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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January
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February
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March
Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1854

April
Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1854

May
Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1854

June
Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1854

July
Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1854

August
Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1854

September
Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1854

October
Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1854

November
Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1854

December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1854

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1854
ShipCountryDescription
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 Oporto, 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
  1. "Great Losses at Sea". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post (5614). Exeter. 21 September 1854.
  2. "Express from Paris". The Morning Chronicle (27391) (Second ed.). London. 9 October 1854.
  3. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald (5405). Glasgow. 17 November 1854.
  4. "Law Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (27625). London. 10 July 1855.
  5. "Missing Ships". Glasgow Herald (5389). Glasgow. 22 September 1854.
  6. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald (5342). Glasgow. 20 April 1854.
  7. "India and China". The Times (21741). London. 16 May 1854. col E, p. 9.
  8. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (2623). London. 16 October 1854.
  9. "Ship News". The Times (21959). London. 26 January 1855. col D, p. 10.
  10. "Ship News". Liverpool Mercury etc (2695). Liverpool. 5 June 1855.
  11. "Loss of Ships in the Ice". Dundee Courier (1973). Dundee. 28 June 1854.
  12. "Ship News". The Standard (9217). London. 21 February 1854.
  13. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (3628). Hull. 14 July 1854.
  14. Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amhurst Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 1 903637 20 1.
Ship events in 1854
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Ship commissionings: 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859
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