The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Marstrand, Sweden. She was refloated.[2]
Andre
Austrian Empire
The barque ran aground west of Seaford, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp, Belgium. Her twelve crew survived. An attempt to refloat her by United Kingdom was unsuccessful and she was wrecked in a gale that night.[3]
Deerslayer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of Iron Duke (United Kingdom and beached at Crosby, Lancashire).[4][2]Deerslayer was refloated on 4 April and beached at Egremont, Lancashire for temporary repairs.[5]
Drafna
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Dram, Norway.[6]
John Bannerman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool. She broke up on 3 March.[7][8][9]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Kate
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Lerwick. She was refloated.[10]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank in the Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[10]
Catanid
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Warrenpoint, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Malta.[11]
5 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Commercie Campagnie
Belgium
The ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Antwerp. She was refloated on 5 March.[10][12]
Fanny Giffney
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered between Saint Croix and Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[13]
Tancred
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near , Denmark. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Gothenburg, Sweden.[7]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Barahona
Denmark
The barque was wrecked at Barahona, Dominican Republic.[14]
Joys
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven onto the Cromer Rocks, off the coast of Lothian and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated and towed in to Inverkeithing, Fife for repairs.[15]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Commerce
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She broke her back and sank; her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[16]
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the steamshipOcean (United Kingdom).[6]
The ship struck the Kish Bank and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[6]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 8 hands.[19][20]
Samuel
Dantzic
The brig collided with the brig Westmoreland (United Kingdom) and sank in Coal House Reach, in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[21]
Sovereign of the Seas
United States
The ship was driven ashore in the Woosung River. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China. She had been refloated by 24 March.[22][23]
9 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Atlas
United Kingdom
The ship foundered "off the Kensburg Light". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.[18]
Golden Mirror
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Toulon, Var, France.[24]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Ocklocknee Shoal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Apalachicola, Florida, United States. She was refloated.[25]
Susan
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Monte Video, Uruguay.[26]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Alice Ferret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Greenman's Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Warrenpoint, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Experiment
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Hertshoem", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated the next day.[28]
Henrietta!
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Mixon Sands, in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated the next day. Henrietta! was on a voyage from Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.[29]
Maria
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to New York, United States.[30]
Omnibus
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground "near the Perch" and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from , Cornwall to Fowey, Caernarfon and Runcorn, Cheshire.[27]
11 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields, County Durham.[31]
Aurora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[11] She was refloated on 4 April and found to be severely damaged.[32]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Waterford.[31] She was refloated the next day.[33]
Exmouth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Boulogne. She was subsequently refloated and repaired.[31][34]
Experiment
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Hertsholm", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated the next day.[35]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Quarries, in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dublin.[11]
Henrietta
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Mixon Shoal and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to the Mumbles.[11]
Letitia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the American coast. Her crew were rescued by Charles Croker (United States). Letitia was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[36][24]
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°40′N70°00′W / 38.667°N 70.000°W / 38.667; -70.000) with the loss of two of her crew. Her surviving crew and passengers were rescued by the barqueElk (United States). Hendrick Hudson was on a voyage from New York to London, United Kingdom.[38][39]
Pomona
United Kingdom
The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ingleborough (United Kingdom). Pomona was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[40]
Sandusky
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Moselle Shoals. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated on 15 March and resumed her voyage.[41]
13 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Agamemnon
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on "Madittimo Island", Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Malta.[30]
Delta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[31]
Diligence
Dantzic
The barque was driven ashore at Brekkestø, Norway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Königsberg, Prussia.[30]
Henriette Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She had been refloated by 26 March and taken in to Hartlepool.[42]
The ship was wrecked south of Lagos, Portugal with the loss of two of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[48]
15 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Albert
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.[49]
Banshee
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked off Cape Kaliakra, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued by HMS Inflexible (Royal Navy).[50][51]
Economy
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked between Kamiesch, Russian Empire and Varna, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued by HMS Inflexible (Royal Navy).[50]
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer struck a sunken rock, broke in two and sank off Cape Kakiakra. All on board reached land, from where they were rescued by HMS Inflexible (Royal Navy).[50][52][51]
Feliz
Norway
The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool in a severely leaky condition.[45]
Hugh Bourne
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew got aboard the brigHeather (United Kingdom) the next morning when that vessel also drove ashore. They were subsequently rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.[53]
James
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak off Dublin whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Oporto, Portugal. She put into the Belfast Lough, where she ran aground on the Briggs Rocks. She wa srefloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[43]
Louisa
Jersey
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Leith, Lothian.[49][54]
Mistral
France
The barque was wrecked off Cape Kaliakra. Her crew were rescued by Edinburgh (United Kingdom).[51]
Southern Cross
United Kingdom
The clipper, a barque struck the Maen y Sais Rock, off Rhoscolyn, Anglesey and was wrecked with the loss of one of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Anglesey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Tynemouth, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[55]
Thomas and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[53]
Young Hunter
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Isle of Whithorn, Lancashire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast.[43]
16 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Dubar, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 4 April and found to be severely damaged.[32]
The Mersey flat was discovered derelict in Liverpool Bay. She was towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire by the tugAthens (United Kingdom).[57]
Heather
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.[53][54]
Hugh Bourne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth.[54]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The fishing lugger was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire with the loss of all but one of her crew.[53]
Samarang
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off Dartmouth, Devon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Melbourne, Victoria.[53]
Victor Emanuel
Kingdom of Sardinia
The steamship ran aground in the English Channel. She was refloated and put in to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[58]
17 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Jean
New South Wales
The brig ran aground and capsized at Newcastle.[44]
John Stewart
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Barrows Sand, off the north Kent coast. Her crew were rescued by Liberty (United Kingdom). John Stewart was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[59][60][61]
London
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Leith, Lothian.[54]
18 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Anna
United Kingdom
The ship sank off the Point of Ayr, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She wa son a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[62]
Duc de Brabant
Belgium
The ship was wrecked near Key West, Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana, Cuba.[35]
Margaretha Ida
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at Akyab, Burma. she was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Akyab.[63]
News
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lowestoft.[64]
Crimean War: The ship was sunk in the Danube at Izmail, Ottoman Empire by Russian artillery. Her 21 crew survived, but were taken prisoner by the Russians. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to London.[66]
The barque was driven ashore in Portland Bay. Her crew were rescued.[65]
Creole
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground off , Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[34]
Hoffnung
Prussia
The sloop was discovered off Widewall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition and was beached. She had been on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Königsberg, the last entry in her logbook having been made on 26 September 1854.[42]
St. Patrick
United States
The ship was driven ashore at the Pass A L'Outre Lighthouse, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was later refloated and completed her voyage.[28]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Medway
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Whittaker Spit, in the Thames Estuary.[59]
Menodora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to .Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea in a leaky condition.[42]
Saguenay
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Malta. She was refloated.[68]
Salus
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at . Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin.[67]Salus was refloated on 30 March. She was towed to Soldier's Point by the tug (United Kingdom).[69]
Sarah Jane
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[70] She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool.[42]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[70] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hayle, Cornwall.[71]
Thomas & Anne
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the luggerFame (United Kingdom).[72]
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Brixham, Devon. She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and the Ramsgate Lifeboat and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[73][69]
Barbara
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire.[67]
Countess of Morley
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 31 March.[74]
Dublin
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground and was damaged at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford and London.[70][37]
Economist
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[75] She had been refloated by 31 March.[74] She was refloated on 31 March.[76]
Edward Bilton
United Kingdom
The ship was run into by a Spanish brig and severely damaged at Gibraltar.[77]
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Malta to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[78]
Industry
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Inner Dowsing Sand, in The Wash. Her crew were rescued by Mariner (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[79][59][42]
The ship was driven into a hulk and severely damaged at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople.[48]
St. Crispin
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople.[34] She was refloated on 30 April and taken in to Cartagena, Spain.[81]
Thames, and Walker
United Kingdom
Thames broke from her mooring at North Shields, County Durham and was driven in to Walker. Both vessels were beached in a sinking condition.[54]
The ship was in collision with a whale and foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her six crew were rescued by the fishing boatNo. 22 (France). Waterloo was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands.[79][37]
William
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a sunken rock and sank in Jack Sound. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Newport, Monmouthshire.[70]
Zephyr
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Barbadoes.[78]
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground and was damaged at Hartlepool. She was refloated.[42]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent.[79][73][46] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havana, Cuba.[70]Alice was refloated and towed in to Cowes, Isle of Wight for repairs.[82]
Amadora
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Memory Rock, in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Havana to Alicante.[83]
Commercial
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by the barqueIsabella (United Kingdom).[79]
Diana
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Newgate Rock, off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Sidmouth, Devon.[73]
Hebe
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Dover Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Dover.[73]
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated on 6 April and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.[79][76][32]
Niagara
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at Berbice, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Demerara, British Guiana.[13]
Red Rover
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cliff Foot Rock, off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Honfleur, Calvados, France.[70]
Snowdon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Baldoyle, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America.[37] She was refloated on 3 April and put back to Liverpool.[5]
St. Crispin
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore east of "Eutinas". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[84]
Thomas and Ada
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the luggerFame (United Kingdom). Thomas and Ada was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshhire to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France.[79][73]
23 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore north of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[70] She was refloated on 29 March and taken in to Bridlington.[30][69]
Argonaut
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at Birkenhead, Cheshire.[37]
Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Hartlepool, county Durham.[42]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Bromleys
United Kingdom
The barque was severely damaged by fire at Berbice, British Guiana.[13]
Hamlet
United Kingdom
The barque struck a rock off "Lingza" and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to the Swan River Colony.[23]
Lodewyk Anthonie
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at Akyab, Burma. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Akyab.[63]
The ship was driven ashore on Saint Domingo. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Amy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Drumore Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and put in to Waterford.[87][88]
Arend
Netherlands
The schooner ran aground near the Torretiles and was damaged. She was refloated and put in to Akyab, Burma, where she was repaired.[22]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Triton
Sweden
The brig was wrecked at Itapoá, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[26]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Jorge Cornellia
Netherlands
The schuyt was discovered derelict in the North Sea. She was taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.[30]
Kitty
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and was damaged at Orfordness, Suffolk. She was refloated and put in to Aldeburgh, Suffolk.[69]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and put in to the River Tees.[69]
John and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to London.[30]
Martha
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 Hull, Yorkshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[89]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The brig was destroyed by fire in Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes.[14]
St. Hellen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Waterford. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[69]
31 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hittorp Reef, in the Baltic Sea.[90]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1855
Ship
Country
Description
Abner L. Colby
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 8 crew.[91]
Bille Brahe
Netherlands
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by James White (United Kingdom). Bille Brahe was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[92]
Brenda
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and sank off the Rugged Islands before 17 March. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Hong Kong.[23]
Burmah
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore north of Granville, Manche, France before 22 March. She was on a voyage from the Crimea to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated with the assistance of (Royal Navy) and taken in to Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.[42]
City of Montreal
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay before 22 March.[93]
French Navy
The corvette ran aground in the before 15 March. She was refloated with assistance from the steamshipFormosee (Flag unknown).[22]
Eva
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Riding Rocks before 9 March. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Trieste.[94]
Falcon
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 March. Her crew were rescued by Harkaway (United Kingdom). Falcon was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[89]
Grace de Dieu
France
The schooner was wrecked near Tarifa, Spain in early March. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Seville, Spain.[74][80]
Hamilton
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Matanzas, Cuba.[95]
Hebe
United Kingdom
The cutter was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire on 14 March.[92]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 March. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool.[96]
Isle of Thanet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked south of "Borongo Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galle, Ceylon to Akyab, Burma.[97]
James Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall.[87]
John Thompson
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Amy (United Kingdom). John Thompson was on a voyage from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Queenstown, County Cork.[7][92]
Lisbon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ericeira, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool.[93]
Mary Russell
United States
The ship was lost in the Caribbean Sea. Her crew survived.[25]
Masonic
British North America
The brig was wrecked at Bonavista, Newfoundland.[95]
The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 8 crew.[99]
State Rights
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool.[94][89]
Stockton
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire in late March.[69]
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