List of shipwrecks in October 1849

The list of shipwrecks in October 1849 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during October 1849.

October 1849
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1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Black Diamond  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire.[1]
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. All 37 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime, France.[2]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Margaret and Emily  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Tyne  United Kingdom The ship struck an anchor and sank at Whitby. She was refloated the next day.[3]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Joseph Colbin  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier, was driven ashore and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[3]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Gleaner United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was driven ashore west of "Dragoe", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Máálaga, Spain to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[4]
Jeune Nelly  France The ship ran aground at Pernambuco, Brazil and was damaged. She was refloated but found to be leaky.[5]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Constancia  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Isla de Juventud, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Málaga.[6]
Livonia  Bremen The barque was driven ashore at Ottendorf, Duchy of Schleswig. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New South Wales.[4]
Speedwell United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was run down and sunk by a French brig off the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[4]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Grace  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated but found to be leaky and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.[7]
Mario  Prussia The ship ran aground on the Stilsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Hamburg.[4]
Rockingham  United States The ship struck the Pearl Rocks, in the Mediterranean Sea. she was consequently beached near Tarifa, Spain.[8] She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to an American port. Rockingham was consequently condemned.[9]
Tiberius United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship capsized off Whitehead, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[5]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Amile  France The schooner was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Cette, Hérault.[7]
Blackett and Ridley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[7][10]
Gabrielle  France The ship was in collision with a chasse-marée and was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Alrevach", Finistère. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère to Toulon, Var.[4]
Heylton Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 1 November and towed in to Hull, Yorkshire.[11]
Leo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dimlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 17 October and towed in to Hull, Yorkshire.[10]
St. John  United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Grampus Ledge, off Cohasset, Massachusetts with some loss of life. More than 130 people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galway to Boston, Massachusetts.[12][13][5]
Wessacumoon Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[7]
Woodifield  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her rew were rescued.[7]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Eemstroom  Netherlands The ship sank at Delfzijl, Groningen. She was on a voyage from Emden, Kingdom of Hanover to Delfzijl.[10]
Frances  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Chester, Cheshire.[4]
Père Jollet  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ness Point, Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of her captain.[7]
Ringdove  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham.[7]
Ruby, and
Stanton		  United Kingdom The brigs were in collision in the North Sea off the Bull Sand Lighthship ( Trinity House). Both vessels were severely damaged. Stanton subsequently put in to Hull in a wrecked condition.[14]
Twende Brodre  Norway The ship was driven ashore near "Korshagen". Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Christiansand to the Ise Fjord.[9]
Vrouw Jantje  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Davids, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[10]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Juliana Template:Country data Prussi The ship was driven ashore on the Darß. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Stralsund.[15]
Prince Regence  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Teignmouth. She was refloated and beached.[4]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Jonge Derk  Netherlands The ship was wrecked in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to a port in Norway.[4]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Dundalk  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[16]
Ranger  United Kingdom The ship was scuttled at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to São Miguel Island, Azores. She was refloated on 17 October.[10]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Columbus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark.[16]
Elsa  Norway The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Barcelona, Spain. She was refloated on 31 October and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[17]
Opzeeman's Hoop  Netherlands The skûtsje capsized in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of six of her eight crew. She came ashore the next day at Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[18]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Thames. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[19]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Washington  United States The ship was wrecked on the Reef Dike, off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York.[19]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Narva Bay.[19]
Hogen  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gävle to London, United Kingdom.[16]
Mary and Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Narva Bay.[19]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Gesina  Hamburg The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Jantina ( Bremen). Gesina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[9]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Andrew White  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[19]
Pelican  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated on 28 October and taken in to Pwllheli.[19]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Filsand, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.[15]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Ebro. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17]
Conservator  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Querin", County Clare. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Limerick.[5] She was refloated on 31 October and resumed her voyage.[20]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Baron von Stieglitz  Russia The ship was wrecked on the Thistle Rocks, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy, Fife, United Kingdom to Riga.[19]
British Flag  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Uttangen", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to an Englis port.[20]
Margaret and Ann  United Kingdom The sloop was discovered abandoned and damaged 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of the Isle of May. She was towed in to Dundee, Forfarshire.[9]
Rachel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated but was susbequently destroyed by fire.[9]
St. John United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore and damaged on North Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to the Clyde.[19]
Tuscan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Odessa, Russia. She was refloated on 21 October and towed in to Odessa.[20]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Astrea Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was driven ashore at "Ikiveren". She was on a voyage from Oulu to Cádiz, Spain.[20]
Chamcook  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Brendhuy Bay, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Conferenteraad Claasen  Sweden The ship struck a sunken rock at Frederikstad, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hernosand to London, United Kingdom.[20]
Duilius  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the English Channel off New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[9]
George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Nyborg, Denmark.[20]
Hendon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ventspils, Russia.[9]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Dursey Island, County Cork with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[5]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ebenezer  Norway The ship was driven ashore at "Rolerstangen". She was on a voyage from Bremen to Christiansand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
Mercur  Kingdom of Hanover The ship sank off Falster, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[20]
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Witscar", Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia.[15]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Mischief  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew. Shew as on a voyage from Pará, Empire of Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. She subsequently floated off and came ashore on the coast of Lancashire.[5]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Liverpool United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Bahamas The schooner was wrecked in Grand Bay. She was on a voyage from Ragged Island to Nassau.[6]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Ross Bay, County Cork.[21] Her crew were rescued.[9]
Margaret Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent, She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon.[21] She was refloated on 26 October and resumed her voyage.[9]
Margarieta  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near "Gressendorf", Prussia. She was on a voyage from Elbing to an English port. She was refloated and put in to Dantsic in a leaky condition, arriving on 27 October.[20]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Candestedne", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stettin.[15]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Jane Hughes  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Curran Rock. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Belfast, County Antrim.[9] She was refloated on 30 October and towed in to Belfast.[17]
St. Haraiambo  Russia The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Taganrog to Saint Petersburg.[21] She was refloated on 26 October and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[19]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Anje  Netherlands The ship ran aground on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition.[20]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She consequentlyput in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in a leaky condition.[19]
Grayhound  United Kingdom The ship collided with Mary (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Exeter, Devon.[19]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Jane Hughes  United Kingdom The ship struck the Carron Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Belfast, County Antrim. She arrived at Belfast in a leaky condition.[19]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Auriga  Russia The ship was driven ashore near Ventspils.[15]
Fadrens Minde  Denmark The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.[11]
Neptunus Stettin The ship ran aground on the Oder Bank, in the Baltic Sea, and sank. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[11]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Frithjof  Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Tegeler Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Hamburg. She was refloated and put in to Bremen.[20]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Sligo. She was refloated and taken in to Queenstown for repairs.[11]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Alberdina  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland before 10 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wolgast, Prussia to Rotterdam, South Holland.[10]
Beagle United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The auxiliar screw steamer sank in Lake Erie. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Hamilton, Province of Canada. She was refloated.[22]
Betsey  Sweden The ship was driven ashore in a capsized condition at Peniche, Portugal before 3 October.[10]
Cesario  France The ship was wrecked before 2 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to a French port.[5]
Fleece  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 19 October. She was refloated with the assistance of Agenoria ( United Kingdom) and beached at Walton, Suffolk, where she was pillaged.[23]
Henriette Flag unknown The ship was abandoned off the coast of Norway before 29 October She was discovered on that date by Wilhelmine ( Prussia), which put a crew on board. They took her in to a Norwegian port.[15]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 October. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was discovered 188 nautical miles (348 km) south west of Cape Clear Island, County Galway by Regent ( United Kingdom), which put three crew aboard her. She was taken in to Queenstown, County Cork, where she arrived on 30 October.[17]
Maria Gertruida  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Ameland before 10 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[10]
Marsden  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark before 16 October. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated on 19 October and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[9]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated on 15 October.[10]
Noemie  United States The ship was in collision with Sea ( United States) whilst on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Baltimore, Maryland before 6 October. She was subsequently towed in to port in a derelict condition.[5]
Perle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Ameland before 10 October with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Aberdour, Perthshire to Hamburg.[10]
Vestal  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She came ashore at Easington, County Durham on 7 October and subsequently became a wreck.[7][4]
Voyager United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked before 2 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[5]

References

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  2. 1 2 "Two Ships Lost off the Essex Coast". The Times (20296). London. 2 October 1849. col E, p. 3.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (20298). London. 4 October 1849. col B, p. 7.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Ship News". The Times (20306). London. 13 October 1849. col B, p. 7.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Ship News". The Times (20316). London. 25 October 1849. col E, p. 8.
  6. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (20346). London. 29 November 1849. col D, p. 8.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Ship News". The Times (20303). London. 10 October 1849. col B, p. 7.
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  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Ship News". The Times (20311). London. 19 October 1849. col B, p. 7.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (20325). London. 5 November 1849. col E, p. 6.
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  13. ↑ "This day in Nautical History: Cohasset's most infamous shipwreck".
  14. 1 2 "The late Violent Gales". The Times (20307). London. 15 October 1849. col F, p. 7.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ship News". The Times (20332). London. 13 November 1849. col C, p. 7.
  16. 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (20309). London. 17 October 1849. col A, p. 7.
  17. 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (20323). London. 2 November 1849. col E, p. 7.
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  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Ship News". The Times (20324). London. 3 November 1849. col F, p. 3.
  21. 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (20318). London. 27 October 1849. col A, p. 7.
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