List of shipwrecks in August 1856
The list of shipwrecks in August 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1856 .
1 August
2 August
3 August
4 August
5 August
6 August
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Jane Nearns
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "Byron Island", British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[ 13]
Maid of Orleans
United States
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Florida . She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom . She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida .[ 14]
Meg Lee
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cagliari , Sardinia . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Messina , Sicily . She was refloated with assistance from Tartare French Navy ).[ 15]
7 August
8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Bianco
Netherlands
An insurrection by coolies on board the ship at Macao , China was put down by the officers and the coolies were confined below. They set the ship afire. She exploded and sank with the loss of about 350 of the 500 people on board. She was on a voyage from Macao to Havana , Cuba .[ 19]
Diana
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock in Mount's Bay and was consequently beached at Falmouth, Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dordrecht , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 20]
Florence
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on Peter's Island, at the mouth of the Machias River . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Windsor, Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 21] [ 22]
George Hawkins
United Kingdom
The steamship struck the Reval Stone and sank off Reval , Russia . She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to London .[ 23]
Indus
France
The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Grand Point, Mauritius.[ 24]
9 August
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Anne Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Table Bay . She had been refloated by 15 August.[ 1]
Claremont
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at the mouth of the Machias River . She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , United States to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 14]
Elleralie
United States
1856 Last Island Hurricane . The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River upstream of the Southwest Pass . She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Pensacola, Florida .[ 25]
Exceed
United Kingdom
1856 Last Island Hurricane : The schooner foundered in the Gulf of Mexico .[ 26]
Kent
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from Madras , India to London .[ 1]
Manchester
United Kingdom
1856 Last Island Hurricane : The schooner was driven ashore at South Point, New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 27]
Manila
United States
1856 Last Island Hurricane : The full-rigged ship foundered off Timbalier Island , Louisiana with the loss of ten of the 30 people on board. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31]
Nautilus
United States
1856 Last Island Hurricane : The steamship foundered off Last Island, Louisiana with the loss of all hands.[ 32]
Star
United States
1856 Last Island Hurricane : The steamship was wrecked on Last Island.[ 22] All on board, more than 250 people, were rescued by Major Aubrey ( United States ).[ 30] [ 33]
10 August
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Alexander Coffin
United States
The ship ran aground in the Sea of Okhotsk at Makanrushi in the northern Kuril Islands during a heavy fog . She was righted by cutting away her masts and got off the rocks by lightening her of gear and cargo. She then was jury-rigged for sailing and taken to Ayan , Russia , where she was condemned and sold at auction. The crew and cargo of whale oil and whalebone were saved.[ 34] [ 35] [ 36] [ 37]
Arabia
United States
Reportedly carrying a cargo of whisky , the 222-tons burden sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River below Parkville , Missouri .[ 38]
George
United Kingdom
The barque struck the Tuskar Rock and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 39] [ 40]
Impetuous
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire .[ 23] [ 15] She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington , Yorkshire .[ 5]
James Stewart
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ratlin Island , County Donegal . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Newfoundland , British North America .[ 40]
Lallah Rookh
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Swatow , China .[ 41]
Lyonnais
France
The steamship ran aground in the Danube near "Swinivicz", upstream of the Iron Gates and was severely damaged.[ 42]
St. Louis
France
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head.[ 23] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bridlington.[ 15]
11 August
12 August
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Middleton
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Robin Rigg Sandbank, in the Solway Firth . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America . She was refloated on 14 August with the assistance of two tugs and was towed in to Maryport , Cumberland [ 40] [ 46]
Struan
Flag unknown
The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean . She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Melbourne , Victoria .[ 47] [ 48]
Veteran
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Callao , Peru. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[ 15]
Zephyr
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued before she foundered. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 49] [ 50]
13 August
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Adieu
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Cape Ann , Massachusetts . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Boston, Massachusetts . She had been refloated by 16 August and taken in to Boston.[ 51] [ 52]
Blossom
Grenada
The sloop was driven ashore at Curaçao .[ 53]
Duroc
French Navy
Duroc The Marceau -class aviso was wrecked on the Mellish Reef, in the Coral Sea 160 leagues (480 nautical miles (890 km)) off the coast of New Caledonia . Her crew sailed to Timor in her 3 boats, plus a boat made from wreckage of the ship "La Deliverance", that took a month to reach, the coast of Australia being held by unfriendly natives.[ 54] [ 55] [ 56]
Henriette
France
The ship collided with Clontarf ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland , United Kingdom with the loss of six of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Clontarf .[ 5]
Kate
United Kingdom
The brig departed from the Goatzacoalcos River , Mexico for Liverpool , Lancashire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 57]
Margaretta
France
The ship was damaged by fire off Bude , Cornwall , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Boulogne-sur-Mer . She out in to Padstow , Cornwall.[ 12]
14 August
15 August
16 August
18 August
19 August
20 August
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exeter , Devon to Riga , Russia or vice versa .[ 51] [ 65]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The smack foundered in the Bristol Channel off Barry , Glamorgan . Her crew were rescued by Lilias ( United Kingdom ). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Aberthaw , Glamorgan to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 66]
Four Sisters
United Kingdom
The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked between Brighton and Newhaven, Sussex with the loss of all four crew.[ 67]
Proven
Norway
The schooner was driven ashore at Cap Gris Nez , Pas-de-Calais , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Copenhagen . Denmark.[ 51] [ 2] [ 52] She was consequently condemned.[ 68]
Robert and Mary
United Kingdom
The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked between Brighton and Newhaven with the loss of all four crew.[ 67]
21 August
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Acme
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Green Island, British North America . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[ 69]
Advance
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Middle Ground, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was refloated the next day.[ 64]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered off Land's End , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued by Schyryd ( United Kingdom ). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Port Talbot , Glamorgan to Plymouth , Devon .[ 70] [ 71]
Helen
United Kingdom
The barque was towed in to Stornoway , Isle of Lewis , Outer Hebrides in a derelict condition, having been aground in the "Ferrol Islands".[ 8]
Metropolitan
United States
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Dragør , Denmark.[ 72] She was declared a total loss.[ 73]
Salem
Russia
The ship was driven ashore at Harwich , Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Sicily to Saint Petersburg .[ 65] She was refloated the next day.[ 64]
Voerwarts
Stettin
The brig was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head , Sussex , United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 2]
William Francis
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Hordle Cliff , Hampshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caen , Calvados , France to London .[ 74]
22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Abana
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Annot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire . She was refloated the next day and put in to Dundee , Forfarshire.[ 75]
Alarm
United Kingdom
The fishing smack was run down and sunk by a steamship off Herne Bay , Kent . Her three crew were rescued.[ 76]
Calypso
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Kurrachee , India . She was on a voyage from London to Kurrachee.[ 77]
Countess of Elgin
United Kingdom
The ship was scuttled at Calcutta , India.[ 77] She had been refloated by 6 October.[ 78]
Fame
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America for Liverpool , Lancashire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 79]
Marie
France
The ship departed from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic for Hamburg . Presumed subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ; a boat from the ship was discovered on 8 November.[ 80]
Ross
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence . She was on a voyage from Buctouche , New Brunswick , British North America to Hull , Yorkshire . She was consequently condemned.[ 81]
Virginia
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Donaghadee , County Down and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Seville , Spain.[ 71]
24 August
25 August
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Arthur Eugenie
France
The ship capsized off Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham , United Kingdom to Cherbourg.[ 8]
Elizabeth Randle
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and sank on the Great Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 21] [ 22]
Haidee
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground, capsized and was wrecked at Speymouth , Moray . She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 2] She was refloated on 2 September and taken in to Aberdeen for repairs.[ 84]
Jay
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on a sanbank in the North Sea between the mouths of the Eider and Elbe . Her crew were rescued by a Dutch galiot . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Hamburg .[ 85]
Mary Morris
United Kingdom
The ship departed from New York , United States for the Clyde . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 86]
26 August
27 August
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Adeline
United Kingdom
The steamship caught fire and sank at Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 89]
Despatch
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Foulpoint, Mauritius .[ 90]
Emigrant
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Crawfish Key. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was consequently condemned.[ 91]
Emigrant
United Kingdom
The barque struck a rock and sank at Amoy , Burma . She was on a voyage from Singapore , Straits Settlements to Amoy.[ 1]
Ivanhoe
United Kingdom
The Southeastern States Hurricane of 1856 : The barque was wrecked in a hurricane at Havana , Captaincy General of Cuba .[ 92]
Pauline
France
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Marans, Charente-Inférieure . She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Ramsgate , Kent.[ 85]
Protection
British North America
The steamship collided with the steamship Boston ( United States ) and sank in the Saint Lawrence River .[ 73] [ 53]
28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Custos
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Creen Rock, in the Isles of Scilly . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Bonny , Africa.[ 87] [ 93]
Evangeline
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Bahama Bank, in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cronstadt , Russia . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 94]
Isaac Allerton
United States
The ship foundered in a hurricane 15 nautical miles (28 km) east-southeast of Key West, Florida .
Mersey
United Kingdom
The schooner sank in the North Sea off Filey , Yorkshire . Her four crew were rescued by a fishing yawl . She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire to Dunkerque , Nord .[ 95] [ 85]
Rosine
Hamburg
The galeas collided with the Læsø Lightship ( Denmark ) and sank with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to the Duchy of Schlewig .[ 96] [ 84]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Hoften, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Narva , Russia .[ 97]
Tjadda
Netherlands
The koff was driven ashore and wrecked at Alt Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing , Fife , United Kingdom to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 98]
Two Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near the Nakkehead Lighthouse , Denmark with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 8]
29 August
30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Calhoun
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the North River . She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 100]
Colonel Clay
United States
The ship was driven ashore in Navy Cove, near Mobile, Alabama .[ 101]
Madonna
United Kingdom
The brig foundered off the coast of Jutland . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 72]
Robert Parker , andScreamer
United States
Robert Parker was driven into the full-rigged ship Screamer at Mobile, Alabama . Both vessels were severely damaged.[ 102]
Tay
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was wrecked on Lopez Island, Mexico with the loss of two of her crew.[ 103] [ 41] She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Tampico , Mexico.[ 104]
31 August
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Adeline
Duchy of Holstein
The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Flensburg .[ 105]
Albion
Prussia
The barque was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Gozo , Malta . Her crew were rescued by the brig Archimede ( Kingdom of Sardinia ). Albion was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to an English port.[ 72]
John Currier
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Nashville ( United States ), which took John Currier in tow, but the tow was subsequently abandoned. She came ashore 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Cape Henelopen , Delaware , United States. John Currier was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama , United States to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 106] [ 101]
Star
United Kingdom
The tug was driven onto the Saltscar Rocks, on the coast of Yorkshire . She was refloated but consequently sank off Redcar , Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[ 87] She was on a voyage from Scarborough to Middlesbrough . Star was refloated on 4 September and taken in to Middlesbrough in a severely damaged condition.[ 107]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1856
Ship
State
Description
Amoy
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 August. her crew were rescued by Cap Rouge ( British North America ). Amoy was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 28] [ 101]
Brevig
Sweden
The ship was wrecked at Grisslehamn before 2 August. She was on a voyage from Gävle to London , United Kingdom .[ 23]
Carmelite
Hamburg
The schooner was wrecked in the Quillemane River, Madagascar before 28 August.[ 108]
Cashmere
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight on or before 21 August. Her crew were rescued by a steamship .[ 70] [ 65] She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Plymouth , Devon . Cashmere came ashore at St. Catherine's Point , Isle of Wight on 22 August and was wrecked.[ 2] The wreck was subsequently taken in to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight .[ 109]
Challenger
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Wusong River .[ 110]
Clarendon
United Kingdom
The transport ship sprang a leak in the Mediterranean Sea before 8 August. some of her troops were taken off by a French vessel. She was then beached near Gibraltar .[ 111]
Colombo
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, India before 27 August.[ 16]
Contest
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef . She was on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated.[ 100]
Coronet
United States
The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to New York on 12 August in a severely leaky condition.[ 112] [ 113]
Flora
Norway
The barque ran aground on the Brandy Pots, in the Saint Lawrence River . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to London. She was refloated and towed back to Quebec City, where she arrived on 16 August.[ 8] [ 52]
Frank Horton
United States
The brig was wrecked west of Bahía Honda, Cuba before 5 August.[ 114]
Gloriosa
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta , India. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth in a leaky condition, arriving on 21 August.[ 71]
Harpooner
United Kingdom
The barque struck a sunken rock near Ningpo , China and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Amoy , Burma to Ningpo. She was consequently condemned.[ 1]
James
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Cape Farewell, Greenland before 3 August.[ 85]
J. Bailey
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Lovells Island , Massachusetts , United States before 22 August.[ 27]
Jessie Thoms
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Dvalegrund, or Saaremaa , Russia before 14 August. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Leith , Lothian . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 115]
John Heyes
United Kingdom
The ship was capsized and was wrecked at Shadwell , Middlesex in mid-August.[ 85] She was righted on 10 September.[ 84] She was declared a total loss and broken up.[ 116]
"Kossuth"
United States
The boat left Gloucester, Massachusetts and vanished during the latter part of the month, possibly run down. Lost with both crewmen.[ 117]
Linwood
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Kent Island , Maryland , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore, Maryland . She was refloated and taken in to Baltimore.[ 21]
Marcia Greenleaf
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the South West Passage , Mississippi River . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans.[ 52]
Maria Smit
Cape Colony
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Lambert's Bay before 29 August. Her crew were rescued.[ 118]
Mary Gibson
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Danube before 21 August.[ 71]
Queen Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Ooster Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland , Netherlands. She was refloated but ran aground on the Slikken Sandbank. She was again refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, arriving on 27 August.[ 85]
Rover
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Button Rocks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford before 28 August.[ 75]
Terror
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Isle of Pines , Cuba . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales to the Isle of Pines.[ 119]
Totnes Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Dartmouth, Devon . She was refloated on 21 August.[ 65]
Wanderer
Cape Colony
The schooner was wrecked in Plettenberg Bay before 15 August.[ 1]
Zeemieuw
Belgium
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta before 21 August. Her crew were rescued.[ 71]
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^ a b c d e "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . Liverpool. 30 August 1856.
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^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9995. London. 25 August 1856.
^ a b c "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5655. Glasgow. 5 September 1856.
^ "Collision at Sea - Whitstable". The Standard . No. 9995. London. 25 August 1856.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . Liverpool. 22 November 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10096. London. 22 December 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22536. London. 27 November 1856. col C, p. 10.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10019. London. 22 September 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 25994. London. 23 April 1857. p. 7.
^ "England". Glasgow Herald . No. 5651. Glasgow. 27 August 1856.
^ a b c d "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9481. Newcastle upon Tyne. 12 September 1856.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9480. Newcastle upon Tyne. 5 September 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 3309. London. 24 December 1856.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10001. London. 1 September 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10006. London. 6 September 1856.
^ "From Our Correspondents". The Bristol Mercury . No. 3467. Bristol. 30 August 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 3247. London. 13 October 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22490. London. 4 October 1856. col F, p. 9.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . Liverpool. 4 October 1856.
^ "Shipping". The Morning Post . No. 25793. London. 2 September 1856. p. 8.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 3213. London. 3 September 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 20883. Edinburgh. 1 September 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 25796. London. 5 September 1856. p. 8.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10001. London. 2 September 1856.
^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5656. Glasgow. 8 September 1856.
^ "A Steamer Wrecked". Daily News . No. 3212. London. 2 September 1856.
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^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . Liverpool. 27 September 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2882. Liverpool. 24 September 1856.
^ "The Tay". Daily News . No. 3242. London. 7 October 1856.
^ "Loss of the Steam-ship Tay". The Standard . No. 10032. London. 7 October 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 3218. London. 9 September 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . Liverpool. 20 September 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 10005. London. 5 September 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 22498. London. 14 October 1856. col F, p. 10.
^ "Yarmouth". Isle of Wight Observer . No. 217. Ryde. 25 October 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 3240. London. 4 October 1856.
^ "Portugal". Daily News . No. 3193. London. 11 August 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9996. London. 26 August 1856.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9999. London. 29 August 1856.
^ "Later From America". The Morning Chronicle . No. 27978. London. 26 August 1856.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury etc . No. 20873. Edinburgh. 20 August 1856.
^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9482. Newcastle upon Tyne. 19 September 1856.
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