List of shipwrecks in 1846

The list of shipwrecks in 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1846.

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January

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February

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March

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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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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1846

Ship	State	Description
Allison	United Kingdom	Lloyd's Register for 1846 listed the ship as lost. [1]
Bon Pasteur	France	The ship was driven ashore on Martinique. [1]
Caïman	France	The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. [2]
Caroline	Bremen	The ship was lost in the Orinoco. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Angostura, Venezuela. [3]
George I	France	The ship was destroyed by fire on the coast of Peru. [4]
La Colonne	France	The whaler was wrecked at "Paraki", New Zealand between 12 January and 23 September with the loss of three of her crew. [5] [6]
Lady of the Lake	New Zealand	The sailing vessel was holed and grounded at Manukau, en route from Wellington to Auckland, in late February or early March. [7]
Mithridate	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore at "Guanacoce", Puerto Rico. [1]
Resource	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Liverpool, Lancashire. [8]
Severn	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Aracati, Mexico. Her crew survived. [9]
Stakesby	United Kingdom	The ship foundered without a trace while sailing from London to Quebec.
Susan	United Kingdom	The ship foundered on a voyage from London to the Cape Colony with the loss of all hands.
Terrier	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. [10]

References

1. "Ship News". The Times. No. 19377. London. 26 October 1846. col E-F, p. 8.
2. "Naval". Daily News. No. 29. London. 3 July 1846.
3. "Ship News". The Times. No. 19177. London. 6 March 1846. col E, p. 8.
4. "Ship News". The Times. No. 19213. London. 17 April 1846. col C, p. 7.
5. "Ships' Mails". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 26 September 1845. p. 2.
6. "Wednesday, September 23, 1846". New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian. Vol. II, no. 120. Wellington. 23 September 1846. p. 2.
7. Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 42.
8. "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 22807. London. 8 January 1847.
9. "Ship News". The Times. No. 19224. London. 30 April 1846. col E, p. 8.
10. "Ship News". The Times. No. 19418. London. 12 December 1846. col C, p. 8.