List of shipwrecks in January 1853

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

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1 January

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|ship=Cleveland

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Sunderland, County Durham. She came ashore at Mandal, Norway about 4 January. Cleveland was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Mandal.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 January 1853 |issue=8885 }}

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|ship=Henrietta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea.

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|ship=John Burrell

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Skaggerak. Her crew were rescued by Arquter ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). John Burrell was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.{{Cite news |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwreck |newspaper=The Lancaster Gazette, and General Advertiser for Lancashire, Westmorland, Yorkshire &c. |location=Preston |date=19 February 1853 |issue=3437 |page=6 }}

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|ship=John Hutchinson

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked south of Buena Ventura, Republic of New Granada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Panama City, Republic of New Granada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 March 1853 |issue=2133 }}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 January 1853 |issue=9292 }}

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|ship=Venus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Dundee, Forfarshire.

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2 January

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|ship=Broughton

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

|desc=The collier, a brig was wrecked near Bergen, Norway with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the River Thames to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Lost Found |date=1 February 1853 |page=8 |issue=21340 |column=B }}

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|ship=Helme

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south south east of Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Perseverance ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Helme was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=5 January 1853 |issue=24661 |page=8 }}

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|ship=J. W. Collingwood

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of several smacks and taken in to Harwich.{{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=Menai

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Skibbereen, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.

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|ship=Merchant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Inner Farne Island, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 January 1853 |page=8 |issue=21316 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 January 1853 |issue=8862 }}

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|ship=Pandora

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from Kertch, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall of Queenstown, County Cork.

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|ship=Sailor{{'}}s Home

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

|desc=The ship departed from the Belfast Lough for Alnmouth, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 April 1853 |issue=24753 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Urania

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Skibbereen, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.

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3 January

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Garland ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ann was on a voyage from Saldanha Bay to Sunderland, County Durham and/or Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.{{cite book |title=Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks |page=91 |first=Richard |last=Larn |publisher=David and Charles |location=Newton Abbott |year=1977 |isbn=0-7153-7202-5}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 January 1853 |page=7 |issue=21319 |column=F

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|ship=George IV

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} east north east of Inchcape. Her crew were rescued by St. Anthony{{'}}s {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}.

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|ship=Grace

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Camden Point, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Workington, Cumberland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 January 1853 |issue=8864 }} She was refloated the next day and taken in to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 January 1853 |issue=2069 }}

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 January 1853 |page=7 |issue=21317 |column=F }}

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|ship=Jean

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Rothesay, Bute. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 January 1853 |issue=24664 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Lively

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Queen of Britain

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Berbice, British Guiana. . She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Berbice for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 March 1853 |issue=26898 }}

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|ship=Sancta Maria

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Cardiff. She was refloated on 5 January and taken in to Cardiff.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 January 1853 |issue=2074 }}

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|ship=Spring

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived.

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4 January

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|ship=Effort

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Holme's Hole, Massachusetts, United States.

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{Flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Inner Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jersey. She was refloated.

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|ship=Elizabetta

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Egirland Banks, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Messina, Sicily.{{Cite news |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwreck |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 January 1853 |issue=26845 }}

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|ship=John, and
Portland

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

|desc=The brig John was in collision with Portland and sank at Kirkcudbright. Portland was consequently beached.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 January 1853 |issue=5213 }}

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|ship=Krone

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 January 1853 |page=7 |issue=21318 |column=E }}

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|ship=Mary Cork

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.

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5 January

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|ship=Brazilian

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=7 January 1853 |issue=2465 }}

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|ship=Chatham

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on a reef off an inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. All on board were rescued but she was plundered by the islanders. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to the South Seas.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Strange Adventures in the South Pacific |date=21 November 1853 |page=8 |issue=21591 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Strange Islanders |date=24 November 1853 |page=8 |issue=21594 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Strange Adventures in the South Pacific |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 November 1853 |issue=9138 |page=1 }}

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|ship=Jeltena Margaretha

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked off "Bjerregaard". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rügenwalde to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 January 1853 |issue=2078 }}

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|ship=Julius

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 January 1853 |issue=8866 }}

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|ship=Leader

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Margate, Kent.

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff.

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|ship=Paxton

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and set afire. Her crew were rescued by Laura ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Paxton was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=14 January 1853 |issue=24670 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Samuel and Ann

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy ran aground on the Rose Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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|ship=Tabina

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off "Hunsbye". She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Wilson

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

|desc=The ship struck the pier and was beached at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Maryport.

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6 January

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|ship=Adolphe

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Great Inagua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 March 1853 |page=7 |issue=21376 |column=B }}

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|ship=Comete

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Martinique to Haiti.

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|ship=Commerce

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea {{convert|3|mi|km}} south of Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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|ship=Marys

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Six of her seven crew were rescued by the Pakefield Lifeboat; the other crew member was rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She floated off but was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand. Marys was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=11 January 1853 |issue=24666 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Ramsgate

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued by Edward ({{flag|Bremen}}). Ramsgate was on a voyage from Sandwich, Kent to Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=19 January 1853 |issue=26855 }}

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|ship=Ranger

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off "Voel Nant". Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 January 1853 |page=8 |issue=21320 |column=B }}

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7 January

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Exmouth, Devon.

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|ship=Liberal

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Jedore, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to New York, United States. She was later refloated and taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she arrived on 22 January.

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|ship=Mary and Ann

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

|desc=The Humber Keel was driven ashore in the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Middleton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Tierra Bomba Island, Republic of New Granada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Santa Martha" and Cartagena, Republic of New Granada. She was refloated, repaired and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Ohio

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Youghal, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 January 1853 |issue=8868 }} She was on a voyage from Trieste to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Youghal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=11 January 1853 |issue=2466 }}

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|ship=Pilgrim

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Harrington, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Whitehaven, Cumberland.

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|ship=Sarah Parker

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 7 leagues ({{convert|49|nmi|km}} south of Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=William and Mary

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.

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8 January

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|ship=Aid

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Fisherrow, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 January 1853 |issue=9293 }}

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=14 January 1853 |issue=3550 }}

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|ship=Jane Watson

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Admiral Brommy ({{flag|Bremen}}). Jane Watson was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia, British North America to Dublin.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 January 1853 |page=8 |issue=21331 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 January 1853 |issue=26853 }}

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9 January

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|ship={{ship|Brazilian frigate|Afonso|1848|2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Brazil}}

|desc=The frigate was run ashore and wrecked west of Cape Rio.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Intelligence |date=18 February 1853 |page=5 |issue=21355 |column=D }}

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|ship=Edward

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Cartagena de Colombia, Republic of New Granada to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Joseph

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked {{convert|60|nmi|km}} north of Bergen, Norway. Her crew were rescued.

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10 January

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|ship=Jessamine

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Littlehampton, Sussex.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 January 1853 |issue=2074 }}

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|ship=Sophia

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and sank near Charleston, South Carolina, United States. All on board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 January 1853 |issue=8883 }} She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=1 February 1853 |issue=2472 }}

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|ship=Zero

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the smack Four Brothers ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Zero was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Poole, Dorset.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=21 January 1853 |issue=3551 }}

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11 January

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|ship=Brenda

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Otterswick, Sanday, Orkney Islands.

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|ship=Charlotte Frederick

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Polteel", Isle of Skye, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Clio

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the brig Endeavour ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 January 1853 |issue=8873 }} Clio was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 January 1853 |issue=2077 }}

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|ship=Lady of the Lake

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

|desc=The schooner was driven onto the Hal Rock, off Berehaven, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire to Tralee, County Kerry.{{Cite news |title=Ireland |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=21 January 1853 |issue=2469 }}

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|ship=Tale

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.

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12 January

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|ship=Albion

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated with the assistance of the smacks Fox and Wide-awake (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Harwich, Essex.

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|ship=Ann Moore

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

|desc=The brig was in collision with another vessel and then ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was refloated and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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13 January

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|ship=Cornelius Grinnell

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

|desc=During a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to New York City, the 1,100-ton sailing ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a storm on the coast of New Jersey on "Squan Beach" — also called "Squam," "Squam Beach," or "Squan," all terms used at the time for the coast of New Jersey between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet and sometimes for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. All 234 people on board were rescued.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |title=njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" |access-date=23 February 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}

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|ship=Dyo Felo

|flag={{flag|Ottoman Empire|red}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gijón, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Constantinople. She was refloated and taken in to Gijón.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=25 January 1853 |issue=2470 }}

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|ship=Guardian

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Foulness Rocks, on the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Mervin

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Meter ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Mervin was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was discovered {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off the coast of Yorkshire by the smack Briton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was taken in to, but sank the next day.

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|ship=Sea Dog

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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14 January

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|ship=Hannah

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on Harold's Rock. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated the next day and put back to Limerick.

}}

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|ship=Herald

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with a schooner off The Lizard, Cornwall. She consequently sank the next day with the loss of eighteen of the nineteen people on board. The survivor was rescued by Fadrines Minde (22px Duchy of Holstein ). Herald was on a voyage from Madras, India to London.

}}

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|ship=Hornet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Glin, County Limerick. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated on 29 January and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 February 1853 |issue=24685 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Petite Camille

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.

}}

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15 January

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|ship=Ariel

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

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore near Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bristol, Gloucestershire and/or Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Derwent

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a smack and taken in to Orford, Suffolk where she ran aground and was abandoned by all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.

}}

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|ship=Dolphin

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

|desc=The sloop sank in the River Avon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Loch Don. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=20 January 1853 |issue=24674 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The smack sprang a leak and sank off Port Eynon, Glamorgan with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Fatal Shipwreck |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 January 1853 |issue=5216 }}

}}

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|ship=Friede

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Palermo, Sicily.

}}

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|ship=Jennetta

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

|desc=The sloop was holed by an anchor and sank at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 25 January and placed under repair.

}}

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|ship=Lord Brougham and Vaux

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. She was refloated on 24 January and towed in to South Shields.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=27 January 1853 |issue=24680 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Philanthropist

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Dysart, Aberdeenshire.

}}

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|ship=Suspense

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at "Cushindon Waterfoot". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.

}}

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|ship=Toby

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

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk by the schooner Matchless with the loss of all but one of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 January 1853 |issue=24671 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Vernon

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Drum Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lothian. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. She was refloated and taken in to St. David's.

}}

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|ship=Yarmouth

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a Royal Navy sloop-of-war. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Salem, Massachusetts.

}}

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16 January

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|ship=Abra

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

|desc=The ship collided with the schooner Lavinia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank in Chappel Bay. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship={{PS|Asia|1850|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground at Commissioner's Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 February 1853 |issue=2093 }}

}}

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|ship=Caledonia

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

|desc=The brig struck the quayside and consequently sank at Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 January 1853 |issue=9294 }}

}}

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|ship=Cerus

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Drie Gebroeders

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was lost between Camperduin and Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to London, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Fortuna

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off the south coast of Amager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Fruiterer

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

|desc=The schooner was in collision with the schooner William Cobden ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the schooner Thames ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Fruiterer was subsequently taken in to Hull.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 January 1853 |issue=8874 }}

}}

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|ship=Gleaner

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Spittal Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Calais, France. She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Queensbury

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ballywater, County Wexford. She wason a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 January 1853 |issue=5215 }}

}}

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|ship=Regina

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with William Stetson ({{flag|United States|1851}}) and sank in the English Channel {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south west of Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the Mediterranean.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 January 1853 |page=7 |issue=21328 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Rosalind

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

|desc=The barque sank at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 25 January.

}}

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|ship=Sarah Rawes

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

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|ship=Supply

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.

}}

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17 January

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|ship=Aquila

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Broadstairs, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 January 1853 |issue=24673 |page=8 }} She was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Broadstairs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=British Merchant

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Roxburgh Castle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). British Merchant was on a voyage from Cochin, India to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=1 March 1853 |issue=2480 |edition=Third }}

}}

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|ship={{PS|Camilla|1849|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London. She was refloated the next day.

}}

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|ship=Eleanor

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dieppe.

}}

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|ship=Emerald Isle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Gaspar

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Kate Howe ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) {{convert|27|nmi|km}} west south west of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Kate Howe. Gaspar was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.

}}

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|ship=Henry Cotes

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Dieppe.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=France |date=21 January 1853 |page=6 |issue=21331 |column=A-B }}

}}

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|ship=Nathaniel Kemball

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sand Key. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Wicklow in a leaky condition.

}}

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18 January

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|ship=Arrow

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Neath, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Neath to Teignmouth, Devon. She was refloated and towed back to Neath in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Asiatic

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Sophia Burbidge ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two lives.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Devonshire

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Neath. She was on a voyage from Neath to London. She was refloated and towed back to Neath.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eleanor

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 January 1853 |issue=24675 |page=8 }} She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=11 February 1853 |issue=24693 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lord Melbourne

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked on the Knock John Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smack Daring ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Lord Melbourne was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Hampshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Naomi

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Outer Cove, Newfoundland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Newfoundland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 February 1853 |issue=8890 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 February 1853 |issue=24690 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Tamaulipa

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

|desc=The ship was lost in Cardigan Bay.

}}

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19 January

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|ship=Civility

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Ashland ({{flag|United States|1851}}) and was abandoned in the English Channe off the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James and Sarah

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Blackwall, Middlesex. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Liberty ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lord Lambton

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=28 January 1853 |issue=9295 }}

}}

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20 January

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|ship=Calypso

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clifton

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Thetis ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Clifton was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was still afloat on 3 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 February 1853 |page=8 |issue=21344 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 February 1853 |issue=2094 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=12 April 1853 |issue=24744 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeune Achille et Leonide

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Margate Sand. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to London. She was refloated and taken in to Margate, Kent in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 January 1853 |issue=24676 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Dungeness, Kent, where she became a wreck. Her crew were rescued by the lugger Flora ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Kate was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Helen Stewart

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kilness Point, Wigtownshire. She was refloated and taken in to Stranraer.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Liverpool

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated on 22 January and taken in to Kirkcaldy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary and Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore east of Rottingdean, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Richard

|flag=22px Stralsund

|desc=The ship was driven onto the Bemer Rocks, on the coast of Fife. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sion

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Placere. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 February 1853 |issue=24702 |page=8 }}

}}

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21 January

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|ship=Ariadne

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Dungeness, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=25 January 1853 |issue=24678 |page=8 }} Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Honfleur, Manche, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Calden

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on a reef in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|62|00|S|161|48|W}}). Her crew took to three boats. Those in one of the boats were rescued on 13 February by the brig Eclipse ({{flag|United States|1851}}). No trace of the remaining eighteen crew in the other two boats. Calden was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to San Francisco, California, United States.{{Cite news |title=Sufferings of a Ship's Crew |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=22 July 1853 |issue=2521 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by W. D. Sewall ({{flag|United States|1851}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 February 1853 |issue=8906 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 February 1853 |issue=2110 }}

}}

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22 January

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|ship=Acorn

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Goswick, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=28 January 1853 |issue=3552 }} Acorn was refloated on 29 January and towed in to Lindisfarne, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Earl of Newburg

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated the next day.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth and Sarah

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north of North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 31 January and taken in to Hull in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza Jane

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gavan Hill

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 January 1853 |page=7 |issue=21337 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 January 1853 |issue=8880 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 January 1853 |issue=26860 }}

}}

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|ship=Pearl

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at St. Mawes, Glamorgan and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Gibraltar.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robert

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north of North Somercotes. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, Fife to Goole, Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Susan

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Boulogne.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rhyl Lifeboat

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

|desc=The lifeboat capsized in the Irish Sea with the loss of six of her nine crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of Another Life Boat |date=23 January 1853 |page=8 |issue=21334 |column=C |author=John Roberts }} She was going to the assistance of Lord Ashburton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which subsequently put in to Beaumaris, Anglesey.

}}

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23 January

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|ship=Albert

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

|desc=The flat was run into by George ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alida Jacoba

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship departed on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 October 1853 |issue=9116 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann and Sarah

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

|desc=The sloop was sunk off West Kirby, Cheshire. She was subsequently taken in to Mostyn, Flintshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charlotte and Carl

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 January 1853 |issue=8882 }}

}}

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|ship=Daisy

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dunkirk, Nord.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eugene

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

|desc=The ship sank off Lydd, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Poole, Dorset.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen Cook

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cayeux-sur-Mer, Somme. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme. Ellen Cook was refloated on 13 February and towed in to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 February 1853 |page=7 |issue=21352 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=31 January 1853 |issue=2089 }}

}}

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|ship=Sisters

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Suffolk Trader

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

|desc=The sailing barge was holed by her anchor and sank at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Portland, Dorset. She had been refloated by 4 February.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=7 February 1853 |issue=24689 |page=8 }}

}}

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24 January

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|ship=Briton

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 January 1853 |issue=8881 }}

}}

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|ship=Carl and Agnes

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Whitby.

}}

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|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Beak's Key, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to the Clyde.

}}

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|ship=Italy

|flag=22px Kingdom of Sardinia

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Manilla Reef and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Genoa.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 March 1853 |issue=24721 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Vrouw Alida

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kiel to the Firth of Forth.

}}

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25 January

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Malahide, County Dublin. Her rew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Ceto

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Viana do Castelo, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Viana do Castelo. She was refloated on 30 January.

}}

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|ship=Cluny

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She consequently put in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 January 1853 |issue=2086 }}

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|ship=Fortune

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

|desc=The ship was driven onto the Rock Perch, on the coast of Devon. she was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=29 January 1853 |issue=24682 }}

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|ship=Governor Higginson

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Madras, India.

}}

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|ship=Grace and Janes

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 January 1853 |page=7 |issue=21336 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Isabella Scott

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Appledore, Devon.

}}

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26 January

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Malahide, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Hermann Wilhelm

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship sprang a leak off Løkken-Vrå, Denmark and was beached near Hjørring. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Hibernia

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Thurlestone, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Exeter, Devon.

}}

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|ship=Leipzig

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Mapoon Bight. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=2 April 1853 |issue=3564 }}

}}

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|ship=Lucy Ann

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Starcross, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich to Exeter.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=28 January 1853 |issue=24681 |page=8 }} She was refloated on 31 January.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 February 1853 |issue=8887 }}

}}

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|ship=N. B. Palmer

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brouwer Shoals, in the Java Sea. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to New York. She was refloated and put in to Surabaya, Netherland East Indies for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 April 1853 |issue=24748 }}

}}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship sank in Crowe Sound, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Starcross. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich to Exeter. She was refloated on 31 January.

}}

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27 January

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|ship=Ligero

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Puercos Reef with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Algeciras to Cádiz.

}}

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|ship=Margaret and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She had been refloated and beached by 4 February.

}}

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|ship=Mercator

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

|desc=The ship departed from Calcutta, India for Melbourne, Victoria. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 November 1853 |issue=24924 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Presto

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands to Wexford.

}}

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|ship=Susannah Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 March 1853 |issue=24710 |page=8 }}

}}

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28 January

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|ship=Bella

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in The Narrows, near New York, United States.

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Governors Island, New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Sierra Leone.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 February 1853 |issue=24701 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Leipzig

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Natmoo, Burma. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Liddell

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Margaret and Jane ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Liddell was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Charente.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 February 1853 |issue=8902 }}{{Cite news |title=Gibraltar. Feb. 3. |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 February 1853 |issue=8902 }}

}}

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29 January

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|ship=Armida

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

|desc=The ship struck the Pearl Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork. She consequently put in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 February 1853 |page=8 |issue=21350 |column=f }}

}}

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|ship=Berkeley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=11 February 1853 |issue=2475 }} Berkeley was condemned in June.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 July 1853 |issue=5261 }}

}}

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|ship=Bolton

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Margate Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated and subsequently put back to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 February 1853 |issue=2090 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 February 1853 |issue=8888 }}

}}

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|ship=Conference

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated and taken under tow.

}}

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Fosdyke, Lincolnshire to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 February 1853 |issue=9296 }}

}}

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30 January

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|ship=Ann C. Pratt

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by ice in the Delaware River and sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 February 1853 |page=7 |issue=21353 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Bell and Mary

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

|desc=The ship capsized at Dundee, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=31 January 1853 |issue=8886 }} She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=4 February 1853 |issue=3553 }}

}}

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|ship=Susan

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and sank in Bell Sound, Isles of Scilly. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Tenerife, Canary Islands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=1 February 1853 |issue=26866 }}

}}

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31 January

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|ship=Boderick

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Regents Canal at Limehouse, Middlesex.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=A Ship on Fire |date=1 February 1853 |page=4 |issue=21340 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Felicity

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

|desc=The ship was holed by the anchor of Terpsichore ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Cork.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 February 1853 |page=8 |issue=21343 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 February 1853 |issue=24687 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Guinare

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked {{convert|10|nmi|km}} north of Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Figueira da Foz, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=25 February 1853 |issue=24705 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Margaret Grace

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

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk off Rathmullan, County Donegal {{ship|HMRC|Seamew}} (22px Board of Customs ). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sligo. She was refloated on 15 August and taken in to Rathmullen.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 August 1853 |issue=24855 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Falmouth, Jamaica. She was refloated with assistance from {{HMS|Alban|1826|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=10 March 1853 |issue=24716 }}

}}

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|ship=Secret

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Scalby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hong Kong. She was refloated on 2 February and put in to the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=11 February 1853 |issue=3554 }}

}}

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|ship=Agamemnon

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Dragoer Shoal, in the Baltic Sea before 22 January. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Amstel

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Madura Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Surabaya to Samarang. She was refloated and put back to Surabaya, where she arrived on 3 January.

}}

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|ship=Anna Dorothea

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Matanzas ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Anna Dorothea was on a voyage from Stockholm to Messina, Sicily.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 February 1853 |issue=8910 }}

}}

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|ship=Baronet

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 24 January. Her crew were rescued by Longriel (Flag unknown). Baronet was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=26 January 1853 |issue=24679 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Cambyses

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Jamaica

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef before 22 January. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States. She was consequently condemned,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 February 1853 |page=7 |issue=21363 |column=F }} but was repaired and departed on 19 March for New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 April 1853 |issue=26926 }}

}}

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|ship=City of Melbourne

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Victoria

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Kingsland, New Zealand to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 13 January.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 April 1853 |issue=5243 }}

}}

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|ship=Eliza

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Saint-Louis, Senegal before 19 January.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 March 1853 |issue=24714 }}

}}

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|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire before 23 January with loss of life.

}}

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|ship=Henriette Armandine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Cotinginba River. She was refloated and put in to Bahia, Brazil on 5 January, where she was condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 March 1853 |page=7 |issue=21377 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Herranchampan

|flag=22px Republic of New Granada

|desc=The ship sank at Honda before 4 January.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 March 1853 |issue=26897 }}

}}

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|ship=Hunwick

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving on 24 January.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=25 January 1853 |page=8 |issue=21334 |column=E }}

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|ship=Jessie

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

|desc=The ship foundered before 27 January. Her ten crew took to a boat and were rescued the next day by Mazatlan ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Jessie was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Limerick.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 February 1853 |issue=2092 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=4 February 1853 |issue=2473 }}

}}

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|ship=John Richardson

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Gulf of Choco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Panama City, Republic of New Granada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=4 March 1853 |issue=2481 }}

}}

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|ship=Lady Clinton

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Lord Brougham

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was refloated on 25 January and taken in to South Shields, County Durham in a severely damaged condition.

}}

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|ship=Lucy

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Salt Kay. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 February 1853 |issue=2096 }} She had been refloated by 4 February.

}}

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|ship=Maas

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Laholm, Sweden before 11 January. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland and Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Marucco

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Falmouth to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Bristol Ship News |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=8 January 1853 |issue=3277 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the English Channel {{convert|18|nmi|km}} off Deadman Point, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Frederick Wilhelm IV ({{flag|Prussia|civil}}). Mary was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Charente.

}}

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|ship=Ottavia

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} east of Barbados before 18 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 March 1853 |issue=8916 }}

}}

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|ship=Perfection

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Petrus

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Kaïffa and Jaffa, Ottoman Syria before 3 January.

}}

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|ship=Robert and Ellen

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Endright ({{flag|Belgium}}).

}}

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|ship=Vanguard

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lady Sale ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Vanguard was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 January 1853 |page=8 |issue=21321 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Vaux

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was refloated on 25 January and taken in to South Shields in a severely damaged condition.

}}

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|ship=Vigilant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lindesnes, Norway. She was refloated and assisted in to Mandal, Norway, where she arrived on 9 January.

}}

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|ship=Woodville

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Dagoe". She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition. She arrived on 9 January.

}}

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