The list of shipwrecks in April 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1856. 
   1 April
  2 April
   List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Deux Sophie  |    France  |  The brig was driven ashore near Conil de la Frontera, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom, to Barcelona, Spain.[3]  | 
  | Elizabeth Buckham  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore in Ballyconnoly Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba, to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 8 May and sailed for Cork.[4][5]  | 
  | Quayside  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated and put back to South Shields in a leaky condition.[6]  | 
  | Vivid  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to the West Indies. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]  | 
  3 April
   List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Glorias de Maria  |    Spain  |  The ship struck the pier at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom, and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Bremen.[4]  | 
  | Grecian Queen  |    United Kingdom  |  The brig was damaged by fire in the Yarra Yarra River.[8]  | 
  | Happy Return  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, to Dunkirk, Nord, France.[9][10]  | 
  | Jessy  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner struck a sunken wreck and sank in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated but found to be severely damaged.[11]  | 
  | Sea Queen  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner ran aground off Alexandria, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to Alexandria. She was refloated.[12]  | 
  | Vandal  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was wrecked on the Hartwell Reef, off the Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Ambriz, Portuguese West Africa.[13]  | 
  | Woodcock  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent.[4]  | 
  4 April
  5 April
   List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Deux Sophies  |    France  |  The brig was driven ashore near "Carril", Spain. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom, to Barcelona, Spain.[12]  | 
  | John  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire.[14]  | 
  | New Darlington  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on the Smithwick Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, to London. She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire, in a leaky condition.[14][7]  | 
  6 April
  7 April
  8 April
  9 April
  10 April
  11 April
  12 April
  13 April
  14 April
   List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Abbey Langdon  |    France  |  The ship was driven ashore at Cape Romain, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, to Charleston, South Carolina. She was refloated and towed in to Charleston in a leaky condition.[33]  | 
  | Clara Maria  |    Danzig  |  The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Sunderland, County Durham. United Kingdom.[34]  | 
  | Good Intent  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore at the entrance to The Swale. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire, to Faversham, Kent. She was refloated on 19 April and taken in to Faversham.[35][36]  | 
  | Halcyon  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was wrecked in the Swin, off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Resolution (  United Kingdom).[10] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[29]  | 
  | Isabella  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner ran aground off Whitstable, Kent. She was refloated on 23 April.[37]  | 
  | Odin  |    United Kingdom  |  The brig ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon tyne to London. She floated off and sank off Easton Bavents, Suffolk. Her crew survived.[38][32][29][39]  | 
  | Wielands  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Newhaven, Sussex. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in a severely leaky condition.[30]  | 
  15 April
   List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Australia  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru, to London. She was refloated.[20]  | 
  | Blanchard  |    United States  |  The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsdown, Kent, United Kingdom. All sixteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Bremen.[30][40]  | 
  | Courier  |    United Kingdom  |  The brigantine was wrecked on the Kentish Knock with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom, to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure.[41][10]  | 
  | Despatch  |    United Kingdom  |  The ketch was abandoned in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat Gosseline (  France). Despatch was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, to Southampton, Hampshire.[35][11]  | 
  | Falconer  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Sarah (  United Kingdom). Falconer was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, to Aldeburgh, Suffolk.[42]  | 
  | Glenmariner  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore at Blackwall. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip, Victoria. She was refloated.[20]  | 
  | Hope  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trimingham, Norfolk.[32]  | 
  | Sir Colin Campbell  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma, to Falmouth, Cornwall.[43]  | 
  16 April
   List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Alerte  |    France  |  The ship was in collision with the schooner Rambler (  France) off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Havre de Grâce. She tried to put in to Havre de Grâce but sank at the entrance to the harbour. A crew member was rescued.[31][11]  | 
  | Diana  |  Flag unknown  |  The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tay. Her crew were rescued by the Dundee Lifeboat.[12]  | 
  | Fairy Queen  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[32][29]  | 
  | Four Sisters  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner sprang a leak in the English Channel. She was run ashore and wrecked near Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. Four Sisters was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Abbeville, Somme, France.[12][24][11]  | 
  | La Belle Barbarie  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. Her seven crew were rescued by the steamship Belgium (  United Kingdom), which subsequently put some of her crew about La Belle Barbarie and tooke her in to Gravesend, Kent. La Belle Barbarie was on a voyage from Sunderland to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[11]  | 
  17 April
  18 April
  19 April
   List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Newcastle  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on the Whittaker Spit, in the Thames Estuary and sank.[46]  | 
  20 April
  21 April
   List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Angantyr  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Steenberg", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Kronstadt, Russia.[48]  | 
  | Eliza  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore south of Scutari, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[49]  | 
  | Gazelle  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore 17 nautical miles (31 km) from Tangier, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Messina, Sicily.[50] She was consequently condemned.[51]  | 
  | Herald  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner was run ashore and wrecked at Throgg's Point, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, to Wilmington, North Carolina, United States.[27]  | 
  | Mary  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Argyle, Nova Scotia, to Boston, Massachusetts.[27]  | 
  | Omar Pasha  |    Ottoman Empire  |  The steamship was driven ashore in the Bosphorus.[46]  | 
  22 April
  23 April
   List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Adam Lamont  |    United States  |  The ship was driven ashore near Cárdenas, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas, to New Orleans, Louisiana.[54]  | 
  | Axel Waldeman  |    Duchy of Holstein  |  The ship was dismasted in the North Sea and was beached 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, to Tromsø, Norway. She was later refloated and towed to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[52]  | 
  Great Conquest, and Victory  |    United Kingdom  |  The tugs ran aground in the Swilly Passage whilst towing Culloden (  United Kingdom). They were refloated and resumed their voyage.[34]  | 
  | Randolph  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship foundered off the east coast of the United States. Her crew were rescued by Atlas and Port Glasgow (both   United Kingdom). Randolph was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba, to Glasgow.[55][56]  | 
  | Robert Stride  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Seaham, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Seaham to Saint Helena.[34]  | 
  24 April
  25 April
   List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Frances  |    United States  |  The ship was driven ashore on the Dry Docks Reef, off the coast of Florida. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine, to Havana, Cuba.[19]  | 
  | John Laird  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north of Lagos, Portugal, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Casablanca, Morocco, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[5]  | 
  26 April
  27 April
   List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Alma  |    United Kingdom  |  The barque ran aground on the Pickles Reef. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba, to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States.[63]  | 
  | Champion  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[59]  | 
  | Eugenie  |    France  |  The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom, to Calais.[59]  | 
  | Patrick  |    United Kingdom  |  The smack struck the quayside at Dublin and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.[62]  | 
  29 April
  30 April
   List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Anna  |    Prussia  |  The ship ran aground on the Droogden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 4 May and resumed her voyage.[66]  | 
  | Emma Ernestine  |    France  |  The ship was wrecked on the Antioches Rocks, off the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom, to Bordeaux, Gironde.[33]  | 
  | Endocia  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Empire State (  United States). Endocia was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[19]  | 
  | Lady Aberdour  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. She was refloated on 2 May and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark, in a leaky condition.[67]  | 
  | William and Isabella  |    United Kingdom  |  The brig was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, County Durham.[48]  | 
  Unknown date
   List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1856   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Baron of Bramber  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was wrecked off Menorca, Spain.[68] She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[69]  | 
  | Fanny  |    Peru  |  The barque was lost in the Chiloé Archipelago, Chile, with the loss of six of her crew.[43]  | 
  | Hondrine  |    France  |  The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Tripoli before 20 April. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to a port in Ottoman Syria.[69]  | 
  | Hooghly  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Deven on or before 13 April.[70]  | 
  | Industry  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was in collision with another vessel in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned on or before 26 April. She was taken in to Swansea, Glamorgan, in a derelict condition on that date.[59]  | 
  | Marquis de Chinda  |    Brazil  |  The steamship was wrecked near "Goriana" before 15 April.[71]  | 
  | Montrose  |    United Kingdom  |  The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Greyhound (  United Kingdom). Montrose was on a voyage rom Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[72][73]  | 
  | Promethée  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was wrecked at Sulina, Ottoman Empire, before 17 April.[62]  | 
  | Queen Victoria  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 2 April. She was discovered on that date and set afire. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[74]  | 
  | Ringdove  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on the Frying Pan Shoals, off the coast of North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Ship Island, Mississippi, United States, to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and towed in to Wilmington, Delaware, United States.[17]  | 
  | Voie Lactee  |    France  |  The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Yevpatoria, Russia, before 12 April.[2]  | 
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