List of shipwrecks in October 1855
Ship Country Description
Albion United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 October . Her crew were rescued by Loo Choo ( United Kingdom )
America United States The ship was driven ashore at Cabrita Point , Spain . Despite attempts to refloat her by the tug Buster ( Gibraltar , HMS Prometheus and HMS Rhadamanthus ( both Royal Navy ) , she subsequently became a wreck . America was on a voyage from Trapani , Sicily to an American port . She was refloated on 14 November and taken in to Gibraltar
Carrier Pigeon United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean between 19 and 21 October . Her crew were rescued on 22 October by Harmonie ( Sweden ) . Carrier Pigeon was on a voyage from Queenstown , County Cork , United Kingdom to Matanzas , Cuba . She was towed in to Queenstown on 22 October
Catherina Wilhelmina Denmark The tjalk foundered in the Dogger Bank . Her crew were rescued by South Esk ( United Kingdom ) . Catherina Wilhelmina was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Thisted
Gnyge France The steamship was run into and sunk at the entrance to the Bosphorus by an Austrian steamship . Her crew were rescued
Helena Kingdom of Hanover The ship departed from Hartlepool for Varel between 3 and 7 October . No further trace , presumed foundered with the loss of all hands
Herald United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island , British North America . She was on a voyage from Bathurst , New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire
Huma United Kingdom The ship was lost at East London , Cape Colony
Janet United Kingdom The ship was lost on a voyage from Cuba , Cuba to London
Kalufat United States The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Van der Palm ( Netherlands ) . Kalufat was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Florida
Le Cygne United Kingdom The steamship was in collision with an Austrian steamship and sank in the Bosphorus . All on board survived
Lord Raglan United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off False Cape , Virginia , United States before 20 October . She came ashore and was wrecked at False Cape on or after 6 November
Oscar United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland before 17 August . She was on a voyage from Hull to Königsberg , Prussia
Panaya Micina Greece The ship was driven ashore at Waterford , United Kingdom . She was refloated on 18 October
Prince United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire . All on board were rescued by Albatross ( United Kingdom . Prince was on a voyage from London to Algoa Bay
Princess Mary United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Eure . She was on a voyage from Rouen , Seine-Inférieure to Ardrossan , Ayrshire . She was refloated on 28 October and towed in to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure
Thor United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lossiemouth Moray . Her five crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth to Leith , Lothian
Tonbridge United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand , in the North Sea off the coast of Essex
Ulysses United Kingdom The schooner was driven out to sea from Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . She came ashore at Woolferton , Norfolk . She was refloated on 9 November and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea
The list of shipwrecks in October 1855 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during October 1855.