List of shipwrecks in March 1849
The list of shipwrecks in March 1849 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1849 .
1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Admiral Bingham
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar , Yorkshire . She was refloated and put in to Whitby , Yorkshire.[ 1]
Bernard
Belgium
The ship foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) off the English coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend , West Flanders to London , United Kingdom .[ 2]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Red Castle, Forfarshire . She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Montrose, Forfarshire .[ 3]
Boston
United States
The packet ship was wrecked on the east coast of the United States with the loss of fifteen lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to the United States.[ 4]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Banff, Aberdeenshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Lossiemouth , Lothian .[ 5]
Camel
United Kingdom
The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Redheugh , Northumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Saint Andrews , Fife .[ 5] [ 6]
Castletown
Isle of Man
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven , Cumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Whitehaven.[ 7]
Ceres
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was refloated.[ 8]
Colchester
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Socotra . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aden to Moulmein , Burma .[ 9]
Elizabeth and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) south south west of the Isles of Scilly with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham .[ 10]
Emulation
United Kingdom
The derelict schooner was driven ashore near Aberdyfi , Cardiganshire . She was later refloated and towed in to Barmouth , Caernarfonshire .[ 11]
Franklin
United States
The ship was wrecked at Wellfleet, Massachusetts with the loss of six lived. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 12] [ 13]
Harwood
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized and sank with the loss of all but four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Wansbeck ( United Kingdom ). Harwood was on a voyage from Marstrand , Sweden to London .[ 14] [ 15]
Margaret and Rachael
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dublin .[ 10]
Shincliffe
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boulmer , Northumberland. She was refloated.[ 16]
Trio
United Kingdom
The collier , a brig , sank off the North Foreland , Kent .[ 8]
Tulliallan
United Kingdom
The ship sank near Dunmore. She was refloated on 10 March.[ 17]
2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Andromeda
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Odessa .[ 18]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Lanan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Leith , Lothian .[ 16]
Celine and Amelia
France
The brig was wrecked at Selsey , Sussex , United Kingdom .[ 19]
Ceres
Bremen
The ship ran aground and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bremen to an English port. She was refloated and put back to Bremen.[ 20]
Constantia
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Hamburg for Hull , Yorkshire . Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; a boat washed up at Wyk auf Föhr , Duchy of Holstein .[ 21]
Elf
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore by ice at Galaţi , Ottoman Empire .[ 22]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hook of Holland , South Holland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Newhaven, Sussex .[ 19]
Riga
United States
The ship caught fire and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to New York .[ 23]
Shamrock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Lough Swilly . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to the Rio Grande . She was refloated and taken in to Rathmullan, County Down .[ 5]
Six
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was refloated and towed in the South Shields , County Durham with the assistance of two steamships.[ 24]
3 March
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Astrea
Bremen
The ship was wrecked on the Witt Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Bremen.[ 20]
Hendrika
Denmark
The galiot was wrecked in Sandy Bay, Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Cette , Hérault , France to Helsingør .[ 25] [ 26]
John Callum
United Kingdom
The brig was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned 12 nautical miles (22 km) north west by west of Bardsey Island , Pembrokeshire . She was discovered by Susan ( United Kingdom ), which put a skeleton crew on board. They took her in to Holyhead , Anglesey the next day.[ 5] [ 27]
Nautilus
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Heligoland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Hamburg .[ 5]
Olympus
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany . She was refloated.[ 28]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Hero ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich , Suffolk .[ 5]
Tour d' Auvergne
France
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia , Argentina with the loss of nine of her crew.[ 29]
Weatherley
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground. She was refloated and towed back to South Shields , County Durham .[ 5]
William and George
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Orne and was damaged.[ 30]
4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Plymouth , Devon . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to New York , United States.[ 10]
Gordon
United Kingdom
The sloop struck a sunken wreck and sank off the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Bangor.[ 10]
Louisa Caroline
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Swinemünde , Prussia .[ 22]
Nimrod
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland , Netherlands.[ 5]
Olga
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog , Kingdom of Hanover . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to Hamburg.[ 31]
Princess Royal
United Kingdom
The transport ship ran aground off Grenada . She was refloated.[ 32]
William
New South Wales
The brig struck a sunken rock in the Tamar River and became waterlogged. She was on a voyage from Launceston , Van Diemen's Land to Sydney .[ 33]
5 March
6 March
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Curlew
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Bremen . She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven .[ 37]
Ismail
France
The brig was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Crow Rock . She was on a voyage from Troon , Ayrshire , United Kingdom to a French port. She was taken in to Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom.[ 38]
Superior
United Kingdom
The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Kirkwall , Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from Peterhead , Aberdeenshire to Greenland.[ 39] [ 27]
Wansbeck
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at "Vige", Norway. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg , Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 15]
Wilhelm
Russia
The schooner was sunk by ice at Cape Magnusholm. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Bolderāja .[ 28] [ 40]
7 March
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Britannia
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was damaged by fire at Leith , Lothian . She was on a voyage from Leith to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 41]
Caledonia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Horse Isle , in the Firth of Forth with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Londonderry .[ 39]
Equity
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Gibraltar . She was refloated and put in to Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex .[ 39]
Morning Star
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Newton, Berwickshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Port Dundas , Renfrewshire .[ 35]
Simpson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Lytham St. Annes , Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Preston, Lancashire .[ 39]
Stella
United Kingdom
The brig departed from South Shields for Hamburg . Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands; a log book and part of a chest from the vessel were discovered off Borkum , Kingdom of Hanover in mid-April.[ 42] [ 43]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock at "Kanso", Sweden and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Gothenburg , Sweden. She was refloated and towed in to Gotheburgh.[ 40]
8 March
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Busick
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Folkestone , Kent . She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 36]
Gleam
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Outer Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Crail , Fife to London . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 39]
Petit Pierre
France
The ship struck a sunken wreck and foundered off the Kentish Knock , Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom .[ 31]
9 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Adele
France
The ship was wrecked on the Borkimmer Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Bremen .[ 30]
Cate
Austrian Empire
The barque ran aground in the Victoria Channel and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the Mersey Ferry Birkenhead ( United Kingdom ). Cate was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Trieste . She was subsequently wrecked on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay .[ 41] [ 44] [ 45]
Hazelwood
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was refloated but drove ashore near South Shields , County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[ 46] She was again refloated on 14 March.[ 30]
Jean Bruneau
France
The schooner ran aground on the Bantry Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was refloated but consequently sank off the Formby Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew were rescued by the tug President ( United Kingdom ). Jean Bruneau was on a voyage from Ayr , United Kingdom to Liverpool.[ 39] [ 41] [ 44]
Joseph and Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in The Wash off Snettisham , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by X. L. ( United Kingdom ). Joseph and Mary was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated on 13 March and taken in to King's Lynn , Norfolk.[ 46] [ 31] [ 47] [ 36]
Mermede
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland . She was on a voyage from Hellevoetsluis to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Hellevoetsluis.[ 48]
Newport
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier and sank at Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from London to Montrose, Forfarshire .[ 37]
Supply
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) west of Lindesnes , Norway. Her ten crew were rescued by the sloop Laura ( Denmark ). Supply was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Swinemünde , Prussia .[ 12] [ 49] [ 50]
10 March
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Æolus
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Stirrup Key. She was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 51]
Helen S. Page
United States
The ship was driven ashore between the mouths of the Guadarranque and Pamones . She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia .[ 11] She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar Bay .[ 52]
Queen
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Crow Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Liverpool , Lancashire . She put in to Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire .[ 46]
Sylphe
France
The brig was wrecked near Tétouan , Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[ 52] [ 53] She was on a voyage form Tétouan to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 54]
Voyager
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off "Toto", Sweden and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to "Kanso", Sweden for repairs.[ 40]
William Penn
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay . She was refloated but was wrecked on the Burbo Bank with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Youghal , County Cork .[ 46] [ 44] [ 55]
11 March
12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Acadia
Reichsflotte
The paddle steamer was driven ashore on Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Bremen . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Terschelling.[ 57] [ 58] [ 59]
Diana
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was refloated.[ 60]
Diana
Denmark
The ship was wrecked off Falkenburg, Sweden . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Memel , Prussia .[ 13]
M. A. Scott
United Kingdom
The ship was run into by the steamship Citizen ( United Kingdom ) and sank at Dublin .[ 17]
Westa
Flag unknown
The ship was severely damaged off Cape Finisterre , Spain by an onboard explosion in her cargo of coal. A crew member was killed and three were severely injured. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Barcelona , Spain. She put in to Cádiz , Spain, where she arrived on 18 March.[ 61]
13 March
14 March
15 March
16 March
17 March
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Adselty
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham . She was refloated.[ 72]
Dahlia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ballyquinton Point, County Down . She was on a voyage from Cork to Troon , Ayrshire . She was refloated and put in to Strangford Lough .[ 22]
Harriet Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was struck the Long Nose Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent and sank. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London .[ 72]
Hebe
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Formby, Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Demerara , British Guiana .[ 73] She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[ 72]
Vine
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and damaged near Duncansby Head , Caithness . She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Belfast , County Antrim . She was refloated the next day.[ 74] [ 42]
William Nicoll
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Memel , Prussia . She was refloated the next day.[ 75]
18 March
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Belvidere
United States
The barque was driven ashore west of Folkestone , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to New York . She was refloated.[ 28]
Cosmopolite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire .[ 72] She was refloated on 20 March and taken in to Bridlington , Yorkshire for repairs.[ 13]
Cygnet
United States
The brig was driven ashore at New York . She was on a voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 23]
Dauntless
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the Dungeness Lighthouse , Kent . She was on a voyage from China to London .[ 28] [ 72] She was refloated the next day.[ 14]
Golta
Austrian Empire
The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent . She was on a voyage from Cattaro to London She was refloated and taken in to Deal.[ 28]
Maria Elizabeth
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Ventava , Courland Governorate . She was on a voyage from Venstpils to Bremen . She was taken in to Ventspils on 21 April in a waterlogged condition.[ 76]
Orion
Bremen
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York , United States. She was refloated the next day and taken in to The Downs .[ 40]
19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Emilie
Russia
The schooner was driven ashore by ice at Ventspils .[ 66]
Glory
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London . She was refloated on 20 March and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk in a leaky condition.[ 28] [ 14]
Jacaba Catherina
Spain
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands to Bilbao . She was refloated and taken in to Ramgate , Kent.[ 14]
Lydia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Barra , Outer Hebrides . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama , United States.[ 57]
Ocean Child
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank off the Tuskar Rock .[ 77]
Rover
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a sunken rock and sank in Dundrum Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Strangford , County Antrim .[ 22]
Woodman
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off the Isle of Bute . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Liverpool. She was refloated.[ 78]
20 March
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Alexander Robertson
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.[ 61]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 28]
Moslem
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Barber's Point. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.[ 61]
Samuel
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to an Irish port.[ 79] [ 22]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The barque sank off Fort Cumberland , Hampshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chichester , Sussex to Portsmouth , Hampshire.[ 14]
Sultana
United States
The schooner was discovered derelict in the Atlantic Ocean by Huron ( ) British North America and was set afire.[ 80]
Town of Drogheda
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) east of Gibraltar . Her crew were rescued.[ 53]
21 March
22 March
23 March
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Abbevilloise
France
The schooner struck a sunken rock, capsized and foundered in Penzance Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme , Somme to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 77] [ 75] [ 81]
Ann
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore near Rota , Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Vigo and Cádiz , Spain. She was refloated on 6 April and towed in to Cádiz.[ 9] [ 61]
Ann
Cape Colony
The ship departed from Mosel Bay for Table Bay . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 82]
Fame
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on the Calf of Man , Isle of Man and was abandoned by her mate. He was rescued on 22 March. She floated off and resumed her voyage. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport , Cumberland .[ 83]
Gale
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was refloated, beached, patched and taken in to Lowestoft.[ 11]
Jeanne de Arc
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme to Blyth, Northumberland , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe , Essex in a leaky condition.[ 15]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow .[ 75]
Pactolus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Rowe , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dantzic .[ 66]
24 March
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Arethusa
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Leander's Tower, Constantinople , Ottoman Empire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to an English port. She was refloated the next day.[ 69] [ 84]
Bligh
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wick.[ 11]
Lucy and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.[ 11]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Ghent , West Flanders , Belgium to Dublin . She was refloated and taken in to Calais in a leaky condition.[ 11]
Tynwald
United Kingdom
The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 103 nautical miles (191 km) off Cape Clear Island , County Cork (50°07′N 8°31′W / 50.117°N 8.517°W / 50.117; -8.517 ). Her crew were rescued by O' Ferrall ( Malta ). Tynwald was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to the Cape of Good Hope , Cape Colony .[ 85] [ 18]
William Ward
United Kingdom
The whaler , a barque , was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean (45°30′N 10°00′W / 45.500°N 10.000°W / 45.500; -10.000 ). Her 45 crew were rescued by Fairy ( United Kingdom ).[ 86] [ 87] [ 88]
25 March
26 March
27 March
28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Alexander Baring
United Kingdom
The ship struck the quayside at Liverpool , Lancashire and was severely damaged when her anchor was forced through her bow. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[ 53]
Constante
Spain
The brig was driven ashore on Fort Island Nomea. She was refloated on 30 March and taken in to Amoy , China for repairs.[ 98]
George Andrew
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Knudshoved , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein , Duchy of Holstein to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham .[ 61] She was refloated on 7 April and taken in to Nyborg , Denmark for repairs.[ 99]
Hoop
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Towyn , Denbighshire . She was on a voyage from Schiedam , South Holland to Liverpool.[ 100]
Johan August
Netherlands
The schooner ran aground and sank east of Christiansand , Norway with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Drontheim , Norway to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 70]
Morley
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Aquilas", Spain. Her crew were rescued.[ 32] She was refloated on 7 April.[ 101]
Norge
Duchy of Holstein
The ship sank in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Humber to a Norwegian port.[ 102] [ 103]
Ocean
New Zealand
The schooner was driven onshore at Port Wakefield in the Chatham Islands during a heavy gale. All hands were saved.[ 104]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Aquilas". Her crew were rescued.[ 32]
29 March
30 March
31 March
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1849
Ship
State
Description
Alcibiade
Greece
The brig collided with the brig Express ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Black Sea . Her crew were rescued by Express .[ 108]
Alice Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Lune . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Lancaster, Lancashire .[ 20]
Amour de la Patrie
France
The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Bordeaux , Gironde . She was taken in to Ramsgate , Kent , United Kingdom in a derelict condition on 2 March.[ 10]
Antizza
Ottoman Empire
The ship was wrecked near San Nicolo, Cerigo , Greece before 10 March.[ 37]
Aristide
France
The ship was wrecked at Vauville, Manche . She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure .[ 5]
Atkinson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated.[ 61]
Avieries
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth , Devon . She was refloated on 4 March and taken in to Frank's Quarry.[ 10]
Copia
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Sulina , Ottoman Empire before 26 March. Her crew were rescued.[ 69]
Elizabeth Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off the Loochoo Islands , Japan before 29 March.[ 109]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boulmer , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Arbroath , Forfarshire . She was refloated on 5 March and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland in a leaky condition.[ 5] [ 19]
Garnet
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. Her crew were rescued by a Royal Danish Navy frigate .[ 21]
Goeli Brick
France
The ship was lost 60 leagues (180 nautical miles (330 km)) south of the mouth of the Rio Grande before 7 March.[ 110]
Harriet
Sweden
The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean in late March. There were at least five survivors. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Valparaíso , Chile and Monterey, California .[ 111] [ 112]
Hirondelle
France
The ship was lost at the mouth of the Gironde with the loss of seven of her crew.[ 113]
Inquisitive
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Halifax to New York , United States.[ 23]
Integrity
United Kingdom
The sloop was lost on or before 2 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to London.[ 10]
Jane and Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop was lost on or before 2 March. Her crew were rescued.[ 10]
Lamartine
United States
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 March.[ 114]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship whaler was lost off Greenland before 31 March with the loss of all hands.[ 115]
Merovee Allegre
Portugal
The steamship was in collision with another steamship and sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Sardinia and Sicily . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Oporto .[ 66]
Ordovia
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked west of Málaga , Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to an English port.[ 25]
Osway
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Worthing , Sussex . She was refloated on 7 March.[ 36]
Pastorelle
Belgium
The ship was wrecked near Cape Spartel , Morocco before 30 March. Her crew were rescued.[ 61]
Ranger
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Puttgarden , Prussia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Nakskov , Denmark.[ 66]
Shakespeare
United Kingdom
The ship was lost between the mouth of the St. George and Potoza Rivers, Ottoman Empire before 26 March.[ 69]
Sirius
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged. She put in to Santa Cruz on 21 March for repairs. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to the Falkland Islands .[ 116]
Verona
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Adriano ( Spain ). Verona was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 61]
Young Hebe
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Cape Spencer , South Australia in late March with the loss of her crew and ten passengers.[ 117]
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