List of shipwrecks in January 1856
Ship Country Description
Active United Kingdom The ship was wrecked north of Viana do Castelo , Portugal with the loss of all but three of her crew . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Oporto , Portugal
Artagne Denmark The schooner was in collision with a steamship and ran aground on the North Bank , in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool
Barbara United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port St. Mary , Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Douglas , Isle of Man to Whitehaven , Cumberland
Bianca United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Albis ( Hamburg ) . Bianca was on a voyage from Valparaíso , Chile to Cork and/or Queenstown , County Cork
Delicia Jersey The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island , Azores
Mars United Kingdom The ship was wrecked between Penzance and St. Michael 's Mount , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Casablanca , Morocco to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France
Meta United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Beyrout , Ottoman Syria
San Domingo United Kingdom The ship was beached at Queenstown , County Cork and sank . She was on a voyage from Trieste to Queenstown
The list of shipwrecks in January 1856 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1856.