The list of shipwrecks in April 1855 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during April 1855.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Hedwig | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to "Hombock", Denmark. [1] |
HMS Imperieuse | ![]() | The Imperieuse-class frigate ran aground off the Reefness Lighthouse (Røsnæs lighthouse), in Kalundborg, Denmark. [2] [3] [4] She was refloated the next day with assistance from HMS Euryalus (![]() |
Marquis of Hastings | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Queenstown, County Cork. [5] |
Minx | ![]() | The schooner struck a sunken rock and foundered off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. [6] |
Oregon | ![]() | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank in Lake Erie off Cleveland, Ohio with the loss of ten lives. [7] [8] |
Union | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Arklow, County Wicklow. [6] [9] She was refloated on 9 April and resumed her voyage. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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United | ![]() | The smack was in collision with Clarendon (![]() |
Wave | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in Emu Bay. [12] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amelia and Mary | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day. [13] |
Flying Fish | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in Robbe Bay. Her crew were rescued. [14] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carbon | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was refloated the next day and sailed for Preston, Lancashire. [15] |
Chevy Chase | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Molenhaven, South Holland, Netherlands. [10] |
Eliza | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Laggan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to the Clyde. [16] [15] [17] |
Java | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated. [18] |
Star of the East | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Raissard Head, New Zealand. [19] |
Westphalia | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Hirtshals, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She had broken up by 18 April. [13] |
Woodstock | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the Kinguatel Reef. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to Cork. [20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Daisy | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on "Kandesterderne". She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Helsingør, Denmark. She subsequently broke up. [21] |
Daniel | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and put back to South Shields. [10] |
Grecian | ![]() | The ship caught fire and put in to "Lombeck", Netherlands East Indies. The fire was extinguished and she was taken in to Sourabaya for repairs. [20] |
Jane Shirref | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Hirtshals, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Helsingør. She had broken up by 18 April. [13] |
Lovely Lass | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cork. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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John Owen | ![]() | The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans. She was refloated the next day and taken in to New Orleans. [22] |
Perseverance | ![]() | The brig sank at Dawes Point. [23] |
Simoda | ![]() | The ship ran aground at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans. She was refloated the next day and taken in to New Orleans. [22] |
St. Clair | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Sow Rocks. She was on a voyage from th Firth of Forth to the River Tyne. [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Margaret Wood | ![]() | The sloop ran aground on the Longscar Rock. She was on a voyage from Cullen, Moray to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated. [18] |
North Carolina | ![]() | The steamship was in collision with the barque Robert (![]() ![]() ![]() |
Prince Edward | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of boats from Pakefield and taken in to Lowestoft. [10] |
Waters | ![]() | The brig ran aground off Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isabella | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Roxston Bay. Her crew were rescued. [1] |
Pearl | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with the assistance of some smacks and taken in to Maldon, Essex. [10] |
Rattlesnake | ![]() | The steamship ran onto a rock at Berbice, British Guiana. [29] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brailsford | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all eight crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. [30] [31] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Clontarf | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Akyab, Burma. She was refloated the next day. [32] |
Mars | ![]() | The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked near Largs, Ayrshire. All on board were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Millport, Ayrshire. [33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Danube | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Janissary, Ottoman Empire. [34] |
Jacob | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. [21] She had become a wreck by 16 April. [34] |
Selina | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Memel, Kingdom of Prussia. She was refloated on 14 April and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark. [35] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fortuna | ![]() | The brig was in collision with RMS Arabia (![]() |
Harebell | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by Rowena (![]() |
Osprey | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in St. Sebastian's Bay. [14] |
Plata | ![]() | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande. [39] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Atkins | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Castle Point, Denmark. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a steamship and put in to Helsingør. [40] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fly | ![]() | The ship collided with another vessel in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued the next day by George (![]() ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Austerlitz | ![]() | The Hercule-class ship of the line was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day. |
Sophia Augustine | ![]() | The ship departed from "Requijade" for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [41] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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I. R. Folsom | ![]() | The ship struck the Hen and Chickens Rocks, off Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to New York. [29] |
Marchiena | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was wrecked near Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stettin. [40] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dantzic | ![]() | The steamship ran aground and sank at Memel, Prussia with the loss of 91 of the 93 people on board. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Memel. [42] |
Triton | ![]() | The ship was lost near Bahia, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bahia. [43] |
Warren Packet | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Alt Skagen, Denmark and was wrecked with the loss of all hands. [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Attalante | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Bal-van-Heist Bank. She was on a voyage from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies to Antwerp. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Rubis (![]() |
Flying Dragon | ![]() | The schooner was destroyed by fire in Simon's Bay, Cape Colony with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. [14] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Liebe | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the mouth of the Agger Canal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Emden, Kingdom of Hanover to Nykøbing, Denmark. [13] [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arrow | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Sines, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. [46] |
Elizabeth | ![]() | The Yorkshire Billyboy sprang a leak and was beached at Middleton, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham. [44] |
Legère | ![]() | The ship foundered off Belle Île, Morbihan with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Charente-Inférieure to Morlaix, Finistère and Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. [47] |
Neptune | ![]() | The ship was abandoned off "Cordovran". Her crew were rescued by Jenny (![]() |
Palestine | ![]() | The ship foundered off Penzance, Cornwall. [42] |
Volonte de Dieu | ![]() | The ship foundered off Belle Île. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Île de Ré, Charente-Inférieure to Morlaix and Rouen. [47] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Flora | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Margate. [40] |
Thomas | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore south of Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Drogheda. [34] Thomas was refloated on 24 April. [47] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arcturus | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Königsberg, Prussia. [34] |
Brisbane | ![]() | The paddle steamer ran aground on the "Pedro de Sal", off the coast of South America. Her crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage, from the Clyde to Brisbane, South Australia. Brisbane had been refloated by 18 May and was taken in to Maranhão, Brazil. She was condemned. [49] [50] [51] |
Mars | ![]() | The steamship struck the quayside at Hebburn, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to the Danube. [34] |
Mary and Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship was discovered derelict in the English Channel. She was towed in to Poole, Dorset. She had been on a voyage from Southampton to Bournemouth, Hampshire. [34] |
Nancy | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Arthurstown, County Waterford. She was refloated. [36] |
William Knox | ![]() | The steamboat was destroyed by fire in the Ohio River downstream of Louisville, Kentucky. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Louis, Missouri to Cincinnati, Ohio. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Glendower | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Liverpool, Lancashire. [36] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aberdeenshire | ![]() | The brig ran aground off Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven. [52] |
Anna Hincks | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Rio Grande do Sul. She was bound to Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated. [53] |
Katherine | ![]() | The sloop capsized in Loch Sweyn with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Loch Sweyn to Poltalloch, Argyllshire. She was righted on 30 April and taken in to Crinan, Argyllshire. [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amelia and Mary | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. [52] |
Elizabeth Johanna | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Hastings Shoal. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to a British port. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [54] |
Fatel Rozack | ![]() | The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [55] |
Joseph Pieters | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [22] |
Rachel | ![]() | The brig foundered in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) east south east of Whitby, Yorkshire. Her nine crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Gothenburg, Sweden. [47] |
Santissima | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Maydquaria", Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba, Majorca and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [56] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aventure | ![]() | The Aventure-class corvette was wrecked on the Isle of Rines, New Caledonia. [58] [59] |
Charlotte | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in a capsized condition near Cape Spartel, Morocco. [60] |
Croesus | ![]() | The steamship caught fire and was beached at Portofino, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, where she was burnt out with the loss of 68 lives. Two rescuers were drowned. [61] [62] [63] |
Uncompleted vessel | ![]() | The 1,000-ton ship was destroyed by fire at Saint John, New Brunswick whilst under construction. [28] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Iowa | ![]() | The ship departed for Melbourne, Victoria. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of 121 people on board. [64] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Despatch | ![]() | The ferry struck pilings at Aust, Gloucestershire and sank with the loss of seven lives. [65] [66] |
Kate Evelyn | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. [67] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Active | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 April. [68] |
Braga | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Danube. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. [69] |
Golden Age | ![]() | The clipper was lost in Panama Bay in late April. All on board were rescued by the steamship John L. Stephens (![]() |
Infanta | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 October. [46] |
Irwell | ![]() | The ship was damaged by fire at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. [71] |
Robert Lowe | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles before 26 April. [68] |
Shamrock | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) off Caldera, Chile before 28 April. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Liverpool. [72] [56] |
Waterwitch | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Pamona, Greece before 25 April. She was refloated and taken in to Salonica. [73] |
Wave | ![]() | The cutter was wrecked at the entrance to the Ahuriri Harbour in late April through negligence of the crew. [74] |
Ship events in 1855 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 |
Ship commissionings: | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 |
Shipwrecks: | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 |