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Ship
State
Description
A. B. Chambers
United States
The steamboat sank in the Missouri River near Atchison , Kansas .[ 1]
Alpha
United States
The schooner was lost in the Gut of Canso . Crew saved.[ 2]
Amazon
United States
The steamboat sank at the mouth of the Missouri River .[ 1]
Annie Scott
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on a reef off the Brazilian coast. She was refloated with assistance from Olinda ( Imperial Brazilian Navy ).[ 3]
Ann Rose
United Kingdom
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Calcutta , India .[ 4]
Banca
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Hong Kong .[ 5]
Bermuda
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her twelve crew were rescued by Saucy Lass ( United Kingdom . Bermuda was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana to London .[ 6] [ 7]
C. M. Wittusen
Denmark
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 12]
Neva
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
Posa
Hamburg
The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean after 3 October. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Hong Kong.[ 16]
Prince
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhone , France between 29 November and 2 December.[ 21]
Samuel Jones
United States
The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.[ 22]
Sea Witch
United States
The clipper ran aground in the Gulf of Mexico off Havana , Cuba , and was wrecked.
Sigisbert
France
The ship was lost off the "Isles of Suat". She was on a voyage from Pondicherry , India to Paris .[ 23]
Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba.[ 24]
Tongataboo
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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.
Shipwrecks 1850–59, by month
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