List of shipwrecks in February 1857
Ship Country Description
H. M. Dowd United States The tug caught fire and sank at Albany , New York
Hope United Kingdom The ship sank at Ramsgate , Kent
Neptune Wismar The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef , in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Wismar to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom . She was refloated on 10 February and taken in to Helsingør , Denmark
Pomona United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Harwich , Essex . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Havana , Cuba
Ravensbourne United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken object and sank off Vlissingen , Zeeland , Netherlands . All on board were rescued . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to London
R. I . Grant United States The tug caught fire and sank at Albany
Ripper United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Figueira da Foz , Portugal
Western World United States The steamship caught fire at Albany and was scuttled
The list of shipwrecks in February 1857 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during February 1857.