# List of shipwrecks in 1956

The list of shipwrecks in 1956 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1956.
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| Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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## January
### 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Citrine | United Kingdom | The collier sank off The Lizard, Cornwall. All ten crew were rescued, but one later died. |
| Melody | Liberia | The tanker ran aground at Vlissingen, Netherlands. |

### 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Kallgeir ( Norway) at Poortershaven, Netherlands and was beached. |
| Hartel | Netherlands | The coaster collided with Penhir ( France) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. All nine on board rescued. |

### 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Esso Appalachee | United Kingdom | The tanker collided with the jetty at Immingham, Lincolnshire, cutting it in two and leaving a 50-foot (15 m) gap. |

### 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alvi | Panama | The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea west of Hvide Sande, Denmark, at 55°57′N 6°52′E﻿ / ﻿55.950°N 6.867°E﻿ / 55.950; 6.867. |

### 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Moreton Bay | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground in the Suez Canal. Later refloated. |

### 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sirabuen | Norway | The coaster collided with Loide Venezuela ( Brazil) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) of Kijkduin, Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her eight crew. |

### 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anabel II | United States | The 58.9-foot (18.0 m), 62-gross register ton tug was destroyed by fire while moored for the winter at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, at 44°49.759′N 087°22.821′W﻿ / ﻿44.829317°N 87.380350°W﻿ / 44.829317; -87.380350﻿ (Anabel II). |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Salem Maritime | United States | The T2 tanker exploded, caught fire and sank at Lake Charles, Louisiana. She was refloated on 29 January. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was later rebuilt and returned to service. |

### 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria Pompei | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Aberavon, Glamorgan. |

### 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltrover | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Elbe, West Germany. Refloated on 13 February. |

### 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gertrud | West Germany | The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. All nine crew rescued by the trawlers Junella and York City (both United Kingdom) and landed at Aberdeen. |

### 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bedford | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground off Singapore. Refloated after 36 hours. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| King's Mount | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Elbe, West Germany. Refloated on 1 February having been aground for several days. |

## February
### 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rosalind | Panama | The cargo ship sank 120 nautical miles (220 km) south of Crete (33°21′N 27°50′E﻿ / ﻿33.350°N 27.833°E﻿ / 33.350; 27.833). All crew rescued by San Carlo ( Italy). Rosalind was on a voyage from Split, Yugoslavia to Dammam, Saudi Arabia. |
| Dovrefjell | Norway | the cargo ship ran aground on the Pentland Skerries, Orkney Islands, Scotland. All 41 crew rescued by Royal Air Force and Royal Navy helicopters. |

### 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kronprinsesse Ingrid | Denmark | The passenger ship ran aground off Esbjerg. Refloated the next day. |

### 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lycia | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Katakolon, Greece. |

### 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Conlea | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) off La Corbière, Jersey. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. |
| Loide-Honduras, and Rumania | Brazil United Kingdom | The cargo ship Loide-Honduras ran aground on Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. The Improved Larch-class tug Rumania was sent to assist but she ran aground on the same sandbank and sank (51°43′N 1°37′E﻿ / ﻿51.717°N 1.617°E﻿ / 51.717; 1.617). Her crew were rescued by helicopter. Loide-Honduras refloated on 12 February and returned to service. |

### 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed ferry | Egypt | The 1956 Egypt ferry accident occurred in the morning on 13 February 1956 near Dekernes at a small tributary of the Nile, in Egypt. A passenger ferry capsized, killing 22 schoolchildren between 12 years old and 18 years old. |

### 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| RFA Wave Monarch | Royal Navy | The Wave-class oiler ran aground at Valletta, Malta. Later refloated. |

### 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| No. 24 | United Kingdom | The hopper barge was in collision with Indus ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. All eleven crew rescued. |

### 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carol Joy | United States | The 13-gross register ton, 33.7-foot (10.3 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the west coast of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |
| Kaptan Uzunoglu | Turkey | The cargo ship ran aground near Ereğli. She was on a voyage from Istanbul to Zonguldak. She was declared a constructive total loss. |

### 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Corchester | United Kingdom | The collier was in collision with City of Sydney ( United Kingdom) near the Haisborough Lightship ( Trinity House ), off the coast of Norfolk and sank with the loss of eight of her 21 crew. |

### 29 February

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sapanca | Turkey | The cargo ship collided in the Scheldt, Belgium with Blommersdijk ( Netherlands) and sank. All 35 crew saved by Blommersdijk. |

## March
### 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Greenhaven | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground on Roaninish Rock, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, after her engine failed in a storm. Assistance given by HMS Wizard ( Royal Navy) and the Arranmore Lifeboat. All ten crew rescued by helicopters from RAF Eglinton. |

### 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Washington Mail | United States | While on a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to East Asia, the 7,943-ton, 468.5-foot (142.8 m) steamer broke in two and sank in the Gulf of Alaska during a storm. All 57 crewmen and all nine passengers on board survived. |

### 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friada | United States | The 6-gross register ton, 27.9-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel sank off the coast of the Territory of Alaska 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of "Cape Baranof," possibly a reference to Cape Burunof (56°59′02″N 135°22′39″W﻿ / ﻿56.9839°N 135.3775°W﻿ / 56.9839; -135.3775﻿ (Cape Burunof)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kotzebue | United States | The 69-gross register ton, 60.3-foot (18.4 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by ice in Kotzebue Sound on the west coast of the Territory of Alaska. |

### 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prince de Liege | Belgium | Caught fire off Spain and abandoned by crew. Towed by a naval tug ( Spanish Navy) then by salvage ship Herakles ( Sweden) to Gibraltar. Subsequently scrapped in the United Kingdom in 1957. |

### 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vert Prairial | France | The trawler was driven ashore at Wireless Point, Porthcurno, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all seventeen on board. |

### 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Etrusco | Italy | The 441-foot (134 m) cargo ship was blown ashore during a storm on Cedar Point at Scituate, Massachusetts, United States, directly in front of Old Scituate Light. The United States Coast Guard rescued all 30 members of her crew by breeches buoy. She remained aground for several months, then was refloated, repaired, renamed Scituate, and returned to service. |

### 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Willis A. Lee | United States Navy | The Mitscher-class destroyer was driven onto rocks at Jamestown, Rhode Island, in a storm. |

### 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| J. H. | United States | The 19-gross register ton, 41.3-foot (12.6 m) fishing vessel sank off Kodiak, Territory of Alaska. |

### 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sunset | United States | The 7-gross register ton, 30.6-foot (9.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska. |

### 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Changsha | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Tokyo, Japan. Refloated on 9 April. |

## April
### 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Akka | Sweden | The ore carrier sank in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of six of her 33 crew. |

### 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carlisle I | United States | The 35-gross register ton, 56.1-foot (17.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Territory of Alaska. |

### 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria Schroeder | West Germany | The cargo ship ran aground in the Red Sea during a sandstorm. |

### 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Altair | Netherlands | The cargo ship struck a rock off Borborema, Brazil and sank. All crew were rescued. |

### 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Loyal | United States | The 23-gross register ton, 43.4-foot (13.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Simpson Bay (60°37′30″N 145°55′00″W﻿ / ﻿60.62500°N 145.91667°W﻿ / 60.62500; -145.91667﻿ (Simpson Bay)) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. |

### 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Luabo | Portugal | The cargo ship sank off Mozambique with the loss of fourteen of her 57 crew. |

## May
### 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Erling Borthen | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Santa Rosa ( Liberia) in the English Channel of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. |
| Mahronda | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Belas ( Portugal) in the English Channel and was beached at Netley, Hampshire. |

### 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fred Everard | United Kingdom | The sailing vessel collided with Wall Brook ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Ramsgate, Kent. |

### 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Wisconsin | United States Navy | The Iowa-class battleship collided with the escort destroyer USS Eaton ( United States Navy) off the coast of Virginia. |

### 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fred Everard | United Kingdom | The coaster was in collision with Walstream ( United Kingdom) off Margate, Kent and sank with the loss of one of her six crew. |
| HMS Talent | Royal Navy | The T-class submarine was damaged in a collision with an unknown vessel whilst at periscope depth in the Solent. |

### 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Howard Olson | United States | The steam schooner was in collision with Marine Leopard ( United States) 175 nautical miles (324 km) south of San Francisco, California and sank with the loss of six of her 28 crew. |

### 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Junyo Maru No. 3 | Japan | The 84-ton salmon-fishing vessel disappeared near the Aleutian Islands with the loss of her entire crew of 22. |
| Mace | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 35.9-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Castle Flats (56°38′30″N 133°15′30″W﻿ / ﻿56.64167°N 133.25833°W﻿ / 56.64167; -133.25833﻿ (Castle Flats)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wafico No. 22 | United States | The 16-gross register ton, 34.9-foot (10.6 m) fishing vessel foundered near Cape Saint Elias, Territory of Alaska. |

### 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Orsova | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Refloated with the aid of three tugs. |

### 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| P S F Co. No. 2 | United States | The 41-gross register ton, 60.3-foot (18.4 m) scow sank off Foggy Cape (56°32′N 156°58′W﻿ / ﻿56.533°N 156.967°W﻿ / 56.533; -156.967﻿ (Foggy Cape)) on Sutwik Island off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. |

### 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lynn D | United States | The 10-gross register ton motor vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) off Cape Saint Elias, Territory of Alaska. |

### 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ballyclare | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Sarda Island in the Mull of Kintyre. |
| Lucky Carrier | Hong Kong | The tanker ran aground at Fakir Point, Burma. She was on a voyage from Chalna to Akyab. Refloated on 8 August, she was towed to Singapore where she was declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in 1957. |
| Prins Bernhard | Netherlands | The coaster was in collision with Tanger ( West Germany) in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent. She sank, but all on board were rescued by the Dover lifeboat. |

### 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caronia | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground at Messina, Sicily, Italy. Refloated the next day. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hassel | Norway | Collided with a Liberian tanker. Beached a Folkestone, Kent. Later repaired and returned to service. |

## June
### 8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Badora | East Bengal | The passenger ship sank in the Bay of Bengal with the loss of all but six of the 202 people on board. |

### 12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Warri | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground at Iwerekun, Nigeria. She was on a voyage from Sapele to Lagos. She was declared a total loss. |

### 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Danaco No. 5 | United States | The 88-gross register ton, 110-foot (33.5 m) barge sank in the Kuskokwim River approximately 12 miles (19 km) below Sleetmute, Territory of Alaska. |

### 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sea Star | United States | The cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, Egypt. Later refloated. |

### 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shuna | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Isle of Muck, in the Inner Hebrides. |

### 24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| P G No. 4 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank near Egegik, Territory of Alaska, during a storm. |

### 26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vicky | Australia | The collier sank off Wilson's Promonotory, Victoria with the loss of eight crew. |

### 30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reform | United States | The 9-gross register ton, 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska between Beacon Point and Twelve Mile Point. |

## July
### 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sheaf Royal | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground off Singapore. Refloated four days later. |

### 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dione | France | The cargo ship collided with Michael C ( Liberia) off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Lord Warden | United Kingdom | The ferry collided with Tamba ( France) 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Cap Gris Nez, Pas de Calais, France. |
| Marotte | France | The fishing vessel collided with Kenuta ( United Kingdom) off the Eddystone Lighthouse in the English Channel and sank. All crew rescued by Kenuta. |
| Yewcroft | United Kingdom | The 827-ton steamship stranded in dense fog on the rocks of Trevean Cove, Cornwall, UK whilst carrying cement between Cliffe and Bristol. The captain believed he was near the Brisons at Cape Cornwall. |

### 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Estoril | Panama | The Liberty ship collided with Dea Mazzella ( Italy) and sank at 42°50′N 61°00′W﻿ / ﻿42.833°N 61.000°W﻿ / 42.833; -61.000. |

### 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hy-C-Tane | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 33.2-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel sank in Ships Anchorage (58°43′40″N 157°00′45″W﻿ / ﻿58.72778°N 157.01250°W﻿ / 58.72778; -157.01250﻿ (Ships Anchorage)) at Naknek, Territory of Alaska. |

### 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maeda | Costa Rica | The cargo ship was in collision with Salsaas ( Norway) and sank off the coast of the Netherlands. All crew rescued by Salsaas. |

### 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Douglas | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground near the Maidens Lighthouse, County Antrim, United Kingdom. Refloated on 21 July with substantial damage. |

### 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kotka | Finland | The cargo ship was scuttled with a cargo of obsolete ammunition in the Atlantic Ocean. |

### 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andrea Doria | Italy | The Italian Line 29,083-ton ocean liner, sunk after collision with Stockholm ( Sweden). 46 fatalities. |

### 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Moyana | United Kingdom | The ketch foundered off The Lizard, Cornwall. All crew rescued by Clan Maclean ( United Kingdom). |
| Teeswood | United Kingdom | The cargo ship capsized off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. She drifted and sank off Dover. |

### 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Linda | United States | During a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Elfin Cove to North Inian Pass (58°17′N 136°22′W﻿ / ﻿58.283°N 136.367°W﻿ / 58.283; -136.367﻿ (North Inian Pass)), the 30-foot (9.1 m) troller was swamped and sank with the loss of the 16-year-old boy who was the only person on board. A message in a bottle found a year later in the Gulf of Alaska off Yakutat, Territory of Alaska, was the only description of the vessel′s fate. |

### 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eskimo | United States | The 61-gross register ton, 75.1-foot (22.9 m) cannery tender was wrecked on the coast of Sitkalidak Island in the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Cape Barnabas (57°09′N 152°53′W﻿ / ﻿57.150°N 152.883°W﻿ / 57.150; -152.883﻿ (Cape Barnabas)). All four people and a dog who were aboard survived. |

## August
### 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Far North | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 30.3-foot (9.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. |

### 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| RFA Wave King | Royal Navy | The Wave-class oiler struck a rock north of São Luís de Maranhão, Brazil and was severely damaged. Withdrawn from service and scrapped as a result. |

### 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Isle | United Kingdom | The VIC-type lighter was driven ashore on Tiree, Inner Hebrides and abandoned by her crew. Severely damaged, she was further damaged by gales on 28 September and was a total loss. |

### 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Majestic | United States | The 104-gross register ton, 74.1-foot (22.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in the Shelikof Strait 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) off Puale Bay (57°41′N 155°29′W﻿ / ﻿57.683°N 155.483°W﻿ / 57.683; -155.483﻿ (Puale Bay)) on the coast of the Alaska Peninsula. |

### 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hondsrug | Netherlands | The coaster sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Fyn Island, Denmark, with the loss of five of the seven people on board. |

### 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eunice H | United States | The 9-gross register ton, 32.4-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel sank in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. |

### 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argus | United States | The 22-gross register ton, 44-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. |
| Traquair | United Kingdom | The coaster sank 36 nautical miles (67 km) east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. All eleven crew rescued. |

### 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Excursion | United States | The 46-gross register ton, 65-foot (19.8 m) motor vessel was wrecked in Cordova Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Forman F | United States | The 6-gross register ton, 28.8-foot (8.8 m) fishing vessel sank off the north shore of McHenry Anchorage (55°58′N 132°27′W﻿ / ﻿55.967°N 132.450°W﻿ / 55.967; -132.450﻿ (McHenry Anchorage)) on Etolin Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Salmon Mule | United States | The 40-gross register ton, 51.9-foot (15.8 m) motor vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off Ocean Cape (59°32′30″N 139°51′30″W﻿ / ﻿59.54167°N 139.85833°W﻿ / 59.54167; -139.85833﻿ (Ocean Cape)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betty J | United States | The 45-gross register ton, 57.7-foot (17.6 m) fishing vessel sank 6.3 nautical miles (11.7 km; 7.2 mi) southwest of Yakutat, Territory of Alaska. |

## September
### 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Seagate | Liberia | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Sonora Reef, of the coast of Washington, United States and broke in two. |

### 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Italio | United States | The 53-gross register ton 64-foot (19.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed near the eastern spit of the Kaliakh River (60°05′40″N 142°48′30″W﻿ / ﻿60.09444°N 142.80833°W﻿ / 60.09444; -142.80833﻿ (Kaliakh River)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska, 12 miles (19 km) west of Cape Yakataga. |
| Sanco | United States | The 15-gross register ton, 40-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire due east of Round Point Light (56°16′40″N 132°39′30″W﻿ / ﻿56.27778°N 132.65833°W﻿ / 56.27778; -132.65833﻿ (Round Point Light)) on Zarembo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, 0.25 nautical miles (0.46 km; 0.29 mi) from Etolin Island. |

### 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A P A-S-10 | United States | The 95-gross register ton, 72.1-foot (22.0 m) scow wrecked at 55°59′12″N 134°05′36″W﻿ / ﻿55.98667°N 134.09333°W﻿ / 55.98667; -134.09333﻿ (A P A-S-10) in the Spanish Islands (55°57′38″N 134°07′33″W﻿ / ﻿55.9606°N 134.1258°W﻿ / 55.9606; -134.1258﻿ (Spanish Islands)) in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |
| Liberty | United States | The 16-gross register ton, 39.5-foot (12.0 m) fishing vessel sank in Southeast Alaska off the Barrier Islands (54°48′N 132°25′W﻿ / ﻿54.800°N 132.417°W﻿ / 54.800; -132.417﻿ (Barrier Islands)). |
| Valencia | United States | The 82-gross register ton, 69.5-foot (21.2 m) cargo vessel was wrecked on Spanish Island (55°57′N 134°07′W﻿ / ﻿55.950°N 134.117°W﻿ / 55.950; -134.117﻿ (Spanish Island)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Seattle | United States | The 21-gross register ton, 44.4-foot (13.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at King Cove, Territory of Alaska. |

### 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nedra | United States | The 11-gross register ton, 33.3-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on Long Island (57°46′N 152°17′W﻿ / ﻿57.767°N 152.283°W﻿ / 57.767; -152.283﻿ (Long Island)) near Kodiak, Territory of Alaska. |

### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pelagia | Liberia | The Liberty ship broke in two and sank off the Lofoten Islands, Norway (67°15′N 11°35′E﻿ / ﻿67.250°N 11.583°E﻿ / 67.250; 11.583). |

### 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Irene | Greece | The coaster foundered south east of Crete. All ten crew rescued by Norman Prince ( United Kingdom). |

### 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada | United States | The 13-gross register ton, 41.7-foot (12.7 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Gnat Cove (55°23′00″N 131°19′40″W﻿ / ﻿55.38333°N 131.32778°W﻿ / 55.38333; -131.32778﻿ (Gnat Cove)) in Carroll Inlet (55°28′22″N 131°18′41″W﻿ / ﻿55.4728°N 131.3114°W﻿ / 55.4728; -131.3114﻿ (Carroll Inlet)) in Southeast Alaska. |
| Wild Bill | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 29.4-foot (9.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Ernest Sound in Southeast Alaska. |

### 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada May | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 31.3-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Haines, Territory of Alaska. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| B & W No. 1 | United States | The 188-gross register ton, 100-foot (30.5 m) cargo ship was wrecked on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea southeast of Mekoryuk. |

## October
### 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| G P C 19 | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 30.9-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire while moored at Kodiak, Alaska. |

### 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dulcinea | United States | The 622-gross register ton, 166.5-foot (50.7 m) tanker was wrecked on Buldir Island in the Aleutian Islands. |

### 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 109 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tuva | United States | During a voyage from Seattle, Washington to Kodiak, Alaska, with a cargo of 30 tons of explosives, the 55-gross register ton, 49.9-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel sank with the loss of four lives in the Gulf of Alaska about 30 nautical miles (56 km) from Cape Saint Elias on the southwest end of Kayak Island, Territory of Alaska, during a gale. |

### 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Anchorite | Royal Navy | The Amphion-class submarine ran aground in Rothesay Bay, Firth of Forth. |

### 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concha | Costa Rica | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Humber. Later refloated undamaged. |

### 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United States | The 7-gross register ton, 35.4-foot (10.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the beach at Hydaburg, Territory of Alaska. |

### 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lepus | Philippines | Typhoon Harriet: The cargo ship foundered off Legaspi with the loss of 25 of her 36 crew. The survivors were rescued by USS Castor ( United States Navy). |

### 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Antietam | United States Navy | The Essex-class aircraft carrier ran aground off Brest, France. Later refloated undamaged. |

### 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Starlight | United States | The 14-gross register ton, 39.2-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the west side of Golf Island (56°47′30″N 135°23′00″W﻿ / ﻿56.79167°N 135.38333°W﻿ / 56.79167; -135.38333﻿ (Golf Island)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beilby | United States | The 15-gross register ton, 46.5-foot (14.2 m) fishing vessel ran aground and was lost off a location described as "Point Lookout" in the Territory of Alaska, which could refer to a number of locations but most likely is the Point Lookout (57°39′00″N 133°40′30″W﻿ / ﻿57.65000°N 133.67500°W﻿ / 57.65000; -133.67500﻿ (Point Lookout)) in Southeast Alaska closest to Beilby's home port of Wrangel. |

### 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alpheus | United Kingdom | The motor barge departed from Brightlingsea, Essex for London. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Domiat | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The Rashid-class frigate was sunk by gunfire by the light cruiser HMS Newfoundland and the destroyer HMS Diana (both Royal Navy) 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Suez. |
| Wimbledon | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered off Blakeney, Norfolk with the loss of one of her nineteen crew. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Paul Solente | Egypt | Suez Crisis: The dredger was scuttled as a blockship in the Suez Canal at Port Said. Later raised, repaired and returned to service. |
| Pollux | Egypt | Suez Crisis: The dredger was scuttled as a blockship in the Suez Canal at Port Said. |

## November
### 1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aboukir | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The Rashid-class frigate was scuttled as a blockship in the Suez Canal. Refloated on 8 April 1957, she was beached and abandoned. |
| Aka | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The landing ship tank was scuttled as a blockship in the Suez Canal near Timsah. She was refloated in February 1957, beached, and abandoned. |
| ex-HMS Papua | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The merchant passenger ship, a decommissioned Colony-class frigate that had been acquired for reconversion into a warship for the Egyptian Navy, was scuttled as a blockship in the Suez Canal. She was refloated, beached and abandoned later. |
| ex-HMS Tobago | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The merchant passenger ship, a decommissioned Colony-class frigate that had been acquired for reconversion into a warship for the Egyptian Navy, was scuttled as a blockship in the Suez Canal. She was refloated, beached and abandoned later. |

### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aida | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The ship was sunk by Israeli Dassault Mystère IV aircraft. |

### 4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| No. 220 | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The No. 260-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft from the aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark ( Royal Navy). |
| No. 227 | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The No. 260-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft from the aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark ( Royal Navy). |

### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carmella | United States | The 16-gross register ton, 50.4-foot (15.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Coon Cove (55°27′20″N 131°29′15″W﻿ / ﻿55.45556°N 131.48750°W﻿ / 55.45556; -131.48750﻿ (Coon Cove)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chum | United States | The 11-gross register ton, 32.3-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank off Sukoi Island (56°53′30″N 132°55′25″W﻿ / ﻿56.89167°N 132.92361°W﻿ / 56.89167; -132.92361﻿ (Sukoi Island)) in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |
| Opalia | United Kingdom | Suez Crisis: The tanker was sunk or scuttled at Port Said, Egypt. Unclear of operational status, trapped in port or part of British forces. Raised in 1959, repaired and put in service as 23 December ( Egypt). |

### 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Port Victor | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with a Soviet merchant ship in the Scheldt, Belgium. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Neritopsis | United Kingdom | The Empire Pym-type tanker struck a rock in the South China Sea off Palawan Island, Borneo (8°32′N 116°40′E﻿ / ﻿8.533°N 116.667°E﻿ / 8.533; 116.667) and sank. Her crew rescued by Nellore ( United Kingdom). Neritopsis was on a voyage from Miri, Malaya to Shimotsu, Japan. |

### 19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ussona | United States | The 16-gross register ton, 42.9-foot (13.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Deer Island in Ernest Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Hartford | United States Navy | The decommissioned steam sloop-of-war sank at her berth at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia. She subsequently was scrapped. |

### 21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| M-200 | Soviet Navy | The submarine collided with the destroyer Statnyj ( Soviet Navy) and sank with the loss of 30 lives. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown November 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| No. 15 | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The landing craft mechanized was lost on 3 or 4 November, possibly scuttled as a blockship in the Suez Canal. |
| No. 20 | Egyptian Navy | Suez Crisis: The landing craft mechanized was lost on 3 or 4 November, possibly scuttled as a blockship in the Suez Canal. |
| Zamalek | Egypt | Suez Crisis: The cargo ship, a former LS-class landing ship, was sunk in the Suez Canal at Port Tewfik, or in the harbor at Suez, Egypt during an attack by British and/or French aircraft, or scuttled by the Egyptians in Suez harbor on 3, 4 or 5 November. Later scrapped in place post war. |

## December
### 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Herewego | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 35.2-foot (10.7 m) fishing vessel sank off Saint John Harbor (56°27′00″N 132°57′30″W﻿ / ﻿56.45000°N 132.95833°W﻿ / 56.45000; -132.95833﻿ (Saint John Harbor)) on Zarembo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Southern Hunter | United Kingdom | The 441 GRT steam-powered whaler was wrecked trying to avoid a vessel of the Argentine Navy coming in the opposite direction at Foster Harbour, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sea Parrot | United States | The 25-gross register ton, 46-foot (14 m) fishing vessel sank in Prince William Sound on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. |

### 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Farragut | United States | The 13-gross register ton, 33.3-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel sank off Point Higgins (55°27′28″N 131°50′00″W﻿ / ﻿55.45778°N 131.83333°W﻿ / 55.45778; -131.83333﻿ (Point Higgins)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lukuga | Belgium | Collided off Terschelling, Netherlands with Bernhard Hansen ( Norway) and beached off Schiermonnikoog. Refloated 24 December and towed to Emden, Germany where repaired and returned to service. |

### 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sunlong | Norway | The Liberty ship sprang a leak and sank off Kristiansand, Norway. All 36 crew rescued by Borre ( Norway). |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1956 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Costa del Marfil | Spain | The cargo ship sank off the Canary Islands. Thirteen crew survived. |
| Nojima Maru | Japan | The stern section of the transport (6,940 GRT, 1934) wrecked in World War II was refloated in early 1956, departed for scrapping in Japan but sank en route. |