List of shipwrecks in October 1856
The list of shipwrecks in October 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1856 .
1 October
2 October
3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Farto
Norway
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bergen to Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany .[ 4]
Iraclis
Ottoman Empire
The ship was run into by the steamship Minna ( United Kingdom and sank at Büyükdere .[ 8]
Jules
France
The ship was wrecked between St Margaret's Island and Caldey Island , Pembrokeshire , United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member.[ 9]
Nymph
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the North Sea . She was towed in to North Shields , County Durham , where she sank. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath , Forfarshire .[ 1] [ 4]
Skiraton
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Antwerp , Belgium.[ 10]
4 October
5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Dairymaid
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off the Wingo Beacon, in the Baltic Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg , Prussia to London .[ 13]
Elie
France
The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rock, in the Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Gonaïves , Haiti to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 14]
Foreningen
Norway
The brig ran aground off Helsingør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oulu , Grand Duchy of Finland to London.[ 15]
Irwell
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off Brielle , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 15]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Sandhammaren , Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to an English port.[ 13]
6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Amy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Ventava , Courland Governorate . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Cronstadt , Russia. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Cronstadt on 15 October.[ 16]
Chance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wexford . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wexford. Chance was refloated on 12 October.[ 13] [ 17]
Jane
The ship was lost in the Gut of Canso . She was on a voyage from London to Pictou , Nova Scotia .[ 7]
Magdalena
Norway
The galeas was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by a Danish vessel.. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Helsingør , Denmark. She was towed in to Kristiansand the next day.[ 2]
Wildflower
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Jurgen ( Rostock ) and sank in the Baltic Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Riga , Russia .[ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Carl
Stralsund
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom . She was refloated and towed in to "Bayharvey", "Barron Island".[ 2]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a yawl . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset .[ 21] [ 9]
Dronning Maria
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to London , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to London in a leaky condition.[ 22]
Electra
United Kingdom
The brig was in collision with the schooner Hero ( United Kingdom ) and was consequently beached at Sea Palling , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 21] [ 23] [ 2] She subsequently broke up.[ 22]
Fortuna
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lindisfarne , Northumberland .[ 24]
Hans Jorgenson
United Kingdom
The clipper ran aground on the Nore . She was on a voyage from Kiel , Prussia to London.[ 22] [ 24]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Commerce ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Bardsey Island , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued by Commerce . Jane was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness , Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 25]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Dogger Bank . Her crew were rescued by a Prussian brig .[ 17]
Marie
France
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm , Sweden to Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine .[ 9]
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 barque Harmony ( United States ); four men – one of whom 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.[ 26] [ 27]
Trent
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to London .[ 13] [ 25] The wreck was taken in to Wivenhoe , Essex on 12 October.[ 28]
8 October
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Annie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground "in Garnroyle". She was on a voyage from Buctouche , New Brunswick , British North America to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 29] [ 17]
Captain Cook
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with another vessel and ran aground in the Hooghly River .[ 30]
Palmyra
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a brig and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Bell ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Torquay , Devon .[ 21] [ 22]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Chatham, Kent . She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness , Kent in a leaky condition.[ 24]
Ulysses
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London .[ 24]
9 October
10 October
11 October
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Annegrieva
Denmark
The ship ran aground off the entrance to the Agger Canal and was beached. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Lemvig .[ 2]
Fortuna
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Ventava , Courland Governorate .[ 34]
Fortuna
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Windsor, Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 16]
Grace Darling
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into by the brig Peru ( British North America ) and sank in the River Usk . She was on a voyage from Piel Island , Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 13] [ 28] [ 33] [ 35]
James and Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hare Island Shoals. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Canada , British North America to Sharpness , Gloucestershire .[ 7]
Nora
United Kingdom
The brigantine was run into by the full-rigged ship Trenton ( Kingdom of Sardinia ) in the Haisborough Gatway, off the coast of Norfolk and sank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rye, Sussex .[ 21] [ 36]
Tryphena
United Kingdom
The ship departed from New York , United States for Southampton , Hampshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 37]
13 October
14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Friends
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Onrust Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Middelburg , Zeeland , Netherlands.[ 2]
Irrawaddy
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire with the loss of three of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Rangoon , Burma . Irrawaddy floated off the next day and came ashore at Ballygarrett , County Wexford . She broke in two on 19 October.[ 33] [ 43] [ 44]
Monmouth
United States
The steamship collided with the brig Windward ( United States and sank in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of nine of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 45]
Vernon
United Kingdom
The Mersey Ferry was run into by a schooner , broke from her mooring and came ashore at Tranmere, Cheshire . She was refloated the next day and returned to service.[ 46]
William
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Hartlepool , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Staithes , Yorkshire to Hartlepool. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Hartlepool.[ 47] [ 2]
15 October
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Aberdeen ,John and Elizabeth ,Lavinia ,Naples Packet , andNorthumberland
United Kingdom
John and Elizabeth , Lavinia , Naples Packet , and Northumberland all broke from their moorings at Wapping , Middlesex and drove upstream in the River Thames . They drove into the steamship Aberdeen which was driven ashore. Several boats , barges , lighters etc were sunk and one person was killed.[ 48]
Amerika
Imperial Russian Navy
The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland with the loss of 38 of the 115 people on board. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Reval .[ 49]
Eva
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Seacombe , Cheshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Pärnu , Russia .[ 33]
Gurli
Sweden
The ship ran aground at Douglas, Isle of Man and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Douglas. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[ 50]
Hannibal
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Alexandria , Egypt . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 2]
John Weir
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Berehaven , County Cork . She was on a voyage from Limerick to London . She was refloated and taken in to Berehaven.[ 7]
16 October
17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness . She was on a voyage from Wexford to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She floated off and consequently sank. Her crew were rescued.[ 2]
City of Savannah
United States
The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras , North Carolina . Her crew were rescued by the barque Sylph ( United States ). City of Savanna was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Baltimore, Maryland .[ 52] [ 51]
Southern Belle
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque N. Boynton ( United States ). Southern Belle was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 53]
Union
Duchy of Holstein
The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Gotland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to an English port. She was refloated on 19 October and taken in to Visby in a leaky condition.[ 34]
Wolverton
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked off Calabar Point, Africa.[ 54] Her crew were rescued.[ 55]
18 October
19 October
20 October
21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Æronian
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Horse Bank, in Ramsay Sound. She was towed in to "Porthmylgan", where she sank.[ 43]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Cromer , Norfolk .[ 69]
23 October
24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Arbutes
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Chéticamp, Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 74]
Batavia
British North America
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east of "Shatchee Isle". Her crew were rescued by the schooner Tradesman ( United States ). Batavia was towed in to Princetown, New York , United States in a derelict condition on 27 October.[ 69]
Constitution
United States
The ship was driven ashore at "Hole-in-the-Wall", North Carolina and was abandoned.[ 75]
Emily
United Kingdom
The schooner sank at Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France.[ 57]
Hull
Dantsic
The ship was driven ashore 2 German miles (8.13 nautical miles (15.06 km)) west of Leba , Prussia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom .[ 72]
Itaska
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Chéticamp.[ 74]
Lotus
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Torcross , Devon . She was on a voyage from London to Santander, Spain .[ 76] [ 8]
Macauley
United States
The ship was driven ashore near Smiths Point , New York . She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 77]
Majestic
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Pictou , Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Prince Edward Island , British North America.[ 69] [ 74] She was refloated in November and taken in to Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island.[ 78] [ 5]
Prince of Joinville
France
The ship departed from Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia for Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône . No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 79]
Samuel Jones
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Chéticamp.[ 74]
Sphynx
Netherlands
The barque struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Trieste . She was consequently towed in to Kingstown, County Dublin , United Kingdom in a leaky condition by the tug Conqueror ( United Kingdom ).[ 56] [ 7] [ 76]
Wolfe
British North America
The ship was driven ashore near Pictou.[ 69] She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Restigouche , New Brunswick .[ 77]
25 October
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Dauntless
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Green Island, off Algeciras , Spain. Her crew were rescued.[ 80]
Gaumrea
Dantsic
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom to Dantsic.[ 70]
Grouville
Jersey
The ship was wrecked at "Île au Bois", Labrador , British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Île au Bois to Cádiz , Spain.[ 81]
McDonnell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore "near the Pillars". She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to London .[ 82] She had been refloated by 3 November and resumed her voyage.[ 73]
26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Avance
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa , Russia and abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Pärnu , Russia to a Dutch port.[ 83]
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The brig caught fire at Drogheda , County Louth and was scuttled.[ 34]
Espérénce
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Trélévern , Côtes-du-Nord . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Hennebont , Morbihan .[ 57]
Lota
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Torcross , Devon .[ 57]
Thomas and William
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was refloated and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition.[ 57]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Grimsby , Lincolnshire to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 57]
West Hoe
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Grysens Rock and was damaged. She was taken in to Penzance , Cornwall in a leaky condition.[ 68]
27 October
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Alleghany
United Kingdom
The steamship sank at Milwaukee, Wisconsin .[ 84]
Bohemia
United States
The schooner foundered in Lake Michigan off Port Washington, Wisconsin .[ 84]
Ellerslie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cronstadt , Russia . She was refloated on 24 December.[ 85]
Frederick Retzloff
Prussia
The barque exploded and sank at Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom with the loss of three lives, including that of the mate of Pandora ( United Kingdom . Several of her crew were severely injured. Frederick Retzloff was loading coal for the return leg of her maiden voyage.[ 86] She was later refloated; and was towed to Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom for repairs. She arrived on 2 February 1857.[ 87]
General Thompson
United States
The schooner was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Chicago, Illinois .[ 84]
Hoffnung
Russia
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Narva with the loss of a crew member.[ 82]
J. W. Brooks
United States
The steamship foundered in Lake Ontario with the loss of all hands.[ 88]
J. W. Johnston
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Narva.[ 82] [ 77]
Toledo
United States
The steamship foundered in Lake Michigan off Port Washington with the loss of 40 or the 43 people on board.[ 77] [ 84]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Grimsby , Lincolnshire to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 68]
Yonker
United States
The schooner was wrecked on the shores of Lake Michigan. Her crew were rescued.[ 84]
Zadock Pratt
United States
The barque was driven ashore 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Milwaukee.[ 84]
28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Atkin
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged off the Aspö Islands , Grand Duchy of Finland . She was taken in to Frederikshamn in a waterlogged condition and placed under repair.[ 66]
Despatch
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Littleferry , Sutherland . She was on a voyage from Inverness to London .[ 89]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Harburg . She was assisted in to Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland in a sinking condition.[ 90]
Jackal
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on Hogland , Russia .[ 83]
Kitty
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Hemland Straits with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo to Ningpo , China .[ 91]
Lord Palmerston
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Mauritius . She was refloated with assistance from a tug and resumed her voyage.[ 34]
Silas Wright
United States
The ship ran aground at Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from New York City to Liverpool. She was refloated.[ 92]
Tjalfe
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore 50 wersts (28.80 nautical miles (53.34 km)) east of Reval , Russia . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London , United Kingdom.[ 70] Tjalfe was refloated on 7 November and taken in to Reval.[ 93]
29 October
30 October
31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1856
Ship
State
Description
E. D.
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Rocas Atoll . She was on a voyage from Pernambuco , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 99] [ 85]
Lady Fitzherbert
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on "Stenskare", Russia . She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 58]
Lady Franklin
United States
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Maria Jewett ( United States ). Lady Franklin was on a voyage from New York to Naples , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies .[ 100]
Myrtle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Red Island, Province of Canada , British North America . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada to Cork . She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 74]
Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to Saugor and then Mauritius .[ 101]
Sinlair
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Öland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland to Wisbech , Cambridgeshire .[ 73]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1856
Ship
State
Description
Artibus
United States
The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.[ 102]
Blarney
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground before 17 October whilst on a voyage from Smyrna to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated.[ 16]
Bonanza
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef east of Saint Domingo . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Puerto Cabello , Venezuela to Saint Domingo.[ 74]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore south of Cape Spartel , Morocco before 9 October. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Vesuvius ( Royal Navy ).[ 31]
Calvert
United States
The ship was abandoned before 20 October.[ 103]
Chance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River.[ 74]
City of Manchester
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near the Cape Henelopen Lighthouse , Delaware , United States. Her passengers were taken off. City of Manchester was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . She was refloated and taken in to Philadelphia, where she arrived on 11 October.[ 68] [ 92]
Colonel Cutts
United States
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 October. Her crew were rescued by the barque Clymene ( United Kingdom ). Colonel Cutts was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 104] [ 75] [ 105]
Corinthian
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 15]
Gleaner
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea . She was refloated on 1 November and taken in to Bolderāja , Russia .[ 106]
Havering
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Sumatra Rock, in the Hooghly River before 6 October and was severely damaged.[ 74]
Horrocks
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Weymouth, Dorset . She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 8 October.[ 24]
Itaska
United States
The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.[ 107]
Janet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Tollbukine". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to London .[ 67]
Lawrence Brown
United States
The ship was driven onto the Sumatra Bank, in the Hooghly River.[ 74]
Levantine
France
The ship was wrecked at "Carabourna", Ottoman Empire.[ 83]
Maas Nymph
Netherlands
The brig ran aground on the Domesnes Reef. She was refloated on 1 November and taken in to Bolderāja.[ 106]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The schooner was discovered derelict 10 nautical miles (19 km) west north west of "Egeroen", Norway before 4 October.[ 57]
Mary W.
United States
The schooner was wrecked at Cape Corrientes, Cuba before 6 October. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to New York .[ 108] [ 61]
Mohawk
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Caribou Island , Province of Canada , British North America before 6 October. Her crew were rescued. She broke up on 15 April 1857.[ 7] [ 109]
Prinz von Preussen
Stralsund
The ship departed from Cardiff for Alexandria , Egypt in mid-October. Subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. A chest containing the ships' papers washed up at Morlaix , Finistère , France in March 1857.[ 110]
Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island , Nova Scotia , British North America before 10 October. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Grimsby , Lincolnshire .[ 32] She was refloated on 13 October and resumed her voyage.[ 16]
Roderick Dhu
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore on Selsey Bill , Sussex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz to Copenhagen . She was refloated on 17 October and taken in to Portsmouth , Hampshire , United Kingdom.[ 72]
Wanderer
Cape Colony
The schooner was wrecked in Plettenberg Bay between 8 and 15 October.[ 111]
Western Miller
British North America
The steamship caught fire at Toronto , Province of Canada.[ 61]
Yeoman
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea before 21 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Castine, Maine , United States.[ 32]
Zoe
France
The ship was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Riga , Russia.[ 106]
Name unknown
Spain
The brig capsized and sank in the North Sea before 9 October. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Drontheim , Norway.[ 71]
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^ "Law Intelligence". The Morning Post . No. 26066. London. 16 July 1857. p. 6.
^ "Local Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2895. Liverpool. 24 October 1856.
^ "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle . No. 28096. London. 12 January 1857.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 20930. Edinburgh. 25 October 1856.
^ "The Gale. - Loss of Life". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2914 (Second ed.). Liverpool. 8 December 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22589. London. 2 February 1857. col F, p. 9.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10091. London. 16 December 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal . No. 5685. Aberdeen. 24 December 1856.
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^ "Provincial Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 20928. Edinburgh. 23 October 1856.
^ a b "America". The Times . No. 22513. London. 1 November 1856. col F, p. 9.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 3250. London. 16 October 1856.
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^ "High Tide and Damage to Shipping". Glasgow Herald . No. 5673. Glasgow. 17 October 1856.
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^ "The United States". Daily News . No. 3265. London. 3 November 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 3278. London. 18 November 1856.
^ "Merchant Shipping". The Times . No. 22547. London. 10 December 1856. col A, p. 10.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2916. Liverpool. 12 December 1856.
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^ a b c d e f g h "Ship News". The Times . No. 22510. London. 28 October 1856. col F, p. 9.
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^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 25879. London. 11 December 1856. p. 8.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10055. London. 3 November 1856.
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^ "Foreign Intelligence". The Times . No. 22512. London. 30 October 1856. col A-E, p. 8.
^ "Foreign Intelligence". The Times . No. 22513. London. 31 October 1856. col A-D, p. 8.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . Liverpool. 15 November 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10076. London. 28 November 1856.
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^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10079. London. 2 December 1856.
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^ a b c d e f "America". The Morning Post . No. 25852. London. 10 November 1856. p. 6.
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^ "Fearful Explosion of a Prussian Ship". Daily News . No. 3260. London. 28 October 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22594. London. 3 February 1857. col F, p. 11.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 20943. Edinburgh. 10 November 1856.
^ "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle . No. 28034. London. 31 October 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22580. London. 17 January 1857. col F, p. 11.
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^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10066. London. 17 November 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22629. London. 16 March 1857. col F, p. 11.
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^ "Wreck of a Steamer on Lake Superior. Fifty Lives Lost". Daily News . No. 3290. London. 2 December 1856.
^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9490. Newcastle upon Tyne. 14 November 1856.
^ "Local Intelligence". The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser . No. 2785. Truro. 7 November 1856. p. 5.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10108. London. 5 January 1857.
^ "Loss of the Ship Lady Franklin. - All Hands Saved". The Standard . No. 10078. London. 1 December 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10106. London. 2 January 1857.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2981. Liverpool. 13 May 1857.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10164. London. 11 March 1857.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10052. London. 15 October 1856.
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