List of shipwrecks in January 1852
Ship Country Description
Albion United Kingdom The ship struck the quayside and sank at Freefield , Shetland Islands . She was refloated on 27 January and taken in to Lerwick for repairs
Dee United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris , Anglesey
Fisher United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the mouth of the River Spey
Henry William , or William Henry United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham to London . She had broken up by 12 January
Janet Moore United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Granton , Lothian . She was on a voyage from Clackmannan to Arbroath , Forfarshire . She was refloated and taken in to Leith , Lothian
Lord Algernon United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven , Cumberland . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dublin
Lyra United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cullen , Morayshire . Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus . She was on a voyage from Gothenburg , Sweden to Ramsey , Isle of Man and/or Liverpool , Lancashire
Magnolia United States The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion at St. Simon 's , Georgia . Thirteen people were killed , eleven were injured
Nine United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles ( 3.7 km ) east of Almería , Spain . She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage
Rambler United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Ipswich , Suffolk to Goole , Yorkshire
Sarah and Johanna Denmark The ship was wrecked at Bocarron
Spring United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Southwold , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Southwold . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Southwold
Susan United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles ( 11 km ) east of Dunbar , Lothian . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire to South Shields , County Durham
Swallow United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Findhorn , Morayshire . She was on a voyage from Sunderland , County Durham to Taire
The list of shipwrecks in January 1852 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1852.