The list of shipwrecks in September 1857  includes ships  sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during September 1857 . 
   
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4 September    List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Adrian  United Kingdom The brig  foundered in the North Sea . Five crew were rescued by Hermann Theodore  (Flag unknown), the rest by Albion  (United Kingdom Adrian  was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland  to Kronstadt , Russia .[ 9] [ 10]     Aim  United Kingdom The brig  was driven ashore in a typhoon  at Samson Bay, Formosa .[ 11]     Confucius  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship  foundered in a typhoon off Swatow , China  with the loss of 22 of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by Patria  (Flag unknown).[ 11]     Durance  French Navy  The transport ship  was driven ashore on Deadman's Island, Shanghai , China in a typhoon.[ 12]     Egypt  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Blohorm Island", Hong Kong  in a typhoon with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Waverley  (United Kingdom Egypt  was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai.[ 12]     Eliza Jane  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship  was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Samson Bay.[ 11]     Fortuna  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Formosa. Her crew survived.[ 13]     Julia  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Amoy , China.[ 12]     Melanie  United Kingdom The barque  was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Samson Bay.[ 11]     Nile  United Kingdom The brig  foundered in a typehoon at Samson Bay with the loss of all hands.[ 11]     Owen  United Kingdom The barque  was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Algeria  (United Kingdom Owen  was on a voyage from Waterford  to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]     Patriot  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea  off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire  to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[ 3]     Rienzi  Belgium  The full-rigged ship  ran aground on the Wellington Sandbank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Callao , Peru to Antwerp . She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 8] [ 17]     Vixen  United Kingdom The schooner  foundered in a typhoon at Samso Bay. Her crew were rescued.[ 11]     Waverley  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship  was driven ashore in a typhoon at Samson Bay. She was later refloated.[ 11]     Whampoa  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship  was driven ashore in a typhoon at Samson Bay. She was later refloated and taken in to Foo-Chow-Foo, China , where she arrived on 11 September.[ 11]   
  
5 September    List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Australasian League  New South Wales  The schooner  was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Richmond River .[ 18]     Betsey  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Capperies Bank, in the Bristol Channel . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan  to Bideford , Devon . She was refloated and put in to Ilfracombe , Devon for repairs.[ 3]     John  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea  off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from London  to Goole , Yorkshire . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 3]     Ophid  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Tay  and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire  to Archangelsk , Russia . She was refloated on 7 September and taken in to Dundee.[ 5]     Oxford  United Kingdom The barque  was driven ashore near "Hammermukle", Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Sundsvall , Sweden. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør , Denmark.[ 19]   
  
6 September    List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Aerolite  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze-kiang . She was on a voyage from London  to Shanghai , China .[ 11] [ 20]     Amity  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea  off the coast of County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 3]     Harkaway  United States  The full-rigged ship  caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean . Her passengers were put in the ship's boats. She was abandoned the next day; Her ten passengers and ten of her crew were rescued by the barque  Sarah and Dorothy  (United Kingdom Advice  (United Kingdom Harkaway  was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina  to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 21]     Kroonprinses Louise Kuhn  Netherlands  The steamship  was driven ashore on Saaremaa , Russia . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam  to Saint Petersburg , Russia.[ 22]     Rosalie  United States  The barque  was wrecked on Seal Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts  to Sydney , New South Wales .[ 23]   
  
7 September    List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Albert  France  The steamship  collided with Chanticleer  (Flag unknown) and sank off the Three Crown Battery, Copenhagen , Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk , Nord  to Saint Petersburg , Russia [ 3] [ 24]     East Anglian  United Kingdom The steamship  was driven ashore at Terneuzen , Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London  to Antwerp , Belgium. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 5] [ 19]     Lady Ridley  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship  Rouen  (France ) and sank at South Shields , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 25]     Monte Christo  United Kingdom The brigantine  sprang a leak and was run ashore at "Newfrage", Prince Edward Islands , British North America , where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Miramichi , New Brunswick , British North America to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 26]   
  
8 September   
9 September    List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Corzo  Spain  The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bergen , Norway  to Bilbao . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 19]     Donna Thereza  Portugal  The brigantine  sprang a leak and was beached at Lisbon . She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 32]     James Magnet  United Kingdom The brig  ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea  off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from London  to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated.[ 27]   
  
10 September   
11 September    List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Ann Hazell  United Kingdom The brig  was driven ashore on Naissaar , Russia . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland  to Narva , Russia. She was refloated.[ 36]     Central America United States  Central America .paddle steamer  sprang a leak during a hurricane . She foundered in the Atlantic Ocean  (31°35′N  77°02′W  /  31.583°N 77.033°W  / 31.583; -77.033  barque  Ellen  (Norway ) and  the brig  Marine  (United States ). Central America  was on a voyage from Colón , Republic of New Granada  to New York .    Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig  was abandoned in the North Sea  70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Heligoland . Her crew were rescued by the galiot  Johannes  (Denmark ). Elizabeth  was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham  to Hamburg .[ 9] [ 27] [ 36]     Florence  United Kingdom The ship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia  for San Juan, Puerto Rico . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 37]     Ide  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Red Bay  Labrador , British North America .[ 38]     Louise  United Kingdom The barque  was driven ashore and wrecked on the Levant  coast.[ 39]     Mary Ann  British North America  The schooner  was wrecked at Red Bay.[ 38] [ 40]     Quickstep  British North America  The schooner  was wreecked at Red Bay.[ 38] [ 40]     Secret  United Kingdom The brig  ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea  off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham  to Barcelona , Spainh.[ 9]     Sophie  Netherlands  The steamship  collided with the steamship William Hutt  (United Kingdom English Channel  off Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom  with the loss of thirteen of the 24 people on board.[ 41] Sophie  was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland  to Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom.[ 33]     Temperance  British North America  The ship was wrecked at Red Bay and was plundered by the local inhabitants.[ 38]     Vitula  British North America  The brig  was wrecked at Red Bay.[ 38] [ 40]     Western Boat  British North America  The schooner  was wrecked at Red Bay.[ 38] [ 40]   
  
12 September   
13 September    List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Britannia  United Kingdom The barque  collided with the barque St. Marthe  (France ) and sank 160 nautical miles (300 km) west of Ouessant , Finistère , France with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire  to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 46]     Colin McRae  United States  The barque  was wrecked at Wilmington, North Carolina . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Wilmington.[ 47] [ 48] [ 49]     Fusilier  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship  was driven ashore in Big Bull Slaughter Bay, near St. Govan's Head , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso , Chile to Liverpool.[ 9] [ 42] [ 50]     Luzon  Spain  The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the New Topsail Inlet. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba  to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom .[ 51] [ 26]     Messenger  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne , Victoria .[ 42]     Penang  Straits Settlements  The ship was struck by a waterspout  and sank with the loss of 38 of the 65 people on board. She was on a voyage from Singapore  to Malacca  and Penang .[ 52]     Polly  New Zealand  The schooner  was wrecked at New Plymouth . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wellington to New Plymouth and Sydney , New South Wales .[ 53]   
  
14 September    List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Murray  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Kate Swanton  (United Kingdom Copenhagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt , Russia  to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 54] [ 55]     Pegasus  Stettin  The galeass  was wrecked near Hirtshals , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom  to Stettin.[ 56]     Sampson  United Kingdom The tug  was in collision with the steamship  Fyenoord  (Netherlands ) and sank in the River Thames  at Gravesend, Kent .[ 57]     Troubadour  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan  to Athens , Greece .[ 58]   
  
15 September    List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Betsey  United Kingdom The brigantine  was wrecked at Portpatrick , Wigtownshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 55]     Clio  United Kingdom The barque  was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Sagamore  (United States ). Clio  was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America  to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 59] [ 60]     Emily  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Grassholm's Reef, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Kronstadt , Russia  to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 45]     Euphemia  British North America  The brigantine  was abandoned "at Grand River", Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Shediac , New Brunswick  to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 26] [ 61] [ 62]     Ferne  British North America  The brigantine  was driven ashore in Larshayen Bay. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island  to "Hagland".[ 61]     James Gibbs  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. John's Point, County Down . She was on a voyage from Quebec City to the Clyde .[ 10]     Minna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze-Kiang. She was on a voyage from Foo-Chow-Foo to Shanghai.[ 11]     Nancy  British North America  The brig  capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but three of her crew. The survivors were rescued on 19 September by Eliza  (United Kingdom Nancy  was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia  to Puerto Rica.[ 40] [ 31]   
  
16 September    List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Antonius  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja , Russia .[ 63]     Catharina  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]     Commerce  United Kingdom The brigantine  ran aground on the Goldstone Reef, in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Alloa , Clackmannanshire  to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Holyhead , Anglesey  in a leaky condition.[ 36]     Conservative  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.[ 64] [ 49]     Daguerre  France  The brig  sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel  off Beachy Head , Sussex , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 65] [ 36]     Glory  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]     Harperley  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea  off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool , County Durham  to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 36]     Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.[ 64] [ 63]     Isle of Wight  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.[ 64]     Johan Gezina  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]     Lady Sale  United Kingdom The brig  was run down and sunk off the Isle of May  by HMS Pembroke   (Royal Navy ). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to London .[ 56]     Princess Victoria  United Kingdom The brig  ran aground at Bolderāja. She was on a voyage from Bolderāja to Deptford , Kent . She was refloated and put back to Bolderāja.[ 32]     Providentia  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]     Ruby  United Kingdom The barque  was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rangoon River  and was abandoned. She capsized the next day.[ 11]     Sedulous  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bolderāja. Her crew were rescued.[ 66] [ 64]     Simon Magnus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāaj. Her crew were rescued.[ 64]     St. Antonio  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[ 63]     Thomas James Marshall  United Kingdom The barque  was lost off Louisbourg , Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gloucester  to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[ 26]   
  
17 September    List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Bell Rock  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham  to Calcutta , India . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 36]     Grantham  United Kingdom The brig  ran aground on the Cockle Sand in the North Sea  off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields  County Durham  to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 36]     Johan August  Norway  The schooner  ran aground and was wrecked off Gåsö , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom  to Christiania .[ 67] Drammen  by the steamship  Stromstart  (Norway ).[ 62]     Preciosa  Norway  The ship was wrecked off Eckerö , Grand Duchy of Finland . She was on a voyage from Honfleur , Calvados , France to Härnösand , Sweden.[ 68]     William  United Kingdom The brig  was in collision with the steamship  European  (United Kingdom North Foreland , Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to London.[ 69] [ 65] [ 36] [ 70]   
  
18 September    List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Bonne Mère  France  The ship sprang a leak and was beached 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Calais . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom  to Oran , Algeria .[ 34] [ 36]     Charles  United States  Operating as a slave ship , the full-rigged ship  was driven ashore on the coast of Portuguese West Africa  about 40 miles (64 km) from Loando  by the brig-sloop  HMS Sappho   (Royal Navy ). About 150 slaves drowned, but about 380 were rescued.     Columbine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from London  to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated.[ 36]     Hercules  United Kingdom The brig  was driven ashore on Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from "Wyborg" to Ipswich , Suffolk . She had become a wreck by 4 October.[ 44] [ 45]     Hirondelle  France  The ship was wrecked 4 leagues  (12 nautical miles (22 km)) from Ventava , Courland Governorate .[ 70]     Jerome Knight  United States  The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina  to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 71]     Marie Claire  France  The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Calais . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Oran , Algeria .[ 4]   
  
19 September    List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Andrea Elizabeth  Norway  The brig  was driven ashore on Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg  to La Rochelle , Charente-Inférieure .[ 45]     Apollo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Mainland , Shetland Islands . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan  to Westerwick , Shetland Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Westerwick.[ 49]     Brazilian  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Stromness , Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire  to Narva , Russia .[ 72]     De Koophandel  Netherlands  The galiot  ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea  off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Lisbon , Portugal. She was refloated with the aid of six smacks , but was driven onto the Grain Spit, off the Isle of Grain , Kent , United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[ 58] [ 36] Sheerness , Kent in a waterlogged condition.[ 32]     Goldfinch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Norsholm, off Farö , Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Wyborg" to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 64] [ 73]     Keepsake  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dunbar , Lothian . She was refloated on 2 October.[ 74]     Nile  United States  The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to New York . She was refloated and resumed he voyage.[ 36]     Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The schooner  ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was on a voyage from Aberdeen  to South Shields , County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[ 32]   
  
20 September   
21 September   
22 September    List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Ellf Geschwister  Danzig  The ship was driven ashore near "Kronenhoff Nehring". Her crew were rescued.[ 66]     Jehu  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Reval , Russia . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire  to Saint Petersburg , Russia.[ 77] [ 78]     John  Sweden  The schooner  was driven ashore and wrecked near Reval. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg.[ 79]     Kate Swanton  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock south of "Lavenskar" and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba  to Kronstadt , Russia. She arrived at Kronstadt in a leaky condition.[ 80]     Lefort Imperial Russian Navy  Lefort .The Imperatritsa Aleksandra -class ship of the line  capsized and sank in the Gulf of Finland  between the islands of Gogland  and Bolshoy Tyuters  during a squall . All 826 people on board were killed. 
    Nile  United Kingdom The barque  was wrecked on the Seiskar Reef, in the Baltic Sea . Her crew were rescued.[ 81]     Pandora  Jersey  The schooner  was driven ashore in Red Wharf Bay , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire  to Carbonear , Newfoundland , British North America .[ 34] [ 72]     Saucy Jack  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Lettapah" or "Lettipah", near Reval , Russia, on voyage from Liverpool  for Narva , Russia with salt.[ 79] [ 82]   
  
23 September   
24 September    List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Allendale  United Kingdom The barque  was driven ashore at Agger, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland  to Kronstadt , Russia .[ 85]     Ayrshire Lass  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Saltholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire  to Narva , Russia.[ 49]     Ceres  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick" (or Mackowiecim), Russia.[ 64] [ 83]     Dart Packet  Jersey  The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel  off Falmouth, Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. She was  on a voyage from Saundersfoot , Pembrokeshire  to Exeter , Devon .[ 86] [ 87]     Hoffnung  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore at "Munckovick".[ 79]     James Ewing  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cove, Argyllshire . She was on a voyage from Tobago  to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 72]     Mount Washington  Flag unknown   The barque  was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick" (or "Mackowiecim"), in  Kaspar Bay. Her crew survived.[ 79] [ 83] [ 16]     Nautilus  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick" (or "Mackowiecim").[ 79] [ 83]     Penelope  United Kingdom The ship was lost on "Bjiske" or "Fjerke" (Bird's Island). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Wyborg".[ 68]     Peter and Sophia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Riga , Russia. She was refloated on 27 September.[ 83]     Primavera  Spain  The ship departed from Liverpool for St. Jago de Cuba , Cuba . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 88]     Prinz Oscar  Flag unknown   The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Munckovick". She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom  to Kronstadt.[ 49]     Regard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Nealos" (or "Malos"), Russia.[ 79] [ 83]     Rena  Kingdom of Hanover  The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland . Her crew were rescued by Jane and Mary  (United Kingdom Hunte  to Bo'ness , Lothian , United Kingdom.[ 68]     Shanghae  Prussia  The full-rigged ship  ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea  off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Oulu , Grand Duchy of Finland  to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 72] Shanghae  was refloated on 1 October and taken in to Harwich , Essex in a waterlogged condition.[ 89]     St. John  United Kingdom The barque  was driven ashore on Miscou Island , New Brunswick , British North America . She was on a voyage from the Clyde  to Bathurst, New Brunswick .[ 90] in situ [ 91]     Tanfield  United Kingdom The brig  ran aground off the Landguard Fort , Harwich. She was on a voyage from Brăila , Ottoman Empire  to Ipswich , Suffolk. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich.[ 45]     Waterford  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Anticosti Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew were rescued by Devon  (United Kingdom Waterford  was on a voyage from Waterford  to Quebec City , Province of Canada , BritishNorth America.[ 60]   
  
25 September    List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Admiral Benbow  United Kingdom The schooner  sank in the Baltic Sea  25 nautical miles (46 km) off Pillau , Prussia . Her crew were rescued by Louise  (United Kingdom Admiral Benbow  was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland  to Riga , Russia .[ 45]     A. L. Crawford  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool , Lancashire  for Havana , Cuba . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 88]     Commodore  United Kingdom The brig  was driven ashore at "Subessern", 14 Prussian miles  (57.0 nautical miles (105.5 km)) from Domesnes , Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to a port on the east coast of Scotland.[ 49] [ 67] [ 92]     Hannah  United Kingdom The brig  was driven ashore and wrecked at "Siekraggen", near Domesnes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt  to Reval , Russia.[ 49] [ 67] [ 85]     Laurel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Reval.[ 93] [ 49]     Susan  Cape Colony  The cutter  struck a sunken rock and sank in Saldanha Bay . Her crew were rescued.[ 94]     Wilhelmine  Hamburg  The ship was driven ashore near Domesnes with the loss of two of her five crew.[ 49] [ 2] [ 67]   
  
26 September    List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Annan  United Kingdom The sloop  was in collision with the paddle steamer  Queen  (United Kingdom Irish Sea  off the Pile Foundry, Lancashire  with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire  to Annan, Dumfriesshire .[ 95] [ 96] Annan  was subsequently towed in to Fleetwood , Lancashire in a waterlogged condition by the fishing smacks  Overton  and Prince of Wales  (both United Kingdom [ 97] [ 98]     Ashley  United Kingdom The brig  was driven ashore and wrecked on Hiiumaa , Russia . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland  to Kronstadt , Russia.[ 49] [ 45]     Cruz e Gonçalves  Portugal  The schooner  foundered off Gibraltar . Her crew were rescued by HMS Curlew , HMS Vulture   and the tug  Ward  (United Kingdom Huelva , Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne.[ 99]     Taymouth Castle  United Kingdom The brig  foundered off "Falconera", Ottoman Empire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan  to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire.[ 100]   
  
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28 September   
29 September    List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     A. L. Crawford  United States  The schooner  departed from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom  for Havana , Cuba . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 104]     Alliance  Hamburg  The ship was lost off Fredrikshavn , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 80]     Cuba  Imperial Russian Navy  The paddle steamer  ran aground and was wrecked off the Absheron Peninsula  with the loss of 21 of her crew.[ 105]     Friend  United Kingdom The brig  foundered in the Irish Sea  off the Isle of Man  with the loss of a crew member.[ 106]     Jean  United Kingdom The brig  ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea  off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham  to Whitstable , Kent . She was refloated.[ 45]     Lord William Bentinck United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the brig Lucilla  (United Kingdom [ 107]     Marmion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saaremaa , Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland  to Turku , Grand Duchy of Finland .[ 78]     Postillion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Nackoe". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Riga , Russia.[ 80]     Sykes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Virgin Rock, off Frederikshavn. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire  to "Wyborg".[ 80] [ 103]   
  
30 September    List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1857    Ship  State  Description     Athenian  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Patrick Henry  (United Kingdom Athenian  was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America  to South Shields , County Durham .[ 108]     Beta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Bridlington to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bridlington.[ 89] [ 85]     Cecilia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Danzig  with the loss of all hands.[ 78]     Celt  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Kunda Bay, in the Baltic Sea .[ 61] [ 40]     Dido  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Hiiumaa , Russia . she was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to "Wyburg". She was later refloated and repaired.[ 109] [ 26]     Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand, in the Thames Estuary . She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness , Kent  in a leaky condition.[ 67]     Sabina  United Kingdom The barque  ran aground in the Min River . She was later refloated and taken in to Hong Kong  for repairs.[ 102]   
  
Unknown date    List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1857    Ship  State  Description     HMS Assistance    Royal Navy  The troopship  ran aground in the Bangka Strait . She was refloated with assistance from HMS Firm  (Royal Navy ).[ 110]     Bonne Amelie  France  The brig  foundered in the Atlantic Ocean  off the Azores  before 16 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tampico , Mexico to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 46]     Brockett  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Balranald", British North America . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated before 21 September but later drove ashore again and was wrecked.[ 60]     Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was run into by another vessel and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan  to New York , United States.[ 15]     George Swinton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Oyster Island. She was on a voyage from Akyab , British Burma  to Calcutta  India .[ 111]     Harriet Cann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ballyedmond , County Wexford . She was refloated on 29 September and taken in to Warrenpoint , County Down .[ 107]     Ida  United Kingdom The schooner  was wrecked at Brass , Nigeria . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire  to Brass.[ 4]     Illinois  United States  The steamship  ran aground on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Aspinwall, Republic of New Granada  to New York . She was refloated and taken in to Havana , Cuba .[ 42]     John Parker  United States  The ship was lost off Cape Lookout , North Carolina  before 19 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana  to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 47]     Larpool  United Kingdom The schooner  was driven ashore and wrecked at Rauschen , Prussia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to London.[ 64] [ 73]     Linden  United Kingdom The barque  sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (51°22′N  21°19′W  /  51.367°N 21.317°W  / 51.367; -21.317  Agnes  (United Kingdom Linden  was on a voyage from Sligo  to Quebec City.[ 34] [ 36]     Minerva  Prussia  The barque  collided with William Kirk  (United Kingdom William Kirk . Minerva  was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom  to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 64]     Prince Oscar  Flag unknown   The ship was wrecked at Reval , Russia .[ 26]     Semiramis  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Colombo , Ceylon . She was on a voyage from Colombo to Liverpool.[ 111]     Sumroo  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Galle , Ceylon and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to the Persian Gulf .[ 111]     Vandolara  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Plymouth , Devon  in a leaky condition.[ 32]   
  
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