List of shipwrecks in December 1852

The list of shipwrecks in December 1852 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1852.

December 1852
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6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Pretty Maggy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six people on board. She was on a voyage from "Ballinacura" to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Sir Fowell Buxton  United Kingdom
Sir Fowel Buxton.

The barque was wrecked on the Tapioca Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil with the loss of 3 of the 230 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip, Victoria.

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Ann & Mary  United Kingdom The brig struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered with the loss of one of her eight crew.[2]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Thetis  United Kingdom The schooner sank off Cardigan.[3]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Frances  USA This American whaler, under Captain William Swain, was wrecked on the reef of Mangaia on the night of 25th December when she drifted on in a calm, there being no bottom outside the reef for anchors to hold. There was no loss of life. The Captain had high praise for the help of 22 native canoes that helped unload crew and provisions.[4]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Heroine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[5]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1852
ShipCountryDescription
Nouvelle Loire  France The barque was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[5]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Wreck of ship Frances of New Bedford". The Polynesian. Honolulu. 19 February 1853.
  5. 1 2 3 "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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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