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The list of shipwrecks in 1859 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1859.
January
21 January
- Czar (
United Kingdom): The 740 ton government transport ship, from Hull wrecked on the Vrogue Rocks, off Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall. She was taking ammunition and uniforms to Malta. The coastguard from Cadgwith and Church Cove saved some of the crew but the captain and his family drowned. Following the tragedy Mrs Agar of Lanhydrock donated money to buy the first Lizard Lifeboat (Anna Maria) which was stationed later in the year.[1]
April
27 April
- Fame (
United Kingdom): The fishing vessel from Newlyn, Cornwall capsized, near the Sevenstones Lightship, in a severe east-south-east (ESE) gale while running for shelter in the Isles of Scilly. There were no survivors.[2]
June
25 (or 26) June
- Unidentified schooners: One was driven ashore, above the spring high tide mark, in Par harbour, Cornwall during ″very considerable oscillations of the sea″. A second schooner's hawsers parted and she was driven out of the harbour by the current and went ashore nearby.[3]
October
25 October
- two unknown ships: Lost on the Stones reef, Cornwall during a storm known as the Royal Charter Storm.[4]
November
7 November
- sailing ship Chincas (
United States): Was driven onto Loe Bar, Mount's Bay, Cornwall when her anchor cable parted in high winds. She was bound for Rio de Janeiro from Liverpool with 3000 tons of coal and was the largest sailing ship to be wrecked on the bar. Four of the crew of thirty-five lost their lives.[4] - Irish schooner Beverley ( United Kingdom): Wrecked on the shore one mile south–west of Upton Cliff, near Bude, Cornwall. Her crew and one female passenger were rescued by the rocket apparatus and her captain jumped overboard and reached the shore. A Scheduled Ancient Monument no. 905607.[5]
References
- ^ "The Lizard in Landewednack". Lizard History Society.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ^ Edmunds, Richard (1862). The Land's End District: Its Antiquities, Natural History, Natural Phenomena and Scenery. London: J Russell Smith.
- ^ a b Treglown, Tony (2011). Porthleven in Years Gone by; Local Shipwrecks. Ashton: Tony Treglown.
- ^ "Beverely". Pastscapes. English Heritage. Retrieved 1 November 2012.