List of shipwrecks in 1844

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

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1844
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January


February


March


May

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1844
Ship Country Description
Saladin  United Kingdom The barque was taken by her muninous crew. She was subsequently wrecked on Harbour Island, Newfoundland.

August

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1844
Ship Country Description
Anne  United Kingdom The ship foundered n the Bristol Channel off The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[1]
Julia  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Worms Head, Glamorgan with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Dublin.[1]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Broughton Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[1]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Rhosilli, Glamorgan with the loss of a passenger.[1]
Thetis  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in Oxwich Bay Her four crew were rescued by Affo ( United Kingdom).[1]
Triton  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan with the loss of five of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1]

October

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1844
Ship Country Description
Frances  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the barque Jane Boyd and foundered in the Bristol Channel off West Cross, Glamorgan. Her twenty crew survived. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Swansea, Glamorgan. Frances was refloated on 24 December and taken in to Swansea.[1]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1844
Ship Country Description
Lucy Walker  United States
Lucy Walker.

The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Ohio River at New Albany, Indiana. Fifty-six people were killed.

November

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1844
Ship Country Description
Lord Nelson  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[2]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1844
Ship Country Description
Lady of St Kilda  United Kingdom The schooner smashed into a coral reef in Tahiti

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1844
Ship Country Description
Fortuna  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[2]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1844
Ship Country Description
HMS Pelorus  Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop struck a shoal in the South China Sea off Borneo and was wrecked. All on board survived.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "SHIPWRECKS OFF WALBERSWICK 1782 - 1845" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
Ship events in 1844
Ship launches: 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849
Ship commissionings: 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849
Ship decommissionings: 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849
Shipwrecks: 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849
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