List of shipwrecks in July 1844

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

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July 1844
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29	30	31	Unknown date
References

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Lord Hill	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bridlington to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [1]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Eiland	Sweden	The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Oran, Algeria. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [1]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Sir William Wallace	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle. Her crew were rescued. [2]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Cameo	United Kingdom	The ship was lost off Kedgeree, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. [3] [4]
Elizabeth McDonald	British North America	The schooner capsized in a squall off Prince Edward Island. Her crew were rescued. [5]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Brothers	United Kingdom	The sloop ran aground in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Banff to Bremen. [6]
Magdalena Dorothea	Russia	The ship sprang a leak and was beached near "Kukanos". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg. [7]
Marshal Blucher	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Lisbon. [8]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Danube upstream of "Beni". [9]
Hannah	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Scotland (  United Kingdom ). [2]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Commercial	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She put back to South Shields and was beached. [10]
Vintage	United Kingdom	The ship struck rocks between Cullercoats and Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Clackmannan to London. She was refloated and put in to South Shields. [10] Subsequently repaired at North Shields. [11]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Ayrshire	United Kingdom	The barque was beached on La Gomera, Canary Islands in a capsized condition. She became a wreck on 13 November. [12]
Bon Père	France	The sloop ran aground off the Bout du Nez, on the Channel coast. [13]
Eliza and Mary	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in Pistolet Bay and was severely damaged. She was refloated the next day. Eliza and Mary was consequently condemned. [14]
Robert Watts	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off the coast of Sierra Leone. [15]
Viscountess Canning	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone. [15]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Patterson	New South Wales	The schooner was driven ashore in the Richmond River. She was on a voyage from the Richmond River to Sydney. [16]
Springflower	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Boscastle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Boscastle. [17]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Isabella	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [17]
Monica	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [17]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Alabama	United States	The ship ran aground off the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Bordeaux, Gironde. [6]
Demouth	Greifswald	The ship was in collision with Hoseana (  Hamburg) and foundered off Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig. She was on a voyage from Greifswald to an English port. [6] Demouth was refloated on 27 July and taken in to Rendsburg. [18]
Singapore	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Rye, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack British Rover (  United Kingdom ). Singapore was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. [17] [19]
Spence	United Kingdom	The West Indiaman was run aground and wrecked near Malin Head, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Londonderry. [19] [20]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Bourbonnais	France	The ship ran aground off Tahiti. She was towed off but consequently sank, Her crew were rescued. [21]
Deux Frères	France	The schooner was wrecked on Agaléga, Mauritius. Her crew survived. [22]
Ironsides	United Kingdom	The ship capsized at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was later righted. [23] [24]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Nostros Patrios	Spain	The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba. [25]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Phœnix	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [26]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
John o'Gaunt	United Kingdom	John o'Gaunt (right). The barque was sunk off Brighton, Sussex in an experiment by Captain Warner using his "invisible shells". [27] [28]
Lady of the Isles	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bideford, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [7]
Orion	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa. Her sixteen crew were rescued by a cutter from HMS Isis (  Royal Navy). [29] [30]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Lord Ashburton	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Strangford, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. [8] She was refloated on 31 August and beached at Portaferry, County Down. [31] Subsequently sold and towed to Liverpool for repairs. [32]
Storfursten	Sweden	The steamship ran aground off Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Reval and Saint Petersburg, Russia. [33] She was refloated and taken in to Turku for repairs. [34]
William Thompson	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated. [7]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Pandora	United Kingdom	The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Isabella (  United Kingdom ). Pandora was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Waterford. [35]
St. George	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and sank at "Ristrow". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Maryport, Cumberland. [36]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Elisabeth and Antoinette	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs, [8] and later to Gravesend, Kent. [18]
George Ponsonby	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [5] [37]
Susanna Wilhelmine	Dantzic	The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. [38] She was consequently condemned. [39]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Juno	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent for repairs. [40] [37]
Orange	United Kingdom	The schooner capsized whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Matanzas, Cuba. Her seven crew were rescued on 6 August by Vicksburg (  United States) but one of them died that day. [41] [42]
Robert Napier	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer caught fire and was beached at Ballycastle, County Antrim. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire. [40] Subsequently repaired. [43]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Henrik Johann	Lübeck	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Snogebæk, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland. [44]
Naiade	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. [8] Naiade was refloated and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands. [20]
Premier	United Kingdom	The East Indiaman was wrecked on Pulo Pajang, off the east coast of Borneo. All on board survived, but were taken prisoner. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to "Bally Badong". [45] [46]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Bessy	New South Wales	The schooner was wrecked in Anna Bay. Her crew survived. [47]
Collins	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was later refloated. [20]
Royal Admiral	United Kingdom	The East Indiaman, a barque, was wrecked at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aden. [48] [49]
Victoria	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce. She was later refloated. [20]
Violet	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce. She was later refloated. [20]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Indian	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to London. She was refloated on 28 July and resumed her voyage. [25] [2]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Duke of Clarence	United Kingdom	The ship was driven asher at Coalhouse Point, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Rochester. [38]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Emerald	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Byrum, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [34]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Gaverne, Cornwall. [50]
Sarah	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the "Dronoroe Bank". She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. [50]
Trio	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Trebarwith, Cornwall. [50]
William Watson	United Kingdom	The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea. One crew member was rescued by a Norwegian fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Riga to London. [51]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Charles Phillips	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun, Cornwall. [52]
Louisa	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun. [52]
Pomona	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on "Oyster Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City. Province of Canada, British North America to Sligo. She was refloated on 13 August and beached. [53]
Robert and Ann	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on Cap Spartel, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Messina, Sicily. [54]
Samuel & Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun. [52]
Syren	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at Cap Spartel. Her crew were rescued. [54]
Temperance	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun. [52]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1844

Ship	Country	Description
Cervantes	United States	The whaler, a barque, was wrecked in Jurien Bay before 8 July. [55]
Coronation	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted into Harwich, Essex. [56]
Desdemona	British North America	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arichat, Nova Scotia between 2 and 16 July. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Somerset, Massachusetts, United States. [5]
Diana	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Sanda Island. The wreck was towed in to Girvan, Ayrshire on 15 July. [6]
Graf von Blucher	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Monte Video, Uruguay before 25 July. [57]
Hannah	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned off Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America between 4 and 6 July. [58] Her captain remained on board; he was rescued the next day by Catherine (  United Kingdom ). [59]
Industrie	Russia	The ship was driven ashore near Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire before 16 July. [59]
James	New Zealand	The schooner was driven ashore by a southerly gale and wrecked in Palliser Bay on or about 8 July with the loss of two of her crew. [60] [61]
Judith	United Kingdom	The schooner was struck by lightning and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Loanda, Brazil. [50]
Liberty	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and put in to Christiansø, Denmark, where she arrived on 23 July in a sinking condition. [62]
Lord Ashburton	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Strangford, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick. [40]
Louis XIV	France	The ship ran aground on the Indian Key. She was on later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory. [63] She was consequently condemned. [42]
Madras	United Kingdom	The barque caught fire and was scuttled in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent before 13 July. [64]
Pontefract	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Conway Inlet, Prince Edward Island, British North America before 30 July. She was on a voyage from Oran, French Algeria to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North Americe. [2]
Portland	United Kingdom	The barque capsized at Cienfuegos, Cuba before 7 July. [53]
Royal Admiral	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near the Colaba Lighthouse, Bombay, India before 31 July. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aden. [3]
Sir Lionel Smith	United Kingdom	The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in a hurricane before 21 July. Her crew were rescued by Erie (  United States). Sir Lionel Smith was on a voyage from New York to Montego Bay, Jamaica. [58] [65]
Tay	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated with assistance from the schooner Lee and steamship Congress (both   United Kingdom ) and taken in to Havana in a leaky condition. [2]
Vladimir	Austrian Empire	The ship was lost in the Dardanelles. [40]
Wasp	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore south of Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 14 July. [66]

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