The list of shipwrecks in April 1855 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during April 1855 .
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1855
Ship
State
Description
Carbon
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the River Mersey . She was refloated the next day and sailed for Preston, Lancashire .[ 15]
Chevy Chase
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Molenhaven, South Holland , Netherlands.[ 10]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Laggan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to the Clyde .[ 16] [ 15] [ 17]
Java
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar , Yorkshire . She was refloated.[ 18]
Star of the East
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Raissard Head, New Zealand.[ 19]
Westphalia
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore near Hirtshals , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom . She had broken up by 18 April.[ 13]
Woodstock
British North America
The barque was wrecked on the Kinguatel Reef. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to Cork .[ 20]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1855
Ship
State
Description
Margaret Wood
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Longscar Rock. She was on a voyage from Cullen, Moray to Middlesbrough , Yorkshire . She was refloated.[ 18]
North Carolina
United States
The steamship was in collision with the barque Robert ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Irish Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of the Tuskar Rock . Twenty-two of her 33 crew were rescued by Robert , three by Manhattan ( United States ) and the remainder by the steamship Arran ( United Kingdom ). North Carolina was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 24] [ 25] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28]
Prince Edward
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from London to South Shields , County Durham . She was refloated with the assistance of boats from Pakefield and taken in to Lowestoft .[ 10]
Waters
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground off Kingsdown, Kent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth , Hampshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 10]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1855
Ship
State
Description
Atkins
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Castle Point, Denmark. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a steamship and put in to Helsingør .[ 40]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1855
Ship
State
Description
Liebe
Hamburg
The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the mouth of the Agger Canal . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Emden , Kingdom of Hanover to Nykøbing, Denmark.[ 13] [ 44]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1855
Ship
State
Description
Arrow
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Sines , Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[ 46]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The Yorkshire Billyboy sprang a leak and was beached at Middleton , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Whitby , Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 44]
Legère
France
The ship foundered off Belle Île , Morbihan with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint-Martin-de-Ré , Charente-Inférieure to Morlaix , Finistère and Rouen , Seine-Inférieure .[ 47]
Neptune
France
The ship was abandoned off "Cordovran". Her crew were rescued by Jenny ( United Kingdom ). Neptune was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 48]
Palestine
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Penzance , Cornwall .[ 42]
Volonte de Dieu
France
The ship foundered off Belle Île. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Île de Ré , Charente-Inférieure to Morlaix and Rouen.[ 47]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1855
Ship
State
Description
Arcturus
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France to Königsberg , Prussia .[ 34]
Brisbane
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer ran aground on the "Pedro de Sal", off the coast of South America. Her crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage, from the Clyde to Brisbane , South Australia . Brisbane had been refloated by 18 May and was taken in to Maranhão , Brazil . She was condemned.[ 49] [ 50] [ 51]
Mars
United Kingdom
The steamship struck the quayside at Hebburn , County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to the Danube .[ 34]
Mary and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was discovered derelict in the English Channel . She was towed in to Poole, Dorset . She had been on a voyage from Southampton to Bournemouth , Hampshire .[ 34]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Arthurstown , County Waterford . She was refloated.[ 36]
William Knox
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by fire in the Ohio River downstream of Louisville, Kentucky . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Louis, Missouri to Cincinnati, Ohio .[ 8]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1855
Ship
State
Description
Amelia and Mary
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated and taken in to The Downs .[ 52]
Elizabeth Johanna
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hastings Shoal. She was on a voyage from Rangoon , Burma to a British port. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 54]
Fatel Rozack
India
The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta to London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 55]
Joseph Pieters
Belgium
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 22]
Rachel
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) east south east of Whitby , Yorkshire . Her nine crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 47]
Santissima
Spain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Maydquaria", Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Trinidad to St. Jago de Cuba , Cuba , Majorca and Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 56]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1855
Ship
State
Description
Patriot
Bremen
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Havana , Cuba .[ 57]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1855
Ship
State
Description
Iowa
United Kingdom
The ship departed for Melbourne , Victoria . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of 121 people on board.[ 64]
^ a b "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5448. Glasgow. 16 April 1855.
^ "Røsnæs" (in Danish). Lex.dk. Retrieved 19 August 2022 .
^ "The Lighthouse of Røsnæs" .
^ "Geocaching - the Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site" .
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2686. Liverpool. 4 May 1855.
^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9564. London. 4 April 1855.
^ "The United States". Daily News . No. 2799. London. 9 May 1855.
^ a b "Foreign Miscellany". North Wales Chronicle . No. 1470. Bangor. 12 May 1855.
^ "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle . No. 27543. London. 5 April 1855.
^ a b c d e f g "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times . No. 3666. Hull. 13 April 1855.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 20491. Edinburgh. 9 April 1855.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 20540. Edinburgh. 28 July 1855.
^ a b c d "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9584. London. 27 April 1855.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9623. London. 12 June 1855.
^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9568. London. 9 April 1855.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22024. London. 10 April 1855. col F, p. 9.
^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5450. Glasgow. 23 April 1855.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9410. London. 13 April 1855.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9708. London. 21 September 1855.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 22094. London. 30 June 1855. col F, p. 11.
^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9577. London. 19 April 1855.
^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2685. Liverpool. 1 May 1855.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9641. London. 3 July 1855.
^ "Electric Telegraph Despatches". The Times . No. 22023. London. 9 April 1855. col B, p. 7.
^ "Collision in the Channel". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2679. Liverpool. 10 April 1855.
^ "Collision in the Channel and Loss of a Large American Screw Steamer". The Standard . No. 9569. London. 10 April 1855. p. 1.
^ "Greenock and Coast News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5448. Glasgow. 16 April 1855.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2691. Liverpool. 22 May 1855.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9576. London. 17 April 1855.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 2776. London. 12 April 1855.
^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5449. Glasgow. 20 April 1855.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2695. Liverpool. 5 June 1855.
^ "Wreck of a Clyde Steamer". Manchester Times . No. 674. Manchester. 18 April 1855.
^ a b c d e f "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9581. London. 24 April 1855.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 22035. London. 23 April 1855. col F, p. 12.
^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2684. Liverpool. 27 April 1855.
^ "Malta". The Morning Chronicle . No. 27564 (Second ed.). London. 1 May 1855.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9578. London. 20 April 1855.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9598. London. 14 May 1855.
^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times . No. 3668. Hull. 27 April 1855.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9668. London. 27 July 1855.
^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9580. London. 23 April 1855.
^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5458. Glasgow. 21 May 1855.
^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times . No. 3669. Hull. 4 May 1855.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9579. London. 21 April 1855.
^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9593. London. 8 May 1855.
^ a b c d "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5453. Glasgow. 4 May 1855.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22044. London. 3 May 1855. col F, p. 12.
^ "America". Daily News . No. 2827. London. 11 June 1855.
^ "Brisban" . Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 23 June 2019 .
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9644. London. 6 July 1855.
^ a b "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9413. Newcastle upon Tyne. 4 May 1855.
^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5467. Glasgow. 22 June 1855.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2703. Liverpool. 3 July 1855.
^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5535. Glasgow. 30 November 1855.
^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9627. London. 16 June 1855.
^ "ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5465. Glasgow. 15 June 1855.
^ "The Pacific". The Times . No. 22175. London. 3 October 1855. col D, p. 7.
^ "Sail spardeck corvettes (30 guns)" . Shipscribe. Retrieved 13 June 2019 .
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9594. London. 9 May 1855.
^ "The Sardinian Expedition". The Times . No. 22042. London. 1 May 1855. col D, p. 10.
^ "General Screw Steam Shipping Company 1848-1857" . The Ships List. Retrieved 12 June 2019 .
^ "The Burning of the Croesus". The Leeds Mercury . No. 6341. Leeds. 9 June 1855.
^ "Wrecks of 1854 - 1855" . The Ships List. Retrieved 13 June 2019 .
^ "Town and Country Talk". The Examiner . No. 2466. London. 5 May 1855.
^ "Sinking of a Ferry-boat, and Loss of Seven Lives". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post . No. 4647. Exeter. 10 May 1855.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2688. Liverpool. 11 May 1855.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 22480. London. 8 May 1855. col F, p. 12.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22036. London. 24 April 1855. col F, p. 9.
^ "Multum in Parvo". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2725. Liverpool. 21 September 1855.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9571. London. 12 April 1855.
^ "West India Mails". Daily News . No. 2832. London. 16 June 1855.
^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9414. Newcastle upon Tyne. 11 May 1855.
^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 57.