List of shipwrecks in 1855

The list of shipwrecks in 1855 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1855.

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January
Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1855

February
Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1855

March
Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1855

April
Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1855

May
Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1855

June
Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1855

July
Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1855

August
Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1855

September
Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1855

October
Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1855

November
Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1855

December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1855

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1855
ShipCountryDescription
A. Cheesborough, and
Invincible		  United States
 United Kingdom		 The full-rigged ship A. Cheesborough was run down and sunk in the Yangtze by Invincible, which was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. Invincible put in to Hong Kong, China and was beached.[1]
Adventure New South Wales The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Richmond River on the coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Andromether  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Canary Islands.[2]
Ann Black  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to London. She was consequently condemned.[3]
Aspasia  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4]
Countess of Seafield  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Pratas Shoals between 8 March and 28 May. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London.[5][6] She was later refloated and towed in to Whampoa, China.[7]
Edgar  United States The whaler was wrecked on Jonas Island. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Beson Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to a British port.[9]
Enterprise  United States The whaler, a full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Kuril Islands before 4 August. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Herald Guernsey The ship was lost off the Falkland Islands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from London to Valparaíso, Chile.[10]
Highflyer  United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Formosa between 21 September and 20 December. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants and the ship was burnt.[11]
Janet  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Santa Cruz to London.[12]
Jefferson  United States The whaler was wrecked at Cape Elizabeth, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Kingfisher  United States The whaler, a full-rigged ship, was wrecked in the Kuril Islands before 4 August. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Living Age  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Pratas Islands.[13]
Lucy Sharp  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Rangoon River. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to a British port.[14]
Nashwauk  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Adelaide.[15]
Peruvian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Egg Island", British North America in the autumn of 1855. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated in July 1856 and taken in to Quebec City.[16]
Queen of the Isle  United Kingdom Engaged in the emigrant trade between the United Kingdom and Australia, the barque departed Glasgow, Scotland, in December 1854, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales in March 1855, subsequently left Sydney, traversed the South Pacific Ocean, rounded Cape Horn, and was wrecked off the Falkland Islands.[17]
Spree New South Wales The brig was wrecked at Port-de-France, New Caledonia before 5 May with the loss of seven of her crew.[18]
Tom Bowling  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Pratas Islands.[13]
Venus  United Kingdom The brig was lost in Freeman's Channel after 28 August. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Melbourne, Victoria.[19]
Waterloo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Saint Domingo. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Liverpool.[20]

References
  1. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (2761). Liverpool. 17 December 1855.
  2. "The Brazils". The Times (22211). London. 14 November 1855. col D-E, p. 8.
  3. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. Liverpool. 5 June 1855.
  4. "Ship News". The Times (21977). London. 14 February 1855. col E, p. 10.
  5. "Telegraphic Despatches". The Times (22065). London. 28 May 1855. col F, p. 8.
  6. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (2693). Liverpool. 29 May 1855.
  7. "China". The Morning Chronicle (27617). London. 2 July 1855.
  8. "Great Destruction of Whalers. Fourteen Ships Lost". Manchester Times (711). Manchester. 3 November 1855.
  9. "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle (27532). London. 23 March 1855.
  10. "Ship News". Daily News (2962). London. 15 November 1855.
  11. "Foreign News". The North Wales Chronicle (1575). Bangor. 4 April 1857.
  12. "Ship News". The Times (22190). London. 20 October 1855. col F, p. 9.
  13. "India and China". The Times (22039). London. 27 April 1855. col B-C, p. 7.
  14. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (2716). Liverpool. 21 August 1855.
  15. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (2717). Liverpool. 24 August 1855.
  16. "Ship News". The Standard (9966). London. 22 July 1856.
  17. "Queen of the Isle". Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  18. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald (5487). Glasgow. 10 August 1855.
  19. "Shipping Intelligence". Dundee Courier (2063). Dundee. 19 March 1856.
  20. "Ship News". The Times (22033). London. 20 April 1855. col C, p. 10.
Ship events in 1855
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