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. Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
2. 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