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The list of shipwrecks in July 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1856 .
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1856
Ship
State
Description
Adams
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Bombay , India for London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 7]
Grand Turk
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Saint Louis.[ 8]
J. M. Stockwell
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Saint Louis.[ 8]
Paul Anderson
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Saint Louis.[ 8]
Kate Bowley
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . All on board were rescued by Emeu ( France ). Kate Bowley was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island , British North America to London .[ 4]
Marchioness of Queensbury
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bic , Province of Canada , British North America.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] She was pn a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada to Hull , Yorkshire . She was refloated on 17 September and towed back to Quebec City.[ 12]
Saranac
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Saint Louis.[ 8]
Southerner
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Saint Louis.[ 8]
St. Clair
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Saint Louis.[ 8]
Triune
United Kingdom
The smack departed from Liverpool , Lancashire for Ballyshannon , County Donegal . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 13]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1856
Ship
State
Description
Countess of Elgin
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on a reef off Point Palermas, India . She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to London . She was refloated and put back to Calcutta in a leaky condition.[ 14]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1856
Ship
State
Description
Camelion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick , British North America to the Isle of Man .[ 15]
Jane
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Brier Island , Nova Scotia and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America. She was declared a total loss.[ 15]
Rose
United Kingdom
The barque struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and became waterlogged, remaining afloat on her cargo of timber. Her 21 crew were rescued on 13 July by Victoria ( United Kingdom ) and the ship was set afire. Rose was on a voyage from Quebec City to Plymouth , Devon .[ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
Spartan
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked the on the Cane Rocks, off the coast of the Beylik of Tunis . All on board, her crew and 802 passengers, were rescued by the steamship Sphinx ( France ). Spartan was on a voyage from Balaklava , Russia to an English port.[ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
Teazer
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked off "Tradetown", Africa. Her crew were rescued.[ 21]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1856
Ship
State
Description
Actaeon
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Church Bay, Anglesey with the loss of her captain.[ 23]
Adelaide
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead , Anglesey with the loss of her captain.[ 24] She was on a voyage from Dublin to Workington , Cumberland .[ 4]
Africa
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 23] She was refloated on 9 July and taken in to Liverpool.[ 25]
City of Brooklyn
United States
The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York .[ 23] She was refloated.[ 4]
Clara
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire . She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness , Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 4]
Diligent
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthdinllaen. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex to Liverpool.[ 4]
Eaglet
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Redcar and Staithes , Yorkshire .[ 24]
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire .[ 23]
Familie
Denmark
The galeas ran aground in the Fanø Tief. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Raaborghuus.[ 26]
Jane Lovett
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Newry , County Antrim .[ 27]
Lively
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Redcar and Staithes.[ 24]
Lively
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pwllheli , Caernarfonshire.[ 4]
Madryn
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen.[ 4]
Mona
Isle of Man
The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dunkerque , Nord , France. She was refloated and beached at the Magazines.[ 25]
Naval Brigade
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Liverpool.[ 23] She was refloated on 2 August and taken in to Liverpool in a waterlogged condition.[ 28]
Popplewell
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Fishguard , Pembrokeshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Chester, Cheshire or vice versa .[ 24] [ 29]
Spring
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Trow Rocks, near the mouth of the River Tyne . Her crew were rescued.[ 24]
Surprise
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Porthdinllaen. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea to Liverpool.[ 4]
Theodore
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Fishguard. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 29]
Three Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthdinllaen.[ 4]
Tribune
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the West Hoyle Bank, She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Callao , Peru.[ 25] She was refloated on 16 July.[ 10]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1856
Ship
State
Description
G. B. Matthews
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Sand Bore Reef, off Gorps Key and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Belize City , British Honduras .[ 30]
Isaac Webb
United States
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Amlwch , Anglesey , United Kingdom . All on board, more than 320 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to New York .[ 23] [ 25] [ 24]
Larissa
United States
The ship ran aground on a reef east of Bermuda . She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to New York. She was refloated.[ 31]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1856
Ship
State
Description
Amelia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashoreon Tybee Island, Georgia , United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Charleston, South Carolina , United States.[ 11] She was later refloated and taken in to Savannah, Georgia , where she arrived on 21 July.[ 31]
Clare
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Dumfries . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Dumfries.[ 33]
Samuel Morris
British North America
The ship was wrecked on Cross Island, Maine , United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , United States to Saint John, New Brunswick .[ 11] [ 31]
Teti
Spain
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked between Beachy Head and the Cow Gap, Sussex , United Kingdom . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ålesund , Norway to Barcelona .[ 36]
Zaayer
Ottoman Empire
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of "Cerego". Her crew were rescued by Bernard ( United Kingdom ). Zaayer was on a voyage from Galaţi to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom.[ 31] [ 37]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1856
Ship
State
Description
Huron
British North America
The ship sank in the Saint Lawrence River .[ 39]
Jeune Eulalie
France
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Fécamp , Seine-Inférieure to Seaham , County Durham , United Kingdom.[ 33]
Northern Indiana
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire in Lake Erie with the loss of 50 lives.[ 42]
Procymatia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Kingsdown, Kent . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . She was refloated and taken in to The Downs , resuming her voyage on 18 July.[ 33] [ 26]
Supply
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Scheelhoek, in the Zuyder Zee . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated.[ 26]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1856
Ship
State
Description
Earl of Sunderland
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Blyth to London.[ 26]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Calais , France. She was refloated on 20 July and resumed her voyage.[ 26]
Newport
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Bondicar Bush Rock, off the coast of Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montrose, Forfarshire . She was refloated and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland in a leaky condition.[ 43] [ 26]
Vesper
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her 30 crew took to the boat; they were rescued on 21 July by Stephen Crowell ( United States ). Vesper was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New York , United States.[ 44]
Zuline
France
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Lisbon , Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Prince Albert ( United Kingdom ). Zuline was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Gorée , Senegal.[ 45]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1856
Ship
State
Description
Clarissa
India
The ship ran aground in the Setang River, Burma . She was capsized by a tidal bore on 3 August with the loss of seventeen of her crew.[ 50]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1856
Ship
State
Description
Admiral Lucas
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Bosphorus . Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Alma
United Kingdom
The ship heeled over at Penzance , Cornwall before 21 July and was damaged. She was righted and placed under repair.[ 43]
Conqueror
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at West Cape, Prince Edward Island , British North America before 4 July.[ 13]
George Whitewell
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 July. Her crew were rescued by Laura Campbell ( United Kingdom ).[ 11]
Holfion
Norway
The ship was wrecked near Narva , Russia .[ 4]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Narva.[ 4]
Joseph Hume
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Krivaya Spit, in the Black Sea in late July.[ 16]
Josephine l' Oiseau
France
The ship was wrecked at Port Elliot, South Australia .[ 61]
Julia Morris
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore before 6 July. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tromsø , Norway.[ 11]
Meta Hoffman
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
The ship was wrecked near Narva. Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Peter Maxwell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Moosapee, Maine , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at St. John on 26 July.[ 15]
Plantagenet
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground off Faro, Portugal .[ 5]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Abermawr , Pembrokeshire with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina , United States to Liverpool.[ 27] [ 29]
Sir Robert Peel
France
The ship was driven ashore wrecked on the west coast of Sumatra , Netherlands East Indies in an earthquake . Her crew were rescued.[ 62] [ 63]
Sylphide
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Majorca , Spain before 28 July with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 28]
True Briton
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked at Abermawr.[ 4]
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Shipwrecks 1850–59, by month
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