List of shipwrecks in 1854
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The list of shipwrecks in 1854 includes some of the ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1854.
1854 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
January
3 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Advena | ![]() |
The brig was driven onto Samson, Isles of Scilly in a south-east gale. She was re-floated at high water after her masts were removed.[1] |
7 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jeune Rose | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Lyme, Dorset, United Kingdom.[2] |
21 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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John Taylor | ![]() |
The barque was lost near Park Head, between Newquay and Trevose Head on the north Cornwall coast.[3] |
RMS Tayleur | ![]() |
The passenger ship ran aground on Lambay Island, County Dublin and sank with the loss of 362 of the 652 people on board. RMS Tayleur was on her maiden voyage, from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne, Victoria. |
February
2 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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America | ![]() |
The full-rigged Cape Horner struck the Seven Stones reef, off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank within an hour. She was sailing from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork and London with guano. Her crew was picked up the boat New Prosperous (![]() |
March
1 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Glasgow | ![]() |
The passenger ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of about 480 lives. |
31 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USCS Phoenix | ![]() |
The survey schooner was at anchor in Mississippi Sound on the United States Gulf Coast when a tornado struck her, capsizing her and sinking her in 20 seconds. Her crew made it safely to shore in one of her boats. She was refloated three weeks later, repaired, and returned to service.[4][5] |
April
8 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gazelle | ![]() |
The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Willamette River at Canemah, Oregon. At least 24 people were killed. She was subsequently salvaged, rebuilt and re-entered service as Sarah Hoyt. |
15 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Powhattan | ![]() |
The passenger ship ran aground off Beach Haven, New Jersey. She broke up the next day with the loss of all on board, estimated as 200-365 people. |
24 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albertina | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of six of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[6] |
May
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Resolute | ![]() |
The icebound barque was abandoned in Viscount Melville Sound. The ship was discovered in September 1855 off Baffin Island, Canada by the whaler George Henry (![]() |
June
26 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fatima | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Great Detached Reef. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
Belinda | ![]() |
The Cardiff cutter sailing from her home port to Cork with limestone, hit the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly in thick fog.[7] She got off the rock but took in water and foundered nearby.[1] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Irma | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Worms Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[8] |
July
24 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Island Queen | ![]() |
The schooner was lost off the Great Detached Reef, Cape York while en route to Hong Kong from Melbourne.[9] |
31 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Duque de Saldanha | ![]() |
The Government steamer stranded on a sandbank south of Aveiro, Portugal while en route to Porto from Madeira with troops, and then broke up. All onboard were saved.[10] |
August
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Assistance | ![]() |
The icebound barque was abandoned off Bathurst Island, Canada. |
September
9 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Philadelphia | ![]() |
The passenger ship was wrecked near Cape Race, Newfoundland. All on board survived. The ship was making her maiden voyage. |
21 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Porpoise | ![]() |
The Dolphin-class brigantine was last sighted in the South China Sea off Formosa. Presumed subsequently foundered in a typhoon with the loss of all hands. |
27 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arctic | ![]() |
The paddle steamer collided with Vesta ( |
29 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Albany | ![]() |
The sloop of war departed from Aspinwall, Colombia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
November
13 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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New Era | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Asbury Park, New Jersey. She was on the return leg of her maiden voyage, from Bremen to New York. |
14 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Prince | ![]() |
The storeship foundered in the Black Sea off Balaklava, Russia with the loss of 144 of her 150 crew. |
30 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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SS Nile (1850) | ![]() |
The passenger ship was wrecked on The Stones, a reef off Godrevy Head, with the loss of all aboard. She was sailing from Liverpool to London. |
December
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Diana | ![]() |
The frigate sank at Miyajima-mura, Japan. Her crew built the schooner Heda ( |
References
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- ↑ NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Phoenix
- ↑ Theberge, Captain Albert E., NOAA Corps (ret.), The Coast Survey 1807-1867: Volume I of the History of the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "LIFE IN THE FIELD," noaa.gov, 1998.
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Ship events in 1854 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 |
Ship commissionings: | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 |
Shipwrecks: | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 |