List of shipwrecks in 1852

The list of shipwrecks in 1852 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1852.

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1852
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: January 1852
Ship Country Description
RMS Amazon  United Kingdom
RMS Amazon.

The paddle steamer caught fire, exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west south west of the Isles of Scilly. There were 59 survivors. They were rescued by Gertruida, Helleschina (both ( Netherlands) and Marsden ( United Kingdom). RMS Amazon was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to the West Indies.

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1852
Ship Country Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[1]

February

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1852
Ship Country Description
Active United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River.

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1852
Ship Country Description
HMS Birkenhead  Royal Navy The troopship, a steam frigate, was wrecked near Gaansbaai, Africa with the loss of 450 of the 693 people on board. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Algoa Bay.

April

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1852
Ship Country Description
Saluda  United States The steamboat exploded and sank in the Missouri River at Lexington, Missouri. Over 100 people were killed; there were 40–50 survivors.

June

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1852
Ship Country Description
Henri  France The brig was wrecked at the entrance to Lake Macquarie, New South Wales with the loss of a crew member.

November

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1852
Ship Country Description
Sussex  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Cardigan.[1]

December

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1852
Ship Country Description
Pretty Maggy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six people on board. She was on a voyage from "Ballinacura" to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[2]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1852
Ship Country Description
Ann & Mary  United Kingdom The brig struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered with the loss of one of her eight crew.[3]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1852
Ship Country Description
Thetis  United Kingdom The schooner sank off Cardigan.[1]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1852
Ship Country Description
Heroine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[4]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1852
Ship Country Description
Nouvelle Loire  France The barque was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[4]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
Ship events in 1852
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Ship commissionings: 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
Ship decommissionings: 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
Shipwrecks: 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
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