List of shipwrecks in 1853

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

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1853
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date

February

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Alnwick	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Walberswick, Suffolk. She was refloated on 8 April and taken in to Southwold, Suffolk.[1]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Independence	United States	The steamship suffered a grounding and fire on the Island of Margarita, off the coast of Lower California, while en route San Juan del Sud, Nicaragua to San Francisco, California. Of the 418 crew and passengers on board, 129 died and 289 were rescued.[2]

March

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Wuzeer	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Cherbaniani Reef, north of the Laccadive Islands; all crew survived.[3]

April

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Jenny Lind	United States	The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion whilst on a voyage from Alviso, California to San Francisco, California, killing at least 31 people.

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Whitby	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on the Tory Shoal, off Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand. Her crew survived.

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Eliza	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Home Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew survived.[1]
Three Friends	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. All on board were rescued.[1]

27-28 April

List of shipwrecks: 27-28 April 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Susan	United States	The ship was stove by ice while attempting to enter the Sea of Okhotsk via Bussol Strait. The cargo of 350 barrels of sperm oil and 50 barrels of whale oil were lost as well as two men. The surviving crew spent over a week on nearby Urup before being rescued by the barque Black Warrior ( United States).[4]

May

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1853

Ship	Country	Description
William and Mary	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with the sloop Lily and foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of two of her four crew.[1]

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1853

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Investigator	Royal Navy	McClure Arctic Expedition: The ship was abandoned in Mercy Bay, having been icebound for three years. She subsequently sank.

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Carrier Pigeon	United States	The clipper ran aground and was wrecked at Santa Cruz, California. Her crew survived. She was on her maiden voyage, from Boston, Massachusetts to San Francisco, California.

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Ambassador	Malta	The brig struck the Seven Stones reef and sank. Her crew reached the Seven Stones lightship ( United Kingdom) in the ship's boats. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Malta.[5]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Earl of Charlemont	United Kingdom	The ship struck a reef off Point Flinders, Victoria and was wrecked with the loss of one life.

July

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Nettuno	Brazil	The brig struck the Greengrounds, in the Bristol Channel and foundered. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[6]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah Jane	United Kingdom	The pilot vessel was wrecked near Pwlldu Bay, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[6]

August

List of shipwrecks: August 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Madagascar	United Kingdom	The Blackwall Frigate departed from Melbourne, Victoria. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1853

Ship	Country	Description
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).

September

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Annie Jane	United Kingdom	The brig struck rocks off Vatersay, Outer Hebrides and sank with the loss of 348 lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[7][8]

October

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Lucie	France	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Covehithe, Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[1]

November

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Sheraton Grange	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[1]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Avni Illah	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The frigate was badly damaged by gunfire from the ship-of-the-line Imperatritsa Maria ( Imperial Russian Navy) in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire and ran aground.
Fazl Illah	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The frigate was set afire by gunfire from the ship-of-the-line Imperatritsa Maria ( Imperial Russian Navy) in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire and ran aground.
Damiat	Egyptian Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The frigate was damaged by gunfire from an  Imperial Russian Navy squadron in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire and ran aground.
Nizamieh	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The frigate was damaged by gunfire from an  Imperial Russian Navy squadron in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire and ran aground after losing two masts.
Nessin Zair	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The frigate was damaged by gunfire from an  Imperial Russian Navy squadron in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire and ran aground after he anchor chain broke.
Navek Bahri	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The frigate exploded and sank after being hit by gunfire from an  Imperial Russian Navy squadron in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire.
Kaid Zafer	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The frigate was damaged by gunfire from an  Imperial Russian Navy squadron in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire and ran aground.
Nejm Fisham	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The corvette was wrecked by gunfire from an  Imperial Russian Navy squadron in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire.
Feyz Mabud	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The corvette was damaged by gunfire from an  Imperial Russian Navy squadron in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire and ran aground.
Kel Saphid	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The corvette exploded and sank after being hit by gunfire from an  Imperial Russian Navy squadron in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire.
Erkelye	Ottoman Navy	Crimean War, Battle of Sinop: The armed steamer was wrecked by gunfire from an  Imperial Russian Navy squadron in the harbor at Sinop in the Ottoman Empire.

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Winfield Scott	United States	The paddle steamer ran aground on Middle Anacapa Island, Channel Islands of California and was wrecked. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Panama City.

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Humboldt	United States	The paddle steamer ran aground at Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of one life. She was wrecked a few days later. Humboldt was on a voyage from Southampton, New Brunswick, British North America to New York.[9]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1853

Ship	Country	Description
Mount Charles	United Kingdom	The schooner struck the Stones reef off Godrevy Island, Cornwall and sank. Her crew survived.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1853

Ship	Country	Description
USCS Belle	United States Coast Survey	The schooner sank. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.
Ellen	United Kingdom	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.[6]
USCS Morris	United States Coast Survey	The schooner sank at Pensacola, Florida. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.

References

1. Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
2. The New York Times Published April 26, 1853
3. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury (2502). 17 May 1853. p. 7.
4. The Friend (Vol. II, No. 10, Nov. 1, 1853, p. 93, Honolulu).
5. Noall, Cyril (1968). Cornish Lights and Shipwrecks. Truro: D. Bradford Barton.
6. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
7. "Papers Relative to Emigration to The British Provinces in North America, British Parliamentary Papers 1854, XLVI, (1763 ).". Retrieved 1 August 2014.
8. Donahue, James. "The Wreck of the Annie Jane". Retrieved 1 August 2014.
9. "Humboldt - 1853". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

Ship events in 1853
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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