The list of shipwrecks in August 1854 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1854.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Telegraph | ![]() | The steamship ran aground near the "Yarmoyle Lighthouse". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. [1] She had been refloated by 7 August. [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rob Roy | ![]() | The clipper ship was wrecked in the Andaman Islands. Some of those on board took to a boat and were rescued four days later. Forty-two survivors were subsequently rescued by the steamship Nemesis ( ![]() |
Twee Gebroeders | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Maria (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Flying Dragon | ![]() | The ship caught fire in Simon's Bay. She was scuttled by HMS Hydra (![]() |
Hannibal | ![]() | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on a reef off New Caledonia. All on board were rescued by Constantine (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alarm | ![]() | The schooner departed from Tampico, Mexico for Laguna. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [8] |
Myrtle | ![]() | The paddle steamer ran aground off Sanda Island and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Londonderry. [9] |
Shandon | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Albion, Calcutta, Countess of Loudoun and Glencairn (all ![]() |
Sonne | ![]() | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St. Agnes | ![]() | The schooner struck the Willies Rocks and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to St. Ives, Cornwall. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Navarino | ![]() | The dandy sank off Beachy Head, Sussex. [14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sarah Sands | ![]() | The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. [15] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Harriet | ![]() | The sloop was lost in Montego Bay. [16] |
Her Majesty | ![]() | The paddle steamer departed from Cork for Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. Last sighted 400 nautical miles (740 km) off Cork, presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all 20 crew. [17] [18] |
HMS Penelope | ![]() | Crimean War: The Leda-class frigate ran aground in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated. [19] |
Robina Mitchell | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Fort Point, Calcutta, India. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta for repairs. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Stag | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and put in to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk in a leaky condition. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bertha Maria | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Archangelsk, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Archangelsk. [22] |
Fatahool Ruchman | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Pulo Kramean Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surabaya, Spanish East Indies to "Banjevmaping". [23] |
Laurie | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the River Lagan. She was on a voyage from Morecambe, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. she was refloated but found to be severely leak and was beached. [24] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mohongo | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [25] [24] |
St. Hilda | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sundsvall | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated the next day with assistance from Vengeance (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Atlantique | ![]() | The ship was lost in the Mellacorée River. She was on a voyage from the Mellacorée River to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [28] |
St. Thomas | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Sardanillos Reef. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [29] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | ![]() | The tjalk ran aground at Norden. [30] |
Sea Witch | ![]() | The ship was severely damaged at Valparaíso, Chile. [31] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Irene | ![]() | The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for and English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [32] |
Jupiter | ![]() | The steamship collided with the steamship Swanland (![]() |
Maranham | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Fleetwood. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Germania | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Bremerhaven. She was on a voyage from was Bremerhaven to New York, United States. [34] |
Ship | State | Description |
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George and Elizabeth | ![]() | The schooner was in collision with the steamship Clyde (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Enterprise | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape San Marco, Sardinia. Her crew were rescued by the barque Industry (![]() |
John Cockrell | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Saint Domingo. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Saint Domingo. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged. [38] |
Matilda Cornelia | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. [34] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiraal Graf von Heiden | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Harboøre, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gloucester, United Kingdom to Königsberg, Prussia. [39] |
Martha | ![]() | The sloop was abandoned off Freswick, Caithness. Her crew were rescued by the smack Ariel (![]() |
Mary Coward | ![]() | The ship was damaged by fire at Memel, Prussia. [25] |
Tusket | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore on Moscow Island, in Chaleur Bay. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, New Brunswick, British North America to the Clyde. She was consequently condemned. [41] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Carleton | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to an English port. [42] |
Caroline Louisa | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. [43] |
John Watson | ![]() | The brigantine ran aground on the Bramble Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Southampton. [44] [45] |
Susan | ![]() | The smack was driven ashore at Port Talbot. [43] |
Woodville | ![]() | The schooner ran aground off the Dragør Lightship (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anton Paulsen | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Inchcolm, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dram to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and towed in to Grangemouth. [22] |
Friendship | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton, Sussex. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition. [43] |
Gotthelff | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Marstrand, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Hartlepool County Durham, United Kingdom. [22] |
Prestatyn | ![]() | The sloop was in collision with Marie Louise (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Royal Union (![]() |
Appoline | ![]() | The ship was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Baracoa, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. [48] |
HMS Assistance | ![]() | ![]() The icebound barque was abandoned off Bathurst Island, Province of Canada, British North America. |
Danish Kiel | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. [46] |
Georges | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. [25] |
John Francis | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Repeater (![]() |
Kate Robertson | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Putzig, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. [25] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [39] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amelia Thompson | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in St. Simon's Bay. She was on a voyage from London to San Francisco, California, United States. [50] |
Jordeson | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by New York Packet (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lucie | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on the Nash Sands, off the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bremen. [53] [16] |
Rachel | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Hondeklip Bay. [54] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Esperance | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Gilbsand. She was on a voyage from Altona to "Hoyer". She was refloated. [55] |
Minerva | ![]() | The paddle steamer struck the Coal Rock, off The Skerries, Anglesey and sank. All on board took to five boats. Those in three of the boats were rescued by Mail (![]() |
Pioneer | ![]() | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [53] [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Adriana Petronella | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She subsequently floated off and sank. [58] |
Why Not | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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A. L. Johnston | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Torres Straits. Her crew were rescued by Port Wallace ( ![]() |
China | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. [48] |
Christina | ![]() | The barque sprang a leak and sank in the Pacific Ocean before 14 August. Her crew took to the boats. One boat with six crew members on board was reported missing. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to an English port. [60] [61] |
Courier | ![]() | The transport ship was wrecked at "Poro", Greece before 27 August. [62] |
Fortuna | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 August. She was on a voyage from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. [25] |
Frances Nesham | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Droogden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin to and English port. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark on 29 August for repairs. [22] |
Henry and Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Hela, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. She was refloated and put back to Dantzic, where she arrived on 27 August. [53] [39] |
Joseph, and Sarah | ![]() ![]() | Joseph was wrecked on the Red Bank, off Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate before 12 August. She was on a voyage from Bathurst to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. The brigantine Sarah was wrecked going to the assistance of Joseph. [28] |
Juno | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 29 August. [63] |
Maria Sophia | ![]() | The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank before 5 August. [64] |
Medora | ![]() | The brig caught fire in the Tamar River, Van Diemen's Land before 4 August and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. She had been refloated by 26 September. [65] |
Nimrod | ![]() | The transport ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea. [57] |
Pilgrim | ![]() | The ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by Doris (![]() |
Sarah | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated on 3 August. [66] |