List of shipwrecks in July 1855

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Charles	United Kingdom	The schooner struck the Sail Rock, in the Virgin Islands and sank. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to the Turks Islands.[1]
James Russel	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Towyn Capel, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and beached.[2][3]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
De Vreede	Netherlands	The galiot sank in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew took to a boat and were rescued by HMRC Badger ( Board of Customs). De Vreede was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Seville, Spain.[3][4]
Jacques	France	The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her fourteen crew were rescued by David McIvor ( United Kingdom). Jacques was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[5]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Lightfoot	United States	The ship was lost at the Sandheads, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Calcutta, India.[6][7][8]
Talisman	United States	The ship ran aground in Bedford's New Channel, India.[8]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Amethyst	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Green Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to the Clyde.. She was refloated on 17 July and resumed her voyage.[9][10]
Margery	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated.[11]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Kelvin	Victoria	The schooner was destroyed by fire off Mount Martha, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria Colony; the wreck was for auction on 27 July.[12][13]
Washington	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Cannoniers Point, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Queenstown, County Cork.[14]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Ceres	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia. She was refloated.[15]
Magnolia Branner	United States	The steamship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Red River to New Orleans, Louisiana.[10]
Ohio	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[15]
Phoenix	Cape Colony	The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Ipili Rocks, in the Torres Strait. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Singapore.[16]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Garlan	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Ambriz, Portuguese West Africa.[15]
Sultana	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Cobbler's Reef, off Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Grenada.[17]
Washington	United States	The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked in Ulban Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk. The ship and her cargo of 300 barrels of whale oil were sold to the Lagoda ( United States) the following day, which spent over a month scavenging from the wreck, selling various items from it to other ships. They then set fire to the wreck to get at its iron.[18][19]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Mary Hale	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Alligator Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated and taken in to New York, United States for repairs.[17]
Westfriesland	Duchy of Holstein	The steamship ran aground off Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. She was on a voyage from London to Kampen.[20]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Science	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned and foundered off "Aquilas". She was on a voyage from "Rio Elba", Corsica, France to Newport, Monmouthshire.[21]
Welsh	United Kingdom	The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at South Shields, County Durham. Her three crew were rescued. She was later refloated.[22]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Pollux	Norway	The ship ran aground of a reef off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Gävle to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 15 July and taken in to Slitohamn, Sweden.[23]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Preussischer Adler	Prussia	The steamship ran aground off Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Queenstown to London, United Kingdom.[24]
Sympathy	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Inverkeithing, Fife. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Inverkeithing. She was refloated but was condemned.[24]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Balmoral	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent for Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.[25][26]
Margaret	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked at Ferryland Head, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Saint John's, Newfoundland.[27][6]
St. Abbs	United Kingdom	The East Indiaman was wrecked in the Seychelles with the loss of 22 lives. There were at last six survivors.[28]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Mary Hannah	United States	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Rottumeroog, Groningen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Hamburg.[9][29]
Montreal	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure. She had been refloated by 23 July.[30]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
16 July	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew took to a boat and were rescued on 30 July. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.[31]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Orleans	United Kingdom	The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew survived.[32] She was on a voyage from the Chincha Islands to an English port.[33]
Phoenix	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in the Torres Straits. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to China.[34]
Sparkling Wave	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. She had been refloated by 2 August and had resumed her voyage.[35]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Somerville	United States	The schooner was sunk while bound for Wilmington, North Carolina. Crew saved.[36]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Brilliant	United Kingdom	The brigantine was abandoned in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east by east of the Mine Head Lighthouse, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Oporto, Portugal.[37]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Rusco Caster	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 Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[9]

<--

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1855

Ship	State	Description

-->

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
British Empire	British North America	The steamship strucke a rock at Verns Point, Province of Canada and sank. All on board were rescued.[6]
Polimince	Spain	The barque was destroyed by fire at Port Mahon. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Barcelona.[38]
William Metcalfe	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire at Antwerp, Belgium and was scuttled. She was refloated the next day.[39]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
HMS Jasper	Royal Navy	Crimean War, Siege of Taganrog: The Dapper-class gunboat ran aground in the Sea of Azov on the coast of the Russian Empire. Under fire from Cossacks, she was scuttled and abandoned on 24 July.
Mattao	United Kingdom	The ship struck a sunken wreck off the Isles of Scilly and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[9]
Mentor	Prussia	The barque was run into by HMS Gorgon ( Royal Navy) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. HMS Gorgon towed her in to The Downs in a waterlogged condition.[9][30]
Sarah Ann	United Kingdom	The schooner was in collision with the steamship Baltic ( United States) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Baltic. Sarah Ann was on a voyage from Bangor to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was subsequently towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey by Cornucopia ( United Kingdom).[30]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Ameer	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Anna Louise	Netherlands	The galiot collided with the steamship Indiana ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. Her eight crew were rescued by Indiana. Anna Louise was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, North Holland.[40]
Falcon	British North America	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the barque Harlequin ( United Kingdom). Falcon was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom.[41][14]
Powell	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Cannonier's Point, Mauritius.[42]
Sabrina	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.[43] She was refloated the next day and towed in to West Hartlepool in a severely leaky condition.[44]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
British Queen	British North America	The steamship struck a rock off Deschambault, Province of Canada and sank.[6] She had been refloated by 6 August and taken in to Quebec City, Province of Canada for repairs.[29]
Janet and Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was discovered derelict in the North Sea. She was towed in to Scarborough, Yorkshire.[27]
North America	British North America	The steamship struck a rock off Deschambault and sank.[6]
Portena	United States	The ship ran aground on the Roamer Bank. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.[17]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Harriet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Newhaven, Sussex.[45]
Jeune Louise	France	The schooner caught fire in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by a steamship. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to London, United Kingdom.[46][47]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The fishing smack was in collision with Edmund Graham and sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon with the loss of all hands.[46][44]
Jane	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated and sailed for Hartlepool, County Durham.[46][44]
May	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Redcar. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She was refloated and sailed for Hartlepool.[46][44]
Oxalis	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Eyemouth. She was refloated the next day and found to be severely leaky.[48]
Provestenen	Sweden	The ship struck the breakwater and was damaged at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[49]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Frederike and Dora	Elbing	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Harboøre, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Elbing to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[50]
Glendower	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer struck rocks off South Stack, Anglesey and foundered off Towyn Capel. All on board, her crew and 140 passengers, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cornwall to Liverpool, Lancashire.[49][48][51][52]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
HMS Gleaner	Royal Navy	Crimean War: The Gleaner-class gunboat ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off "Borko Island", Grand Duchy of Finland before 29 July. She was refloated with the assistance of a French Navy gunboat.[53][54]
Horsburgh	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Huasco to Valparaíso.[33][55]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Olive Leaf	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near the Flamborough Head Lighthouse, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitstable, Kent.[44]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Margaret and Grizzel	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire in Inverkip Bay due to her cargo of quicklime getting wet. She was scuttled.[50]
Prince	United Kingdom	The brig was destroyed by fire 1,050 nautical miles (1,940 km) off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued by Marathon ( United Kingdom).[56]
Royal Charter	United Kingdom	The steamship sank in the River Dee on being launched. She was refloated on 28 August.[41]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1855

Ship	State	Description
Baltic	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 9 July and sailed for the Humber.[15]
Futtal Wahab	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on a rock off "Relliton". Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Bali, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[57]
Iron Gun	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 29 July.[49]
James Caskie	United States	The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 14 July and taken in to The Downs.[58][59]
James Paton	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Donegal before 7 July. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated and taken in to Troon, Ayrshire for repairs.[60]
Jennet and Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 16 July.[24]
Lady Elgin	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Moulmein River. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and put in to Penang, Malaya in a leaky condition before 20 July.[61]
Ottawa	British North America	The steamship was in collision with Tibbits (Flag unknown) and sank in the Strait of Belle Isle. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37][62]
HMS Spiteful	Royal Navy	Crimean War: The Driver-class sloop ran aground at the mouth of the Danube. An offer to surrender the ship to the Russians was refused and she was later refloated.[63]
Vrouw Margrieta	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked on the Swedish coast before 7 July. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to an English port.[64]

References

1. "The West India, Pacific, and Mexican Mails". Glasgow Herald. No. 5480. Glasgow. 25 July 1855.
2. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2703. Liverpool. 3 July 1855.
3. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9642. London. 4 July 1855.
4. "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 9419. Newcastle upon Tyne. 6 July 1855.
5. "Ship News". The Times. No. 22168. London. 25 September 1855. col F, p. 9.
6. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5490. Glasgow. 17 August 1855.
7. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2715. Liverpool. 17 August 1855.
8. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5491. Glasgor. 20 August 1855.
9. "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27636. London. 24 July 1855.
10. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5487. Glasgow. 10 August 1855.
11. "Shipping Intelligence". Dundee Courier. No. 2026. Dundee. 11 July 1855.
12. "Kelvin (+1855)". Wreck Site. Affligem, Belgium: Adelante EBVBA. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
13. "Sales by Auction". The Age. No. 8. Melbourne, Victoria. 19 July 1855. p. 8. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via Trove.
14. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5497. Glasgow. 3 September 1855.
15. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9647. London. 10 July 1855.
16. "Phoenix". Clydeships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
17. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2712. Liverpool. 7 August 1855.
18. Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, July 9, 1855, Academy Gulf, Nicholson Whaling Collection.
19. Lagoda, of New Bedford, July 9-August 13, 1855, Academy Gulf, NBW #1415.
20. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27627. London. 13 July 1855.
21. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9671. London. 7 August 1855.
22. "Extraordinary Escape of the Crew of a Steam-tug". Caledonian Mercury. No. 20528. Edinburgh. 14 July 1855.
23. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9658. London. 23 July 1855.
24. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times. No. 3681. Hull. 27 July 1855.
25. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2835. Liverpool. 6 June 1856.
26. "Edinburgh". Caledonian Mercury. No. 20812. Edinburgh. 10 June 1856.
27. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9672. London. 8 August 1855.
28. J. P.; E. C. Ross (22 November 1855). "Loss of the St. Abbs East Indiaman. - Twenty-two Persons Drowned (letters)". The Times. No. 22218. London. col E-F, p. 7.
29. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5493. Glasgow. 24 August 1855.
30. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9659. London. 24 July 1855.
31. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5517. Glasgow. 19 October 1855.
32. "The Pacific". The Times. No. 22163. London. 19 September 1855. col E, p. 10.
33. "Ship News". The Times. No. 22164. London. 20 September 1855. col F, p. 10.
34. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9715. London. 1 October 1855.
35. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. Liverpool. 13 October 1855.
36. "1855". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
37. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 2864. London. 24 July 1855.
38. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9668. London. 3 August 1855.
39. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times. No. 3685. Hull. 24 August 1855.
40. "Naval and Military". Daily News. No. 2872. London. 2 August 1855.
41. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9690. London. 29 August 1855.
42. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. Liverpool. 6 October 1855.
43. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9660. London. 25 July 1855.
44. "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 9423. Newcastle upon Tyne. 3 August 1855.
45. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9668. London. 27 July 1855.
46. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9663. London. 28 July 1855.
47. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5483. Glasgow. 1 August 1855.
48. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2711. Liverpool. 31 July 1855.
49. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9664. London. 30 July 1855.
50. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times. No. 3683. Hull. 10 August 1855.
51. "Bristol Ship News". The Bristol Mercury. No. 3411. Bristol. 4 August 1855.
52. "Wreck of the "Glendower" Steamer". The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser. No. 2720. Truro. 10 August 1855. p. 5.
53. "The Baltic Fleet". The Times. No. 22126. London. 7 August 1855. col B-C, p. 10.
54. "The Baltic Fleet". Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle. No. 2914. London. 11 August 1855.
55. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times. No. 3689. Hull. 21 September 1855.
56. "Shipping Disasters". The Royal Cornwal Gazette, Falmouth Packt and General Advertiser. No. 2740. Truro. 28 December 1855. p. 5.
57. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9693. London. 1 September 1855.
58. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9651. London. 15 July 1855.
59. "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27629. London. 16 July 1855.
60. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5476. Glasgow. 16 July 1855.
61. "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 25535. London. 5 November 1855. p. 8.
62. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 20555. Edinburgh. 15 August 1855.
63. "Flag of Truce in the Black Sea". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2716. Liverpool. 21 August 1855.
64. "Wrecks - Amsterdam". Daily News. No. 2856. London. 14 July 1855.