List of shipwrecks in 1852

The list of shipwrecks in 1852 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1852.

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1852
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: January 1852
ShipCountryDescription
RMS Amazon  United Kingdom
RMS Amazon.

The paddle steamer caught fire, exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west south west of the Isles of Scilly. There were 59 survivors. They were rescued by Gertruida, Helleschina (both ( Netherlands) and Marsden ( United Kingdom). RMS Amazon was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to the West Indies.

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Betsey  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[1]
SS General Warren  United States Grounded during a storm on the Clatsop Spit at the mouth of the Columbia River in northern Oregon

February

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Active United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River.

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1852
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Birkenhead  Royal Navy The troopship, a steam frigate, was wrecked near Gaansbaai, Africa with the loss of 450 of the 693 people on board. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Algoa Bay.

March

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Maukin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was wrecked near North Cape, with the loss of one life.[2]

20 March

Ship Country Description
Independence United States grounded on a sandbar near Cavallo Pass, Texas in Matagorda Bay. During the attempt to rescue passengers, a lifeboat sank leading to the deaths of seven. "LLOYD' S STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. Page 293"

April

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Saluda  United States The steamboat exploded and sank in the Missouri River at Lexington, Missouri. Over 100 people were killed; there were 40–50 survivors.

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Shamrock and I Know You Don't United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter Shamrock and schooner I Know You Don't were both wrecked while at dock in Auckland Harbour during a severe gale.[3]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Sisters United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was wrecked at Turanganui (Gisborne) while leaving port for Napier, when it was caught in a sudden squall. All hands were saved.[3]

May

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Dorset United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria The brig was lost on a voyage from Hobart to Melbourne, where she was wrecked upon the Kent Group in Bass Strait. No lives were lost.

June

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Henry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of Wellington Harbour while en route from Porirua, with the loss of all hands.[3]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Henri  France The brig was wrecked at the entrance to Lake Macquarie, New South Wales with the loss of a crew member.

July

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Helen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Van Diemen's Land The brig was wrecked at Prossers Bay.[4]

August

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Atlantic  United States Sunk on Lake Erie after a collision with the steamer Ogdensburg, with the loss of 130-250 lives.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Amazon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The whaling schooner was wrecked at The Bluff while entering port near the beginning of August. All hands were saved.[3]
Avon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Camber, Sussex.[5]

September

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Citizen  USA This American whaler in the Arctic had been lying-to in a gale for 4 days when the depth began to shoal and before they could get under way she grounded on a sand bank and was lost. The sea being too rough for the boats, 5 men were drowned using spars to get ashore. They survived with hospitality from the indigenous people. Between February and April 1853 some parties attempted the 225 miles to Cape Dezhnev cross the ice, the remainder were rescued by the Bremen ship Joseph Haydon on 2 July who had heard of the wreck and had been searching for them.[6]

October

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Henrietta United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was driven onto rocks while entering the mouth of Wellington Harbour. All hands were saved.[7]

November

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Sussex  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Cardigan.[1]

December

References

  1. 1 2 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 54-55.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 55.
  4. ↑ "Major Vessels Built at the Tasmanian Government Dockyards" (PDF). Keyportarthur. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Shipwrecks at Tankerton and Camber Sands to be protected". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Loss of the ship Citizen, of New Bedford". The Polynesian. Honolulu. 24 September 1853.
  7. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 56.
Ship events in 1852
Ship launches: 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
Ship commissionings: 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
Ship decommissionings: 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
Shipwrecks: 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
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