List of shipwrecks in March 1849

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

March 1849
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1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Lossiemouth, Lothian.[1]
Caniel  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and foudered in the North Sea off Redheugh, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Andrews, Fife.[1]
Colchester  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Socotra. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aden to Moulmein, Burma.[2]
Elizabeth and Ann  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) south south west of the Isles of Scilly with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[3]
Emulation  United Kingdom The derelict schooner was driven ashore near Aberdovey, Cardiganshire. She was later refloated and towed in to Barmouth, Caernarfonshire.[4]
Margaret and Rachael  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[3]
Tulliallan  United Kingdom The ship sank near Dunmore. She was refloated on 10 March.[5]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Shamrock  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Lough Swilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio Grande. She was refloated and taken in to Rathmullan, County Down.[1]
W. M.  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[1]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Hendrika  United Kingdom The galiot was wrecked in Sandy Bay. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Helsingør, Denmark.[6]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship sank at Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[1]
Olympus  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was refloated.[7]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship collided with Hero ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.[1]
Weatherley  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground. She was refloated and towed back to South Shields, County Durham.[1]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to New York, United States.[3]
Gordon  United Kingdom The sloop struck a sunken wreck and sank off the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bangor.[3]
John Callum  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. She was discovered by Susan ( United Kingdom), which put a skeleton crew on board. They took her in to Holyhead, Anglesey.[1]
Nimrod  Belgium The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands.[1]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Wilhelm  Russia The schooner was sunk by ice at Cape Magnusholm. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Bolderāja.[7]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Helen S. Page  United States The ship was driven ashore between the mouths of the Guadarranque and Pamones. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[4] She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar Bay.[8]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Venus  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Waterford. She was towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 17 March by James ( United Kingdom).[7]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Acadia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bremen. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Terschelling.[9]
M. A. Scott  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Citizen ( United Kingdom and sank at Dublin.[5]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[7]
Iris  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Zembra, Beylik of Tunis. Her crew were rescued by the barque Sandwich ( United Kingdom). Iris was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall.[10][11]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Gvis Dantsic The ship was driven ashore at Dantsic. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dantsic. She was consequently condemned.[2]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Sylph  France The brig was wrecked near Tétouan, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[8]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Belvidere  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore west of Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. She was refloated.[7]
Golta Austrian Empire The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cattaro to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Deal.[7]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Lydia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Barra, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama.[9]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Friends  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[7]
Sultana  United States The schooner was discovered derelict in the Atlantic Ocean by Huron (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) British North America and was set afire.[12]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Dauntless  United Kingdom The ship was drivne ashore at the Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent. She was on a voyage from China to London.[7]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ocean United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was driven onshore at Port Wakefield in the Chatham Islands during a heavy gale. All hands were saved.[13]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Her Majesty  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[4]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Rota, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Vigo and Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated on 6 April and towed in to Cádiz.[2]
Ann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Cape Colony The ship departed from Mosel Bay for Table Bay. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Gale  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated, beached, patched and taken in to Lowestof.[4]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Bligh  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wick.[4]
Lucy and Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.[4]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to Calais in a leaky condition.[4]


25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Esther and Hannah  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.[4]
Frances Burn  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay.[15]
Times  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Middle Heaps, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[4]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Darefoot  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Union ( United Kingdom).[4]
Dean  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Vera Cruz, Mexico.[14]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Amour de la Patrie  France The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom in a derelict condition on 2 March.[3]
Aristide  France The ship was wrecked at Vauville, Manche. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Rouen, Seine-Maritime.[1]
Avieries  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated on 4 March and taken in to Frank's Quarry.[3]
Elizabeth Henry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off the Loochoo Islands, Japan before 29 March.[16]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was refloated on 5 March and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland.[1]
Glory  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyaege from Hamburg to London. She was refloated on 20 March and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[7]
Jane and Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was lost on or before 2 March. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Integrity  United Kingdom The sloop was lost on or before 2 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.[3]
Ordovia  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked west of Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to an English port.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Ship News". The Times (20117). London. 7 March 1849. col B, p. 7.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (20155). London. 20 April 1849. col D, p. 8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Ship News". The Times (20116). London. 6 March 1849. col F, p. 7.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Ship News". The Times (20135). London. 28 March 1849. col F, p. 7.
  5. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (20125). London. 16 March 1849. col D, p. 8.
  6. 1 2 "Peninsular Mails". The Times (20128). London. 20 March 1849. col A, p. 7.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Ship News". The Times (20130). London. 22 March 1849. col E, p. 7.
  8. 1 2 "The Mediterranean". The Times (20136). London. 29 March 1849. col A, p. 8.
  9. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (20128). London. 20 March 1849. col F, p. 8.
  10. ↑ "Naval Intelligence". The Times (20139). London. 2 April 1849. col D, p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Times (20169). London. 7 May 1849. col F, p. 5.
  12. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20150). London. 14 April 1849. col E, p. 8.
  13. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 48–49.
  14. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (20208). London. 21 June 1849. col F, p. 7.
  15. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20203). London. 15 June 1849. col E, p. 8.
  16. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20214). London. 28 June 1849. col E, p. 7.
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