List of shipwrecks in December 1849

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

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Invoice	United Kingdom	The ship capsized at Swansea, Glamorgan.[1]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Mount Etna	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Swona, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[2]
Roeld Cuzen	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent in a leay condition.[3]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Alert	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[1]
Amelia and Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Dauntless	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Doubtful	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[4]
Gawland	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Henrietta	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Jeanette	France	The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from London to Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime. She was refloaed and put in to Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[4]
Lotus	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Margaret	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak. She was run ashore and wrecked at "Cambaes", Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Inner Dowsing Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[1]
Nimble	United Kingdom	The ship sank in the North Sea off Huntcliffe Foot, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Patterson	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Sceptre	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Thyratira	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Victoria	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[1]
W. Thompson	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[1]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Aurora	Denmark	The sloop ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescue.[1]
Betsey	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Doris	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was subsequently taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, where she arrived on 6 December.[4]
South Shields Lifeboat	United Kingdom	The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of Aurora ( Denmark) and Betsey ( United Kingdom) with the loss of about 20 lives.[1]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Monica	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bridlington.[4]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Colon	Spain	The ship ran aground off Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Santander.[4]
Flirt	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[4]
Johanna	Belgium	The ship was lost off Nieuwpoort, West Flanders. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Ghent, West Flanders.[4]
Lord Hill	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged at Rye, Sussex.[4]
Mars	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Rose Sand, in the North Sea. She was consequently beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[4]
HMS Sappho	Royal Navy	HMS Sappho. The Racer-class brig-sloop ran aground in the Gulf of Honduras. She was later refloated.
Teazer	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand.[4]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
John and Peter	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the [Baltic Sea]]. She was on a voyage from Rostock to an English port.[2]
Verdant	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to an English port.[2]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Lion	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Glüückstadt, Duchy of Schleswig.[2]

12 Decemger

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah	[[|]]	The brig was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Hamburg.[2]
Zeffiro	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	The brig was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Hamburg.[2]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
John	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan]].[2]
Louisa	Russia	The schooner ran aground off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Riga. She was refloated and taken in to Rønne.[5]
Mary Jones	British North Ameri	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Port Eynon and Paviland, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Pugwash, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[6]
Patapsco	United States	This American brig, under Captain West, was wrecked on the reef outside Honolulu harbour.[7]
Venus	Guernsey	The ship ran aground on The Manacles and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Newport, Monmouthshire and Havana, Cuba.[2]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Henrii Betsii	Kingdom of Hanover	The ship was wrecked on Juist, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Brake.[5]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
James	United Kingdom	The ship was in collision with Kezia ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[8]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Antelope	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and put in to Aldeburgh for extra hands before resuming her voyage to London.[8]
Flora MacDonald	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Hats and Bands, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. She was refloated and put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in a leaky condition.[8]
Oneida	United States	The ship ran aground off the north west coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands and was wrecked. all on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime, France.[5]
Slaney	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and was damaged at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rouen, Seine-Maritime.[8]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Caroline	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire.[8]
Charlotte	Russia	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Gravelines, Nord, France. She was refloated and taken in to Dunkerque, Nord.[8]
Fortuna	Kingdom of Hanover	The ship was driven ashore on Spijkeroog. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to the Ems.[5]
Tweed	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Wedge Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Calais, France.[8]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Nicholas and Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore near "Steilsand". She was refloated on 23 December and resumed her voyage.[5]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Commercial Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was beached at North Berwick, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, Fife to Cromarty.[5]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Cato	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Mary Sarah	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Midge	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Whitstable, Kent.[5]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Nanny and Betty	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1849

Ship	Country	Description
Aimable Sociètè	France	The ship was abandoned before 20 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Maritime to Brest, Finistère.[8]
Albert	New Zealand	The Government survey schooner was wrecked at Mercury Bay during a heavy gale. All hands were saved.[9]
Aberfoyle	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[2]
Anna and Maria	Belgium	The ship was lost off Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp.[2]
Beta	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 14 December. Her crew were rescued by Petrel ( United Kingdom.[10]
Conqueror	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand with the loss of all hands before 28 December.[10]
Endeavour	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand before 14 December. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Scout ( Board of Customs).[10]
Grinder	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground whilst on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire. She was abandoned by her crew and was presumed to have foundered.[8]
Helena	Sweden	The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 14 December.[10]
Potentate	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Kingsdown, Kent. She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Ramsgate.[2]
Providence	New Zealand	The schooner was wrecked near Tauranga, during the same gale that wrecked the Albert ( New Zealand.[9]
Rapid	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand before 14 December. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Scout ( Board of Customs).[10]
William	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand before 14 December. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Scout ( Board of Customs).[10]
William and Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 15 December and taken in to Bridlington.[2]

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