List of shipwrecks in December 1858
Ship Country Description
Abeona United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 December . Her crew survived . She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool , Lancashire
Adelphi United Kingdom The ship struck a submerged object and sank in the River Tyne at Pelaw , Northumberland . She was refloated and found to be severely damaged , but was placed under repair
Agenoria United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Saint John , New Brunswick , British North America to Kingstown , County Dublin
Alexander United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Bags Ledge , in the Isles of Scilly . She was refloated
Anna Louise Netherlands The brig was lost in the Dogger Bank before 4 December . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Amsterdam , North Holland
Aurora United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Skerbor River . She was refloated and taken to a port in Sierra Leone before 20 December . She was consequently condemned
Axe United Kingdom The schooner ran agroud on the Falsterbo Reef , in the Baltic Sea
A. Y. Trask British North America The schooner foundered in Puget Sound on or about 10 December
Bartolo Spain The brig ran aground on the Longsand , in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was refloated and taken in to Rochester , Kent , United Kingdom for repairs
Biovald Denmark The full-rigged ship foundered off Cape Horn , Chile . Her cew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Valparaíso , Chile
City of Delhi United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash , Isle of Arran . She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Calcutta , India . She was refloated and put back to Greenock
Cresswell United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock . She was on a voyage from London to Havana , Cuba . She was refloated and put back to London
Due Fratelli United Principalities The ship foundered in the Black Sea
Dorothea Norway The barque collided with another ship and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 December . Her crew were rescued by Equinox ( United Kingdom )
Duchess of Northumberland United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Marion ( United Kingdom )
Elisha Kent United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 December . Her crew were rescued by Rising Sun ( United States )
Elizabeth Hall United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 December . Her crew were rescued by the brig Bull ( United Kingdom ) . Elizabeth Hall was on a voyage from Portland , Maine to the Canary Islands
Elizabeth Moore United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 December
Elk United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardglass , County Down before 14 December
Eva United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand , in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich , Essex
The list of shipwrecks in December 1858 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1858.