List of shipwrecks in July 1854

The list of shipwrecks in July 1854 includes ships sunk, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1854.

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1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1854
Ship State Description
Coromandel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Landillo Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[1]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1854
Ship State Description
Emma  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Hamilton's Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Spithead, Hampshire. She was refloated.[1]
Louisa United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Grand Manan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick.[2] She was subsequently towed in to Gouldsboro, Maine, United States.[3]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1854
Ship State Description
Blakistone  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the brig Silence ( United Kingdom) Silence and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent.[4]
Grimeneza  Peru The ship was wrecked on a shoal off New Caledonia (10°50′S 161°30′E / 10.833°S 161.500°E / -10.833; 161.500) with the loss of nearly 640 lives. Nineteen crew took to a boat and were subsequently rescued. Another six crew in a boat reached New Ireland on 28 July. One of them was subsequently murdered by the local inhabitants. The five survivors were rescued on 5 September by the whaler Australia ( United Kingdom). Grimeneza was on a voyage from China to Callao.[5]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1854
Ship State Description
Veronica  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Gibraltar.[6]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1854
Ship State Description
Cecilie, and
Libau, Lisbon or Pericles 		 Denmark
 France 		The brig Cecilie was in collision with the steamship Libau 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Málaga, Spain. Both vessels sank; their crews were rescued by the lugger Maria ( France). Cecilie was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Libau was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[7][8]
Janet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Arichat and Pugwash, Nova Scotia, British North America.[6]
Market Maid  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank off Baggy Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Barnstaple, Devon.[9]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1854
Ship State Description
Antarctic  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Beaufort Shoals, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
Bengt  Sweden The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Honfleur, Manche, France. She was towed in to Scarborough Yorkshire in a waterlogged condition.[9]
Duguesclin  French Navy Crimean War: The Suffren-class ship of the line ran aground on the Warren Rock, off Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated.

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1854
Ship State Description
Elizabeth and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Samuel ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth and Jane was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.[9]
Thomas and Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to West Hartlepool.[11]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1854
Ship State Description
Atlas  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Middle Mouse, Anglesey.[12][13]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Fernando Po, Portuguese Guinea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bonny to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
William the Conqueror  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by Precursor ( United Kingdom). William the Conqueror was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[15]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1854
Ship State Description
Robinson  United Kingdom The brig was holed by an anchor and sank at Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1854
Ship State Description
Archimedes Kingdom of Sardinia The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[12]
Eleventh of April  Norway The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Hannibal ( United Kingdom). Eleventh of April was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Bergen.[17]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship foundered 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bonny to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1854
Ship State Description
Louisa  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Berbice, British Honduras. she was on a voyage from the Clyde to Demerara, British Honduras.[15]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1854
Ship State Description
Alessandro Kingdom of Sardinia The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and capsized at Genoa. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and California, United States.[19]
Catherine  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Montevideo, Uruguay.[20]
Cumberland  United Kingdom Crimean War: The ship was sunk as a target off Landguard Fort, Harwich, Essex by artillery fire from the East Suffolk Regiment.[21]
Silas Richards  United States The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked near Cape Bersen'yeva in Tugur Bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk. The vessel’s cargo of whale oil and whalebone were saved by the ship Hibernia 2nd ( United States).[22]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1854
Ship State Description
Canopus  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Table Bay.[23] She had been refloated by 9 August.[24]
Prince Rupert  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Caicos Reef. She was on a voyage from Annatto Bay, Jamaica to London.[15]
Sea Gull, and
Wild Sea Mew 		 United Kingdom The ships were in collision and were then driven ashore in Table Bay. All on board were rescued.[23][25]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1854
Ship State Description
Archibald  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N 41°50′W / 45.000°N 41.833°W / 45.000; -41.833). Her nine crew were rescued by Cotton Planter ( United States). Archibald was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[26]
Saxon  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Demerara, British Guiana. She put in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a leaky condition.[6]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1854
Ship State Description
Franklin  United States The steamship was wrecked at Moriches, New York.[27] All 160 passengers on board, and her crew, were rescued.[28][29] She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to New York City.[30]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1854
Ship State Description
Dolphin  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore east of Gibraltar.[31]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1854
Ship State Description
Victoria  United Kingdom The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion in the River Ribble, killing five people. She was on a voyage from Lytham St. Annes to Preston, Lancashire.[32]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1854
Ship State Description
Herder  Bremen The ship was damaged by fire in King George's Sound. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Sydney, New South Wales.[33]
James Clark  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Sinclair's Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Helmsdale, Sutherland. She was refloated on 11 August and taken in to Wick, Caithness in a severely damaged condition.[34][35]
Sophia Moffatt  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 142 nautical miles (263 km) off Saint-Louis, Senegal. Her 28 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[14][36]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1854
Ship State Description
Duperré  French Navy Crimean War: The Téméraire-class ship of the line ran aground in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Driver and HMS Hecla (both  Royal Navy).

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1854
Ship State Description
Armide  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned and sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Penang, Straits Settlements. Her 26 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Coringa, India to London.[33]
Humber  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Swine, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day.[34][37]
HMS Valorous  United Kingdom Crimean War: The Magicienne-class frigate ran aground in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland and was severely damaged.

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1854
Ship State Description
Auguste  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Jedore Bank, off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America.[38]
Island Queen  China The schooner was lost in the Coral Sea off the Great Detached Reef, Cape York, New South Wales, while en route to Hong Kong from Melbourne, Victoria.[39]
Ottawa United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[40]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1854
Ship State Description
Ambassadress  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Geol Rock, off Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Virginia, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[41]
Breeze  United Kingdom The ship collided with Lapwing ( Hamburg) and sank off Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued by Lapwing. Breeze was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to an English port.[3]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1854
Ship State Description
Fatima  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Straits (11°47′S 144°01′E / 11.783°S 144.017°E / -11.783; 144.017). Her crew took to the boats. They were rescued on 5 July by Bato ( Netherlands). Fatima was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[42]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. She was refloated the next day.[37]

27 July

For the beaching of Charles Humberston on this date, see the entry for 3 March 1854

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1854
Ship State Description
Admiral  United States The steamship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Maine and was damaged. She was beached and sank. Her 300 passengers, and her crew, were rescued.[43]
Squaw  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Newcastle, New South Wales.[44]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1854
Ship State Description
Bertha  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Black Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kertch, Russia.[45]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1854
Ship State Description
Otto and Eduard  Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Kleinvagee Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, county Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[46][3]
Wellington  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Sanguin", Liberia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land.[47]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1854
Ship State Description
Nileus  United Kingdom The ship struck the quayside at Southampton, Hampshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Southampton.[31]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1854
Ship State Description
Christo  United States The ship was wrecked near Port Natal, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[48]
NRP Duque de Saldanha  Portuguese Navy The government steamer was stranded on a sandbank south of Aveiro, Portugal, while en route to Porto, Portugal, from Madeira with troops, and then broke up. All on board were saved.[49]
Hart  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Monrovia, Liberia. Her crew were rescued.[14][47]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1854
Ship State Description
Andrew  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Runcorn, Cheshire before 12 July.[50]
Betsey  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. She was taken in to North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands on 28 July in a derelict and waterlogged condition.[3]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Province of Canada, British North America.[51]
Cupid  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Cochin, India before 6 July.[52]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island.[51]
Fortuna United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia to Liverpool. She was subsequently towed in to Port Hood, Nova Scotia by an American fishing vessel.[53]
Frederica Flag unknown The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 July.[3]
Johanna  Denmark The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Cotinguiba River to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[2]
Nimrod United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Van Diemen's Land The ship was wrecked in the Horne Islands.
Premare  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[51]
Saint Louis  French Navy The Suffren-class ship of the line ran aground at Kiel, Prussia. She was refloated on 26 July.
Sapphire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of New South Wales.[54]
Veronica  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Larache, Morocco before 4 July. Her crew were rescued.[11]
W. M. Rogers  United States The barque was in collision with the barque Princess Alice ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts.[35]
Zingaree  United States The barque was abandoned in the Java Sea before 6 July. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[52]

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