigged ship was set afire by some of the 200 coolies on board and sank in the Indian Ocean with much loss of life. There were at least seven survivors, some of whom were rescued by Henrietta Maria ( Netherlands). Carmen was on a voyage from Swatow, China to Callao. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The smack foundered off Portland Bill, Dorset with the loss of two of the four people on board. Survivors were rescued by the fishing smack Victorine Desirée ( France). Dart was on a voyage from Alderney, Channel Islands to Lyme Regis, Dorset. |
| Grace | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Hamburg. Grace was refloated on 10 March. |
| Majestic | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (41°00′N 12°50′W﻿ / ﻿41.000°N 12.833°W﻿ / 41.000; -12.833). Her crew were rescued by the schooner Neve ( Denmark). Majestic was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London. |
| Mexicain | France | The paquebot was struck by lightning and set afire north of Cuba. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Minna Muller | Netherlands | The schooner was wrecked on the Paedermarkt with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Mohi | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Adriatic Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Carbonara di Bari, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Salonica, Greece. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Tetney Haven, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. She was refloated on 12 March and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a galiot. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Anna Elize | Bremen | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. |
| Express | Prussia | The ship, which had struck a sunken object 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and become leaky, was driven ashore near Cape St. Mary, Portugal whilst attempting to put in to Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| George Dean | Jersey | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque L'Utile ( France). George Dean was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to London. |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartelpool, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Droogden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The sloop departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Banff, Aberdeenshire. No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Samuel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Runcorn, Cheshire. She had become a wreck by 21 March. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlas | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig ran aground on Scharhörn. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Gwen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ennishowen Head, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry. |
| Krodesen | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Chibburn, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Laura | Tobago | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Scarborough Bay to Goldsborough Bay. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballycastle, County Antrim. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilrush, County Clare. |
| Duke of Brontë | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilrush. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated on 28 March and towed in to Limerick, where she was found to be severely damaged. |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridport, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Bridport. She was refloated on 28 March and taken in to Bridport. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford. |
| Hertha | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent where she was holed by her anchor. |
| McLellans | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ennishowen Head, County Donegal. |
| My Choice | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilrush. |
| Owen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ennishowen Head. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry. She was refloated. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken object in the North Sea and became leaky. She was abandoned the next day 120 nautical miles (220 km) north west of Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by Sophia ( Norway). Swift was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durha to Hamburg. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aetos | United States | The ship ran aground on the Gull Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition. |
| HEIC Auckland | India | Second Opium War: The steamship ran aground in Toong Chung Bay whilst attacking Chinese junks. She was later refloated. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Kiel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kiel. She was refloated and taken in to Kiel. |
| Chilion | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tralee, County Kerry. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Desiree | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of one of here five crew. Survivors were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holehaven Creek, Essex with the loss of her captain. |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Trebetherick Rocks, on the Cornish coast. Her four crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat. |
| Lord Byron | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ballina, County Mayo. |
| Milka | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Sir Edward Banks | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Monans, Fife. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aberdeen. |
| Three Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore in Yell Sound. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to the Davis Strait. |
| George Metcalf | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from the Chinchas Islands, Peru to Havre de Grâce. She was refloated and taken in to Havre de Grâce in a leaky condition. |
| Juanita | Spain | The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Seville. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Tylstrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Maria Jacoba | Netherlands | The East Indiaman ran aground on the Varne Sand, in the English Channel and sank. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the smack Jean Marie ( France). Maria Jacoba was on a voyage from Banjoewangi, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Melbourne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulmer, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Twin Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 6 ( United Kingdom). Twin Sisters was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. |
| William Owens | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool. She had been refloated by 23 March and taken in to Fleetwood. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frigga | Prussia | The barque ran aground at Alt Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dantsic. |
| Gipsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on an uncharted shoal in the Caramata Passage. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Amlwch, Anglesey. |
| Sea | United States | The ship ran aground on the Duddon Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Vixen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Margate, Kent. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Curlew | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Defiance | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Heligoland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Harburg. She was later refloated and taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk, where she arrived on 27 March in a leaky condition. |
| Kathleen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and put back to Hartlepool in a leaky condition. |
| Mexico | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Sarah | British North America | The brig was dismasted and became waterlogged in the Gulf Stream. Her crew were taken off by the schooner Cruz III ( Portugal) before she foundered. Sarah was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| William Thomas | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bardsea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rampside, Cumberland. |
| Edward Johnston | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the whaler Adeline ( United States). Edward Johnston was on a voyage from the Chincha Islands, Peru to Cork. |
| Hosten | Denmark | The brig ran aground off Rugaard and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Svendborg. |
| Knickerbocker | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the "Piele of Foudry", Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool. |
| Margaret Robertson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Aalborg, Denmark with the loss of her captain. |
| Petronella | Netherlands | The ship was in collision with the steamship Black Diamond ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Middle Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. |
| Skagen Frigga | Denmark | The ship was wrecked at Aalborg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dantsic. |
| Snelheid | Netherlands | The barque was wrecked on the Coblers Rocks, off Barbados with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Paramaibo, Brazil to Amsterdam, North Holland. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tasmania | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Cape Elizabeth Lights, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Portland, Maine, United States. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Celerity | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Clemence | France | The schooner was wrecked near Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Douglas | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Fox | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Annot Sand, off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Sunderland. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby. Her four crew were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Woodbridge, Suffolk. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Crawfordsburn, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. |
| Messenger | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aberdeen. |
| Nettle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Douglas. |
| Peamore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew, County Durham. |
| Phoenix | Hamburg | The barque was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Swans | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Altona to Sunderland. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Benbow | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn. She was refloated and taken in to King's Lynn the next day. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the Longships Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by Prince ( United Kingdom). Brothers was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Charlemagne | United Kingdom | The clipper ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Johnson's Point, on the Mull of Kintyre at the entrance to the Sound of Sanda. All on board were rescued. She was on hermaiden voyage, from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Churchill | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in Donegal Bay. Her crew were rescued by Earl of Errol ( United Kingdom). Churchill was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |
| Columbus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cressinus | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Middleton, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. |
| Harriet Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Wigtown Bay. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Sines, Portugal. |
| Hebrides | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore south of Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dumfries to East Tarbert, Wigtownshire She was a total loss. |
| Josephine | France | The brig was wrecked at Avola, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Scala Nuova, Ottoman Empire to Seville, Spain. |
| Morgiana | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and sank at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Cork. |
| Pensylvania | United States | The ship was last sighted at the Salt Key on this date. Presumes subsequently sunk. |
| Snowdon Lassie | Isle of Man | The schooner foundered off Kirk Michael. Her crew survived. |
| Unicorn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. |
| Unicorn | Jersey | The schooner ran aground at Hartlepool. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sandwich, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. The wreck came ashore at Bridlington the next day. |
| Zes Gesusters | Netherlands | The barque was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Sunderland. She had become a wreck by 23 March. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Clorinda | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hartlepool. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool. |
| Concordia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odense, Denmark to London. |
| Effort | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship Sovereign ( United Kingdom off Sheep Island, Pembrokeshire with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Sovereign. Emily was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Fancy | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. |
| Guatemala | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Leman Sand, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Málaga, Spain. She was refloated and put in to Plymouth, Devon in a leaky condition. |
| Heinrich Gerdes | Rostock | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Spittal, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Berwick upon Tweed Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Leith, Lothian. Heinrich Gerdes was refloated on 25 March and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore near Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dumfries to East Tarbet, Wigtownshire. |
| Kate and Alice | United States | The ship ran aground on the Woolpack Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by the lugger Lively ( United Kingdom). Kate and Alice was on a voyage from Bremen to Havana, Cuba. |
| Margaretha | Kingdom of Hanover | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of four of her five crew. The survivor was rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Carolinensiel to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Cork. |
| Rientje Willemina | Dantzic | The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherina Isabella | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by Mortier ( France). Catherina Elizabeth was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to San Sebastián, Spain. |
| Dinah | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Souter Point, County Durham. Her crew survived. |
| Medina | United Kingdom | The ship was lost 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew survived. |
| Velox | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Grimsby, Isles of Scilly with the loss of her captain. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bolina | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and was damaged at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick. |
| Felix | France | The ship foundered off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Granville, Manche. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea. She was refloated on 23 March and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea in a severely damaged condition. |
| Undine | Norway | The schooner ran aground on the Annat Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ny-Hellesund to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She had become a wreck by 27 March. |
| Ythan | United Kingdom | The schooner struck Wheaton Rock, in Sligo Bay. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Sligo. She arrived at Sligo in a leaky condition. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hebrides | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Portland Bill, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to London. |
| J. G. Seume | Duchy of Schleswig | The galiot was holed by a stake at Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Elmshoren to Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom. |
| Magnet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Birkenhead, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead to Bombay, India. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Hartland Point, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Portreath, Cornwall. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at the La Coubre Lighthouse, Charente-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Waterwitch | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Gulf of Gouyaraken. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Scalloway, Shetland Islands. |
| Zollverein | Kingdom of Prussia | The brig was wrecked at the Point de la Courbe, near La Tremblade, Charente-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cheerful | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at the Cabo Mayor Lighthouse, Santander, Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Santander. |
| Ellen Noyes | United States | The ship was lost in the Bangka Strait. Her crew were rescued by the barque Charlotte ( Sweden). Ellen Noyes was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arcadia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground near St. James's Castle. Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 4 April. |
| Bacchante | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Filgueira Rock and was then wrecked on the Forcado Rocks, off the coast of Portugal. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Spur of Murkle, Caithness and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Scrabster, Caithness to Leith, Lothian. |
| Coquette | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Lerwick, Shetland Islands for the Faroe Islands and Iceland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in Cardigan Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Oracle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pulteneytown, Caithness and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Pulteneytown. |
| Trevaunance | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Sker Point, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from St. Agnes, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken rock and sank off St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire. All 35 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Arwenwick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Durham | United Kingdom | The collier was driven onto the Middle Ground, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and was damaged. She was refloated. |
| Edgar Atheling | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Emperor | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Glasgorman Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bahia, Brazil. |
| Flying Fish | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked west of Dundrum, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Ocean | Norway | The barque was driven onto the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. |
| Rainbow | United Kingdom | The paddle tug was driven ashore at South Shields. She was refloated. |
| Thomas Fielding | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields. She was refloated. |
| Trevaunce | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of one of her four crew. |
| Wandering Shepherd | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Herd Sand. |
| Wolga | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore between Roquetas de Mar and Adra, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Adra. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Sabina ( Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) and was abandoned in the North Sea. All but one of her crew were taken off by Sabina. Happy Return was on a voyage from Portsoy, Aberdeenshire to Sunderland, County Durham. She was towed in to Dundee, Forfarshire the next day by the steamship Queen ( United Kingdom) with the remaining crew member on board. |
| Jane Langdale | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dundee. |
| Recovery | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham. She had been refloated by 11 April and was towed in to South Shields by the tugboatugs Bests and Powerful (both United Kingdom). |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Winterton Ridge, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzic. She was refloated and put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition. She arrived on 2 April. |
| Therese | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Heldine Annette | Duchy of Holstein | The derelict ship came ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. |
| Jane Langdale | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from London to Invergordon, Ross-shire. |
| Lady Ebrington | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool. |
| Mary Ann Peters | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Rownham Ferry, Gloucestershire with the loss of one life, either at the time of grounding or subsequently. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Africa. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at St Germans, Cornwall. |
| Queen of the Ocean | United Kingdom | The barque was beached at Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Sportsman | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Ridge Sand. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgae, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Willis | Sweden | The ship ran aground and capsized at South Shiels, County Durham, United Kingdom. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balmier | France | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Lagos, Africa. |
| British Monarch | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Cathedral | United States | The full-rigged ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Anna Pitcairn ( United Kingdom). |
| Challenger | United Kingdom | The barque struck a rock and sank in the Chusan Islands before 7 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amoy, China to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Haberdine | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall. |
| Helena | Netherlands | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of at least five lives. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire before 15 March. She was refloated on 25 March and towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire in a severely damaged condition. |
| Hildina Annette | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 27 March. She drove ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom on 31 March. |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands before 11 March. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was refloated on 14 March. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. SHe was on a voyage from the Clyde to Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Jessie McLelland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Dunfanaghy, County Donegal to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed in to Ayr in a severely damaged condition. |
| Mary Houghton | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated on 26 June and taken in to Peel, Isle of Man. |
| Melbourne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire before 17 March. |
| Penningham | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Crosby Point before 15 March. |
| Pursuit | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Hornbeck. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia. |
| Ranavala | Jersey | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Plamtin ( United Kingdom). |
| Sarah Birkett | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned off the mouth of the Courantyne River before 12 March. Her crew survived. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea in a severely damaged condition. |
| St. George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Fernando Po, Equatorial Guinea. She had been refloated by 13 March. |
| Sumatra | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Great Basses Reef, off the coast of Ceylon and was abandoned. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Colombo, Ceylon. |