List of shipwrecks in August 1855

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

1 August

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|ship=Mulheide

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in the Yangtze.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 October 1855 |issue=9715 }}

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|ship=Oriental

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Da Silva Sands, off the coast of Burma. She was on a voyage from Rangoon to London.

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2 August

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|ship=Cavalier

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Grand Manan, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to London. She was refloated on 10 August.

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|ship=Shamrock

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Sound of Sunda. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc. |location=Liverpool |date=7 August 1855 |issue=2712 }} She was refloated on 18 September and towed into Campbeltown, Argyllshire.

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3 August

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|ship=Indefatigable

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The transport ship exploded and sank with the loss of three of her crew and a fourth reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Pacific |date=3 October 1855 |page=7 |issue=22175 |column=D }}

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|ship=Naomi

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck rocks off Falconera Island, Greece and sank. Her crew were rescued by Eliza Bower ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Naomi was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Retriever

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque capsized and sank in the River Mersey off Tranmere, Cheshire with the loss of two of her fourteen crew.{{Cite news |title=From our own Correspondent |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=4 August 1855 |issue=698 }}{{Cite news |title=Accident on the Mersey |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |location=Dublin |date=6 August 1855 }}{{Cite news |title=Capsizing of a New Iron Vessel in the Mersey |newspaper=Wrexham and Denbigh Weekly Advertiser, Cheshire, and Shropshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, and North Wales Chronicle |location=Wrexham |date=11 August 1855 |issue=75 }} She was refloated on 18 August and was beached.{{Cite news |title=Latest Liverpool News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 August 1855 |issue=5491 }}

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|ship=Undine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated but consequently sank off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dunkirk, Nord, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=10 August 1855 |issue=3683 }}

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4 August

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|ship=Endora

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Constitución, Chile.

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|ship=Helen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Culzean Bay. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. She was refloated on 13 August and towed into Ayr.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 August 1855 |issue=5487 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 August 1855 |issue=5491 }}

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground and wrecked on Lighthouse Island, off Syros, Greece. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Syros.

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|ship=Œa

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was run into by {{ship|French corvette|Thisbe|1849|2}} ({{navy|France}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Uruguay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=13 October 1855 }}

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|ship=Rayo

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Constitución.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 October 1855 |issue=2730 }}

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6 August

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|ship=Juanita

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Brazil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Trieste. She was refloated and put into Gibraltar in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 August 1855 |page=10 |issue=22137 |column=F }}

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|ship=Rob Roy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Mollens Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated on 12 August and taken into Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 August 1855 |issue=9676 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=17 August 1855 |issue=2715 }}

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7 August

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|ship=Isabelle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship struck rocks and Cabo Candor, Spain and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Cádiz, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 August 1855 |issue=9680 }}

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8 August

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|ship=Lady Bannerman

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with the gunboat {{ship|French gunboat|Sainte Barbe|1855|2}} ({{navy|France}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued by the gunboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 August 1855 |issue=5490 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=17 August 1855 |issue=3684 }}

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|ship={{ship|Russian ship|Rossiya|1839|2}}

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=Crimean War, Bombardment of Sveaborg: The {{Sclass|Fershampenuaz|ship of the line}} was sunk at Sveaborg during an attack by French Navy and Royal Navy ships.{{Cite news |title=The Baltic |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 September 1855 |issue=5502 }}

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9 August

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|ship=Carleton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked off "Carysfoot", Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Caldera, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 December 1855 |issue=9781 }}

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|ship={{SS|Cottingham|1853|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Gotland, Sweden. All on board, her crew and 133 passengers, were rescued. She was declared a total loss, but was salvaged in 1856 and rebuilt as the Swedish ship Prins Oscar.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Baltic Fleet |date=4 September 1855 |page=7 |issue=22150 |column=A-C }}{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=14611&vessel=COTTINGHAM |title=Cottingham |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=13 June 2019}}

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|ship=Mackintosh

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Newburgh, Fife. She was on a voyage from Newburgh to the Firth of Forth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=15 August 1855 |issue=20555 }}

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|ship=Sir Colin Campbell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque capsized at South Shields, County Durham. She was righted.

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10 August

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|ship=Unicorn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 October 1855 }}

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11 August

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|ship=Clown

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the South China Sea. Her crew were rescued by Paonshun (22px China).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 November 1855 |page=12 |issue=22205 |column=D }}

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|ship=Dorothy and Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein. She was refloated on 13 August and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Fidentia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Bird Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=8 March 1856 }}

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|ship=Henry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine was run into by the steamship Vivid ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Dover, Kent with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Collision with the Vivid Mail Steamer in Dover Roads |date=27 August 1855 |page=10 |issue=22143 }}{{Cite news |title=Collision in the Channel |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 August 1855 |issue=2881 }} Henry subsequently floated, and came ashore at South Foreland, Kent on 30 September.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=5 October 1855 |issue=3691 }}

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12 August

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|ship=Loire

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the north point of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Screw Steamer |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 August 1855 |issue=9679 }}

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|ship=Result

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Charm ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 August 1855 |issue=27654 }}

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13 August

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|ship=Gentleman

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Swineboden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated the next day and taken into Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.

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14 August

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|ship=Christiane Charlotte

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Sønderho, Denmark and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 August 1855 |issue=5495 }}

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|ship=Genius

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The galeas ran aground at Sønderho. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to the Agger Canal, Denmark.

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|ship=Hudson

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at McMullen's Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Wellington

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The Mersey Flat foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peel, Isle of Man to Chester, Cheshire.

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|ship={{HMS|Wolverine|1836|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Racer|brig-sloop}} was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast in a hurricane. Her crew were rescued.

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15 August

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|ship=Emily Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The Mersey Flat ran aground on the anchor of John ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank at Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=21 August 1855 |issue=2716 }}

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|ship=Science

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig foundered.

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16 August

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|ship=Elizabeth Grimmer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Jardanillos, off the coast of Cuba. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=West India Mails |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 October 1855 |issue=2925 }}

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|ship=Meteor

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Klitmøller, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 August 1855 |issue=9684 }}

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17 August

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|ship=John Beynon

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was run down by the steamship {{SS|Imperatriz|1854|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}} and sank in the Sea of Marmora. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Syra, Greece.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiralty Court, Saturday, May 10 |date=12 May 1856 |page=11 |issue=22365 |column=B-C }}

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18 August

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|ship=Burlington

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Cuxhaven.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 August 1855 |issue=9683 }} She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 20 August with assistance from Superb ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and towed into Cuxhaven in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 August 1855 |issue=27664 }}

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|ship=Conquest

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Exmouth to Teignmouth. She was refloated and found to be leaky.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 September 1855 |issue=9693 }}

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|ship=Tory

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão, Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 October 1855 |page=9 |issue=22180 |column=F }}

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19 August

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|ship=Ann and Susannah

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop struck The Skerries, Anglesey and sank. Her four crew were rescued by the Anglesey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk, County Louth.{{Cite news |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwreck |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 September 1855 |issue=2903 }}

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|ship=Fenix

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The brig was in collision with the troopship Mobile ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}) in the North Sea off the Brake Sand and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Mobile. One crewman was reported missing. Fenix was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, United Kingdom. Fenix was subsequently taken into Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=24 August 1855 |issue=3685 }}

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20 August

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|ship=Tugend

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Sodra Naseby, Öland, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=20 September 1855 |issue=25502 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Wemelina

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Wester Till and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 August 1855 |issue=2686 }}

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21 August

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|ship=Luck{{'}}s All

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a steamboat.{{Cite news |title=Home Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=24 August 1855 |issue=20563 }}

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|ship=Saggitare

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Gijón to Adra, Spain. She put into Gibraltar, where she was scuttled.

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22 August

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|ship=Alma

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Madras to Calcutta, India.

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|ship=John Bright

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Jack's Hole Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.

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23 August

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|ship=Lady Jocelyn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Leander's Tower, Scutari, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=The Crimea |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=4 September 1855 |issue=2720 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 September 1855 |issue=5499 }}

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24 August

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|ship=Content

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the south coast of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in a hurricane.{{Cite news |title=West Indies |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=27 October 1855 }}

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|ship=Juliana

|flag=22px India

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Calicut.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 October 1855 |issue=25519 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Maid of Mostyn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Ariadne ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 August 1855 |issue=9688 }} She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=28 August 1855 |issue=2718 }}

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|ship=Prince Albert

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Whale Rock, off Cannonier's Point, Mauritius. All on board, almost 400 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius and London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 November 1855 |issue=5527 }}

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25 August

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|ship=Carl

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.

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|ship=Koh-i-Noor

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Barbados

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and damaged in a hurricane at Barbados. She was refloated on 11 September.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 October 1855 |issue=5512 }}

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|ship=New City of Cork

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Barbados. Two of her crew were lost.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=West Indian and Mexican Mails |date=19 September 1855 |page=10 |issue=22163 |column=D-E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 September 1855 |page=10 |issue=22164 |column=F }}

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|ship=William Large

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Barbados. She was refloated on 11 September.

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26 August

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|ship={{ship||A. V. Knickerbocker||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc= Bound from Sandy Bay, Michigan, with a crew of five and a cargo of bark, the {{convert|66|ft|8|in|adj=on}} two-masted schooner capsized on Lake Michigan {{convert|10|nmi}} off the coast of Wisconsin {{convert|6|mi}} north of Port Washington during a gale. After her crew cut away her foremast, she partially righted herself and drifted ashore {{convert|6|mi}} north of Port Washington, probably in the vicinity of {{coord|43|27.613|N|087|48.164|W|name=A. V. Knickerbocker}}. Her captain drowned trying to swim to shore, but the rest of her crew reached shore safely. Her wreck reportedly remained visible on the beach until 1920, but subsequently disappeared, probably buried in sand. Its exact location has been forgotten.[https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/4?region=Index Wisconsin Shipwrecks: A.V. KNICKERBOCKER (1840) Accessed 3 July 2021]

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|ship=Brothers

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner struck the quayside at Dundee, Forfarshire and was holed by her anchor. She then caught fire and sank due to her cargo of quicklime getting wet. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee.

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|ship=Charles

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was in collision with the schooner Snowdrop ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of four of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 August 1855 |issue=9690 }}

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|ship=Content

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was lost off Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in a hurricane with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Timmes |location=Hull |date=28 September 1855 |issue=2690 }}

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|ship=Ellen Campion

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to a British port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=24 November 1855 }}

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|ship=Herald

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was lost in Esquimaux Bay. She was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Labrador, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 October 1855 |issue=5514 }}

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|ship=Regulus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Cemlyn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 September 1855 |issue=5497 }}

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27 August

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|ship=Ebenezer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Baglan Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 31 August and taken into Port Talbot.

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|ship=Herald

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Bonne-Espérance Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Labrador, British North America.{{Cite news |title=The Late Heavy Gales |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 November 1855 |issue=2955 }}

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|ship=Regulus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Skerries, off Anglesey.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 August 1855 |page=10 |issue=22147 |column=D }} Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwreck |date=8 September 1855 |page=10 |issue=22154 |column=E }}

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|ship={{HMS|Vulture|1843|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The frigate ran aground off Hanko Head, Grand Duchy of Finland and was damaged.

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28 August

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|ship=Planter

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Antigua

|desc=The drogher was driven ashore in a squall at Antigua. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Undine

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Antigua

|desc=The sloop capsized and sank in a squall at Antigua.

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29 August

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|ship=Artistic

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Huasco, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 June 1856 |issue=2835 }}

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|ship=Jacob Prentiss

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 September 1855 |issue=9699 }}

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31 August

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|ship=Jacob Unger

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by an explosion in her cargo of coal at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Flensburg.

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|ship=Rainbow

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked off Key Vaccas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 September 1855 |issue=5508 }}

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|ship=Rising Sun

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Rio Grande and was wrecked.

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|ship=William Hendry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=7 September 1855 |issue=3687 }}

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Unknown date

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|ship=Aberfoyle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship caught fire at Calcutta, India and was scuttled.

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|ship=Balaklava

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Gordon's Reef, off Deep Cove, Nova Scotia before 18 August.

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|ship=Ballarat

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Victoria

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Seventeen Mile Reef before 4 August. She was refloated and put into Ipswich, New South Wales, where she sank. She was later refloated and taken into Brisbane, New South Wales for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 November 1855 |issue=9765 }}

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|ship=Broderene

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France before 14 August.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=16 August 1855 |issue=20556 }} She was taken into the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by {{HMS|Nautilus|1830|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) on 18 August.

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|ship=Canada

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost in La Poile Bay before 6 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 August 1855 |issue=5493 }}

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|ship=Caro

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.

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|ship=Charlotte

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at False Point, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Calcutta.

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|ship=Childe Harold

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Barbary Coast before 14 August.{{Cite news |title=A Stranded Vessel |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 August 1855 |issue=2889 }} Her seventeen crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Gibraltar, August 16 |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 August 1855 |issue=9686 }}

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|ship=Ellen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at White Point, Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken into Sydney, Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Endora

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.

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|ship=Flora McIvor

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.

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|ship=General List

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean before 8 August. She was taken in tow by {{ship|HCS|Zenobia|1852|6}} (22px Royal Indian Navy) and beached at Saugor, India. General List was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.

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|ship=Glencairn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Magdalena River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and put into Montreal, Province of Canada.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=25 September 1855 |page=9 |issue=22168 |column=F }}

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|ship=Horsburg

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile.

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|ship=Jessie

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by Carl ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 September 1855 |issue=25480 |page=8 }}

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|ship=John Hamilton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Bombay to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 November 1855 |issue=25531 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Kestrel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock off Canna, Inner Hebrides and foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Memel, Prussia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=4 September 1855 |issue=2720 }}

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|ship=Leonor

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.

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|ship=Pepita

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Placa de los Roques, off the Bahamas Banks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put into Matanzas, Cuba, where she arrived on 14 August.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 September 1855 |issue=5502 }}

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|ship=Queen Victoria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Bergen ({{flag|Norway|1844}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 August 1855 |issue=9689 }}

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|ship=Raya

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.

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|ship=Robert Barbour

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the New Bedford Channel before 8 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=21 September 1855 |issue=2725 }}

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|ship=Robert Robinson

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 1 August.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 August 1855 |issue=27668 }}

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|ship=William Cole

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked in San Antonio Bay.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 October 1855 |issue=25507 |page=8 }} She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Caldera, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 October 1855 |issue=27698 }}

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References

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