The list of shipwrecks in 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1856.
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| A. B. Chambers |  United States
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The steamboat sank in the Missouri River near Atchison, Kansas.[1] |
| Alpha | United States
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The schooner was lost in the Gut of Canso. Crew saved.[2] |
| Amazon | United States
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The steamboat sank at the mouth of the Missouri River.[1] |
| Annie Scott |  United Kingdom
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The brig ran aground on a reef off the Brazilian coast. She was refloated with assistance from Olinda ( Imperial Brazilian Navy).[3]
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| Ann Rose | United Kingdom
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The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, LancashiretoCalcutta, India.[4] |
| Banca | United Kingdom
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The ship was destroyed by fire at Hong Kong.[5] |
| Bermuda | United Kingdom
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The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her twelve crew were rescued by Saucy Lass ( United Kingdom. Bermuda was on a voyage from Demerara, British GuianatoLondon.[6][7]
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| C. M. Wittusen |  Denmark
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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.[8][9] |
| Coromandel | United Kingdom
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The barque was lost in the South China Sea between 19 June and 16 December.[10] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hong Kong.[11] |
| Mary | United Kingdom
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The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New YorktoGlasgow, Renfrewshire.[12] |
| Neva | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[13][14][15] |
| Posa |  Hamburg
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The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean after 3 October. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hong Kong.[16] |
| Prince | United Kingdom
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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 AmericatoNewry, County Antrim. Arson was suspected; five of her crew were taken into custody.[17] |
| Recovery | United Kingdom
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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.[18] |
| Regia | United Kingdom
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The ship was lost off Faro, Portugal between 15 February and 15 March. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, GlamorgantoConstantinople, Ottoman Empire.[19][20] |
| Ruyter |  Netherlands
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The ship was wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France between 29 November and 2 December.[21] |
| Samuel Jones | United States
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The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.[22] |
| Sea Witch | United States
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The clipper ran aground in the Gulf of Mexico off Havana, Cuba, and was wrecked. |
| Sigisbert |  France
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The ship was lost off the "Isles of Suat". She was on a voyage from Pondicherry, India to Paris.[23] |
| Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba.[24] |
| Tongataboo | United Kingdom
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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.[25] |
| Usk | United Kingdom
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The ship was abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Akyab, BurmatoFalmouth, Cornwall.[26] |
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