# List of shipwrecks in April 1859

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

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Penarth Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan and sank. Her crew were rescued. Almar was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated. |
| Antoinette | Netherlands | The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the River Plate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees. She was refloated but sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Bjarke | Sweden | The ship was run down and sunk by Texian Star ( United States). Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Perseverance ( United Kingdom). Bjarke was on a voyage from Nyköping to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Clarance | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was beached at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Figueira da Foz. |
| George Brown | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Whitehaven. She was refloated on 5 April and taken in to Whitehaven. |
| Governor | Guernsey | The schooner was driven ashore at St. Mawes, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London. She was refloated and beached. |
| Grace T. Powers | United States | The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank in a terrible gale. Lost with all 8 hands. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Penarth Sands and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Southampton. |
| Indian Queen | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship struck an iceberg in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned by fifteen of her crew and two stowaways, who were drowned when their boat was swamped. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Liverpool. She put in to Valparaíso, Chile on 10 May for repairs. |
| Ludwig | Rostock | The ship ran aground on the Bredgrund, off the Droogden Lightship ( Prussia) and was damaged. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Dantzic to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark, where she arrived on 12 April. |
| Ouzel Galley | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean (33°43′N 54°18′W﻿ / ﻿33.717°N 54.300°W﻿ / 33.717; -54.300). Her crew were rescued on 4 April by Ann E. Hooper ( United States). Ouzel Galley was on a voyage from Trinidad to Dublin. |
| Porkonmorin | Norway | The ship collided with the schooner Era ( United Kingdom) in The Downs. She was towed in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. |
| Tyro | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Penarth Sands and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Venerable | United Kingdom | The barque foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the steamship Alhambra ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Venskabet | Norway | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire in a waterlogged condition. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven on to the Filly Tail Rocks in Runswick Bay and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Spalding, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She floated off and sank. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Taylow | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Giessen Reef, in the Baltic Sea. . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kiel, Prussia. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Egbert | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Civitavecchia, Papal States. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Civitavecchia. She was refloated. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Jenny Walker | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Sheerness, Kent by the tug Daring ( United Kingdom). |
| Preston | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Rhosneigr, Anglesey. Her fifteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Bridlington, Yorkshire in a leaky condition. |
| Velocity | United Kingdom) | The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom and sank. Her eight crew were rescued by the Thorpeness Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Torre del Mar, Spain. |

## 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baron de Caters | Portugal | The steamship was severely damaged by fire in the Tagus. The fire was extinguished with assistance from the steamship Alhambra ( United Kingdom). |
| Jon Juan | Brazil | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to a British port. |
| General Williams | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea (36°10′N 18°20′E﻿ / ﻿36.167°N 18.333°E﻿ / 36.167; 18.333). All 42 people on board were rescued by the brig Augustin Elise ( France). General Williams was on a voyage from London to Piraeus, Greece and Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. |
| Roberts | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Maranhão, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão. She was refloated the next day. |
| Rugia | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. |
| Toneich | Trieste | The ship was driven ashore at Pola, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Trieste. |

## 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elephant | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyquarter Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued. |
| Indefatigable | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Punta Mala, Spain. She was refloated on 6 April. |
| Tonoic | Austrian Empire | The brig was driven ashore near Pula. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coquette | United Kingdom | The brig struck a sunken rock and was beached in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was later refloated and temporary repairs made to enable her to resume her voyage. |
| Marie | United Kingdom | The schooner was sighted off Portland Bill, Dorset whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Remedy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ballyhalbert, County Down. |
| Whim | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andromache | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Colombo, Ceylon for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Zuyder Zee near the Pampus, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Amsterdam. |
| Mulhouse | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and sank at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Perthshire | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Anna Catharina ( Netherlands). Perthshire was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alicante, Spain. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bercaldine | British North America | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She sank on 12 April. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Bruiser ( United Kingdom) and sank at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated, temporary repairs made and she resumed her voyage. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by a brig and was abandoned off Mort Point, Devon. Her five crew survived. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Abbey Head, Kirkcudbrightshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Kensington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze Kiang. She was on a voyage from New Zealand to Shanghai, China. |
| Ocean Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a submerged object and sank at Hull. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Hull. |
| Prima Donna | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Bruiser ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Tyne. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Leith, Lothian. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Cousins | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Kimmeridge, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| San Servando | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore north of Green Island, Spain. She was refloated the next day. |
| Secret | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands. She was on a voyage from Cephalonia to Zakynthos, United States of the Ionian Islands and Patras, Kingdom of Greece. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cato | United States | The ship caught fire at "Mazagan", near Bombay, India and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay. The ship was severely damaged and was consequently condemned. |
| Elisa Annette | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat Denison ( United Kingdom). |
| John and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Great Yarmouth. |
| HMS Sir Henry Lawrence | Royal Navy | The troopship struck a sunken wreck at the mouth of the Indus and was wrecked. All on board survived. |
| Vrader | United Kingdom | The brigantine caught fire whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Inverness. She put in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Gravelines, Nord, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ava | United Kingdom | The barque was run down and sunk in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall by HMS Perseverance ( Royal Navy). Her crew were rescued by HMS Perseverance. Ava was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gibraltar. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Bay of Oxfort, Saint Lucia. She was refloated. |
| Minalto | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked between "Castillos" and Cape St. Mary's, Portugal with the loss of a crew member. |
| Morning Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven against the pier at Sunderland, County Durham and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Schiedam | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to North Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to North Shields. |
| Trader | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Inverness. |
| William | United Kingdom | The brig struck the pier and was severely damaged at North Shields. |
| William Stanley | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°27′N 37°46′W﻿ / ﻿44.450°N 37.767°W﻿ / 44.450; -37.767). Her crew were rescued by R. M. Mills ( United States). William Stanley was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Cork. |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| African | United States | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Haiti. |
| Eden | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by Sanders Minde ( Norway). |
| Franklin | United States | The whaler was wrecked to the north of Pitt Island in New Zealand's Chatham Islands when her anchor chain parted during a heavy swell and she was driven onto rocks. |
| Ochtertyre | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (3°40′N 20°10′W﻿ / ﻿3.667°N 20.167°W﻿ / 3.667; -20.167). All on board were rescued by Louisa Maria ( Netherlands). Ochtertyre was on a voyage from London to Port Natal, Cape Colony. |
| Terror | Tasmania | The whaling barque was wrecked on the east coast of Chatham Island, New Zealand when she struck a reef in a heavy swell. Crew and passengers saved. |

## 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beta | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off "Dunlington" with the loss of all hands. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Étretat, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Havre de Grâce, Seine=Inférieurd. |
| Economy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Emma Fredericksen | Hamburg | The barque was driven ashore near "Siapenriee", Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York. |
| Flirt | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her eight crew were rescued by the galiot Jonge Wouter ( Netherlands. Flirt was on a voyage from South Shields to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Garland | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Withernsea, Yorkshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. She broke up on 16 April. |

## 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Pelville | France | The ship ran aground on the French Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and taken in to Charleston, South Carolina in a severely leaky condition. |
| Cyrus | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Perise | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Port Frances, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground off Terschelling, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated on 6 July. |
| Liberal | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by the lifeboat Royal Thames Yacht Club ( United Kingdom. Liberal was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. |
| Ouragan | France | The ship was driven ashore near Saint Helier, Jersey. Her crew were rescued. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arno | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky and was beached on the West Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dundonald | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Viveiro, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Crail, Fife to Aberdeen. She was refloated on 19 April. |
| Libertas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Snapper Point, in the River Torrens. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aliart | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Bandzee Bank, in the North Sea of the coast of the Kingdom of Hanover and capsized with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Kragerø to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Tjaretz Misr | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Scharhörn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caldera to Hamburg. |
| Ursula | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Carl ( United Kingdom). Ursula was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Inrika | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued |
| Midsummer | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Scharhörn. Her crew survived. she was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Head | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Krom River with the loss of 23 of the 28 people on board. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Oriel | Netherlands | The brig was deliberately scuttled in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was taken in to Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. |

## 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The sloop was run down and sunk in Stokes Bay by HMS Doris ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all three crew. |
| Speculation | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Spanish Battery Rocks, on the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of the South Shields Lifeboat and taken in to port. |
| Victor Emile | France | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Berenicia ( United Kingdom). |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza Laing | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Smyrna. She was refloated. |
| Jeanette | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Manxman | Isle of Man | The smack was run into by Ouangondy ( United Kingdom) and sank at Birkenhead, Cheshire. |
| Maranham | France | The steamship sprang a leak foundered off Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |

## 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Natalie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Colaba Island, Bombay, India with the loss of three of her seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bombay. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alecto | Sweden | The barque was Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was severely damaged at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Fraserburgh. |
| Colorado | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Palmyras, Ceylon with the loss of four of the 27 people on board. |
| La Foi | France | The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean between Ceylon and Negapatam, India with the loss of 400 lives. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 108 nautical miles (200 km) north west by north of Cape Finisterre, Spain (43°58′N 11°18′W﻿ / ﻿43.967°N 11.300°W﻿ / 43.967; -11.300). Her crew were rescued by the barque Lubinka ( Russia). Lively was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Gibraltar. |
| Mary Lyon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated with the assistance of the luggers Champion and Fawn (both United Kingdom). |
| St. Nicholas | United States | Boiler explosion on Mississippi River, significant loss of life |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ballengeich | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Negapatam, India. She was on a voyage from the River Clyde to Calcutta, India. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Negapatam. |
| Johns | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Rienzi ( Stettin). Johns was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Lady Vaughan | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her five crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a ref off Inchkeith. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Leith, Lothian. |
| Mary Sparkes | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Negapatam. |
| Monarch | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Negapatam. The majority of the 180 coolies on board perished. She was on a voyage from Negapatam to Penang, Malaya. |
| Quest | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Newbiggin, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool, County Durham. She had become a wreck by 7 May. |
| Rainbow | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition. Subsequently repaired. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Wear. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was run ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Hannibal | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and was damaged at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to Sunderland. |
| Juno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was refloated on 1 May and taken in to St. Ives. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground, struck the pier and was damaged at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. |
| Miaza | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was run ashore at Grimsby. |
| Sophie | Sweden | The ship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Heriot Rock and was holed. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Málaga, Spain. She put in to Leith, Lothian. |
| Dusty Miller | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Ireland's Eye, County Dublin with the loss of all eleven crew. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel capsized near the Seven Stones Lightship ( Trinity House ) in a severe east-south-east gale while running for shelter in the Isles of Scilly. There were no survivors. |
| Marchioness of Breadalbane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cagliari, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Hamburg. She was later refloated, and sailed on 26 May. |
| Napier | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Peniche, Portugal. |
| Pomona | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford with the loss of 389 of the 412 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. |
| Princess | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Sines, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sines to Dublin. |
| Thornley | United Kingdom | The brig struck the Bass Rock and sank in the Firth of Forth. Her seven crew were rescued by the schooner Fantasy ( United Kingdom). Thornley was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Leith, Lothian. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Azalea | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Skerries, County Dublin, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Fiducia, or Frederica | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore and sank in Loch Ryan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to the Clyde. |
| James Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Joseph and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 6 May and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Humpts, in the English Channel and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She arrived at Guernsey in a leaky condition. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead. |
| Richard | United Kingdom | The brig drove against the pier and sank at Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool. |
| William | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ben Head, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Æolus | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Leman and Ower Sand, in the North Sea, and sank with the loss of eight of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Odessa. |
| Amlwch Packet | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Antje | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Portman", Ireland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Austin | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Carley | United Kingdom | The sloop was severely damaged by fire at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Glencairn | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Hamburg. |
| Gulina | France | The brig was driven ashore at Killough, County Down, United Kingdom. |
| Helios | Norway | The barque was wrecked on the Leman and Ower Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of eight of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Earl of Durham ( United Kingdom). Helios was on a voyage from South Shields to Odessa. |
| Mary and Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead. |
| Reaper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead. |

## 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industrious | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°30′N 11°00′W﻿ / ﻿38.500°N 11.000°W﻿ / 38.500; -11.000). Her crew were rescued by the barque Norna ( Norway). Industrious was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio Grande do Sul. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1859 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annabella | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Berwick upon Tweed on 19 April. |
| Celestine Marie | France | The fishing boat was wrecked at Saint-Malo with the loss of all nine crew. |
| Charles E. Grover | United States | The fishing schooner was probably lost on the Georges Bank in a terrible gale on 1 April. Lost with all 9 hands. |
| Charles Tupper | United Kingdom | The brigantine was lost in the Strait of Magellan before 28 April. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Point Sentinas, 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km) from Adra, Spain before 15 April. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Adra. |
| Elsina Annette | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank between 15 and 20 April. Crew presumed drowned. |
| Eurpoa | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Twee Vrienden ( Netherlands). |
| Fortitude | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea. |
| Gratitude | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in "Loch Eroe" before 26 April. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. |
| Indefatigable | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Punta Mala, Spain. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of Cornwall before 29 April. |
| Linne | Norway | The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham before 8 April. |
| Loodianah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Carnsore Point, County Wexford before 4 April. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The paddle tug sank at South Shields. She was refloated. |
| Morleys | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Tyne at Jarrow, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Mulhouse | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and sank at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Cardiff. |
| Revival | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Hayward's Point near the mouth of Otago Harbour, New Zealand while en route from The Bluff to Port Chalmers. |
| Rolla | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hortense ( France). Rolla was on a voyage from the River Tyne to New York, United States. |
| Rose of Sharon | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast with the loss of four of her crew. |
| Ruia | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Soskommoren | Norway | The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Kragerø to Liverpool. She was discovered 12 nautical miles (22 km) off South Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom by Iron Era and towed in to Dover, Kent. |
| Twendre Brodre | Sweden | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar. |
| USS Wabash | United States Navy | The Colorado-class frigate ran aground at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was refloated with assistance from a British steamship. |
| William | United Kingdom | The galiot was abandoned in the North Sea. She was discovered off Scarborough, Yorkshire on 3 April by the fishing boat Johanna Cornelius ( Netherlands) and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Wolga | Russia | The ship was abandoned in the Norwegian Sea before 3 April. Her crew were rescued. |