The list of shipwrecks in July 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1846 .
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Blessing
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Étaples , Pas-de-Calais.[ 1]
Cuba
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Ventava , Courland Governorate . She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Riga , Russia.[ 17]
Faith
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Inférieure , France with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Le Tréport , Seine-Inférieure.[ 18]
Levant
Mauritius
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cosmoledo , Seychelles with the loss of three of the 31 people on board. The survivors were rescued on 2 November by HMS Snake ( Royal Navy ).[ 19]
Victory
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off Halse, Bornholm , Denmark. . Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg , Russia . Victory was refloated on 8 July and resumed her voyage.[ 20] [ 14]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Dundee Merchant
Van Diemen's Land
The whaler , a schooner , was wrecked on a reef 120 nautical miles (220 km) north west of New Caledonia . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hobart to the South China Sea .[ 42] [ 43]
Elizabeth
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on Juist , Kingdom of Hanover . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom to Blankenese . She was refloated on 20 July and taken in to Norden .[ 22]
Erin
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off the "Bay of Seven Islands". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 24] [ 44]
Warsaw
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Rio Grande, Minas Gerais , Brazil . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Video , Uruguay to Rio Grande.[ 45]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Clorinde
France
The chasse-marée ran aground on the Newcombe Sand. She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to Abbeville , Somme . She was refloated and taken in to Dover , Kent , United Kingdom .[ 18]
Daniel
United Kingdom
The ship sank in Carnarvon Bay off Port Madoc , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 2]
Gee
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Stoneskar , Russia . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg , Russia. She was refloated on 20 July and taken in to Saint Petersburg.[ 31]
Martha
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Lytham St Annes , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Dundalk , County Louth to Lytham St Annes.[ 18]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Casimir Perrier
France
The ship was wrecked in the Gambia River near Albreda , Gambia Colony and Protectorate . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Saint-Louis, Senegal .[ 48] [ 49]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dordrecht , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 50]
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Whitehead, Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from New York to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America. She was refloated on 24 July and taken into Whitehead, where she ran aground. She was consequently condemned.[ 51] [ 52]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Breeze
South Australia
The whaler was lost at Tahiti . Her crew were rescued.[ 57]
Eliza Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Maryport , Cumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Carlisle, Cumberland .[ 58]
James Augustus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Tencurn Island", Pennsylvania , United States.[ 21]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lytham St Annes , Lancashire .[ 2]
Ninus
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Scarborough , Yorkshire to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 56]
Olive Branch
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Reedy Island , Pennsylvania. she was on a voyage from Windsor, Nova Scotia , British North America to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[ 21]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Breeze
Van Diemen's Land
The ship was wrecked at Upolu , Samoa . All on board survived. She was on a voyage from a port in New Zealand to Tahiti .[ 59]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship was run aground in the Tusket Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Londonderry, Nova Scotia to an Irish port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 25]
Eliza and Ann
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Robin Rigg Sandbank , in the Solway Firth . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Port Carlisle , Cumberland .[ 13] [ 60] The wreck came ashore at Dumfries on 24 July.[ 61]
Jessie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Rockfield , Ross-shire . She was refloated on 28 July and taken in to Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire for repairs.[ 62]
Rowena
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Mizen Head , County Cork . She was refloated but was abandoned by her crew. Rowena was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was subsequently taken in tow by the Wicklow pilot boats and arrived at Dublin on 24 July.[ 13] [ 61]
Tory
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Walmer Castle , Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Madras , India . She was refloated.[ 22]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Andrews
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Four Sisters ( Denmark ). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg .[ 63] [ 62]
Campbells
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Richibucto , New Brunswick , British North America . She was on a voyage from Richibucto to London .[ 25]
Folgh-a-Ballagh
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off "Telsta Head", Isle of Lewis , Outer Hebrides . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 63] [ 64] [ 62]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Devon . She was on a voyage from Bideford , Devon to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America. She was refloated and put back to Bideford.[ 58]
George
United Kingdom
The smack collided with the schooner Fairy ( United Kingdom ) and foundered off the Kentish Knock . Her crew were rescued by Fairy .[ 13]
Triton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Skagen Reef. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 63]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Eugo
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was refloated and taken in to Dover , Kent .[ 58]
Jehu
Sweden
The schooner was wrecked at Allinge , Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[ 66]
Mary Key
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Arbroath , Forfarshire . She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 63]
Melea
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Neroe", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to Dundee , Forfarshire . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Christiansø , Denmark.[ 66]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Frederick Young
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at South Shields , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to South Shields.[ 63]
P. Dean
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Pará River , She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Para, Brazil . She was refloated.[ 67]
Prince Regent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Whitsand Bay .[ 58] She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Plymouth , Devon .[ 62]
St. Mark
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef . Her passengers were rescued by the schooner Mary Ellen ( United States ). St. Mark was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 68] [ 69]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Benledi
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer struck a sunken rock near Elie , Fife and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Elie to Largo, Fife .[ 70] [ 5]
Chevalier
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Sand Island. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 68]
Euphemia
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Drumroof Bank, in the Solway Firth and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 63] [ 70]
Lady Combermere
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Riga , Russia. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[ 58] [ 62]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Little Gull Island , New York . She was on a voyage from Windsor, Nova Scotia , British North America to New York City .[ 25]
Mary Ann
British North America
The ship was lost at Cape Ray , Newfoundland .[ 25]
Ocean Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman .[ 71]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1846
Ship
State
Description
Atalanta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Syra , Greece . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Syra and Salonica , Greece. She was refloated and taken in to Syra in a leaky condition.[ 73]
Egbert
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at North Cape , Prince Edward Island , British North America . She was on a voyage from Shediac , Nova Scotia , British North America to London .[ 74]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Richibucto , New Brunswick , British North America to Porthcawl , Glamorgan . She was consequently condemned.[ 25]
Howard
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Nags Head, North Carolina , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia , United States.[ 68]
Mary Key
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Arbroath , Forfarshire .[ 64] [ 62]
President Washington
United States
The schooner ran aground on the Burial Rocks, off the coast of Massachusetts . She was refloated but capsized and sank.[ 69]
Rowland Hill
British North America
The steamship was in collision with the steamship Quebec ( ) and sank in the Saint Lawrence River . Two lives were lost.[ 25]
Three Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Foilskirt Rock. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Waterford . She was refloated on 1 August and taken in to Waterford.[ 31]
Trial
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken wreck on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Penzance , Cornwall . She was refloated and taken in to Margate , Kent in a leaky condition.[ 63]
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