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The list of shipwrecks in January 1844 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during January
1844 .
1 January
2 January
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Angelina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the
Sound of Luing . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
South Shields ,
County Durham . Angelina was refloated and taken into
Easdale in a leaky condition.
[5]
[6]
Cynthia Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Carron Rock. She was on a voyage from the
Clyde to
Boston, Massachusetts , United States.
[2] She was refloated the next day.
[7]
Gratitude
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off
Quillebeuf-sur-Seine ,
Eure , France. She was on a voyage from
Newport, Monmouthshire to
Rouen ,
Seine-Inférieure , France. She was refloated.
[4]
Jane and Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore west of
Wells-next-the-sea ,
Norfolk . She was refloated on 5 January.
[5]
[4]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Kingsgate, Kent . She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to
London .
[8]
[3]
Sir James Gordon
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the
North Sea off
Happisburgh Norfolk. Her crew were survived. She was on a voyage from
Rouen ,
Seine-Inférieure , France to
South Shields ,
County Durham .
[9]
[10]
St. John
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in
Liverpool Bay off
Bootle ,
Lancashire . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool , Lancashire to
Newfoundland ,
British North America .
[8]
[11]
3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Agnes
Jersey
The
schooner ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Suffolk . She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to
Manningtree ,
Essex . She was refloated the next day and put in to
Mistley , Essex.
[2]
[4]
[12]
Amitie
France
The ship was wrecked in a
hurricane at
Mauritius . She was later refloated.
[13]
[14]
[15]
Bordeaux
France
The ship was driven onto a reef off Mauritius.
[13] All on board were rescued.
[15] She had been refloated by 2 February and taken in to Mauritius for repairs.
[16]
Cosacco
Ottoman Empire
The ship was driven ashore at
Sigri ,
Greece . She was on a voyage from
Galați to Constantinople and
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône , France. She was refloated on 4 January and towed into Sigri.
[17]
[18]
Hebe
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Fish Keys, off
Crooked Island, Bahamas . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Haiti to
Cork .
[19]
Hercules
United States
The ship struck the Brake Sand, in the
North Sea and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland ,
United Kingdom to
New York .
[2]
[3]
[7]
Hugh Mathie
United Kingdom
The
East Indiaman , on her maiden voyage, was driven ashore in a
hurricane at Mauritius with the loss of a crew member. She was later refloated but ran aground on a reef and was wrecked.
[20]
[13]
[15]
Malay
India
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Mauritius. All on board were rescued.
[13]
[15]
Marion
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Mauritius. All on board were rescued.
[13]
[15]
Susanna Cummin
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off
Rhyl ,
Denbighshire . She was refloated.
[2]
4 January
5 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Cowndon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on
Scroby Sands ,
Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Stockton-on-Tees ,
County Durham to
London . She was refloated and beached at
Winterton-on-Sea , Norfolk and was subsequently taken into
Great Yarmouth .
[5]
Gratitude
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Traverse, in the
English Channel . She was on a voyage from
Newport, Monmouthshire to
Rouen ,
Seine-Inférieure , France. She was later refloated.
[22]
Jane
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked on the Saltstone Rocks, off
Boyndie ,
Aberdeenshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Burghead ,
Morayshire to
Aberdeen .
[23]
John
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off
Hare Island, County Galway .
[5] She was on a voyage from
Galway to London.
[24] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[25]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near
Cap Camarat ,
Var , France. Her crew were rescued.
[26]
Margarets
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked near
Cape Farina ,
Beylik of Tunis . She was on a voyage from
Tunis to
Hull ,
Yorkshire .
[27]
Napoleon
France
The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the coast of Venezuela. She was on a voyage from
Havre de Grâce ,
Seine-Inférieure to
Maracaibo , Venezuela. She was refloated and taken in to Maracaibo.
[28]
Tartar
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mauritius. She was later refloated.
[20]
Tra Brodre
Sweden
The ship ran aground off
Grasgard with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Stockholm to an English port.
[29]
[30]
[31]
6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Antonio
Bremen
The ship was wrecked east of
Tromøya , Norway.
[29]
Averhof
Prussia
The ship was wrecked off
Merdø , Norway with the loss of all hands.
[29]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The
brig was abandoned in the
River Tay . She subsequently drove ashore and was damaged.
[7]
Edward
Stettin
The ship was wrecked near the entrance to the
Agger Canal . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Porthcawl ,
Glamorgan ,
United Kingdom to Stettin.
[32]
Kingston
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from
Riga ,
Russia to
London . She put in to
Christiansand , Norway.
[32]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the
Irish Sea . She floated off and was driven ashore at Cahore Point,
County Wexford , where she subsequently became a wreck. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the
Clyde to
Bombay ,
India .
[5]
[33]
Prince Albert
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and was damaged off
Bandon, County Cork .
[34]
Providence
United States
The ship was driven ashore at
Mobile, Alabama .
[1]
Stephens
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the River Tay.
[7]
7 January
8 January
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The
collier ran aground on the Herd Sand, off the coast of
County Durham . Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed in to
South Shields .
[12]
Assiduous
United Kingdom
The
collier ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed in to South Shields.
[12]
Castor
United Kingdom
The
sloop collided with the
schooner Speedy (
Jersey ) and foundered off
Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of one of her two crew.
[22]
[12]
David and Robert
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and was beached at
Tarbert ,
Ayrshire .
[38]
Erin
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.
[22]
[12]
Familien
Netherlands
The ship ran aground at "Graedyh", Denmark. She subsequently put in to
Fredrikshavn . She was on a voyage from
Nieuwstadt ,
Limburg to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom .
[39]
Guardiana
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.
[22]
[12]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The
collier ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat.
[12] She was refloated on 17 January.
[38]
Johanna Maria Christina
Netherlands
The ship capsized at
Amsterdam ,
North Holland . She was later righted.
[25]
Lisette
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at
Buccari ,
Austrian Empire .
[40]
Woodbine
British North America
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from
Saint John's, Newfoundland to Yarmouth.
[41]
9 January
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Baronet
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Galita" or the "Island of Galati". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Smyrna ,
Ottoman Empire to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[26]
[27]
Dorothy Gales
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Portneyon Point,
Glamorgan .
[34]
Elizabeth and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Branshay Bay,
Orkney Islands . she was on a voyage from
Riga ,
Russia to
Belfast ,
County Antrim .
[42] She was refloated on 11 January and taken into
Stornoway ,
Isle of Lewis ,
Outer Hebrides .
[38]
Lawson
United Kingdom
The ship sank off
Scroby Sands ,
Norfolk . Her crew were rescued.
[33]
Mark Breeds
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex . She was on a voyage from
Tralee ,
County Kerry to
London . She was refloated and taken in to
Whitstable ,
Kent .
[33]
New Flora
United Kingdom
The
fishing smack collided with Rebecca (
United Kingdom ) and foundered off the
Kentish Knock .
[43]
Old Year' s Gift
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Wainfleet, Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued.
[33]
[44]
Thomas and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was dismasted off
Lough Swilly and was abandoned by her crew.
[45]
Two Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a Dutch
galliot off
Trevose Head ,
Cornwall and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from
Truro , Cornwall to
Port Talbot ,
Glamorgan . She was towed in to
Padstow , Cornwall the next day in a waterlogged condition.
[34]
Wave
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from
Pillau ,
Prussia to
Hull ,
Yorkshire .
[29]
10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Alerte
Sweden
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Härnösand to
Lisbon , Portugal. She was refloated and assisted in to
Wivenhoe , Essex.
[46]
[47]
Jane White
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at
Newport, Monmouthshire . She was righted the next day.
[47]
John and Robert
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Foreland Point,
County Down . She was on a voyage from
Ardrossan ,
Ayrshire to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[42]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by a sunken rock off
Jersey ,
Channel Islands . She put in to Jersey the next day.
[42]
Newburg
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off
Quillebeuf-sur-Seine ,
Eure , France whilst under tow and was run into by another vessel and damaged. She was refloated and towed in to
Havre de Grâce ,
Seine-Inférieure , France for repairs.
[48]
Pomona
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Shingles. She was on a voyage from
Amsterdam ,
North Holland , Netherland to
New York , United States. She was refloated and towed in to
Ramsgate ,
Kent .
[33]
Talbot
Brazil
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Santa Maria,
Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from
Pernambuco to
Trieste .
[49]
Viscount Downe
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the
Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of
Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Hamburg to
London .
[25]
11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Amore Jaccarina
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked at
Navarino ,
Greee . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Galați ,
Ottoman Empire to
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône , France.
[50]
Ana
Spain
The
brig ran aground on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Hamburg to
Havana ,
Cuba . She was refloated and put in to
Ramsgate , Kent.
[34]
Concordia
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Ramsgate.
[34]
Friends
British North America
The ship was driven ashore at
Canso, Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from
Pictou ,
Nova Scotia to
Newfoundland . She was refloated on 29 January and resumed her voyage.
[17]
Gulnare
Bremen
The ship was sighted in the
Strait of Sunda whilst on a voyage from
Samarang ,
Netherlands East Indies to Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[51]
Hercules
Spain
The
brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate.
[34]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand in the
North Sea off the coast of
Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Gothenburg , Sweden to
London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[34]
Maria Klindburg
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on
Staten Island ,
New York , United States by ice.
[52] She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.
[53]
12 January
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Actif
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship struck a floating wreck and foundered in the
North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off
Flamborough Head ,
Yorkshire ,
United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage form
Helsinki to
Hull ,
Yorkshire , United Kingdom.
[54]
Active
British North America
The ship was driven ashore on
Long Island ,
New York , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Saint John's, Newfoundland to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.
[41] She had been refloated by 17 February.
[55]
Ann Creighton
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Gibraltar for
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône . No further trace, presumed foundered in the
Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.
[56]
Anna Cecilia
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to
Buenos Aires , Argentina. She was refloated and put in to
Margate , Kent.
[25]
Ariel
United Kingdom
The
smack was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of
Suffolk . Her crew were rescued.
[57]
[45]
Helen Mar
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off
Java Head ,
Netherlands East Indies whilst on a voyage from
Singapore to
London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[51]
13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Barclay
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on
Ballyferris Point ,
County Down . She was on a voyage from
Maryport ,
Cumberland to
Dublin . She was refloated and put in to
Donaghadee , County Down.
[42]
Borussia
Stettin
The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the
Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Stettin to
New Bedford, Massachusetts , United States and the
South Seas . She was refloated and put in to
Copenhagen , Denmark in a leaky condition.
[32]
Catherine
United States
The ship was wrecked in the Beaver River with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from
Alexandria, Virginia to
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America .
[1]
[49]
Charlotte Ann
British North America
The ship was wrecked on the north coast of
Grand Manan Island ,
New Brunswick . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Saint John's, Newfoundland to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
[41]
[1]
Hindostan
United Kingdom
The
steamship ran aground on the James and Mary Sand, in the
Hooghly River . She was on a voyage from
Calcutta ,
India to
Suez ,
Egypt . She was refloated on 16 January.
[20]
Johanna de Vries
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Amsterdam ,
North Holland to
Trieste . She was refloated and put in to
Ramsgate ,
Kent , United Kingdom for repairs.
[42]
Sarah and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off
Flamborough Head ,
Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk .
[42]
Thomas and James
United Kingdom
The ship sank at
Whitby ,
Yorkshire She was refloated.
[25]
14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The
brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at
Port Jolly ,
Nova Scotia ,
British North America . She was on a voyage from
Bermuda to
Sydney, Nova Scotia .
[49]
[58]
Bolivar
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the
North Sea . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Bordeaux ,
Gironde , France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[59]
Hercules
United Kingdom
The
barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
County Durham . Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 15 April and taken in to
South Shields , County Durham.
[60]
[25]
[61]
Jules
France
The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône to
Nantes ,
Loire-Inférieure .
[30]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship struck the quayside and sank at
Caernarvon . She was on a voyage from
Chester, Cheshire to Caernarvon.
[38]
Osprey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Honfleur ,
Calvados , France.
[32]
William and Ann
United Kingdom
The
schooner was abandoned in the
Irish Sea , presumed subsequently sank.
[62]
15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Pellier",
Loire-Inférieure , France. Her crew were rescued.
[17]
Prince Mighete Kourcho
Ottoman Empire
The ship was driven ashore at
Cap Camarat ,
Var , France with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Ibrailha to
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône , France.
[63]
Reparateur
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near
Barcelona , Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from
Seville , Spain to
Port-Vendres ,
Pyrenées-Atlantiques .
[64]
Ste Philomene
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Cette ,
Hérault with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Nice ,
Alpes-Maritimes to Cette.
[63]
16 January
17 January
18 January
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Borodino
Portugal
The ship ran aground at
New York , United States and was beached. She was on a voyage from
Lisbon to the
Rio Grande .
[68]
Edward Goodrich
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Pelican Reef, off
Barbadoes . She was refloated.
[1]
Emulous
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore at Needham's Point, Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from
Demerara ,
British Honduras to
Belfast ,
County Antrim . She was refloated the next day.
[1]
Giazone
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship was lost near
Alicante , Spain. She was on a voyage from
Bahia ,
Brazil to
Genoa .
[69]
Henry Kelsey
United States
The
barque was driven ashore at Oistnis Point, Barbadoes. She was refloated.
[1]
Jeune Louis
France
The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of
Dénia , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône to
Brest ,
Finistère .
[70]
John and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
Bideford ,
Devon .
[32]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Maryport ,
Cumberland . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Maryport.
[32]
William
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Ayr . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Belfast ,
County Antrim to
Irvine, Ayrshire .
[32]
[71] William was refloated on 5 February 1844 and taken in to Ayr.
[72]
William and Betty
United Kingdom
The
sloop was driven ashore at
Troon ,
Ayrshire . She was refloated on 21 January.
[32]
19 January
20 January
21 January
23 January
24 January
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Albertina Amalia
Sweden
The ship was wrecked off "Palminecken" with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Gotland to
Helsingborg .
[30]
Commerce
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Murragh Spit, off the coast of
County Donegal . She was refloated and resumed her voyage to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[64]
Finnis
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Buenos Aires ,
Argentina to
London .
[78]
Marie Magdalene
France
The ship was driven ashore at
Pointe de Grave ,
Gironde .
[52]
Oriental
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the
Mediterranean Sea 80 to 90 nautical miles (150 to 170 km) north west of
Malta by the
barque St. Lawrence (
United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by Racer (
Jersey ). Oriental was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Alexandria ,
Egypt .
[77]
[79]
[80]
[81]
Superbe
France
The ship struck the La Basse Jaune Rock, in Douarneney Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from
Bayonne ,
Basses-Pyrénées to
Rouen ,
Seine-Inférieure . Superbe was refloated and towed into the "Île des Sems".
[30]
Trafalgar
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hill Wharf Bank, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of the
Fleetwood Lighthouse ,
Lancashire . She floated off the next day and sank. Her crew survived.
[82]
Urania
Prussia
The
brig sank at
Antalya ,
Ottoman Empire .
[17] Her crew were rescued.
[27]
25 January
26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Alfred
United Kingdom
The
smack was driven ashore near
Workington ,
Cumberland . She was on a voyage from
Ramsey, Isle of Man to Workington.
[39]
[65] She was refloated on 29 January and was later taken in to Workington.
[84]
Anna
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on
Scroby Sands ,
Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Dundee ,
Forfarshire to
London . She was refloated and taken in to
Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.
[64]
Bess
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Ironshore, Jamaica . Her crew were rescued.
[58]
Fly
Jamaica
The ship was wrecked in the Flint River.
[58]
Lord Willoughby
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the East Hoyle Sandbank, in
Liverpool Bay . Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat.
[64]
Mary Queen of Scots
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off
Pernambuco ,
Brazil . She was refloated several days later and taken into the
Rio Grande .
[78]
Nymph
United Kingdom
The
schooner ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the
Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Limerick . She was refloated on 29 January and taken in to
Kingstown, County Dublin .
[65]
Rebecca
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the
Great River , Jamaica.
[58]
Sheraton Grange
United Kingdom
The
brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex . She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to
Malta . She was refloated and taken in to
Harwich , Essex.
[83]
Queen Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the
Zuidwal . She was on a voyage from
Smyrna ,
Ottoman Empire to
Amsterdam ,
North Holland , Netherlands.
[52]
27 January
28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Aurora
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at
Workington ,
Cumberland ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Rotterdam ,
South Holland to
Maryport , Cumberland.
[84]
[65] She was refloated on 4 February and taken in to Maryport.
[87]
Ferris
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off
Pernambuco ,
Brazil . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Buenos Aires , Argentina to
London .
[55]
Margaret
United States
The ship was wrecked in the
Abaco Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Savannah, Georgia to
Nassau, Bahamas .
[58]
[88]
Pearl
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Thornham, Norfolk . She was on a voyage from London to
Wisbech ,
Cambridgeshire .
[83]
29 January
30 January
31 January
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Earl Bathurst
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore north of
Whitby ,
Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.
[52] She was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Whitby.
[72]
Emelie
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of
Boulogne ,
Pas-de-Calais . She was on a voyage from Boulogne to
Bordeaux ,
Gironde .
[52]
Lamburn
United Kingdom
The ship capsized off
Rye, Sussex . She was taken in to Rye on 2 February in a leaky condition.
[40]
Malton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby.
[52] The wreck was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Whitby.
[73]
Marie Therese
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near
Ajaccio ,
Corsica . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the
Charente to
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône .
[17]
Phœnix
Hamburg
The ship was lost on the Pagensand, in the North Sea.
[73]
Redcliff
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a
brig and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.
[94]
Syren
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore north of Whitby. Her crew were rescued.
[52] She was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Whitby.
[72]
Welsford
British North America
The ship was severely damaged by fire at
Le Bic ,
Province of Canada .
[55]
William Ward
United Kingdom
The
barque was abandoned in the
English Channel off
Calais , France. Her crew were rescued. William Ward was on a voyage from
Hull to
Athens ,
Greece . She was subsequently taken in to Calais.
[52]
[94]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1844
Ship
State
Description
Anna Maria
France
The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered off
Concarneau ,
Finistère before 18 January. She was on a voyage from
Bordeaux ,
Gironde to
Landerneau , Finistère.
[64]
Bertha Laura
Denmark
The ship was beached on
Fanø . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland ,
United Kingdom to
Roskilde .
[73]
Black Sea
United Kingdom
The ship was discovered at sea in a derelict condition. She was taken in to
Calais , France, where she arrived on 1 February.
[30]
Brigg
United Kingdom
The
brig foundered in the North Sea off the
Dudgeon Lightship (
Trinity House ). She was on a voyage from the
River Trent to
London .
[71]
[95]
Cosan
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near
Mytilene ,
Lesbos ,
Greece . She was on a voyage from the
Danube to an English port.
[96]
Father Mathew
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Caesar's Creek,
Florida Territory . She was on a voyage from St. Stephen's to
Matanzas ,
Cuba .
[97]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Deal, Kent before 20 January. She subsequently became a wreck.
[32]
Greyhound
British North America
The
schooner departed from
Saint John's, Newfoundland for
Sydney, Nova Scotia in early January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[98]
James Wilson
United States
The ship was driven ashore near
New York . She had been refloated by 19 January and taken in to New York.
[41]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 13 January. She was taken in to
Grimsby ,
Lincolnshire .
[99]
Johanna
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the Inner Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was refloated and taken into
Cuxhaven .
[73]
L' Egeria
Brazil
The
schooner was run ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone before 21 January whilst engaged in the
slave trade and being pursued by
HMS Spy (
Royal Navy ). She was consequently condemned.
[100]
Lord Lyndoch
United Kingdom
The transport ship was damaged by fire before 4 January. She was on a voyage from
Singapore to
Madras ,
India .
[101]
Mana
New Zealand
The
schooner was wrecked at
Mana before 13 January.
[102]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bœuffs, off "Pilior", France before 23 January. Her crew were rescued by St. Louis (
France ). Maria was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Nantes ,
Loire-Inférieure .
[85]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near
Kingsgate, Kent before 4 January.
[2]
Peter Ennes
United States
The ship was driven ashore on
Staten Island ,
New York by ice. She was on a voyage from
Trapani ,
Sicily to New York. She was refloated and taken in to port on 26 January.
[103]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off
Flamborough Head ,
Yorkshire on or before 9 January. She was taken in to
Grimsby ,
Lincolnshire .
[54]
Traste
Ottoman Empire
The ship was wrecked in the "Sapenize Islands" before 26 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Rodosto to
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône , France.
[52]
William Fulcher
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Karakul", 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Madras before 1 February. She was on a voyage from
Bordeaux ,
Gironde , France to Madras.
[104]
[101]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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