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The list of shipwrecks in 1853 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1853.
Ship | State | Description |
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Adele | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Northern Triangles.[1] |
Atar Gull | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked on the French or Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Livorno.[2] |
USCS Belle | ![]() |
The schooner sank. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service. |
Brothers | ![]() |
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 21 May and 13 August. Her crew were rescued by Jane Howard (![]() |
Caldera | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on Fanning Island before 10 June. All on board were rescued.[4] She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Sydney, New South Wales and San Francisco, California.[5] |
Clara | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked by a tornado off Sierra Leone.[6] Her crew were rescued.[7] |
Countess of Lonsdale | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay.[8] |
Earl of Charlemont | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Port Phillip, Australia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Phillip.[9] |
Elizabeth Benyon | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Saint Domingo.[10] |
Ellen | ![]() |
The smack foundered in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich Point, Glamorgan with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[11] |
Epervier | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beyrout, Ottoman Syria.[12] |
Grand Turk | Unknown | The schooner was lost at "Squan Inlet." "Squan" and "Squan Beach" were terms used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. "Squan Inlet" may refer to Manasquan Inlet or another inlet in the area.[13] |
Houqua | ![]() |
The clipper was in collision with the ferry Tonawanda (![]() |
Ida | ![]() |
The brig was lost in the Roman River, Bay of Honduras.[1][14] |
Jeune Edouard | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Madagascar and abandoned by her crew before 1 May. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[15] |
Louisiana | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the coast of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate.[6] |
Mahomed Shah | Flag unknown | The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from London to New Zealand.[16] |
Marmion | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Australia with the loss of three of her crew.[17] |
Martha | ![]() |
The lorcha was wrecked on Tongatapu with the loss of all hands. The ship's dog survived. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Tongatapu.[18] |
Melicite | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked between 4 October and 10 November. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool.[19] |
Monongahela | ![]() |
The 497-ton whaling ship was lost with all hands in the Catherine Archipelago.[20] |
USCS Morris | ![]() |
The schooner sank at Pensacola, Florida. She was later raised, repaired, and returned to service. |
Nina | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned at sea. Some of her crew were rescued by Antilles (Flag unknown), which lost three men when a boat capsized. Nina was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Melbourne, Victoria. She was subsequently taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies in a derelict condition.[21] |
Opossum | ![]() |
The cutter was wrecked at Point Nepean, Victoria.[22] |
Oriental Queen | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Port Phillip.[17] |
Oriole | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia River.[23] |
Oscar | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked in the Bahamas.[24] |
Ptarmigan | ![]() |
The East Indiaman was wrecked on a reef off "Munsoorcottah", India with the loss of four of her crew.[25] |
Sea | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Point Nepean, Victoria.[26] |
Skimmer | ![]() |
The hulk was destroyed by an explosion in the Benin River with loss of life.[27] |
Vocalist | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near "Cape St. Mary's", Argentina.[28] |
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