List of shipwrecks in December 1843

The list of shipwrecks in December 1843 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1843.

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1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1843
Ship State Description
Blessing  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk.[1] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southwold.[2] She was refloated on 4 December and taken into Southwold.[3]
Comet  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.[4][5] Comet was refloated the next day and beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[1]
George Gustaff  France The ship foundered off São Jorge Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Senegal to Bordeaux, Gironde.[6][7]
Maria  Norway The galeass was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark.[8]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1843
Ship State Description
Belle Alliance  Belgium The ship was wrecked off Marstrand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Memel, Prussia.[8][9]
Bernadotte Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Allinge, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Malmö.[10]
Maria Theresa  France The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated on 4 December.[9]
Morning Star United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked near Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Saint John's, Newfoundland.[6][11]
Severn  Russia The steamship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put into Gothenburg, Sweden.[12]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Jura, Inner Hebrides.[9]
Wilhelmina Sophia Stettin The ship struck a sunken rock off Rasvåg, Norway and was damaged She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Stettin.[6]
Zeno  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[13]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1843
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ballyshannon.[14][15]
Concordia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Messina, Sicily. She was refloated the next day and taken into Ramsgate, Kent for repairs.[16]
Leda  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[17]
Peder and Wilhelm  Russia The ship was in collision with Neptunus ( Denmark) and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Odense.[10]
Sarah  United Kingdom The paddle tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew survived.[16][18]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1843
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Galway. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ballyshannon.[19]
Enterprize  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Westplaat, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[20][9]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1843
Ship State Description
Active  Norway The ship ran aground on the Jedder, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Bergen.[21]
Alice  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar. She was refloated.[22][15]
Arthur and Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Milford, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[24]
Campechano  Spain The ship was wrecked in the Straits of Bernardino. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[25]
Christina  Netherlands The ship struck the Zoueland Bank in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Hamburg. She put back to Ghent.[9]
Hilda Johanna Stettin The ship was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put into Helsingør.[17]
Ibex  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Port Talbot.[20]
Marietta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Coultorsay". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Donegal. She was refloated on 13 December.[26]
Nederlanden  Netherlands The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dordrecht, South Holland.[22]
Visitor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Hog Island, County Clare.[3]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1843
Ship State Description
Hawarden Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. She was refloated on 9 December and towed into Glasson Dock, Lancashire.[22][20][8][14]
Scotia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was refloated.[20]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea off the north Norfolk coast. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[27]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: December 1843
Ship State Description
Adams  United States The ship was severely damaged by fire at Islesboro, Maine.[28]
Aurora  France The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Frederikstad.[29]
Carlton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Aberdeen.[30]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was beached at Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.[9]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Hamburg.[17]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was beached in Roundston Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]
Marie  Denmark The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued.[29]
Mary Ann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was lost at Torbay, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[31]
New York  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stromness. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30][32]
Pilotin  France The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the mouth of the Koringa River. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Sarah Lovett United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the ultimate loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued on 22 December by Ann (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America).[34][35]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1843
Ship State Description
Ewer Flora  Denmark The ship ran aground north of the Fornæs Lighthouse and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[36]
Jupiter  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ottendorf, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Whitby, Yorkshire.[37]

9 December

For the wrecking of Thorn Tree on this date, see List of shipwrecks in November 1843 § 19 November.
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1843
Ship State Description
Czar Dussan  Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Sterlsand. She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Hamburg.[17][38]
Dundee  Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Schwarzorth" with the loss of three of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Memel to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[10]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Ost. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Cuxhaven.[39][38]
James Brook  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated.[8]
Julia  Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Gelbsand, in the North Sea, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg.[29][37]
Jeay  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore, capsized and sank at Stralsund.[40]
Jupiter  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Otterndorf, Kingdom of Hanover. She was refloated on 2 February 1844 and taken in to Cuxhaven.[41][42]
Konig Adolph Rostock The ship was driven ashore at Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rostock.[40][43] She was refloated on 20 December and taken in to Stralsund.[21]
Marion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tampico.[44]
Tida Margaretha  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was wrecked on the Accumer Bank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dornum.[45]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1843
Ship State Description
Breeze  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken into Harwich with assistance from HMRC Desmond ( Board of Customs).[17][39]
James United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and put back to North Shields.[39]
Peace and Plenty United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The ship was driven onto rocks 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[23]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1843
Ship State Description
Mary  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and damaged near Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sunderland.[23][39]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1843
Ship State Description
Astrea  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Star ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[46][32]
Calcutta  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Breckness, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America and Mobile, Alabama, United States.[10][43]
Crusader  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British North America with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.[47][48]
Emanuel  Kingdom of Hanover The galiot was wrecked on the coast of Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "St. David's", Scotland to Hamburg.[38]
Pacific  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Aberdeen.[30][39][32]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated and beached at Penarth.[46]
Quebec  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sweden ( United Kingdom). Quebec was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.[49]
Wulff Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Walvisch Staart Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Antwerp, Belgium.[45][26]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1843
Ship State Description
Arthur and Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship sank in Mulroy Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mulroy Bay to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[26]
Betsy  United Kingdom The ship struck the Rusk Bank, in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Camaund" to Tralee, County Cork. Betsy was subsequently towed into South Bay in a waterlogged condition.[46]
Crispin  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock in the Sound of Mull and was beached. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham.[26]
Drei Gebruder  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore near Otterøya, Norway.[21]
Diana  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Cemaes, Anglesey. Her four crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[50]
Experiment  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Inner Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[46]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her five crew were rescued by the lifeboat № 2 ( United Kingdom).[50]
Henry Brougham  United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Dunfanaghy.[26]
Lark United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked in the Digby Gut. She was on a voyage from Shepody, New Brunswick to Saint John, New Brunswick.[51]
Margaret Balfour  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the South Breaker, off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued.[52][53]
Marquis Wellington  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Holyhead. Her three crew were rescued.[50]
Michael Wickham  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Holyhead. Her five crew were rescued by the lifeboat № 2 ( United Kingdom).[50]
Onderneming  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Lecce, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Porto Re, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[54]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1843
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Inner Barber Sand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37]
Bess  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the brig Arethusa ( United Kingdom)[45][37]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off the coast of New Caledonia with some loss of life. Fourteen crew survived, but twelve of them were subsequently murdered by the local inhabitants. The survivors were rescued by the Whaler Magnet ( United Kingdom).[55]
Francina  Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Kopersand. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[45]
Sapphire  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Restigouche, New Brunswick, British North America to Peterhead.[26][56] She was refloated on 23 December and taken into Peterhead.[57]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1843
Ship State Description
Amethyst  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked near "Saltal", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden.[58] Amethyst became a wreck on 23 December.[21]
Antelope  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Coquet Lighthouse, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[21]
Courier  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Pillau, Prussia, where she was wrecked the next day. Five of her crew were lost. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Königsberg, Prussia.[21][59]
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Otterswick, Orkney Islands.[60]
Eleonore Dantsic The barque was driven ashore at Pasewalk, Prussia.[21] She had become a wreck by 30 December.[61]
Elsa Sophia  Norway The ship was wrecked at "Kaningoon". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Stavanger.[26]
Emanuel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of North Berwick, Lothian.[45]
Four Brothers  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newhaven, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 17 December and taken into Leith, Lothian.[26][58][32]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Otterswick.[60]
Iacht  Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Huideadale Reef. Her crew were rescued.[61]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship struck the Salt Scars, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Goole, Yorkshire.[45]
Statire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Therapia, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 20 December.[44][53]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1843
Ship State Description
Anna Maria  Prussia The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to "Weile".[58][21]
Friedrich Wilhelm IV  Prussia The ship was driven ashore near Kahlberg. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Königsberg.[21]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the River Spey to North Shields, County Durham. Mary Anne was refloated on 18 December and towed in to North Shields.[46][37][43][26][32][10]
Neptunus  Prussia The ship was driven ashore on the Prittersgebocht, in the Baltic Sea off Swinemünde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[21]
Theodore  France The ship ran aground on the Tot Bank, in the English Channel.[62]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1843
Ship State Description
Exmouth  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore north of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.[45][32]
Otto Ferdinand Dantsic The ship was driven ashore near Marstrand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[58]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1843
Ship State Description
Carraboo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Broersen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Chatham, Kent.[63][21] She was refloated on 25 December and taken into Dantsic.[31]
Johannes  Bremen The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bremen.[58]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1843
Ship State Description
Alpha  United Kingdom The ship departed from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[64]
Courier  France The steamship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Calvados. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Honfleur.[60]
Elisa Sophia  Norway The ship was wrecked at "Karringoon", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Stavanger.[65]
Salvadore Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. Five of her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Naples.[58][59]
Perou  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Felix ( France). Perou was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Pernambuco, Brazil.[66]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1843
Ship State Description
Matilde  Chile The ship was lost south of the Chiloé Archipelago. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to the River Plate.[67]
Venelia  France The ship was wrecked near Grand-Gosier, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas to Saint Domingo.[68]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1843
Ship State Description
Arab  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bideford.[69] She was refloated on 4 January 1844 and taken in to Appledore, Devon.[70]
Marys  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the "Woolsenus". She was refloated and taken into Portsmouth, Hampshire.[36]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1843
Ship State Description
Alice  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off East Wemyss, Fife. Her crew were rescued by a fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian.[71]
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Albion (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Albion. Betsey was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[71] She was taken into Annalong, County Down on 24 December.[72]
Duchess of Gloucester  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Gloucester.[60]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Knock Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Portgordon to Aberdeen. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued.[72][57]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1843
Ship State Description
Alfred  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Wexford with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Liverpool, Lancashire.[60][72]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and completed her voyage to Liverpool.[72]
Betsy  United Kingdom The ship collided with Albion ( United Kingdom and was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Dublin.[60]
Dorothy  United Kingdom The sloop was in collision with Jane ( United Kingdom and foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees. Two crew were rescued. Dorothy was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham.[7]
Enchantress  United Kingdom The ship departed from Valaparaíso, Chile for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[73]
Figaro  Bremen The ship ran ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Bremen.[21]
Glasgow  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.[74]
Jules Theodore  France The ship struck the Minquiers, off the Channel Islands and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She put into Jersey in a leaky condition.[71]
Margaret and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel and was consequently beached near South Shields, County Durham.[72] She was repaired and resumed her voyage on 30 December.[63]
Planter  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the River Don at Goole, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole to London. Planter was righted on 25 December.[72]
William  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Coquet Island, Northumberland and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Sunderland. She was later refloated and taken into Warkworth, Northumberland.[71]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1843
Ship State Description
Alpet  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballyteague Bay with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[65]
Nabob  United Kingdom The barque ran ashore in Carnarvon Bay in fog. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[60][75] Nabob was refloated on 6 February 1844.[76] On 8 March she was taken to Holyhead, Anglesey, and later repaired.[75][77]
Waterwitch  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Insand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to South Shields, County Durham. She was run into by another vessel, which both damaged and refloated her.[7][58]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1843
Ship State Description
Boykett  United Kingdom The brig capsized in the Clyde. She was later righted.[21][58]
Pelorus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Ambon Island, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to China.[78]
Salvadora or Salvatore Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The brig was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in Liverpool Bay, with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Naples.[57][65]
Swiftsure  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She was refloated an put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[72]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1843
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Heneaga, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Cork.[68]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[58]
Norfolk  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Malta. She was refloated.[79]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1843
Ship State Description
Jane Gifford  United Kingdom The barque struck rocks off the Little Bassa and was damaged. She was abandoned on 27 December 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Tangalle, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Madras to Covelong and Bombay, India.[80][81][82]
Meg  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire and was scuttled.[58]
Potter  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Pratas or Pirates Shoal, in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Tuticorin, India to Macao.[80][77]
Sir James Gordon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape la Have, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Havre de Grâce for repairs.[7]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1843
Ship State Description
Amicitia  Netherlands The ship was wrecked near Cape Spartel, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[52]
Bedlington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham.[6][7]
George Gustave  France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off São Jorge Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Louis, Senegal to Bordeaux, Gironde.[41]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1844
Ship State Description
Eliza and Esther  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Mariner  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin.[83]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1844
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Stockton on Tees, County Durham. She was refloated.[63]
John and William  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London.[7] She was refloated the next day.[79]
Maria  Hamburg The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Ems.[52]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Choice ( United Kingdom. Mary was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Newton.[63]
Rachel Kleist  Prussia The steamship was beached near "Settersdorf" where she subsequently became a wreck.[52]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1843
Ship State Description
Balguerie  France The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, off the coast of Uruguay, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Monte Video, Uruguay.[84]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[6]
Madras  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia.[85]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[61]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1843
Ship State Description
Anna Margaretha  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt, Duchy of Holstein before 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hamburg.[29]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[21]
Canton  United Kingdom The brig was lost on the coast on North America before 21 December.[86]
Caroline Cecilie Paulina  Denmark The ship was driven ashore near "Waarsaa". She was refloated on 19 December and taken in to Fredrikshavn.[21]
Diana  Hamburg The ship foundered in the North Sea before 4 December. Her crew were rescued by Enterprise ( United Kingdom). Diana was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire United Kingdom to Hamburg.[24][87]
Franklin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire before 31 December.[6]
Haddington  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan with the loss of all hands.[67]
Helen  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands on or before 3 December. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[24]
Lunar United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was wrecked on the coast of Middle Island. Her crew survived.[88]
Maria Sweden The ship foundered off the coast of Norway before 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[10]
Marianna Paulina  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland.[63]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 13 December. She was refloated.[79]
Montefiores  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire before 23 December. She had been refloated by 27 December.[89]
Neerlands Frau  Netherlands The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[26]
Rochester Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Föhr, Duchy of Holstein.[63]
Salamandre  France The ship was driven ashore at Frontignan, Hérault before 15 December. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Cette, Hérault. She was refloated and taken into Cette.[26]
Sheridan Grange  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Fox ( United Kingdom) and HMRC Scout ( Board of Customs).[90]
Tempest  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of Denmark before 28 December.[91]
The 17th of Mai  Norway The schooner was wrecked off Sørnes before 19 December with the loss of all hands.[92]

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