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The list of shipwrecks in 1844 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during
1844 .
January
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November
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
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
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
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]
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a
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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