List of shipwrecks in 1855

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

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1855
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May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January


February

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1855
Ship Country Description
Sémillante  French Navy Crimean War: The Surveillante-class frigate, in use as a troopship, was wrecked on Île Lavezzi, Corsica with the loss of all 693 people on board.

March

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1855
Ship Country Description
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.[1]

May

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1855
Ship Country Description
Agnes Blaikie  United Kingdom The barque collided with HMS Medina ( Royal Navy) and sank in the Black Sea off Balaklava, Russia. Her crew were rescued.

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1855
Ship Country Description
King Fisher  United States The ship wrecked on Urup attempting to enter the Sea of Okhotsk via Vries Strait. All hands were saved.[2][3]
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1855
Ship Country Description
Enterprise  United States The ship wrecked on Urup attempting to enter the Sea of Okhotsk via Vries Strait. All hands were saved.[4][5]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1855
Ship Country Description
James  United Kingdom The ship sank at Sherringham Flats, near Cromer, Norfolk. All the crew perished. A letter from the ship's owner, George Manby(sic?), confirming this loss is held by The George Müller Charitable Trust in the file for Benjamin Snell No 805.

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1855
Ship Country Description
Edgar  United States The ship wrecked on Iony Island in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a fog. All aboard saved by nearby vessels.[6]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1855
Ship Country Description
Jefferson  United States The ship wrecked on Cape Elizabeth, the northern tip of Sakhalin Island, in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a fog. The entire crew and 300 barrels of whale oil were saved by the ship Reindeer ( United States).[7][8][9]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1855
Ship Country Description
Queen of the Isle  United Kingdom The barque was engaged in the emigrant trade between the United Kingdom and Australia. It is believed she departed Glasgow in December 1854 arriving at Sydney the following March. She subsequently left Australia and traversed the south Pacific. Having rounded Cape Horn she was wrecked off Callao, Falkland Islands.[10]

July

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1855
Ship Country Description
Washington  United States The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked in Ul'bansky Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk.[11]

October

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1855
Ship Country Description
Anna Catherine  United Kingdom The barque was driven on to the Greengrounds, in the Bristol Channel and consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the tug Beaufort ( United Kingdom). Anna Catherine was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to London.[1]

November

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1855
Ship Country Description
Cape Horn  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk.[12]
Emma  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Southwold. She was sold on 14 November but subsequently became a wreck.[12]
Hylton Castle  United Kingdom The brig was dirven ashore and wrecked at Southwold.[12]
Nelson  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold.[12]
Ocean  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold.[12]
Pilgrim  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Minsmere, Suffolk.[12]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1855
Ship Country Description
Adventure United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Richmond River.

References

  1. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Lexington, of Nantucket, May 31, 1855, Nantucket Historical Association (NHA).
  3. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
  4. ↑ Lexington, of Nantucket, May 31, 1855, NHA.
  5. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
  6. ↑ Lexington, of Nantucket, June 7, 1855, Nantucket Historical Association (NHA); Mary, of Edgartown, June 14, 1855, Nicholas Whaling Collection.
  7. ↑ Lexington, of Nantucket, June 26, 1855, NHA.
  8. ↑ The Friend (Vol. IV, No. 9, Sep. 29, 1855, p. 68, Honolulu).
  9. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
  10. ↑ http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=22975#v
  11. ↑ Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, July 9, 1855, Nicholson Whaling Collection.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
Ship events in 1855
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Shipwrecks: 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860
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