List of shipwrecks in 1844
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February
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abigail and Eliza |  United States |
The cargo schooner was lost at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. Crew saved.[1] |
| Amelia |  New South Wales |
The ship was wrecked whilst bound for an English port.[2] |
| Amity | United States |
The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles.[3] |
| Ashanteo | Flag unknown | The ship capsized in a squall off the coast of Africa. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked near "Assurie".[4] |
| Bilton |  United Kingdom |
The ship foundered 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) west of Sisal, Mexico before 2 March. She was on a voyage from Comarca Lagunera, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5] |
| Cameo | United Kingdom |
The East Indiaman was lost off Kedgeree, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India.[6][2] |
| Candahar | United Kingdom |
The East Indiaman was wrecked near Bombay India.[6][2] |
| Clyde | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles between 20 September and 11 November.[7] |
| Clarendon | Jamaica |
The schooner was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast before 3 September.[8] |
| Columbia | United Kingdom |
The schooner was wrecked whilst bound for an English port.[2] |
| Elise Eugenie |  France |
The ship was wrecked at "Joinville", in the West Indies.[9] |
| Guilhelm Ludwig |  Bremen |
The ship was wrecked in the "Garsi Islands" in October or November.[10] |
| Harmonie |  Sweden |
The ship was collided with another vessel and was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay before 5 November. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
| Lady St. Kilda | France |
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Tahiti.[12][13] |
| Lucky Lass | United Kingdom |
The brig was attacked by the local inhabitants in the Nicobar Islands and was scuttled before 27 June. Her crew were murdered.[14] |
| Nativitas | France |
The ship was wrecked at Martinique.[15] |
| Ocean | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Middle Bank, off the coast of Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone. She was consequently condemned.[16] |
| Roberts |  Spain |
The brigantine was run ashore and wrecked near Black Point, Sierra Leone before 21 March. She was engaged in the slave trade and was being pursued by HMS Madagascar ( Royal Navy).[17] |
| Rubens | France |
The whaler was wrecked in the Marquesas Islands. Her crew were rescued.[18] |
| Samuel Winter | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa before 10 October. Her crew were rescued.[19] |
| HNLMS "Slewa" |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
The Brig of War was wrecked on a reef north of "Poeloe-Karang", Netherlands East Indies before 17 April. Her crew were rescued.[20] |
| HMS Soudan | United Kingdom |
The paddle steamer ran aground in the Sierra Leone River and was wrecked.[21] |
| Success | New Zealand |
The schooner was wrecked in Bluff Harbour, where she had arrived from Otago. The anchor cable fouled while the anchor was being raised, carrying the schooner onto the rocks.[22] |
| Syrian | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Ichaboe Island before 10 October Her crew were rescued.[19] |
| Thomas Gelson | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 September. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[23] |
| Virginie |  French Navy |
The Artémise-class frigate was reported to have been wrecked whilst on a voyage from Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to Tahiti.[24] |
References
- ↑ "1845". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 5048. Aberdeen. 9 October 1844.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18555. London. 25 March 1844. col. E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 23302. London. 5 July 1844.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18559. London. 16 March 1844. col. E, p. 8.
- 1 2 "India and China". The Times. No. 18712. London. 11 September 1844. col. E-F, p. 5.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 23457. London. 1 January 1845.
- ↑ "Loss of the Clarendon". The Standard. No. 6309. London. 7 October 1844.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18572. London. 1 April 1844. col. E, p. 7.
- ↑ "The Attack on the Pirates of Borneo". The Times. No. 19094. London. 29 November 1845. col. C-D, p. 5.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18778. London. 26 November 1844. col. C-D, p. 7.
- ↑ "New Zealand". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 5 February 1845. p. 2.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Australian. Sydney. 6 February 1845. p. 2.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18718. London. 18 September 1844. col. E-F, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18558. London. 15 March 1844. col. A, p. 8.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18553. London. 9 March 1844. col. F, p. 8.
- ↑ "Capture of Five Slave Ships". The Morning Chronicle. No. 22916. London. 24 June 1844. p. 5.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18675. London. 30 July 1844. col. E, p. 8.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times. No. 18777. London. 25 November 1844. col. E, p. 8.
- ↑ "Hamburg and Dutch Mails". The Morning Chronicle. No. 23329. London. 6 August 1844.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence". The Standard. No. 6160. London. 15 April 1844. p. 1.
- ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 39.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19403. Edinburgh. 3 October 1844.
- ↑ "(untitled)". The Standard. No. 6309. London. 7 October 1844.
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