# List of shipwrecks in June 1853

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

## 1 June

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

## 2 June

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

## 3 June

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

## 4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Walmer Castle | United Kingdom | The ship arrived at Barbuda on fire and was beached. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to San Francisco, California. She was consequently condemned. |

## 5 June

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

## 6 June

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

## 7 June

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

## 8 June

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

## 9 June

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

## 10 June

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

## 11 June

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

## 12 June

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

## 13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Mapou, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Henrietta | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore in the Western Channel, Sydney. |
| Otto | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Kolberg. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a port in the Grand Duchy of Finland. |

## 14 June

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

## 16 June

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

## 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camille | France | The ship was driven ashore at Cronslot, Russia. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Harmony | Jersey | The smack ran aground in the River Neath. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Jersey. She was refloated. |
| Solon | United States | The barque was wrecked on the Suttle Inagua Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Cuba. |

## 18 June

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

## 19 June

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

## 20 June

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

## 21 June

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

## 22 June

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

## 23 June

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

## 24 June

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

## 25 June

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

## 26 June

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

## 27 June

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

## 28 June

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

## 29 June

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

## 30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castro Primiero | Portugal | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Domesnes, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Riga, Russia. |
| Roomport | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Caloo Bank and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Zeirikzee, South Holland. She was refloated but consequently sank. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agatha | Cape Colony | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Umtata River with the loss of three of the six people on board. She was on a voyage from the Buffalo River to the Umtata River. |
| Burgermeister Bencard | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 14 June. She was on a voyage from Odessa to a British port. |
| Caldera | United States | The barque was wrecked on a reef off Fanning Island, Gilbert and Ellice Islands. All on board were rescued. |
| Charlotte Bourne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Mauritius before 21 June. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Moulmein, Burma. |
| Christine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar before 10 June. She was on a voyage from Odessa to an English port. |
| Douce Davie | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Bluefields, Nicaragua in late June. She was on a voyage from Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, United States to Belize City, British Honduras. |
| Eppion | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore before 3 June. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| France | France | The ship was wrecked before 10 June. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Fritz | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar before 10 June. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to New York. |
| Garrick | Gibraltar | The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States before 25 June. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to New York. Garrick was later refloated. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tatmagouche, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Kalica | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar before 10 June. She was on a voyage from "Ismael" to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Lowder | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked between the Conflict Reef and Orange Island. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Marie | France | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar before 10 June. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Martinique. |
| Mary | British North America | The ship was wrecked on Big Mud Island, Province of Canada in mid-June. |
| St. Mary | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on a reef off Barbacoas. She was refloated and put back to Panama City, Republic of Colombia. |
| Prince of Wales | New South Wales | The brig capsized in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Howe with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip, Victoria to Sydney. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar before 10 June. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to an English port. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Torres Strait before 6 June. Seventeen people were rescued from Booby Island, New South Wales on that date by Trafalgar ( New South Wales). Victoria was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Mauritius. |
| Witness | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked near Cape Northumberland, South Australia before 7 June. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to Melbourne. |