The list of shipwrecks in 1845 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1845 .
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1845
Ship
State
Description
Auguste
France
The ship was wrecked in the River Plate .[ 1]
Bonne Marie , orBonne Sophia
France
The ship was wrecked near Castillos , Uruguay.[ 2] [ 3]
Countess of Wilton
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Papeete , Tahiti .[ 4]
Dumont
France
The ship was wrecked at Ganjam , India before 6 November. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Calcutta , India.[ 5]
Fair Arcadian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Bay of St. Brieve with the loss of twenty of the 25 people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to London .[ 6]
Force
France
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal between 24 October and 27 November. She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to Cette , Hérault .[ 7]
Frankland
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Algiers , Algeria . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bahia , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 8]
Gardner
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Yangtze 15 nautical miles (28 km) downstream of Woosung , China . She was later refloated.[ 9]
Halifax Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Fremantle , Swan River Colony . She was on a voyage from the Swan River to London.[ 10]
Jeune Philomen
France
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Matanzas , Cuba.[ 11]
Monte de Ville
France
The barque was driven ashore on the Indian coast.[ 12]
Olive Branch
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Sker Point , Glamorgan with the loss of three of her nine crew.[ 13]
Royal Consort
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Calcutta.[ 12]
Sir Henry Hardinge
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on an uncharted rock off Fårö , Sweden.[ 14]
Vulcan
South Australia
The schooner was wrecked on Flinders Island , Van Diemen's Land between 10 April and 23 June.[ 15]
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 23740. London. 28 November 1845.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19091. London. 26 November 1845. col E, p. 8.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 23738. London. 25 November 1845.
^ "(untitled)" . Wellington Independent . Vol. 1, no. 29. Wellington. 29 November 1845. p. 1.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19077. London. 10 November 1845. col E, p. 7.
^ "(untitled)". The Times . No. 18860. London. 1 March 1845. col F, p. 6.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19097. London. 3 December 1845. col F, p. 6.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19112. London. 20 December 1845. col D-E, p. 7.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19216. London. 21 April 1846. col E, p. 9.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19009. London. 22 August 1845. col D, p. 7.
^ "Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties". Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper . No. 141. London. 3 August 1845.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 19070. London. 1 November 1845. col D, p. 8.
^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF) . Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014 .
^ "Official Inquiry into the Loss of the North Sea". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times . No. 3888. Hull. 15 July 1859.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19090. London. 25 November 1845. col D, p. 8.