# List of shipwrecks in 1856

The list of shipwrecks in 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1856.
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. B. Chambers | United States | The steamboat sank in the Missouri River near Atchison, Kansas. |
| Alpha | United States | The schooner was lost in the Gut of Canso. Crew saved. |
| Amazon | United States | The steamboat sank at the mouth of the Missouri River. |
| Annie Scott | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on a reef off the Brazilian coast. She was refloated with assistance from Olinda ( Imperial Brazilian Navy). |
| Ann Rose | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. |
| Banca | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Hong Kong. |
| Bermuda | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her twelve crew were rescued by Saucy Lass ( United Kingdom. Bermuda was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. |
| C. M. Wittusen | Denmark | The ship foundered with the loss of all hands between 11 November and 26 December. She was on a voyage from Næstved to a British port. |
| Coromandel | United Kingdom | The barque was lost in the South China Sea between 19 June and 16 December. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hong Kong. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Neva | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London. |
| Posa | Hamburg | The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean after 3 October. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hong Kong. |
| Prince | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Indian Cove, Newfoundland between 24 October and 3 November. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Newry, County Antrim. Arson was suspected; five of her crew were taken into custody. |
| Recovery | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Conflict Reefs, off the Nunez River in modern-day Guinea. On voyage to England with timber, all crew were rescued. |
| Regia | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Faro, Portugal between 15 February and 15 March. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Ruyter | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France between 29 November and 2 December. |
| Samuel Jones | United States | The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved. |
| Sea Witch | United States | The clipper ran aground in the Gulf of Mexico off Havana, Cuba, and was wrecked. |
| Sigisbert | France | The ship was lost off the "Isles of Suat". She was on a voyage from Pondicherry, India to Paris. |
| Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba. |
| Tongataboo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma between 11 October and 7 November. She was on a voyage from Moulmein to an English port. |
| Usk | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall. |