List of shipwrecks in 1853

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

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|ship=Adele

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the Northern Triangles.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 April 1853 |issue=24748 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Atar Gull

|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Tuscany

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the French or Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Livorno.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 March 1854 |issue=9240 }}

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|ship={{ship|USCS|Belle|1848|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1851}} United States Coast Survey

|desc=The schooner sank. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.

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|ship=Brothers

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 21 May and 13 August. Her crew were rescued by Jane Howard ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Brothers was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to an English port.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 September 1853 |issue=24879 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Caldera

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Fanning Island before 10 June. All on board were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 June 1853 |page=8 |issue=21462 |column=E-F }} She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Sydney, New South Wales and San Francisco, California.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 June 1853 |page=7 |issue=21468 |column=F }}

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|ship=Clara

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked by a tornado off Sierra Leone.{{Cite news |title=The African Mails |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=24 October 1853 |issue=27093 }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 October 1853 |issue=2318 }}

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|ship=Countess of Lonsdale

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=22 February 1853 |issue=2478 }}

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|ship=Earl of Charlemont

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Port Phillip, Australia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Phillip.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 September 1853 |page=10 |issue=21546 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Elizabeth Benyon

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Saint Domingo.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 February 1853 |page=3 |issue=21362 |column=F }}

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|ship=Ellen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}

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|ship=Epervier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beyrout, Ottoman Syria.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 January 1854 |issue=24981 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Grand Turk

|flag=Unknown

|desc=The schooner was lost at "Squan Inlet." "Squan" and "Squan Beach" were terms used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. "Squan Inlet" may refer to Manasquan Inlet or another inlet in the area.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |title=njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" |access-date=2020-03-01 |archive-date=2020-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}

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|ship={{ship||Houqua|clipper|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The clipper was in collision with the ferry Tonawanda ({{flag|United States|1851}}) in New York Harbor. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

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|ship=Ida

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was lost in the Roman River, Bay of Honduras.{{Cite news |title=West India Mails |newspaper=The Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=23 April 1853 |issue=6229 }}

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|ship=Jeune Edouard

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Madagascar and abandoned by her crew before 1 May. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 August 1853 |issue=24840 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Louisiana

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost off the coast of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate.

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|ship=Mahomed Shah

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from London to New Zealand.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=London |date=19 August 1853 |issue=5275 }}

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|ship=Marmion

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Australia with the loss of three of her crew.

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|ship=Martha

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The lorcha was wrecked on Tongatapu with the loss of all hands. The ship's dog survived. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Tongatapu.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=11 October 1853 |issue=2544 }}

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|ship=Melicite

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked between 4 October and 10 November. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 November 1853 |page=11 |issue=21593 |column=F }}

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|ship=Monongahela

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The 497-ton whaling ship was lost with all hands in the Catherine Archipelago.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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|ship={{ship|USCS|Morris}}

|flag={{flagicon|USA|1851}} United States Coast Survey

|desc=The schooner sank at Pensacola, Florida. She was later raised, repaired, and returned to service.

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|ship=Nina

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Some of her crew were rescued by Antilles (Flag unknown), which lost three men when a boat capsized. Nina was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Melbourne, Victoria. She was subsequently taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies in a derelict condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 December 1853 |page=10 |issue=21621 |column=D-E }}

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|ship=Opossum

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|}} South Australia

|desc=The cutter was wrecked at Point Nepean, Victoria.{{Cite web |url=http://keyportarthur.org.au/extras/1060/Major%20vessels%20built%20at%20the%20Tasmanian%20Government%20Dockyards.pdf |title=Major Vessels Built at the Tasmanian Government Dockyards. |publisher=Keyportarthur |access-date=3 December 2017 }}

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|ship=Oriental Queen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Port Phillip.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 August 1853 |page=12 |issue=21508 |column=E }}

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|ship=Oriole

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia River.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 November 1853 |page=10 |issue=21583 |column=A }}

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|ship=Oscar

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The brig was wrecked in the Bahamas.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 January 1854 |page=10 |issue=21629 |column=F }}

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|ship=Ptarmigan

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked on a reef off "Munsoorcottah", India with the loss of four of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Ptarmigan East Indiaman |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=5 August 1853 |issue=9322 }}

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|ship=Sea

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Point Nepean, Victoria.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 August 1853 |issue=2258 }}

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|ship=Skimmer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The hulk was destroyed by an explosion in the Benin River with loss of life.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=1 March 1853 |issue=2480 }}

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|ship=Vocalist

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Cape St. Mary's", Argentina.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 October 1853 |issue=27090 }}

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