The list of shipwrecks in June 1849 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1849.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Christina | The sloop was driven wrecked on a sandbank off Burghead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Ballachulish, Inverness-shire to Burghead. [1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Christiana | The schooner ran aground in the Storsund. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Hammerfest, Norway. She was refloated and taken in to Hammerfest. [2] | |
| Henriette | The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated. [3] | |
| Stewart | The ship sprang a leak and foundered between Barrow Head and the Mull of Galloway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland and Sunderland, County Durham. [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Achsah | The brig ran aground in the River Eske. She was on a voyage from Donegal to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] | |
| Charles | The schooner ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated. [3] | |
| Clydesdale | The ship ran aground at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Faro. She was refloated and taken in to Faro in a leaky condition. [5] | |
| Enchantress | The fishing schooner was lost on Cape Sable Island. Crew saved. [6] | |
| Euterpe | The barque was driven ashore north of Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated. [7] [5] | |
| Hebe | The ship was driven ashore in the Shrewsbury Inlet. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. She was refloated. [5] | |
| Joseph R. Pim | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William V. Kent ( | |
| St. Andrew | | The ship was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States to Arichat, Nova Scotia. [9] [10] |
| Woodbine | The ship capsized in a squall at Cape Cove, Newfoundland, British North America. [7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hebe | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [3] | |
| Shield | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Río Grande. [11] | |
| Swallow | The whaler, a brig was beached the coast of Iceland, having been trapped in ice from 24 March to 2 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Greenland. She was declared a total loss. [12] [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emily | | The schooner was wrecked in Palliser Bay en route from Nelson to Otago, with the loss of all hands. [13] |
| Graham | The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [14] | |
| Shield | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the River Grande. [15] | |
| Waterman № 8 | The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and was beached in the River Thames at Custom House, London. She was on a voyage from Custom House to Woolwich, Kent. All on board survived. [16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jena | The brig ran aground in the Blanes Islets, off Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Veracruz, Mexico to Port-au-Prince. She was refloated and taken in to Port-au-Prince, where she was condemned. [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dove | The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [14] | |
| Marie Cattarine | The ship struck the Isle Brail Rock and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure to "Donelau". [14] | |
| Simon Taylor | The ship was wrecked on the Shingles, off the coast of Kent. [18] [19] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diana | The ship was driven ashore at Milsons Point, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated. [20] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Teazer | The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. She was refloated. [5] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Young Daniel | The schooner was run down and sunk by the brig Vargas ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Jane | The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay and sank. Her 50 crew survived. [23] | |
| McLellam | The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay. She was abandoned on 16 June. Her crew survived. [23] | |
| Prince of Wales | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in Davis Strait. Her crew survived. [23] | |
| St. Michael | The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Billingsgate, London. All six people on board survived. [24] | |
| Superior | The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay and sank. Her crew survived. [23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emma | The steamship was wrecked at Point Devi, near Masulipatam, India. Her crew were rescued. [25] [26] | |
| John Fielden | The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. [14] | |
| La Lucie | | The polacca was wrecked on the Sahara coast of Africa. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Algiers to "Gorea" and the Gambia River. [27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [28] | |
| New Orleans |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albion | The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground, off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. [8] | |
| Sisters | The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. [8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bee | The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. [21] | |
| Jean Bart | The ship ran aground at South Shields. [21] | |
| Nederward | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Romer Shoal. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York. [31] She was refloated on 10 July and towed in to New York. [32] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Swallow | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the Liverpool Lightship ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fancy | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Newport, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim. [33] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gamma | The ship ran aground off "Buschar", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated. [35] | |
| Gertruida Lammechina | The tjalk was in collision with the schooner Hoffnung ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | | The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the Hutt River. [37] |
| Torrington | The schooner was wrecked near Woosung, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Woosung. [26] | |
| Vrouw Antje | The ship capsized in the "Pegumeroad". [7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empress | The brigantine was driven ashore at Perth, Swan River Colony. [38] | |
| Energy | The ship ran aground on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and beached at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. [5] | |
| Lady Jane | The whaler was wrecked in Melville Bay. At least 22 crew survived. [39] | |
| Nautilus | The ship ran aground off Crosshaven, County Cork and was damaged. [40] She was on a voyage from Thessaloniki, Greece to Crosshaven. [5] | |
| Rose | The ship was driven ashore on Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Colberg to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Stralsund in a leaky condition. [35] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cabrass | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal with some loss of life. [41] | |
| Emperor | The ship ran aground and broke her back in the Charles River, Province of Canada, British North America. [9] | |
| Hillechine | The kuff was driven ashore near "Tialtring", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Memel. [36] [42] | |
| Hoffnung | First Schleswig War: The koff was driven ashore at "Klitmoller", Denmark. She was subsequently declared a prize by Denmark. [43] | |
| Mervin | The ship was driven ashore at Leba, Prussia. [35] | |
| Sarah | | The cutter was wrecked in Marquis Bay. [44] |
| Victoria | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at "Sadur Kadur", India with the loss of four of her crew. [25] She was on a voyage from Amherst, Burma to Calcutta, India. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fishers | The sloop ran aground and sank on the Middle Bank. Her crew were rescued. [45] | |
| Gateshead Park | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Palma, Mallorca, Spain. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate, Kent. [5] | |
| Johanna | The ship was driven ashore near Ringkøbing. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a port in Zealand. [36] | |
| Jonge Dirk | The ship was driven ashore near "Hunshy Kilt", Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Rostock. [42] | |
| Sally | The schooner ran aground off Borstahusen, Sweden. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Landskrona, Sweden. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antina Tjakkel | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at the entrance to the Agger Canal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a Baltic port. [36] | |
| Lowjee Family | | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay. [46] |
| Providence | The smack was in collision with London Merchant ( | |
| William Horatio | | The ship was driven ashore in Broad Cove, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Cork. She was consequently condemned. [48] [49] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agricola | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated and put in to Gravesend, Kent. [35] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kate | The smack was run into by the sloop Hercules ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Bartlett | The barque was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ( 50°49′N29°30′W / 50.817°N 29.500°W ) by Europa ( | |
| Milford | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Barbados. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbaodes. [52] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen | The ship was in collision with an Imperial Russian Navy man-of-war 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. [53] Ellen was taken in to Nexø, Denmark on 30 June in a waterlogged condition. [10] | |
| Flott | The ship was wrecked off "Porto Plata". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Porto Plata. [49] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | The schooner sank at the mouth of the Orne. [2] | |
| Edward | The ship sank at the mouth of the Orne. [2] | |
| Redwing | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Eliza ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ceres | The whaler was lost in the Osprey Channel off Cape Melville, New South Wales. Her 29 crew were rescued on 17 July by the barques Cadet and Symmetry (both | |
| Constant | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel. [36] | |
| Eugene | The ship departed from Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [57] | |
| Hoffnung | First Schleswig War: The tjalk was driven ashore at Harboøre, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rhauderfehn to Brevig, Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was subsequently declared a prize by Denmark. [43] | |
| Mary Matthew | The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Cork. She was refloated. [49] | |
| Precursor | The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated. [49] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia | | The barque was wrecked at "Continbuga", Brazil before 3 June. [58] |
| Ann | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She had been refloated by 14 June. [10] | |
| Barkhill | The ship was driven ashore near Pernambuco, Brazil before 4 June. [2] She was refloated on 14 June. [44] | |
| Enterprise | | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was towed in to Flores Island, Azores in late June. [59] |
| Esop, or Usuff | The brig was driven ashore north of Rangoon, Burma before 29 June. [60] | |
| Mary Jane | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 June. All on board were rescued by the brig Brothers ( | |
| Nederwaard | The barque ran aground on the Romer Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York City, United States. [48] | |
| Patriot | | The whaler, a brig, was lost in Hawkes Bay during a storm. Her crew were rescued. [13] [61] |
| Sarah Chune | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 June. [62] | |
| Sea Flower | The ship was wrecked west of Eastbourne, Sussex. [63] | |
| Scindian | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony before 23 June. She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Phoenix ( | |
| Torrington | The schooner was wrecked near Woosung, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Woosung. [25] |
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