List of shipwrecks in June 1853

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

List of shipwrecks: June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Amazon  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. Amazon was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to New York, United States. The wreck was plundered by the crews of the schooners Juvenile, Mary S. Hurd and Rogers (all  United States).[1][2]
Reginald Heber  United Kingdom The barque was in collision with the clipper Aramingo ( United States). The master and eight or nine of her crew got aboard Aramingo. Reginald Heber was presumed to have sunk on 2 June. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States.[3][4]
Skytsengelln Flag unknown The ship was wrecked near King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[5]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Eppien  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore at Gilleleje, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[6][7]
Jonge Jan  Belgium The ship was lost off Kuressaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Kuressaare.[8]
Rose  United Kingdom The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay. She was subsequently taken in to "Disco", Greenland where she was condemned and abandoned. Her crew were taken home by the transport ship Diligence ( United Kingdom).[9][10]
South Esk  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage for Riga, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør in a sinking condition.[11]
Times  United Kingdom The steamship suffered a boiler explosion which killed fourteen passengers and injured more than twenty others. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Douglas  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Guy Head, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Bridport, Dorset to Maitland, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated the next day.[13][14]
HMS Investigator  Royal Navy
HMS Investigator stuck in ice, 1851.
McClure Arctic Expedition: The ship was abandoned in Mercy Bay, having been icebound for three years. She subsequently sank.

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Walmer Castle  United Kingdom The ship arrived at Barbuda on fire and was beached. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to San Francisco, California. She was consequently condemned.[15][16]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Albatross  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the West Gat. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Texel, North Holland, Netherlands in a leaky condition.[17]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Carrier Pigeon  United States The clipper ran aground and was wrecked at Santa Cruz, California. Her crew survived. She was on her maiden voyage, from Boston, Massachusetts to San Francisco, California.

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Thomas Point, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Puerto rico to Baltimore, Maryland.[14] She was later refloated and towed in to Baltimore, where she arrived on 11 June.[18]
HMS Odin  Royal Navy The frigate ran aground at Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to an English port.[19][20]
Perrine  France The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) north north west of the Île de Sein, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a port in Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[21][22][23]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Nessree  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Hubshee Janjeera", on the coast of Hindostan 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Bombay, India with the loss of 356 of the 450 people on board.[24]
Pursuit  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Sligo.[22]
Squantum  United States The ship was driven ashore at Kirk Santon Head, Isle of Man. Her passengers were landed. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[25] She was refloated with assistance from HMS Porcupine ( Royal Navy) and towed in to Liverpool, arriving on 10 June.[26][27]
St. Mary  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and was severely damaged off Barbacoas, Republic of New Granada and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Panama City, Republic of New Granada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put back to Panama City.[28][29]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Auriga  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a rock south of Bangka Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated and put back to Singapore.[30]
Gratitude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[31]
Ruby  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Terranova di Sicilia, Sicily.[13]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Christine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore east of Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated on 16 June and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.[32][33]
Condor  United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by Charles et Pauline ( France). Condor was on a voyage from Melbourne, Melbourne to London.[34][35]
Fritz  France The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to New York.[32]
Katica  Russia The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Izmail to Queenstown.[32]
Marie  France The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Martinique. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar.[32]
Silas Leonard Trieste The ship was driven ashore at Newport, Rhode Island, United States. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Trieste.[28]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar.[32]
Villa di Sorrenti Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The brigantine was driven ashore west of Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Licata to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[33]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Commodore, or
Commandeur
 Denmark The ship was destroyed by fire in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Duke of Cornwall ( United Kingdom). Commodore was on a voyage from Hamburg to Veracruz, Mexico.[21][36][37]
Elizabeth and Ann  United Kingdom The sloop was severely damaged by fire at Arbroath, Forfarshire.[38]
Integrity  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the vessel she collided with. Integrity was discovered by Fairy ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham.[23]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.[36]
Sphynx  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Pedro Shoals, 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of the coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belize City, British Honduras.[39]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Ambassador Malta The brig struck the Seven Stones reef and sank. Her crew reached the Seven Stones Lightship ( Trinity House) in the ship's boats. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Malta.[40]
Pazarro Danzig The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Perth, United Kingdom.[41]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Mapou, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Henrietta United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was driven ashore in the Western Channel, Sydney.[43]
Otto Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near Kolberg. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a port in the Grand Duchy of Finland.[44]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Union  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[32]


16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
City of Poonah India The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saugor. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[45]
Creole  United States The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked.[8]
Empire  United States The steamboat was run into by a sloop, causing a boiler explosion which killed seven people and severely injured twelve more in the Hudson River at New York.[46]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Camille  France The ship was driven ashore at Kronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Kronstadt, Russia.[47]
Harmony United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The smack ran aground in the River Neath. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Jersey. She was refloated.[48]
Solon  United States The barque was wrecked on the Suttle Inagua Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Cuba.[49]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Earl of Charlemont  United Kingdom The ship struck a reef off Point Flinders, Victoria and was wrecked with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Phillip, Victoria and Sydney, New South Wales.
Gledan  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Newport, Monmouthshire.[48]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Kronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Kronstadt.[50]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Advance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[51]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Jane, or
Return
 United Kingdom The brig sank between the Burrows Sand and the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[13]
Tasso  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged on the Île d'Orléans, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[1][52][53] She was later refloated and towed in to Quebec City.[28]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Havre  France The ship was driven ashore at "Petitinga", Brazil. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to the Rio Grande del Norte.[54]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Challenge  United States The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank in Lake Michigan with the loss of five lives. Survivors were rescued by the schooner North Star ( United States). Challenge was on her maiden voyage.[55][56]
Nassree Emirate of Diriyah The ship was wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Bombay, India with the loss of about 300 of the 400 people on board. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Jeddah.[57]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Clementine  France The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Algiers, Algeria.[58]
Litherland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Van Diemen's Land The ship struck a rock and sank off Clarke's Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Hobart.[43]
Marion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of the Savage Lighthouse, Burma.[59]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Faze Kareem Ottoman Empire Yemen Vilayet The steamship foundered in a shamal 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Aden with the loss of 180 of the 191 people on board. She was on a voyage from Aden to Bombay, India.[60][61][62]
Loharee India The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean.[63]
Maffra  Hamburg The ship ran aground and sank near Stade. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[33][64]
Marine  Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea off ht mouth of the Elbe. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a severely leaky condition.[33]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Clementine  France The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Algiers, Algeria.[65]
Erin, Jessie, and
St. Joseph
 United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America
The tug St. Joseph caught fire at Quebec City, Province of Canada. The fire spread to Jessie, which was cast loose and drifted into the brig Erin, setting her on fire too. Erin was destroyed, Jessie was scuttled.[56]
Loharee  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Calcutta, India.[66][67]
Oscar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekins Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham.[50]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Geelong, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Melbourne, Victoria.[68][69]
Cheshire Witch  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney, New South Wales.[68][69]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[70]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Chale Bay, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[33][50]
Matilda  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[71][33][72][64]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Argus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Calais, France.[50]
John Bright  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Cefn Sidan, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[73][74]
Wilhelmina  Belgium The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Gothenburg, Sweden.[8]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Argus  France The ship ran aground at Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Calais.[73]
Eliza Appleton  United States The ship ran aground on the Oyster Bank, off Newcastle, New South Wales and broke her back. She was on a voyage from California to Sydney, New South Wales.[75]
Elizabeth Fulton  United States The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to a port in California.[76]
Jan Hendrik  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. Jan Hendrik was refloated and taken in to Margate, Kent in a severely leaky condition.[73][77]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Liverpool, Lancashire.[78]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1853
ShipStateDescription
Ann and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore and wrecked in the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Hull, Yorkshire.[2]
Juano F. Fone  Chile The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Valparaíso.[79]
Middleton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the coast of Lombok, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[80]
Prince Eugene  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stag Harbour Point, Fogo Island, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Fogo Island. She was later refloated and towed in to Stag Harbour in a waterlogged condition and placed under repair.[81]

30 June

Unknown date

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