List of shipwrecks in October 1856

The list of shipwrecks in October 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1856.

1 October

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|ship=Hayward

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She floated off and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 October 1856 |page=9 |issue=22490 |column=F }}

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|ship=Miza

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Salboda ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}) and sank in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by Salboda. Miza was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Blankenese.

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|ship=Pelican

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth. Her five crew were rescued by the Drogheda Lifeboat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Preservation Of Life From Shipwreck |date=7 November 1856 |page=10 |issue=22519 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 October 1856 |issue=10030 }}

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|ship=Walmer Castle

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Min River. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China to London. She was refloated.

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2 October

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|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The brig was in collision with a barque and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Whitby |newspaper=The York Herald |location=York |date=11 October 1856 |issue=4379 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Lady Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Pictou, Nova Scotia.

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3 October

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|ship=Farto

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

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|ship=Iraclis

|flag={{flag|Ottoman Empire|red}}

|desc=The ship was run into by the steamship Minna ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank at Büyükdere.

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|ship=Jules

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked between St Margaret's Island and Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member.

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|ship=Nymph

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

|desc=The ship caught fire in the North Sea. She was towed in to North Shields, County Durham, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire.

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|ship=Skiraton

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

|desc=The ship sank at Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=11 October 1856 }}

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4 October

{{For|the wrecking of Meteor on this date|List of shipwrecks in September 1856#27 September}}

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|ship=Acadia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Sheerness, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 October 1856 |issue=25824 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk in the River Mersey by the steamship Vigo ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 October 1856 |issue=10032 }}

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|ship=Salem

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Lagan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 October 1856 |page=9 |issue=22492 |column=F }}

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5 October

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|ship=Dairymaid

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off the Wingo Beacon, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London.

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|ship=Elie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rock, in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=25 November 1856 |page=7 |issue=22534 |column=F }}

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|ship=Foreningen

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 October 1856 |issue=25826 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Irwell

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Sandhammaren, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to an English port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 October 1856 |page=10 |issue=22498 |column=F }}

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6 October

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|ship=Amy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ventava, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Cronstadt on 15 October.

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|ship=Chance

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wexford. Chance was refloated on 12 October.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 October 1856 |issue=10035 }}

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from London to Pictou, Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Magdalena

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

|desc=The galeas was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by a Danish vessel.. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Helsingør, Denmark. She was towed in to Kristiansand the next day.

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|ship=Wildflower

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Jurgen (22px Rostock) and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Riga, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 October 1856 |issue=10036 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 October 1856 |issue=3247 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=15 October 1856 |issue=5675 }}

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7 October

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|ship=Carl

|flag=22px Stralsund

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to "Bayharvey", "Barron Island".

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|ship=Charlotte

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a yawl. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset.

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|ship=Dronning Maria

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to London in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Electra

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

|desc=The brig was in collision with the schooner Hero ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was consequently beached at Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 October 1856 |issue=10033 }} She subsequently broke up.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=9 October 1856 |issue=25825 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Fortuna

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Hans Jorgenson

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

|desc=The clipper ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Kiel, Prussia to London.

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Commerce ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Commerce. Jane was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=11 October 1856 |issue=3246 }}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by a Prussian brig.

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.

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|ship= Natchez

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

|desc= The ship was wrecked in Nikolaya Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. Most of the crew were rescued by the barque Harmony ({{flag|United States|1851}}); four men – one of whom died – wintered by the wreck. These three survivors and most of the cargo of whale oil and whalebone were saved by the ship Italy ({{flag|United States|1851}}) in 1857.Hawaii. (1865). Reports of a portion of the decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Islands in law, equity, admiralty, and probate. Honolulu: Govt. Press.{{cite book |last=Starbuck |first=Alexander |title=History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876 |year=1878 |publisher=Castle |isbn=1-55521-537-8 }}

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|ship=Trent

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. The wreck was taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex on 12 October.

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8 October

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|ship=Annie

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

|desc=The ship ran aground "in Garnroyle". She was on a voyage from Buctouche, New Brunswick, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 October 1856 |page=11 |issue=22496 |column=B }}

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|ship=Captain Cook

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with another vessel and ran aground in the Hooghly River.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=14 October 1856 |issue=25829 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Palmyra

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with a brig and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Bell ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Torquay, Devon.

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|ship=Sophia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Chatham, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Ulysses

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 October 1856 |issue=10034 }}

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9 October

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|ship=Peter

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stettin. She was refloated.

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|ship=Thomas James

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Hare Island Shoal. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Sharpness, Gloucestershire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 October 1856 |page=9 |issue=22507 |column=F }}

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10 October

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|ship=Despatch

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Trieste.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 October 1856 }}

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11 October

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|ship=Annegrieva

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off the entrance to the Agger Canal and was beached. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Lemvig.

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|ship=Fortuna

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Ventava, Courland Governorate.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 October 1856 |page=12 |issue=22511 |column=A }}

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|ship=Fortuna

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Windsor, Nova Scotia, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=29 October 1856 |issue=2897 }}

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|ship=Grace Darling

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the brig Peru ({{Flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America) and sank in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Piel Island, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 October 1856 |issue=10037 }}{{Cite news |title=Law Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 July 1857 |issue=26066 |page=6 }}

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|ship=James and Thomas

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Hare Island Shoals. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada, British North America to Sharpness, Gloucestershire.

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|ship=Nora

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

|desc=The brigantine was run into by the full-rigged ship Trenton (22px Kingdom of Sardinia) in the Haisborough Gatway, off the coast of Norfolk and sank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rye, Sussex.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Casualties on the Norfolk and Suffolk coast |date=13 October 1856 |page=6 |issue=22497 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=24 October 1856 |issue=2895 }}

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|ship=Tryphena

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

|desc=The ship departed from New York, United States for Southampton, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 January 1857 |issue=28096 }}

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13 October

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|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea ({{coord|56|00|N|3|40|E}}). Her crew were rescued by Windsor ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Catherine was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=25 October 1856 |issue=20930 }}

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|ship=Cleveland

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

|desc=The barque departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for London. Subsequently foundered off the coast of Cornwall at the entrance to the English Channel with the loss of all 24 crew.{{Cite news |title=The Gale. - Loss of Life |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=8 December 1856 |issue=2914 |edition=Second }}

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|ship=Demosthenes

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

|desc=The ship departed from Cardiff for Malta. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 February 1857 |page=9 |issue=22589 |column=F }}

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|ship=Royal Family

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rose ({{flag|France}}). Royal Family was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 December 1856 |issue=10091 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=24 December 1856 |issue=5685 }}

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14 October

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|ship=Friends

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Onrust Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Irrawaddy

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire with the loss of three of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rangoon, Burma. Irrawaddy floated off the next day and came ashore at Ballygarrett, County Wexford. She broke in two on 19 October.{{Cite news |title=Provincial Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=23 October 1856 |issue=20928 }}

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|ship=Monmouth

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the brig Windward ({{flag|United States|1851}} and sank in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of nine of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=1 November 1856 |page=9 |issue=22513 |column=F }}

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|ship=Vernon

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

|desc=The Mersey Ferry was run into by a schooner, broke from her mooring and came ashore at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was refloated the next day and returned to service.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 October 1856 |issue=3250 }}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Staithes, Yorkshire to Hartlepool. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Hartlepool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 October 1856 |issue=10040 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=24 October 1856 |issue=9487 }}

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15 October

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|ship=Aberdeen,
John and Elizabeth,
Lavinia,
Naples Packet, and
Northumberland

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

|desc=John and Elizabeth, Lavinia, Naples Packet, and Northumberland all broke from their moorings at Wapping, Middlesex and drove upstream in the River Thames. They drove into the steamship Aberdeen which was driven ashore. Several boats, barges, lighters etc were sunk and one person was killed.{{Cite news |title=High Tide and Damage to Shipping |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 October 1856 |issue=5673 }}

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|ship=Amerika

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland with the loss of 38 of the 115 people on board. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Reval.{{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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|ship=Eva

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Seacombe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pärnu, Russia.

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|ship=Gurli

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Douglas, Isle of Man and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Douglas. She was refloated and found to be leaky.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 October 1856 |issue=5679 }}

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|ship=Hannibal

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

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|ship=John Weir

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Berehaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. She was refloated and taken in to Berehaven.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=25 October 1856 }}

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16 October

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|ship=Walter Cummings

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Long Beach, New York. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Delaware to New York City.

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17 October

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She floated off and consequently sank. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=City of Savannah

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

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued by the barque Sylph ({{flag|United States|1851}}). City of Savanna was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Baltimore, Maryland.{{Cite news |title=The United States |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 November 1856 |issue=3265 }}{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=3 November 1856 |issue=2899 }}

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|ship=Southern Belle

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque N. Boynton ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Southern Belle was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 November 1856 |issue=3278 }}

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|ship=Union

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to an English port. She was refloated on 19 October and taken in to Visby in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Wolverton

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked off Calabar Point, Africa.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Merchant Shipping |date=10 December 1856 |page=10 |issue=22547 |column=A }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 December 1856 |issue=2916 }}

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18 October

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|ship=Janet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Tolbukhin Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She broke up on 26 October.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 November 1856 |issue=3265 }}

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|ship=Royal George

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Rio de la Hacha. She was on a voyage from La Guaira to Maracaibo, Venezuela.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=11 December 1856 |issue=25879 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Sarah Milledge

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

|desc=The ship struck the Blonde Rock, off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was abandoned the next day {{convert|17|nmi|km}} west south west of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and was presumed to have foundered.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 November 1856 |issue=10055 }}

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19 October

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|ship=Catherina

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked north of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=24 October 1856 |issue=25838 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Baseleghe, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Trieste.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Foreign Intelligence |date=30 October 1856 |page=8 |issue=22512 |column=A-E }} She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Trieste.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Foreign Intelligence |date=31 October 1856 |page=8 |issue=22513 |column=A-D }}

}}

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|ship=Iris

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Charles Thompson ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Iris was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=15 November 1856 }}

}}

20 October

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|ship=Anne Vernon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Neath, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Neath.

}}

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|ship=Auguste

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to King's Lynn. She was refloated and taken in to port.

}}

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|ship=Canute

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at Mauritius.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 November 1856 |issue=10076 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 November 1856 |issue=28059 }}

}}

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|ship=Endeavour

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated on 22 October and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 October 1856 |page=11 |issue=22506 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Rising Sun

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Teignmouth. She was refloated on 26 October but found to be severely leaky.

}}

21 October

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|ship=Æronian

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

|desc=The ship struck the Horse Bank, in Ramsay Sound. She was towed in to "Porthmylgan", where she sank.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 October 1856 |issue=10045 }}

}}

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cromer, Norfolk.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 November 1856 |page=9 |issue=22521 |column=F }}

}}

22 October

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|ship=Toledo

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

|desc=Carrying 80 passengers and crew on a voyage from Port Washington to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the steam screw cargo liner was only {{convert|110|yd|m|sigfig=2}} from the pier at Port Washington when a sudden storm struck. She attempted to return to the pier but instead ran aground on the coast of Lake Michigan just north of the entrance to the harbor at Port Washington. She sank with the loss of 30 to 40 lives and subsequently broke up. Her wreck lies in {{convert|20|ft}} of water at {{coord|43|23.331|N|087|51.333|W|name=Toledo}} in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.{{cite web|url=https://nmssanctuaries.blob.core.windows.net/sanctuaries-prod/media/archive/wisconsin/wisconsin-proposed-deis-dmp.pdf|title=Proposed Wisconsin – Lake Michigan National Marine Sanctuary Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Management Plan|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of National Marine Sanctuaries|date=December 2016|access-date=November 6, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/610?region=Index|title=Toledo (1854)|publisher=Wisconsin Shipwrecks|access-date=November 8, 2024}}

}}

23 October

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to "Stockruk" in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Ganymed

|flag=22px Dantzic

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Dantzic.

}}

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Harburg. She was assisted in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland the next day in a sinking condition.

}}

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|ship=Lady Franklin

|flag={{flag|United States|1856}}

|desc=The ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Upper Mississippi River with the loss of six of the 300 people on board.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 November 1856 |issue=10067 }}

}}

24 October

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|ship=Arbutes

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, British North America.

}}

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|ship=Batavia

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|12|nmi|km}} south east of "Shatchee Isle". Her crew were rescued by the schooner Tradesman ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Batavia was towed in to Princetown, New York, United States in a derelict condition on 27 October.

}}

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|ship=Constitution

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Hole-in-the-Wall", North Carolina and was abandoned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 November 1856 |page=9 |issue=22524 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The schooner sank at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.

}}

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|ship=Hull

|flag=22px Dantsic

|desc=The ship was driven ashore 2 German miles ({{convert|15.06|km|nmi|order=flip}}) west of Leba, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Itaska

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Chéticamp.

}}

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|ship=Lotus

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Torcross, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Santander, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=28 October 1856 |issue=25841 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Macauley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Smiths Point, New York. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Majestic

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Pictou, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was refloated in November and taken in to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 December 1856 |issue=10079 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=3 December 1856 |issue=2912 }}

}}

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|ship=Prince of Joinville

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 December 1856 |issue=25885 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Samuel Jones

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Chéticamp.

}}

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|ship=Sphynx

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste. She was consequently towed in to Kingstown, County Dublin, United Kingdom in a leaky condition by the tug Conqueror ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=25 October 1856 |page=11 |issue=22508 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 October 1856 |issue=10048 }}

}}

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|ship=Wolfe

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Pictou. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Restigouche, New Brunswick.

}}

25 October

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|ship=Dauntless

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Green Island, off Algeciras, Spain. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mediterranean |date=3 November 1856 |page=7 |issue=22515 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship=Gaumrea

|flag=22px Dantsic

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Dantsic.

}}

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|ship=Grouville

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Île au Bois", Labrador, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Île au Bois to Cádiz, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=27 November 1856 |issue=28057 }}

}}

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|ship=McDonnell

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore "near the Pillars". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. She had been refloated by 3 November and resumed her voyage.

}}

26 October

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|ship=Avance

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia and abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to a Dutch port.

}}

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|ship=Endeavour

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

|desc=The brig caught fire at Drogheda, County Louth and was scuttled.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Espérénce

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Trélévern, Côtes-du-Nord. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hennebont, Morbihan.

}}

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|ship=Lota

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Torcross, Devon.

}}

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|ship=Thomas and William

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 October 1856 |page=9 |issue=22510 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=West Hoe

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

|desc=The ship struck the Grysens Rock and was damaged. She was taken in to Penzance, Cornwall in a leaky condition.

}}

27 October

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|ship=Alleghany

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

|desc=The steamship sank at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

}}

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|ship=Bohemia

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in Lake Michigan off Port Washington, Wisconsin.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellerslie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated on 24 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=9 January 1857 |issue=3757 }}

}}

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|ship=Frederick Retzloff

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

|desc=The barque exploded and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of three lives, including that of the mate of Pandora ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}. Several of her crew were severely injured. Frederick Retzloff was loading coal for the return leg of her maiden voyage.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Explosion of a Prussian Ship |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 October 1856 |issue=3260 }} She was later refloated; and was towed to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom for repairs. She arrived on 2 February 1857.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 February 1857 |page=11 |issue=22594 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=General Thompson

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north of Chicago, Illinois.

}}

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|ship=Hoffnung

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Narva with the loss of a crew member.

}}

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|ship=J. W. Brooks

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in Lake Ontario with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=25 November 1856 |issue=25865 |page=3 }}

}}

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|ship=J. W. Johnston

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Narva.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=7 November 1856 |issue=25850 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=10 November 1856 |issue=2902 }}

}}

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|ship=Toledo

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in Lake Michigan off Port Washington with the loss of 40 or the 43 people on board.{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=10 November 1856 |issue=25852 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 October 1856 |issue=28031 }}

}}

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|ship=Yonker

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the shores of Lake Michigan. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Zadock Pratt

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore {{convert|12|nmi|km}} from Milwaukee.

}}

28 October

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|ship=Atkin

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged off the Aspö Islands, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was taken in to Frederikshamn in a waterlogged condition and placed under repair.

}}

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|ship=Despatch

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Littleferry, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from Inverness to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=10 November 1856 |issue=20943 }}

}}

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Harburg. She was assisted in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a sinking condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=31 October 1856 |issue=28034 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Jackal|1855|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on Hogland, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 November 1856 |issue=25849 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Kitty

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Hemland Straits with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo to Ningpo, China.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 January 1857 |page=11 |issue=22580 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Lord Palmerston

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Mauritius. She was refloated with assistance from a tug and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Silas Wright

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York City to Liverpool. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Tjalfe

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore 50 wersts ({{convert|53.34|km|nmi|order=flip}}) east of Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 October 1856 |issue=10051 }} Tjalfe was refloated on 7 November and taken in to Reval.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 November 1856 |issue=10066 }}

}}

29 October

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was refloated and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a severely leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Hungarian

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

|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 March 1857 |page=11 |issue=22629 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Superior

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of 35 of the 51 people on board.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Steamer Superior and Thirty-Five Lives |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 December 1856 |issue=10078 }} She was on a voyage from Sault Ste. Marie, Province of Canada, British North America to Chicago, Illinois.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Steamer on Lake Superior. Fifty Lives Lost |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 December 1856 |issue=3290 }}

}}

30 October

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|ship=Henry Metcalf

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Syros, Greece. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Syros.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 November 1856 |issue=9490 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Semaphore|1855|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Waterloo, Lancashsire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=31 October 1856 |page=9 |issue=22513 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Sir William Curtis

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground and sank at Hayle, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=7 November 1856 |issue=2785 |page=5 }}

}}

31 October

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|ship=E. D.

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Rocas Atoll. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 January 1857 |issue=10108 }}

}}

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|ship=Lady Fitzherbert

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on "Stenskare", Russia. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

}}

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|ship=Lady Franklin

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Maria Jewett ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Lady Franklin was on a voyage from New York to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Ship Lady Franklin. - All Hands Saved |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 December 1856 |issue=10078 }}

}}

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|ship=Myrtle

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Red Island, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Cork. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Queen

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

|desc=The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Saugor and then Mauritius.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 January 1857 |issue=10106 }}

}}

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|ship=Sinlair

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

}}

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|ship={{SV|Artibus||2}}

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

|desc= The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1856.htm |title=1856 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=9 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Blarney

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground before 17 October whilst on a voyage from Smyrna to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Bonanza

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef east of Saint Domingo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela to Saint Domingo.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=22 November 1856 }}

}}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore south of Cape Spartel, Morocco before 9 October. She was refloated with assistance from {{HMS|Vesuvius|1839|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=15 October 1856 |issue=2891 }}

}}

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|ship=Calvert

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned before 20 October.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 November 1856 |issue=10060 }}

}}

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|ship=Chance

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River.

}}

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|ship={{SS|City of Manchester|1851|2}}

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near the Cape Henelopen Lighthouse, Delaware, United States. Her passengers were taken off. City of Manchester was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated and taken in to Philadelphia, where she arrived on 11 October.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=29 October 1856 |issue=28032 }}

}}

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|ship=Colonel Cutts

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 October. Her crew were rescued by the barque Clymene ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Colonel Cutts was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 November 1856 |page=11 |issue=22522 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=26 November 1856 |issue=2909 }}

}}

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|ship=Corinthian

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Gleaner

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was refloated on 1 November and taken in to Bolderāja, Russia.

}}

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|ship=Havering

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sumatra Rock, in the Hooghly River before 6 October and was severely damaged.

}}

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|ship=Horrocks

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Weymouth, Dorset. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 8 October.

}}

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|ship={{SV|Itaska||2}}

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

|desc= The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1856.htm |title=1856 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=9 July 2021}}

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|ship=Janet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Tollbukine". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.

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|ship=Lawrence Brown

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

|desc=The ship was driven onto the Sumatra Bank, in the Hooghly River.

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|ship=Levantine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Carabourna", Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Maas Nymph

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Domesnes Reef. She was refloated on 1 November and taken in to Bolderāja.

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The schooner was discovered derelict {{convert|10|nmi|km}} west north west of "Egeroen", Norway before 4 October.

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|ship=Mary W.

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Cape Corrientes, Cuba before 6 October. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=22 October 1856 |issue=2894 }}

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|ship=Mohawk

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Caribou Island, Province of Canada, British North America before 6 October. Her crew were rescued. She broke up on 15 April 1857.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=13 May 1857 |issue=2981 }}

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|ship=Prinz von Preussen

|flag=22px Stralsund

|desc=The ship departed from Cardiff for Alexandria, Egypt in mid-October. Subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. A chest containing the ships' papers washed up at Morlaix, Finistère, France in March 1857.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 March 1857 |issue=10164 }}

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|ship=Queen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 10 October. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 13 October and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Roderick Dhu

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Selsey Bill, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz to Copenhagen. She was refloated on 17 October and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Wanderer

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Plettenberg Bay between 8 and 15 October.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 October 1856 |issue=10052 }}

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|ship=Western Miller

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at Toronto, Province of Canada.

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|ship=Yeoman

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea before 21 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Castine, Maine, United States.

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|ship=Zoe

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Riga, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 November 1856 |issue=10061 }}

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|ship=Name unknown

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

|desc=The brig capsized and sank in the North Sea before 9 October. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Drontheim, Norway.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=5 November 1856 |issue=2096 }}

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