The list of shipwrecks in July 1857 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during July 1857. 
   1 July
   List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1857   | Ship | State | Description | 
  | Earl of Derby |  United Kingdom | 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] | 
  | Futtah Moombarrack | .svg.png) India | 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 steamship Stockton (  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 | State | 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 | .svg.png) Sweden | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent United 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 Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Kronstadt.[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 | .svg.png) 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 | State | 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] | 
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  18 July
   List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1857   | Ship | State | 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] | 
  19 July
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  21 July
   List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1857   | Ship | State | 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 | .svg.png) 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 Widewall Bay in a leaky condition.[62] | 
  22 July
  23 July
  24 July
   List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1857   | Ship | State | 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 | .svg.png) 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 Montevideo, Uruguay.[63] | 
  25 July
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  29 July
   List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1857   | Ship | State | 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] | 
  30 July
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   List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1857   | Ship | State | Description | 
  | Boyne |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[72] | 
  | Bromborough |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America before 2 June.[73] | 
  | Constantia |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree, India before 3 July.[25] | 
  | Don |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Hayle, Cornwall.[72] | 
  | HMS Himalaya |  Royal Navy | The troopship ran aground in the Strait of Banca. She was refloated on 8 July with assistance from Gauntlet (  United Kingdom). | 
  | Italia | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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 Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 31 July.[76] | 
  | Pacific | .svg.png) 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] | 
  | Prisilla | .svg.png) United States | The cargo schooner was lost on Norman's Woe.[77] | 
  | Retriever |  New South Wales | 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] | 
  | Rosabella |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Spanish Main. Her crew survived.[19] | 
  | Swift |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at "Hantoon", County Wexford. She was refloated.[11] | 
  | Vermont | .svg.png) United States | 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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