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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