List of shipwrecks in May 1855

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

1 May

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|ship=Acton

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire on the "Yarrow River", Louisiana.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 May 1855 |issue=9605 }}

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|ship=Triton

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rover{{'}}s Bride ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Triton was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 May 1855 |issue=2690 }}

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|ship=Queen of the Teign

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her five crew were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Queen of the Teign was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of Northumberland and the lugger Fame ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely leaky condition.{{cite book |title=Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks |page=99 |first=Richard |last=Larn |publisher=David and Charles |location=Newton Abbott |year=1977 |isbn=0-7153-7202-5}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 May 1855 |page=12 |issue=22044 |column=F }}

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2 May

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|ship=Conference

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

|desc=The ship was attacked by pirates off the Barbary Coast and was abandoned by her crew.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Conference of Shields |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=8 June 1855 |issue=2711 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Eclipse

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Little Bauline, Nova Scotia, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 August 1855 |issue=5495 }}

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|ship=Europe

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

|desc=The brig foundered. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 June 1855 |issue=9638 }}

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|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on the Black Law. She was refloated and taken in to Lindisfarne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Lively

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Tres Forcas, Morocco and was subsequently boarded by Moorish pirates. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Malta. Lively was later boarded by the crew of Conference ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Gibraltar, where she had arrived by 19 May.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=1 June 1855 |issue=2694 }}

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|ship=Lord Nelson

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

|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=4 July 1855 |issue=2026 }}

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3 May

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|ship=G. W. Thompson

|flag={{flag|United States|1855}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Northern Eagle ({{flag|United States|1851}}). G. W. Thompson was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Electric Telegraph Despatches |date=25 May 1855 |page=8 |issue=22063 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=29 May 1855 |issue=2693 }}

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|ship=Robert

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the entrance to the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=22 May 1855 |issue=2691 }}{{Cite news |title=The Paddle Gun-Vessel Weser |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 May 1855 |issue=9605 |page=1 }}

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4 May

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|ship=Dover

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.

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|ship=Hanover

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Bassein River. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to a British port. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=3 July 1855 |issue=2703 }}

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|ship={{ship||John|1809 ship|2}}

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

|desc=The ship struck The Manacles and consequently sank in Godrevy Cove, Cornwall with the loss of 194 lives. Her crew and about 60 passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 May 1855 |page=12 |issue=22480 |column=F }}

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The ship struck the Willow Shoal and sank. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Newport, Monmouthshire.

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|ship=Samuel Bakker

|flag=22px Dantzic

|desc=The ship was in collision with Westmoreland ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames. She was refloated and taken in to the West India Docks, London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 May 1855 |issue=9414 }}

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|ship={{HMS|Weser|1855|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The paddle gunboat ran aground in the Dardanelles as she was passing Robert ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for repairs.

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5 May

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|ship=Agnes Blaikie

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

|desc=Crimean War: The barque collided with the paddle packet boat {{HMS|Medina|1840|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and sank in the Black Sea off Balaklava, Russia. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Caroline

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} west of Libava, Courland Governorate. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 May 1855 |issue=27575 |edition=Evening }}

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|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Sunderland, County Durham.

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|ship=Empress Eugenie

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Stadacona ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Empress Euguenie was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=25 May 1855 |issue=2692 }}

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|ship=Woodstock

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on a reef {{convert|100|nmi|km}} south of Cape San Antonio, Cuba. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 June 1855 |issue=5465 }}

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6 May

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|ship=Cambyses

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork with the loss of three of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Canso, Nova Scotia and Sherbrooke, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 May 1855 |issue=9597 }}

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|ship=George

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Shark's Fin Rock, off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Neath, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 May 1855 |issue=9593 }}

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7 May

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|ship=Adeline

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Dunkerque, Nord.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 May 1855 |issue=9594 }}

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|ship=Empire

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bridge Rocks. She was on a voyage form Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put back to Limerick.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=11 May 1855 |issue=2688 }}

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|ship=Gram Para

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Freshwater Bay, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 May 1855 |issue=9595 }} She was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Pelham

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

|desc=The ship departed from Tralee, County Kerry for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 July 1855 |issue=5478 }}

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8 May

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|ship=Augusta

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Rottingdean, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Flensburg.

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9 May

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|ship=Anna Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off the coast of the Courland Governorate.

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|ship=Egham

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cardiff Flats, in the Bristol Channel. She was refloated and beached at Penarth, Glamorgan, where she was severely damaged.

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|ship=Jemima

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Wornpoer", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Helsingør, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 May 1855 |issue=5458 }}

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|ship=Jessie Mitchell

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bonchurch, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=18 May 1855 |issue=3671 }}

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|ship=Leon Victoire

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Steel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Hamburg.

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|ship=Spark

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Thetis

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 May 1855 |issue=9415 }}

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10 May

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|ship=British Queen

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

|desc=The ship was lost near "Fealtung", Norway. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=James McQueen

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Matanzas, Cuba. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Commodore and the lugger Secret (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Harwich, Essex.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=185 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}{{Cite news |title=Admiralty Court, Wednesday, Nov. 14 |newspaper=The Essex Standard, and General Advertiser for the Eastern Counties |location=Colchester |date=21 November 1855 |issue=1301 }}

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|ship=Vorwaerts

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The full-rigged ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Danzig.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Ship Vorwaerts |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 May 1855 |issue=2813 }}

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11 May

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|ship=Eliasaph

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

|desc=The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Wells-next-the-Sea.

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|ship=Highland Lassie

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Adelaide.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 October 1855 |issue=25507 |page=8 }}

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12 May

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|ship=Ophelia and Mary

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

|desc=The ship was lost at "Toreko". Her crew were rescued.

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13 May

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|ship=Nashwauk

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Adelaide, South Australia. All on board were rescued.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/wrecks1854.shtml |title=Wrecks of 1854 - 1855 |publisher=The Ships List |accessdate=13 June 2019 }}

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|ship=Timandra

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Molène, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London, United Kingdom.

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14 May

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|ship=Anna Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The koff was driven ashore by ice in Karso Sound. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship= Enterprise

|flag={{flag|United States|1855}}

|desc= The ship wrecked on a reef on the northeast end of Urup in the Kuril Islands while attempting to enter the Sea of Okhotsk via Bussol Strait. All hands were saved.Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript, November 27, 1855, Vol. XIII, No. 39, p. 306.

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|ship=Huntress

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground and was damaged at Akyab, Burma. She was on a voyage from Akyab to Falmouth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 July 1855 |issue=9652 }}

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|ship= King Fisher

|flag={{flag|United States|1855}}

|desc= The ship wrecked on a reef on the northeast end of Urup in the Kuril Islands while attempting to enter the Sea of Okhotsk via Bussol Strait. They remained on Urup for three days before being saved by the ships Joseph Hayden, of Bremen, and Montezuma ({{flag|United States|1855}}). All hands were saved.

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15 May

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|ship=Inglewood

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

|desc=The ship departed from Amoy, Burma for Singapore, Straits Settlements. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 January 1856 }}

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|ship=William Ward

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship sank off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her 34 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She subsequently refloated when her cargo of salt dissolved.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Electric Telegraph Despatches |date=17 May 1855 |page=10 |issue=22055 |column=A }}

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|ship=Volga

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=Crimean War: The transport ship ran aground between "Kursalo Island" and "Tamio Island". She was abandoned and set afire on 18 May to prevent her being captured. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Reliable ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}).{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}

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16 May

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|ship=Commodore

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

|desc=The ship sank at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memek, Prussia to Montrose, Forfarshire.

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|ship=Daniel Grant

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Helen's Reef, in the China Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=From our Liverpool Correspondent |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=1 September 1855 |issue=702 }}

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|ship=Ellen Hood

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cape Florida. She was on a voyage from Apalachicola, Florida to Liverpool. She was refloated and put in to Key West, Florida.

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|ship=New Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newquay, Cornwall.

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17 May

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|ship=Harrington

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Langlade Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Saint John's, Newfoundland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 August 1855 |issue=5491 }}

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|ship=Josephine

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|10|nmi|km}} west of Cape Receif, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to Mossel Bay and the Kynsna River.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 August 1855 |issue=5490 }}

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18 May

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|ship=Ceylon

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Straits of Mindora with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Sydney, New South Wales.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 August 1855 |issue=9691 }}

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|ship=Fortune

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near Dundrum, County Down with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 May 1855 |issue=9604 }} Fortune was refloated on 31 May and taken in to Dundrum.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 June 1855 |issue=5463 }}

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|ship=London

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on a reef off Montego Bay, Jamaica. She was refloated on 20 May and taken in to Montego Bay for repairs.

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20 May

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|ship=Abberton

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the South Atlantic {{convert|1000|nmi|km}} off the mouth of the River Plate. Her crew were rescued by the barque Cypress ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Abberton was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to a British port{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 July 1855 |issue=9647 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 July 1855 |issue=5476 }}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pillau, Prussia.

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|ship=Kitty and Lucy

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked at the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 May 1855 |issue=5460 }}

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|ship=Lily

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Entry Island, Nova Scotia with the loss of all six crew.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 June 1855 |issue=5468 }}

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|ship=Morrison

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the schooner Hero ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Morrison was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=1 June 1855 |issue=9417 }}

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21 May

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|ship=Bartley

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 June 1855 |issue=9628 }}

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|ship=Lady Franklin

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Buctouche, New Brunswick. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Richibucto. She was refloated on 4 June.

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22 May

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|ship=Feliciana

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

|desc=The ship was beached at Pernambuco, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

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|ship=Jason

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Baie de Somme. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Abbeville, Somme, France.

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24 May

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|ship=Blanche

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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|ship=Pioneer

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea and was damaged.

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25 May

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|ship=Triflen

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Doom Bar, off Padstow, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 May 1855 |issue=9609 }}

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26 May

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|ship=Dorothea and Ernestine

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bard Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Saint John's, Antigua for repairs.

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|ship=Eerstelling

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore between the Charooghlea Creek and the Jullea Khally Creek, Burma. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=31 August 1855 |issue=2716 }}

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|ship=Fortune

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered off the Noss Head Lighthouse, Caithness. Her two crew were rescued by Spartan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Mary Stenhouse

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore between the Charoogha Creek and the Jullia Creek, Burma. She was later refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 August 1855 |page=10 |issue=22137 |column=F }}

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|ship=Voorstelling

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore between the Charoogha Creek and Jullia Creek. she was later refloated.

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28 May

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|ship=Maypo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on King's Island, Van Diemens Land with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Calcutta, India.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=4 September 1855 |issue=2720 }}

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29 May

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|ship=Christopher and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey off Leasowe, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mostyn, Flintshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=30 May 1855 |issue=25400 |page=8 }}

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|ship=James

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

|desc=The sloop sank on the Sheringham Flats, in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Woodbridge Shipwrecked Mariners Benefit Society |newspaper=The Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=9 June 1855 |issue=6057 }}

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|ship={{HMS|Wizard|1830|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Cherokee|brig-sloop}} ran aground at Cork. She was refloated the next day.

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30 May

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|ship=Faithful

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Weybourne, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Lucy Sharp

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and foundered {{convert|35|nmi|km}} south south west of the Rangoon Lighthouse, Burma. She was on a voyage from Akyab to Moulmein.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 August 1855 |issue=5493 }}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 May 1855 |issue=9613 }} She was refloated on 14 June with assistance from the tug {{PS|Endeavour|1835|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=22 June 1855 |issue=3676 }}

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|ship=Reformation

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Sheringham Lifeboat.

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|ship=Ruby

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

|desc=The fishing lugger foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all ten crew.

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|ship=Swift

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered off Jersey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Sunderland, County Durham.

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|ship=Whistler

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on King's Island, Van Diemen's Land with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Hobson's Bay, Victoria to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite news |title=The American Ship Whistler |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 September 1855 |issue=27693 }}

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31 May

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|ship=Harmonie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Seacombe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 June 1855 }}

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|ship=Neil Dow

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stanley, Falkland Islands. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 October 1855 }}

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|ship=Shepherdess

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Filey Bay. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=St. Lawrence

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and sank at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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|ship=Charles Horsfall

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea between 12 and 23 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa.

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|ship=Comer

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

|desc=The barque was severely damaged by fire and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 31 May.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 June 1855 |issue=9626 }}

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|ship=Cortes

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Trieste. She was refloated and put in to Charleston, South Carolina in a leaky condition, arriving on 26 May.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 June 1855 |issue=9622 }}

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|ship={{HMS|Dapper|1855|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Dapper|gunboat}} ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and towed in to Sheerness, Kent in a severely leaky condition.

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|ship=Earl of Derby

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River downstream of Fultah Point. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta, where she arrived on 22 May.

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|ship=Eliptic

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cape San Antonio, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=West India Mail |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 June 1855 |issue=25408 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Gustave

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at "Millacoree", Africa.{{Cite news |title=West Coast of Africa |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 May 1855 |issue=2690 }}

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|ship=Happy Return

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham in late May. She was refloated by was condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=6 June 1855 |issue=5604 }}

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|ship=Immanuel

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 6 May. She was on a voyage from Altona to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was taken in to Portsmouth Hampshire by Elidee ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Maria Catharina

|flag=File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg Lübeck

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Kunkel, in the Baltic Sea before 31 May. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lübeck.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=22 June 1855 |issue=9417 }}

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|ship=Martin

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

|desc=The sloop foundered in Loch Indaal with the loss of all five people on board. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Islay, Inner Hebrides.{{Cite news |title=Town and Country Talk |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=27 May 1855 |issue=653 }}

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|ship=Musquash

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Cape Colony

|desc=The ketch was wrecked in the Knysna River before 19 May.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 June 1855 |issue=9623 }}

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|ship=Orbit

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 18 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Province of Canada.

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|ship={{HMS|Princess Alice}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground off Fårö, Sweden before 20 May and was damaged. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=The Baltic Fleet |newspaper=Hampshire Advertiser and Salisbury Guardian |location=Southampton |date=26 May 1855 |issue=1656 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Rubens

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk. She was refloated on 16 May and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 May 1855 |issue=27578 }}

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|ship=Senator

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at South Shields. She was on a voyage from "Pallas" to South Shields. She was refloated on 30 May.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 June 1855 |issue=2695 }}

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|ship=Wolga

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=Crimean War: The transport ship ran aground between "Kuorsalo Island" and "Hamo Island", in the Baltic Sea in late May. Attempts to refloat her with the assistance of the steamship Nadjoschnij ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}) were unsuccessful and she was burnt to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Rusia |date=29 June 1855 |page=7 |issue=22093 |column=C }}

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