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

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1 February

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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1853
Ship State Description
Blessing  United Kingdom The paddle tug struck a sunken wreck and sank at South Shields, County Durham.[1][2]
Margaret and Grace  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk off Rathmullan, County Donegal by the steamship HMRC Seamew ( Board of Customs). Her crew were rescued by HMRC Seamew. Margaret and Grace was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sligo.[3][4]
Mark Breeds  United Kingdom The schooner was damaged by fire at Whitstable, Kent.[3][4]
Union  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Quicksands. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day.[5]

2 February

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List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1853
Ship State Description
Atlantic  United Kingdom The brig was in collision with the steamship Hunwick and sank between the West Rocks and the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.[6][3][2][7][8]
Colony  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Collins Patches Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Jason United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was driven ashore on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick.[9]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Malamocco, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.[10] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.[11]
Ocean  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Plymouth.[3][12]
Rapid  Prussia The schooner was in collision with Symmetry ( United Kingdom) and sank in Liverpool Bay off the North West Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[13]
San Nicolo  Greece The brig ran aground on the Duncaney Reef, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar.[14] She was refloated on 4 February and taken in tow.[11]
Sirius  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pará, Brazil.[3][15]

3 February

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List of shipwrecks: February 1853
Ship State Description
Leipzig  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Long Island Sand, in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port.[16]
Providence  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.[17][18]
Sir Richard Jackson  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bogamy Point, Isle of Bute. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Valparaíso, Chile.[14]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the galiot Promethus ( Netherlands) and sank in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. William was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Truro, Cornwall.[14][19]

4 February

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For the wrecking of Young England on this date, see List of shipwrecks in November 1852 § 14 November.
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1853
Ship State Description
Alnwick Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Walberswick, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated on 8 April and taken in to Southwold, Suffolk.[20][14]
Concord  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Aberdeen. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich.[14]
Emma  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Beaufort, United States. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to New York, United States.[21]
Hope  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in Crow Sound, Isles of Scilly and became hogged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New York, United States.[11][22] She was refloated the next day and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.[23]
Requin  France The ship ran aground off Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated.[24]
Sadak  Ottoman Empire The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to London, United Kingdom. She was towed off and beached at Dumpton Gap, Kent. Sadak later floated off and sank. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.[25][10]

5 February

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List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1853
Ship State Description
Fanny Truss, and
William and Richard 		 United Kingdom The smack Fanny Truss was in collision with the smack William and Richard and was abandoned off St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Georgina Jane ( United Kingdom). Fanny Truss was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. William and Richard was on a voyage from Gloucester to Cork. Her crew survived. One of the vessels was subsequently towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire by the steamship Trinity ( United Kingdom).[22][24]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vigo, Spain to Havana, Cuba.[26]
Zelima  France The schooner caught fire and was beached between Dungeness, Kent and Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom, where she burnt out. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to London, United Kingdom.[27][11]

6 February

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List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1853
Ship State Description
Anne Sinclair  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[11]
Aries  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the West India Docks, London. She was ready to sail for Ceylon.[11]
Barrowgate  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Soldier's Point, near Dundalk, County Louth.[28][23] She was refloated on 12 February and towed in to Dundalk.[29]
Jane Sinclair  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[19]
Jane White  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Masonic  United States The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[22][19]
Naomi  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Horse Shoe Bank, in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was later refloated and taken in to Baltimore in a leaky condition.[30]

7 February

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List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1853
Ship State Description
Baron Haynau Austrian Empire The brig was driven ashore at Portstewart, County Londonderry, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[31][32]
Eberdina Scherenza  Netherlands The schooner was in collision with a British vessel and sank off Majorca, Spain with the loss of a crew member.[33]
Helen  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Bamburgh, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Leith, Lothian.[23]
Hope  United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Demerara, British Guiana. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire.[34]
James  United Kingdom The ship struck the Whitby Rock and was damaged. She consequently put in to Scarborough, Yorkshire in a leaky condition.[23]

8 February

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List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1853
Ship State Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cape Greco, Cyprus. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. Britannia was consequently condemned.[35][36]
Caroline Schenk  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated the next day.[37]
Combinazione Wallachia The brig ran aground at Marsala, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[38][39] Combinazione broke up on 11 February.[36]
HMS Pandora  Royal Navy The Pandora-class brig ran aground at Manukau, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Manukau to Onehunga.
Stormont  United Kingdom The sloop was in collision with another vessel and was then driven ashore and wrecked on the Seaton Rocks, Northumberland.[23][40]
Vrouw Wilhelmina  Netherlands The ship was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. All on board were rescued by Haabet ( Denmark). Vrouw Wilhelmina was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[41]
Vyf Gebroeders  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[31][42] She was on a voyage from Bremen to Seaham.[40]

9 February

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List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1853
Ship State Description
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship departed from Seville, Spain for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[43]
Caspian  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Torbay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[44][45]
Chase  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Greenock, Renfrewshire and Demerara, British Guiana. She was later refloated and put back to Liverpool.[44]
Colony  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Collins Patches. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to London.[46]
Frances  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[31]
Goede Vertrowen  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Zandvoort, North Holland. she was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.[23]
Hazard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ilfracombe, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Bideford.[32]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Fellowship ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Fellowship.[47]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Luanco, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[48] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gijón, Spain.[49]
Sardinian Kingdom of Sardinia The bombard was wrecked near "Torre Island". She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British North America to "Della Guardia".[33]
St. Thomas  Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Helsingør.[28][50]
Susannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaham, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[42]

10 February

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List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1853
Ship State Description
Adelaide United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Anna Catharina  Denmark The ship ran aground and capsized at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Anna Christina  Denmark The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Hartlepool.[41]
Cambridge  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of West Hartlepool, County Durham.[41]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The brig was in collision with a brigantine and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the brig Jane and Catherine ( United Kingdom). Charlotte was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[31][47]
Claudius  Denmark The schooner ran aground on the Steilsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[37] She floated off on 14 February and was taken in to Cuxhaven.[50]
Heron  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Heaps Sandbank. Her crew survived.[40]
Ida Gezina  Netherlands The galiot was wrecked in Donegal Bay with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Sligo, United Kingdom.[37]
Jane White  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[25]
John  United Kingdom The sloop struck the Bull Float, in the Humber and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[42][41]
Maria  United Kingdom The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near Huttoft, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Spalding, Lincolnshire.[31][41]
Susannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaham, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[31][41]
Wilhelmina Jeltina  Netherlands The schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Seville, Spain.[51]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the galiot Anna Metta ( Hamburg) and sank off Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Anna Metta. William was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to a Welsh port.[52]

11 February

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List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1853
Ship State Description
Antelope  Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Bergen.[33][51]
Caroline Schink  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Amsterdam, North Holland.[44]
Frederick and Elvine  Denmark The ship was driven ashore near Fredrikshavn. She was on a voyage from Odense to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn.[51]
Perle  France The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[53]
Return  United Kingdom The brig struck a sunken wreck in the Swin, off the coast of Essex and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the Barking Smack Eliner ( United Kingdom).[44][40]
St. Andrew  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in Deer Sound, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[51]

12 February

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List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1853
Ship State Description
Anna Dorothea  Norway The derelict ship was towed in to A Coruña, Spain.[33]
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Salt Island, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[37] She was refloated on 23 February and towed in to Holyhead.[54]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[38]
Hester  United Kingdom The ship struck the Cleopatra Rock. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put in to Holyhead in a leaky condition.[37]
John  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with the Bull Float and sank in the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[55]
Premier  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Liverpool.[56]

13 February

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List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1853
Ship State Description
Eclipse  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Genova ( United Kingdom). Eclipse was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[30][57] She was towed in to Lisbon, Portugal on 28 February by Estrella ( Portugal).[58]
Esther  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a leaky condition.[44]
Frances and Ann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Jersey.[28]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Inchcolm. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.[44][41]
Marys  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Black Tail Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[44] She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.[40]
Nouvelle Marie  France The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Gironde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées.[59]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Black Tail Sand. She was refloated.[44]

14 February

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List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1853
Ship State Description
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship arrived at Mauritius on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, Victoria to London.[60]
Humboldt  United States The paddle steamer ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to New York. She was refloated and put back to Havre de Grâce.[56]
Lady of the Lake  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at North Berwick, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[28][40]
Maitre Jacques  France The ship was driven ashore at Port-en-Bessin, Calvados. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Courcelles to Port-en-Bessin.[38]
Oberon  United Kingdom The ship struck the Skerries, off Start Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She put in to Plymouth, Devon in a leaky condition.[29]

15 February

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List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1853
Ship State Description
Courier  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire.[28] She was righted the next day.[50]
Queen Victoria  United Kingdom
Queen Victoria.
The paddle steamer was wrecked at Howth Head, County Dublin with the loss of about 83 lives. There were seventeen survivors. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.
Samuel Whitbread  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Burntisland, Fife.[61] She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Hartlepool, County Durham.[49] She was refloated on 18 February and taken in to Burntisland in a leaky condition.[48]
Susannah and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The flat sank in Abergele Bay. Her crew were rescued.[62]

16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1853
Ship State Description
Blossom  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to King's Lynn. She was refloated.[49]
Boerhave  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on "Chelluba Island", Burma. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Economy  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Richards ( United Kingdom). Economy was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[48][64] She was subsequently discovered derelict in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Happisburgh, Norfolk.[65]
Gleam  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Dartmouth, Devon.[51]
Independence  United States The steamship, under Captain Sampson, struck a rock at the southernmost point of the Island of Margarita, off the coast of Lower California, while en route San Juan del Sud, Nicaragua to San Francisco, California. Although she backed off the rock she was making too much water so was deliberately beached in a small cove, grounding just outside the breakers. The rising water level caused a fire and the vessel burned to the water line. Of the 418 crew and passengers on board, 129 died and 289 were rescued from the Island a few days later after attracting the attention of the whaling ships Omega, Meteor, James Maury and the barque Clement (all  United States). Captain Sampson had meanwhile rowed North in an open boat to find rescue and after 30 hours rowing reached the schooner A. Emory ( United States), though this arrived shortly after the rescue by the whalers.[66][67]
Malpas  United Kingdom The sloop was in collision with the schooner Ono ( United Kingdom) and foundered 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Trevose Head, Cornwall with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Swansea, Glamorgan.[68]
Mary  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at White Head, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[34] She was later refloated and put in to Rockland, Maine, where she was condemned.[69]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Mossel Bay with the loss of a crew member.[70]
Secret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Koepang, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued.[71][72]
Simeon  United Kingdom The flat ran aground and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[56] She was refloated the next day.[62]

17 February

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List of shipwrecks: 1853
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She had broken in two by 25 February.[46]
Amelia  Portugal The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores.[73]
Edinburgh Castle  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland in a leaky condition.[9][74]
Eglantine  France The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Oporto to St. Ubes, Portugal.[58]
Ellen Gillman  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island.[75] She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Liverpool, Lancashire. The wreck was broken up in situ.[76]
Kingsbridge  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. Her crew survived.[77]
Lady Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[78]
Ludovico Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship was wrecked near Messina.[79]
Masonic  United States The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York.[25]
Merope United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Fairy. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Adelaide, South Australia.[80]
Rival  Portugal The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island. Her crew were rescued.[78][81]
Ringsbridge  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island. Her crew were rescued.[78]
Salamandre  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island.[82]
Seine  France The schooner was driven ashore at "Superaging", Brazil and was plundered by 200 local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Paranagua", Brazil[83][84]
Seraphina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Ives.[61]
South Esk  United States The ship ran aground in the River Mersey.[62]
Thetis  Portugal The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island.[73]

18 February

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List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1853
Ship State Description
Cassandra  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Terceira Island, Azores.[26]
Ludovico Trieste The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Messina, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[38]
Robert and Catherine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Wells-next-the-Sea. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Economy ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea in a leaky condition.[51][64]
William and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east north east of Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. Her crew were rescued.[85] She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.[86]

19 February

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List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1853
Ship State Description
Antares United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria The ship was wrecked off Flinders Island, Van Diemen's Land with the loss of all but two of those on board. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.[87]
Bidston  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mattoo Primeiro (Flag unknown). Bidston was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Masulipatam, India.[88]
Fairy  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore at Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands.[89]
Hertelling  Netherlands The galiot sank at Corfu. She was refloated the next day.[89]
J. Swazey  United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana.[34]
St, Charles  United States The steamship was damaged by fire at New Orleans.[34]
Wanderer  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Vido, United States of the Ionian Islands.[89]

20 February

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List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1853
Ship State Description
Valiant  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ellenborough ( United Kingdom).[35][90]

21 February

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List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1853
Ship State Description
Arsene  France The ship was driven ashore near Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dieppe.[91]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France.[92]
Jeune Anyse  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Gravelines, Nord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Calais.[91][93] She was refloated on 26 April.[63]
Middleton  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Cartagena, Spain. Her crew were rescued by RMS Parana ( United Kingdom).[94][95][96]
Resolution  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bayonne.[92]

22 February

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List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1853
Ship State Description
Cybele  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Berbice, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from London to Berbice. She was refloated and taken in to Berbice.[97]
Golden Light  United States The clipper was struck by lightning and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Some of her crew were rescued by Shand ( United Kingdom); the other seven reached Antigua in a boat. Golden Light was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California.[98][99][100]
Middleton  United Kingdom The ship sank off "Galera Zamba". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Santa Martha" and Carthagena, Republic of New Granada.[101]
Thomas and Nancy  United Kingdom The polacca was run into by the barque Bolton ( United Kingdom) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north east of the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by Bolton. Thomas and Nancy was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[102][103]
Trois Soeurs  France The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Palmones. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Manche to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was later refloated.[65]

23 February

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List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1853
Ship State Description
Dame Dorothy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Warkworth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Glory  United Kingdom The flat was driven ashore on the coast of Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was subsequently taken in to Porthclais, Pembrokeshire.[5]
Janet Johnston  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked off Lindisfarne, Northumberland with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, Fife to Goole, Yorkshire.[104][93]
Robert  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Chester, Cheshire. She was refloated the next day and beached at the Point of Ayr, Cheshire.[33]
Sir William Wallace  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and capsized with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.[33][105]
Walthron  United Kingdom The schooner was driven against the quayside and sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Grimsby.[54][93]

24 February

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List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1853
Ship State Description
Aboyne  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tetney, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Hartlepool, County Durham.[46][93] She was refloated on 29 March and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshie by the tug Endeavour ( United Kingdom).[60]
Candiar  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[88]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Tetney. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[46] She was refloated on 11 March and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by the tug Endeavour ( United Kingdom).[86]
Jane and Dorothy  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked south of Warkworth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, Fife to Hartlepool.[93]
Reaper  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Arbroath. Forfarshire.[74]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Archerstown, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[59]
Success  United Kingdom The ship sank at Port Mooar, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.[88]

25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1853
Ship State Description
Anna Rich  United States The ship was in collision with Atlas ( United Kingdom and/or Constitution ( United States) and was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts.[106][107] Anna Rich was refloated on 8 March and beached.[65]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[21]
Don  United Kingdom The ship passed Cuxhaven whilst on a voyage from Hamburg to Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[58]
Gefion  Norway The brig sprang a leak and sank off the Barbary Coast. Her crew were rescued by the brig Washburn ( United Kingdom). Gefion was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[35][39][85]
L'Independant  France The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Penzance in a leaky condition.[5]
Orono  United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[58]
Rappahannock  United States The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool.[108]
Robert Moffat  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Porto Paglia", on the west coast of Sardinia with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Calvi, Corsica, France.[109]
St. Privat  France The ship was driven ashore at Carloforte, Sardinia. Her crew were rescued.[109]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Bay of Authie with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[30]

26 February

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List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1853
Ship State Description
Amherst  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. She was refloated on 7 March and taken in to Bridlington.[65][110]
Anna Birch  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Dingle, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She later broke in two.[111][112]
Atlas  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a severely damaged condition.[111][112]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.[59] Britannia was refloated on 11 March and towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[85][86]
Caliban  United Kingdom The ship sank at Flint.[113]
Camelia  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Rock Channel. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[111][112]
Cassino  Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[59][30][114]
City  United Kingdom The ship sank at Flint.[113]
Cheshire  United States The ship was driven ashore at Knott's Hole, Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts.[111] She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[88]
Comet  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Crantock, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Dennett's rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hayle Cornwall.[88][114]
Cornelia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Rock Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[115]
Cumberland  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) south west of Sardinia. Her crew were rescued by Christina ( United Kingdom). Cumberland was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt Eyalet to Queenstown, County Cork.[78]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Redcar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham.[59]
Ellen Glynne  United Kingdom The sloop struck a sunken rock and was wrecked in the River Dee. Her two crew were rescued.[36][113]
Frodsham  United Kingdom The ship was run into by another vessel and sank at Morecambe, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[116]
Iresus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland with the loss of three of her crew.[104]
Jane  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and capsized in the River Mersey with the loss of eleven of the twenty people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile.[111]
John Ingo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[88]
Kirtons  United Kingdom The brig was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the brig Arab ( United Kingdom). Kirtons was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk on 28 February in a derelict condition.[59][88][104][36][93] She was refloated on 7 March and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[117]
May Queen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to South Shields.[111] May Queen was refloated on 7 March.[118]
Nisus  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at North Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of all three of her crew.[59][119]
Prince Leopold  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Somme with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Abbeville, Somme.[30][120]
Prompt  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat.[111] She was on a voyage from Kincardine to the River Tyne. She was refloated on 7 March.[118]
Richardson  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the Duddon Sands, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to London. She was repaired in situ and refloated on 23 April and taken in tow for Whitehaven but sprang a leak and sank on that date.[121]
Rosetta  United States The ship was driven ashore at Knott's Hole. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston.[111] She had been refloated by 28 February and taken in to Liverpool.[115]
Seaforth  United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire off Quilon, India. She was on a voyage from Cochin, India to Adelaide, South Australia.[122]
Vigo  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Walney Island, Lancashire with the loss of all four of her crew.[120][36][123]
White  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Flint.[113]

27 February

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List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1853
Ship State Description
Abbotsford  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Platters. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[59][93]
Amy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Maranhão, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Maranhão to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Maranhão for repairs.[124]
Catharina  Kingdom of Hanover The koff was driven ashore and wrecked on Rottumeroog, Groningen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Leer.[86]
City of Glasgow  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool. City of Glasgow was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[111][125][107]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged by fire near Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to "Italy".[104][36]
Irene  United Kingdom The barque capsized in the River Medway with the loss of eleven of the twenty people on board. Survivors were rescued by the paddle tug Powerful ( United Kingdom). Irene was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile.[125][107] She was righted on 27 March.[53]
John  United Kingdom The flat was in collision with the paddle steamer Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom) at Liverpool with the loss of one of the four people on board. She was on a voyage from Prestatyn, Denbighshire to Liverpool. John was taken in to Liverpool in a severely damaged condition.[107][5]
John Fox  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Authie with the loss of all hands, eight or ten lives.[59][104][93]
John Ingo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[59]
Linnet  United Kingdom The ship foundered at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire.[104]
Mary Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[93]
New Gift  United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and foundered at Porthdinllaen.[104][57]

28 February

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List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1853
Ship State Description
Alderman Thompson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham.[126]
Amherst  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[30][114]
Apollo  Sweden The brig was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to an English port. She came ashore on Malta on 12 March.[39] She was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Malta on 3 March.[89]
Comet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall.[30]
Forest Queen  United States During a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Boston, Massachusetts, with general cargo including 12 tons of silver ingots, the cargo ship — a 158-foot (48 m), three-masted full-rigged ship — was driven ashore just off Second Cliff Beach at Scituate, Massachusetts. All on board were rescued.[78][81][127] She had become a wreck by 4 March,[128] and broke up and sank in 20 to 30 feet (6.1 to 9.1 m) of water.[127]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Connah's Quay, Flintshire.[36]
Pink  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Connah's Quauy.[36]
Sirius  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Grenfield", Cheshire. Her crew were rescued.[36]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1853
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Halliday Flats, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.[6][29]
Amazon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New York, United States. She was refloated and put in to Hull, Yorkshire, where she arrived on 28 February.[126]
Anna Dorothea  Sweden The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 February. her crew were rescued by Matanzas (Spain Cuba). Anna Dorothea was on a voyage from Stockholm to Messina, Sicily.[59]
Beranger  France The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Montevideo to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Montevideo, where she arrived on 26 February.[129]
Bidston  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Callingapatam".[46]
Brant  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire before 10 February. She was on a voyage from Pisco to Callao, Peru.[130]
Cadiz Packet  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 February. Her crew were rescued by Eliza ( United Kingdom).[58]
Connecticut  United States The ship ran aground at Pass a Loutre, Louisiana before 4 February. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool. She was refloated on 14 February.[35]
Consbrook  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Nicholas Biddle ( United Kingdom. Consbrook was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[11]
Countess of Eglintoun  United Kingdom The ship departed from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia for an English port on 13 or 17 February. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[131][132]
Dervant  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated but was consequently beached at Orford Haven. Later refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[6]
Eglantine  France The ship was destroyed by fire off Aveiro, Portugal before 19 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[59]
Ernest  France The ship was driven ashore near Royan, Charente-Inférieure before 22 February. Her crew were rescued.[93]
Fanny  France The ship was wrecked before 18 February. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Florida  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 19 February. She was on a voyage from Odessa to a British port.[38]
Forager  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 February.[99] Two of her crew were rescued by Emerald ( United Kingdom);[133] twelve had previously been taken off by the brig Clementine ( France) at 34°47′N 13°21′W / 34.783°N 13.350°W / 34.783; -13.350.[134]
General Guilleminot  France The ship was abandoned at sea before 28 February. Her crew were rescued by Carl ( Prussia).[34]
Henry Pratt  United States The ship sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated on 22 February.[34]
John Hutchinson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Buena Ventura. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Panama City, Republic of New Grenada.[38]
Markland  United Kingdom The brig was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 February.[135]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 28 February.[30]
Masonic  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New York. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. She arrived on 4 February.[3]
Metta Catharina  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was refloated on 24 February.[30]
Napoleon  Spain The brig foundered whilst on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Charleston, South Carolina United States. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Olympe  France The ship sank at Cherbourg, Manche.[44]
Outlaw  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Barrington, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to New York. She was refloated and put in to Boston, Massachusetts, where she arrived on 6 February.[9]
Rambler  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea in early February. Her crew were rescued by Charles ( France).[136]
Sally  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France to an Irish port.[28]
Sweetheart  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, off Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She had become a wreck by 5 February.[11][45]
Sylph  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Brancaster, Norfolk.[59][104]
Thistle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire before 23 February.[137]
Tola Cazine Flag unknown The ship was wreck at "Milk Harbour", County Sligo with the loss of two of her crew.[138]
Vrouw Wilhelmina  Netherlands The ship was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Chushanie" to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[44]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly.[31]
Woodside  United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef before 16 February.[38][139]

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