The barque ran aground on the Da Silva Sands, off the coast of Burma. She was on a voyage from Rangoon to London.[2]
2 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Cavalier
British North America
The ship was driven ashore on Grand Manan, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to London. She was refloated on 10 August.[3]
Shamrock
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the . She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo.[4] She was refloated on 18 September and towed in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[5]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Indefatigable
Chile
The transport ship exploded and sank with the loss of three of her crew and a fourth reported missing.[6]
Naomi
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks off Falconera Island, Greee and sank. Her crew were rescued by Eliza Bower (United Kingdom). Naomi was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[7]
Retriever
United Kingdom
The barque capsized and sank in the River Mersey off Tranmere, Cheshire with the loss of two of her fourteen crew.[8][9][10][11] She was refloated on 18 August and was beached.[12]
Undine
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated but consequently sank off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[10]
The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Culzean Bay. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. She was refloated on 13 August and towed in to Ayr.[14][15]
Jane
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground and wrecked on Lighthouse Island, off Syros, Greece. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Syros.[7]
Œa
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into by (French Navy) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Uruguay.[16]
Rayo
Chile
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Constitución.[13]
The ship was driven ashore on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Trieste. She was refloated and put in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.[17]
Rob Roy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Mollens Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated on 12 August and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[18][19]
The ship was in collision with the gunboat (French Navy) and sank. Her crew were rescued by the gunboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon.[21][22]
Imperial Russian Navy
Crimean War, Bombardment of Sweaborg: The ship of the line was sunk at Sveaborg during an attack by French Navy and Royal Navy ships.[23]
The steamship ran aground on Gotland, Sweden. All on board, her crew and 133 passengers, were rescued. She was declared a total loss, but was salvaged in 1856 and rebuilt as the Swedish ship Prins Oscar.[25][26][27]
Mackintosh
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Newburgh, Fife. She was on a voyage from Newburgh to the Firth of Forth.[28]
Sir Colin Campbell
United Kingdom
The barque capsized at South Shields, County Durham. She was righted.[22]
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the South China Sea. Her crew were rescued by Paonshun (China).[29]
Dorothy and Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein. She was refloated on 13 August and resumed her voyage.[27]
Fidentia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bird Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[30]
Henry
United Kingdom
The brigantine was run into by the steamshipVivid (United Kingdom) and sank off Dover, Kent with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[31][32]Henry subsequently floated, and came ashore at South Foreland, Kent on 30 September.[33]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Loire
France
The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the north point of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[34]
Result
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated with assistance from the tugCharm (United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage.[35]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Gentleman
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Swineboden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[27]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Christiane Charlotte
Sweden
The ship ran aground at Sønderho, Denmark and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg to London, United Kingdom.[36]
Genius
Hamburg
The galeas ran aground at Sønderho. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to the , Denmark.[36]
Hudson
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at McMullen's Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[37]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peel, Isle of Man to Chester, Cheshire.[19]
Royal Navy
The brig-sloop was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast in a hurricane. Her crew were rescued.[38]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Emily Maria
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat ran aground on the anchor of John (United Kingdom and sank at Dublin.[39]
The barque was wrecked on the Jardanillos, off the coast of Cuba. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[41][33]
Meteor
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Klitmøller, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia.[7][42]
17 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
John Beynon
United Kingdom
The brig was run down by the steamship (United Kingdom and sank in the Sea of Marmora. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Syra, Greece.[43][44]
18 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Burlington
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Cuxhaven.[45] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire.[42] She was refloated on 20 August with assistance from Superb (United Kingdom) and towed in to Cuxhaven in a severely leaky condition.[46]
Conquest
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Exmouth to Teignmouth. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[47]
Tory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão, Brazil.[48]
19 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Ann and Susannah
United Kingdom
The sloop struck The Skerries, Anglesey and sank. Her four crew were rescued by the Anglesey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[39][49]
Fenix
Spain
The brig was in collision with the troopshipMobile (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Brake Sand and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Mobile. One crewman was reported missing. Fenix was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, United Kingdom. Fenix was subsequently taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom.[27]
20 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Tugend
Rostock
The ship was wrecked at Sodra Naseby, Öland, Sweden.[50]
Wemelina
Hamburg
The ship ran aground in the Wester Till and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[51][46]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Luck's All
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a steamboat.[52]
Saggitare
France
The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Gijón to Adra, Spain. She put in to Gibraltar, where she was scuttled.[47]
22 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Alma
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Madras to Calcutta, India.[2]
John Bright
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Jack's Hole Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[53]
The ship was in collision with Ariadne (United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued.[53] She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire.[57]
Prince Albert
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Whale Rock, off Cannonier's Point, Mauritius. All on board, almost 400 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius and London.[58]
25 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Carl
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[53]
Koh-i-Noor
Barbadoes
The schooner was driven ashore and damaged in a hurricane at Barbadoes. She was refloated on 11 September.[59][38][60]
New City of Cork
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Barbadoes. Two of her crew were lost.[59][38]
William Large
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Barbadoes.[59][38] She was refloated on 11 September.[60]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
United States
Bound from , Michigan, with a crew of five and a cargo of bark, the 66-foot-8-inch (20.32 m) two-mastedschoonercapsized on Lake Michigan 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off the coast of Wisconsin 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Port Washington during a gale. After her crew cut away her foremast, she partially righted herself and drifted ashore 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Port Washington, probably in the vicinity of 43°27.613′N087°48.164′W / 43.460217°N 87.802733°W / 43.460217; -87.802733 (A. V. Knickerbocker). Her captain drowned trying to swim to shore, but the rest of her crew reached shore safely. Her wreck reportedly remained visible on the beach until 1920, but subsequently disappeared, probably buried in sand. Its exact location has been forgotten.[61]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the quayside at Dundee, Forfarshire and was holed by her anchor. She then caught fire and sank due to her cargo of quicklime getting wet. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee.[53]
Charles
United Kingdom
The schooner was in collision with the schooner Snowdrop (United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of four of her crew.[43]
Content
France
The brig was lost off Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in a hurricane with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[38][62]
Ellen Campion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to a British port.[63]
Herald
United Kingdom
The schooner was lost in Esquimaux Bay. She was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Labrador, British North America.[64]
Regulus
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Cemlyn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão, Brazil.[65][49]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Ebenezer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Baglan Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 31 August and taken in to Port Talbot.[47]
Herald
United States
The schooner was wrecked at Bonne-EspéranceProvince of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Labrador, British North America.[29][66]
The ship was severely damaged by an explosion in her cargo of coal at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Flensburg.[47]
Rainbow
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked off Key Vaccas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba.[71][72]
Rising Sun
Norway
The ship ran aground in the Rio Grande and was wrecked.[16]
The steamship ran aground on the Seventeen Mile Reef before 4 August. She was refloated an put in to Ipswich, New South Wales, where she sank. She was later refloated and taken in to Brisbane, New South Wales for repairs.[74]
Broderene
Flag unknown
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France before 14 August.[40] She was taken in to the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by (Royal Navy) on 18 August.[27]
Canada
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in La Poile Bay before 6 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[42]
The brigantine was driven ashore at White Point, Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[72]
Endora
United States
The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6]
Flora McIvor
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6]
General List
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean before 8 August. she was taken in tow by (Royal Indian Navy) and beached at Saugor, India. General List was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[5]
Glencairn
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Magdalena River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and put in to Montreal, Province of Canada.[71]
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by Carl (United Kingdom).[77]
John Hamilton
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Bombay to the Clyde.[78]
Kestrel
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off Canna, Inner Hebrides and foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Memel, Prussia.[47][79]
Leonor
Chile
The brig was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6]
Pepita
Spain
The barque ran aground on the Placa de los Roques, off the Bahamas Banks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Matanzas, Cuba, where she arrived on 14 August.[37]
Queen Victoria
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamshipBergen (Norway).[80]
Raya
Chile
The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6]
Robert Barbour
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the New Bedford Channel before 8 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta.[5]
Robert Robinson
British North America
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 1 August.[81]
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