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The list of shipwrecks in July 1844 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July
1844 .
1 July
2 July
5 July
6 July
7 July
8 July
9 July
11 July
12 July
13 July
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1844
Ship
State
Description
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Redcar ,
Yorkshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[17]
Monica
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[17]
14 July
15 July
16 July
18 July
20 July
21 July
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1844
Ship
State
Description
Lord Ashburton
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore and wrecked at
Strangford ,
County Antrim . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America .
[8] She was refloated on 31 August and beached at
Portaferry ,
County Down .
[31] Subsequently sold and towed to Liverpool for repairs.
[32]
Storfursten
Sweden
The
steamship ran aground off
Helsinki ,
Grand Duchy of Finland . She was on a voyage from
Stockholm to
Turku , Grand Duchy of Finland,
Reval and
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia .
[33] She was refloated and taken in to Turku for repairs.
[34]
William Thompson
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex . She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
London . She was refloated.
[7]
22 July
23 July
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1844
Ship
State
Description
Elisabeth and Antoinette
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Amsterdam ,
North Holland to
Batavia ,
Netherlands East Indies . She was refloated and taken in to
The Downs ,
[8] and later to
Gravesend, Kent .
[18]
George Ponsonby
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off
Colonsay ,
Inner Hebrides . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Arklow ,
County Wicklow to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[5]
[37]
Susanna Wilhelmine
Dantzic
The ship was driven ashore at
Hela ,
Prussia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to
Leith ,
Lothian ,
United Kingdom .
[38] She was consequently condemned.
[39]
24 July
25 July
26 July
27 July
28 July
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1844
Ship
State
Description
Duke of Clarence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven asher at Coalhouse Point,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
Dantzic to
Rochester, Kent . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Rochester.
[38]
30 July
31 July
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1844
Ship
State
Description
Cervantes
United States
The
whaler , a
barque , was wrecked in
Jurien Bay before 8 July.
[55]
Coronation
United Kingdom
The
schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex . She was refloated and assisted into
Harwich , Essex.
[56]
Desdemona
British North America
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Arichat, Nova Scotia between 2 and 16 July. She was on a voyage from
Pictou ,
Nova Scotia to
Somerset, Massachusetts , United States.
[5]
Diana
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on
Sanda Island . The wreck was towed in to
Girvan ,
Ayrshire on 15 July.
[6]
Graf von Blucher
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near
Monte Video , Uruguay before 25 July.
[57]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The
brig was abandoned off
Anticosti Island ,
Nova Scotia ,
British North America between 4 and 6 July.
[58] Her captain remained on board; he was rescued the next day by Catherine (
United Kingdom ).
[59]
Industrie
Russia
The ship was driven ashore near
Büyükdere ,
Ottoman Empire before 16 July.
[59]
James
New Zealand
The
schooner was driven ashore by a southerly gale and wrecked in
Palliser Bay on or about 8 July with the loss of two of her crew.
[60]
[61]
Judith
United Kingdom
The
schooner was struck by
lightning and foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire to
Loanda ,
Brazil .
[50]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Gotland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from
Vyborg , Sweden to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland . She was refloated and put in to
Christiansø , Denmark, where she arrived on 23 July in a sinking condition.
[62]
Lord Ashburton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Strangford ,
County Antrim . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Saint John, New Brunswick .
[40]
Louis XIV
France
The ship ran aground on the Indian Key. She was on later refloated and taken in to
Key West ,
Florida Territory .
[63] She was consequently condemned.
[42]
Madras
United Kingdom
The
barque caught fire and was scuttled in the
River Thames at
Deptford ,
Kent before 13 July.
[64]
Pontefract
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Conway Inlet,
Prince Edward Island ,
British North America before 30 July. She was on a voyage from
Oran ,
French Algeria to
Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North Americe.
[2]
Portland
United Kingdom
The
barque capsized at
Cienfuegos ,
Cuba before 7 July.
[53]
Royal Admiral
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near the Colaba Lighthouse,
Bombay ,
India before 31 July. She was on a voyage from
Newport, Monmouthshire to
Aden .
[3]
Sir Lionel Smith
United Kingdom
The
brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in a
hurricane before 21 July. Her crew were rescued by Erie (
United States ). Sir Lionel Smith was on a voyage from
New York to
Montego Bay , Jamaica.
[58]
[65]
Tay
United Kingdom
The
steamship ran aground on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to
Havana , Cuba. She was refloated with assistance from the
schooner Lee and steamship Congress (both
United Kingdom ) and taken in to Havana in a leaky condition.
[2]
Vladimir
Austrian Empire
The ship was lost in the
Dardanelles .
[40]
Wasp
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of
Cronstadt ,
Russia . She was on a voyage from London to
Saint Petersburg , Russia. She was refloated on 14 July.
[66]
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