The list of shipwrecks in June 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1844.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Bess | British Honduras | The drogher, a schooner, capsized off Berbice. [1] |
Catis | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Fish Key, off the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Havana, Cuba. [1] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Caroline Ottilie | Prussia | The ship capsized off South Shields, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to South Shields. She was later towed in to South Shields and beached. [2] |
Iroquoise | United Kingdom | The ship was driven against the pier at Calais, France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Calais to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She put back to Calais for repairs. [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Elcokie, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. [1] |
St. David | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Belan Point, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [4] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Angelo | France | The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Bordeaux, Gironde. [5] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Queen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kerries, in Ballyteague Bay. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day. [6] |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Delabole Point, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. [6] |
Kitty Harvey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated the net day and put in to Belfast, County Antrim. [7] |
Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Culloden | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Blacksod Bay. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to London. [7] |
Jeanette | Belgium | The ship ran aground on the Bolvah Heist, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Antwerp. She was refloated and arrived at Antwerp in a leaky condition. [7] |
Onceo | United States | The ship ran into Angelo ( France) and was beached in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [5] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Stettin. [11] She had become a wreck by 5 July. [12] |
Clarence | New South Wales | The whaler was wrecked on the Chesterfield Bank. [13] |
Mary Barry | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Baltimore, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. [14] |
Oneco | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from America to Liverpool, Lancashire. [15] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pansey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Pistolet Bay. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to "Blune Sablons". She was refloated but was consequently condemned. [16] |
Erin | United Kingdom | The brig was severely damaged in a collision with the barque William and Mary ( United Kingdom ) in the Saint Lawrence River. [17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Duke | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Mud Bank, at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 15 June and resumed her voyage. [18] [15] |
Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in St Bride's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Waterford. [14] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cock of the North | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from the River Spey to Aberdeen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [19] |
Helen | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew survived. [20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Halmstad, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Königsberg, Prussia. [21] |
Fame | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Hull. She was refloated but was consequently beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [22] |
Seaflower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. [5] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arvales | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. [23] |
Bazar | Rostock | The ship was driven ashore on "Bramnasbad". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and put in to Gothenburg, Sweden. [24] |
Joseph and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Morup, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. [25] |
Munster Lass | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the east coast of Barbadoes. Her crew survived. [15] [26] |
Soli Deo Glorio | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Kolberg. Her crew were rescued. [24] [23] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cádiz | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Hamburg. [23] |
Courier | France | The fishing sloop foundered off Lamb Head, Stronsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued. [27] [28] |
Jeune Cupidon | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Perranporth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. [23] |
Lucy | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Düne. She was refloated and put in to the Elbe. [23] |
Manchester | Hamburg | The paddle steamer was wrecked in the neighborhood of Riesen Sand, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Elbe with the loss of all on board, about 40 lives. She was on a voyage from Hull to Hamburg. [29] [30] [31] |
Palmyra | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tralee, County Cork. [19] |
Stormont | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Moy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to London. [32] [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sir Archibald Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cockburn Reef, in the Torres Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Singapore. Also reported as wrecked on 1 June. [33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eleanor | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. [19] |
Princess Victoria | United Kingdom | The cutter ran aground on a reef in Croehn Bay Grenada. She floated off and sank. [9] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amelia | Martinique | The schooner capsized off Martinique with the loss of eleven lives. [34] |
Edouard | France | The ship was wrecked near Bay Robert, Martinique. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Port Royal, Jamaica. [25] |
Gloucester | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Saint Petersburg. She was refloated. [17] |
Helena | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was wrecked on Wangerooge with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hocksiel to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [17] |
Jette Maria | Norway | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off the Utklippan Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. [35] [36] |
Maria I | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Colorados, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Havana, Cuba. [37] |
Palladium | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. [11] |
Speedwell | Isle of Man | The ship caught fire at Castletown and was scuttled. [38] |
Syrinx | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Boon Island, Maine, United States and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Boston, Massachusetts. [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Apollo | Royal Navy | The Lively-class frigate ran aground on the Grain Spit, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Sheerness, Kent. [11] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Chatham, Kent. [23] |
Henriette and Bertha | France | The ship ran aground on the Risbank, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and towed in to Saint Petersburg. [17] |
Jean Hastie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cranberry Head, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. [5] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Robert and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Hamburg. [38] |
Storfursten | Sweden | The steamship ran aground off Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland then Reval and Saint Petersburg, Russia. [20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isabella | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Flinders Island, Van Diemen's Land. Her passengers and crew were rescued by the brig Flying Fish ( United Kingdom ). Isabella was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London. [39] [40] |
Success | British North America | The schooner struck rocks and foundered off "Frisket Island", Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Halifax, Nova Scotia. [5] |
Thunder | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda with the loss of three lives. [41] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Active | Prussia | The ship ran aground on the Middle Grounds. She was on a voyage from Memel to Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 26 June and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark. [36] |
Barrington | United States | The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. [25] |
Marquis of Huntly (or Marquis of Huntley) | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Briton Island" or "Brier Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City and Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Canada, British North America to Cork with cargo of deals. [42] [43] [44] |
Matilda | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Bellinger River. [13] |
Rothschild | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from Apalachicola, Florida Territory to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory for repairs. [37] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anna | Hamburg | The ship foundered off Nordeney, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. [17] |
Galena | United Kingdom | The brig caught fire at Hull, Yorkshire and was scuttled. [21] [45] She was later refloated and beached. [25] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Upgang Chine, Yorkshire. [21] She was refloated on 2 July and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire. [36] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Brunswick Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. [38] She was refloated on 6 July. [1] |
Pandora | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned 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. [46] |
Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford. She was refloated. [28] |
Sultan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford. She was refloated. [28] |
Thomas P. Cope | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Delaware City, Delaware. [5] [47] |
Thunder | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda with the loss of three lives. [48] |
Token | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Brunswick Sand. [38] She was refloated on 6 July. [1] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Levant | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hubert Sandbank, in the Ems. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Hamburg. [36] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Runswick Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. [28] |
Ritchie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at St. Shott's, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to the Clyde. [49] |
Token | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Runswick Sand. [28] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aurelian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Matane, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated on 1 July. [42] |
Coronation | 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 Dantsic to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a sinking condition. [38] |
Courier | Barbadoes | The ship ran aground off Saint Lucia and was damaged. [9] |
Louise | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. [25] [50] |
Success | British North America | The schooner was lost off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. [42] |
Urania | Prussia | The brig was in collision with the schooner Gustave Adolph ( Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) and was driven ashore at Antwerp, Belgium. [51] She was refloated on 3 July. [52] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gleaner | United Kingdom | The barque struck an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 45°30′N48°50′W / 45.500°N 48.833°W ). Her fifteen crew were rescued from the wreck on 30 June by Try Again ( United Kingdom ). [26] |
Hannibal | British North America | The ship was wrecked near "Bartletts River", Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick. [37] |
Rosette | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Neckman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from St Davids, Pembrokeshire to Cronstadt Russia. [53] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Constant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Boughton Island, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Trois-Rivières, Province of Canada, British North America. [5] |
Urania | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated on 3 July and beached. [35] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Giraffe | United States | The brig was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. [54] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anna Dorothea | Norway | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Calvados, France. Her crew were rescued. [11] |
Bozzari | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Psara, Kingdom of Greece in early June. [53] |
Bristolian | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Cape Votas, Africa before 28 June. Her crew were rescued. [16] |
Camilla | Van Diemen's Land | The whaler was wrecked in Streaky Bay. Her crew survived. [55] |
Carol Mathilde | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Calvados with the loss of all hands. [11] |
Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship struck rock off Kerch, Russia and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to an English port. [56] |
Gondolier | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Vansittart's Rocks, in Gaspar Strait, before 13 June. She was on a voyage from China to London. [57] Joseph found Gondolier abandoned, having lost her rudder, but with all her rigging standing. |
Minerva | France | The ship was wrecked at Psara in early June. [53] |
Penelope | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Psara in early June. [53] |
Robert Watson | United Kingdom | The Humber keel foundered in the North Sea off Seaton, County Durham in mid-June. The wreck came ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire on 29 June. [17] |
Sterling | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 June. [6] |
William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Point la Haye, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, British North America to Cork. [49] |
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Ship commissionings: | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 |
Shipwrecks: | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 |