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.

1 August

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|ship=Douglas

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore east of Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 August 1853 |issue=24841 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Fatal Oheb

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Straits Settlements

|desc=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.

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|ship=Napoleon

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Victoria

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Sapudi Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Singapore.

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|ship=Tagus

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Tranum, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 August 1853 |page=9 |issue=21505 |column=C }}

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2 August

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|ship=Andreas

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=5 August 1853 |issue=24843 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 August 1853 |issue=5272 }}

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|ship=Melody

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Cape St. Mary. She was on a voyage from the Ilha do Sal, Cape Verde Islands to Montevideo, Uruguay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 September 1853 |issue=2296 }}

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|ship=Orbit

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

|desc=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.

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|ship=Royale Supreme

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop was abandoned in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued by the brig Alert ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Royal Supreme was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 August 1853 |issue=9044 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 August 1853 |issue=24842 |page=8 }}

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3 August

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|ship=Asa Thor

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

|desc=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 to Ascension Island.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 February 1854 |issue=9212 }}

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|ship=Bornœuf

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

|desc=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 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), Everdina Elizabeth ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and two other Dutch vessels. Bornœuf was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Bombay, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 October 1853 |page=12 |issue=21561 |column=E-F }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 October 1853 |issue=5293 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 November 1853 |issue=27114 }}

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|ship=Gemini

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 September 1853 |issue=2273 }}

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|ship=Jeune Rose

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=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.

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4 August

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 August 1853 |issue=9046 }}

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|ship=St. Roch

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

|desc=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.

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5 August

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|ship=Jeune France

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

|desc=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.

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|ship=Panola

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip, Victoria to Bombay.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=20 September 1853 |issue=24882 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Stata

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

|desc=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.

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|ship=Susan

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Narva River. Her crew were rescued. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 August 1853 |issue=24855 |page=8 }}

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6 August

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|ship=Melbourne

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

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 August 1853 |page=10 |issue=21514 |column=D }}

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7 August

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|ship={{HMS|Caesar|1853|6}}

|flag={{Navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Caesar|ship of the line}} ran aground on being launched at Pembroke Dockyard, Pembrokeshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Intelligence |date=30 August 1853 |page=10 |issue=21520 |column=A }}{{cite web |url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/C/00764.html |title=Caesar (1853) |publisher=P Benyon |accessdate=10 April 2019}}

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|ship=Dockenhuden

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=13 December 1853 |issue=2562 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 December 1853 |issue=24954 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Little Pet

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

|desc=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 ({{Flag|United States|1851}}) on 9 August. An attempt was made to take her in to Pernambuco but she was driven ashore and damaged. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Brazil and River Plate Mails |date=15 September 1853 |page=7 |issue=21534 |column=B }}

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8 August

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|ship=Hirondelle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Morocco near Ceuta, Spain.

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Frederikshald, Norway to Paimbœuf.

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|ship=Sandwich

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=The Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=29 September 1853 |issue=24890 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 September 1853 |issue=9093 }}

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|ship=Therese

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank in the White Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Arkhangelsk, Russia.

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9 August

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|ship=Brown

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned {{convert|20|nmi|km}} east south east of the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Edward and Ann ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Brown was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 August 1853 |page=10 |issue=21507 |column=E-F }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=15 August 1853 |issue=24851 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Grange

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Guardiaro. She was on a voyage from Tarsus Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork. She had been refloated by 14 August and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs.

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|ship=Nicolettes Minde

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=12 August 1853 |issue=24849 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Solide

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The ship capsized at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=William R. Hallett

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at New York in a squall. She was later refloated.

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10 August

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|ship=Bell

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Southwold.

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|ship=Dowson

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

|desc=The ship departed from Alexandria, Egypt for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence - continued |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=27 January 1854 |issue=2575 }}

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|ship=Xarifa

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} New Zealand

|desc=The brig ran aground in the Western Channel. She was on a voyage from New Zealand to Melbourne, Victoria.

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11 August

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|ship=Eclipse

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} New South Wales

|desc=The ship ran aground at Geelong, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, Victoria.

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|ship=Joven Emilio

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Gijón.

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|ship=Oceanica

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Van Diemen's Land

|desc=The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Melbourne.

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|ship=Oliver

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

|desc=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).

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|ship=Sybil

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Van Diemen's Land

|desc=The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Melbourne.

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|ship=Uncle Tom

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} New South Wales

|desc=The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 November 1853 |page=10 |issue=21574 |column=B-C }}

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12 August

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|ship=Cremona

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Victoria

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 November 1853 |issue=24918 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Thomas Pierson

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

|desc=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.

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13 August

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|ship=Bluff City,
Dr. Franklin No. 2, and
Highland

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

|desc=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.

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|ship=Forsoget

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The schooner was in collision with the barque Barica (22px 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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 August 1853 |page=12 |issue=21508 |column=R }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 August 1853 |issue=2258 }}

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|ship=Mercator

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

|desc=The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Cowes, Isle of Wight. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 January 1854 |issue=9177 }}

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|ship=Ploughboy

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

|desc=The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 December 1853 |page=10 |issue=21603 |column=A }}

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|ship=Princess Victoria

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

|desc=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.

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|ship=Triumph

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Storholm Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and taken in to Slitohamn for repairs.

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|ship=Vancouver

|flag=22px Hudson's Bay Company

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 November 1853 |page=10 |issue=21583 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 January 1854 |issue=24985 |page=3 }}

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14 August

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 October 1853 |issue=24905 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Niobe

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

|desc=The steamboat was in collision with Regent ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at London Bridge, London. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Woolwich, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collision at London-Bridge, and Sinking of a Steamboat |date=15 August 1853 |page=5 |issue=21507 |column=F }}

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15 August

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|ship=Freeman

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 September 1853 |issue=9081 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 September 1853 |issue=24879 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Limena

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

|desc=The ship departed from Mayaquez, Puerto Rico for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 December 1853 |page=9 |issue=21604 |column=A }}

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|ship=Marie Caroline

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from a port in Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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17 August

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|ship=Alexander

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 August 1853 |issue=2264 }}

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|ship=Anna Watson

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=23 August 1853 |issue=24858 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Germania

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship departed from Seville, Spain for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 February 1854 |issue=25007 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Ludorf Theodorus

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship struck the pier at Dunkirk, Nord, France and sank. She was on a voyage from Reni to Dunkirk. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Magdalena

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship ran aground and sank in a river. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Honda" to "Santa Martha".{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 September 1853 |page=12 |issue=21540 |column=E }}

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18 August

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|ship=Regent

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

|desc=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.

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19 August

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|ship=Augustine

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

|desc=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.

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|ship=Bananier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 October 1853 |issue=24905 |page=8 }}

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20 August

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|ship=Baring Brothers

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

|desc=The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 December 1853 |issue=9162 }}

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|ship=Eugene et Léon

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Havana for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 January 1854 |issue=9176 }}

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21 August

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|ship={{ship||Breadalbane|ship|2}}

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

|desc=The three-masted barque was crushed by ice and sank in Lancaster Sound. Her 21 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Phoenix|1832|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).

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|ship=Re Davide

|flag=Flag

|desc=The ship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=28 January 1854 |issue=24994 |page=8 }}

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22 August

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|ship=Coundon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Danzig to an English port. She was refloated on 26 August and put back to Danzig, where she arrived on 3 September.

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|ship=Thetis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Droogden. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The paddle steamer was run into by the collier {{SS|Sir John Easthope|1853|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the River Tyne, broke in two and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=South Shields |date=24 August 1853 |page=7 |issue=21515 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Steamboat collision in the Tyne |date=25 August 1853 |page=7 |issue=21516 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=South Shields, Monday Afternoon, Four O'clock. |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 August 1853 |issue=9062 }}

All on board, more than 40 people, were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Collision Between two Steamers on the Tyne |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=26 August 1853 |issue=9325 }} William was refloated on 27 August.

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23 August

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|ship=Hannah More

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Riga, Russia. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 August 1853 |issue=2270 }}

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|ship=Marie Françoise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Martinique for Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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24 August

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|ship=Janet Izat

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock off the Filsand, in the Baltic Sea and was damaged. She put in to Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 September 1853 |issue=9069 }}

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|ship=Jessie Smith

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the Orange River, Cape Colony with the loss of four crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 October 1853 |issue=2319 }}

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|ship=Meridian

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 November 1853 |issue=27125 }}

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25 August

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|ship=Claudine Marguerite Pauline

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

|desc=The ship was departed from Riga, Russia for Dundee, Forfarshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 October 1853 |page=10 |issue=21572 |column=B-C }}

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|ship=Hero

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

|desc=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.

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|ship=James

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Ferryden, Forfarshire. She was refloated{{Cite news |title=District Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=31 August 1853 |issue=1930 }}

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|ship=Maria Bertha

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Kronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Kronstadt.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 September 1853 |issue=2275 }} She was refloated on 5 September and taken in to Kronstadt.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 September 1853 |issue=2287 }}

}}

26 August

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|ship=Aurora

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The galeas was lost on the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 September 1853 |issue=24876 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Australia

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 August 1853 |issue=9065 }}

}}

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|ship=Brenda

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

|desc=The brig sprang 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.{{cite book |title=Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century |first=David |last=Renno |pages=163–64 |publisher=Amherst Publishing |location=Sevenoaks |year=2004 |isbn=1-903637-20-1}} She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven on 3 September.{{Cite news |title=The Gale of Friday. - Destruction of Shipping Along the Coast |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 August 1853 |issue=2269 }}

}}

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|ship=Cherokee

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire at New York.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=9 September 1853 |issue=24873 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Fingalton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Gloucester. She was refloated on 7 September and tale in the River Avon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 September 1853 |issue=2280 }}

}}

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 September 1853 |page=12 |issue=21532 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 September 1853 |issue=9078 }}

}}

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|ship=Gabriel

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples.

}}

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|ship=Lady Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Kilcliff", County Down. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Drogheda, County Louth.

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|ship=Lady Stewart

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dungarvan, County Waterford.

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Cardiff.

}}

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|ship=Maria Bertha

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 September 1853 |page=9 |issue=21525 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Marmion, or
Mary Ann

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

|desc=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 Danzig to Gloucester.

}}

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|ship=Massachusetts

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

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship=Patience

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

|desc=The smack was in collision with the schooner Iduna ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 September 1853 |issue=24866 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=William and Ann

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

|desc=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.

}}

27 August

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|ship=Dantzig

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}} or
{{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground at Manzanilla, Trinidad. she was on a voyage from Manzanilla to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 October 1853 |issue=2301 }}

}}

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|ship=Favourite

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=30 August 1853 |issue=24864 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Kingston

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Pwllchion", Pembrokeshire.

}}

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|ship=Onderneming

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The smack ran aground on the Great Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 August 1853 |issue=9066 }}

}}

28 August

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|ship=Asia

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

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 September 1853 |issue=2293 }}

}}

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|ship=Cleopatra

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and capsized in the Gut of Canso. Her crew were rescued by {{USS|Decatur|1839|6}} ({{navy|USA|1851}}). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City. Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 September 1853 |page=9 |issue=21538 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 September 1853 |issue=2288 }}

}}

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|ship=Edward

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 September 1853 |issue=2272 }}

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The brig foundered off the Danish coast. Her eight crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Sunderland Ship |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 September 1853 |issue=9327 }}{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=The Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=10 September 1853 |issue=5966 }}

}}

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|ship=Fair Maid

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at North Ness, Shetland Islands. She was refloated the next day.

}}

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|ship=Jane and Alice

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

|desc=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 Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=15 September 1853 |issue=24878 |page=8 }}

}}

29 August

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|ship=George

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 September 1853 |page=10 |issue=21523 |column=E-F }}

}}

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|ship=Java

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

|desc=The ship capsized in the Kingroad.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 August 1853 |page=10 |issue=21520 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The brig capsized in the Kingroad.

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30 August

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|ship=Antina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Peace

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 September 1853 |page=12 |issue=21524 |column=C }}

}}

31 August

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|ship=Catania

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship=Horatio

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Bremen.

}}

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|ship=Kirstine

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 September 1853 |page=9 |issue=21530 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Holyhead, Anglesey. She was refloated the next day.

}}

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|ship=Spy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Kilmichael Point, Ireland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 September 1853 |issue=24868 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Troubadour

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=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. Troubadour was towed in to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom on 5 September in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 September 1853 |issue=9073 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 September 1853 |issue=9327 }}

}}

Unknown date

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|ship=Alten

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |authorlink=Hervey Benham |page=184 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

}}

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|ship=Argus

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship=Christophorus Columbus

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock whilst on a voyage from Batavia to Onrust Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was consequently condemned on arrival.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 November 1853 |issue=24933 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Chrysalis

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Mayotte before 24 August. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 December 1853 |page=10 |issue=21620 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Collector

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

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship=Croton

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic before 4 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 September 1853 |page=10 |issue=21546 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Curlew

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

|desc=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.

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|ship=Diamond

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

|desc=The smack was abandoned off Arran before 6 August. She was taken in to Lamlash, Arran by Happy Return ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Edurac

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on the Holms. She was later refloated and taken in to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 August 1853 |issue=27034 }}

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|ship=Fanny

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

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 August 1853 |page=11 |issue=21504 |column=F }}

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|ship=Fellowship

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

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship=Fortunato

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Catania to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She put in to Malta, where she sank. She was refloated on 3 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 August 1853 |page=10 |issue=21506 |column=D }}

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|ship=Frederica Gustava

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Domesnes. She was on a voyage from Riga to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Hoppet

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=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.

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 August 1853 |page=10 |issue=21510 |column=D }}

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|ship=Lady Eveline

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. Twenty-six people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco, California, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 October 1853 |issue=2320 }}

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|ship=Leentje

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=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.

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|ship=Madagascar

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

|desc=The Blackwall Frigate departed from Melbourne, Victoria on 12 August. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Marie

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Marie ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). She was on a voyage from Lima, Peru to an English port.

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|ship=Martin Luther

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was lost off Osmussaar, Russia before 5 August.

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|ship=Moses & John

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

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship=Palendar

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

|desc=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. She was later refloated and taken in to Westport, Nova Scotia in a severely damaged condition.

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|ship=Richmond

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Saint Pierre Island. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

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References

1853-08

Maritime incidents in August 1853