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The list of ship launches in 1855 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1855. Date Country Builder Location ... San Francisco, California:
List of ship launches in 1855; A. French ship Algésiras (1855) Alhambra (1855) Andrew Jackson (clipper) SS Arago (1855) French ship Arcole (1855) USCS Arctic;
In 1855, Wynns embarked on a ship to San Francisco to join the California gold rush. [165] While in California, he developed an interest in the exploits of adventurer and filibuster William Walker. [165] Wynns participated in Walker's final expedition in Central America but succumbed to an illness contracted during his journey back on August 21 ...
Robinson was city treasurer in 1851, school commissioner in 1854, district attorney in 1852–1855, and president of the board of trustees for San Diego during 1853–1855. Robinson helped establish the Democratic Party in San Diego, and was its early leader. Robinson built an adobe house in Old Town San Diego. The first floor was leased out as ...
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Adelaide. [15] Peruvian United Kingdom: The ship was driven ashore on "Egg Island", British North America in the autumn of 1855. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was ...
Carrier Dove, like Andrew Jackson of Mystic, Mary Whitridge of Baltimore, and Flying Mist of Medford, was a medium clipper, built on a practical modification of clipper ship lines. She combined much of the speed of the sleek, early 1850s extreme clippers with the larger cargo capacity of the fuller-bottomed traditional packet ships.
San Antonio Second Texas Navy; San Bernard Second Texas Navy; San Jacinto Second Texas Navy; St Helena; Santa Eulàlia (Catalan Pailebot/schooner, 1919) Samuel P. Ely; Speranța, 2-masted gaff, square topsails; HMS Sultana (1768) USRC Taney (1833) Tho Pa Ga [91] Thomas W. Lawson; Thomas G. Matteson (New York Pilot Schooner N.Y. 20) Tyrronall ...
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1855 Ship State Description Aguila United Kingdom: The schooner ran aground at Aberdovey, Merionethshire. She was refloated on 4 February. [3] HNLMS Borneo Royal Netherlands Navy: The steamship struck a sunken rock off Indramayu, Netherlands East Indies after 15 February and was severely damaged.