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The list of shipwrecks in April 1854 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1854 .
1 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Abundance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ness Point , Suffolk . She was refloated.[1]
Clyde , andGothenburg
United Kingdom
The steamship Clyde was run into and sunk in the River Thames by Gothenburg ( United Kingdom ) on the occasion of the latter vessel's launching. Gothenburg was severely damaged at the stern.
Courier
United States
The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .[2]
Duke of Sussex
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She floated off and sank off Whitby , Yorkshire . Her crew survived.[3]
Fuchsia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Shapinsay , Orkney Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Kirkwall , Orkney Islands.[4]
Industry
United Kingdom
The sloop sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off st. Abbs Head , Berwickshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to South Alloa , Clackmannanshire .[1] [5]
Quiberonnais
France
The ship was in collision with Jeune Amand ( France ) and sank in the Bay of Biscay off the mouth of the Gironde . Her crew were rescued by Jeune Amand .[6]
Visitor
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the Dungeness Lighthouse , Kent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Plymouth , Devon . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5]
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7 April [ edit ]
8 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Calcutta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Barrington, New Jersey , United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Liverpool , Lancashire .[10] She was later refloated and taken in to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America , where she arrived on 15 April.[22]
City of Manchester
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off Reedy Island , Delaware , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . She was refloated and completed her voyage.[23]
Gazelle
United States
The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Willamette River at Canemah , Oregon Territory . At least 24 people were killed. She was subsequently salvaged, rebuilt, and re-entered service as Sarah Hoyt .
Saxony
United States
The ship was driven ashore in the Jupiter Inlet . She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Matanzas , Cuba and Liverpool.[24]
William Connal
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Hurushpoor" with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta , India .[25]
9 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Catharina Henrietta
Prussia
The ship ran aground at Memel and was damaged. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes , Portugal to Memel.[15]
10 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Arabia
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the São Francisco River . She was on a voyage from Bahia , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[26] [27]
Celebrity
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Exmouth , Devon . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aberdeen .[19] [28]
Exchange
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into and sunk at Baltimore, Maryland , United States by the steamship Hugh Jenkins ( United States ). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Baltimore.[10]
Harmina
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Nehrung, in the Baltic Sea off Pillau , Prussia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to Königsberg , Prussia.[15]
11 April [ edit ]
12 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Ace of Trumps
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Nillage Point, Devon . She was on a voyage from Guernsey , Channel Islands to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[15] She was refloated on 20 May with assistance from the schooner Susan ( United Kingdom ) and taken in to Watermouth , Devon.[30]
Calcutta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , United States to London .[14]
Defender
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at South Shields , County Durham . She was on a voyage from South Shields to Portsmouth, New Hampshire , United States. She was refloated and put back to South Shields.[15]
Dreadnought
United Kingdom
The tug ran aground at Liverpool , Lancashire .[15]
13 April [ edit ]
15 April [ edit ]
16 April [ edit ]
17 April [ edit ]
18 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Bellona
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Cleopatra ( United Kingdom ). Bellona was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[30] [42]
Hopewell
United Kingdom
The collier , a barque , ran aground on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Beacon , the lifeboat Prince Albert and the yawl Musquito (all United Kingdom and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk .[43] [44]
Lucy
United Kingdom
The ship which had run aground at Jurby , Isle of Man on in March , was towed from Ramsey to Peel, Isle of Man by Ben-my-Chree ( Isle of Man ) and beached there.[45]
19 April [ edit ]
20 April [ edit ]
21 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Boucalaise Campagne
France
The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Saint-Servan , Ille-et-Vilaine to Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[55]
Choice
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore north of Hartlepool , County Durham . She was refloated and towed in to Hartlepool.[56] [55]
John Cooper
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off the Cape of Good Hope , Cape Colony . Her crew were rescued by the schooner Hoppet ( Sweden ). John Cooper was on a voyage from Cochin , India to London .[57] [58] [59]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Neath , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Neath to Padstow , Cornwall . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[35]
Sir William Gomm
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Moulmein , Burma for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[60]
22 April [ edit ]
23 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Anenome
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States. She was refloated but drove ashore at Walmer , Kent and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[14] [35] [55]
Ann and Sarah
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . Her four crew were rescued by the pilot cutter John and Mary ( United Kingdom ).[10] [64] [65] [55] Ann and Sarah was on a voyage from South Shields to London .[35]
Bear
United Kingdom
The sloop driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton, HartlepoolMiddleton , County Durham. She was on a voyage from the River Spey to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[35]
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship departed from South Shields for Dartmouth, Devon and Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, wreckage from the ship was sighted on 27 April 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Knock Lightship ( Trinity House ).[66]
Juno
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[67]
Lucy
Isle of Man
The ship sank 3 cables (560 m) off Peel .[22]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship was beached in Studland Bay , She was on a voyage from Jersey , Channel Islands to London .[35]
Robert
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked north of Hartlepool , County Durham.[10] [55] She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hartlepool.[35]
24 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Albertina
Sweden
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk , United Kingdom , with the loss of six of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg , Sweden , to Bordeaux , Gironde , France .[68]
Black Hawk
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Of the 838 people on board, 140 had been taken off on 19 April by the barque Caroline ( United Kingdom ), yet more had been taken off on 20 April by the barque Dirigio ( United States ). The full-rigged ship Currituck ( United States and an unidentified barque took more off between 21 and 23 April, with Currituck rescuing the remainder on 24 April.[69]
Cheshire Lass
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Platters, off the coast of Anglesey . She was on a voyage from London to Chester, Cheshire . She was refloated.[35]
Ercolano
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The steamship sank after a collision with Sicilia ( Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ) in the Gulf of Genoa . The passengers included Thomas Plumer Halsey MP, who was drowned along with his wife, youngest son, and two servants. Sir Robert Peel , MP, another passenger, survived by swimming ashore.[70]
Mary Shepphard
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire 7 nautical miles (13 km) north west of "St. Bernartuno Island". All on board took to boats and survived. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai , China .[58]
25 April [ edit ]
26 April [ edit ]
27 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Aerdt van Nes
Netherlands
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Warin's Reef, off Raine Island , New South Wales .[74]
Ann and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was lost between Loch Ryan and Ballantrae , Ayrshire . Her crew were rescued.[75]
Ariadne
Norway
The schooner was driven ashore at Thurso , Caithness , United Kingdom .[13] All eleven people on board were rescued by a fishing coble .[76]
Charlotte
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Maassluis , South Holland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Rotterdam , South Holland.[13] [77]
Ericsson
United States
The paddle steamer was sunk by a tornado at Jersey City, New Jersey . All on board were rescued by boats from ships in port, including some from RMS Asia ( United Kingdom ).[39] [78] [79] Ericsson was refloated on 11 May.[80]
Heart of Oak
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Southport , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Amlwch , Anglesey to Preston, Lancashire .[22]
Italia
Kingdom of Sardinia
The brig was destroyed by fire at the Ilhéu de Rosto de Cão , Azores . She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to Southampton , Hampshire , United Kingdom.[81]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Zebra Channel. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Liverpool , Lancashire. She was refloated and beached at Birkenhead , Cheshire .[71]
Noord
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Batavia , Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam.[13]
Orion
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Barbadoes . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Jamaica.[42]
Sarah Mary
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Albion ( United Kingdom ), Ottawa British North America ) and other vessels. Sarah Mary was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[82] [49]
28 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Adele
France
The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Guernsey , Channel Islands with the loss of two of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Alicante , Spain to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure .[73]
Anna
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank in the English Channel off Dover , Kent . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Catania , Sicily to Leer .[75]
Bengt
Denmark
The schooner was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned in the North Sea off Texel , North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg , Sweden to Honfleur , Manche , France. She was subsequently taken in to Scarborough , Yorkshire , United Kingdom in a waterlogged conditions. She arrived on 4 May.[83]
Comet
United Kingdom
The sloop spang a leak and was beached near Filey , Yorkshire where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Filey Lifeboat.[64] [13]
Favourite
Bremen
The barque collided with the barque Hesper ( United States ) and sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon , United Kingdom with the loss of 201 lives. Six crew got on board Hesper . Favourite was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[84] [85]
Good Intent
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Cromer , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by the smack Active ( United Kingdom ). Good Intent was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[13]
Kaffir
United Kingdom
The barque was in collision with another vessel in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) off North Foreland , Kent . The other vessel foundered with the loss of all hands. Kaffir also foundered. Her crew were rescued by Princess Royal ( United Kingdom ). Kaffir was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain .[86]
Railway King
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Trimum", Denmark with the loss of her four crew.[83]
Sacramento
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked at Port Phillip , Victoria .[87]
Snowdrop
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on Pickles Reef. She was on a voyage from Matanzas , Cuba to Trieste . She was refloated on 30 April and subsequently put in to Key West, Florida , United States.[88] [48]
29 April [ edit ]
30 April [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Capella
Hamburg
The ship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued by Twee Anthonys (Flag unknown). She was on a voyage from Cochin , India to Hamburg.[93]
G. W. Garmany
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Currituck, North Carolina . She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[94]
Harkaway
United Kingdom
The troopship struck a sunken wreck off Berry Head , Devon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Woolwich , Kent to Gallipoli , Ottoman Empire . She put in to Plymouth , Devon for repairs.[83]
Lady Harvey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Point Lonsdale , Victoria . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Melbourne , Victoria. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky and was beached in Shortland's Bay, where she sank.[9]
Mahaica
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Wreck Reefs about 200 miles off the Queensland coast. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Calcutta , India .[95] [96]
Unknown date [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1854
Ship
State
Description
Albertina
Sweden
The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk , United Kingdom with the loss of six of the thirteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by the sloop Liberty ( Jersey ).[97]
Argo
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 April. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[91]
Broom
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 27 crew were rescued by Devon ( United Kingdom ). Broom was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America .[42] [48] [29]
Colbert
France
The full-rigged ship was in collision with the full-rigged ship Scotland ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by Scotland . Colbert was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[22] [98]
Emma Watts
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Franziska Raake (Flag unknown).[10] [65]
Glasgow
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground near Renfrew .[19] [28] She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to New York , United States.[99] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Greenock , Renfrewshire in a leaky condition.[100]
Irene
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne , Victoria .[22]
Jantina
Flag unknown
The koff was abandoned in Benskarssund before 7 April.[41]
Lena
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean between 7 and 19 April. Her thirteen crew were rescued by Hannah ( United Kingdom ). Lena was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[24] [47]
Mary Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the Veere Channel. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[73]
Midas
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Beatrice United Kingdom ). Midas was on a voyage from Callao , Peru to Cork .[11]
Pomaquod
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 April.[42]
Russell Sturgess
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rainbow ( United Kingdom ). Russell Sturgess was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[14]
Sterling
United States
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Abeona ( United Kingdom ). Sterling was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom to Savannah, Georgia .[101]
Underwriter
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey before 19 April. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. Underwriter was refloated on 25 April and towed in to New York.[102] [22] [103] [24]
HMS Victory
Royal Navy
The tender sprang a leak and sank at Portsmouth , Hampshire . All on board were rescued.
Walter Claxton
United States
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at San Francisco, California .[104]
Y
France
The ship was wrecked on the Buyadere Reef, in the Bissagos Islands , Portuguese Guinea before 19 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Sierra Leone.[105]
Yorkshire Lass
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Some of her crew were rescued by Eagle ( United Kingdom ). Yorkshire Lass was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Quebec City.[50] [29]
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