List of shipwrecks in 1854
The list of shipwrecks in 1854 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1854.
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| Ship | State | Description |
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| Abbe | United Kingdom | The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board.[1] |
| Aigle | 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 | 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 Porto, 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 | 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 | India | The barque was wrecked in the Laccadive Islands.[7] |
| Hosanna | 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 | New South Wales | The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Cape Northumberland. |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Express from Paris". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27391 (Second ed.). London. 9 October 1854.
- ^ a b "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5405. Glasgow. 17 November 1854.
- ^ "Law Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27625. London. 10 July 1855.
- ^ a b "Missing Ships". Glasgow Herald. No. 5389. Glasgow. 22 September 1854.
- ^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 5342. Glasgow. 20 April 1854.
- ^ a b "India and China". The Times. No. 21741. London. 16 May 1854. col. E, p. 9.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 2623. London. 16 October 1854.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 21959. London. 26 January 1855. col. D, p. 10.
- ^ "Ship News". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2695. Liverpool. 5 June 1855.
- ^ "Loss of Ships in the Ice". Dundee Courier. No. 1973. Dundee. 28 June 1854.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 9217. London. 21 February 1854.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times. No. 3628. Hull. 14 July 1854.
- ^ Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amherst Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 1-903637-20-1.