The list of shipwrecks in 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1844.

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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List of shipwrecks: March 1844
Ship State Description
Abigail and Eliza  United States The cargo schooner was lost at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. Crew saved.[1]
Amelia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was wrecked whilst bound for an English port.[2]
Amity  United States The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles.[3]
Ashanteo Flag unknown The ship capsized in a squall off the coast of Africa. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked near "Assurie".[4]
Bilton  United Kingdom The ship foundered 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) west of Sisal, Mexico before 2 March. She was on a voyage from Comarca Lagunera, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Cameo  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was lost off Kedgeree, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India.[6][2]
Candahar  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was wrecked near Bombay India.[6][2]
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles between 20 September and 11 November.[7]
Clarendon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The schooner was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast before 3 September.[8]
Columbia  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked whilst bound for an English port.[2]
Elise Eugenie  France The ship was wrecked at "Joinville", in the West Indies.[9]
Guilhelm Ludwig  Bremen The ship was wrecked in the "Garsi Islands" in October or November.[10]
Harmonie  Sweden The ship was collided with another vessel and was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay before 5 November. Her crew were rescued.[11]
Lady St. Kilda  France The ship was wrecked on a reef off Tahiti.[12][13]
Lucky Lass  United Kingdom The brig was attacked by the local inhabitants in the Nicobar Islands and was scuttled before 27 June. Her crew were murdered.[14]
Nativitas  France The ship was wrecked at Martinique.[15]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Bank, off the coast of Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone. She was consequently condemned.[16]
Roberts  Spain The brigantine was run ashore and wrecked near Black Point, Sierra Leone before 21 March. She was engaged in the slave trade and was being pursued by HMS Madagascar ( Royal Navy).[17]
Rubens  France The whaler was wrecked in the Marquesas Islands. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Samuel Winter  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa before 10 October. Her crew were rescued.[19]
HNLMS "Slewa"  Royal Netherlands Navy The Brig of War was wrecked on a reef north of "Poeloe-Karang", Netherlands East Indies before 17 April. Her crew were rescued.[20]
HMS Soudan  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground in the Sierra Leone River and was wrecked.[21]
Success United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked in Bluff Harbour, where she had arrived from Otago. The anchor cable fouled while the anchor was being raised, carrying the schooner onto the rocks.[22]
Syrian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ichaboe Island before 10 October Her crew were rescued.[19]
Thomas Gelson  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 September. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[23]
Virginie  French Navy The Artémise-class frigate was reported to have been wrecked whilst on a voyage from Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to Tahiti.[24]

References

  1. ^ "1845". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 5048. Aberdeen. 9 October 1844.
  3. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18555. London. 25 March 1844. col E, p. 7.
  4. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 23302. London. 5 July 1844.
  5. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18559. London. 16 March 1844. col E, p. 8.
  6. ^ a b "India and China". The Times. No. 18712. London. 11 September 1844. col E-F, p. 5.
  7. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 23457. London. 1 January 1845.
  8. ^ "Loss of the Clarendon". The Standard. No. 6309. London. 7 October 1844.
  9. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18572. London. 1 April 1844. col E, p. 7.
  10. ^ "The Attack on the Pirates of Borneo". The Times. No. 19094. London. 29 November 1845. col C-D, p. 5.
  11. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18778. London. 26 November 1844. col C-D, p. 7.
  12. ^ "New Zealand". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 5 February 1845. p. 2.
  13. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Australian. Sydney. 6 February 1845. p. 2.
  14. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18718. London. 18 September 1844. col E-F, p. 7.
  15. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18558. London. 15 March 1844. col A, p. 8.
  16. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18553. London. 9 March 1844. col F, p. 8.
  17. ^ "Capture of Five Slave Ships". The Morning Chronicle. No. 22916. London. 24 June 1844. p. 5.
  18. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18675. London. 30 July 1844. col E, p. 8.
  19. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 18777. London. 25 November 1844. col E, p. 8.
  20. ^ "Hamburg and Dutch Mails". The Morning Chronicle. No. 23329. London. 6 August 1844.
  21. ^ "Naval Intelligence". The Standard. No. 6160. London. 15 April 1844. p. 1.
  22. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 39.
  23. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19403. Edinburgh. 3 October 1844.
  24. ^ "(untitled)". The Standard. No. 6309. London. 7 October 1844.
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