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

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1858
Ship State Description
May Queen  United States The ship was wrecked at sea. All 41 people on board were rescued by Sir John Moore ( United Kingdom).[1]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1858
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore at Narva, Russia.[2]
Cambria  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Highland Chief ( United Kingdom). Cambria was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[3][4]
Caroline  France The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[5]
Coert Cornelius Flag unknown The ship ran aground on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[6]
Enigheden Flag unknown The ship driven ashore at Narva.[2]
Harriet and Francis  United States The ship wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Eleven of her fifteen crew were rescued by the Arklow Lifeboat, the remainder by the fishing smack Catterini ( United Kingdom). Harriet and Francis was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland.[7][8]
Henry  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Leonard Hollis  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1858
Ship State Description
Fanny  Russia The brig was wrecked at Cherbourg, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Liepāja.[11]
Favourite  United Kingdom The barque ran aground off Combwich, Somerset and was severely damaged.[9]
Glennifer  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Pistolet Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[12]
Harriet Frances  United States The ship wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, United Kingdom. Four of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland.[13][5]
Mallacho Flag unknown The steamship was wrecked in the Bonny River with the loss of four of her crew.[14] She was on a voyage from Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea to the Bonny River.[15]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1858
Ship State Description
May Queen  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Sir John Moore ( United Kingdom).[3]
Steward Brothers  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.[16][11]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1858
Ship State Description
Jane Cockerell  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[17]
Richard Battersby  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in Howstow Bay and was captured by Chinese pirates, who killed three of her crew and wrecked the ship. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Amoy, China.[12][18]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1858
Ship State Description
Argus  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk off Bahia, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]
Tempest  United States The ship driven ashore at South Point, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving on 11 September.[2]
Norval  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on "Worms Island", Russia. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated.[9]
Verenigung  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Heisternest. She was on a voyage from Memel to Newburgh, Fife, United Kingdom.[11]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1858
Ship State Description
Dove  United Kingdom The smack foundered off Mevagissey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire.[17]
John and Isabella  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Harker Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated and taken in to South Shields, where she arrived on 18 September.[19]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1858
Ship State Description
Matilda  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Maceió, Brazil.[20] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pernambuco, Brazil[21][2]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1858
Ship State Description
Albatros  United Kingdom The ship in collision with the steamship Hawk ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[22]
Eduardo  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sant'Antioco, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[3]
Margaretha  Denmark The schooner collided with J. J. Hathorn ( United Kingdom) and sank in Liverpool Bay off the Crosby Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of seven of the nine people on board. Survivors were rescued by the gig Jem ( United Kingdom). Margareta was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Lübeck.[23][3][24]
Sarah Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cronstadt. She was refloated and taken in to Cronstadt, where she arrived on 11 September.[25]
Tryingham  United States The barque departed from Newcastle upon Tyne for Norfolk, Virginia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1858
Ship State Description
Mary Muncaster  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[27]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1858
Ship State Description
Clans  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore on Innisboffin, County Donegal. She had been refloated by 22 September and taken in to Dunfanaghy.[19]
Eglantine  United States The barque ran aground on French's Reef. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida in a severely leaky condition.[28][29]
Freundschaft Dantzic The galiot foundered in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Dantzic.[30]
Ganges  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at "Donagion", 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to a British port.[25][31][27]
Kingston  United Kingdom The sloop was holed and sank at Leith, Lothian. She was refloated.[32]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1858
Ship State Description
Malcolm  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Florida Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Queenstown, County Cork.[28]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1858
Ship State Description
Austria Hamburg
Austria.

The passenger ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of about 500 lives. Eighty-nine survivors were rescued; 22 by Caterina ( Norway) and 65 by the barque Maurice ( France).

Aventin  France The steamship was in collision with the steamship Hermus ( France) and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Civitavecchia, Papal States.[33][34]
Leven  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and sank.[35]
Rosenhein  Prussia The barque was driven ashore near Whitburn, County Durham United Kingdom. She was refloated.[36]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1858
Ship State Description
Ranger  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated.[31]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1858
Ship State Description
Cosmo  United Kingdom The ship departed from Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
Clydesdale  United Kingdom The smack struck a reef at St Martin's, Isles of Scilly and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to New Grimsby, Isles of Scilly.[31]
Envoy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship struck The Manacles and sank. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Plymouth, Devon and Liverpool, Lancashire.[38]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship wrecked on the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Loch Alsh.[39]
Jacob  United States The barque departed from the River Tyne for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[40]
Nordlyset  Norway The ship capsized in the Trondheim Fjord.[41]
Prentiss  United States The barque departed from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom for New London, Connecticut. Subsequently sighted off "Bona Island", but presumed to have sank with the loss of all hands.[40]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1858
Ship State Description
Beatitude  United Kingdom The brig was run ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall with the loss of four of her six crew.[38][42]
Eliza Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner ran ashore at Coverack, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Falmouth.[38][39] She had become a wreck by 22 September.[19]
Robert and Helen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire.[31]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1858
Ship State Description
Ada United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brigantine was wrecked near Newport, Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[43]
Colonel Cooke  United States The schooner was wrecked near Newport, Province of Canada. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Detroit, Michigan.[44]
Commerce  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Gourdon, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[31] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Tain, Ross-shire.[27] She had become a wreck by 24 September.[41]
Dwina  United Kingdom The snow ran aground on the Lemon Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from "Tronkoping" to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[31]
Effort Hudson's Bay Company The ship departed from York Factory, Hudson's Bay for Quebec City, Province of Canada or the Bristol Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[45]
Exhibition  United Kingdom The smack sank near Fowey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Plymouth, Devon.[31]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mullion, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[31]
John Craich  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Inverness.[31]
Julia  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore in the Dardanelles.[25][31]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Mullion with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[31]
William  United Kingdom The brig was run into by European ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea.[46]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1858
Ship State Description
Abeona  United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Jewess ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Limerick.[31]
Ariel  United States The ship was driven ashore at Stone Point, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[39] She was on a voyage from New York to Southampton, Hampshire, Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and Bremen. Ariel was refloated with the assistance of three tugs, including Echo ( United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage, the next day.[47]
Leith Packet  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned by her crew. She drove on to Little Skerry, in the Pentland Firth and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Stromness, Orkney Islands.[48]
Thomas  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was refloated.[49]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Theodosia, Russia. She had become a wreck by 30 September.[43]
Vivandiere  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries. All thirteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith to Stromness.[50]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1858
Ship State Description
Halls  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in the Pentland Firth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Apenrade, Norway.[49][48]
Isabel  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was wrecked at Barmouth, Merionethshire. Her two crew were rescued by the Barmouth Lifeboat.[51]
Mimosa  United Kingdom The barque departed from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire for Boston, Lincolnshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all thirteen crew.[52]
Pelican State  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Hillsborough Inlet. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana.[53] Some of her crew left in a boat to seek assistance; they were picked up on 22 September by Thales ( United States).[54] Pelican State was refloated on 1 October and taken in to Key West, Florida.[55]
Saltrens Rock  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Santa Ana, Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to a British port.[56]
Transit  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Torquay, Devon.[31]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1858
Ship State Description
Horus  France The ship foundered east of Martinique. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Martinique.[57]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dartmouth.[25]
Tre Brodres  Sweden The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Malmö to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of three smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[31]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1858
Ship State Description
Aganita Adriana  Denmark September Typhoon of 1858: The brig was wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow, China.[58][59][60] She was captured by Chinese pirates but was recaptured. Her crew survived.[61]
Alert  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Formosa with the loss of twelve lives.[62]
Alfred the Great  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59][60] She was refloated but had to be beached and was consequently condemned.[61]
Anonyma  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The receiving ship, a brig, was wrecked at Swatow with the loss of a crew member.[63][58][59][60][61]
Beverley  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59] She was later refloated.[60]
Dennis Hill  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Swatow. She was later refloated.[63][58][59][60]
Foam  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Bimbia Flats, off the coast of British Cameroons.[64][65] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bonny, Africa.[66]
Frederick William, or
William Frederick 		 United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59] She was later refloated and taken in to Hong Kong for repairs.[60][61]
Gazelle  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The schooner foundered in a typhoon at Swatow with the loss of seventeen of her crew.[58][59][60][61]
Giovanni Kingdom of Sardinia September Typhoon of 1858: The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Swatow. She was later refloated.[58][59][60]
Glendower  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59][60] She was later refloated and towed to Wampoa, China.[67]
Harvest Home  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59] She was later refloated.[60]
Hepscott  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59][60][68]
Hong Kong  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The receiving ship, a barque, was wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59][61]
Kinaldie  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The full-rigged ship was wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59]
Laura Grand Duchy of Oldenburg September Typhoon of 1858: The brig was wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[58][59]
Louisa  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59]
Louisa Baillie  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The barque was driven ashored and wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][59][60]
Mazeppa Unknown September Typhoon of 1858: The clipper was wrecked .
Moulton  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59][60]
Ohio  Bremen September Typhoon of 1858: The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Swatow. She was later refloated and taken to Hong Kong for repairs.[58][59][60][61]
Pantaloon  United Kingdom September Typhoon of 1858: The brig was wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[63][58][59] She was attacked and plundered two days later by Chinese pirates before being set afire. Her crew survived.[61][69]
Thusnelde  Denmark September Typhoon of 1858: The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow.[58][59]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1858
Ship State Description
Anna Charlotte  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London, United Kingdom.[70]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship abandoned off the coast of Cardiganshire and sank.[41]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1858
Ship State Description
Cashagney  United States The barque was destroyed by fire at Matagorda, Texas.[71]
Cashanga  United Kingdom The ship destroyed by fire at Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Ayr.[19] She was refloated on 25 September and taken in to Ayr.[41]
Sarah United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked at St. Roch, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[72]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1858
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off Inchkeith, Fife. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[27]
Hugh Charles Bowden  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Donaghadee, County Down.[19][41]
Northern Maid  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the tug Uncle Sam ( United Kingdom).[73]
Pindarves  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Exmouth, Devon.[19]
Premium  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put in to Scarborough in a leaky condition.[27]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Rosehearty to Hamburg.[41]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1858
Ship State Description
Abyssinia  United Kingdom The ship departed from Demerara, British Guiana for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[74]
Argonaut  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the brig Lorimer ( United Kingdom). Argonaut was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[75][27]
Invincible  United Kingdom The steamship sank off Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued by a French steamship. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Stockholm, Sweden.[41][76]
Marie  France The ship was struck the Hornet Rocks, off the coast of Seine-Inférieure and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[77][27]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. She was assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a sinking condition.[27]
Oliver Lang United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The clipper ship left Plymouth for Wellington in June 1858, arriving in New Zealand in mid-September, carrying some 300 passengers. En route, she had collided with the Hamburg-registered barque Shan, and both vessels had sustained damage. Shortly after arriving at Wellington Harbour, a strong wind sprang up, and the Oliver Lang was driven on shore, apparently due to negligent handling. She was refloated, but a few days later, on September 25, a heavy gale drove her onto Te Aro beach, by which point she was totally wrecked.[78]
Sultan United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with assistance from the Ramsgate Lifeboat and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[79][27]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1858
Ship State Description
Avon  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Riga, Russia.[80]
Sultana  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Jersey, Channel Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[41]
Ulysee  Sweden The brig was abandoned in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Banffshire ( United Kingdom).[81]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1858
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cabrita Point, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Falmouth, Cornwall.[82]
Indian Queen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Escabelus". She broke up the next day.[83]
North American  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock (50°00′N 60°40′W / 50.000°N 60.667°W / 50.000; -60.667) and was severely damaged, sinking at the bows. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She completed her voyage.[84]
Pauline et Victoire  France The barque ran aground in the Torres Straits. She was refloated and anchored 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Mulgrave Island, New South Wales. She was attacked by the local inhabitants the next day and was abandoned. Her crew reached Timor Koepang, Netherlands East Indies in their boat on 11 October.[85]
Richard Grainger  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Greyhope, Aberdeen and was severely damaged.[50] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen. She was refloated and taken in to Aberdeen.[86]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1858
Ship State Description
Norden  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Tonalá River.[56]
Pollock  United Kingdom The ship departed from Alexandria, Egypt for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[87]
Wilhelmine  Denmark The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to "Christinested". She had become a wreck by 5 October.[21][2][43]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1858
Ship State Description
Antje  Netherlands The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by N. H. Gould ( United States). Antje was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Amsterdam, North Holland.[54]
Cordova  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked between Drontheim and Christiansand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.[66]
Hazard  United Kingdom The brig foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[88][89][90][2]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1858
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "St. Valine", Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[29]
Anna Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[21]
Antze  Netherlands The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by N. and H. Gould ( United States). Antze was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Amsterdam, North Holland.[91]
St. Paul  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Rossel Island. Nine crew took a boat to seek assistance and were rescued on 15 October by the schooner Prince of Denmark (Flag unknown). The aviso Styx ( French Navy) was dispatched from New Caledonia to rescue the survivors, but only managed to rescued one survivor from the remainder of her crew and 327 passengers. Three other survivors were held captive. The rest had been murdered by the local inhabitants. St. Paul was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Sydney, New South Wales. Two survivors escaped custody in 1865 and managed to stow themselves on the schooner Blue Bell (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Western Australia). They were taken to Port Albany, Western Australia. A third survivor was rescued from Night Island, Queensland in 1875 by the schooner John Bell ( South Australia).[92][93][94]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1858
Ship State Description
Alexander II  Russia The steamship was driven ashore at "Kopitz". She was on a voyage from a Russian port to Stettin.[25][31]
Amaranth  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cuxhaven for the River Tyne in mid-September. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all twelve people on board.[95][96]
American  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore near "Apsos". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[97]
Constant  Belgium The full-rigged ship was wrecked on a reef off James Island, in the Pacific Ocean (7°40′N 155°30′E / 7.667°N 155.500°E / 7.667; 155.500).[58][59][60]
Curraghmore  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Almedine Reef, off the south coast of Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Cádiz, where she arrived on 7 September.[39]
D. L. Choate  United States The ship driven ashore and damaged at Saint George, New Brunswick, British North America.[70] She was later refloated and taken in to Eastport, Maine, where she arrived on 10 September.[2]
Ellen Jenkinson  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Cape Palmas, Liberia before 14 September.[15]
Fame  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by John and William ( United Kingdom).[98]
Henry Porcher  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and was wrecked near Thurso, Province of Canada, British North America after her captain committed suicide. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
Hippolyte  France The brig was capsized by a whirlwind between Algeciras, Spain and Gibraltar with the loss of two of her crew.[99]
Imperial  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore and wrecked at Métis, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City.[41]
Neophyte  United Kingdom The ship wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Pongas with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool.[15]
Neptune  Prussia The barque was driven ashore on Gorgona Island, Granadine Confederation before 11 September. She was on a voyage from Panama City, Granadine Confederation to the Chincha Islands, Peru. She was refloated and taken in to Guayaquil, Ecuador.[100]
Port Jackson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the "Banshee Islands" with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to the "Banshee Islands".[101]
Warrior  United Kingdom The ship ran aground whilst on a voyage from Quebec City to Sunderland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Lerwick, Shetland Islands in a leaky condition on 28 September.[102]

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