List of shipwrecks in April 1856
The list of shipwrecks in April 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1856 .
1 April
2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Deux Sophie
France
The brig was driven ashore near Conil de la Frontera , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom , to Barcelona , Spain.[ 3]
Elizabeth Buckham
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Ballyconnoly Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba , to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated on 8 May and sailed for Cork .[ 4] [ 5]
Quayside
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at South Shields , County Durham . She was on a voyage from South Shields to London . She was refloated and put back to South Shields in a leaky condition.[ 6]
Vivid
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , to the West Indies . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 7]
3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Glorias de Maria
Spain
The ship struck the pier at Dover , Kent , United Kingdom , and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Bremen .[ 4]
Grecian Queen
United Kingdom
The brig was damaged by fire in the Yarra Yarra River .[ 8]
Happy Return
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 9] [ 10]
Jessy
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a sunken wreck and sank in the River Tees . She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire , to Exeter , Devon . She was refloated but found to be severely damaged.[ 11]
Sea Queen
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground off Alexandria , Egypt . She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire , to Alexandria. She was refloated.[ 12]
Vandal
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Hartwell Reef, off the Cape Verde Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Ambriz , Portuguese West Africa .[ 13]
Woodcock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness , Kent.[ 4]
4 April
5 April
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Deux Sophies
France
The brig was driven ashore near "Carril", Spain. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom , to Barcelona , Spain.[ 12]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Broad Haven , Pembrokeshire .[ 14]
New Darlington
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Smithwick Sand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham , to London . She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington , Yorkshire , in a leaky condition.[ 14] [ 7]
6 April
7 April
8 April
9 April
10 April
11 April
12 April
13 April
14 April
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Abbey Langdon
France
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Romain , South Carolina , United States. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , to Charleston, South Carolina . She was refloated and towed in to Charleston in a leaky condition.[ 33]
Clara Maria
Dantsic
The ship was wrecked on Bornholm , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Sunderland, County Durham . United Kingdom .[ 34]
Good Intent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the entrance to The Swale . She was on a voyage from Whitby , Yorkshire , to Faversham , Kent . She was refloated on 19 April and taken in to Faversham.[ 35] [ 36]
Halcyon
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Swin, off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued by Resolution ( United Kingdom ).[ 10] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , to London .[ 29]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground off Whitstable , Kent. She was refloated on 23 April.[ 37]
Odin
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon tyne to London. She floated off and sank off Easton Bavents , Suffolk. Her crew survived.[ 38] [ 32] [ 29] [ 39]
Wielands
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 Sunderland to Newhaven, Sussex . She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk, in a severely leaky condition.[ 30]
15 April
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Australia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blackwall, Middlesex . She was on a voyage from Callao , Peru, to London . She was refloated.[ 20]
Blanchard
United States
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsdown, Kent , United Kingdom . All sixteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina , to Bremen .[ 30] [ 40]
Courier
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked on the Kentish Knock with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom, to Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure .[ 41] [ 10]
Despatch
United Kingdom
The ketch was abandoned in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Portland, Dorset . Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat Gosseline ( France ). Despatch was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland , to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 35] [ 11]
Falconer
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by Sarah ( United Kingdom ). Falconer was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , to Aldeburgh , Suffolk .[ 42]
Glenmariner
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blackwall. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip , Victoria . She was refloated.[ 20]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trimingham , Norfolk .[ 32]
Sir Colin Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Moulmein , Burma , to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 43]
16 April
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Alerte
France
The ship was in collision with the schooner Rambler ( France ) off Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure . She was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Havre de Grâce. She tried to put in to Havre de Grâce but sank at the entrance to the harbour. A crew member was rescued.[ 31] [ 11]
Diana
Flag unknown
The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tay . Her crew were rescued by the Dundee Lifeboat.[ 12]
Fairy Queen
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 32] [ 29]
Four Sisters
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak in the English Channel . She was run ashore and wrecked near Dover , Kent . Her crew were rescued. Four Sisters was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , to Abbeville , Somme , France.[ 12] [ 24] [ 11]
La Belle Barbarie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock . Her seven crew were rescued by the steamship Belgium ( United Kingdom ), which subsequently put some of her crew about La Belle Barbarie and tooke her in to Gravesend, Kent . La Belle Barbarie was on a voyage from Sunderland to Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia .[ 11]
17 April
18 April
19 April
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Newcastle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Whittaker Spit, in the Thames Estuary and sank.[ 46]
20 April
21 April
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Angantyr
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Steenberg", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 48]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Scutari , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[ 49]
Gazelle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 17 nautical miles (31 km) from Tangier , Morocco. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , to Messina , Sicily .[ 50] She was consequently condemned.[ 51]
Herald
United Kingdom
The schooner was run ashore and wrecked at Throgg's Point, Massachusetts , United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America , to Wilmington, North Carolina , United States.[ 27]
Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off Gloucester, Massachusetts , United States, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Argyle, Nova Scotia , to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 27]
Omar Pasha
Ottoman Empire
The steamship was driven ashore in the Bosphorus .[ 46]
22 April
23 April
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Adam Lamont
United States
The ship was driven ashore near Cárdenas, Cuba . She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas , to New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 54]
Axel Waldeman
Duchy of Holstein
The ship was dismasted in the North Sea and was beached 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Peterhead , Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina , United States, to Tromsø , Norway. She was later refloated and towed to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom.[ 52]
Great Conquest , andVictory
United Kingdom
The tugs ran aground in the Swilly Passage whilst towing Culloden ( United Kingdom ). They were refloated and resumed their voyage.[ 34]
Randolph
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the east coast of the United States. Her crew were rescued by Atlas and Port Glasgow (both United Kingdom ). Randolph was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba , to Glasgow.[ 55] [ 56]
Robert Stride
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Seaham , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Seaham to Saint Helena .[ 34]
24 April
25 April
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Frances
United States
The ship was driven ashore on the Dry Docks Reef, off the coast of Florida . She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine , to Havana , Cuba .[ 19]
John Laird
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north of Lagos, Portugal , with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Casablanca , Morocco, to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 5]
26 April
27 April
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Alma
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Pickles Reef. She was on a voyage from Matanzas , Cuba , to New York , United States. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida , United States.[ 63]
Champion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 59]
Eugenie
France
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby , Yorkshire , United Kingdom , with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland , United Kingdom, to Calais .[ 59]
Patrick
United Kingdom
The smack struck the quayside at Dublin and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.[ 62]
29 April
30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Anna
Prussia
The ship ran aground on the Droogden, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Memel to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom . She was refloated on 4 May and resumed her voyage.[ 66]
Emma Ernestine
France
The ship was wrecked on the Antioches Rocks, off the Île d'Oléron , Charente-Inférieure . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom, to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 33]
Endocia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Empire State ( United States ). Endocia was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 19]
Lady Aberdour
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Anholt , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London . She was refloated on 2 May and taken in to Helsingør , Denmark, in a leaky condition.[ 67]
William and Isabella
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Seaton Carew , County Durham .[ 48]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1856
Ship
State
Description
Baron of Bramber
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Menorca , Spain.[ 68] She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 69]
Fanny
Peru
The barque was lost in the Chiloé Archipelago , Chile , with the loss of six of her crew.[ 43]
Hondrine
France
The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Tripoli before 20 April. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to a port in Ottoman Syria .[ 69]
Hooghly
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Deven on or before 13 April.[ 70]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with another vessel in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned on or before 26 April. She was taken in to Swansea , Glamorgan , in a derelict condition on that date.[ 59]
Marquis de Chinda
Brazil
The steamship was wrecked near "Goriana" before 15 April.[ 71]
Montrose
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Greyhound ( United Kingdom ). Montrose was on a voyage rom Glasgow , Renfrewshire , to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 72] [ 73]
Promethée
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Sulina , Ottoman Empire , before 17 April.[ 62]
Queen Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 2 April. She was discovered on that date and set afire. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia , United States, to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 74]
Ringdove
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Frying Pan Shoals , off the coast of North Carolina , United States. She was on a voyage from Ship Island , Mississippi , United States, to Queenstown, County Cork . She was refloated and towed in to Wilmington, Delaware , United States.[ 17]
Voie Lactee
France
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Yevpatoria , Russia , before 12 April.[ 2]
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