The list of shipwrecks in June 1849 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1849.
Ship | State | Description |
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Christina | ![]() |
The sloop was driven wrecked on a sandbank off Burghead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Ballachulish, Inverness-shire to Burghead.[1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Christiana | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground in the Storsund. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Hammerfest, Norway. She was refloated and taken in to Hammerfest.[2] |
Henriette | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.[3] |
Stewart | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered between Barrow Head and the Mull of Galloway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland and Sunderland, County Durham.[4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Achsah | ![]() |
The brig ran aground in the River Eske. She was on a voyage from Donegal to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[3] |
Charles | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated.[3] |
Clydesdale | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Faro. She was refloated and taken in to Faro in a leaky condition.[5] |
Enchantress | ![]() |
The fishing schooner was lost on Cape Sable Island. Crew saved.[6] |
Euterpe | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore north of Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated.[7][5] |
Hebe | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Shrewsbury Inlet. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. She was refloated.[5] |
Joseph R. Pim | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William V. Kent (![]() |
St. Andrew | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States to Arichat, Nova Scotia.[9][10] |
Woodbine | ![]() |
The ship capsized in a squall at Cape Cove, Newfoundland, British North America.[7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hebe | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3] |
Shield | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Río Grande.[11] |
Swallow | ![]() |
The whaler, a brig was beached the coast of Iceland, having been trapped in ice from 24 March to 2 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Greenland. She was declared a total loss.[12][10] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Emily | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked in Palliser Bay en route from Nelson to Otago, with the loss of all hands.[13] |
Graham | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14] |
Shield | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the River Grande.[15] |
Waterman № 8 | ![]() |
The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and was beached in the River Thames at Custom House, London. She was on a voyage from Custom House to Woolwich, Kent. All on board survived.[16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jena | ![]() |
The brig ran aground in the Blanes Islets, off Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Mexico to Port-au-Prince. She was refloated and taken in to Port-au-Prince, where she was condemned.[17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dove | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[14] |
Marie Cattarine | ![]() |
The ship struck the Isle Brail Rock and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure to "Donelau".[14] |
Simon Taylor | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Shingles, off the coast of Kent.[18][19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Diana | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Milsons Point, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated.[20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Teazer | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. She was refloated.[5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Young Daniel | ![]() |
The schooner was run down and sunk by the brig Vargas (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Jane | ![]() |
The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay and sank. Her 50 crew survived.[23] |
McLellam | ![]() |
The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay. She was abandoned on 16 June. Her crew survived.[23] |
Prince of Wales | ![]() |
The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in Davis Strait. Her crew survived.[23] |
St. Michael | ![]() |
The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Billingsgate, London. All six people on board survived.[24] |
Superior | ![]() |
The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay and sank. Her crew survived.[23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Emma | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at Point Devi, near Masulipatam, India. Her crew were rescued.[25][26] |
John Fielden | ![]() |
The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[14] |
La Lucie | ![]() |
The polacca was wrecked on the Sahara coast of Africa. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Algiers to "Gorea" and the Gambia River.[27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground, off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[8] |
Sisters | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[8] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bee | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham.[21] |
Jean Bart | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at South Shields.[21] |
Nederward | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Romer Shoal. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York.[29] She was refloated on 10 July and towed in to New York.[30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Swallow | ![]() |
The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the Liverpool Lightship (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fancy | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Newport, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim.[31] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gamma | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off "Buschar", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated.[33] |
Gertruida Lammechina | ![]() |
The tjalk was in collision with the schooner Hoffnung (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Industry | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the Hutt River.[35] |
Torrington | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked near Woosung, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Woosung.[26] |
Vrouw Antje | ![]() |
The ship capsized in the "Pegumeroad".[7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Empress | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore at Perth, Swan River Colony.[36] |
Energy | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and beached at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.[5] |
Lady Jane | ![]() |
The whaler was wrecked in Melville Bay. At least 22 crew survived.[37] |
Nautilus | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Crosshaven, County Cork and was damaged.[38] She was on a voyage from Thessaloniki, Greece to Crosshaven.[5] |
Rose | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Colberg to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Stralsund in a leaky condition.[33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cabrass | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal with some loss of life.[39] |
Emperor | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and broke her back in the Charles River, Province of Canada, British North America.[9] |
Hillechine | ![]() |
The kuff was driven ashore near "Tialtring", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Memel.[34][40] |
Hoffnung | ![]() |
First Schleswig War: The koff was driven ashore at "Klitmoller", Denmark. She was subsequently declared a prize by Denmark.[41] |
Mervin | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Leba, Prussia.[33] |
Sarah | ![]() |
The cutter was wrecked in Marquis Bay.[42] |
Victoria | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at "Sadur Kadur", India with the loss of four of her crew.[25] She was on a voyage from Amherst, Burma to Calcutta, India.[26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fishers | ![]() |
The sloop ran aground and sank on the Middle Bank. Her crew were rescued.[43] |
Gateshead Park | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Palma, Mallorca, Spain. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate, Kent.[5] |
Johanna | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Ringkøbing. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a port in Zealand.[34] |
Jonge Dirk | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near "Hunshy Kilt", Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Rostock.[40] |
Sally | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground off Borstahusen, Sweden. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Landscrona, Sweden.[10] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Antina Tjakkel | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and sank at the entrance to the Agger Canal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a Baltic port.[34] |
Lowjee Family | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay.[44] |
Providence | ![]() |
The smack was in collision with London Merchant (![]() ![]() |
William Horatio | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Broad Cove, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Cork. She was consequently condemned.[46][47] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Agricola | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated and put in to Gravesend, Kent.[33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kate | ![]() |
The smack was run into by the sloop Hercules (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charles Bartlett | ![]() |
The barque was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (50°49′N 29°30′W / 50.817°N 29.500°W) by Europa (![]() |
Milford | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbaodes.[50] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ellen | ![]() |
The ship was in collision with an Imperial Russian Navy man-of-war 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[51] Ellen was taken in to Nexø, Denmark on 30 June in a waterlogged condition.[10] |
Flott | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked off "Porto Plata". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Porto Plata.[47] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charlotte | ![]() |
The schooner sank at the mouth of the Orne.[2] |
Edward | ![]() |
The ship sank at the mouth of the Orne.[2] |
Redwing | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Eliza (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ceres | ![]() |
The whaler was lost in the Osprey Channel off Cape Melville, New South Wales. Her 29 crew were rescued on 17 July by the barques Cadet and Symmetry (both ![]() |
Constant | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel.[34] |
Eugene | ![]() |
The ship departed from Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[55] |
Hoffnung | ![]() |
First Schleswig War: The tjalk was driven ashore at Harboøre, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rhauderfehn to Brevig, Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was subsequently declared a prize by Denmark.[41] |
Mary Matthew | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Cork. She was refloated.[47] |
Precursor | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated.[47] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amelia | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at "Continbuga", Brazil before 3 June.[56] |
Ann | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She had been refloated by 14 June.[10] |
Barkhill | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Pernambuco, Brazil before 4 June.[2] She was refloated on 14 June.[42] |
Enterprise | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was towed in to Flores Island, Azores in late June.[57] |
Esop, or Usuff |
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The brig was driven ashore north of Rangoon, Burma before 29 June.[58] |
Mary Jane | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 June. All on board were rescued by the brig Brothers (![]() |
Nederwaard | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Romer Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York City, United States.[46] |
Patriot | ![]() |
The whaler, a brig, was lost in Hawkes Bay during a storm. Her crew were rescued.[13][59] |
Sarah Chune | ![]() |
The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 June.[60] |
Sea Flower | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked west of Eastbourne, Sussex.[61] |
Scindian | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony before 23 June. She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Phoenix (![]() |
Torrington | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked near Woosung, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Woosung.[25] |