List of shipwrecks in 1856
The list of shipwrecks in 1856 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1856.
January
23 January
February
6 February
8 February
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1856
Ship | Country | Description |
Catherine Jenkins |
United Kingdom |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Lucas Cove, Glamorgan with the loss of seven of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.[2] |
April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1856
Ship | Country | Description |
Odin |
United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked on th Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk before 16 April.[1] |
May
Unknown date
31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May
Ship | Country | Description |
Julia |
United Kingdom |
The brig went down at Long Sand, Essex on a voyage from Hartlepool to Brest. The captain, Isaac Wilson, his mate, Will Bain, Mrs Barbara Bain and two of their children were drowned. This was confirmed by a letter from the ship's owner, John Holliday, written on 13 March 1858 to George Müller, to support the application for admission of William Bain, another child of Will Bain, to the Bristol orphanage. This letter is held by The George Müller Charitable Trust in Bristol. Another letter reveals that all but one member of the crew and another child of Will (possibly William?) were lost. |
June
15 June
July
25 July
August
10 August
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1856
Ship | Country | Description |
Alexander Coffin |
United States |
The ship ran aground Makanrushi during a heavy fog. The vessel was righted by cutting away her masts and got off the rocks by lighting her of gear and cargo. She was then jury-rigged and taken to Ayan, where she was condemned and sold at auction. The crew and cargo of oil and bone were saved.[6][7][8][9] |
28 August
September
5 September
24 September
27 September
October
7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1856
Ship | Country | Description |
Natchez |
United States |
The ship was wrecked in Nikolaya Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. Most of the crew were rescued by the bark Harmony ( United States); four men wintered by the wreck – one of which died. The three survivors and most the cargo of oil and bone were saved by the ship Italy ( United States) the following year.[10][11] |
November
4 November
7 November
December
9 December
Unknown date
References
- 1 2 3 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ The Friend (Vol. V, No. 11, Nov. 15, 1856, p. 85, Honolulu).
- ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
- ↑ "SHIPWRECKS". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript (Vol. XIV, No. 41, Dec. 16, 1856, New Bedford).
- ↑ Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript (Vol. XIV, No. 42, Dec. 23, 1856, New Bedford).
- ↑ The Friend (Vol. V, No. 12, Dec. 11, 1856, p. 93, Honolulu).
- ↑ Frances Henrietta, of New Bedford, Sept. 9, 1856, Nicholson Whaling Collection.
- ↑ Hawaii. (1865). Reports of a portion of the decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Islands in law, equity, admiralty, and probate. Honolulu: Govt. Press.
- ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
- ↑ "Loss of the French Steamer Lyonnaise". Wilmington Journal. Wilmington, N.C. November 21, 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.