List of shipwrecks in August 1849

The list of shipwrecks in August 1849 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1849.

August 1849
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1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Flores Island, Azores. She was taken in to Flores Island.[1]
Scotia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Mandan Island, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada. She was refloated and towed in to Quebec City.[2]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Beaver  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Eyemouth.[1]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The smack struck a sunken rock and foundered off Crow Point, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey.[1]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Gertrudes  Spain The ship was wrecked on Anegada de Adrento, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Cádiz and Vera Cruz, Mexico.[3]
Marietta Trieste The ship capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Malta. She was refloated and beached at Penarth, Glamorgan.[1]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Amalia  Greece The brig ran aground at Malta. She was on a voyage from La Spezia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Cork, United Kingdom.[4]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Tipula  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was refloated on 13 August.[5]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Mellneragen", Prussia. Her crew were rescued.[2]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Courier de la Rainee  France The ship caught fire at Cette, Hérault]].[2]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Friendshipe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Scharhörn and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hamburg.[4]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Gipsy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked at Cape Turnagain during a heavy gale. All hands were saved.[6]
Marmeluke  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Freshwater Point, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Provine of Canada, British North America.[7]


17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Adeline  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel and ran aground in the River Tyne.[4]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Arsene  France The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Europa Point, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude to Rouen, Seine-Maritime. She was refloated.[5]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Liffey  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Cobler Rocks, in Long Bay, Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Grenada.[8][3]
Lucy and Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Deal, Kent.[4]
Roland  France The ship was wrecked on the Creston Rocks, off Mazatlan, Cuba with the loss of 25 lives. Survivors were rescued by HMS Champion ( Royal Navy).[9]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Woolsington  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Castle Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Challenger  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "La Hove", British North America. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[7]
Orion  France The ship was lost near Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was on a voyage from Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude to Marseille.[11]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Enchantress United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Cape Colony The ship was wrecked between the Green Point Lighthouse and Mouille Point. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Town to Port Natal.[12]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Blonde  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America to the Clyde.[7]
Phœbe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Penna River with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Coringa to Madras, India.[13]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Brigand  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 Newcastle upon Tyne to Dover, Kent. She was refloated the next day.[11]
Damsel  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Nymph (Template:Country data UKGBIcivil) and sank off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued.[11]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands. She ws on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cronstadt, Russia.[5]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Swallow  United Kingdom The ship struck the Pentland Skerries and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Memel, Prussia.[11]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Anna Maria  Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hamburg. She was refloated and out in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands in a leaky condition.[5]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Deal, Kent before resuming her voyage.[11]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Brightman  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Worthing, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[5]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Fruiterer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was wrecked on Belle Isle, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from "Lance-au-Loupe" to a port in Labrador.[14]
Three Sisters  United Kingdom The sloop foundered off "Fraytayel Head", Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[5]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Chedabucto Head, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire]]. Temporary repairs were made and she was refloated the next day, departing for Liverpool. She consequently put back to Halifax, Nova Scotia in a leaky condition on 7 September.[7]
Lady Mary Pelham  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Port Fairy, New South Wales. Her crew survived.
Union  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 2 September and resumed her voyage.[15]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ann Hall  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America before 24 August. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpoo, Lancashire. She was refloated and put in to "Chebique", where she was condemned.[7]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States to Constantinople, Ottman Empire. She was refloated but subsequently drove ashore on the coast of Troy. She was again refloated and reached the Dardanelles on 13 August.[5]
Comfort United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner left Wellington on August 22 and was found upside down in Queen Charlotte Sound some time later. All seven on board perished.[6]
Neptune United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked near Long Point (Taramahiti Point) on the Mahia Peninsula during a heavy gale. All hands were saved.[6]
Elizabeth  Netherlands The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Lodshaven, Denmark between 11 and 31 August. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Dordrecht, South Holland.[5]
Marie Antoinette  Belgium The ship was driven ashore on Bear's Cut, Florida, United States before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and put in to Key West, Florida.[7]
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Donegal after 11 August. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was later refloated and put back to Greenock, where she arrived on 8 September.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (20248). London. 7 August 1849. col C, p. 6.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (20263). London. 24 August 1849. col D, p. 6.
  3. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (20290). London. 25 September 1849. col F, p. 3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (20261). London. 22 August 1849. col F, p. 2.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Ship News". The Times (20271). London. 3 September 1849. col E, p. 7.
  6. 1 2 3 Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 48–49.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ship News". The Times (20285). London. 19 September 1849. col A, p. 7.
  8. ↑ "The West India Mails". The Times (20289). London. 24 September 1849. col F, p. 4.
  9. ↑ "America". The Times (20311). London. 19 October 1849. col A, p. 5.
  10. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20291). London. 26 September 1849. col D, p. 7.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ship News". The Times (20268). London. 30 August 1849. col C, p. 7.
  12. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20318). London. 27 October 1849. col A, p. 7.
  13. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20319). London. 29 October 1849. col D, p. 8.
  14. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20303). London. 10 October 1849. col B, p. 7.
  15. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (20279). London. 12 September 1849. col D, p. 7.
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