list of shipwrecks in 1856
January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
{{See|List of shipwrecks in August 1856}}
September
{{See|List of shipwrecks in September 1856}}
October
{{See|List of shipwrecks in October 1856}}
November
{{See|List of shipwrecks in November 1856}}
December
{{See|List of shipwrecks in December 1856}}
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|ship= {{SS|A. B. Chambers||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}
|desc=The steamboat sank in the Missouri River near Atchison, Kansas.[https://books.google.com/books?id=n51AAQAAMAAJ&dq=Creole+sank+March+1868&pg=PA298 Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.]
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|ship={{SV|Alpha||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}
|desc= The schooner was lost in the Gut of Canso. 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= Amazon
|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}
|desc=The steamboat sank at the mouth of the Missouri River.
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|ship=Annie Scott
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig ran aground on a reef off the Brazilian coast. She was refloated with assistance from {{ship|Brazilian brig|Olinda||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Brazil}}).{{Cite news |title=District Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=4 March 1857 |issue=2113 }}
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|ship=Ann Rose
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 February 1856 |issue=9842 }}
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|ship=Banca
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 October 1856 |issue=10029 }}
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|ship=Bermuda
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her twelve crew were rescued by Saucy Lass ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}. Bermuda was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 February 1856 |issue=3041 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=15 February 1856 |issue=2787 }}
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|ship=C. M. Wittusen
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship foundered with the loss of all hands between 11 November and 26 December. She was on a voyage from Næstved to a British port.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 January 1857 |issue=10131 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 February 1857 |issue=3343 }}
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|ship=Coromandel
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barque was lost in the South China Sea between 19 June and 16 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=The Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=27 January 1857 |issue=6591 }} She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=27 January 1857 |issue=28111 }}
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|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 February 1856 |issue=5567 }}
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|ship=Neva
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 June 1856 |issue=27916 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=16 June 1856 |issue=2839 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=25 June 1856 |issue=2077 }}
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|ship=Posa
|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean after 3 October. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hong Kong.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 April 1857 |page=11 |issue=22668 |column=F }}
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|ship=Prince
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Indian Cove, Newfoundland between 24 October and 3 November. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Newry, County Antrim. Arson was suspected; five of her crew were taken into custody.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 November 1856 |issue=10067 }}
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|ship={{SV|Recovery||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Conflict Reefs, off the Nunez River in modern-day Guinea. On voyage to England with timber, all crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=The African Mails |newspaper=The Standard |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18560505/024/0003 |access-date=7 January 2022|location=London |date=5 May 1856 |page=3 |issue=9899|via=British Newspaper Archive }}
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|ship=Regia
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off Faro, Portugal between 15 February and 15 March. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Latest Intelligence |newspaper=The Examiner |location=London |date=15 March 1856 |issue=2511 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 March 1856 |issue=9856 }}
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|ship=Ruyter
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France between 29 November and 2 December.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 December 1856 |issue=25875 |page=7 }}
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|ship={{SV|Samuel Jones||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={{ship||Sea Witch|clipper|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}
|desc=The clipper ran aground in the Gulf of Mexico off Havana, Cuba, and was wrecked.
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|ship=Sigisbert
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was lost off the "Isles of Suat". She was on a voyage from Pondicherry, India to Paris.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 July 1856 }}
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|ship=Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 February 1856 |issue=3045 }}
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|ship=Tongataboo
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma between 11 October and 7 November. She was on a voyage from Moulmein to an English port.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 January 1857 |issue=10106 }}
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|ship=Usk
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 October 1856 |page=11 |issue=22496 |column=B }}
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