List of shipwrecks in 1852
The list of shipwrecks in 1852 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1852.
1852 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
January
3 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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RMS Amazon | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer caught fire, exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west south west of the Isles of Scilly. There were 59 survivors. They were rescued by Gertruida, Helleschina (both ( Netherlands) and Marsden ( United Kingdom). RMS Amazon was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to the West Indies. |
30 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Betsey | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[1] |
February
18 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Active | New South Wales | The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River. |
26 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Birkenhead | Royal Navy | The troopship, a steam frigate, was wrecked near Gaansbaai, Africa with the loss of 450 of the 693 people on board. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Algoa Bay. |
April
9 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Saluda | United States | The steamboat exploded and sank in the Missouri River at Lexington, Missouri. Over 100 people were killed; there were 40–50 survivors. |
June
22 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Henri | France | The brig was wrecked at the entrance to Lake Macquarie, New South Wales with the loss of a crew member. |
November
6 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sussex | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at Cardigan.[1] |
December
6 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pretty Maggy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six people on board. She was on a voyage from "Ballinacura" to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[2] |
16 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sir Fowell Buxton | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Tapioca Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil with the loss of 3 of the 230 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip, Victoria. |
19 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann & Mary | United Kingdom | The brig struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered with the loss of one of her eight crew.[3] |
22 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Thetis | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off Cardigan.[1] |
26 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Heroine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[4] |
27 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nouvelle Loire | France | The barque was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[4] |
Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[4] |
References
- 1 2 3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
Ship events in 1852 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 |
Ship commissionings: | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 |
Shipwrecks: | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 |
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