List of shipwrecks in 1849

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

January

11 January

• Agnes Lee ( United Kingdom): The brig was wrecked at Cardigan with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage fron Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.^[1]

16 January

• Victoria ( United Kingdom): The schooner was in collision with the barque Pascoe Grenfell ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Port Eynon, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.^[2]

April

15 April

• Friendship ( United Kingdom): The sloop sprang a leak and foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew survived.^[3]

29 April

• Hannah ( United Kingdom): The brig was holed by ice and foundered in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 49 lives. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Quebec City, Canada.

July

Unknown date

• Ann ( United Kingdom): The smack foundered in Jack Sound, off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.^[1]

September

Unknown date

• Memnon ( United States): The clipper was lost in the Gaspar Strait on 14 or 16 September.

October

12 October

• 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.^[3]

December

14 December

• Mary Jones ( Nova Scotia): The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Port Eynon and Paviland, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pugwash to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.^[2]

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