The ship was driven ashore at "Trefontano", Sicily. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to an English port. She was refloated on 6 July and taken in to "Mazzora".[1]
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on "Sirdy Island", in the Persian Gulf. All on board were rescued.[2][3]
Jantina
Netherlands
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamshipStockton (United Kingdom). Jantina was on a voyage from Groningen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[4][5]
Patriot
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground and sank at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stockholm, Sweden.[6]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Arctic
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Sanday, Orkney. She had been refloated by 7 July and resumed her voyage.[7]
Hebe
Sweden
The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, KentUnited Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Torrevecchia Teatina, Papal States to Stockholm. She was refloated and taken in to London, United Kingdom.[4][8][9]
Napoleon
France
The steamship ran aground at Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Cronstadt.[10][9][11]
Norman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Galle, Ceylon. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Patriotess
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Swan Spit. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Geelong, Victoria. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Queenscliff, Victoria.[13]
Swea
Sweden
The steamship was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Gothenburg.[14]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Delta
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.[4]
Floraville
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suddolk. She was refloated.[5]
George the Fourth
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]
Gosport
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Cape Henry. Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[15]
Patriot
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stockholm, Sweden.[11]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Anne Augusta
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Carlingford, County Louth. She was refloated.[6]
Julia
United Kingdom
The transport ship was driven ashore at Clifton, India with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to Bombay.[12]
Ontario
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aden.[10][9]
Richard
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Caroline
France
The brig was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[16][17][18]
The ship ran aground at Akyab, Burma and was damaged. She was refloated and put back to Akyab.[20]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[21]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Agnes
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the False Cape Patch, off the coast of Africa. She was on a voyage from the British Cameroons to Bonny.[22][23]
Sally Gale
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[24][5]
The ship foundered in the South Atlantic. Her eleven crew too to tow boats; eight of them reached Bahia, Brazilon 17 July. The other three were reported missing. Hampden was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ascension Island.[25]
Sampson
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey with the loss of all five people on board.[26][27]
Three Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from London to Lübeck. She was refloated and taken in to , Kingdom of Hanover for repairs.[1]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Cawthorn
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and capsized at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Bidefored.[28]
The ship was run ashore in Plettenberg Bay where she was destroyed by fire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Algoa Bay to London.[36][2]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
St. Louis
France
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, United Kingdom to Vannes, Morbihan. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[1]
The barque ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow.[39] She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[40]
Grazio à Deo
Uruguay
The barque collided with the full-rigged shipCarlyle (United States) and sank in St. George's Channel with the loss of six of her twelve crew. Grazio à Deo was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste.[41][42][43]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Belle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Rotkein", Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Whitby, Yorkshire.[44]
The barque was driven ashore in the Chusan Islands, China. She was on a voyage from Woosung to Amoy, China. She became a wreck on 18 July with the loss of 21 crew.[46][47]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Antarctic
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the South Sands, in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hong Kong.[13][48]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Britannia
United States
The ship was driven ashore in the Saguenay River. She was on a voyage from Bic, Province of Canada, British North America to an English port.[49] She was refloated the next day and subsequently taken in to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[50]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of Öland, Sweden.[51]
Manhattan
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[52]
18 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Agnes
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bimbay Flats, on the African coast.[53]
Lapwing
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[54]
Louis Charles
France
The lugger foundered off Bideford, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[54]
Van Bosse
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on "Tarama", in the "Line Kive Islands", Japan. All 27 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[55][56]
The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) off Colombo, Ceylon. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Colombo to London.[13][58]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Magnet
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 Cronstadt, Russia to London. she was refloated.[54]
Wohlfart
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued.[54]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Kandian Chief
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[59] She was on a voyage from The Downs to Ceylon.[60]
Monasco
United States
The barque was wrecked near "Burie", Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of 54 lives. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to New York.[61]
Moultree
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship ran aground off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Charleston. She had sunk by 25 July.[49][17]
Paragon
United Kingdom
The ship struck a reef in the Pentland Firth and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She put in to in a leaky condition.[62]
22 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Falkland
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Green Island Reef, in British North American waters. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16][17] She was refloated on 24 August and towed in to Quebec City in a capsized condition.[63]
The steamship was driven ashore and scuttled at Quebec City, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Rivière-du-Loup to Quebec City.[16]
Consul Davis
Norway
The brig ran aground on Norra Flytarre, off Gotland, Sweden and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to an English port.[64] She was refloated on 28 August and taken in to , Sweden.[20]
Currency
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kamouraska, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[16][17] She had been refloated by 10 August and towed in to Quebec City.[65]
24 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Juno
Grand Duchy of Finland
The schooner was wrecked on the Barshage Reef, off the south coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Turku. She had been refloated by 28 August and taken in to "Burysock".[64][20]
Sarah Clarke
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to a European port. She was refloated and taken in to Portland, Maine.[17]
Senoriano
Spain
The brig was destroyed by fire at Havana, Cuba.[20]
Witch of the Wave
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Monte Video, Uruguay.[63]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to Gloucester. She was refloated on 27 July and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden.[66][62]
Ohio
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Alexandretta, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandretta. She was later refloated.[67]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Gipsey
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was lost near St. Shott's, , British North America. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[65]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
London Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Aurora (Denmark). London Packet was on a voyage from Stettin to Ipswich, Suffolk.[64]
Marie Francoise
France
The schooner was in collision with Stranger (United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Stranger. Marie Francoise was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[64] She was towed in to Alderney, Channel Islands in a derelict condition on 6 August.[68]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Helen
New Zealand
The brigantine was blown onto rocks at Pitt Island in New Zealand's Chatham Islands by a fierce gale, with the loss of eight of the 14 people on board.[69]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1857
Ship
Country
Description
Creole
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Belfast Reef, off the north coast of Antigua. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua.[70]
The ship caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16]
The troopship ran aground in the . She was refloated on 8 July with assistance from Gauntlet (United Kingdom).
Italia
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The brig was wrecked on Reeth's Reef. Her crew were rescued by Confidence (United Kingdom). Italia was on a voyage from Agrigento to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[74]
Johannes
Kingdom of Hanover
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Adra, Spain before 23 July. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Trieste.[18]
Laurent et Fauny
France
The brig ran aground and capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[9]
Leonhardt
Netherlands
The ship sank off Manado, Netherlands East Indies before 28 July.[75]
Mary Matilda
United States
The ship ran aground near Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[14]
Pacha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 31 July.[76]
Pacific
United States
The barque was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas.[16][17]
Polynesia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Carlingford, County Louth before 25 July. She was refloated.[62]
Prince Albert
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Patrick's Hole, British North America.[16]
The brig was lost at sea during July while en route from Sydney to The Bluff, New Zealand. Wreckage was later found along the South Island's west coast.[78]
The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia before 27 July. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Hull, Yorkshire. She had been refloated by 8 August and taken in to Barrington, Rhode Island, where she was condemned.[17][65]
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