List of shipwrecks in May 1854
The list of shipwrecks in May 1854 includes ships sunk, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1854.
May 1854 | ||||||
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References |
1 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adele | The brig struck a rock off Lihou, Channel Islands and was abandoned with the loss of two of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily to Roscoff, Finistère.[1] | |
Mercedes | The transport ship struck a rock and was wrecked at Casma with the loss of 731 lives. She was on a voyage from Casma to Callao.[2] |
2 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sidney | The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[3] | |
Wilhelmine | The ship collied with a British brig and sank off Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[3][4] |
3 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Antoinette Cesar | The ship ran aground on the Corsair Rocks, off the coast of Victoria. She was refloated and taken in to Swan Bay.[5] | |
Winchester | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 25 lives. About 500 survivors were rescued by Washington ( |
4 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mahomed Shah | Flag unknown | The barque was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean. All 59 people on board were rescued by the brig Ellen ( |
Victoria | The ship capsized in a squall with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[10] |
5 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Richard Cowle | The barque ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated.[11] |
6 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | The brig sank at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Argo | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Sandhammaren. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Ystad.[13] | |
Bella Maria Teresa | The brigantine was driven ashore at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Catherine | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Colchagua | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Corsair | The brig was wrecked at Papudo, Chile.[12] | |
Esperanza | The barque sank at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Express | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Fortuna | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Guamas | The hulk sank at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Hurrican | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Isabella | The brigantine was wrecked at Valparaíso.[14] | |
Jhelum | The full-rigged ship was severely damaged at Valparaíso.[15] | |
Johanne | The sloop was driven ashore on the west coast of Saltholm, Denmark and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Copenhagen, Denmark.[11] | |
Longomilla | The brigantine was driven ashore at Valparaíso.[12] | |
Maria Josefa | The schooner was driven ashore at Valparaíso.[12] | |
New Orleans | The full-rigged ship was severely damaged at Valparaíso.[14] | |
Primero | The barque was wrecked at Zapallar.[12] | |
Rhonda | The barque was severely damaged at Valparaíso.[15] | |
Romulus | The brig was severely damaged at Valparaíso.[14] | |
Sir Charles Napier | The full-rigged ship was severely damaged at Valparaíso.[15] | |
Sultana | The barque was severely damaged at Valparaíso.[15] |
7 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arendal | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Haidee ( |
8 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Claudius | The ship was wrecked on the Kness Shallows, in the North Sea off the coast of the Duchy of Holstein. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[17] | |
Jenny | The schooner was in collision with a Royal Navy frigate and sank at Stockholm. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
10 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth | The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Memel, Prussia.[18] | |
Sterling | The brig was wrecked on the Coach Reef. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[19] |
11 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Allport | The brig struck the Feenesh Rock, off the Isle of Arran and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Galway.[11] | |
Clyde | The steamship ran aground at Rosneath, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Gare Loch. She was refloated and put back to Greenock.[20] | |
Ruby | The ship ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day.[17] |
12 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Argaum | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[21] | |
J. R. S. | The brig was wrecked north of Papudo.[12] | |
HMS Tiger |
13 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady | The barque struck a rock near the "Due Fratelli e Capo Serra". She floated off but consequently foundered off the coast of the Beylik of Tunis. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Athens, Greece.[22][23] | |
William Brown | The ship was wrecked at Calcutta, India.[24] |
14 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Admiral de Winter | The koff ran aground in the Agger Canal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Gothenburg. She had become a wreck by 19 May.[4][25] | |
Maria Anne | The ship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Altona to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[3] | |
Petrel | The ship was driven ashore in Farosund. She was later refloated.[4] |
15 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Jasper | The paddle steamer caught fire, exploded and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her 32 crew took to the boats and were rescued by Vanguard ( |
16 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Countess of Liverpool | The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Kylerhea, Isle of Skye. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[28] | |
Garden City | The steamboat was wrecked on a reef in Lake Huron 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the DeTour Reef Lighthouse. All on board were rescued by Queen City ( | |
Harriet Scott | The full-rigged ship was sunk by ice 40 nautical miles (74 km)} off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[30] | |
Maria | The ship ran aground off Fröel. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Stockholm. She was refloated and taken in to Klinte for repairs.[4] | |
Sarah | The ship was wrecked at Manila, Spanish East Indies.[31] |
17 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abeona | The ship struck a sunken rock in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset and was holed. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She consequently put in to Starcross, Devon.[13] | |
Coriolan | The ship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States.[32] | |
Hope | The ship was destroyed by fire at Mobile, Alabama.[33] | |
Montezuma | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rockaway, New Jersey. All on board, more than 400 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York City.[33] | |
Sarah Brown | The brig was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the barque William Tapscott ( |
18 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arctic | The steamship struck the Black Rock, off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. She consequently put back to Liverpool the next day. | |
Caroline | The barque was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey.[35] | |
Helen Thompson | The full-rigged ship was holed by ice and foundered off the "Bird Isles". in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. All on board were rescued by the barque Sarah ( | |
Isabel | The ship ran aground on the Lysegrund and sank. Her crew were rescued.[22] | |
Unionen | The galiot was driven ashore north of the entrance to the Agger Canal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Struer to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[25] She had been refloated by 26 May and was to be taken into a Danish port for repairs.[37] | |
W. H. Harbeck | The ship was destroyed by fire at New York.[33] | |
William Layton | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Manasquan.[35] |
19 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Achilles | The barque was lost off Harbour Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America.[38] | |
Prince of Wales | The steamship ran aground on the Blacktail Spit, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London.[4] | |
Wilson | The ship was sunk by ice off St. Paul's, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Empress ( |
20 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Concordia | The ship ran aground on the Midim Sand. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Perth. She was refloated on 22 May and taken in to Cuxhaven.[28] |
21 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Honfleur | The steamship was wrecked near Cabrita Point, Spain. All on board were rescued.[39] | |
RMS Orinoco | The troopship ran aground in Southampton Water. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to the Crimea. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[40] |
22 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Baltic | The steamship ran aground in the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Pillau, Prussia.[28] She was refloated the next day and towed in the Helsingør, Denmark by the steamships Hertha and Uffo ( | |
Betsey | The ship was in collision with Laurel ( |
23 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aldebaran | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of seven lives. Survivors were rescued by St. Brelade ( | |
Rapid | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cochinchina in a typhoon. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Hong Kong, China.[43] | |
Scotia | The schooner was driven ashore on Swan Island, Victoria. She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered. All on board were rescued.[44] |
25 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brahmin | The ship was wrecked on King's Island, New South Wales with the loss of nine of the 34 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[45] | |
Niagara | The ship was wrecked on Madame Island, in the Saint Lawrence River.[46] | |
Thomas Wright | The ship was wrecked on a shoal 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Ossabaw Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to London.[42] |
26 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bella | The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (21°35′N 38°20′W). Her crew were rescued by Kent ( | |
Douro | The steamship ran aground in the Paracel Islands. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 10 June.[47][48] | |
Elizabeth | The ship was wrecked on the Hare Island Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Green Island, British North America.[16] | |
Gulnare | The full-rigged ship was wrecked 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony with the loss of two of her crew. The ship, which was carrying gold, was plundered by the local inhabitants.[49] | |
John and Jean | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked south of Seaham, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Perth to Seaham.[42] |
27 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Blossom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[50][25] | |
Charlotte Mays | The ship was driven ashore at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands.[51] | |
Dundee | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Belfast, County Antrim.[52] |
28 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Betsey | The lugger was in collision with Laurel ( | |
Eagle | The ship struck an iceberg and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued three days later by the brig Esperance ( |
29 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary Wilkinson | The smack sank in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Maughold Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[52][56][57] |
30 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alnwick Castle | The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37] | |
Crescent | The brig ran aground on the Pennington Spit, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[37] | |
Fanny | The ship was destroyed by fire 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Madeira. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to New York, United States.[58][59][60] | |
Germanicus | The ship ran aground in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[16] | |
Kaleva | Crimean War: The brig was burnt during an attack on Raahe, Grand Duchy of Finland by HMS Leopard, HMS Odin, HMS Valorous and HMS Vulture (all | |
Lyra | The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool.[41] |
31 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Briton | The ship struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. She was consequently abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued by Raleigh ( | |
Dumfries | The ship was lost in the "Perendore Islands". She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London.[19] | |
Europa | The transport ship was destroyed by fire with the loss on 21 lives.[65] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Banner | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sir Alexander ( | |
David Banks | The ship was lost off Argyrades, United States of the Ionian Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands.[66] | |
Fidele | The schooner was sighted bottom up on a beach near Cape Campbell in early May. The bodies of two crew were found in the wreck. The vessel was en route from Kaikoura to Wellington with a cargo of oil.[67] | |
James Moran | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 May.[68] | |
Lady Nugent | The ship foundered in the Bay of Bengal while transporting troops from Madras, India, to Rangoon. Some 400 lives were lost. | |
London | The brig was wrecked on "Carriboo Island", British North America. Her crew were rescued by William and Joseph ( | |
Marquis of Bute | The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[70] | |
Mayard | The barque was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City.[16] | |
Recherche | The corvette was driven ashore on the coast of Iceland before 26 May.[71] | |
HMS Resolute | The icebound barque was abandoned in Viscount Melville Sound. The ship was discovered in September 1855 off Baffin Island, Province of Canada, by the whaler George Henry ( | |
Sarah | The ship was lost in the Talloff River. She was on a voyage from Matakong to Liverpool.[72] | |
Vixen | The ship was driven ashore in Trial Bay and was abandoned by her crew.[47] | |
Xarifa | The ship capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone in early May. Her crew were rescued by Sarah ( |
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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 |
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