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The list of shipwrecks in December 1854 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December
1854 .
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Brecknells
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Barra de Tutoya, off
Paraíba ,
Brazil . Her crew were rescued.
[9]
[10]
Celina
British North America
The
schooner was wrecked in Tratacayostique Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Quebec City to
Blanc-Sablon ,
Province of Canada .
[11]
Columbia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Terschelling ,
Friesland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from
Kertch ,
Russia to
Hull ,
Yorkshire .
[12]
Hannah and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Whitby ,
Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.
[2]
[3]
Hendrika
Netherlands
The
barque was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the
North Sea off the Dutch coast with the loss of all 82 people on board. She was on a voyage from
Rotterdam ,
South Holland to
Batavia ,
Netherlands East Indies .
[6]
[13]
Holderness
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Zandvoort ,
North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to Rotterdam. She had become a wreck by 9 December.
[3]
Rovigno
Trieste
The ship ran aground on the
Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of
Norfolk ,
United Kingdom . She was refloated but consequently sank with the loss of sixteen lives. She was on a voyage from
Falmouth, Cornwall , to
Hull ,
Yorkshire , United Kingdom.
[14]
[15]
Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto a reef off
Buctouche ,
New Brunswick ,
British North America and wrecked.
[16]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
A-là-Mode
United Kingdom
The
brigantine was driven ashore at
Catalina, Newfoundland ,
British North America .
[17]
Erin's Queen
United Kingdom
The
steamship was driven ashore on Oyster Island,
County Sligo . She was on a voyage from
Sligo to
London .
[6]
Flora
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship ran aground off
Neuwark . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Bremen to
Hamburg .
[7]
Isabella
Sweden
The
schooner ran aground on the Hunderplatte, in the
Eider . She was on a voyage from
Cette ,
Hérault , France to
Hamburg .
[7]
Lizio
Portugal
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Henry Pratt (
United States ). Lizio was on a voyage from
Bahia ,
Brazil to
Lisbon .
[18]
Mary Carson
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Baron de Bruck (Flag unknown) and ran aground at Liverpool. She was refloated.
[19]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The
schooner was in collision with another vessel and the ran aground at
Dundalk ,
County Louth . She was on a voyage from
Donaghadee ,
County Down to Liverpool.
[20]
Palmyra
British North America
The ship was wrecked on a reef 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of
Saint Thomas ,
Virgin Islands . She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas to the
Rio de la Hacha .
[21]
Pilot , orViolet
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore at
Kirkcudbright . She was on a voyage from
Glasgow ,
Renfrewshire to a Mediterranean port.
[2]
[3]
Shetland
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Whitby ,
Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.
[2]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Carmelo
Trieste
The ship was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Suffolk ,
United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to Trieste.
[6]
Cognac Packet
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the
North Sea . She was on a voyage from
Harwich ,
Essex to
Hartlepool ,
County Durham . She was refloated with the assistance of a
smack and assisted in to
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk .
[6]
Driver
United Kingdom
The
clipper ran aground at
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[22] She was refloated and taken in to the
River Mersey .
[19]
Georges
France
The
brig ran aground and sank at
Margate ,
Kent , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from
L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer ,
Vendée to
London , United Kingdom.
[6]
Gipsy
United States
The
steamboat was destroyed by fire at
New Orleans, Louisiana with the loss of several lives.
[23]
Josephine
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Saint John's, Newfoundland ,
British North America for the
Clyde . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[24]
London
United Kingdom
The
barque was wrecked at
Burnham Overy Staithe ,
Norfolk with the loss of fourteen of the 38 people on board. She was on a voyage from the
River Tyne to
Penang ,
Malaya .
[6]
[25]
Margaret Littlejohn
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from
Seaham , County Durham to
Dundee ,
Forfarshire .
[6]
Royal William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Cagliari ,
Sardinia . She was on a voyage from
Malta to
Swansea ,
Glamorgan .
[26]
Tooting
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Little Lorraine ,
Newfoundland ,
British North America . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Charlottetown ,
Prince Edward Island , British North America to Liverpool.
[18]
Wear Packet
United Kingdom
The
snow was driven ashore at
Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the
tug Economy (
United Kingdom ) and a boat.
[6]
[3]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Columbo
British North America
The ship ran aground 9 nautical miles (17 km) off
Barmouth ,
Merionethshire .
[20]
Cyrene
United States
The
schooner capsized and caught fire in the
Atlantic Ocean off
Stratford, Connecticut due to her cargo of
quicklime getting wet. Her crew were rescued by the
steamship Decateur (
United States ). Cyrene was on a voyage from
Providence, Rhode Island to
Norwich, Connecticut .
[23]
Halifax
British North America
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Port Ontario".
[23]
Island Queen
United States
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Sodus, New York . She was on a voyage from
Oswego to
Ogdensburg, New York .
[23]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to
Chatham, Kent . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.
[3]
Lewis Cass
United States
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Conneaut, Ohio . Her seven crew were rescued by a
lifeboat .
[23]
Oliver
Bremen
The
schooner ran aground off the north coast of
Heligoland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland ,
United Kingdom to
Vegesack .
[3]
Pomona
United States
The
barque was wrecked. Her crew took to the
yawl and landed on
Grenadier Island, New York .
[23]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Lady of the Lake
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Point St. Denis,
Province of Canada ,
British North America . She was on a voyage from
Quebec City , Province of Canada to
Greenock ,
Renfrewshire .
[27]
Pearl
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Kamouraska , Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to
Combwich ,
Somerset or
Falmouth, Cornwall .
[27]
Telegraph
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore on
Sylt ,
Duchy of Holstein . She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Uddevalla , Sweden. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Sylt.
[12]
Thomas and Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Speeton ,
Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
London to
Sunderland, County Durham .
[3] She was refloated on 2 March 1855 and sailed for the
Humber .
[28]
Triton
United Kingdom
The abandoned
full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on
Saint Pierre Island .
[29]
Vesta
Rostock
The ship was driven ashore and sank at
Tostenæs , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Rostock.
[12]
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Ann and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The
sloop capsized and was driven ashore at
Harwich ,
Essex . She was on a voyage from
London to
Hull ,
Yorkshire . She was refloated and taken in to Harwich.
[34]
Clarinda
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Anholt Reef, in the
Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from
Stettin to Hull. She was refloated on 17 December and put in to
Helsingør , Denmark in a leaky condition.
[35]
John Horrocks
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the
Point of Ayr ,
Cheshire . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Demerara ,
British Guiana .
[33]
Pachietto di Trieste
Trieste
The ship departed from London for
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland ,
United Kingdom . She was sighted off
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk a few days later. No further trace, presumed foundered in the
North Sea with the loss of all hands.
[36]
Queen of the Sea
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank near
Swansea ,
Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Swansea.
[37]
[38]
Ranger
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at
Redcar ,
Yorkshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Sandwich, Kent to
Middlesbrough , Yorkshire.
[34]
Recovery
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Redcar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Rochester, Kent to Middlesbrough.
[34]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Flirt
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore in Camusnagall Bay,
Inverness-shire . She was on a voyage from
Dahomey to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[27]
Lord Raglan
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on
Kangaroo Island ,
South Australia . She was on a voyage from
Adelaide , South Australia to
Calcutta ,
India . She was refloated on 4 February and resumed her voyage.
[39]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The
sloop sprang a leak and sank in the
North Sea off
Whitburn, County Durham . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Largs ,
Ayrshire to
Portsmouth ,
Hampshire .
[34]
[12]
Princess Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Old Harry Ledge, in the
English Channel . She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to
Exeter ,
Devon . She was refloated and put in to
Poole, Dorset in a leaky condition.
[34]
Waldron
British North America
The ship was wrecked on
Watlings Island . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Port-au-Prince , Haiti to
New York , United States.
[40]
Wupper
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Schielhoek, in the North Sea of the coast of
Zeeland . She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire ,
United Kingdom to
Rotterdam ,
South Holland .
[12]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Astrea
Sweden
The
barque was wrecked on a reef 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of
Maceió ,
Brazil . She was on a voyage from
Callao , Peru to
Queenstown, County Cork ,
United Kingdom .
[43]
Commercial
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Dungeness ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Dieppe ,
Seine-Inférieure , France. She was refloated and put in to
Dover , Kent.
[12]
Queen of the West
United States
The
full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Laugharne ,
Carmarthenshire , United Kingdom. Her 144 passengers were rescued, the crew initially remaining aboard but subsequently also being rescued. She was on a voyage from
New York to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire , United Kingdom.
[44]
[38] Queen of the West was refloated on 19 January 1855 and towed in to
Llanelly ,
Glamorgan .
[45]
Scott Dyer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Tigre,
Brazil .
[46]
Topsy
United Kingdom
The
schooner ran aground on the Oaze Edge, off the north Kent coast. She was refloated.
[12]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Agno
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Whitby Rock. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.
[12]
Liverne
United Kingdom
The
steamship ran aground in Karatch Bay, in the
Crimea .
[49]
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven into the
barque Liberty and Property (
United Kingdom ) and sank at
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by Liberty and Property . Brothers was on a voyage from
Arbroath ,
Forfarshire to
London .
[12]
Devonia
United Kingdom
The
barque was wrecked on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent with the loss of four of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by
Lord Warden and
Princess Helena (both
United Kingdom ). Devonia was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to "Aquilas", Spain.
[50]
[42] She subsequently floated off and came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of
Boulogne ,
Pas-de-Calais , France.
[51]
Isabel
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off
Cuba . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Saint Domingo to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[52]
Lerminy
France
The ship was wrecked on
Sal ,
Cape Verde Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the
Gambia River to
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône .
[53]
Livorno
United Kingdom
The
steamship was wrecked in the
Kamiesch . Her crew were rescued.
[54]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Swin, off the coast of
Essex . She was on a voyage from Scotland to London. She had been refloated by 3 January 1855 and taken in to
Harwich , Essex.
[17]
[55]
Shepherd
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked or foundered with the loss of all four crew. She was on a voyage from
Ballina, County Mayo to Liverpool.
[56]
[57]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Anne Marie
France
The
bomb vessel was wrecked at
Dellys ,
Algeria . Her crew were rescued.
[58]
Concord
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
St. Ives, Cornwall with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from
Newport, Monmouthshire to
Southampton ,
Hampshire .
[59]
Martingale
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Cromer ,
Norfolk .
[12]
Navy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Flamborough Head ,
Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from
Hull, Yorkshire to
Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated and taken in to
Bridlington , Yorkshire.
[35]
St. Patrick
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Barnegat, New Jersey , United States. All on board - her crew and 411 passengers, were rescued.
[60]
[5]
[61]
Swift
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked at St. Ives. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to
Sheerness ,
Kent . She was refloated on 10 September 1855 and taken in to St. Ives, where she sank.
[59]
[62]
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Ane Karensminde
Netherlands
The ship departed from
Texel ,
North Holland for
Leith ,
Lothian ,
United Kingdom . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[63]
Bride of Abydos
United Kingdom
The
snow was driven ashore and wrecked on the Ballyranock Reef, off the coast of
County Kerry . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Limerick to
London .
[56]
[35]
Concord
United Kingdom
The
sloop was wrecked at
St. Ives, Cornwall . Her crew were rescued.
[64]
Helios
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Tranmere, Cheshire . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States. She was refloated.
[42]
Jean Brut
France
The
brig was in collision with
British Queen (
United Kingdom ) and foundered in the
Mediterranean Sea off
Cape de Gatt , Spain. Her crew were rescued by British Queen .
[65]
Petilla
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Havre de Grâce ,
Seine-Inférieure , France. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Le Croisic ,
Loire-Inférieure , France. She had been refloated by 30 January and taken in to Havre de Grâce for repaires.
[66]
Sister Ann
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked at
Bangor, County Down with the loss of five of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from
Ayr to
Belfast ,
County Antrim .
[59]
[67]
Swift
United Kingdom
The
sloop was wrecked at St. Ives. Her crew were rescued.
[64]
Willem Jan
Netherlands
The ship departed from
Hellevoetsluis ,
Zeeland for Sunderland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[68]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Adelaide and Victoria
United Kingdom
The derelict
schooner was driven ashore at
Wallasey ,
Cheshire .
[56]
Lavinia and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the West Rocks, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex . She was on a voyage from the
Humber to
London . She was refloated.
[35]
Looshtank
British North America
The ship was driven ashore at
Burnham-on-Sea ,
Somerset . She was on a voyage from
Quebec City ,
Province of Canada to
Bridgwater , Somerset.
[27]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near
Pembrey ,
Carmarthenshire . She was on a voyage from
Bremen to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[69]
[70]
Marchioness of Clydesdale
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near
Killybegs ,
County Donegal .
[71] Her eighteen crew were rescued by some fishermen.
[64]
Tynwald
Isle of Man
The
paddle steamer struck steps at the Prince's Pier, Liverpool when departing for
Douglas , severely damaging her starboard paddle box. The sailing was cancelled and she was placed under repair.
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Coin
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Henry Benness (
United Kingdom ) and sank in the
North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
London .
[35]
Gesina
Kingdom of Hanover
The
galiot collided with a
brig and foundered in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) off
Lowestoft ,
Suffolk ,
United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued.
[71]
Kate
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore at
Troon ,
Ayrshire . She was on a voyage from
Quebec City ,
Province of Canada ,
British North America to
Greenock ,
Renfrewshire .
[27]
Lady Franklin
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Diamond Reef, in the
East River . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
New York , United States.
[72]
London and Scarborough
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Wainfleet, Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to
Boston, Lincolnshire .
[35]
Orion
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Cagliari ,
Sardinia for
Hull ,
Yorkshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[73]
Sirius
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the
Kent coast. She was on a voyage from
Southampton ,
Hampshire to
South Shields , County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition, having taken on extra hands.
[59]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Anne
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the
North Sea . Her crew were rescued.
[76]
Bolivar
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore west of
Broughty Ferry ,
Forfarshire .
[76]
Dorothy , andMalta
United Kingdom
The
snow Dorothy collided with the
brig Malta and sank in the North Sea off
Happisburgh ,
Norfolk . her crew were rescued by the brig Planet (
United Kingdom ). Malta was abandoned by her crew, who were also rescued by Planet . Malta was subsequently discovered 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of
Cromer ,
Norfolk by Ivanhoe (
United Kingdom ). She was towed in to
Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.
[51]
[79]
[80]
[81]
Echo
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at
Dymchurch ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
London to the
Isles of Scilly .
[35]
Forrester
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Sultha",
Orkney Islands . Her crew were rescued.
[55]
Gipsy Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Fish Keys. She was on a voyage from
St. Jago de Cuba ,
Cuba to
Swansea ,
Glamorgan .
[21]
Marshal
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on
Flotta , Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the
River Spey to
Stromness , Orkney Islands.
[55]
Sea Breeze
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
South Shields ,
County Durham . She was on a voyage from the
River Tyne to
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire .
[35]
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1854
Ship
State
Description
Blakeney Trader
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Wells-next-the-Sea ,
Norfolk . She was refloated and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea in a severely leaky condition.
[87]
Forester
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked at
Stromness ,
Orkney Islands .
[87]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Lindisfarne ,
Northumberland . She was on a voyage from
Charlestown, Cornwall to
Middlesbrough ,
Yorkshire .
[88]
Protector
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore, wrecked and burnt in the Bay of Bagnell, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Trinidad to
Aux Cayes , Haiti.
[89]
Rebecca
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Girdler Sand, in the
Thames Estuary . She was on a voyage from
London to
Seville , Spain. She was refloated and taken in to
Ramsgate ,
Kent in a leaky condition.
[81]
Ocean Breeze
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[51]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1854
Ship
State
Description
HNLMS Amsterdam
Royal Netherlands Navy
The
man-of-war foundered after 14 December.
[41]
Aquetnet
United Kingdom
The ship was run ashore at
Montijo, Portugal before 12 December. She was on a voyage from
Valparaíso , Chile to
London .
[40]
Carleton
British North America
The
brig was wrecked at
Tangiers, Nova Scotia .
[5]
[95]
Colon
United Kingdom
The
brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off
Cape Finisterre , Spain before 11 December.
[38]
Culloden
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore.
[33]
Dunorwick
United Kingdom
The
sloop foundered in the
Irish Sea after 19 December with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from
Dunfanaghy ,
County Donegal to
Liverpool
Lancashire .
[96]
Eliza
France
The ship was wrecked off
Honfleur ,
Manche between 17 and 19 December.
[56]
Fetkeller
British North America
The ship was wrecked in the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland . Her crew were rescued by Orbit (
United Kingdom ).
[97]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Larne Bay. She was on a voyage from
Málaga , Spain to
Glasgow ,
Renfrewshire .
[98]
Frances Nesham
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Port Mahon , Spain for
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône , France. No further trace, presumed foundered in the
Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.
[99]
Gazelle
United Kingdom
The
brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 December.
[30]
Georgiana
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the
Dardanelles before 25 December.
[76]
Giovane Innocente
France
The
transport ship was wrecked in the
Sea of Marmora off
Büyükçekmece ,
Ottoman Empire .
[100]
Hibernia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Indian River. She was on a voyage from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[27]
Isabella Anderson
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Leith ,
Lothian in early December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[101]
Lotus
British North America
The
brig was wrecked at
St. George's, Newfoundland .
[5]
Margaret Malcolm
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with the
schooner Mariner (
United Kingdom ) and sank in the
River Thames at
Woolwich ,
Kent .
[97] She was on a voyage from
Peterhead ,
Aberdeenshire to
London .
[74]
Pampero
British North America
The
full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 December.
[97]
Sunnyside
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the
Bahama Banks . She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Liverpool.
[5]
Walburton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off
Ynys Llanddwyn ,
Anglesey . She was on a voyage from
Seville , Spain to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[102]
Westmoreland
The ship foundered near the
Manitou islands on
Lake Michigan with the loss of 17 lives and $50,000 of property.
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