The schooner was driven ashore in Landillo Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[1]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Hamilton's Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Spithead, Hampshire. She was refloated.[1]
Louisa
British North America
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Grand Manan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick.[2] She was subsequently towed in to Gouldsboro, Maine, United States.[3]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Blakistone
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the brigSilence (United Kingdom) Silence and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent.[4]
Grimeneza
Peru
The ship was wrecked on a shoal off New Caledonia (10°50′S161°30′E / 10.833°S 161.500°E / -10.833; 161.500) with the loss of nearly 640 lives. Nineteen crew took to a boat and were subsequently rescued. Another six crew in a boat reached New Ireland on 28 July. One of them was subsequently murdered by the local inhabitants. The five survivors were rescued on 5 September by the whalerAustralia (United Kingdom). Grimeneza was on a voyage from China to Callao.[5]
The brigCecilie was in collision with the steamshipLibau 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Málaga, Spain. Both vessels sank; their crews were rescued by the luggerMaria (France). Cecilie was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Libau was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[7][8]
Janet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Arichat and Pugwash, Nova Scotia, British North America.[6]
Market Maid
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and sank off Baggy Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Barnstaple, Devon.[9]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Antarctic
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Beaufort Shoals, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
Bengt
Sweden
The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Honfleur, Manche, France. She was towed in to ScarboroughYorkshire in a waterlogged condition.[9]
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescue dby Samuel (United Kingdom). Elizabeth and Jane was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.[9]
Thomas and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to West Hartlepool.[11]
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Fernando Po, Portuguese Guinea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bonny to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
William the Conqueror
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by Precursor (United Kingdom). William the Conqueror was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[15]
10 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Robinson
United Kingdom
The brig was holed by an anchor and sank at Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Archimedes
Kingdom of Sardinia
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[12]
Eleventh of April
Norway
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schoonerHannibal (United Kingdom). Eleventh of April was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Bergen.[17]
Hero
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bonny to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]
12 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Louisa
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at Berbice, British Honduras. she was on a voyage from the Clyde to Demerara, British Honduras.[15]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Alessandro
Kingdom of Sardinia
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and capsized at Genoa. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and California, United States.[19]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Montevideo, Uruguay.[20]
Cumberland
United Kingdom
Crimean War: The ship was sunk as a target off Landguard Fort, Harwich, Essex by artillery fire from the East Suffolk Regiment.[21]
Silas Richards
United States
The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked near Cape Bersen'yeva in Tugur Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk. The vessel’s cargo of whale oil and whalebone were saved by the ship Hibernia 2nd (United States).[22]
The barque was wrecked on the Caicos Reef. She was on a voyage from , Jamaica to London.[15]
Sea Gull, and Wild Sea Mew
United Kingdom
The ships were in collision and were then driven ashore in Table Bay. All on board were rescued.[23][25]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Archibald
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N41°50′W / 45.000°N 41.833°W / 45.000; -41.833). Her nine crew were rescued by Cotton Planter (United States). Archibald was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[26]
Saxon
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Demerara, British Guiana. She put in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a leaky condition.[6]
The schooner was driven ashore east of Gibraltar.[31]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Victoria
United Kingdom
The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion in the River Ribble, killing five people. She was on a voyage from Lytham St. Annes to Preston, Lancashire.[32]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Herder
Bremen
The ship was damaged by fire in King George's Sound. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Sydney, New South Wales.[33]
James Clark
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Sinclair's Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Helmsdale, Sutherland. She was refloated on 11 August and taken in to Wick, Caithness in a severely damaged condition.[34][35]
Sophia Moffatt
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 142 nautical miles (263 km) off Saint-Louis, Senegal. Her 28 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[14][36]
The ship was abandoned and sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Penang, Straits Settlements. Her 26 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Coringa, India to London.[33]
Humber
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore in the River Swine, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day.[34][37]
Crimean War: The frigate ran aground in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland and was severely damaged.
24 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Auguste
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Jedore Bank, off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America.[38]
Island Queen
China
The schooner was lost in the Coral Sea off the Great Detached Reef, Cape York, New South Wales, while en route to Hong Kong from Melbourne, Victoria.[39]
Ottawa
British North America
The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[40]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Ambassadress
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Geol Rock, off Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Virginia, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[41]
Breeze
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Lapwing (Hamburg) and sank off Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued by Lapwing. Breeze was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to an English port.[3]
The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. She was refloated the next day.[37]
27 July[]
For the beaching of Charles Humberston on this date, see the entry for 3 March 1854
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Admiral
United States
The steamship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Maine and was damaged. She was beached and sank. Her 300 passengers, and her crew, were rescued.[43]
Squaw
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Newcastle, New South Wales.[44]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Bertha
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Black Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kertch, Russia.[45]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Otto and Eduard
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked on the Kleinvagee Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, county Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[46][3]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Sanguin", Liberia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land.[47]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Nileus
United Kingdom
The ship struck the quayside at Southampton, Hampshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Southampton.[31]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Christo
United States
The ship was wrecked near Port Natal, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Portuguese Navy
The government steamer was stranded on a sandbank south of Aveiro, Portugal, while en route to Porto, Portugal, from Madeira with troops, and then broke up. All on board were saved.[49]
Hart
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Monrovia, Liberia. Her crew were rescued.[14][47]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1854
Ship
Country
Description
Andrew
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Runcorn, Cheshire before 12 July.[50]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. She was taken in to North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands on 28 July in a derelict and waterlogged condition.[3]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Province of Canada, British North America.[51]
Cupid
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Cochin, India before 6 July.[52]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island.[51]
Fortuna
British North America
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia to Liverpool. She was subsequently towed in to Port Hood, Nova Scotia by an American fishing vessel.[53]
Frederica
Flag unknown
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 July.[3]
Johanna
Denmark
The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Cotinguiba River to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[2]
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of New South Wales.[54]
Veronica
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Larache, Morocco before 4 July. Her crew were rescued.[11]
W. M. Rogers
United States
The barque was in collision with the barque Princess Alice (United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts.[35]
Zingaree
United States
The barque was abandoned in the Java Sea before 6 July. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[52]
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