List of shipwrecks in May 1849

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


May 1849
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31 Unknown date

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Favourite  France The ship was driven ashore and sank at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to New York.[1]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Edward O'Connor  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Isla de Juventud, Cuba. Her crew were rescued.[2]

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Eliza  France The ship foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) north east of Belle Île, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[1]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Maria  United Kingdom foundered in the ice in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and out of the entire number on board only nine of the passengers, and five of the crew were saved.[3]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Heri  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[1]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Coverdale  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[4]
Napoleon Deux  France The ship was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Burnham Overy Staithe. She was refloated and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[5]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Anna Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of thee of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[6]
Mary Elizabeth  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Punta Gallinas, Republic of New Granada. Her crew were rescued on 30 May by HMS Sappho ( Royal Navy). Mary Elizabeth was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Santa Marta, Republic of New Granada.[2][7]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Cambrian  United States The brig was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Delaware. She was refloated on 17 May and taken in to the Hampton Roads.[4]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Donegal  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by an explosion of gas in her cargo of coal at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
White Cloud  United States
The St. Louis fire.
St. Louis Fire: The steamboat caught fire at St. Louis, Missouri. Over the next eleven hours, 23 steamboats, 12 other vessels and 430 buildings would be destroyed by fire with the loss of three lives.

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Rose  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Barbadoes.[8]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Downs  United States The brig was driven ashore on Fox Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated.[9]
Durham  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the Dardanelles, She was refloated.[9]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The brigantine was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dodman Point, Cornwall by Panama ( United Kingdom). Her six crew were rescued by Panama. Mary was on a voyage from Pentewan, Cornwall to Liverpool, Lancashire or Runcorn, Cheshire.[10]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Flotte  Bremen The ship was wrecked on rocks near "Porto Plata". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[11]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Queen Pomare  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean off the Tres Montes Peninsula, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to an English port.[12]
St. Christophe Stettin The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Cronstadt.[9]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of twelve lives. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebe City, Province of Canada, British North America.[4]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ariel  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland before 29 May. All twelve people on board were rescued by Amethyst ( United Kingdom).[6]
Schiller  Bremen The ship was driven ashore south of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated on 17 May.[4]
Maria and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of British North America.[4]
Resolution  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of British North America.[4]
Torrence  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to .[4]


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ship News". The Times (20179). London. 18 May 1849. col E, p. 8.
  2. 1 2 "West India and Pacific Mails". The Times (20129). London. 4 July 1849. col D-F, p. 5.
  3. ↑ "LOSS OF THE MARIA OF LIMERICK". Brew Clients. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ship News". The Times (20202). London. 14 June 1849. col F, p. 7.
  5. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20177). London. 16 May 1849. col F, p. 8.
  6. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (20208). London. 21 June 1849. col F, p. 7.
  7. ↑ "Naval Intlligence". The Times (20238). London. 26 July 1849. col B-C, p. 8.
  8. ↑ "West India and Mexican Mails". The Times (20209). London. 22 June 1849. col A-B, p. 8.
  9. 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (20203). London. 15 June 1849. col E, p. 8.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times (20185). London. 25 May 1849. col F, p. 7.
  11. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20130). London. 17 July 1849. col F, p. 7.
  12. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20248). London. 7 August 1849. col C, p. 6.
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