# List of shipwrecks in February 1853

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

## 1 February

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. |
| 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. |
| Mark Breeds | United Kingdom | The schooner was damaged by fire at Whitstable, Kent. |
| 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. |

## 2 February

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. |
| 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. |
| Jason | 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. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Malamocco, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| San Nicolo | Greece | The brig ran aground on the Duncaney Reef, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar. She was refloated on 4 February and taken in tow. |
| Sirius | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pará, Brazil. |

## 3 February

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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |

## 4 February

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. |
| 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. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Beaufort, United States. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to New York, United States. |
| 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. She was refloated the next day and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. |
| Requin | France | The ship ran aground off Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated. |
| 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. |

## 5 February

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). |
| 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. |
| 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. |

## 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne Sinclair | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. |
| Aries | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the West India Docks, London. She was ready to sail for Ceylon. |
| Barrowgate | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Soldier's Point, near Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated on 12 February and towed in to Dundalk. |
| Jane Sinclair | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |

## 7 February

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. |
| Eberdina Scherenza | Netherlands | The schooner was in collision with a British vessel and sank off Majorca, Spain with the loss of a crew member. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Whitby Rock and was damaged. She consequently put in to Scarborough, Yorkshire in a leaky condition. |

## 8 February

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. |
| 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. |
| 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. Combinazione broke up on 11 February. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Vyf Gebroeders | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Seaham. |

## 9 February

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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Colony | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Collins Patches. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to London. |
| Frances | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| 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. |
| Hazard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ilfracombe, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Bideford. |
| 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. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Luanco, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gijón, Spain. |
| 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". |
| St. Thomas | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Helsingør. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaham, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |

## 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | Jersey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Anna Catharina | Denmark | The ship ran aground and capsized at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Anna Christina | Denmark | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Hartlepool. |
| Cambridge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| 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. |
| 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. She floated off on 14 February and was taken in to Cuxhaven. |
| Heron | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Heaps Sandbank. Her crew survived. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaham, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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. |
| 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. |

## 11 February

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. |
| Caroline Schink | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| 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. |

## 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Dorothea | Norway | The derelict ship was towed in to A Coruña, Spain. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Salt Island, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 23 February and towed in to Holyhead. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Premier | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Liverpool. |

## 13 February

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. She was towed in to Lisbon, Portugal on 28 February by Estrella ( Portugal). |
| 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. |
| Frances and Ann | Jersey | The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Jersey. |
| 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. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Tail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent. |
| 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. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Tail Sand. She was refloated. |

## 14 February

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. |
| 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. |
| Lady of the Lake | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at North Berwick, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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. |
| 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. |

## 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was righted the next day. |
| 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. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 18 February and taken in to Burntisland in a leaky condition. |
| Susannah and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The flat sank in Abergele Bay. Her crew were rescued. |

## 16 February

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. |
| Boerhave | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on "Chelluba Island", Burma. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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. She was subsequently discovered derelict in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Happisburgh, Norfolk. |
| Gleam | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Dartmouth, Devon. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. She was later refloated and put in to Rockland, Maine, where she was condemned. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Mossel Bay with the loss of a crew member. |
| Secret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Koepang, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. |
| Simeon | United Kingdom | The flat ran aground and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day. |

## 17 February

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. |
| Amelia | Portugal | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Ellen Gillman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Liverpool, Lancashire. The wreck was broken up in situ. |
| Kingsbridge | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. Her crew survived. |
| Lady Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ludovico | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was wrecked near Messina. |
| 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. |
| Merope | Victoria | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Fairy. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Rival | Portugal | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ringsbridge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island. Her crew were rescued. |
| Salamandre | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island. |
| 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 |
| Seraphina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Ives. |
| South Esk | United States | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. |
| Thetis | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island. |

## 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cassandra | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Terceira Island, Azores. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork. |

## 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antares | 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. |
| 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. |
| Fairy | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore at Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands. |
| Hertelling | Netherlands | The galiot sank at Corfu. She was refloated the next day. |
| J. Swazey | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| St, Charles | United States | The steamship was damaged by fire at New Orleans. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Vido, United States of the Ionian Islands. |

## 20 February

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). |

## 21 February

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. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. |
| 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. She was refloated on 26 April. |
| Middleton | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Cartagena, Spain. Her crew were rescued by RMS Parana ( United Kingdom). |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bayonne. |

## 22 February

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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |

## 23 February

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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |

## 24 February

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. She was refloated on 29 March and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshie by the tug Endeavour ( United Kingdom). |
| 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. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Tetney. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 11 March and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by the tug Endeavour ( United Kingdom). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Port Mooar, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. |

## 25 February

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. Anna Rich was refloated on 8 March and beached. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Orono | United States | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
| Rappahannock | United States | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool. |
| 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. |
| St. Privat | France | The ship was driven ashore at Carloforte, Sardinia. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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. |

## 26 February

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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. Britannia was refloated on 11 March and towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Caliban | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Flint. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| City | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Flint. |
| Cheshire | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Knott's Hole, Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Ellen Glynne | United Kingdom | The sloop struck a sunken rock and was wrecked in the River Dee. Her two crew were rescued. |
| Frodsham | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by another vessel and sank at Morecambe, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Iresus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland with the loss of three of her crew. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. She was refloated on 7 March and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| 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. May Queen was refloated on 7 March. |
| Nisus | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at North Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of all three of her crew. |
| 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. |
| Prompt | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Kincardine to the River Tyne. She was refloated on 7 March. |
| 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. |
| Rosetta | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Knott's Hole. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston. She had been refloated by 28 February and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Seaforth | United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by fire off Quilon, India. She was on a voyage from Cochin, India to Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Vigo | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Walney Island, Lancashire with the loss of all four of her crew. |
| White | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Flint. |

## 27 February

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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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". |
| 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. She was righted on 27 March. |
| 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. |
| John Fox | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Authie with the loss of all hands, eight or ten lives. |
| John Ingo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Linnet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. |
| 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. |
| New Gift | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and foundered at Porthdinllaen. |

## 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alderman Thompson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| 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. |
| 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. She was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Malta on 3 March. |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. |
| 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. She had become a wreck by 4 March, and broke up and sank in 20 to 30 feet (6.1 to 9.1 m) of water. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Connah's Quay, Flintshire. |
| Pink | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Connah's Quauy. |
| Sirius | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Grenfield", Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. |

## Unknown date

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. |
| 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. |
| Anna Dorothea | Sweden | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 February. her crew were rescued by Matanzas ( Cuba). Anna Dorothea was on a voyage from Stockholm to Messina, Sicily. |
| 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. |
| Bidston | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Callingapatam". |
| Brant | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire before 10 February. She was on a voyage from Pisco to Callao, Peru. |
| Cadiz Packet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 February. Her crew were rescued by Eliza ( United Kingdom). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Ernest | France | The ship was driven ashore near Royan, Charente-Inférieure before 22 February. Her crew were rescued. |
| Fanny | France | The ship was wrecked before 18 February. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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. |
| Forager | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 February. Two of her crew were rescued by Emerald ( United Kingdom); 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. |
| General Guilleminot | France | The ship was abandoned at sea before 28 February. Her crew were rescued by Carl ( Prussia). |
| Henry Pratt | United States | The ship sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated on 22 February. |
| 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. |
| Markland | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 February. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 28 February. |
| 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. |
| Metta Catharina | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was refloated on 24 February. |
| Napoleon | Spain | The brig foundered whilst on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Charleston, South Carolina United States. Her crew were rescued. |
| Olympe | France | The ship sank at Cherbourg, Manche. |
| 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. |
| Rambler | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea in early February. Her crew were rescued by Charles ( France). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Thistle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire before 23 February. |
| Tola Cazine | Flag unknown | The ship was wreck at "Milk Harbour", County Sligo with the loss of two of her crew. |
| 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. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly. |
| Woodside | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef before 16 February. |