List of shipwrecks in 1856
The list of shipwrecks in 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1856.
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A. B. Chambers | ![]() | The steamboat sank in the Missouri River near Atchison, Kansas.[1] |
Alpha | ![]() | The schooner was lost in the Gut of Canso. Crew saved.[2] |
Amazon | ![]() | The steamboat sank at the mouth of the Missouri River.[1] |
Annie Scott | ![]() | The brig ran aground on a reef off the Brazilian coast. She was refloated with assistance from Olinda (![]() |
Ann Rose | ![]() | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[4] |
Banca | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Hong Kong.[5] |
Bermuda | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her twelve crew were rescued by Saucy Lass (![]() |
C. M. Wittusen | ![]() | The ship foundered with the loss of all hands between 11 November and 26 December. She was on a voyage from Næstved to a British port.[8][9] |
Coromandel | ![]() | The barque was lost in the South China Sea between 19 June and 16 December.[10] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hong Kong.[11] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[12] |
Neva | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[13][14][15] |
Posa | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean after 3 October. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hong Kong.[16] |
Prince | ![]() | The ship was damaged by fire at Indian Cove, Newfoundland between 24 October and 3 November. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Newry, County Antrim. Arson was suspected; five of her crew were taken into custody.[17] |
Recovery | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Conflict Reefs, off the Nunez River in modern-day Guinea. On voyage to England with timber, all crew were rescued.[18] |
Regia | ![]() | The ship was lost off Faro, Portugal between 15 February and 15 March. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[19][20] |
Ruyter | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France between 29 November and 2 December.[21] |
Samuel Jones | ![]() | The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.[22] |
Sea Witch | ![]() | The clipper ran aground in the Gulf of Mexico off Havana, Cuba, and was wrecked. |
Sigisbert | ![]() | The ship was lost off the "Isles of Suat". She was on a voyage from Pondicherry, India to Paris.[23] |
Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba.[24] |
Tongataboo | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma between 11 October and 7 November. She was on a voyage from Moulmein to an English port.[25] |
Usk | ![]() | The ship was abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall.[26] |
References
- ^ a b Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
- ^ "1856". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "District Intelligence". Dundee Courier. No. 2113. Dundee. 4 March 1857.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9842. London. 28 February 1856.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 10029. London. 3 October 1856.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 3041. London. 15 February 1856.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2787. Liverpool. 15 February 1856.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 10131. London. 31 January 1857.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 3343. London. 2 February 1857.
- ^ "Shipping News". The Leeds Mercury. No. 6591. Leeds. 27 January 1857.
- ^ "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle. No. 28111. London. 27 January 1857.
- ^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5567. Glasgow. 13 February 1856.
- ^ "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27916. London. 14 June 1856.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2839. Liverpool. 16 June 1856.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Dundee Courier. No. 2077. Dundee. 25 June 1856.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 22668. London. 30 April 1857. col F, p. 11.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 10067. London. 18 November 1856.
- ^ "The African Mails". The Standard. No. 9899. London. 5 May 1856. p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Latest Intelligence". The Examiner. No. 2511. London. 15 March 1856.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9856. London. 15 March 1856.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 25875. London. 6 December 1856. p. 7.
- ^ "1856". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. Liverpool. 12 July 1856.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 3045. London. 20 February 1856.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 10106. London. 2 January 1857.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 22496. London. 11 October 1856. col B, p. 11.
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