# List of shipwrecks in October 1856

The list of shipwrecks in October 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1856.

## 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hayward | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She floated off and sank. |
| Miza | Hamburg | The ship collided with the steamship Salboda ( Sweden) and sank in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by Salboda. Miza was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Blankenese. |
| Pelican | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth. Her five crew were rescued by the Drogheda Lifeboat. |
| Walmer Castle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Min River. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China to London. She was refloated. |

## 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with a barque and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Lady Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Pictou, Nova Scotia. |

## 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Farto | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Iraclis | Ottoman Empire | The ship was run into by the steamship Minna ( United Kingdom and sank at Büyükdere. |
| Jules | France | The ship was wrecked between St Margaret's Island and Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. |
| Nymph | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the North Sea. She was towed in to North Shields, County Durham, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Skiraton | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Antwerp, Belgium. |

## 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acadia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Sheerness, Kent. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk in the River Mersey by the steamship Vigo ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Salem | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Lagan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dairymaid | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off the Wingo Beacon, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London. |
| Elie | France | The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rock, in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Foreningen | Norway | The brig ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. |
| Irwell | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sandhammaren, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to an English port. |

## 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ventava, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Cronstadt on 15 October. |
| Chance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wexford. Chance was refloated on 12 October. |
| Jane | | The ship was lost in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from London to Pictou, Nova Scotia. |
| Magdalena | Norway | The galeas was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by a Danish vessel.. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Helsingør, Denmark. She was towed in to Kristiansand the next day. |
| Wildflower | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Jurgen ( Rostock) and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Riga, Russia. |

## 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carl | Stralsund | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to "Bayharvey", "Barron Island". |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a yawl. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Dronning Maria | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to London in a leaky condition. |
| Electra | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with the schooner Hero ( United Kingdom) and was consequently beached at Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently broke up. |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. |
| Hans Jorgenson | United Kingdom | The clipper ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Kiel, Prussia to London. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Commerce ( United Kingdom) and sank off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Commerce. Jane was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by a Prussian brig. |
| Marie | France | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. |
| Natchez | United States | The ship was wrecked in Nikolaya Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. Most of the crew were rescued by the barque Harmony ( United States); four men – one of whom died – wintered by the wreck. These three survivors and most of the cargo of whale oil and whalebone were saved by the ship Italy ( United States) in 1857. |
| Trent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. The wreck was taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex on 12 October. |

## 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground "in Garnroyle". She was on a voyage from Buctouche, New Brunswick, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Captain Cook | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with another vessel and ran aground in the Hooghly River. |
| Palmyra | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a brig and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Bell ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Torquay, Devon. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Chatham, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Ulysses | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |

## 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stettin. She was refloated. |
| Thomas James | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hare Island Shoal. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Sharpness, Gloucestershire. |

## 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Trieste. |

## 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annegrieva | Denmark | The ship ran aground off the entrance to the Agger Canal and was beached. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Lemvig. |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Ventava, Courland Governorate. |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Windsor, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Grace Darling | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the brig Peru ( British North America) and sank in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Piel Island, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| James and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hare Island Shoals. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada, British North America to Sharpness, Gloucestershire. |
| Nora | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run into by the full-rigged ship Trenton ( Kingdom of Sardinia) in the Haisborough Gatway, off the coast of Norfolk and sank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rye, Sussex. |
| Tryphena | United Kingdom | The ship departed from New York, United States for Southampton, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea (56°00′N 3°40′E﻿ / ﻿56.000°N 3.667°E﻿ / 56.000; 3.667). Her crew were rescued by Windsor ( United Kingdom). Catherine was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. |
| Cleveland | United Kingdom | The barque departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for London. Subsequently foundered off the coast of Cornwall at the entrance to the English Channel with the loss of all 24 crew. |
| Demosthenes | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cardiff for Malta. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Royal Family | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rose ( France). Royal Family was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay, India. |

## 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Onrust Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Irrawaddy | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire with the loss of three of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rangoon, Burma. Irrawaddy floated off the next day and came ashore at Ballygarrett, County Wexford. She broke in two on 19 October. |
| Monmouth | United States | The steamship collided with the brig Windward ( United States and sank in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of nine of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Vernon | United Kingdom | The Mersey Ferry was run into by a schooner, broke from her mooring and came ashore at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was refloated the next day and returned to service. |
| William | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Staithes, Yorkshire to Hartlepool. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Hartlepool. |

## 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aberdeen, John and Elizabeth, Lavinia, Naples Packet, and Northumberland | United Kingdom | John and Elizabeth, Lavinia, Naples Packet, and Northumberland all broke from their moorings at Wapping, Middlesex and drove upstream in the River Thames. They drove into the steamship Aberdeen which was driven ashore. Several boats, barges, lighters etc were sunk and one person was killed. |
| Amerika | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland with the loss of 38 of the 115 people on board. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Reval. |
| Eva | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Seacombe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pärnu, Russia. |
| Gurli | Sweden | The ship ran aground at Douglas, Isle of Man and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Douglas. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Hannibal | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| John Weir | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Berehaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. She was refloated and taken in to Berehaven. |

## 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Walter Cummings | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Long Beach, New York. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Delaware to New York City. |

## 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She floated off and consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| City of Savannah | United States | The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued by the barque Sylph ( United States). City of Savanna was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Southern Belle | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque N. Boynton ( United States). Southern Belle was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Union | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to an English port. She was refloated on 19 October and taken in to Visby in a leaky condition. |
| Wolverton | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off Calabar Point, Africa. Her crew were rescued. |

## 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Tolbukhin Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She broke up on 26 October. |
| Royal George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Rio de la Hacha. She was on a voyage from La Guaira to Maracaibo, Venezuela. |
| Sarah Milledge | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Blonde Rock, off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was abandoned the next day 17 nautical miles (31 km) west south west of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and was presumed to have foundered. |

## 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked north of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Baseleghe, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Trieste. She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Trieste. |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Charles Thompson ( United Kingdom). Iris was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Southampton, Hampshire. |

## 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne Vernon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Neath, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Neath. |
| Auguste | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to King's Lynn. She was refloated and taken in to port. |
| Canute | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Mauritius. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated on 22 October and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed. |
| Rising Sun | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Teignmouth. She was refloated on 26 October but found to be severely leaky. |

## 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Æronian | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Horse Bank, in Ramsay Sound. She was towed in to "Porthmylgan", where she sank. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cromer, Norfolk. |

## 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Toledo | United States | Carrying 80 passengers and crew on a voyage from Port Washington to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the steam screw cargo liner was only 110 yards (100 m) from the pier at Port Washington when a sudden storm struck. She attempted to return to the pier but instead ran aground on the coast of Lake Michigan just north of the entrance to the harbor at Port Washington. She sank with the loss of 30 to 40 lives and subsequently broke up. Her wreck lies in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at 43°23.331′N 087°51.333′W﻿ / ﻿43.388850°N 87.855550°W﻿ / 43.388850; -87.855550﻿ (Toledo) in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary. |

## 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to "Stockruk" in a leaky condition. |
| Ganymed | Dantzic | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Dantzic. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Harburg. She was assisted in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland the next day in a sinking condition. |
| Lady Franklin | United States | The ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Upper Mississippi River with the loss of six of the 300 people on board. |

## 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arbutes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Batavia | British North America | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east of "Shatchee Isle". Her crew were rescued by the schooner Tradesman ( United States). Batavia was towed in to Princetown, New York, United States in a derelict condition on 27 October. |
| Constitution | United States | The ship was driven ashore at "Hole-in-the-Wall", North Carolina and was abandoned. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Hull | Dantsic | The ship was driven ashore 2 German miles (8.13 nautical miles (15.06 km)) west of Leba, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Itaska | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Chéticamp. |
| Lotus | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Torcross, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Santander, Spain. |
| Macauley | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Smiths Point, New York. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Majestic | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Pictou, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was refloated in November and taken in to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. |
| Prince of Joinville | France | The ship departed from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Samuel Jones | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Chéticamp. |
| Sphynx | Netherlands | The barque struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste. She was consequently towed in to Kingstown, County Dublin, United Kingdom in a leaky condition by the tug Conqueror ( United Kingdom). |
| Wolfe | British North America | The ship was driven ashore near Pictou. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Restigouche, New Brunswick. |

## 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dauntless | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Green Island, off Algeciras, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Gaumrea | Dantsic | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Dantsic. |
| Grouville | Jersey | The ship was wrecked at "Île au Bois", Labrador, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Île au Bois to Cádiz, Spain. |
| McDonnell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore "near the Pillars". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. She had been refloated by 3 November and resumed her voyage. |

## 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Avance | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia and abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to a Dutch port. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The brig caught fire at Drogheda, County Louth and was scuttled. |
| Espérénce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Trélévern, Côtes-du-Nord. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hennebont, Morbihan. |
| Lota | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Torcross, Devon. |
| Thomas and William | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| West Hoe | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Grysens Rock and was damaged. She was taken in to Penzance, Cornwall in a leaky condition. |

## 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alleghany | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Bohemia | United States | The schooner foundered in Lake Michigan off Port Washington, Wisconsin. |
| Ellerslie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated on 24 December. |
| Frederick Retzloff | Prussia | The barque exploded and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of three lives, including that of the mate of Pandora ( United Kingdom. Several of her crew were severely injured. Frederick Retzloff was loading coal for the return leg of her maiden voyage. She was later refloated; and was towed to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom for repairs. She arrived on 2 February 1857. |
| General Thompson | United States | The schooner was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Chicago, Illinois. |
| Hoffnung | Russia | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Narva with the loss of a crew member. |
| J. W. Brooks | United States | The steamship foundered in Lake Ontario with the loss of all hands. |
| J. W. Johnston | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Narva. |
| Toledo | United States | The steamship foundered in Lake Michigan off Port Washington with the loss of 40 or the 43 people on board. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Yonker | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the shores of Lake Michigan. Her crew were rescued. |
| Zadock Pratt | United States | The barque was driven ashore 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Milwaukee. |

## 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atkin | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged off the Aspö Islands, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was taken in to Frederikshamn in a waterlogged condition and placed under repair. |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Littleferry, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from Inverness to London. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Harburg. She was assisted in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a sinking condition. |
| Jackal | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Hogland, Russia. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Hemland Straits with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo to Ningpo, China. |
| Lord Palmerston | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Mauritius. She was refloated with assistance from a tug and resumed her voyage. |
| Silas Wright | United States | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York City to Liverpool. She was refloated. |
| Tjalfe | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore 50 wersts (28.80 nautical miles (53.34 km)) east of Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom. Tjalfe was refloated on 7 November and taken in to Reval. |

## 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was refloated and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a severely leaky condition. |
| Hungarian | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Superior | United States | The steamship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of 35 of the 51 people on board. She was on a voyage from Sault Ste. Marie, Province of Canada, British North America to Chicago, Illinois. |

## 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henry Metcalf | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Syros, Greece. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Syros. |
| Semaphore | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground near Waterloo, Lancashsire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Sir William Curtis | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and sank at Hayle, Cornwall. |

## 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| E. D. | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Rocas Atoll. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Lady Fitzherbert | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on "Stenskare", Russia. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Lady Franklin | United States | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Maria Jewett ( United States). Lady Franklin was on a voyage from New York to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
| Myrtle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Red Island, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Cork. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Saugor and then Mauritius. |
| Sinlair | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Artibus | United States | The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved. |
| Blarney | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground before 17 October whilst on a voyage from Smyrna to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated. |
| Bonanza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef east of Saint Domingo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela to Saint Domingo. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore south of Cape Spartel, Morocco before 9 October. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Vesuvius ( Royal Navy). |
| Calvert | United States | The ship was abandoned before 20 October. |
| Chance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. |
| City of Manchester | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near the Cape Henelopen Lighthouse, Delaware, United States. Her passengers were taken off. City of Manchester was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated and taken in to Philadelphia, where she arrived on 11 October. |
| Colonel Cutts | United States | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 October. Her crew were rescued by the barque Clymene ( United Kingdom). Colonel Cutts was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Corinthian | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Gleaner | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was refloated on 1 November and taken in to Bolderāja, Russia. |
| Havering | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sumatra Rock, in the Hooghly River before 6 October and was severely damaged. |
| Horrocks | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Weymouth, Dorset. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 8 October. |
| Itaska | United States | The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Tollbukine". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. |
| Lawrence Brown | United States | The ship was driven onto the Sumatra Bank, in the Hooghly River. |
| Levantine | France | The ship was wrecked at "Carabourna", Ottoman Empire. |
| Maas Nymph | Netherlands | The brig ran aground on the Domesnes Reef. She was refloated on 1 November and taken in to Bolderāja. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner was discovered derelict 10 nautical miles (19 km) west north west of "Egeroen", Norway before 4 October. |
| Mary W. | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Cape Corrientes, Cuba before 6 October. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York. |
| Mohawk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Caribou Island, Province of Canada, British North America before 6 October. Her crew were rescued. She broke up on 15 April 1857. |
| Prinz von Preussen | Stralsund | The ship departed from Cardiff for Alexandria, Egypt in mid-October. Subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. A chest containing the ships' papers washed up at Morlaix, Finistère, France in March 1857. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 10 October. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 13 October and resumed her voyage. |
| Roderick Dhu | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore on Selsey Bill, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz to Copenhagen. She was refloated on 17 October and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. |
| Wanderer | Cape Colony | The schooner was wrecked in Plettenberg Bay between 8 and 15 October. |
| Western Miller | British North America | The steamship caught fire at Toronto, Province of Canada. |
| Yeoman | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea before 21 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Castine, Maine, United States. |
| Zoe | France | The ship was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Riga, Russia. |
| Name unknown | Spain | The brig capsized and sank in the North Sea before 9 October. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Drontheim, Norway. |