The list of shipwrecks in September 1854  includes ships  sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1854 .
1 September 
2 September 
4 September 
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Abiah 
 
  United States 
 
Bound from Chicago , Illinois , for Oconto , Wisconsin , in ballast with a crew of seven and two passengers aboard, the 134-foot (41 m) vessel — described by various sources as a brig , a two-masted  schooner , and a three-masted schooner — capsized  almost immediately and became a complete wreck when she was caught in a squall  on Lake Michigan  approximately 10 to 15 nautical miles (19 to 28 km; 12 to 17 mi) east of Sheboygan , Wisconsin . The schooner Lewis Luddington  (  United States ) rescued all on board. Some sources claim she sank immediately after capsizing, others that she sank later while under tow  by Lewis Luddington , and others that she sank later while under tow by the tug  Eclipse  (  United States ). A wreck discovered in 2019 at 43°45.022′N  087°23.884′W  /  43.750367°N 87.398067°W  / 43.750367; -87.398067    may be that of Abiah .[ 6]  
  
 
5 September 
7 September 
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
City 
 
  United States 
 
The ship grounded and was wrecked in Sakhalin Gulf  in the western Sea of Okhotsk . Seven men were lost before they were able to reach shore. The rest of the crew made it to a nearby Russian  village and sailed for home on a brig .[ 8]  
  
City of Philadelphia  
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The passenger ship  was wrecked during her maiden voyage near Cape Race , Newfoundland . All on board survived.
  
Cornucopia 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was wrecked on Bornholm , Denmark.[ 9]  
  
Delia Maria 
 
  United States 
 
During a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom  to Charleston, South Carolina , the square-rigged  ship foundered in a hurricane  in the North Atlantic Ocean  off Hilton Head Island, South Carolina  without loss of life. Future Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States of America  George Trenholm  was among those on board.[ 10]  
  
Eureka 
 
  United States 
 
The brig  sank in a hurricane at Charleston, South Carolina.[ 11]  
  
Neptunus 
 
  Norway 
 
The brig  was driven ashore in the Kvarken . Her eleven crew were rescued by  the brig Eweretta  (  United Kingdom  ). Neptune  was on a voyage from Skellefteå , Sweden to London , United Kingdom . She was taken in tow, but the tow rope broke and she came ashore on the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland . She was subsequently towed in to Sundsvall , Sweden by HMS Odin   (  Royal Navy ).[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]  
  
 
8 September 
9 September 
10 September 
11 September 
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Aberdina Lammecheina 
 
Flag unknown
 
The ship was driven ashore near Skasen , Norway. She was on a voyage from Bergen , Norway to Danzig .[ 24]  
  
Arkhangel Gavriil  
 
  Imperial Russian Navy 
 
Crimean War : The Sultan Makhmud -class  ship of the line  was sunk as a blockship in the Danube  at Silistra .
 
Flora 
 
  Imperial Russian Navy 
 
Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Tenedos -class frigate  was sunk as a blockship at Sevastopol .[ 25]  
  
Lord Lambton 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Adeline  (  United Kingdom  ). Lord Lambton  was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham  to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 26]  
  
HMS Rhadamanthus  
 
  Royal Navy 
 
The storeship ran aground in the Solent  off Hurst Castle , Hampshire . She was refloated with assistance from HMS Echo , HMS Salamander   and HMS Sphinx  (all   Royal Navy ) and taken in to Portsmouth , Hampshire.[ 27]  
  
Selafail  
 
  Imperial Russian Navy 
 
Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Sultan Makhmud -class  ship of the line  was sunk as a blockship at Sevastopol.
  
Silistriya 
 
  Imperial Russian Navy 
 
Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol  : The Imperatritsa Maria -class ship of the line  was scuttled as a blockship  at Sevastopol.[ 25]  
  
Sizopol 
 
  Imperial Russian Navy 
 
Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Tenedos -class frigate  was scuttled as a blockship at Sevastopol.[ 25]  
  
Tri Svyatitelya 
 
  Imperial Russian Navy 
 
Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The ship of the line  was scuttled as a blockship at Sevastopol.[ 28]  
  
Uriil  
 
  Imperial Russian Navy 
 
Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Sultan Makhmud -class  ship of the line  was sunk as a blockship at Sevastopol.
  
Varna  
 
  Imperial Russian Navy 
 
Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol: The Sultan Makhmud -class  ship of the line  was sunk as a blockship at Sevastopol.
  
 
12 September 
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Chancellor 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore 15 to 20 nautical miles (28 to 37 km) east of Struys Point, Cape Colony  with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay , India  to London .[ 29]  
  
 
13 September 
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Agenora 
 
  British North America 
 
The barque  was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Oxnard  (  United Kingdom  ). Agenora  was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham  to New York , United States.[ 16]  
  
Emma 
 
  Rostock 
 
The ship sprang a leak and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Isle of May , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdour , Fife , United Kingdom to Rostock.[ 24] [ 30]  
  
Fanny 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The smack  sprang a leak and sank east of Dunarth Head. She was on a voyage from Greenock  to Glasgow , Lanarkshire .[ 22]  
  
Maid of Lorn 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The steamship  struck a rock and sank in the Crinan Canal . She was on a voyage from the Clyde  to Inverness .[ 31] [ 32]  
  
Maria 
 
  Kingdom of Hanover 
 
The schooner  sank in the North Sea . Her crew survived.[ 33]   She was on a voyage from Neuhaus  to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 12]  
  
Waterlily 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the longboat ; they were rescued on 17 September by Progress  (  United Kingdom  ). Waterlily  was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire  to Mobile, Alabama , United States.[ 34] [ 20]  
  
 
14 September 
15 September 
16 September 
17 September 
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Agitator 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore between Roqueta and Adra, Spain . She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt  to Falmouth, Cornwall  or Queenstown, County Cork . She had become a wreck by 20 September.[ 42]  
  
Diamond 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays . Her crew were rescued on 28 September. She was on a voyage from Savanilla , Republic of New Granada  to London .[ 43]  
  
Dove 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground on the Silloth Bank, in the Irish Sea  off the coast of Cumberland . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba  to the Clyde . She broke up on 20 September.[ 31] [ 44]  
  
Louise 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The barque  was wrecked on a reef in the Turks Islands .[ 45]  
  
Oceanus 
 
  Norway 
 
The barque  was in collision with another vessel and sank in the English Channel  16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of Start Point, Devon  with the loss of one of her seventeen crew. Six survivors were rescued by a fishing smack , the remainder took to a boat. Neptunus  was on a voyage from Akyab , Burma  to Queenstown, County Cork  and Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 33] [ 44] [ 9]  
  
Sarah 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The brig  was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean  (37°10′N  65°00′W  /  37.167°N 65.000°W  / 37.167; -65.000   ). Her crew were rescued by the brix Express  (  British North America ). Sarah  was on a voyage from  Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia  to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 46]  
  
Waterwitch 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was wrecked on King's Island , New South Wales . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne , Victoria  to Mauritius .[ 47]  
  
 
18 September 
19 September 
20 September 
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Ann Smith 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Richibucto , New Brunswick , British North America .[ 42]  
  
Charlotte 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
 The troopship  was wrecked in Algoa Bay , Cape Colony , after anchors were lost during a gale. 99 of her 208 passengers and 18 of her 24 crew were lost. Charlotte  was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork  to Calcutta , India .[ 54] [ 55] [ 56] [ 57]  
 
Eliza Ernst 
 
  France 
 
The brigantine  was wrecked at the mouth of the Guadalquivir . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom  to Venice , Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia .[ 58]  
  
Mozambique 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was wrecked at Sydney , New South Wales .[ 59]  
  
St. George 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The barque  was wrecked in Chaleur Bay  with the loss of her captain.[ 37] [ 60]  
  
Stornoway 
 
  United States 
 
The ship ran aground on the Brock Reef, in Cardigan Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America  to Dublin , United Kingdom .[ 11]  
  
 
21 September 
22 September 
23 September 
24 September 
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Anna Catharina 
 
  Denmark 
 
The ship was wrecked on Baltrum , Kingdom of Hanover . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Skive  to London , United Kingdom .[ 66]  
  
Charles and Jane 
 
  United States 
 
The ship ran aground off the Drogden Lightship  (  Denmark ). She was on a voyage from Stockholm , Sweden to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 67]  
  
Greetina 
 
  Kingdom of Hanover 
 
The full-rigged ship  departed from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom for Varel . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 68]  
  
Lawrence Delaney 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship struck The Platters, in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness , Lancashire  to Neath , Glamorgan . She put in to Holyhead , Anglesey .[ 11]  
  
Queen Victoria 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Plymouth , Devon .[ 16]  
  
Templeman 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was beached at Secharon Point, Van Diemen's Land . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire  to Hobart , Van Diemen's land.[ 47]  
  
Udo Friedrich 
 
  Norway 
 
The schooner  was wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Brindisi , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . She was on a voyage from Venice , Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia  to London , United Kingdom.[ 42]  
  
 
25 September 
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Acanthus 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The brig  was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean  with the loss of a crew member. Survivors took to the longboat ; they were rescued on 9 October by Falcon  (  United Kingdom  ). Acanthus  was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana  to London .[ 69]  
  
Admiral Drake 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The schooner  was wrecked on the Klein Vogelsand, in the North Sea  off the mouth of the Elbe . Her crew were rescued.[ 66]  
  
Appoline 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Baracoa , Cuba . Her crew were rescued.[ 66]  
  
Frances Walker 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The barque  was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef . All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales  to Manila , Spanish East Indies .[ 70]  
  
John Francis 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean  (46°40′N  57°59′W  /  46.667°N 57.983°W  / 46.667; -57.983   ). Her crew were rescued by the barque  Repeater  (  United Kingdom  ). John Francis  was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America  to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 66]  
  
Sultana 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The barque  was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Manila.[ 70]  
  
Twee Gesusters 
 
  Netherlands 
 
The ship was driven ashore at "Melkewerum". She was on a voyage from Emden , Kingdom of Hanover  to Rotterdam , South Holland .[ 58]  
  
Union 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The barque  was wrecked on the Hartmell Reef, off Boa Vista Island. All on board were rescued. She was on  voyage from London  to Launceston , Van Diemen's Land .[ 71]  
  
 
26 September 
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Diamond 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was destroyed by fire at Aden .[ 72]  
  
Diana 
 
  Duchy of Holstein 
 
The ship was lost at the entrance to the Agger Canal, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom  to Flensburg .[ 66] [ 42]  
  
Ellen Crawford 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore at Nidden , Prussia  with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London  to Memel , Prussia.[ 67] [ 73]   She had broken up by 29 September.[ 74]  
  
Francis Walker 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was wrecked in the Torres Straits . One survivor was rescued by the full-rigged ship  Chili  (  United States ).[ 75]   The remainder of her passengers and crew reached Copang, Netherlands East Indies  in a boat on 1 November.[ 76]   Francis Walker  was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales  to Guam .[ 77]  
  
Jonge Jacob 
 
  Netherlands 
 
The ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Johannes Hermanus  (  Netherlands ). Jonge Jacob  was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba  to Cowes , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom.[ 16]  
  
Sultana 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The barque  was wrecked in the Torres Straits. There were at least four survivors; they were rescued by the full-rigged ship  Chili  (  United States ).[ 75]   Sultana  was on a voyage from Sydney to Guam.[ 77]  
  
Union 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The brig  was wrecked on Boa Vista , Cape Verde Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil  to London .[ 78]  
  
 
27 September 
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Arctic  
 
  United States 
 
Arctic .SS Arctic disaster : The paddle steamer  collided with Vesta   (  France ) in the Atlantic Ocean  50 nautical miles (93 km) off the coast of Newfoundland  and sank with the loss of about 300 lives. She was on a voyage from New York  to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .
 
Courier 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The transport ship  ran aground in the Bosphorus  near "Tenikai", Ottoman Empire . She was refloated.[ 79]  
  
Eagle 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea  off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire  to London . She was refloated the next day.[ 52]  
  
Ganges 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The barque  ran aground at Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 80]   She was on a voyage from Miramichi to Kingstown, County Dublin . She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 37]  
  
Gleaner 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The schooner  ran aground off North Somercotes , Lincolnshire . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Grimsby .[ 13]  
  
Swordfish 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Petit-Métis, Province of Canada , British North America . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire  to Quebec City , Province of Canada.[ 81]  
  
 
28 September 
29 September 
30 September 
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Black River Packet 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground in the Yangtze . She was on a voyage from Labuan , Malaya  to Shanghai , China . She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai in a sinking condition.[ 85]  
  
Lady Hood Mackenzie 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham  for Calcutta , India . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.[ 86]  
  
Robert and Alice 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The sloop  was wrecked in the Orkney Islands  with the loss of all hands.[ 87]  
  
Royal Stuart 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship beached at Shoebury , Essex . She was on a voyage from London  to Canterbury, New Zealand . She was refloated the next day with the aid of a steamship  and resumed her voyage.[ 88]  
  
Soundary 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong  to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai in a sinking condition.[ 85]  
  
Victoria 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The barque  was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 89]  
  
 
Unknown date 
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1854
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
USS Albany  
 
  United States Navy 
 
The sloop-of-war  departed from Aspinwall , Republic of New Granada  on 28 September. No further trace, presumed to have foundered with the loss of all 193 hands.[ 90]  
  
Amis Becenis 
 
  France 
 
The ship was wrecked on Bull Island. She was on a voyage from Martinique  to Wilmington, Delaware , United States.[ 13]  
  
Bayard 
 
  France 
 
The ship capsized off "Cape Maison" before 14 September.[ 91]  
  
Emily 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The full-rigged ship  foundered in the Pacific Ocean  600 nautical miles (1,100 km) off Callao , Peru. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Callao to Valencia , Spain.[ 92]  
  
Governor 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Cerrero  (  Spain ).[ 72]  
  
Lady Caroline 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 September.[ 93]  
  
Mary Caroline 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 September.[ 94]  
  
Maxwell 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Baltimore, Maryland , United States. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 95]  
  
Merlin 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador , British North America  before 5 September. Her crew were rescued.[ 65]  
  
Nimrod 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The transport ship  struck a sunken rock in Åland  and was holed. She put in to Stockholm , Sweden in a sinking condition before 21 September.[ 96]  
  
Shearwater 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hampden  (  United Kingdom  ). Shearwater  was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , United States to Australia.[ 18]  
  
St. Lawrence 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Thomas , Province of Canada , British North America . She was on a voyage from liverpool , Lancashire  to Montreal , Province of Canada.[ 13]  
  
United Kingdom 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The brig  was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 September.[ 72]  
  
Vifredo 
 
  Royal Navy 
 
The hired transport ship , a steamship , ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel . She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[ 97]  
  
Washington 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Bahia , Brazil .[ 72]  
  
 
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^   "Ship News". The Times . No. 21899. London. 15 November 1854. col F, p. 10.  
 
^ a   b   c   d   "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 2623. London. 16 October 1854.  
 
^   "Prussia". The Morning Chronicle . No. 27387 (Second ed.). London. 4 October 1854.  
 
^   "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 2613. London. 4 October 1854.  
 
^ a   b   "China". The Morning Post . No. 25310. London. 14 February 1855. p. 5.  
 
^   "Shipwrecks and Loss of Life". North Wales Chronicle . No. 1462. Bangor. 17 March 1855.  
 
^ a   b   "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 6224. Liverpool. 16 February 1855.  
 
^   "The Brazilian Mail". The Standard . No. 9443. London. 13 November 1854.  
 
^   "Turkey". The Morning Chronicle . No. 27394. London. 12 October 1854.  
 
^   "Ship News". The Times . No. 21882. London. 26 October 1854. col D, p. 10.  
 
^   "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 5398. Glasgow. 23 October 1854.  
 
^   "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9427. London. 25 October 1854.  
 
^   "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2647. Liverpool. 19 December 1854.  
 
^   "Shipping Intelligence". Dundee Courier . No. 1998. Dundee. 20 December 1854.  
 
^ a   b   "Ship News". The Times . No. 21911. London. 29 November 1854. col B, p. 10.  
 
^   "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9391. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1 December 1854.  
 
^   "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9413. London. 7 October 1854.  
 
^   "Shipping". The Morning Chronicle . No. 27387. London. 4 October 1854.  
 
^   "Ship News". Glasgsow Herald . No. 5403. Glasgow. 10 November 1854.  
 
^   "Casualties: US Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Injured in Selected Accidents and Other Incidents Not Directly the Result of Enemy Action" . history.navy.mil. 5 May 2025. 
 
^   "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 27434. London. 14 November 1854.  
 
^   "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 2627. London. 20 October 1854.  
 
^   "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2629. Liverpool. 17 October 1854.  
 
^   "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 2639. London. 3 November 1854.  
 
^   "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 2620. London. 12 October 1854.  
 
^   "Ship News". The Times . No. 21857. London. 27 September 1854. col C, p. 11.  
 
^   "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times . No. 21844. London. 12 September 1854. col A, p. 10.  
 
  
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