List of shipwrecks in September 1856
Ship Country Description
Arabia United States Carrying a 200-short-ton ( 179-long-ton ; 181-tonne ) cargo of merchandise , tools , and United States Mail , the steamboat struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River 6 miles ( 9.7 km ) above Kansas City , Kansas . All on board survived . Her wreck was discovered on 26 November 1988 buried 45 feet ( 14 m ) beneath a cornfield and was excavated and preserved
Constantine United Kingdom The ship departed from Baltimore , Maryland , United States for London . Subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands . A boat from the ship was discovered 100 nautical miles ( 190 km ) south of Queenstown , County Cork before 28 October
Lammergeir United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Saint Stephen , New Brunswick , British North America to London . She was refloated and taken in to Deal , Kent
Ocean Home United States The full-rigged ship was run into by the full-rigged ship Cherubin ( United States ) and foundered in the English Channel 20 nautical miles ( 37 km ) south of The Lizard , Cornwall , United Kingdom with the loss of 71 of the 94 people on board . Survivors were rescued by Cherubin , the pilot boat No . 3. and the pilot sloop Perseverance and the schooner Martha ( all United Kingdom ) . Ocean Home was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to New York
Prins Oscar Sweden The steamship ran aground at Sandhamn and was damaged . She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kindgom
Titan United States The tug was driven ashore and wrecked south of the Squan Inlet
The list of shipwrecks in September 1856 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1856.