Ship
State
Description
Boree
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sfax , Beylik of Tunis . She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated, repaired and resumed her voyage some time later.[ 1]
Carrier
United States
The 345-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River . She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[ 2]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Ningpo , China . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai .[ 3]
Cyclops
Unknown
During a voyage from San Francisco , California , to Coquille , Oregon , the schooner was wrecked on the Coos Bay Bar in Coos Bay off the coast of Oregon either in 1858 or in the spring of 1862.[ 4]
Dona Franziska
Hamburg
The brig was wrecked on the coast of Brazil between 24 July and 6 November with the loss of three lives.[ 5]
Elizabeth
France
The whaler was wrecked in the Chatham Islands before 10 April. Her crew were rescued.[ 6]
General Kushion
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire at San Francisco, California .[ 7]
Genevieve
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on Matakong , Africa.[ 8]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Parague Flat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne , Victoria to Rangoon , Burma .[ 9]
Jane Black
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Limerick for Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America in mid-July. Presumed to have foundered on the return voyage with the loss of all hands.[ 10]
John E. Mayer
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of California .[ 7]
John Franklin
United States
The schooner was lost while coming from Prince Edward Island for Gloucester, Massachusetts in the winter of 1858—59. Lost with all 6 hands, plus passengers, up to 14 lives lost.[ 11]
Lucas
Victoria
The ship was wrecked with the loss of fifteen lives. She was on a voyage from Victoria to Fraser Island , New South Wales .[ 12]
Maria Isabel
Peru
The steamship was lost in the Straits of Magellan . Her crew were rescued.[ 13]
Neophyte
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked on a reef off Sierra Leone in late July or early August. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 14]
Panama
New Zealand
The brig went missing while en route between the Chatham Islands and the New Zealand mainland early in 1858. Some wreckage believed to have been from the Panama was washed ashore near Cape Kidnappers in early September.[ 15]
Queen of Clippers
United States
The fishing schooner was lost in the Newfoundland fishery in the winter of 1858—59. Lost with all 6 hands.[ 16]