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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1854
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May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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References

January

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1854

February

Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1854

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

Ship	Country	Description
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
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