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The list of shipwrecks in May 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1856 .
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1856
Ship
State
Description
Integrity
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . Her crew survived.[ 13]
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1856
Ship
State
Description
Adele
United States
The ship was wrecked at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah-la-Mar , Jamaica to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 18] [ 19]
Charlotte and Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a brig and was abandoned off the Kentish Knock . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey , Cornwall to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 20] [ 4]
Lucy Ring
United States
The barque arrived at Passage West , County Cork on fire and was scuttled.[ 8]
Nightingale
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off the Mumbles , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Pembrey , Carmarthenshire to Port Talbot , Glamorgan.[ 21]
Phoebe Dunbar
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks and was beached at Amity Point , New South Wales . She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Adelaide , South Australia .[ 22]
Pioneer
Jersey
The ship struck the Paternoster Rocks and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Jersey.[ 23]
Spray
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the Angus Rock, in the Strangford Lough and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[ 20]
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1856
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Portishead, Somerset . Two crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 24]
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked between Gribben Head and Polkerris , Cornwall with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Charlestown, Cornwall .[ 25] [ 21] [ 26]
Gale
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Deal, Kent .[ 27]
John Shelley
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Platters Rock, in the Irish Sea . She was refloated.[ 4]
Latina
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[ 4]
Norfolk Tar
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Harwich , Essex . She was refloated.[ 21]
Racer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New York , United States.[ 25] About 600 of her 700 passengers were taken off by Arklow smacks .[ 20] [ 28]
Robert and Hannah
Norway
The schooner collided with HMS Majestic ( Royal Navy ) and sank off Deal. Her crew were rescued by HMS Majestic . Robert and Hannah was on a voyage from the Île d'Oléron , Charente-Inférieure to Christiansand . She came ashore the next day south of Deal.[ 27] [ 21]
S. C. Thwing
United States
The ship was wrecked on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 21]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1856
Ship
State
Description
Edley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Southampton , Hampshire to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 25]
Emanuel
Bremen
The ship ran aground at South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bremen to South Shields.[ 25]
Good Intent
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Whitstable , Kent .[ 20]
Hull
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the Stanford Lightship ( Trinity House ) and was consequently beached at Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 25] [ 20] [ 29]
Jane and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Spartel , Morocco before 6 May. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France. She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar , where she arrived on 21 May.[ 30] [ 31]
Latona
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[ 20]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1856
Ship
State
Description
Comet
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lagos , Africa.[ 36]
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1856
Ship
State
Description
Countess of Durham
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Malta to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 37] [ 18]
Good Intent
South Australia
The ship sank at Rapid Bay, South Australia . She was refloated on 26 May and taken in to Kangaroo Island .[ 38]
Humphrey Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Cemlyn Bay . She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated.[ 39]
Mary Wilson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Europa Point , Gibraltar before 15 May. She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Gibraltar in a severely leaky condition.[ 37] [ 18]
Victor Jacquemont
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Africa.[ 37] [ 18]
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1856
Ship
State
Description
Helena Boliths
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Bayonne , Basses-Pyrénées , France. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Bayonne.[ 19] She had been refloated by 12 June and towed in to Bayonne.[ 43]
Jenny Dixon
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Hogland , Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to "Wyborg".[ 30]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River at Matane , Province of Canada , British North America . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City , Province of Canada.[ 51]
Tertia
United Kingdom
The ship, which had sprung a leak on 4 May, was beached at "Aidan", Spain. She was on a voyage from Barcelona , Spain to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 52]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Richillian Rapids, in the Saint Lawrence River and was beached. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Montreal , British North America.[ 51]
Young Dixon
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Hogland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Swinemünde , Prussia .[ 31]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1856
Ship
State
Description
Golden Gate
United States
The clipper ship was destroyed by fire at Pernambuco , Brazil . Her crew were rescued.[ 56]
Primrose
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked on The Shingles, off The Needles , Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Guernsey , Channel Islands .[ 57]
Star of Freedom
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Almería , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette , Hérault , France to Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 58]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1856
Ship
State
Description
Charles Adolphe
France
The ship was in collision with Antagonist ( United Kingdom ) and was abandoned The Lizard , Cornwall , United Kingdom . Seven crew were rescued by a fishing smack . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies . She was taken in to Penzance , Cornwall on 8 May.[ 25] [ 4]
Daniel Parker
United States
The schooner was wrecked at "West Sandwich". She was on a voyage from Bangor, Maine to New York .[ 16]
Johanna Maria
Netherlands
The full-rigged ship ran aground on a reef off Mindanao , Spanish East Indies before 5 May. She was refloated but consequently foundered with the loss of her captain. Johanna Maria was on a voyage from south Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Hong Kong .[ 63]
Kawai
New Zealand
The cutter left Wellington Harbour on 16 May, and was not heard from again. Wreckage found near Castlepoint on 28 May was believed to be the wreckage of the Kawai .[ 47]
Lawson
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off the Mantanilla Reef. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 59]
Marie Stewart
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cortelazzo Point, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia with the loss of all but one of those on board. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Venice , Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.[ 1]
Mairner
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Pickles Reef before 15 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans.[ 19]
Montrose
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 May. Her crew were rescued by Greyhound ( United Kingdom ). Montrose was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Quebec City.[ 27]
President
United States
The ship collided with an iceberg and sank in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland . Her crew were rescued by Columbine ( United Kingdom ). President was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 77]
S. C. Thwing
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked on Læsø , Denmark before 17 May.[ 16]
Success
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America.[ 77]
Transit
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea before 27 May. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire . She was refloated and put in to Gothenburg , Sweden for repairs.[ 69]
William IV
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walberswick , Suffolk , England , sometime before 12 May.[ 78]
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