The list of shipwrecks in August 1855 includes ships sunk, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1855.
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List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1855
Ship | State | Description |
Christiane Charlotte |
Sweden |
The ship ran aground at Sønderho, Denmark and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg to London, United Kingdom.[36] |
Genius |
Hamburg |
The galeas ran aground at Sønderho. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to the Agger Canal, Denmark.[36] |
Hudson |
United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore at McMullen's Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[37] |
Wellington |
United Kingdom |
The Mersey Flat foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peel, Isle of Man to Chester, Cheshire.[19] |
HMS Wolverine |
Royal Navy |
The Racer-class brig-sloop was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast in a hurricane. Her crew were rescued.[38] |
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List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1855
Ship | State | Description |
A. V. Knickerbocker |
United States |
Bound from Sandy Bay, Michigan, with a crew of five and a cargo of bark, the 66-foot-8-inch (20.32 m) two-masted schooner capsized on Lake Michigan 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off the coast of Wisconsin 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Port Washington during a gale. After her crew cut away her foremast, she partially righted herself and drifted ashore 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Port Washington, probably in the vicinity of 43°27.613′N 087°48.164′W. Her captain drowned trying to swim to shore, but the rest of her crew reached shore safely. Her wreck reportedly remained visible on the beach until 1920, but subsequently disappeared, probably buried in sand. Its exact location has been forgotten.[61] |
Brothers |
United Kingdom |
The schooner struck the quayside at Dundee, Forfarshire and was holed by her anchor. She then caught fire and sank due to her cargo of quicklime getting wet. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee.[53] |
Charles |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was in collision with the schooner Snowdrop ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of four of her crew.[43] |
Content |
France |
The brig was lost off Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in a hurricane with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[38][62] |
Ellen Campion |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to a British port.[63] |
Herald |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was lost in Esquimaux Bay. She was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Labrador, British North America.[64] |
Regulus |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Cemlyn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão, Brazil.[65][49] |
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List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1855
Ship | State | Description |
Planter |
Antigua |
The drogher was driven ashore in a squall at Antigua. She was refloated the next day.[5] |
Undine |
Antigua |
The sloop capsized and sank in a squall at Antigua.[5] |
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1855
Ship | State | Description |
Aberfoyle |
United Kingdom |
The ship caught fire at Calcutta, India and was scuttled.[56] |
Balaklava |
United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked on Gordon's Reef, off Deep Cove, Nova Scotia before 18 August.[3] |
Ballarat |
Victoria |
The steamship ran aground on the Seventeen Mile Reef before 4 August. She was refloated and put into Ipswich, New South Wales, where she sank. She was later refloated and taken into Brisbane, New South Wales for repairs.[74] |
Broderene |
Flag unknown |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France before 14 August.[40] She was taken into the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by HMS Nautilus ( Royal Navy) on 18 August.[27] |
Canada |
United Kingdom |
The ship was lost in La Poile Bay before 6 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[42] |
Caro |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] |
Charlotte |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at False Point, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Calcutta.[56] |
Childe Harold |
United Kingdom |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Barbary Coast before 14 August.[75] Her seventeen crew were rescued.[76] |
Ellen |
United Kingdom |
The brigantine was driven ashore at White Point, Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken into Sydney, Nova Scotia.[72] |
Endora |
United States |
The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] |
Flora McIvor |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] |
General List |
United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean before 8 August. She was taken in tow by HCS Zenobia ( Royal Indian Navy) and beached at Saugor, India. General List was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[5] |
Glencairn |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in the Magdalena River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and put into Montreal, Province of Canada.[71] |
Horsburg |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile.[6] |
Jessie |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by Carl ( United Kingdom).[77] |
John Hamilton |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Bombay to the Clyde.[78] |
Kestrel |
United Kingdom |
The ship struck a sunken rock off Canna, Inner Hebrides and foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Memel, Prussia.[47][79] |
Leonor |
Chile |
The brig was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] |
Pepita |
Spain |
The barque ran aground on the Placa de los Roques, off the Bahamas Banks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put into Matanzas, Cuba, where she arrived on 14 August.[37] |
Queen Victoria |
United Kingdom |
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Bergen ( Norway).[80] |
Raya |
Chile |
The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] |
Robert Barbour |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in the New Bedford Channel before 8 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta.[5] |
Robert Robinson |
British North America |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 1 August.[81] |
William Cole |
United Kingdom |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked in San Antonio Bay.[6][82] She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Caldera, Chile.[83] |
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