List of shipwrecks in December 1855

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

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1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1855
Ship State Description
Candace  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Horn, Chile with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Haidee ( United Kingdom). Candace was on a voyage from London to Valparaíso, Chile.[1][2][3]
Egsemunde Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[4]
Gartsherrie  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Crab Island, Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies, to Matanzas, Cuba.[5][6]
Grange  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool.[4]
Jeune Anne  France The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby. She was on a voyage from Abbeville, Somme to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[4]
Oneco  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Paul's Island, Brazil. Her crew were rescued by the whaler James Allen ( United States). Oneco was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[7]
Rover  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of her captain.[8][9]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1855
Ship State Description
Geertina  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Hamburg.[10][11]
Governor Oxholm  United States The ship was wrecked at Bonaire, Curaçao and Dependencies. Her crew were rescued.[5]
James Watt  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore east of "Revel", She was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands to Dantzic.[10]
Oscar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near the Landsort Lighthouse, Sweden.[9]
Peter J. Nevins  United Kingdom The ship collided with Actress ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Miramichi (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America. Peter J. Nevis was on a voyage from .[12]
Robert Burrell  United Kingdom The brig was in collision with the steamship Telegraph ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of one of her crew . Survivors were rescued by Telegraph. Robert Burrell was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[13][14]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1855
Ship State Description
Alpheus  Sweden The schooner was wrecked on the Sud Koster with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from an English port to Strömstad.[15]
British Dominion  United Kingdom The tug ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated but was driven ashore and sank at Crosby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[16][17]
Florentia  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Canvas and Gentoo (both  United Kingdom). Florentia was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick to London.[18][19]
Flying Fish United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner was run down and sunk. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Hull.[9]
Oscar  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked 60 nautical miles (110 km) south west of Landsort, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[20]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1855
Ship State Description
Afinia Hedegina  Netherlands The ship ran aground near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to "Carlshaven". She was refloated and taken in to Helsingborg for repairs.[21]
Cape Cod  United States The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rubens ( France). Cape Cod was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts.[22]
Copia  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the Sound of Sanda. She was refloated wit assistance from the steamship Dunaskin.[23]
Nautilus  United States The ship was abandopned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Boston, Massachusetts.[24]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1855
Ship State Description
Constitution  United States The ship was destroyed by fire and sank in the River Mersey off Rock Ferry, Cheshire, United Kingdom.[25][17][11] She was refloated on 12 December and beached.[26] Constitution was towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom on 6 March 1856 in a capsized condition.[3]
Defiance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Old Grimsby, Isles of Scilly. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[10]
Erndte Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Eider.[10]
Gustav Willem Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore in the Eider.[10]
Joseph Earle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hoflands Waldero. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dantsic.[21]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1855
Ship State Description
Argo  Netherlands The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Beddingestrand, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to an English port.[27][11]
Bueno Rachele Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Renkioi, Ottoman Empire.[28]
Concord  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex whilst going to the assistance of Emerald ( United Kingdom). All five people on board were rescued the next day by the smacks Lord Howe and Triune (both  United Kingdom).[11]
Dorothy  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkerque, Nord, France. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Dunkerque.[11]
Diana  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Dunkerque. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hartlepool, County Durham.[11]
Emerald  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Longsand with the loss of two of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the smacks Lord Howe and Triune (both  United Kingdom).[11]
Joseph Earle  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Dantzic.[27][11]
Marco Polo  United Kingdom While leaving the River Mersey in early December, the three-masted clipper parted her tow rope, collided with the barque Glasgow ( United Kingdom), and ran aground. She was refloated and repaired in time for her to depart the next day for Melbourne, Victoria.
Marie  Kingdom of Hanover The schooner was wrecked at "Lerhamn", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Sunderland, County Durham.[11]
Rebecca Shout  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea between Cape Carbonara, Sardinia and Cap Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to the Clyde.[29][30]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1855
Ship State Description
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 11 December and taken in to Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk.[21]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Onsala, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian.[31]
Mogador  France The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Dunkerque. She was refloated.[32]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1855
Ship State Description
Helene  Bremen The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Hamburg.[10]
James  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[31]
John Scott  United Kingdom The ship departed from Demerara, British Guiana for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[33]
Juan Fernandez Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[34]
Oporto  United Kingdom The brig struck the Lage d'Arve Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Oporto, Portugal.[35]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1855
Ship State Description
Garland  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Glasgowman Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[36] She was refloated on 11 December and put in to Waterford.[21]
Hannah  United Kingdom The schooner was holed by her anchor and sank in Angle Bay. She was on a voyage from Woolwich, Kent to Dublin. She was later refloated, repaired and resumed her voyage.[21][37]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1855
Ship State Description
Belle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Peel Point, Cornwall and was damaged. She was beached in Whitsand Bay.[31]
Bravo  Spain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar with the loss of 22 of the 45 people on board. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba and/or Buenos Aires, Argentina.[38][39][40][41]
Decente  Sweden The ship was destroyed by fire in the Sea of Marmora. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Georgina  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar with the loss of a crew member.[18][43] She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to Virginia.[44][40] Georgina was refloated on 22 August 1856 and taken in to Gibraltar.[45]
Grasmere  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Caldera, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to the River Mersey.[36]
Liebnitz Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and sank at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles.[28]
Verona  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Réunion. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Melbourne, Victoria.[46]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by a snowstorm in Georgian Bay. She was on a voyage from Owen Sound to Collingwood Harbor, Upper Canada.[47]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1855
Ship State Description
Bombay  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the Guadiana with the loss of a crew member.[48]
Bravo  Spain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at the Torre Carbonera with the loss of 22 of the 45 people on board.[49] She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.[50]
Diana Duchy of Holstein The schooner ran aground on the Abbo Reef. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Nyborg, Denmark in a leaky condition.[51]
Lee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.[52] She was refloated and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.[53]
Osprey  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Albatross ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[54][55]
Stirlingshire  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Swansea.[21]
Susan King  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[21]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1855
Ship State Description
Janet  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[56]
Moodkee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Malta. She was refloated.[57]
Prince Albert  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated but was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[21]
Ville de Liège  Belgium The schooner was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Francs. She was refloated with the aid of the tug Bustler ( Royal Navy).[49]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1855
Ship State Description
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 15 to 20 nautical miles (28 to 37 km) south of Valencia, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28][58]
Eliza  Netherlands The brig ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated with the assistance of the smacks Aurora's Increase and Marco Polo and a lugger (all  United Kingdom).[59][60]
Fanny Palmer  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Marittima, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to London.[48][61]
Haidee  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Mocha Island, Chile with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Monte Video, Uruguay and San Francisco, California, United States.[62][2][3]
Janette  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Jessamine ( United Kingdom). Janette was on a voyage from Mogador, Morocco to London.[63]
William Rennie  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Stirlingshire ( United Kingdom).[64] William Rennie was on a voyage from Syros, Greece to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.[20]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1855
Ship State Description
Barrackpore  France The transport ship was wrecked on Marmara Island, Ottoman Empire. Her crew survived. They were rescued on 21 December by HMS Oberon ( Royal Navy).[65][66]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberffraw, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 18 December nd taken on to Holyhead, Anglesy.[12][43]
Georgiana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Torre Carbonera, Spain. She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[49]
Josephine  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Hoy Sound. she was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Aberdeen.[67]
Mermaid  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Karnack ( United Kingdom). Mermaid was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[18]
Superb  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Mocatta Bay, in the Black Sea with the loss of fourteen of her fifteen crew.[68][69]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1855
Ship State Description
Deben  United Kingdom The schooner was sighted off Bridlington, Yorkshire whilst on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[70]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[71]
Renfrewshire  United Kingdom The ship struck the South Rock, in Belfast Lough and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to the Clyde.[19] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[29]
Victoria  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked between "Karingon" and Gullholmen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Malmö, Sweden.[72]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1855
Ship State Description
Robert  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hirtshals, Denmark. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Aarhus, Denmark.[73]
Robert Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Isla delli Corrienti, off Cape Passero, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Queenstown, County Cork.[74]
Vanskapen  Sweden The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Malmö.[72]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1855
Ship State Description
City of Washington  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Marseille.[75]
Corinna  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She had been refloated by 19 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[48]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon by Napoleon III ( France) with the loss of a crew member.[18] Survivors were rescued by Napoleon III.[76]
John  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow.[43] Her crew survived.[29]
Koh-i-Noor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tranmere, Cheshire.[18] She was refloated on 19 December.[38]
Mariner  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Brest, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Maria  Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands.[28][77]
Mark  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Monk's Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Garston to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18] She was refloated on 19 December.[38]
Vision  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to New York, United States. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[78]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1855
Ship State Description
Amulet  United Kingdom The brig struck the Sparrow Hawk and was then driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[18][30]
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[76] She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Aberdeen.She was refloated on 26 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a severely damaged condition.[51]
Ant  United Kingdom The schooner was sighted off Coquet Island, Northumberland whilst on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[79]
Betsey  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[24][56]
Christiania  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[80]
Eliza  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Gorleston, Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the lifeboat Rescuer ( United Kingdom).[81][82]
Exe  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[76]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gorleston. Her crew were rescued.[76]
George, and
Pensher 		 United Kingdom The schooner George and the brig Pensher collided in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. The crew of George got aboard Pensher, but two of them reboarded George. Pensher drove ashore at Great Yarmouth. George drove ashore there the next day; she was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Newcastle upon Tyne.[56]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[76]
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked north of Staithes, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[18][76]
Isabella  United Kingdom The brigantine struck the St. Patrick's Bridge Rock, in the Saltee Islands, County Donegal. She was then driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford with the loss of one of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[50][83][84]
James Watt  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Colmar". She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg.[28]
Jane and Catherine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Kirkcaldy.[85] She floated off on 26 December.[72]
Johns  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stranraer, Wigtownshire.[75]
Josephine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Skerries of Clanstrau, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Aberdeen.[86]
Juventus, and
Orb 		 United Kingdom The brigs were in collision in the North Sea. Juventus was beached at Great Yarmouth. Orb was beached at Gorleston.[76]
Laura  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[18]
Lelean  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Liverpool.[18][80][15]
Margaret and Ellen  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Amlwch, Anglesey.[50][30]
Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[76][9]
Pauline Rostock The ship was wrecked near Dahme, Duchy of Schleswig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Rostock.[63]
Philippa  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Milton, Dunbartonshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Belfast County Antrim.[73][24]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued.[76] She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.[9]
Redwing  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[30] She was refloated on 22 December.[87]
Rickleef Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked near "Leknskov", Denmark.[5]
Venelia  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk.[76] She was refloated on 25 December and taken in to Lowestoft.[64]
Yacht  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Calvados to Seaham, County Durham.[24]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1855
Ship State Description
Benton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a severely leaky condition.[88]
Boa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[43][89]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sevastopol, Russia with the loss of all hands.[90]
Colley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland, County Durham.[43]
Comet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham.[50]
Courier  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Gorleston, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[43][24] She was refloated on 26 December.[72]
Cortes  United States The transport ship was driven ashore at Sevastopol. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Edward and Sarah  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[43][92] She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[30]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[43]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and scuttled at Balbriggan, County Dublin.[38] She was refloated on 25 December.[72]
Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dundee, Forfarshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Dundee.[63][93]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Hartlepool, county Durham. She was refloated on 20 December.[18][43]
Exchange  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.[43]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[43]
George  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Plusher ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Great Yarmouth.[43]
George and Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued.[43]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[94][95]
Jennet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[43]
John  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, County Durham.[43] She was refloated on 21 December and towed in to Hartlepool, County Durham. Subsequently towed to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for repairs.[56]
Julet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[15]
Lady Arabella  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Douglas Head, Isle of Man with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[73][84][96]
Lelean  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew reached the Gull Lightship, ( Trinity House) from where they were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom).[97]
Lovely Nelly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.[43]
Mars  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Dromore Bank, in the Irish Sea.[95]
Mead  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.[43]
North Britain  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[98]
Oak  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[43]
Otter  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore on Sanday, Orkney Islands. She had been refloated by 27 December.[99]
Philip  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Dee with the loss of one of her six crew.[84]
Prosperous  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland.[43]
Redwing  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[15]
Robert Boyle  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in the Bay of Luce.[29]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 26 December and towed in to Great Yarmouth.[43][88]
Soken  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued.[43] She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She subsequently became a wreck.[24]
Sorciere United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was wrecked on the Doger Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to São Miguel Island, Azores.[95][58]
Stantons  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Hartlepool.[43][92]
Talavera  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked on Marmara Island, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued on 21 December by HMS Oberon ( Royal Navy)[100][90][101][66]
Thistle  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Passage East, County Waterford.[83]
Unity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[43][9]
Ward Jackson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Colmar". She was refloated on 1 January 1856 with assistance of the steamship Superb ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Glückstadt, Prussia.[102]
William and Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The ship collided with James ( United Kingdom) and sank off Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Wakefield, Yorkshire.[43]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1855
Ship State Description
Bernardine  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Sulina, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to an English port.[103]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was refloated on 25 December and placed under repair.[58]
Brothers  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands.[99]
Catherine  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Fowey.[63][104]
Independente  Spain The disabled paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked at Black Head, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Exmouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Her 25 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to London, United Kingdom.[50][94][84][105]
John Bull  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal, County Cork.[83]
John Webb  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungarvan.[83]
London  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her three crew took to a boat. Two survivors were rescued on 22 December by Temperance Star ( United Kingdom). London was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire. She came ashore and was wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[50][30][84]
Nantes  France The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard.[106]
Nord America  Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Elbow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and was damaged. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg.[89]
Star  United Kingdom The schooner was discovered derelict in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Portrush, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was taken in to Portrush.[95]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1855
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to a port in County Meath. She was refloated.[73]
Colin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Balbriggan, County Dublin, She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Gloucester.[24]
Elizabeth and William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Balbriggan.[24]
John Wesley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to London.[73] She was refloated on 12 January 1856 and taken in to Youghal for repairs.[107]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Memel, Prussia.[58]
Marietta  Spain The brig put in to Kinsale, County Cork in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Seville to London.[9]
Phœbe  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Prosperity ( United Kingdom) and was run ashore at Newby East, Cumberland.[95]
Samuel Burnett  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to the River Tees.[63]
Young Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dale, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[73]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1855
Ship State Description
Alejandra  Spain The brig was driven ashore on the Île de Batz, Finistère, France. She had been refloated by 26 December with assistance from the steamship Burlington ( United Kingdom).[88]
Bon Accord  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penang, Malaya to Liverpool, Lancashire.[108][67]
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was refloated on 8 January 1856.[109]
Cordelia  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the coast of Cornwall. She was wrecked the next day on the Praa Sands.[64] She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[104]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock in the River Carrowbeg and was beached.[73] She was on a voyage from Sligo to Runcorn, Cheshire.[58]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Musselwich Bay. She was on a voyage from Southwold, Suffolk to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[73]
Jenny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Walney Island, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness to Garston, Lancashire.[58]
John Black  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to a Scottish port.[51]
Lauriston  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Rosetta, Egypt.[74][110]
Lochindal  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Findhorn, Moray. She was refloated the next day.[86]
Prometheus  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on the Praa Sands. Her crew were rescued.[104]
Temis  Spain The brigantine was wrecked at Punta de Mulas, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.[111]
Union  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Griceness, Stronsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.[112][99]
Washington  United States The paddle steamer ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[88]
Waterwitch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Mousa, Shetland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 6 January 1856.[109]
Will Watch  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Elbow End Bank, off the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[93]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1855
Ship State Description
Agenoria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on St. Catherine's Rocks. Her crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bideford, Devon.[24][104]
Alexandre  France The schooner was wrecked on St. Catherine's Rocks. Her crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[24][104]
Eliza Lower  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Rye, Sussex. Her six crew were rescued by the tug Erin ( United Kingdom). Eliza Lower was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France.[73][56][82]
Faith  Ottoman Empire The steamship foundered in the English Channel off the Owers Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of a crew member. Twenty-nine survivors were rescued by the brig Elizabeth and Ann ( United Kingdom) was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Constantinople.[113][114]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the River Tay. Her ten crew were rescued by the Dundee Lifeboat.[115] She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dundee, Forfarshire.[64][93]
Hero  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at North Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Aberdeen.[64]
Jane Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Limerick to the Clyde.[51]
Lloyds  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Ackergill Castle, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Culloden, Inverness-shire to Wick, Caithness.[99]
London  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was driven against the pier and severely damaged at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Dieppe Seine-Inférieure, France to Newhaven.[116]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ardlamont Point Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides.[51]
North York  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her nine crew took to a boat, and were rescued off the Firth of Forth on 25 December by the brig Uva ( United Kingdom). North York was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[117][93]
Themis  United Kingdom The transport ship caught fire off Yevpatoria, Russia. She sank the next day.[118][101]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1855
Ship State Description
Amelia  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore near Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was refloated on 12 January 1856.[107][119]
Arabat  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Conigli Rock, off Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was destroyed by fire on 31 December.[61][101][103]
Arundell  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Wild Wave ( United Kingdom). Arundell was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bombay, India.[33]
Betsey  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy ran aground on the Plough Seat, off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Leith, Lothian. She later sank.[64][51][88]
Charlotte  France The brig was wrecked at Harlech, Merionethshire, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her nine crew. Her captain was rescued by the Port Madoc Lifeboat, the other survivors reached shore in the longboat. Charlotte was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Neath, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[120][121][82]
Christian Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Colonsay, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[112][122]
Dagger  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico.[123][124]
Defiance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Strand Point, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, france.[24]
Edinburgh  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Newburgh, Fife.[51]
Hazard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilschosland, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to the Clyde.[51]
Hero  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at North Sunderland, County Durham.[24]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Londonderry.[58]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship sank at Málaga, Spain.[69]
Norfolk  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Mulroy". She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[58]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Downing's Bay, County Donegal.[64]
Philanthropist  United States The fishing schooner was lost at mouth of the harbor of Annisquam, Massachusetts. Crew saved.[125]
Speed  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached on the "North Head of Bridport". She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. She had been refloated by 3 January 1856.[126]
Swordfish  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kelfoot Point, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to the Belfast Lough.[24]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1855
Ship State Description
Duncan Ritchie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Hermitage Bay.[127]
John  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Langton Matravers, Dorset with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Teignmouth, Devon.[64]
Lightning United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.[64]
Vigorous  United Kingdom The Humber Keel was discovered derelict in the North Sea.[88]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1855
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Withernsea, Yorkshire.[72] She was refloated on 7 January 1856 and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire.[9]
Eliza Hart  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Margate, Kent.[128]
Fiel  Portugal The ship was wrecked at Ventry, County Kerry, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Aveiro to Cork, United Kingdom.[74]
Frigga  Denmark The ship ran aground on the Kobbergrund and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Copenhagen.[65]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1855
Ship State Description
Governor Morton  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Ridge Sand. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition.[72][128]
Schomberg  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Cape Otway, Victoria. All on board were rescued the next day by the steamship Queen (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria. Schomberg was on her maiden voyage, from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne, Victoria.
Virginia  United States The ship was wrecked on the Ringwarner Reef. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to a British port.[1]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1855
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the brig Solide ( Sweden) and was abandoned off Fuengirola, Spain with by five of her seven crew. They were rescued by Solide. The remaining two crew abandoned her the next day and she subsequently foundered. Jane was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[61][129][130]
Medina Guthrie  Spain The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Magdalena River with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Santa Martha, Republic of New Granada to Cartagena.[131]
Rob Roy  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off the Île de Batz, Finistère, France. She was refloated the next day.[88]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1855
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All ten crew presumed lost. A message in a bottle detailing the ship's fate washed up at Ballycotton, County Cork on 9 January 1856.[132]
Jessy Hamilton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Westport, County Mayo. Her crew were rescued. She floated off and drove out to sea.[112]
Nacional  Belgium The barque caught fire at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and was scuttled.[133]
Ohio  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Ross of Mull, Mull, Inner Hebrides with the loss of a crew member.[112]
Velocity  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Minor Reef, off Exuma, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Exuma.[134]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1855
Ship State Description
Thornley  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated.[112]
Ocean Belle  United Kingdom The ship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[135]
Wanderer  United Kingdom The schooner was discovered abandoned off the Isle of Skye.[136]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1855
Ship State Description
Emblem  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Fife with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[77]
Four Sisters  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated and towed in to Shoreham-by-Sea.[88]
Leah  United States The full-rigged ship departed from New York for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[137]
Robert Carnley  United States The ship departed from New York for Antwerp. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[137]
William and Jane  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was refloated and towed in to Hull, Yorkshire in a severely leaky condition.[88]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1855
Ship State Description
Adams  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mozambique Channel with the subsequent loss of thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London.[138][139]
Albion  United Kingdom The sloop departed from the Orkney Islands for Crail, Fife in mid-December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[140]
Alice Walker  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked between İğneada and "Media", Ottoman Empire before 31 December. All on board were rescued.[101][9][102]
Ashburton  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the American coast before 25 December. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had been refloated by 28 December and resumed her voyage.[69]
Bernard  Kingdom of Hanover The schooner was wrecked at Sulina, Ottoman Empire between 18 and 20 December. Her crew were rescued.[141]
Columbine  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast before 9 December.[58]
Corunna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 9 January 1856 and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.[109]
Countess of Galloway  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was driven ashore and damaged in Garlieston Bay.[51]
Crescent City  United States The steamship was wrecked on the Mattevia Reef in the Bahamas Banks. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana.[142][143]
Duke of Wellington  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Keeling Islands before 24 December. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[144]
Gefion  Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Morufstange", Sweden before 14 December. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Copenhagen.[42][73]
George and Aloys  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Black Sea with some loss of live.[145]
George and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in Tor Bay whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Constantinople. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[146]
Germania  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas, arriving on 29 December.[1]
Hindostan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and capsized on St. George's Bank before 27 December. She was a total loss.[65]
Ianthe  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 December.[24] Her crew were rescued by Vibilia ( United Kingdom). Ianthe was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Sunderland, County Durham.[64]
Johanna  Netherlands The barque was wrecked on the Pratas Shoal, in the South China Sea before 15 December. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Shanghai, China.[147]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was refloated on 1 January 1856 but sank in the River Tyne.[102]
Lady Camilla  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the North Sea after 5 December. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen.[148]
Mail  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was refloated on 5 December.[17]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Crail, Fife. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian.[53]
Naiad  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 21 December and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland.[63][42]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Málaga, Spain, where she arrived on 12 January.[69]
Ne Adelfotis  Greece The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sulina between 18 and 20 December. Her crew were rescued.[141]
Nicolai Jovan Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Havaz", Ottoman Empire before 27 December. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople. She was refloated.[65]
Potsdam  Prussia The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Trabizond, Ottoman Empire before 28 December.[149]
Rainbow  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands before 9 December. She was refloated on 22 December and resumed her voyage.[73][41][58]
HMS Royal Albert  Royal Navy The ship of the line sprang a leak and was beached at San Nicholas, Kea, Greece. She was on a voyage from the Crimea to Malta.
San Giorgio Austrian Empire The trabaccolo was driven ashore and wrecked at Sulina between 18 and 20 December. Her crew were rescued.[141]
San Giorgio Vantaciano  Moldavia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sulina between 18 and 20 December with the loss of all 23 crew.[141]
San Nicolo  Moldavia The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sulina between 18 and 20 December. Her crew were rescued.[141]
Siam  United Kingdom The ship struck a reef off Tybee Island, Georgia, United States and was beached. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia.[150] She was consequently condemned,[151] but was sold and later towed in to Savannah for repairs.[152]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent in early December. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom).[97]
Standard  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Skagerrak off the Koster Islands, Sweden before 7 December.[31]
Triumph  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean between 22 and 26 December. Her crew were rescued by Canning ( United Kingdom). Triumph was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius.[22]
Vertranen Rostock The ship was driven ashore near "Morufstange" before 14 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Rostock.[42][73]
Wolff Stettin The ship was driven ashore near "Morufstange" before 14 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Stettin.[42][73][56]
Zephir  Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sulina between 18 and 20 December. Her crew were rescued.[141]

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