List of shipwrecks in August 1853

The list of shipwrecks in August 1853 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1853.

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1 August
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Douglas  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore east of Folkstone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1]
Fatal Oheb Straits Settlements The ship was wrecked in the Sapudi Islands, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Singapore.[2]
Napoleon Victoria The ship was wrecked in the Sapudi Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Singapore.[2]
Tagus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Tranum, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[3][4]

2 August
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Andreas  Hamburg The barque was driven ashore and damaged at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Queenstown.[5][6]
Melody  United States The barque was driven ashore at Cape St. Mary. She was on a voyage from the Ilha do Sal, Cape Verde Islands to Monte Video, Uruguay.[7]
Orbit  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.[1][5]
Royale Supreme  France The sloop was abandoned in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued by the brig Alert ( United Kingdom). Royal Supreme was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[8][9]

3 August
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Asa Thor  United States The brig sprang a leak and was beached on Guam, where she became a wreck. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong, China to Ascension Island.[10]
Bornœuf  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Torres Strait off Booby Island, New South Wales with the loss of eight lives. Survivors were rescued by four vessels:- Earl Grey ( United Kingdom), Everdina Elizabeth ( Netherlands) and two other Dutch vessels. Bornœuf was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Bombay, India.[11][12][13]
Gemini  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Dog Island, Anguilla. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.[14][15]
Jeune Rose  France The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[5]

4 August
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Maria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[16]
St. Roch  United Kingdom The steamship was in collision with the steamship Lady Elgin and sank at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[17]

5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Jeune France  United Kingdom The ship put into Key West, Florida, United States in a leaky condition, having run aground. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Senegal. She was placed under repair, but was consequently condemned.[18][19]
Panola  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip, Victoria to Bombay.[20]
Stata  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip to Singapore.[21]
Susan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Narva River. Her crew were rescued.[22] She was consequently condemned.[23]

6 August
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Melbourne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[17]

7 August
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Caesar  Royal Navy The Caesar-class ship of the line ran aground on being launched at Pembroke Dockyard, Pembrokeshire.[24][25]
Dockenhuden  Hamburg The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[26][27]
Little Pet  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the coast of Brazil. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Leith, Lothian. Little Pet was taken in tow by Ceres ( United States) on 9 August. An attempt was made to take her in to Pernambuco but she was driven ashore and damaged. She was consequently condemned.[28][29]

8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Hirondelle  France The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Morocco near Ceuta, Spain.[17]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Frederikshald, Norway to Paimbœuf.[22]
Sandwich  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near the mouth of the Salt River, Cape Colony with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to London.[30][31]
Therese  Kingdom of Hanover The ship sank in the White Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Archangelsk, Russia.[32]

9 August
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Brown  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) east south east of the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Edward and Ann ( United Kingdom). Brown was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[33][22]
Grange  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Guardiaro. She was on a voyage from Tarsus Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.[23] She had been refloated by 14 August and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs.[34]
Nicolettes Minde Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock.[4]
Solide Grand Duchy of Finland The ship capsized at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[35]
William R. Hallett  United States The ship was driven ashore at New York in a squall. She was later refloated.[36]

10 August
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Bell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Southwold.[3]
Dowson  United Kingdom The ship departed from Alexandria, Egypt for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
RMS Quito  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked of a reef 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Huasco, Chile with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Panama City, Republic of New Granada to Valparaíso, Chile.[38][39][40]
Xarifa New Zealand The brig ran aground in the Western Channel. She was on a voyage from New Zealand to Melbourne, Victoria.[21][41]

11 August
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Eclipse New South Wales The ship ran aground at Geelong, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, Victoria.[21][41]
Joven Emilio  Spain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Gijón.[34]
Oceanica Van Diemen's Land The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Melbourne.[21][41]
Oliver  United States The brig was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Gorgona, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Virgilio (Flag unknown).[23]
Sybil Van Diemen's Land The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Melbourne.[21][41]
Uncle Tom New South Wales The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne.[21][41]

12 August
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Cremona Victoria The schooner was driven ashore near the mouth of the Tarwin River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.[41]
Thomas Pierson  United Kingdom The schooner was lost on this date. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Belize City, British Honduras.[7]

13 August
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Bluff City,
Dr. Franklin No. 2, and
Highland		 British North America The steamships Bluff City and Dr. Frankin No. 2 were destroyed by fire at Quebec City, Province of Canada. The steamship Highland was severely damaged.[42]
Forsoget  Norway The schooner was in collision with the barque Barica ( Trieste ) and sank in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Fredrikshald.[43][44]
Mercator  United Kingdom The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Cowes, Isle of Wight. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[45]
Ploughboy  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[46]
Princess Victoria  United Kingdom The ship caught fire, exploded and sank in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria.[47]
Triumph  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Storholm Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and taken in to Slitohamn for repairs.[32]
Vancouver Hudson's Bay Company The schooner was lost off Rose Point, Queen Charlotte Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vancouver Island to Fort Simpson.[48][49]

14 August
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Helen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Niobe  United Kingdom The steamboat was in collision with Regent ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at London Bridge, London. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Woolwich, Kent.[50]

15 August
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Freeman  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the "Becca Grande", Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29] She was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida.[18]
Limena  United Kingdom The ship departed from Mayaquez, Puerto Rico for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]
Marie Caroline  France The ship departed from a port in Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[52]

17 August
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Riga, Russia. She was refloated but consequently put in to Bolderāja in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Riga to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[17][53]
Anna Watson  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the west coast of Africa.[34]
Germania Flag unknown The ship departed from Seville, Spain for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54]
Ludorf Theodorus  Russia The ship struck the pier at Dunkerque, Nord, France and sank. She was on a voyage from Reni to Dunkerque. She was later refloated.[34]
Magdalena Flag unknown The steamship ran aground and sank in a river. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Honda" to "Santa Martha".[55]

18 August
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Regent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on White Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[56]

19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Augustine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She floated off and consequently sank.[57]
Bananier  France The ship was driven ashore on Zanzibar, Sultanate of Oman. She was on a voyage from "Lamoo" to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated on 1 September.[19]

20 August
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Baring Brothers  United Kingdom The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[58]
Eugene et Léon  France The ship departed from Havana for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[52]

21 August
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Breadalbane  United Kingdom The three-masted barque was crushed by ice and sank in Lancaster Sound. Her 21 crew were rescued by HMS Phoenix ( Royal Navy).
Re Davide Flag The ship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[59]

22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Coundon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to an English port. She was refloated on 26 August and put back to Dantzic, where she arrived on 3 September.[60][61]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Droogden. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[62]
William  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was run into by the collier Sir John Easthope ( United Kingdom) in the River Tyne, broke in two and sank.[63][64][65]

All on board, more than 40 people, were rescued.[66] William was refloated on 27 August.[62]

23 August
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Hannah More  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Riga, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[67]
Marie Françoise  France The ship departed from Martinique for Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[52]

24 August
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Janet Izat  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock off the Filsand, in the Baltic Sea and was damaged. She put in to Cronstadt, Russia.[68]
Jessie Smith  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the Orange River, Cape Colony with the loss of four crew.[69]
Meridian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Île Amsterdam with the loss of three lives. Survivors were rescued on 4 September. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[70]

25 August
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Claudine Marguerite Pauline  United Kingdom The ship was departed from Riga, Russia for Dundee, Forfarshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47]
Hero  United Kingdom The smack was abandoned in the North Sea off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Cullen, Moray. She subsequently came ashore and was wrecked.[60][62]
James  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Ferryden, Forfarshire. She was refloated[71]
Maria Bertha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Cronstadt.[72] She was refloated on 5 September and taken in to Cronstadt.[73]

26 August
List of shipwrecks: 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Aurora  Norway The galeas was lost on the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued.[36]
Australia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[60][74]
Brenda  United Kingdom The brig sprnag a leak in the English Channel. She was beached and damaged at Newhaven, Sussex. Her ten crew were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. Brenda was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Newhaven.[75] She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven on 3 September.[76][77]
Cherokee  United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at New York.[78]
Fingalton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Gloucester.[74] She was refloated on 7 September and tale in the River Avon.[79]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sable Island Bank and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to New York, United States.[57][80]
Gabriel Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples.[62]
Lady Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Kilcliff", County Down. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Drogheda, County Louth.[74]
Lady Stewart  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dungarvan, County Waterford.[62]
Maria  Greece The brig was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Cardiff.[60]
Maria Bertha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Cronstadt, Russia.[76]
Marmion, or
Mary Ann		  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Gloucester.[74][77]
Massachusetts  United States The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to New York.[56]
Patience  United Kingdom The smack was in collision with the schooner Iduna ( Norway) in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[42]
William and Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Southampton, Hampshire.[74]

27 August
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Dantzig  Russia or
 Norway		 The full-rigged ship ran aground at Manzanilla, Trinidad. she was on a voyage from Manzanilla to London, United Kingdom.[81]
Favourite  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Alderney, Channel Islands. Favourite was refloated and taken in to Whitstable, where she sank. She was raised the next day.[62]
Kingston  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Pwllchion", Pembrokeshire.[60]
Onderneming  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore between Egmond aan Zee and Wijk aan Zee, North Holland with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Vlissingen, Zeeland.[32]
William  United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Great Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Liverpool, Lancashire.[56]

28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Asia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sand Island, Alabama, United States. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Queenstown, County Cork.[82]
Cleopatra  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and capsized in the Gut of Canso. Her crew were rescued by USS Decatur ( United States Navy). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City. Province of Canada, British North America.[83][84]
Edward  France The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by Nor (Flag unknown). Edward was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[32]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig foundered off the Danish coast. Her eight crew were rescued.[85][86]
Fair Maid  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at North Ness, Shetland Islands. She was refloated the next day.[87]
Jane and Alice  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Salvo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off Fårö, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[88]

29 August
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
George  Norway The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[14]
Java  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Kingroad.[60]
Nancy  United Kingdom The brig capsized in the Kingroad.[60]

30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Antina  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[57]
Peace {{{flag}}} The sloop was in collision with another vessel in the English Channel. She was taken in to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France in a derelict condition.[89][87]

31 August
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Catania Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship was driven ashore at "Gallico", Sicily. She was on a voyage from Catania to Palermo and Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[36]
Horatio  Bremen The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Bremen.[68][15]
Kirstine  Prussia The ship ran aground off Kristiansand, Norway. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Kristiansand in a leaky condition.[61]
Ocean  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Holyhead, Anglesey. She was refloated the next day.[42]
Spy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Kilmichael Point, Ireland.[87]
Troubadour  Spain The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Barcelona. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[68][15] Troubadour was towed in to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom on 5 September in a leaky condition.[90][91]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1853
ShipCountryDescription
Alten  Sweden The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[92]
Argus  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Arzila, Morocco before 9 August. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs.[23][34]
Christophorus Columbus  Netherlands The ship struck a sunken rock whilst on a voyage from Batavia to Onrust Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was consequently condemned on arrival.[93]
Chrysalis  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Mayotte before 24 August. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[94]
Collector  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.[60]
Croton  United States The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic before 4 August.[95]
Curlew  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea before 14 August. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and put in to Mandal, Norway in a leaky condition.[53]
Diamond  United Kingdom The smack was abandoned off Arran before 6 August. She was taken in to Lamlash, Arran by Happy Return ( United Kingdom).[3][4]
Edurac  France The barque was driven ashore on the Holms. She was later refloated and taken in to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom for repairs.[96]
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to New York, United States. She was refloated on 8 August.[35]
Fellowship  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was later refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark. She arrived on 29 August in a waterlogged condition.[87]
Fortunato Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Catania to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She put in to Malta, where she sank.[35] She was refloated on 3 August.[97]
Frederica Gustava  Russia The ship was driven ashore near Domesnes. She was on a voyage from Riga to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[22]
Hoppet  Sweden The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Fredriksvern, Norway.[61]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex before 17 Augusts. She was later refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition.[98]
Lady Eveline  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. Twenty-six people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong, China to San Francisco, California, United States.[99]
Leentje  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Portugal before 19 August. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Rotterdam, South Holland.[34]
Madagascar  United Kingdom The Blackwall Frigate departed from Melbourne, Victoria on 12 August. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Marie  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Marie ( Spain). She was on a voyage from Lima, Peru to an English port.[57]
Martin Luther Flag unknown The ship was lost off Osmussaar, Russia before 5 August.[33]
Moses & John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark, where she arrived on 10 August.[43]
Palendar  United Kingdom The ship struck the Black Rock, south east of Grand Manan, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to the Clyde.[79] She was later refloated and taken in to Westport, Nova Scotia in a severely damaged condition.[29]
Richmond British North America The schooner was wrecked on Saint Pierre Island. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[72]

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Ship events in 1853
Ship launches: 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858
Ship commissionings: 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858
Ship decommissionings: 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858
Shipwrecks: 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858

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