List of shipwrecks in October 1855

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

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1 October

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|ship=Diana

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.

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|ship=Frères

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The chasse-marée was abandoned in the North Sea ({{coord|54|00|N|0|40|E}}). Her six crew were rescued by Julia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Frères was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at "Slate Harbour", Nova Scotia, British North America.

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|ship=Ivor

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

|desc=The schooner was severely damaged at Cardiff, Glamorgan by an onboard explosion in her cargo of coal.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 October 1855 |issue=9717 }}

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2 October

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|ship=Adelheid

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

|desc=The koff ran aground and was wrecked on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Varel to an English port.

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|ship=Mansfield

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak at South Shields, County Durham and was beached.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 October 1855 |issue=25507 |page=8 }}

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3 October

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|ship=Change

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Margate, Kent in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 October 1855 |issue=9719 }}

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|ship=Conservative

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Devil's Grip Reef, off the north tip of Prince Edward Island, British North America with some loss of life.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=31 May 1856 }}

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|ship=Frères Unis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was discovered derelict in the North Sea off Cowden, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She broke up the next day.

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|ship=John Bright

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Harboøre, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia.

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|ship=Rambler

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

|desc=The schooner was in collision with Signet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Signet, but were later take back to the vessel by a pilot cutter and put in to Falmouth, Cornwall. Rambler was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=13 October 1855 }}

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4 October

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|ship=Belle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Liverpool. She was refloated on 8 October and taken in to Littlehampton.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 October 1855 |issue=2933 }}

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|ship=Boadicea

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles.

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|ship=Hopewell

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated the next day. She was on a voyage from London to the Crimea.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=22 October 1855 |issue=27713 }}

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|ship=Ivanhoe

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

|desc=The schooner was run into and sank in the Lake Erie. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Cleveland, Ohio to Saginaw, Michigan.{{Cite news |title=United States |newspaper=The Newcastle Courand etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=26 October 1855 |issue=9435 }}

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|ship=Marie Antoinette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Dardanelles.

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|ship=Nautilus

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Zingari|1854|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Nautilus was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=24 October 1855 |issue=2943 }}

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|ship=William Bateman

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Portrush, County Antrim, United Kingdom.

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5 October

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|ship=Cæsar

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Langeoog, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Hamburg.

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|ship=Improvista

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Noorderhaaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Seville to Hamburg. She had become a wreck by 15 October.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 October 1855 |issue=25519 |page=7 }}

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6 October

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|ship= {{SV|James McBride||2}}

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

|desc=The brigantine was rammed and sunk by {{SV|C. R. Williams||2}} near Milwaukee. Raised, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?167908 |title=James McBride (1853~1853) James McBride SV (+1857) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 September 2023}}

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|ship=John Franklin

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank off Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.

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|ship=Robert Bruce

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She was refloated and taken in to St. George, Bermuda in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 November 1855 |issue=25541 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Walter Scott

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Malta. She was still burning on 9 October.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 October 1855 |issue=9728 }}

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7 October

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|ship=Bee

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

|desc=The ferry was in collision with the ferry Vernon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the River Mersey with the loss of two lives, one from each ship. Survivors from Bee were rescued by Britannia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Bee was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fatal Collision in the Mersey |date=9 October 1855 |page=10 |issue=22180 |column=C }}

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|ship=Dromo

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. She was refloated but found to be leaky.

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|ship=Gleaner

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Ooster Point, in the Westgat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Wrecks |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 October 1855 |issue=2930 }} Gleaner was refloated then next day with assistance from the steamship Brouwershaven ({{flag|Netherlands}}).

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|ship=Jessie Eason

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and found to be leaky.

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|ship=Pegasus

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brager. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Susan

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from London to Dénia, Spain. She was refloated but found to be leaky.

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|ship=Sylphide

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She put in to Ramsgate, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 October 1855 |page=9 |issue=22180 |column=F }}

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|ship=Zelie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Honfleur, Calvados.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 October 1855 |issue=9721 }}

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8 October

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|ship=Carolina Maria

|flag=22px Stralsund

|desc=The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom for Stralsund. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 April 1856 |page=11 |issue=22330 |column=C }}

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|ship=William{{'}}s Adventure

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

|desc=The schooner departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Porto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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9 October

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|ship=Alfred

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Samuel Badger

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Dorothea ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Samuel Badger was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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|ship={{PS|Triumph|1837|2}}

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

|desc=The tug ran aground south of Sunderland, County Durham and was wrecked.

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10 October

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|ship=Good Intent

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and damaged near Brancaster, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 October 1855 |issue=9723 }} She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Brancaster.

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|ship=Jem

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

|desc=The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford.

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|ship=John and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Weybourne, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 October 1855 |issue=27708 }}

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ipswich, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 October 1855 |issue=9730 }}

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|ship=Marie Clothilde

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Calais. She was on a voyage from Stocholm to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. .

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Vlie. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Hamburg.

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11 October

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|ship=Brilliant

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

|desc=The schooner broke free from her mooring, collided with seven other vessels, then ran aground, capsized and sank in the River Ribble.{{Cite news |title=Flood in the Ribble |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=15 October 1855 |issue=2734 }}

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|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 October 1855 |issue=5517 }}

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|ship=Confucius

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

|desc=The snow collided with the brig James ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Woolwich, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiralty Court, Wednesday, January 9 |date=10 January 1856 |page=9 |issue=22260 |column=A }}

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|ship=Four Sisters

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør, Denmark.

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Nelson's Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Lark

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

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk by a barque in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 October 1855 |issue=27706 }}

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|ship=Twende Brodre

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Aalborg to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Springhill

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked west of Tangier, Morocco. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Prometheus|1839|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). Springhill was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Malta and Gibraltar |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 November 1855 |issue=2967 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 November 1855 |issue=27740 }}

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12 October

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|ship=Andromache

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|26|27|N|26|30|W}}). Her crew took to the boat and subsequently reached the Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from "Melbourne, Africa" to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=16 November 1855 |issue=2748 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Andromache |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=17 November 1855 |edition=Third }}

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|ship=Confucius

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with James and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by James. Confucius was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Woolwich, Kent.

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|ship=Etheldred

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

|desc=The ship capsized at "New Liverpool", Province of Canada, British North America. She was later towed to Quebec City.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 January 1856 |issue=25592 }}

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The schooner sank off Nelson's Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Hound

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cape Town, Cape Colony.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 December 1855 |issue=5544 }}

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|ship=Machaon

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Santa Maria Island, Azores. Her crew took to a boat and reached the island. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Valencia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=7 December 1855 |issue=3700 }}

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|ship=Messenger

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

|desc=The ship departed from Moulmein, Burma for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=25 June 1856 |issue=2077 }}

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|ship=Two Sisters

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Suauco". Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 November 1855 |issue=2957 }}

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13 October

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|ship=Curwen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of "Glason". She was on a voyage from Umeå to Lübeck.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 November 1855 |issue=25531 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Frederick Moreton

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Strand ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Frederick Moreton was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Machaon

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Valentia Island, County Kerry.

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|ship=Sylph

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|130|nmi|km}} west of Lindesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stettin.{{Cite news |title=Lost Ships - Elsinore |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 October 1855 |issue=2942 }}

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|ship=Vine

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to an English port.

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|ship=Zeublon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Scutari, Ottoman Empire. She was later refloated.

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14 October

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Aarhus, Denmark to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 October 1855 |issue=9731 }}

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15 October

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|ship=Frederika Sophia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Klädesholmen. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom to Marstrand. She had become a wreck by 26 October.

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|ship=Good Intent

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She put in to Tobermory, Isle of Mull in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Useful

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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16 October

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|ship={{ship||Active|1845|2}}

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

|desc= Bound from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of wood shingles, the {{convert|49|ft|adj=on}}, 62-gross register ton schooner capsized during the evening in Lake Michigan off Port Washington, Wisconsin, during a gale. Her three-man crew survived by clinging to her rigging while she drifted away from the coast, and the men were rescued about {{convert|10|nmi}} off shore on the morning of 17 October by the schooner Thorton ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Active was last seen on the afternoon of 18 October when the schooner Stronach ({{flag|United States|1851}}) sighted her upturned bottom floating {{convert|15|nmi}} east of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, at {{coord|42|53.031|N|087|47.932|W|name=Active}}.[https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/8?region=Index Wisconsin Shipwrecks: ACTIVE (1845) Accessed 3 July 2021]

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|ship=Catalina Fomento

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore east of Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to Santander.

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|ship=Fredrika Sophia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Klädesholmen. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 September 1855 |page=11 |issue=22193 |column=D }}

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|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Stettin. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a leaky Condition.

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|ship=Oscar

|flag={{flag|Sweden|184}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Sogaard Voorstrand, off the coast of Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Königsberg, Prussia.

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|ship=Senator

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the entrance to the Dardanelles. She was refloated.

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|ship=Solide

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near "Forckow". She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 October 1855 |issue=27716 }}

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17 October

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|ship=America

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and damaged at Cabrita Point, Spain. She was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily to an American port. She was later refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mediterranean |date=21 November 1855 |page=9 |issue=22217 |column=B }}

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18 October

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|ship=Commodore

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

|desc=The ship was sighted {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off Moulmein, British Burma whilst on a voyage from Moulmein to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Dash

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 October 1855 |page=9 |issue=22189 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 October 1855 |issue=25520 |page=8 }} Dash broke up on 23 October.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 October 1855 |issue=2944 }}

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|ship=Emma Zoller

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was abandoned off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Shediac, New Brunswick, British North America to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 October 1855 |page=9 |issue=22190 |column=F }}

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|ship=Leven

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the River Wyre at Knott-End-on-Sea, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Fleetwood, Lancashire.

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|ship=Simpson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the River Taff. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 October 1855 |issue=25522 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Thomas Clifton

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

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey by the steamship Royal William ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued by Royal William. Thomas Clifton was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Drogheda, County Louth.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=20 October 1855 |issue=1493 }}

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19 October

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|ship=Emma Zoller

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Shediac, New Brunswick, British North America to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=27 October 1855 }}

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|ship=Herald

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef off Cape Bear, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=24 November 1855 }}

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|ship=Naas

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

|desc=The ship departed from Calcutta, India for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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20 October

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|ship={{SS|Alleghany|1849|2}}

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

|desc= Carrying a large cargo of goods destined for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the {{convert|177|ft|adj=on}}, 468.2-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked within {{convert|100|ft}} of shore at Milwaukee during the night of 20–21 October after her steam engine became disabled and she dragged her anchors during a gale. Her boiler and engine were salvaged during the winter of 1856. Her hull broke up and probably lies buried in mud at {{coord|42|59.160|N|087|51.768|W|name=Alleghany}}.[https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/22?region=Index Wisconsin Shipwrecks: ALLEGHANY (1849) Accessed 5 July 2021]

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|ship=Maria Ann

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven against the breakwater at Ramsgate, Kent and sank with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and the gunboat {{ship|French gunboat|Sainte Barbe|1855|2}} ({{navy|France}}).{{cite book |title=Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks |pages=99, 101 |first=Richard |last=Larn |publisher=David and Charles |location=Newton Abbott |year=1977 |isbn=0-7153-7202-5}}

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|ship=Northumberland

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

|desc=The lifeboat struck the wreck of Maria Ann ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and was holed. She was beached at Ramsgate. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{ship|French gunboat|Sainte Barbe|1855|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Poudre|gunboat}} ran aground on the wreck of Maria Ann ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was refloated.

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21 October

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|ship=Emanuel Kettelsen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank off Amager, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom to Danzig.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 November 1855 |issue=25535 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Hesperus

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Trinidad de Cuba, Captaincy General of Cuba.

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|ship=Jessamine

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

|desc=The sbrig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|36|N|13|40|W}}) and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Helios ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Jessamine was on a voyage from Syra, Greece to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Queenstown Shipping |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |location=Dublin |date=14 November 1855 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 November 1855 |issue=9752 }}

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Ouse and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 October 1855 |issue=9732 }}

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

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The troopship ran aground at Fort Ricasoli, Malta. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Malta. All 1,100 people on board were taken off.

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22 October

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|ship=Majestic

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

|desc=The schooner struck a sunken rock in the Raughty River and was damaged. She put in to Sligo in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner struck a rock off the Smalls Lighthouse and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford. She put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Prudence

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Eireland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, North Holland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 October 1855 |issue=9734 }} Prudence was refloated on 24 October.

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23 October

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|ship=Australia

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

|desc=The ship departed from the Chincha Islands, Peru for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 45 crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=24 May 1856 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of Eight Ships, with all Hands |newspaper=The Essex Standard, and General Advertiser for the Eastern Counties |location=Essex |date=11 June 1856 |issue=1330 }}

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|ship=Cracket

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Saint Lucia

|desc=The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked in Maquis Bay.

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24 October

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|ship=Emile

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 October 1855 |issue=9735 }}

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|ship=Isle of Thanet

|flag=22px Kingdom of Sardinia

|desc=The paddle steamer sank in the North Sea {{convert|13|nmi|km}} off Great Yarmouth with the loss of three of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by a smack and the tug Robert Owen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Isle of Thanet was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Genoa.

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|ship=Medora

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Dog, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew survived. she was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Londonderry.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 November 1855 |page=16 |issue=22210 |column=C }}

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|ship=Syrus

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Eitzenlock". She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Cuxhaven.

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|ship=Testiren

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Margam, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Swansea, Glamorgan.

}}

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25 October

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|ship=Ann Catherine

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

|desc=The brig was driven onto the Green Grounds, in the Bristol Channel off the mouth of the River Tawe and consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the tug Beaufort ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) . She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to London.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}

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|ship=Bonne Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.

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|ship=Denmark

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Selsey Bill, Sussex, United Kingdom and was abandoned. She later floated off and was taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Don Juan

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

|desc=The yacht was driven ashore at Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=The Storm at Southampton |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 October 1855 |issue=2946 }}

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|ship=Royal Sovereign

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 October 1855 |issue=9737 }}

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26 October

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|ship=Countess of Zetland

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Rocas-riff, off the coast of Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 November 1855 |page=8 |issue=22211 |column=D-E }}

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|ship=Daphne

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Hamilton's Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Haiti. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Dependent

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to London.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Inishmaan, County Galway. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 October 1855 |issue=9739 }}

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|ship=Enchantress

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked between Dungeness, Kent and Rye, Sussex with the loss of twelve of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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|ship=Eugene and Pauline

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner ran agrouhnd on the Green Grounds. She was refloated and taken in to Swansea in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Hermione

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Roar Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=The Late Gale and Storm at Sea |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=2 November 1855 |issue=3695 }}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Roar Sand with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.{{Cite news |title=Violent Storm |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=29 October 1855 |issue=2740 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=2 November 1855 |issue=3695 }}

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|ship=Katherine

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

|desc=The steamship foundered off the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. Also reported as a schooner named Catherine.

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|ship=Maria and Ann

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

|desc=The fishing smack was wrecked off Ramsgate, Kent with the loss of two of her five crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Gale in the Channel |date=27 October 1855 |page=9 |issue=22196 |column=F }}

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|ship=Thetis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to Memel.

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27 October

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|ship=Abigail

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the East Mouse, off the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dunkirk, Nord.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 October 1855 |issue=2948 }}

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|ship=Bessie Bent

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

|desc=The schooner collided with City of Benares ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in The Downs. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=The Late Gale |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 October 1855 |issue=2947 }} She was subsequently taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a waterlogged condition.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock off Lochmaddy, North Uist, Outer Hebrides and was holed. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Limerick. She put in to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides in a severely leaky condition and was beached there.

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|ship=Hampton

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Windermere ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) before she foundered. Hampton was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyen |date=10 November 1855 |issue=27730 }}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Theodoca

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Batten Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Lisbon, Portugal and Lima, Peru.{{Cite news |title=Continental Mails and the Weather |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 October 1855 |issue=9746 }}

}}

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28 October

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|ship=Exchange

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire and sank in the Red River. All on board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 December 1855 |issue=27749 }}

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|ship=Gezina Gezina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord, France to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Magnet

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a derelict condition.

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|ship=Marie Emilie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and broke her back at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 October 1855 |issue=9738 }}

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|ship=Perth

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

|desc=The smack ran aground at Ilfracombe, Devon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.

}}

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29 October

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|ship=Arabian

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

|desc=The steamship struck the quayside and sank at Port Darlington, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Toronto, Province of Canada.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 November 1855 |issue=9751 }}

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|ship=Emily and Anne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Gossamer

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Pollock Ripe. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New York City, United States. She was refloated on 31 October and towed to New York.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=30 November 1855 |issue=9940 }}

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|ship=Jane and Susan

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east south east of Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Harmony ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jane and Susan was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.

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|ship=Maria Sophia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to London. She was refloated.

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30 October

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|ship=Albert

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure to Kragerø, Norway. She was refloated but consequently sank.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=31 October 1855 |issue=27721 }}

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool.

}}

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|ship=Brenda

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by breeches buoy. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland. Brenda was consequently condemnded.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 November 1855 |issue=9758 }}

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|ship=Canada

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool. She was refloated on 10 November and taken in to Hartlepool.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=16 November 1855 |issue=9438 }}

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|ship=Capital

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date= November 1855 |issue=222 }} Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Blyth. She was refloated on 11 November and taken in to Blyth.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Content

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore north of Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Diamond

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south west of the Isles of Scilly. Her four crew took to a boat; three survivors were rescued on 3 November by the barque Voorwarts ({{flag|Netherlands}}). Diamond was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 November 1855 |issue=9754 }}{{Cite news |title=Fatal Shipwreck |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=19 November 1855 |issue=2749 }}

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Ireland |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 November 1855 |issue=9741 |page=1 }}

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|ship=Fanny Gann

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord, France to Whitstable, Kent. She was refloated on 12 November and taken in to Margate.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 November 1855 |issue=27732 }}

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|ship=Finland

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore north of Whitby. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Storms on the English Coast |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |location=Dublin |date=2 November 1855 }}

}}

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore north of Whitby. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 7 November and taken in to Whitby.

}}

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|ship=George Clark

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=The Heavy Gales |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 November 1855 |issue=2951 }}

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|ship=Gertrudis

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Platters, off Holyhead, Anglesey and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and towed in to Holyhead.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 November 1855 |issue=9744 }}

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|ship=Great Britain

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Discovery Rock, in the Gaspar Strait. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=13 February 1856 |issue=20711 }}

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|ship=Gustavia

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

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands to Hartlepool.

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|ship=Hannah

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

|desc=The Humber Keel capsized off Whitby with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Hannah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Woolferton, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to King's Lynn, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 November 1855 |issue=9435 }}

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|ship=Hendrika Jantina

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rochester, Kent.

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|ship=Henriette

|flag=22px Stralsund

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|3|nmi|km}} east of Leba, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jasmund, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to Danzig.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 November 1855 |page=12 |issue=22205 |column=D }}

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|ship=Jantje Meier

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by the lugger Eclipse ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jantje Meier was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.{{Cite news |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwreck |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 January 1856 |issue=25586 }}

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|ship=John and Ann

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Cromarty.{{Cite news |title=Storms on the Coast |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 November 1855 |issue=9436 }}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Camack-Gladden Beach", Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was refloated on 6 November and towed in to St. Ives, Cornwall.

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|ship=Lady Lindsay

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all fourteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of a Preston Steamer and Fourteen Lives |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=9 November 1855 |issue=2745 |edition=Second }}

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|ship=London

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Carew, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool.

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|ship=Marco Polo

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barking, Essex to Newcastle upon Tyne and Leith, Lothian.

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|ship=Maria Whitfield

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 November 1855 |issue=9746 }}

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|ship=Marys

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

|desc=The brig struck the pier and sank at Hartlepool. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool.

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|ship=Miner

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 October 1855 |issue=9740 }} Miner was refloated on 7 November and taken in to Scarborough.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=16 November 1855 |issue=3697 }}

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|ship=Moore

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at West Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hartlepool.

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore south of West Hartlepool. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Storms on the Coast |date=1 November 1855 |page=8 |issue=22200 |column=F }} She was refloated on 12 November and towed in to Hartlepool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 November 1855 |issue=25544 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=23 November 1855 |issue=3698 }}

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|ship=Planet

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Algiers, Algeria.

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|ship=Radical

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Seaton, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland. She was refloated on 8 November and taken in to East Hartlepool, County Durham.

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|ship=Rebecca

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 9 November and taken in to Redcar.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 November 1855 |issue=9749 }}

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|ship=Sarah Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Penarth Head, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 November 1855 |issue=25532 |page=8 }} She was refloated the next day and beached at Cardiff.

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|ship=Speculation

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Hlya (Flag unknown).{{Cite news |title=Lost Ships |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 November 1855 |issue=2955 }}

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|ship=Tees

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Middleton, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 November 1855 |issue=9741 }}

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|ship=Thetis

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked south of Hendon, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to Sunderland.

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|ship=Tweed

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Seaton. Her crew were rescued by the Seaton Lifeboat.

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|ship=Wallborg

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar with the loss of all hands.

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31 October

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|ship=Annie and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire.

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|ship=Arrow

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

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

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|ship=Dovre

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Noses Island", in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dram to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 November 1855 |page=9 |issue=22208 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 January 1856 |issue=9446 }}

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|ship={{PS|Earl of Erne|1855|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground between Dundalk and Soldier's Point, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Dundalk to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Freya

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Marshchapel, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Guardiana

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Redcar. She was refloated on 9 November and taken in to Redcar.

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|ship=Hebe

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Filey, East Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Filey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Hebe was refloated on 9 November and towed in to Scarborough, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Hercules

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Late Storms |date=3 November 1855 |page=8 |issue=22202 |column=D }}

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

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Dapper|gunboat}} was driven ashore at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 11 November.

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|ship=Hogoneas

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Norway to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=The Fearful Gale in the North Sea |newspaper=The Lancaster Gazette, and General Advertiser for Lancashire, Westmorland, Yorkshire, &c. |location=Lancaster |date=3 November 1855 |issue=3578 }}

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|ship=Isabella Stewart

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

|desc=The ship was run into by Mary ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Mary. Isabella Stewart was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Donegal.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 November 1855 |issue=9742 }}

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|ship=Kleine Hans

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south south west of Lindesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued by Alert ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Kleine Hans was on a voyage from Leith to Rostock.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 November 1855 |issue=27728 }}

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|ship=Magnet

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Liverpool.

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her ten crew were rescued by Darlington ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Minerva was on a voyage from Drøbak to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Rescue of a Shipwrecked Crew |date=9 November 1855 |page=10 |issue=22207 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Norwegian Barque Minerva. Rescue of the Crew |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 November 1855 |issue=9747 |page=1 }}

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|ship=Minor

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the River Tyne.

}}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ireland |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 November 1855 |issue=9742 }}

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|ship=Sabrina

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 November 1855 |issue=25533 |page=7 }} She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=5 November 1855 |issue=25534 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Thalestris

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

|desc=The ship departed from Calcutta, India for London. 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=Albion

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 October. Her crew were rescued by Loo Choo ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 October 1855 |page=10 |issue=22191 |column=C }}

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|ship=America

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cabrita Point, Spain. Despite attempts to refloat her by the tug Buster ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Gibraltar, {{HMS|Prometheus|1839|6}} and {{HMS|Rhadamanthus|1832|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}), she subsequently became a wreck. America was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily to an American port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mediterranean |date=25 October 1855 |page=8 |issue=22194 |column=C }} She was refloated on 14 November and taken in to Gibraltar.

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|ship=Carrier Pigeon

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean between 19 and 21 October. Her crew were rescued on 22 October by Harmonie ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}). Carrier Pigeon was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom to Matanzas, Cuba. She was towed in to Queenstown on 22 October.

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|ship=Catherina Wilhelmina

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The tjalk foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by South Esk ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Catherina Wilhelmina was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Thisted.

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|ship=Gnyge

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was run into and sunk at the entrance to the Bosphorus by an Austrian steamship. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Helena

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

|desc=The ship departed from Hartlepool for Varel between 3 and 7 October. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 December 1855 |issue=9769 }}

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|ship=Herald

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Huma

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

|desc=The ship was lost at East London, Cape Colony.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 December 1855 |page=9 |issue=22242 |column=F }}

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|ship=Janet

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

|desc=The ship was lost on a voyage from Cuba, Cuba to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=20 October 1855 |issue=25521 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Kalufat

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Van der Palm ({{flag|Netherlands}}). Kalufat was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Florida.

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|ship=Le Cygne

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

|desc=The steamship was in collision with an Austrian steamship and sank in the Bosphorus. All on board survived.{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 October 1855 |issue=2938 }}

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|ship=Lord Raglan

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off False Cape, Virginia, United States before 20 October. She came ashore and was wrecked at False Cape on or after 6 November.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 December 1855 |issue=9781 }}

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|ship=Oscar

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland before 17 August. She was on a voyage from Hull to Königsberg, Prussia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=19 October 1855 |issue=3693 }}

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|ship=Panaya Micina

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 18 October.

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|ship=Prince

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

|desc=The brig was destroyed by fire. All on board were rescued by Albatross ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}. Prince was on a voyage from London to Algoa Bay.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 December 1855 |issue=9768 }}

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|ship=Princess Mary

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Eure. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 28 October and towed in to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.

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|ship=Thor

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lossiemouth Moray. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth to Leith, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Alleged Loss of a Ship Through a Drunken Captain |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=15 October 1855 |issue=2734 }}

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|ship=Tonbridge

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of 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}}

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|ship=Ulysses

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

|desc=The schooner was driven out to sea from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She came ashore at Woolferton, Norfolk. She was refloated on 9 November and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 November 1855 |issue=9750 }}

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