List of shipwrecks in January 1844

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1844.

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Amity  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
British Oak  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Rock Angus. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Rush, County Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2][3]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Perth to Drogheda, County Louth.[4]
Marys  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked near Achininver, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5][4]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Angelina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Luing. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. Angelina was refloated and taken into Easdale in a leaky condition.[5][6]
Cynthia Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Carron Rock. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[2] She was refloated the next day.[7]
Gratitude  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated.[4]
Jane and Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore west of Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 5 January.[5][4]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London.[8][3]
Sir James Gordon  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham.[9][10]
St. John  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay off Bootle, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America.[8][11]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Agnes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Manningtree, Essex. She was refloated the next day and put into Mistley, Essex.[2][4][12]
Amitie France The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Mauritius. She was later refloated.[13][14][15]
Bordeaux France The ship was driven onto a reef off Mauritius.[13] All on board were rescued.[15] She had been refloated by 2 February and taken into Mauritius for repairs.[16]
Cosacco Ottoman Empire The ship was driven ashore at Sigri, Greece. She was on a voyage from Galați to Constantinople and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated on 4 January and towed into Sigri.[17][18]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Fish Keys, off Crooked Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Cork.[19]
Hercules United States The ship struck the Brake Sand, in the North Sea and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York.[2][3][7]
Hugh Mathie  United Kingdom The East Indiaman, on her maiden voyage, was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mauritius with the loss of a crew member. She was later refloated but ran aground on a reef and was wrecked.[20][13][15]
Malay India The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Mauritius. All on board were rescued.[13][15]
Marion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Mauritius. All on board were rescued.[13][15]
Susanna Cummin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Rhyl, Denbighshire. She was refloated.[2]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Shepherdess United States The ship was wrecked in the Mississippi River near Cahokia, Illinois with the loss of 70 to 100 lives.[21]
Theodore France The ship was wrecked off Île Pélee, Seine-Inférieure with the loss of three of her crew.[5]
Walger United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off the American coast. Her crew were rescued by the barque Pons ( United States). Walger was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to New York.[1]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Cowndon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to London. She was refloated and beached at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk and was subsequently taken into Great Yarmouth.[5]
Gratitude  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Traverse, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was later refloated.[22]
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Saltstone Rocks, off Boyndie, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Burghead, Morayshire to Aberdeen.[23]
John  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Hare Island, County Galway.[5] She was on a voyage from Galway to London.[24] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[25]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Cap Camarat, Var, France. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Margarets  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Cape Farina, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from Tunis to Hull, Yorkshire.[27]
Napoleon France The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the coast of Venezuela. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Maracaibo, Venezuela. She was refloated and taken into Maracaibo.[28]
Tartar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mauritius. She was later refloated.[20]
Tra Brodre Sweden The ship ran aground off Grasgard with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to an English port.[29][30][31]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Antonio Bremen The ship was wrecked east of Tromøya, Norway.[29]
Averhof Prussia The ship was wrecked off Merdø, Norway with the loss of all hands.[29]
Eagle  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the River Tay. She subsequently drove ashore and was damaged.[7]
Edward Stettin The ship was wrecked near the entrance to the Agger Canal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Stettin.[32]
Kingston  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She put into Christiansand, Norway.[32]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. She floated off and was driven ashore at Cahore Point, County Wexford, where she subsequently became a wreck. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bombay, India.[5][33]
Prince Albert  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and was damaged off Bandon, County Cork.[34]
Providence United States The ship was driven ashore at Mobile, Alabama.[1]
Stephens  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the River Tay.[7]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Cambridge  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon.[35] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Valparaíso, Chile.[36]
Fanny  United Kingdom The sloop was driven onto the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued.[6][24]
Helen United States The ship ran aground off Ice Island, in the Gaspar Strait. She was refloated on 10 March.[13][37]
Nymph  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Rika Prussia The ship was wrecked off Justøy, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wolgast to London, United Kingdom.[29]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The collier ran aground on the Herd Sand, off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed into South Shields.[12]
Assiduous  United Kingdom The collier ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed into South Shields.[12]
Castor  United Kingdom The sloop collided with the schooner Speedy (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey) and foundered off Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of one of her two crew.[22][12]
David and Robert  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and was beached at Tarbert, Ayrshire.[38]
Erin  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[22][12]
Familien Netherlands The ship ran aground at "Graedyh", Denmark. She subsequently put into Fredrikshavn. She was on a voyage from Nieuwstadt, Limburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[39]
Guardiana  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[22][12]
Harmony  United Kingdom The collier ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat.[12] She was refloated on 17 January.[38]
Johanna Maria Christina Netherlands The ship capsized at Amsterdam, North Holland. She was later righted.[25]
Lisette Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Buccari, Austrian Empire.[40]
Woodbine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Yarmouth.[41]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Baronet  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Galita" or the "Island of Galati". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26][27]
Dorothy Gales  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portneyon Point, Glamorgan.[34]
Elizabeth and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Branshay Bay, Orkney Islands. she was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[42] She was refloated on 11 January and taken into Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.[38]
Lawson  United Kingdom The ship sank off Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Mark Breeds  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to London. She was refloated and taken into Whitstable, Kent.[33]
New Flora  United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with Rebecca ( United Kingdom) and foundered off the Kentish Knock.[43]
Old Year's Gift  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[33][44]
Thomas and Ann  United Kingdom The ship was dismasted off Lough Swilly and was abandoned by her crew.[45]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with a Dutch galliot off Trevose Head, Cornwall and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was towed into Padstow, Cornwall the next day in a waterlogged condition.[34]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[29]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Alerte Sweden The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and assisted into Wivenhoe, Essex.[46][47]
Jane White  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was righted the next day.[47]
John and Robert  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Foreland Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[42]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was holed by a sunken rock off Jersey, Channel Islands. She put into Jersey the next day.[42]
Newburg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France whilst under tow and was run into by another vessel and damaged. She was refloated and towed into Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France for repairs.[48]
Pomona  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on The Shingles. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherland to New York, United States. She was refloated and towed into Ramsgate, Kent.[33]
Talbot  Brazil The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Santa Maria, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Trieste.[49]
Viscount Downe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[25]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Amore Jaccarina Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Navarino, Greece. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galați, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[50]
Ana Spain The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and put into Ramsgate, Kent.[34]
Concordia  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Ramsgate.[34]
Friends United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore at Canso, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Newfoundland. She was refloated on 29 January and resumed her voyage.[17]
Gulnare Bremen The ship was sighted in the Strait of Sunda whilst on a voyage from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies to Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]
Hercules Spain
Figurehead of Hercules.
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana. She was refloated and put into Ramsgate.[34]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Maria Klindburg Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on Staten Island, New York, United States by ice.[52] She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.[53]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Actif Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship struck a floating wreck and foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage form Helsinki to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[54]
Active United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[41] She had been refloated by 17 February.[55]
Ann Creighton  United Kingdom The ship departed from Gibraltar for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[56]
Anna Cecilia Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated and put into Margate, Kent.[25]
Ariel  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[57][45]
Helen Mar  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Java Head, Netherlands East Indies whilst on a voyage from Singapore to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Barclay  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. She was refloated and put into Donaghadee, County Down.[42]
Borussia Stettin The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin to New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States and the South Seas. She was refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[32]
Catherine United States The ship was wrecked in the Beaver River with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Virginia to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[1][49]
Charlotte Ann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[41][1]
Hindostan  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the James and Mary Sand, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Suez, Egypt. She was refloated on 16 January.[20]
Johanna de Vries Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Trieste. She was refloated and put into Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom for repairs.[42]
Sarah and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[42]
Thomas and James  United Kingdom The ship sank at Whitby, Yorkshire She was refloated.[25]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Active  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Jolly, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[49][58]
Bolivar  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[59]
Hercules  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 15 April and taken into South Shields, County Durham.[60][25][61]
Jules France The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[30]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship struck the quayside and sank at Caernarvon. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Caernarvon.[38]
Osprey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Calvados, France.[32]
William and Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea, presumed subsequently sank.[62]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Pellier", Loire-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued.[17]
Prince Mighete Kourcho Ottoman Empire The ship was driven ashore at Cap Camarat, Var, France with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ibrailha to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[63]
Reparateur France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Barcelona, Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Port-Vendres, Pyrenées-Atlantiques.[64]
Ste Philomene France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cette, Hérault with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Nice, Alpes-Maritimes to Cette.[63]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Martha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Galway. She was refloated and taken into Galway.[32]
Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Hoy. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to Limerick.[63] She was refloated on 29 January.[65]
Rowland Hill  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with an American ship in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of the Isles of Scilly. She was abandoned the next day. Rowland Hill was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was taken into Dover, Kent in a waterlogged condition, arriving on 29 January.[39]
Vrow Johanna Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Schulhoek Bank, off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and was towed into Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[54]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Archangel  Russia The brig was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[30]
Benedict  Russia The schooner was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[30]
Betty  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[30]
Caroline  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[30]
Heinrich Prussia The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Bolderāja.[30]
James Wilson United States The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and towed into New York.[66]
Pendocrata  Russia The brig was wrecked in the Dardanelles.[67]
Penelope  Greece The schooner was wrecked in the Dardanelles.[67]
Sankiri Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Mardyck Point, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Oran, Algeria.[32]
Thomas Laurence Denmark The schooner was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[30]
Wilhelm  Russia The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Bolderāja.[30]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Borodino Portugal The ship ran aground at New York, United States and was beached. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to the Rio Grande.[68]
Edward Goodrich  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pelican Reef, off Barbados. She was refloated.[1]
Emulous  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Needham's Point, Barbados. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Honduras to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day.[1]
Giazone Kingdom of Sardinia The ship was lost near Alicante, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Genoa.[69]
Henry Kelsey United States The barque was driven ashore at Oistnis Point, Barbados. She was refloated.[1]
Jeune Louis France The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Dénia, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Brest, Finistère.[70]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bideford, Devon.[32]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken into Maryport.[32]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Irvine, Ayrshire.[32][71] William was refloated on 5 February 1844 and taken into Ayr.[72]
William and Betty  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 21 January.[32]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Active  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Southwold, Suffolk.[62]
Carib United States The ship was driven ashore on St. David's Island, Bermuda. she was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to the River Plate. She was refloated and towed into Hamilton, Bermuda.[19]
Falke Bremen The ship was driven ashore at Bremen. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Bremen.[64] She was refloated on 31 January.[73]
Mercurius Norway The ship was driven ashore near "Hoiewarde". She was on a voyage from Bergen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken into "Kobervig".[66]
Scotia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bremen.[64] She was refloated on 31 January.[73]
Swea Sweden The ship was driven ashore in the Elreborgsfjiord. She was refloated.[65]
Tricolor Sweden The ship was driven ashore at "Elreburg". She was refloated.[65]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Créole  French Navy The Créole-class corvette was driven ashore on Negropont, Greece. She was refloated on 27 January with assistance from HMS Vesuvius ( Royal Navy) and towed into Piraeus, Greece where she sank. She was later refloated.[58][74]
Hacoli United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Canso, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manheim, Province of Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[17]
Shepherdess  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and capsized. Her ten crew were rescued by the Deal boats Earl Grey, Po and Sparrow (all  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon.[32][75][76]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Bartley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was refloated and towed into Belfast, County Antrim in a leaky condition.[71]
Don Juan  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Vostizza, Greece. She was later refloated and repaired.[77]
Mermaid  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Vostizza. She was later refloated.[77]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Bertha Laura Denmark The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Fanø. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Roskilde.[26]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Albertina Amalia Sweden The ship was wrecked off "Palminecken" with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gotland to Helsingborg.[30]
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Murragh Spit, off the coast of County Donegal. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to Liverpool, Lancashire.[64]
Finnis  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London.[78]
Marie Magdalene France The ship was driven ashore at Pointe de Grave, Gironde.[52]
Oriental  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 80 to 90 nautical miles (150 to 170 km) north west of Malta by the barque St. Lawrence ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Racer (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey). Oriental was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria, Egypt.[77][79][80][81]
Superbe France The ship struck the La Basse Jaune Rock, in Douarneney Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. Superbe was refloated and towed into the "Île des Sems".[30]
Trafalgar  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hill Wharf Bank, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of the Fleetwood Lighthouse, Lancashire. She floated off the next day and sank. Her crew survived.[82]
Urania Prussia The brig sank at Antalya, Ottoman Empire.[17] Her crew were rescued.[27]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Æolus  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak off the coast of Wigtownshire and was beached in Saltpan Bay.[83]
Charles  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Harriot ( United Kingdom) and sank off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.[64]
Napoleon-le-Grand France The ship ran aground and capsized at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Havre de Gràce to Île Bourbon.[65]
Zeeuw Netherlands The Dutch government frigate was wrecked on the Banjest Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Middelburg, Zeeland.[84][85][86]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Alfred  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore near Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Ramsey, Isle of Man to Workington.[39][65] She was refloated on 29 January and was later taken into Workington.[84]
Anna  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[64]
Bess  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ironshore, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[58]
Fly United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The ship was wrecked in the Flint River.[58]
Lord Willoughby  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the East Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat.[64]
Mary Queen of Scots  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated several days later and taken into the Rio Grande.[78]
Nymph  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick. She was refloated on 29 January and taken into Kingstown, County Dublin.[65]
Rebecca  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Great River, Jamaica.[58]
Sheraton Grange  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Malta. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex.[83]
Queen Victoria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Zuidwal. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[52]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Beata Denmark The ship was beached in Stromstad Bay. She was on a voyage from Horsens to Christiana. Norway.[73]
Bellona Belgium The ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[52]
Eunomæia Denmark The ship was driven ashore near Gravelines, Nord. She was on a voyage from Stege to Dublin, United Kingdom.[65] She was refloated on 8 February.[66]
Helena  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken into Lowestoft, Suffolk.[83]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Aurora Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Maryport, Cumberland.[84][65] She was refloated on 4 February and taken into Maryport.[87]
Ferris  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Pernambuco, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London.[55]
Margaret United States The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Nassau, Bahamas.[58][88]
Pearl  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Thornham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[83]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Brest Rock, in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cork to the Clyde.[65]
Arninius Stettin The brig was wrecked on Vis, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.[89]
Eliza Stewart  United Kingdom HMS Serpent and HMS Wolverine shared salvage money for Eliza Stewart and her cargo for assistance they rendered to Eliza Stewart between 29 January and 25 February 1844.[90][91]
Malton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire.[84][85] The wreck was refloated on 5 February and towed into Whitby.[87]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Bahamas Reef. Her crew were rescued.[92]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1844
ShipStateDescription
Phœnix Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Pagansand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg.[26] She was refloated on 9 February 1844 and taken into Twielenfleth, Kingdom of Hanover.[93]

31 January

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