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The list of shipwrecks in April 1855 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during April 1855 .
1 April
2 April
4 April
5 April
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]
6 April
7 April
8 April
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]
9 April
10 April
11 April
12 April
13 April
14 April
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]
15 April
16 April
17 April
18 April
19 April
20 April
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]
21 April
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]
22 April
23 April
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]
24 April
25 April
26 April
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]
27 April
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]
28 April
29 April
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]
30 April
Unknown date
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Shipwrecks 1850–59, by month
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