The list of shipwrecks in 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1846.

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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: Unknown date in 1846
Ship State Description
Allison  United Kingdom Lloyd's Register for 1846 listed the ship as lost.[1]
Bon Pasteur  France The ship was driven ashore on Martinique.[1]
Caïman  France The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[2]
Caroline  Bremen The ship was lost in the Orinoco. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Angostura, Venezuela.[3]
George I  France The ship was destroyed by fire on the coast of Peru.[4]
La Colonne  France The whaler was wrecked at "Paraki", New Zealand between 12 January and 23 September with the loss of three of her crew.[5][6]
Lady of the Lake United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The sailing vessel was holed and grounded at Manukau, en route from Wellington to Auckland, in late February or early March.[7]
Mithridate Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Guanacoce", Puerto Rico.[1]
Resource  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8]
Severn  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Aracati, Mexico. Her crew survived.[9]
Stakesby  United Kingdom The ship foundered without a trace while sailing from London to Quebec.
Susan  United Kingdom The ship foundered on a voyage from London to the Cape Colony with the loss of all hands.
Terrier  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Times. No. 19377. London. 26 October 1846. col E-F, p. 8.
  2. ^ "Naval". Daily News. No. 29. London. 3 July 1846.
  3. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 19177. London. 6 March 1846. col E, p. 8.
  4. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 19213. London. 17 April 1846. col C, p. 7.
  5. ^ "Ships' Mails". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 26 September 1845. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Wednesday, September 23, 1846". New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian. Vol. II, no. 120. Wellington. 23 September 1846. p. 2.
  7. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 42.
  8. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 22807. London. 8 January 1847.
  9. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 19224. London. 30 April 1846. col E, p. 8.
  10. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 19418. London. 12 December 1846. col C, p. 8.
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