The list of shipwrecks in September 1854 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1854.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Jemima Pereira | ![]() | The East Indiaman capsized and sank with the loss of nine of the 36 people on board. She was on a voyage from Ampenan, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore. [1] [2] |
Marianne | ![]() | The full-rigged ship collided with Minerva (![]() |
Sprightly | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at the Sand Head, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tug Ranger (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Four Sisters | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. [5] |
Stentor | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Berwick upon Tweed. [4] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abiah | ![]() | Bound from Chicago, Illinois, for Oconto, Wisconsin, in ballast with a crew of seven and two passengers aboard, the 134-foot (41 m) vessel — described by various sources as a brig, a two-masted schooner, and a three-masted schooner — capsized almost immediately and became a complete wreck when she was caught in a squall on Lake Michigan approximately 10 to 15 nautical miles (19 to 28 km; 12 to 17 mi) east of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The schooner Lewis Luddington (![]() ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eclipse | ![]() | The ship ran aground on The Gantocks, in the Firth of Clyde and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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City | ![]() | The ship grounded and was wrecked in Sakhalin Gulf in the western Sea of Okhotsk. Seven men were lost before they were able to reach shore. The rest of the crew made it to a nearby Russian village and sailed for home on a brig. [8] |
City of Philadelphia | ![]() | The passenger ship was wrecked during her maiden voyage near Cape Race, Newfoundland. All on board survived. |
Cornucopia | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. [9] |
Delia Maria | ![]() | During a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Charleston, South Carolina, the square-rigged ship foundered in a hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean off Hilton Head Island, South Carolina without loss of life. Future Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States of America George Trenholm was among those on board. [10] |
Eureka | ![]() | The brig sank in a hurricane at Charleston, South Carolina. [11] |
Neptunus | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore in the Kvarken. Her eleven crew were rescued by the brig Eweretta (![]() ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexina | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Greenfield (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hannah Maria | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Melbourne, Victoria. Her crew were rescued. [17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Poultney | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Jupiter (![]() |
San Filomena | ![]() | The brig caught fire at Trieste. [21] |
Shenandoah | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 39°48′N70°24′W / 39.800°N 70.400°W ) in a hurricane with the loss of a crew member. Survivors took to the pinnace. They were rescued by the barque Brilliant (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aberdina Lammecheina | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Skasen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Dantzic. [24] |
Arkhangel Gavriil | ![]() | Crimean War: The Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line was sunk as a blockship in the Danube at Silistra. |
Flora | ![]() | Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Tenedos-class frigate was sunk as a blockship at Sevastopol. [25] |
Lord Lambton | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Adeline (![]() |
HMS Rhadamanthus | ![]() | The storeship ran aground in the Solent off Hurst Castle, Hampshire. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Echo, HMS Salamander and HMS Sphinx (all ![]() |
Selafail | ![]() | Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line was sunk as a blockship at Sevastopol. |
Silistriya | ![]() | Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol : The Imperatritsa Maria-class ship of the line was scuttled as a blockship at Sevastopol. [25] |
Sizopol | ![]() | Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Tenedos-class frigate was scuttled as a blockship at Sevastopol. [25] |
Tri Svyatitelya | ![]() | Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The ship of the line was scuttled as a blockship at Sevastopol. [28] |
Uriil | ![]() | Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line was sunk as a blockship at Sevastopol. |
Varna | ![]() | Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line was sunk as a blockship at Sevastopol. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Chancellor | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore 15 to 20 nautical miles (28 to 37 km) east of Struys Point, Cape Colony with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London. [29] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Agenora | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Oxnard (![]() |
Emma | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Isle of May, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdour, Fife, United Kingdom to Rostock. [24] [30] |
Fanny | ![]() | The smack sprang a leak and sank east of Dunarth Head. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Glasgow, Lanarkshire. [22] |
Maid of Lorn | ![]() | The steamship struck a rock and sank in the Crinan Canal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Inverness. [31] [32] |
Maria | ![]() | The schooner sank in the North Sea. Her crew survived. [33] She was on a voyage from Neuhaus to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [12] |
Waterlily | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the longboat; they were rescued on 17 September by Progress (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adele | ![]() | The galiot was abandoned in the North Sea off Borkum. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Hamburg. [35] |
Martha | ![]() | The flat was run into by the steamship Jackal in the River Mersey. She was taken in to St. George's Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire where she sank. [36] |
Robert Alexander Parke | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cosmo (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Canada | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Levens (![]() |
Devonport | ![]() | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the brig Regent (![]() |
Novidade | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Alacranes. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Vera Cruz. [40] |
Rivals | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. [35] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Clyde | ![]() | The ship departed from the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony for Melbourne, Victoria. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [41] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Agitator | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore between Roqueta and Adra, Spain. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. She had become a wreck by 20 September. [42] |
Diamond | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays. Her crew were rescued on 28 September. She was on a voyage from Savanilla, Republic of New Granada to London. [43] |
Dove | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Silloth Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Cumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to the Clyde. She broke up on 20 September. [31] [44] |
Louise | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on a reef in the Turks Islands. [45] |
Oceanus | ![]() | The barque was in collision with another vessel and sank in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of Start Point, Devon with the loss of one of her seventeen crew. Six survivors were rescued by a fishing smack, the remainder took to a boat. Neptunus was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Queenstown, County Cork and Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. [33] [44] [9] |
Sarah | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 37°10′N65°00′W / 37.167°N 65.000°W ). Her crew were rescued by the brix Express ( ![]() |
Waterwitch | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on King's Island, New South Wales. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Mauritius. [47] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Camertonian | ![]() | The ship was lost at the Sand Heads, at the mouth of the Hooghly River with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. [48] [49] [50] |
Ellida | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Arendal to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands in a waterlogged condition. [51] [52] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Austerlitz | ![]() | The Hercule-class ship of the line ran aground in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated. |
Cobequid | ![]() | The brig departed from the Clyde for Boston, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [53] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann Smith | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. [42] |
Charlotte | ![]() | ![]() |
Eliza Ernst | ![]() | The brigantine was wrecked at the mouth of the Guadalquivir. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. [58] |
Mozambique | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Sydney, New South Wales. [59] |
St. George | ![]() | The barque was wrecked in Chaleur Bay with the loss of her captain. [37] [60] |
Stornoway | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Brock Reef, in Cardigan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin, United Kingdom. [11] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Diana | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. [31] [12] Diana was refloated on 7 October and towed into the River Mersey. [34] |
USS Porpoise | ![]() | The Dolphin-class brigantine was last sighted in the South China Sea off Formosa. Presumably, she subsequently foundered in a typhoon with the loss of all hands. |
Satellite | ![]() | The steamship became disabled in Liverpool Bay. Her passengers were taken off by the Magazines Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Liverpool. She was subsequently towed in to the River Mersey. [11] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Foreigner | ![]() | The ship wrecked between New Harbour and Torbay Point, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Souris, Prince Edward Island to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [61] |
Neptune | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [12] |
Stiftsamtman Fransen | ![]() | The schooner departed from Stockholm, Sweden for Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [62] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza | ![]() | The schooner was in collision with the brig Clara (![]() |
Gazelle | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Point Carnero, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. [64] [65] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anna Catharina | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Baltrum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Skive to London, United Kingdom. [66] |
Charles and Jane | ![]() | The ship ran aground off the Drogden Lightship (![]() |
Greetina | ![]() | The full-rigged ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Varel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [68] |
Lawrence Delaney | ![]() | The ship struck The Platters, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Neath, Glamorgan. She put in to Holyhead, Anglesey. [11] |
Queen Victoria | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Plymouth, Devon. [16] |
Templeman | ![]() | The ship was beached at Secharon Point, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hobart, Van Diemen's land. [47] |
Udo Friedrich | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia to London, United Kingdom. [42] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Acanthus | ![]() | The brig was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors took to the longboat; they were rescued on 9 October by Falcon (![]() |
Admiral Drake | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on the Klein Vogelsand, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew were rescued. [66] |
Appoline | ![]() | The ship was wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Baracoa, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. [66] |
Frances Walker | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Manila, Spanish East Indies. [70] |
John Francis | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 46°40′N57°59′W / 46.667°N 57.983°W ). Her crew were rescued by the barque Repeater (![]() |
Sultana | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Manila. [70] |
Twee Gesusters | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at "Melkewerum". She was on a voyage from Emden, Kingdom of Hanover to Rotterdam, South Holland. [58] |
Union | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the Hartmell Reef, off Boa Vista Island. All on board were rescued. She was on voyage from London to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. [71] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Diamond | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Aden. [72] |
Diana | ![]() | The ship was lost at the entrance to the Agger Canal, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Flensburg. [66] [42] |
Ellen Crawford | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Nidden, Prussia with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia. [67] [73] She had broken up by 29 September. [74] |
Francis Walker | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Torres Straits. One survivor was rescued by the full-rigged ship Chili (![]() |
Jonge Jacob | ![]() | The ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Johannes Hermanus (![]() |
Sultana | ![]() | The barque was wrecked in the Torres Straits. There were at least four survivors; they were rescued by the full-rigged ship Chili (![]() |
Union | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to London. [78] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arctic | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Courier | ![]() | The transport ship ran aground in the Bosphorus near "Tenikai", Ottoman Empire. She was refloated. [79] |
Eagle | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated the next day. [52] |
Ganges | ![]() | The barque ran aground at Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. [80] She was on a voyage from Miramichi to Kingstown, County Dublin. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. [37] |
Gleaner | ![]() | The schooner ran aground off North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Grimsby. [13] |
Swordfish | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Petit-Métis, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Province of Canada. [81] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Corporal Trim | ![]() | The barque ran aground and sank off Ragged Island, Maine, United States. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. [20] [82] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Albany | ![]() | The sloop-of-war departed from Aspinwall, Republic of New Granada. No further trace, presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Glaucus | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on West Falkland, Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. [83] |
Maria | ![]() | The ship departed from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire for Stettin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [84] |
Ocean | ![]() | The paddle steamer ran aground off Ringsend, County Dublin. She was refloated the next day with assistance from PS Hibernia (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Black River Packet | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Labuan, Malaya to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai in a sinking condition. [85] |
Lady Hood Mackenzie | ![]() | The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Calcutta, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. [86] |
Robert and Alice | ![]() | The sloop was wrecked in the Orkney Islands with the loss of all hands. [87] |
Royal Stuart | ![]() | The ship beached at Shoebury, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Canterbury, New Zealand. She was refloated the next day with the aid of a steamship and resumed her voyage. [88] |
Soundary | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai in a sinking condition. [85] |
Victoria | ![]() | The barque was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [89] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amis Becenis | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Bull Island. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Wilmington, Delaware, United States. [13] |
Bayard | ![]() | The ship capsized off "Cape Maison" before 14 September. [90] |
Emily | ![]() | The full-rigged ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) off Callao, Peru. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Callao to Valencia, Spain. [91] |
Governor | ![]() | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Cerrero (![]() |
Lady Caroline | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 September. [92] |
Mary Caroline | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 September. [93] |
Maxwell | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz to Liverpool, Lancashire. [94] |
Merlin | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British North America before 5 September. Her crew were rescued. [65] |
Nimrod | ![]() | The transport ship struck a sunken rock in Åland and was holed. She put in to Stockholm, Sweden in a sinking condition before 21 September. [95] |
Shearwater | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hampden (![]() |
St. Lawrence | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Thomas, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Province of Canada. [13] |
United Kingdom | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 September. [72] |
Vifredo | ![]() | The hired transport ship, a steamship, ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [96] |
Washington | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Bahia, Brazil. [72] |