List of shipwrecks in May 1859

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

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Blossom  United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire at Inverness. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Inverness.[6]
Fairy Queen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at La-Tranche-sur-Mer, Vendée, France.[7]
Giaour  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[8][9]
Glen Isla  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Calcutta. She was refloated.[10]
Mary and Eliza  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the Tagus. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Lisbon, Portugal.[11]
Vestal  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Cape Henry. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Baltimore.[8][12]
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Delta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Callao, Peru. She was refloated with assistance from seven tugs.[3]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The barque collided with the pier at South Shields, drove her anchor through her bows and sank. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to the West Indies.[3] She was refloated in mid-May.[6]
Fleetwood  United Kingdom The ship collided with an iceberg and foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. All 21 people on board took to two boats. Five crew in one boat were rescued on 10 May by British ( United Kingdom). Sixteen people in the second boat were reported as making for the Falkland Islands. Fleetwood was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to the Society Islands.[13][14]
Governor  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground in the Old End Channel. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent. She was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[15][4]
Marie  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Thornham, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Thorham. She had been refloated by 13 May and taken in to Thornham.[7]
Ocean  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore on Kerrera, Inner Hebrides. She capsized and was wrecked. Harmony was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides.[16]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Australië  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of all 23 people on board. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Cádiz, Spain.[17][18][19][6]
Eliza Monterio  Portugal The ship was driven ashore near Cascais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Lisbon.[20][15]
Kingston  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Shanghai, China and was wrecked.[13]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship Tivy (flag unknown) collided with and sank Mary in the Irish Sea, and then rescued her crew.[21]
Pacific  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Aden. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, where she sank.[22]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Donnington  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[18][6]
Eclipse  Belgium The schooner ran aground on the Spit of Duncannon, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Bruges, West Flanders to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Duncannon, County Wexford, United Kingdom.[32]
HMS Heron  Royal Navy The Acorn-class brig-sloop was capsized by a tornado and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of Sierra Leone (5°01′N 15°30′W / 5.017°N 15.500°W / 5.017; -15.500) with the loss of most of her crew,[33] at least 107 lives.[34] Forty of the survivors were rescued by the barque Eleanor ( United Kingdom).[35][36]
John Spear  United States The ship was holed by ice and sank at Cronstadt, Russia.[29]
Lisbon  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.[11]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Eugenia  France The full-rigged ship struck rocks off the Isle of Glass Lighthouse, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to the Gulf of Bothnia.[12]
Fairy Queen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at the entrance to the Pertuis Breton. She was on a voyage from L’Orient, Morbihan to Marans, Charente-Inférieure, France. She was refloated on 18 May and taken in to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure.[40]
Refuge  France The ship foundered in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Her eighteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Havre de Grâce.[41][42]
Wanderer  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Skerries. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[37]
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was refloated.[8]
Eamont  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Brake, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to the Weser in a leaky condition.[8]
Favourite United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was driven ashore at Antechamber Bay, South Australia.[44] She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Adelaide, South Australia. She was consequently condemned, but was sold. Favourite had been refloated by 15 August and later towed in to Adelaide.[45]
Leonie  France The lugger struck rocks near “Parquettes” and was damaged. She was beached near Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère.[40] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Luçon, Vendée.[25]
Swallow  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged near Brake. She was on a voyage from South Shield to Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to Brake.[8]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Pleiades  United States The ship caught fire 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Great Isaac Cay, Bahamas and was scuttled. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was a total loss.[46][47]
Roseneath  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[48] She was refloated two days later and towed in to Norfolk, Virginia.[49]
Vancouver  United States The ship was wrecked near Shanghai, China. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Shanghai.[50][51]
Virginia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on New Nantucket. Her 25 crew survived.[52] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Pacific islands.[53]
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Vanguard  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated.[25]
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1859
Ship Country Description
Briton‘s Pride  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Mayflower ( United States).[65]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[66]
Pride of the Wear  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[67][41]
Princess Royal, or
Princess Victoria 		 United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Minerva Bank, in te Atlantic Ocean off Maranhão, Brazil and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão.[68][69]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1859
Ship Country Description
Amelia  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan. Her four crew were rescued.[70][71]
Hinton  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 3 May. Her crew were rescued by Evangeline ( United Kingdom).[72] She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire.[3]
John Fyfe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Flynn’s Knoll. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York. She was refloated on 9 May and towed in to New York.[40][38]
Julia Slavianski Flag unknown The ship sank at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[73]
Ocean Bride  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sunbeam ( United States). Ocean Bride was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Port Medway, Nova Scotia, British North America.[7]
Thalia  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Bahamas before 27 May. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Havana, Cuba.[74]
Wilhelmina  Denmark The ship sank at Kingston, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Liverpool. She had been refloated by 26 May.[75]

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