List of shipwrecks in October 1854

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The list of shipwrecks in October 1854 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1854.

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1854
Ship State Description
Kingston-by-Sea  United Kingdom The brig was in collision with Marian ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Agenoria ( United Kingdom). Kingston-by-Sea was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[1]
Yankee Blade  United States The
San Francisco, California to Panama City, Republic of New Granada.[2]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1854
Ship State Description
Emmet  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in a squall off Kinghorn, Fife with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy, Fife to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[3]
Francisco Y. Carlotta  Mexico The barque was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Chincha Islands to Callao, Peru.[4]
Iris  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Magnet ( United Kingdom). Iris was on a voyage from Wallace, Nova Scotia, British North America to London.[5]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1854
Ship State Description
Alice United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The ship was wrecked on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her five crew were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat.[6]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Abergele, Denbighshire. Her crew were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saltney, Cheshire.[7][8][9]
Grange, and
Persian 		 France
 United Kingdom 		The
Sea of Marmora and were both severely damaged. A passenger aboard Persian was killed; she was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
Isabella  United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Horse Bank, at the mouth of the River Ribble and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Preston, Lancashire.[7][8]
Isabella  United Kingdom The brig was in collision with a steamship and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Matchless  United Kingdom.[11][12] Isabella was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London.[7]
Laura Ann  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the North West Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon.[8]
Sarah Park  United States The
Seine-Inférieure to New York. She was refloated.[9]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1854
Ship State Description
Haabet  Denmark The galeas ran aground off Fanø and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to Ribe.[13]
Mary Heligoland The ship was driven ashore at Otterndorf, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 13 October and taken in to Cuxhaven.[14]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1854
Ship State Description
Aphrodite
Dantzic
 The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tvensted", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[15]
Duke of Richmond  United Kingdom The barque caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (12°12′N 24°31′W / 12.200°N 24.517°W / 12.200; -24.517) and was abandoned. All on board were rescued by Stag ( United Kingdom), apart from five men who took to a lifeboat and were rescued by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom). Duke of Richmond was on a voyage from London to Valparaíso, Chile and Callao, Peru.[16][17][18]
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank off South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to South Shields.[3][19][20]
Gazelle  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Alt Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Arundel, Sussex.[15]
Gylfe Sweden The steamship was wrecked near "Orefrundsgripet". Her crew were rescued.[21]
Hazard  Netherlands The
Archangelsk, Russia to London, United Kingdom.[22][23]
Helene  Denmark The ship was driven ashore at
Harboøre. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to Aalborg.[13]
John Rutledge  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York City, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7][24] John Rutledge was refloated the next day and towed into the River Mersey.[25]
Patriot  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Robertsknut", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark.[15]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the
fishing smack and taken in to Bridlington.[26]
Polar Star  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the
South Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Annameoka (Flag unknown). Polar Star was on a voyage from London to New Zealand.[27]
Tvillingen Daniel and Wilco  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Wesserkliff", Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Groningen.[28]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1854
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Dutchman Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[25]
Dronningen  Norway The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drøbach to London, United Kingdom.[25][20]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1854
Ship State Description
Constant  United Kingdom The ship struck the Grandfours Rocks, off
Saint Helier, Jersey in a severely leaky condition.[14]
Emerald  United Kingdom The
Cardiganshire.[29]
Triton  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[20]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1854
Ship State Description
Ellen and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner collided with South Pictou (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America) and sank in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by South Pictou.[25]
Hope  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Walmer, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Miscou Island, New Brunswick, British North America.[30]
Lancaster  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Zilpah P. Brown ( United States). Lancaster was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire[31]
Laurel  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Santos, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to London.[32]
Magnet  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Antwerp, Belgium.[33]
Pilote  France The lugger was driven ashore at Seaton, County Durham, United Kingdom.[14]
Ruby  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to London.[34]
Vine  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew survived.[13]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1854
Ship State Description
Gazelle  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ophelia ( United Kingdom). Gazelle was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.[35]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Stoomvaar ( Netherlands). Mary was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hamburg.[15]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1854
Ship State Description
Geertruida  Netherlands The ship was sighted in the
Stettin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1854
Ship State Description
Jane Clark  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated on 19 October and towed in to Frederikshavn, Denmark.[37][38]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1854
Ship State Description
Premier  France The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the
Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated and takne in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[14]
Sir Howard Douglas  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on
Stettin.[30][39] She was refloated on 2 November and taken in to Frederikshavn, Denmark.[18] Her captain was subsequently found not guilty of unlawfully scuttling the ship.[39]
Walter R. Jones  United States The
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[13][14]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1854
Ship State Description
Ajax  United Kingdom The
The Mewstone, Devon. All on board, about 300 people, were rescued by HMS Calcutta, HMS Confiance (both  Royal Navy) and the tug Queen ( United Kingdom).[40]
Ann Elizabeth Kingdom of Sardinia The galiot was driven ashore at Genoa. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to Genoa.[30]
Elvira  United Kingdom The
Nord, France. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast for repairs.[41]
London Packet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner was driven ashore in Gaspé Bay.[37]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1854
Ship State Description
Maria  Netherlands The ship foundered in the
Majorca, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London, United Kingdom.[18]
Triton  United Kingdom The
Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[42]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1854
Ship State Description
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[41]
St. Michael  France The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off
Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[43]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1854
Ship State Description
Cairson  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire, Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat.[44]
Félicité  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dunkerque.[43]
Henrietta  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dunkerque.[43]
Jane and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Roth Island", Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Stettin.[45]
Jeane Clementine  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Combartin". Her crew were rescued.[46][47]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[44]
Nuestra Signora della Rosaria Kingdom of Sardinia The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Genoa. She was refloated.[14]
Sané  French Navy The paddle frigate ran aground at Toulon, Var. She was refloated the next day.[48][49]
Strive  United Kingdom The
Newport, Monmouthshire to New York, United States.[50]
Tottenham  United Kingdom The
Queenstown, County Cork to Quebec City.[51]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1854
Ship State Description
Ambrosia  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cleethorpes and Tetney, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[31][43]
Ann Guthrie  United Kingdom The
Rye, Sussex to Fisherrow, Lothian.[43]
Atalanta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at
Stettin to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was subsequently destroyed by fire.[43]
Boreas  United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk[46][47][52]
Bosphorus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[43] She had been refloated by 24 October.[53]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Arklow, County Wicklow.[10]
Dandy  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Tetney. She was on a voyage from the River Thames to the River Tyne.[46][54]
Eliza Jane  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Newry, County Antrim. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55]
Emporium  United Kingdom The
Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to South Shields.[53][56][46][47][57]
Essay  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in north east England. She had been refloated by 24 October.[53]
Freedom  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[43]
George Bentinck  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[43]
Gothen  Sweden The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Hull.[56][43][46][47]
Hamilton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in north east England. She had been refloated by 24 October.[53]
Hazard  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[14]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in north east England. She had been refloated by 24 October.[53]
Hilding  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Hull.[56][43]
Iron Gem  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked between Grainthorpe and Tetney. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[43]
Labrador  French Navy Crimean War: The paddle frigate was shelled and set afire at Sevastopol, Russia.[58]
Mary and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields or Hartlepool, County Durham.[43][46]
Niagara  United Kingdom The
Sunderland, County Durham.[59]
Nicholas Wood  United Kingdom The
collier was driven ashore at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire.[43] She had been refloated by 24 October.[53]
Plato  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near West Hartlepool, County Durham.[60][59]
Prince Albert  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Amlwch, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wicklow.[43][44]
Queen of Trumps  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[57]
Regent  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Tetney. All on board were rescued.[53][56] She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Grimsby.[35]
Roberto Grand Duchy of Tuscany The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged near Tetney. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[43][47]
Robust  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore west of Goodwick. Her three crew were rescued.[57]
Sicilia  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Francisco ( Spain). Sicilia was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Liverpool.[30]
Tanager  Norway The schooner foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire with the loss of at least five crew.[53]
William  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Tetney. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hartlepool.[56][46][47]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1854
Ship State Description
Albert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ossebow Island, Georgia, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia.[18]
Albion  United Kingdom The schooner struck the breakwater and sank at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[61]
Alpha  United Kingdom The ship was beached at
Argyllshire, where she became a wreck. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to Galway.[10]
Annie  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at Liverpool.[62]
Charlotte  Denmark The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked between Grainthorpe and Tetney, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Thisted to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[43][46]
Corsair  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham.[60]
Courier  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Scalby, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Scarborough.[37]
Deptford  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Hartlepool.[60][59]
Earl of Hopetown  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool.[60]
Eliza and Mary  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked on the Goswick Sand Ridge, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland with the loss of all on board.[43][63]
Emma  France The brig was driven ashore between Grainthorpe and Tetney.[43]
Emma Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was refloated on 21 October.[45]
Essay  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to the River Wear.[46]
Essex  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Hartlepool.[60][59]
Gipsy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Huntcliff Foot,
Forfarshire to Sunderland.[35]
Happy Return  United Kingdom The fishing lugger foundered in the English Channel off the Dudgeon Sandbank with the loss of all eleven crew.[64]
Helene  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Hartlepool. She was later towed in to Hartlepool.[59]
Henry Wells  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore near Hartlepool.[59]
Iris  United Kingdom The ship sank of
Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool.[10]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Abersoch, Caernarfonshire.[10]
Lady Dundas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool.[46]
Let-me-alone  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore between Grainthorpe and Tetney.[43]
Maid of Whitehaven  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[10]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool for Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[65]
Mary  United Kingdom The
Harrington, Cumberland.[56]
Montgomery  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the
Calcutta, India to Demerara, British Guiana. She put back to Calcutta for repairs.[66]
Prospect  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hartlepool. Prospect subsequently came ashore.[59]
Richard and Mary  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Newport, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[43]
Robert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Abercastle, Pembrokeshire.[43]
Tanner  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Humberston, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Hartlepool. She was refloated on 27 October.[67]
Trial  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore between Grainthorpe and Tetney.[43]
Vulcan  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Grainthorpe and Tetney.[43]
William Thompson  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore between Grainthorpe and Tetney.[43]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1854
Ship State Description
Alert  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Savannah River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[17]
Anne Longton  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool.[56]
Caroline Adolphine  Hamburg The ship was wrecked near
Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[68][69]
Cecilia  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°54′N 8°31′W / 49.900°N 8.517°W / 49.900; -8.517). Her crew were rescued.[70] Presumed subsequently foundered.[71]
Eliza Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at
Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 5 December and taken in to Grimsby.[27]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Liverpool.[56][72]
Nene Valley
 		 United Kingdom The
Cape Northumberland on the south-east coast of South Australia.[73]
Regent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tetney Haven. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Grimsby. She was refloated on 5 December and taken in to Grimsby.[27]
William Watson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tetney Haven. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Grimsby. She was refloated on 5 December and taken in to Grimsby.[27]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1854
Ship State Description
Bertha Stralsund The ship ran aground on the Knashaken, south of
Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stralsund.[69] She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[67]
Defiance  United States The schooner collided with the brig J. J. Audubon in Lake Huron and foundered. Her crew survived.[74]
J. J. Audubon  United States The brig collided with the schooner Defiance in Lake Huron and foundered. Her crew survived.[74]
Tenterden  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Marshchapel, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Sunderland. She was refloated and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[67]
Theodor  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore on Sylt, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued.[68]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1854
Ship State Description
Bernardina  Denmark The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Ida (Flag unknown). Berndardina was on a voyage from Thisted to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[75]
Cambria  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Phantom ( United States). Cambria was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancaster to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[76][77] She was subsequently towed in to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands by RMS Curlew ( United Kingdom).[50]
Eliza Ann
Victoria
 The clipper-built schooner parted her cables and foundered on rocks at Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, in a gale.[78]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in Liverpool Bay. She was subsequently towed in to the River Mersey by the tug Constitution ( United Kingdom).[30]
Paramatta  United Kingdom The
Ceylon.[79]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1854
Ship State Description
James Chadwick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anholt (Denmark)Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[45]
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Padstow, Cornwall.[80]
Witham  United Kingdom The
fishing boats.[67]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1854
Ship State Description
Pacific  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Tynemouth, Northumberland by the steamship Chanticleer ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Blyth, Northumberland.[67]
Thomas and Ann  United Kingdom The
fishing smack Blue-eyed Maid ( United Kingdom).[81][67]
18 May  Hamburg The galeas sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom. She put in to Cuxhaven in a sinking condition.[67]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1854
Ship State Description
Forerunner  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off Madeira Island with the loss of fourteen of the 62 people on board. Survivors were rescued by fishing boats. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London.[82]
Solid  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Pieter ( Netherlands). Solid was on a voyage from Dram, Norway to London.[68]
Viscount Hardinge  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Morup Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel, Prussia.[83]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1854
Ship State Description
Henrys  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at
Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Sunderland.[67]
Mary Anne  United Kingdom The
Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Nugget. Mary Anne was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[84]
Thomas  United Kingdom
Russian soldiers. They were released in late November. Thomas was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Memel, Prussia.[85][86][87]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1854
Ship State Description
Bellerophon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia.[55]
Dart  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the
Sunderland, County Durham to London.[88]
Ellen  United Kingdom The Mersey flat sank off the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. Her crew survived.[69][89]
Grace  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries.[55]
Harvest  United Kingdom The
Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Newhaven. She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven.[67]
Lamoriguière  France
Sea of Marmora. All on board were rescued by Gorgone ( French Navy).[85]
Melbourne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales.[45]
Neustrie  France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Porto Plata".[90]
Prosperous  United Kingdom The Yorkshire billyboy struck the Megstone Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[67]
Queen Anne  United Kingdom The smack foundered in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Anna Maria ( United Kingdom).[5]
Theburn  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Onny Island", County Galway.[55]
Waterwitch  United Kingdom The
Arichat, Nova Scotia in a severely hogged and leaky condition.[50]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1854
Ship State Description
Ant  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Blyth, Northumberland.[67]
Boyne  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with Miriam ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Miriam.[67]
HMS Cossack  Royal Navy The Cossack-class corvette ran aground on the Draystone, off Sheerness, Kent.
James  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Jupiter  United Kingdom The
Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Vera Cruz, Mexico.[92]
Queen  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[92]
Santurce  Spain The brig caught fire at Málaga and was scuttled.[93]
Sarah Anne  United Kingdom The
Newport, Monmouthshire and Matanzas, Cuba.[55]
Teia Trieste The
Argyllshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[95] She was refloated on 3 November.[17]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued.[75]
United Kingdom  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Carrickfergus. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[92]
William Poole  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands.[91]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1854
Ship State Description
Lord Nelson  United Kingdom The sloop was discovered off Moelfre Island, Anglesey in a derelict condition.[91] She was taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[55]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[67]
William Penn  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the
Argyllshire having been in collision with another vessel two days previously. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aden.[83]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1854
Ship State Description
Pauline  France The brigantine was wrecked in the Black Sea 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km) north of "Cape Cagliakri" with the loss of three of her crew.[96]
Thomas  United Kingdom The
prisoners of war.[97]
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at
Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[55]
Trent  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Varna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[98]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1854
Ship State Description
Antoinette Andromache  France The bomb was wrecked between "Caraburnu" and Midia, Ottoman Empire.[99]
Augusta  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the Isle of Bute.[55]
Ida Elizabeth  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at
Netherlands East Indies.[55]
Marie Melanie  France The ship was wrecked between "Caraburnu" and Midia.[99]
Nouvelle Française  France The brig was wrecked at Varna, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued.[100][99]
Nostra Signora della Misericordia Kingdom of Sardinia The brig was wrecked at Varna. Her crew were rescued.[100][99]
San Francesco da Paola Kingdom of Sardinia The bomb was wrecked at Varna. Her crew were rescued.[100]
Skylark  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries.[91]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1854
Ship State Description
Adriana Petronella  Netherlands The
Netherlands East Indies. She was consequently beached on Lapude Island.[101]
Albert  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Ossabaw Island, Georgia, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia.[102]
Bellesa  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Prata Shoal, in the South China Sea before 11 October. She was refloated and put in to Hong Kong.[100]
Beta  Bremen The
Baltimore, Maryland, United States to London, United Kingdom. She was discovered by Dr. Rogers ( United States) and taken in to Hunts Hole, Massachusetts, where she arrived on 5 November.[77]
Caldera  United States The ship was driven ashore on the coast of China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to
San Francisco, California[103]
Cyane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Prata Shoal before 10 October. She was refloated and put in to Hong Kong.[100]
Davenport  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland before 12 October. Her 21 crew were rescued by the brig Regent ( United Kingdom).[41][46] Davenport was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[35]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Clara ( United Kingdom) and sank off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of three lives.[104]
Eliza Thornton  United States The ship was wrecked on "Pert Brancka".[105]
Ellis  United States The schooner was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Milan ( United States). Ellis was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[106]
Express  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the
South Atlantic Ocean before 24 October. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was discovered on that date by Ann Bridson ( United Kingdom and was set afire.[107]
Four Seasons  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 October.[5]
Hiram  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the South China Sea before 9 October.[100]
Holmes  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the
Egypt to Liverpool.[55]
Isis  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 October.[51]
Juno  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 11 October.[31]
Laromiguière  France The
transport ship was wrecked near Varna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Balaklava, Russia to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[58]
Manilla  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. Her crew were rescued by Tempest ( United Kingdom). Manilla was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[88]
Marianne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of China. She was on a voyage from Whampoa to Amoy.[103]
Morayshire  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the
Bombay, India to London.[41]
Old Hickory  United States The
Calcutta, India.[14] She put in to London for repairs.[14]
Rob Roy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Andaman Islands before 9 October. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to China.[108]
Royal Southwark  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 October. .[109]
Thomas Chadwick  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Prata Shoal before 11 October.[110][105]
Thorburn  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[91]

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