List of shipwrecks in 1856

The list of shipwrecks in 1856 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1856.

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1856
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1856
Ship Country Description
Pacific  United States The passenger ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom for New York. She subsequently struck an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 186 people on board.

February

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1856
Ship Country Description
Glenmoriston  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[1]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1856
Ship Country Description
Catherine Jenkins  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Lucas Cove, Glamorgan with the loss of seven of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.[2]

April

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1856
Ship Country Description
Odin  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on th Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk before 16 April.[1]

May

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1856
Ship Country Description
William IV  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk before 12 May.[1]


July

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1856
Ship Country Description
Santo Andre  Spain The galley foundered off Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[3]

August

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1856
Ship Country Description
Isaac Allerton  United States The ship foundered in a hurricane 15 nautical miles (28 km) east south east of Key West, Florida.

September

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1856
Ship Country Description
Arabia  United States The steamboat struck a submerged object and sank in the Missouri River near Kansas City, Kansas. All on board survived.

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1856
Ship Country Description
Niagara  United States The palace steamer caught fire and asank in Lake Michigan with the loss of more than 60 lives.

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1856
Ship Country Description
Emmet  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Happy return  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Monkey  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Pascoe Grenfell  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Swansea Bay.[2]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Swiftsure  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Swansea Bay.[2]
Western Star  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2]

November

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1856
Ship Country Description
Eleanor Lancaster  United Kingdom The three-masted barque was wrecked on Oyster Bank, in the Pacific Ocean off Newcastle, New South Wales. Her sixteen crew survived

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1856
Ship Country Description
Petronilia  Belgium The barque was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her crew.[4]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1856
Ship Country Description
Coromandel  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Sea Witch  United States The clipper ran aground off Havana, Cuba and was wrecked.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "SHIPWRECKS". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
Ship events in 1856
Ship launches: 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861
Ship commissionings: 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861
Ship decommissionings: 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861
Shipwrecks: 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861
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