List of shipwrecks in 1856

The list of shipwrecks in 1856 includes at least some of the ships sunk, wrecked, grounded, 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

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Seminole Unknown The steamer caught fire at a pier in the St. Johns River off Jacksonville, Florida. Cut loose to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby buildings, she drifted downstream ablaze and collided with the survey schooner USCS Benjamin Peirce ( United States United States Coast Survey), damaging Benjamin Peirce and setting her afire, although Benjamin Peirce′s crew quickly extinguished the fire. The burning Seminole then drifted toward the brig Iza (flag unknown), which avoided her.[1]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Alma United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The steamer struck the Sumner sandbar and sank.[2]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Pacific  United States The passenger ship disappeared without trace after departing from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom for New York City on 23 January. She most likely struck an iceberg and foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean near Newfoundland with the loss of all 186 people on board.

February

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Glenmoriston  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk, England. Her crew were rescued.[3]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Catherine Jenkins  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Lucas Cove, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of seven of her 11 crew. She was on a voyage from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, to Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.[4]

March

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1856
ShipCountryDescription
New Jersey  United States
New Jersey.
The steamboat caught fire and sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the loss of 50 lives. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Camden, New Jersey.[5]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Belmont  United Kingdom The paddle tug collided with Saxon (Flag unknown) and sank at Southampton, Hampshire.[6]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Odin  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on th Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, sometime before 16 April.[3]

May

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Queen of the Isles United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner struck rocks at Pencarrow Head, New Zealand, whilst en route from Port Cooper to Wellington. All hands were saved.[2]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May
ShipCountryDescription
Julia  United Kingdom The brig sank in the North Sea at Long Sand, Essex, England, during a voyage from Hartlepool, England, to Brest, France. Her captain, Isaac Wilson, his mate, Will Bain, Mrs Barbara Bain, and two of their children drowned. This was confirmed by a letter from the ship's owner, John Holliday, written on 13 March 1858 to George Müller, to support the application for admission of William Bain, another child of Will Bain, to the Bristol orphanage. This letter is held by The George Müller Charitable Trust in Bristol. Another letter reveals that all but one member of the crew and another child of Will (possibly William) were lost.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Kawai United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter left Wellington Harbour on 16 May, and was not heard from again. Wreckage found near Castlepoint on 28 May was believed to be the wreckage of the Kawai.[2]
William IV  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk, England, sometime before 12 May.[3]

June

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Mount Vernon  United States The ship′s hull was stove in by ice and sank southwest of Iony Island in the western Sea of Okhotsk. The crew and most of the cargo of whale oil were saved by Barnstable ( United States).[7][8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Antelope and St. Martin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The two vessels were both wrecked off Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.[2]

July

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Santo Andre  Spain The galley foundered off Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Islands.[9]

August

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Alexander Coffin  United States The ship ran aground in the Sea of Okhotsk at Makanrushi in the northern Kuril Islands during a heavy fog. She was righted by cutting away her masts and got off the rocks by lightening her of gear and cargo. She then was jury-rigged for sailing and taken to Ayan, Russia, where she was condemned and sold at auction. The crew and cargo of whale oil and whalebone were saved.[10][11][12][13]

28 August

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

September

October

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Natchez  United States The ship was wrecked in Nikolaya Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. Most of the crew were rescued by the bark Harmony ( United States); four men – one of which died – wintered by the wreck. These three survivors and most of the cargo of whale oil and whalebone were saved by the ship Italy ( United States) in 1857.[14][15]

November

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Lyonnaise  France After colliding with the barque Adriatic (flag unknown) in fog on 2 November, the steamer sank in the Nantucket Shoals in the North Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket, Massachusetts. About 130 of her 150 passengers and crew perished.[16]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1856
ShipCountryDescription
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
ShipCountryDescription
Petronilia  Belgium The barque was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom, with the loss of four of her crew.[17]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1856
ShipCountryDescription
Coromandel  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.
Sea Witch  United States The clipper ran aground in the Gulf of Mexico off Havana, Cuba, and was wrecked.

References

  1. ↑ Theberge, Captain Albert E., The Coast Survey 1807-1867: Volume I of the History of the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "LIFE IN THE FIELD: THE FIRE SHIP," no publisher listed, NOAA History, 1998.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 58.
  3. 1 2 3 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Philadelphia, PA Ferry Boat NEW JERSEY Fire, Mar 1856". Gendisasters. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Belmont". Tynetugs. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  7. ↑ The Friend (Vol. V, No. 11, Nov. 15, 1856, p. 85, Honolulu).
  8. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
  9. ↑ "SHIPWRECKS". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript (Vol. XIV, No. 41, Dec. 16, 1856, New Bedford).
  11. ↑ Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript (Vol. XIV, No. 42, Dec. 23, 1856, New Bedford).
  12. ↑ The Friend (Vol. V, No. 12, Dec. 11, 1856, p. 93, Honolulu).
  13. ↑ Frances Henrietta, of New Bedford, Sept. 9, 1856, Nicholson Whaling Collection.
  14. ↑ Hawaii. (1865). Reports of a portion of the decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Islands in law, equity, admiralty, and probate. Honolulu: Govt. Press.
  15. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
  16. ↑ "Loss of the French Steamer Lyonnaise". Wilmington Journal. Wilmington, N.C. November 21, 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "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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