The list of shipwrecks in June 1855 includes ships sunk, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1855.

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1855
Ship State Description
Benjamin Elkins
Coupland
Emma
John Patchett
Manette
Miguel 		 United Kingdom
 United States
 Hamburg
 United Kingdom
 France
 Peru 		The barque Manette was driven into Benjamin Elkin at Mazatlan, Cuba. She was then driven into the barque Emma, crushed the barque John Patchett and the schooners Coupland and Miguel before drifting out to sea and foundering with the loss of fifteen of her sixteen crew. Benjamin Elkins was abandoned as a wreck with the loss of three of her eighteen crew. John Patchett was abandoned as a wreck, her twelve crew were rescued. Coupland was wrecked with the loss of four of her crew. Miguel was also wrecked.[1][2]
Bouvreuil  France The ship was driven ashore near Jacmel, Haiti. She was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[3]
Colbert  French Navy The paddle corvette ran aground at Nagasaki, Japan and was abandoned by her crew.[4]
Happy Return  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham and was beached at Sand Point. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen.[5]
Hero  Bremen The brig was driven ashore at Mazatlan.[2]
Jeune Alexandre  France The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caen, Caen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[5]
Tartar  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Mazatlan with the loss of four of her crew.[1]
Volusia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Little Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[5]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1855
Ship State Description
Graf von Munster  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was wrecked at Norden. She was on a voyage from "Domersiel" to an English port.[6]
Harmonie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dantzic. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London, United Kingdom.[6]
Hope  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of the five people on board. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was taken in to Llanelly, Glamorgan in a derelict condition.[7][8]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1855
Ship State Description
Edgar  United States The ship was wrecked on Iony Island in the western Sea of Okhotsk in fog. All aboard were saved by nearby vessels.[9]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1855
Ship State Description
Lochmaben Castle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rocks, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Her crew and 557 passengers were rescued; Her crew and 120 passengers by Sophia Kidson, 210 passengers by Sophia McKenzie (both  United Kingdom).[10][11]
Tolve Brodie  Norway The full-rigged ship ran aground off the coast of South Holland, Netherlands.[8]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1855
Ship State Description
Abrota United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The barque was wrecked on Klein Curaçao. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Curaçao.[12][13]
Imperatrice  United Kingdom The steamship was in collision with the brigantine Commerce ( Belgium in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. She consequently foundered in the Swin, off the coast of Essex the next day whilst attempting to put in to Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the tug Trinity ( United Kingdom). Imperatrice was on a voyage from Woolwich, Kent to the Crimea. She was refloated on 10 August and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[14][15][16]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1855
Ship State Description
Erie  United States The brig ran aground on a reef off Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes to Boston, Massachusetts.[12][13]
Katherine Sharer  United Kingdom The barque caught fire and exploded at Hobart, Van Diemen's Land. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hobart.[17]
Maiden City  United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock off Maughold Head, Isle of Man and sank. All on board were rescued; some of her passengers were rescued by the steamship Lyra ( United Kingdom). Maiden City was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.[18][19]
Wellgung  Sweden The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Ibou", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla to Horsens, Denmark.[20]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1855
Ship State Description
Jefferson  United States The ship wrecked on Cape Levenshtern, on the northeast coast of Sakhalin Island, in the western Sea of Okhotsk in fog. The entire crew, 300 barrels of whale oil, and 3,000 pounds (1,361 kg) of baleen were saved by the ship Reindeer ( United States).[21][22][23]
Panama  United States The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Taboga, Republic of New Granada. She was refloated and taken to San Francisco, California for repairs.[12]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1855
Ship State Description
Fanny Forrester  United States The ship ran aground on the Long Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and completed her voyage to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, arriving on 10 June.[18]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1855
Ship State Description
Gondola  United Kingdom The ship was last sighted on this date whilst on a voyage from Salonica, Greece to Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[24]
HMS Nerbudda  Royal Navy The brig-sloop departed from the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of 120 all hands, possibly on 12 or 13 June in a typhoon.[25][26]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1855
Ship State Description
Indianaren  Denmark The barque collided with the coaster Tocontuis ( Brazil) and foundered 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Cape Frio, Brazil. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[27]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1855
Ship State Description
Gazelle  United Kingdom The brig struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned on 17 June and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Sovereign ( United Kingdom). Gazelle was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland, British North America.[28][29][30]
St. Abbs  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was wrecked on a reef off St. Jean Nova Island, north east of Madagascar with the loss of 22-29 lives. There were six survivors. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[31]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1855
Ship State Description
Charles  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Pakefield Gat, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[32]
Energy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Skye. She was reported to be on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated on 27 June.[33]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to London. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[34]
Guineaman  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde.[34]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1855
Ship State Description
Bristol Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London.[35]
Charles  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[35]
Posto  Denmark The brigantine was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Aalborg. She was refloated the next day and put in to Fredrikshavn.[33]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[34]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1855
Ship State Description
Phoque  France The brig ran aground on the Margate Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom).[36] Phoque was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[37]
Robert and John  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Hale Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Louth, Lincolnshire.[34]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1855
Ship State Description
Mona  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the South Bull in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Drogheda, County Louth.[38]
Oldenburg  Kingdom of Hanover The schooner ran aground on the Ower Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[32]
Supply  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[38]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1855
Ship State Description
Frederick  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Stettin.[12]
Maria Sophia  Prussia The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Wolgast to Stettin.[13]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1855
Ship State Description
Industry  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Cape George, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11]
Sumpter  United Kingdom The ship ran ashore at Quoddy Head, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Musquash, New Brunswick, British North America to Cork. She was refloated and put in to Boston, Massachusetts, United States in a leaky condition.[39]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1855
Ship State Description
Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Portlozan". She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated on 9 July and towed in to Ardrossan.[27]
Manilla  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Sagua La Grande, Cuba. She was refloated on 6 July and sailed for Cowes, Isle of Wight.[40]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1855
Ship State Description
Nancy Plaisted  United States The ship was driven ashore on Fire Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Madeira to New York City. She had sunk by 30 June.[39]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1855
Ship State Description
T. and P. Woodward  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.[41]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1855
Ship State Description
Rosario  Uruguay The ship departed from Monte Video for Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[42]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1855
Ship State Description
Telegraph  Belgium The steamship ran aground in the Oost Gat. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[12]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1855
Ship State Description
Harvest  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Newhaven, Sussex. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Middlesbrough.[43]
Witness United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brigantine was wrecked at Palliser Bay when she was caught in a gale. She was en route from Port Cooper (Lyttelton) to Melbourne. One life was lost.[44]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1855
Ship State Description
Ashley  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[45]
Glenroy  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[46]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1855
Ship State Description
HMS Amphion  Royal Navy Crimean War: The frigate ran aground at Viapori, Grand Duchy of Finland and was damaged by Russian artillery fire. She was refloated.
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea on or before 10 June. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Limerick.[47]
Atrato  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Klein Curaçao, Curaçao in early June. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Curaçao.[48]
Belzunce  France The ship was wrecked at Île Bourbon in late June.[49]
Cette  France The ship was driven ashore at Alexandria, Egypt before 30 June. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Alexandria.[50]
Contractor  United Kingdom The tug sank off Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Queenstown to the Crimea. She was refloated on 26 June and taken in to Dublin for repairs.[51]
Echo United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria The ship was driven ashore at the Melbourne Heads. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Callao, Peru. She was refloated on 16 June and resumed her voyage.[52]
Emma Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Stettin. She was refloated on 6 June and taken in to Stralsund for repairs.[53]
Gale  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was refloated on 15 June and sailed to the north.[34]
Leavet Storar  Spain The ship was wrecked on Sandy Cay before 23 June. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Vigo.[41]
Huron United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The steamship sank off Oswego. She was later refloated and taken in to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[39]
Infanta  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 June.[54]
J. Bhobet  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 June.[55]
John Hussey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Van Diemen's Land The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Mersey River. She had been refloated by 12 June.[52]
Margaret and Mary  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 June.[39]
Mary and Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea (56°06′N 6°45′E / 56.100°N 6.750°E / 56.100; 6.750) before 10 June.[32]
Norval  Netherlands The ship was wreck on the Bol of the Hinder, in the North Sea on or before 18 June. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Rotterdam, South Holland.[56]
Whitburn Grange  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 14 June and takin in to Bridlington.[34][32]

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