List of shipwrecks in 1854

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The list of shipwrecks in 1854 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1854.

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Ship Country Description
Abbe  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Aigle Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg Austrian Empire The yacht ran aground and was wrecked in the Danube near "Strudel". She was on a voyage from Linz to Vienna.[2]
Agnes Hall  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
American Lass United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Oporto, Portugal.[1]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[1]
Ann Cropper  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, at the mouth of the Hooghly River.[3]
Ann Tift  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Antilles  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Arco  United States The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Beddington  United Kingdom Crimean War: The ship was sunk in the Danube by Russian artillery between 16 October 1853 and 27 March 1854. Her crew were taken prisoner.[4]
Emma Field  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1] She was on a voyage from Bath, Maine, United States to Liverpool.[5]
Flash United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Van Diemen's Land The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Van Diemen's Land. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Gipsy  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[1]
Governor Briggs  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Hamoody Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg India The barque was wrecked in the Laccadive Islands.[7]
Hosanna Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg India The barque was wrecked in the Maldive Islands.[7]
Joanna  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[5]
John Wickliffe  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Lancastrian  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Foo Chow Foo, China.[8]
Leviathan  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Maranon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, at the mouth of the Hooghly River.[3]
Nene Valley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Northumberland, South Australia. She was on a voyage from London to Portland Bay.[9]
Odessa  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Province of Canada. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Limerick.[10]
Prince  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean.[11]
Red Rover  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Richard Watson  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Speculator  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Syria  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Union  Belgium The brig was lost whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Senegal.[12]
Union  United Kingdom The whaler was lost off Greenland. There were at least two survivors.[13]
Urgent  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Warner  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board She was on a voyage from New York to Dunkerque.[1]
Waterloo  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[1]
Wilberforce  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
William  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Belle Tout Lighthouse, Sussex. Her crew survived.[14]
William Thompson  United Kingdom The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1]
Young Australian United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Cape Northumberland.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Great Losses at Sea". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post. No. 5614. Exeter. 21 September 1854.
  2. ^ "Express from Paris". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27391 (Second ed.). London. 9 October 1854.
  3. ^ a b "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5405. Glasgow. 17 November 1854.
  4. ^ "Law Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27625. London. 10 July 1855.
  5. ^ a b "Missing Ships". Glasgow Herald. No. 5389. Glasgow. 22 September 1854.
  6. ^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5342. Glasgow. 20 April 1854.
  7. ^ a b "India and China". The Times. No. 21741. London. 16 May 1854. col E, p. 9.
  8. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 2623. London. 16 October 1854.
  9. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 21959. London. 26 January 1855. col D, p. 10.
  10. ^ "Ship News". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2695. Liverpool. 5 June 1855.
  11. ^ "Loss of Ships in the Ice". Dundee Courier. No. 1973. Dundee. 28 June 1854.
  12. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9217. London. 21 February 1854.
  13. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times. No. 3628. Hull. 14 July 1854.
  14. ^ Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amhurst Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 1 903637 20 1.
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