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List of shipwrecks in December 1844

The list of shipwrecks in December 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1844.

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1 December

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List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1844
Ship State Description
England   United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]

2 December

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List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1844
Ship State Description
Anna Maria   Hamburg The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Pinkegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[2]
Britannia   British North America The schooner was driven ashore at Cape George, Nova Scotia.[3]
Cleopatra   Grand Duchy of Tuscany The barque foundered off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Gibraltar.[1]
Eweretta   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and made for the North Foreland, Kent.[4]
Frau Gezina   Denmark The kuff ran aground at "Eitzenloch" and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Lord de Saumarez   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[6] She was later refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[7]
Tean   United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at London.[8]

3 December

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List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1844
Ship State Description
Albion   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gunton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[9] She subsequently became a wreck,[10] and was condemned.[11]
Caroline   Bremen The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 6 December and taken in to Bremen.[7]
Elf Geschwister   Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Huttoft, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom.[12]
Fidelity   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at North Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and taken in to North Shields.[12]
Iris   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Boulmer, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the Boulmer Lifeboat.[13]
Jane   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Seven of her nine crew were rescued by the brig Unity (  United Kingdom), the other two took to the ship's skiff. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[12][14][11] Part of the wreck drove ashore at Warden, Kent on 10 December.[15]
Primer Gaditano   Spain The steamship was wrecked near Montjuïc. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Barcelona.[16][17]
Rose   United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with Hebe (  United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[12] The wreck was towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire on 5 December by Brunswick (  United Kingdom).[14]

4 December

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List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1844
Ship State Description
Countess of Lonsdale   United Kingdom The paddle steamer was damaged by fire at London.[8]
Mathers   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London.[12]
Merchant   United States The ship was driven ashore at Lewis, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated on 9 December.[18]
Paolina   Kingdom of Sardinia The ship was in collision with a Greek brig off Corsica, France and was abandoned. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked. The brig sank; five of her crew were rescued. Paolina was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Genoa.[19]
Polly   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[15]
Theadoore Behring   Dantzic The ship was driven ashore east of Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Newhaven.[12]

5 December

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List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1844
Ship State Description
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barrow Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[9]
Jenny Jones   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Syra, Greece. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[14]
Port Madoc Packet   United Kingdom The ship collided with a brig and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire.[5]
Ruby   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 Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[5] Ruby was refloated with the assistance of eleven smacks and taken into Harwich, Essex.[20]

6 December

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List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1844
Ship State Description
Charlevon   British North America The steamship was sunk by ice at Quebec City, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Montreal.[21]
Farmer   United Kingdom The ship was lost off "Whitenhead", Inverness-shire.[22][23]
Guadaloupe   France The ship was wrecked near Champaigne Bay. She was on a voyage from Le Moule, Guadeloupe to Santa Ana.[24]
Johanna Sophia   Norway The sloop ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Frederiksværk, Denmark to Moss. Her crew were rescued. She became a wreck on 8 December.[25]
Preciosa   Hamburg The ship capsized at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg.[6]
Terra de Fea   France The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated.[10]
Union   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Magdalena (  Hamburg) and foundered off Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Goole, Yorkshire.[6]

7 December

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List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1844
Ship State Description
Brilliant   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was refloated.[11]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Haycock Harbor, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.[18]
Gerda   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Hamburg. She was later refloated.[17]
Obarlevon   British North America The steamship was holed by ice and sank at Quebec City, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Montreal.[26]
Pansey   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[10]
Psyche   Antigua The dredger, a schooner, struck a rock and sank off Nonsuch Island, Bermuda.[27]
Sackville   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Otranto, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28]

8 December

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List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1844
Ship State Description
Catherine Jackson   United States The ship was driven ashore on Goeree, Zeeland Netherlands.[2] She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[7][25]
Garnet   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Muschel Scarp, off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.[29]
Hamilton   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cape Voltas, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Hero   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all but one of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by HMRC Scout (  Board of Customs) Hero was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[6][20][31]
Leila   United States The ship ran aground on the Bimini Reef. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was later refloated and completed her voyage.[30]
Thomas and James   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Todd's Head. Her crew were rescued by Union Groe (  United Kingdom).Thomas and James was on a voyage from Leven, Fife to Dundee, Forfarshire.[32][33]
Triune   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ness Point, Suffolk.[10] She was refloated on 11 December.[11]
William and James   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Todd's Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leven, Fife to Dundee, Forfarshire.[15]

9 December

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List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1844
Ship State Description
Carron   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberlady, Lothian.[32] She was on a voyage from Leith to Aberlady.[17]
Dyden   United Kingdom The galeas was driven ashore near "Ulmahlen", Prussia.[34]
Fortuna   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[35] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[15]
Johns   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from South Shields to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[29]
Remittance   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at New York.[36]

10 December

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List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1844
Ship State Description
New Eagle   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]
Solide   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Travemünde, Prussia.[7]
Sybil   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Kingstown to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]

11 December

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List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1844
Ship State Description
Ayrshire   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on La Gomera, Canary Isles in a capsized condition and was wrecked.[26]
Charlemagne   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37]
Charles Hartley   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bourgas, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to an English port.[38]
Johanna   Prussia The ship was driven ashore in the Kurisches Haff. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Memel.[39]
Svea   Sweden The brig was driven ashore between "Theddall" and Barna, County Galway, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[40][17]

12 December

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List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1844
Ship State Description
Albanian   United States The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[36]
Amity   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[11][17]
Corner   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore near "Carrigholt", County Clare. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
Gazette   United States The brig capsized with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 6 January 1845 by Tamerlane (  United States). Gazette was on a voyage from Bangor, Maine to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[41]
Harvest   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day but was driven ashore whilst trying to put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[16][15] Harvest was refloated on 18 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[34]
Helen Mills   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Newburgh, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Joseph and Fanny   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Clay Castle", County Cork. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.[3]
Lavinia   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the Humber. She floated off but consequently foundered.[32]
Meridian   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand and was damaged. She was refloated.[17]
Messenger   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Clare to London.[3]
Pedestrian   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Tynemouth, Northumberland and was damaged. She was refloated and put in to South Shields, County Durham.[43]
Scotia   Bremen The galiot was driven ashore at Helmsdale, Sutherland, United Kingdom. All seven people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Speymouth, Morayshire, United Kingdom.[42][33] Scotia was refloated on 20 December and taken in to Helmsdale in a severely damaged condition.[44]
Scotland   United Kingdom The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[45]
Waterlily   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Broadstairs, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3]

13 December

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List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1844
Ship State Description
Agnes   Guernsey The schooner was wrecked at "Saint-Germain", France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[39][34][46]
Brutus   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Spit Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Cork.[17] She was refloated on 8 January 1845.[38]
Duchess of York   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dingle, County Kerry.[19]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal.[3]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Ardmore Bay with the loss of all hands.[3]
Ellen   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Youghal, County Cork.[40]
Ellen and Ann   United Kingdom The schooner capsized off Ardmore, County Waterford. She was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardmore Head with the loss of all six of her crew.[47][48]
Erin   Guernsey The schooner was wrecked at Saint-Germain, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[49][50]
Gipsy   United Kingdom The smack ran aground at Isleornsay, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides.[17]
Heywood   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Spit Bank.[17] She was refloated on 24 December.[51]
Joseph and Fanny   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clay Castle, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.[52]
Mariner   British North America The ship, which had been damaged by ice on 12 December, was beached on the south coast of Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Charlottetown to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was consequently condemned.[53][54]
Massasvit   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Alderton, New York with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York City.[36]
Peel's One   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dingle.[39]
Valentine   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Youghal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Dublin.[40][17]
Victory   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 37 nautical miles (69 km) north of Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.[42][55]
William and Nancy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Porthcawl, Glamorgan.[56] She was refloated on 9 January 1845 and resumed her voyage.[38]

14 December

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List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1844
Ship State Description
Caroline   Hamburg The barque was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg.[7]
George   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Carmarthen. She was later refloated and taken in to Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire for repairs.[3][57]
Gomer   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Carrigaholt, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Jane Ann   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Gar, off the mouth of the River Tees.[7]
Lady Scott   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.[58]
Liberal   Portugal The brig was wrecked at Lisbon with the loss of nine or ten of the thirteen or fourteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lisbon.[59][22]
Minerva   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered off St Eval Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Paragon   United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, where she became a wreck. Two of her crew were drowned.[3][23]
Paris   France The steamship was driven ashore at "Altenbruch". She was on a voyage from Glückstadt, Duchy of Schleswig to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[7] She was refloated on 15 December and sailed to Heligoland.[25]
Señora del Carmen   Spain The ship was driven ashore at Lisbon. Her crew were rescued.[60]
Vanguard   United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground off Cork. Her passengers were taken off.[3] She was refloated on 24 December.[51]

15 December

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List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1844
Ship State Description
Concordia   Danzig The ship was wrecked on the Dem Bank, off the mouth of the Gironde.[39]
Demerara Packet   United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the Irish Sea and was beached near Dublin, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara, British Guiana.[42]
Dorchester   United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All 46 people on board were rescued by Rochester (  United States). Dorchester was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Liverpool.[61][58]
Helena   Russia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cette, Hérault, France. Her crew were rescued.[25]
Iduna   Norway The ship was driven ashore east of Cette. Her crew were rescued.[25][34][62]
Nautilus   Stettin The ship ran aground on the Dem Bank.[39]
Templer   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Conil de la Frontera, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[26][21]
Triton   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Crimbritshaven", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liebau, Prussia to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[36]

16 December

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List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1844
Ship State Description
Angelina   Netherlands The galiot was wrecked at Cette, Hérault, France.[22][62]
Gazelle   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough at Groomsport, County Down and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim. She was subsequently refloated.[39]
Harmonie   Sweden The ship was driven ashore near Royan, Charente-Maritime, France.[34]
Josephine   France The ship was wrecked at Cette.[62]
Nimrod   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham.[19]
Star   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered off Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to London.[51]

17 December

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List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1844
Ship State Description
Eleonore Pauline   Denmark The ship foundered 100 nautical miles (190 km) off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued by Oberon (  United Kingdom). Eleonore Pauline was on a voyage from Kalundborg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[42]
Sylph   United Kingdom The paddle steamer was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent by the steamship Orwell (  United Kingdom) with the loss of seventeen lives. Sylph was on a voyage from London Bridge to Woolwich, Kent.[63]

18 December

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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1844
Ship State Description
Fanny   Van Diemen's Land The ship was wrecked east of George Town.[64]
Lord Eldon   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Madras, India.[65]

19 December

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List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1844
Ship State Description
Amy   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged off New Grimsby, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to New Grimsby.[44]
Bolina   Jersey The ship was driven ashore near Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Saint-Brieuc to London. She was consequently condemned.[66]
Clarinda   United Kingdom The ship was partly abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Seven of her twelve crew were taken off by Augustine Heard (  United States). Clarinda was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to New Ross, County Wexford.[67]
Clarita   Hamburg The ship was wrecked on Scharhörn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Hamburgh.[60]
Express   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[22]
Johann Carl   Bremen The ship ran aground near Wremen. She was refloated.[51]
Nicholai Savin   Russia The ship was driven ashore near Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[39][68] She capsized on 21 December.[66] She was refloated on 23 December and taken in to Holyhead.[44]
Yorkshireman   United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground on the Holme Sand. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[39]

20 December

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Ship State Description
Emma   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She wason a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to London. She was refloated the next day.[66]
Jaeger   United Kingdom The ship struck the Blackwater Rock, in the Irish Sea. She subsequently came ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Wexford and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[66][34]
Polly   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[25] She was refloated and taken in to the North Holland Canal.[62]
Recovery   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Half-ebb Rock, off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[39]
Rhoda   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Liverpool.[68] She was refloated.[69]
Waterlilly   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hollywood Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Belfast, County Antrim.[66]
William Henry   United States The ship was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was refloated on 8 January 1845 and taken in to Yarmouth.[70]

21 December

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List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1844
Ship State Description
Charita   Spain The schooner was driven ashore and capsized on Scharhörn. Her eleven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Hamburg.[71]
Craigie   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and damaged at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Bridgwater, Somerset.[66][72] She was refloated on 30 December and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[73]
Elvira   Stettin The brig was driven ashore west of Barcelona, Spain Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Barcelona.[27]
Esk   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Ouse   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk and was damaged.[60]
Palanquin   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Nelsons Island, in the Chagos Archipelago. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[74]

22 December

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List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1845
Ship State Description
Jeune Emile   France The ship was wrecked 30 leagues (90 nautical miles (170 km) from Pernambuco, Brazil, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lima, Peru to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[75]

23 December

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List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1844
Ship State Description
Acrogin   United States The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana.[76]
Benares   India The ship ran aground on a reef off "Polo Beberan", Sumatra, Spanish East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to Barus, where she sank.[77]
Diligent   United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire.[60]
Evelyn   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maryport.[44]
Hope   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Elbow End Bank, off the mouth of the River Tay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to the River Eden.[51]
Lady Grace   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on a rock 1 league (3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the coast of Connemara, Ireland. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Kilrush, County Clare. Lady Grace floated off and sank.[51]
Martha   United States The ship ran aground at New Orleans.[76]
Ocean   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tegeler Sand, in the North Sea.[49]

24 December

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List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1844
Ship State Description
Alpha   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Finsbay, Isle of Harris. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Killarney, County Kerry.[27][78]
Brilliant   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Worthing, Sussex. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. She was refloated.[44]
Highland Lass   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Carr Rock, off the coast of Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued.[73]

25 December

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List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1844
Ship State Description
Benjamin Eller Black   British North America The ship was wrecked in the Burgee Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Saint John's, Newfoundland.[79][80]
Cherub   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland in a leaky condition.[46]
James Bailey   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. James Bailey was refloated with the assistance of four smacks and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex.[44][46]
Joseph   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pendennis Castle, Caernarfonshire with the loss of all hands.[81]
HMS Pelorus   Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop struck a shoal in the South China Sea off Borneo and was wrecked. All on board survived.
Rose   British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Mariner (  United States). Rose was on a voyage from Grenada to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[70]

26 December

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List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1845
Ship State Description
Basque   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at "Cormen".[82]
Curlew   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Jardines, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cienfuegos, Cuba.[83]
Favourite   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Cork.[36]
Jenny   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at "Cormen".[82]

27 December

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List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1845
Ship State Description
Affiance   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[36][67]
Fair Maid of Perth   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire. She was refloated[67]
Palemon   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Filey Bridge, Yorkshire. She was refloated and beached at Filey.[67]
Thetis   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ulrome, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26][67]
Twee Cornelissen   Netherlands The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked at Pevensey Bay, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of one of the 31 people on board. Eighteen people reached shore in the ship's longboat; the rest were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat. Twee Cornelissen was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.[84]

28 December

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List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1844
Ship State Description
Alexander   United Kingdom The ship was run into east of São Miguel Island, Azores by Excel (  United Kingdom). She was abandoned the next day and sank.[37]
Reaper   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Filey Bridge, Yorkshire.[67]
Unity   United Kingdom The ship departed from London for Lyme, Dorset. No further trace, presumed foundered off Ramsgate, Kent with the loss of all hands.[85]

29 December

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List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1844
Ship State Description
Betsey   United Kingdom The ketch was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Newry, County Antrim.[73]
Charles   Jersey The ship was driven in to the barque Lewis (  United States) at Gibraltar. She was consequently condemned.[76]
Harmony   United Kingdom The collier, a brig, was driven ashore, capsized and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[26][67][50]
Pennsylvania   United States The ship was wrecked near "Bahia and Sonde". She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[58]
Providentia   Lübeck The ship ran aground off "Steons", Denmark. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen in a leaky condition.[53]

30 December

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List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1844
Ship State Description
Ceres   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew.[73] She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London.[86]
Friends   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at the Corsewall Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Ida   Stettin The ship was beset by ice off Rügen, Prussia and was abandoned by her crew.[49]
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship collided with Rover (  United Kingdom) and sank at North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to North Shields.[26][46] She was refloated on 19 May 1845 and beached.[87]
Liveni   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[26]
Stolpemünde   Prussia The ship was beset by ice off Rügen and was abandoned by her crew.[49]

31 December

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List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1844
Ship State Description
Arab   United Kingdom The ship departed from Cork for Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[88]
Beata   Sweden The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Landskrona.[18]
Ceres   Prussia The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom to Memel.[18]
Christiane Cecilia   Denmark The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Copenhagen. She was refloated in January 1845 and taken in to Fredrikshavn.[18][89]
Herwig   Stettin The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[18]
Lisette   Rostock The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Newcastle upon Tyne.[18]
Nordstern   Denmark The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Copenhagen.[90]
Telemachus   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[46]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1844
Ship State Description
Alexandrina   United Kingdom The schooner was lost near Sozopol, Ottoman Empire between 7 and 11 December with the loss of all but her captain.[57][73][91]
Allessandra   Austrian Empire The barque was lost at "Carbouvnon", Ottoman Empire between 7 and 11 December.[73]
Bella   United States The steamship exploded and sank in the Mississippi River with the loss of 31 lives.[92]
Caribbean   Bremen The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 14 December.[93]
Comet   Russia The ship was wrecked at Iniadai, Greece between 7 and 11 December.[73]
Der Jonge Gustaf Flag unknown The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[50][94]
Dragoe   Austrian Empire The barque was wrecked near "Achails", Ottoman Empire between 7 and 11 December.[73]
Eleanora   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 9 December but was driven higher up the beach.[29]
Elizabeth   New South Wales The schooner was wrecked in Portland Bay.[95]
Elizabeth Bentley   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Fanny (  United Kingdom).[96]
"Fawn"   United States The boat was lost on Rocky Neck.[97]
Hero   Norway The ship was lost off the mouth of the River Eden.[34]
Hydros   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of New Guinea before 14 December.[98]
Jolet   France The brig was struck by lightning and set on fire at Port Mahon, Menorca, Spain.[62]
Manney   United Kingdom The ship collided with an iceberg before 8 December whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Arica, Peru. She put in to the Falkland Islands, where she was condemned.[99]
Moira   United Kingdom The ship foundered in late 1843 or in 1844 during a voyage to India.[100]
Mount Pleasant   United States The steamship foundered with the loss of all ten crew.[92]
Normandie   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 10 and 13 December with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hull, Yorkshire.[30]
North America   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bunbury, Swan River Colony before 21 December.[101]
Perception   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at North Shields, County Durham in late December. She was later refloated.[57]
Pleiades   British North America The ship ran aground on a reef in Deep Bay, Saint Kitts before 30 December. She was refloated but was consequently condemned.[70]
Polly   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands before 8 December. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[6]
R. A. Parke   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Blacksod Bay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Belfast. She was later refloated and taken in to Belfast, where she arrived on 1 January 1845.[94]
Robert Burns   United Kingdom The ship was beached in Lough Swilly before 6 December. she was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 13 December.[39]
Sally Ann   British North America The schooner was wrecked in Portland Bay.[95]
Theophiles   France The ship was wrecked at Licata, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Licata to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[10]
Valentine   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork before 16 December. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Dublin.[7]
Vice   Austrian Empire The brig was lost at "Domons Deich", Ottoman Empire between 7 and 11 December with the loss of three of her crew.[73]

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