The ship was wrecked on Long Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.[1]
Triumph
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by ice in the Zuyder Zee and was beached at Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage rom Amsterdam, North Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[2]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Alley and Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Harrington, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harrington to Douglas, Isle of Man.[3]
Arab
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Llanelly to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[4]
Cerere
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The barque was driven ashore near the entrance to Great Egg Harbor Bay. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to New York, United States.[5]
Corsair
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[1]
The ship was wrecked at "Moher", County Clare with the loss of all six of her crew.[6] She was on a voyage from Limerick to Preston, Lancashire.[7]
3 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Cereri
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The barque was driven ashore in the Great Egg Harbour Inlet, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to New York, United States.[8]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Heart of Oak
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Crow Rock, in the Irish Sea. She was taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to the Bristol Channel.[4]
James White
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the cost of County Down. She was o a voyage from the Clyde to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated.[4]
Traveller
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Peruvian (United Kingdom). Traveller was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Africa.[9][10]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Plymouth.[4]
Mermaid
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11]
6 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Endymion
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland or vice versa. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[12]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Catherine
Hamburg
The schooner was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated on 9 April and taken in to Helsingør.[13][14]
Dantzic
Dantzic
The barque was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Dantzic. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands.[15]
New Zealand
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She put in to Londonderry.[16]
Peru
Prussia
The brig was holed by ice and sank in the Drogden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Memel. She was refloated on 19 June and taken in to Kastrup, Denmark.[13][14][17]
Swallow
United States
Swallow
The steamboat was wrecked on the Brig Rock, in the Hudson River at Albany, New York with the loss of about 60 lives. There were 199 survivors, some of whom were rescued by the steamboats Express and Rochester (both United States). Swallow was on a voyage from Troy, New York to New York City.[18][19]
Tay
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was refloated on 9 April and taken in to Dysart, Fife for repairs.[20]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Britannia
British North America
The brig was driven ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York, United States.[1][21] She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Nantucket for repairs.[22]
The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Hull.[24]
Zenobia
United Kingdom
The schooner was in collision with the brigAlonzo (United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon.[25]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Josephine
Norway
The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by an English barque. Her crew were rescued by Lord Seaton (United Kingdom). Josephine was on a voyage from Christiansand to Barcelona, Spain.[26]
Lord of the Isles
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Cape Fear, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Zenobia
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Alonzo (United Kingdom and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Alonzo.[27]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Annabella
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean, Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Johns, Newfoundland, British North America.[28]
Eliezer
Portugal
The ship ran aground on The Skerries, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She floated off and came ashore at Cemaes, Anglesey, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[20][12][26]
England's Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, British North America. She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to South Shields.[29]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham.[20] She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to Hartlepool.[30]
Johanna
Russia
The ship was driven ashore near the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland.[31][32]
Napier
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bridlington, Yorkshire.[20]
Pandora
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned by her crew and subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[28]
Sarah & Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner departed from South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all three crew.[33]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Clio
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Hunting Island, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[1]
Johannes
Russia
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Vigo, Spain to Riga. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20]
Nicolos
Kingdom of Hanover
The kuff ran aground on the Hubert Bank, off the coast of Groningen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greetzyl to London, United Kingdom.[29]
Woodville
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea.[34] She was refloated on 16 April.[35]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Clarence
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank off "Sarby", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Holbeck" to an English port.[8]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Maria Theresa
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Lord Seaton in the River Mersey and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Senegal.[26]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Clio
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Hunting Island, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[36]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Perth to London.[14]
Mary Read
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and was beached at South Shields. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on avoyage from Aberdeen to South Shields.[14]
Queen Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 17 April.[34]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Ebenezer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Herne Bay, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was later repaired and returned to service.[33]
Euphemia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Flat Ledge Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from "Dragomestre" to Exmouth, Devon. She was refloated.[14]
Euterpe
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Liverpool, Lancashire. Euterpe was refloated on 17 April and beached at Seacombe, Cheshire.[37][38]
Mary and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Weymouth, Dorset.[14]
Nautilus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore east of Leith, Lothian.[37]
New Leeds
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[14] She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[39]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Ariel
United Kingdom
The sloop was in collision with Quebec (United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of all hands.[28]
Francis
United Kingdom
The sloop was in collision with another sloop in the North Sea. She was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her cargo of quicklime got wet and set the vessel on fire, severely damaging her.[14]
Gipsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[34] She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[40]
Mary Honnsell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Hamburg. She was refloated.[34]
Spreacombe
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at , Glamorgan. Her five crew were rescued.[41]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to a Baltic port.[5]
Fenerator
Hamburg
The barque ran aground on the Margate Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Port Republicain, Haiti. She was refloated and put in to Sheerness, Kent.[38]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London. She was refloated and beached at Warden Point, Kent.[14]Isabella was refloated on 18 April and towed in to Gravesend, Kent.[35]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to a Baltic port.[8]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Mainland, Orkney Islands.[43]
18 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Blonde
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken in to Greenock with assistance from the paddletug (United Kingdom).[44]
Blucher
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore at "Eisgenloch". She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg. She was refloated.[44]
The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Gardiner, near Adelaide, South Australia with the loss of a crew member.[45][46][47]
Frau Maria
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was driven ashore between Spiekeroog and Wangeroog. She was on a voyage from to Antwerp, Belgium.[30][24] She was later refloated.[32]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Burrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered. Her crew survived.[33] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to London.[34]
Otto
Prussia
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Havre (France).[31]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Freundin Elise
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Rood Sonnen Plaat, off the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Dantsic.[29] She was refloated on 24 April.[32]
Palmyra
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Hooghly River. She was refloated and put back to Calcutta, India.[48]
Scotia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Hittarp, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark.[30][49]
20 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[50]
Milo
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the East Pole Sandbank, off the coast of Sussex.[51]
22 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Albertine
Netherlands
The ship was ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43]
Apollo
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated and anchored in The Downs.[43]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[43]
The ship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina.[30] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[52]
23 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Jessie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Nene at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[29]
The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent.[52]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Hull, Yorkshire.[30]
25 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Anglicania
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Lark's Reef, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was later refloated.[28]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Orlock Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Tobermory, Isle of Mull to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32] She was refloated on 28 April and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[53]
John and Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[52]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Clutha (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was consequently beached on one of the offshore sandbanks. Martha was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to London.[42][54] She was refloated on 29 April and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex.[55]
The galiot was discovered derelict in the English Channel. She was beached near New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom.[29]
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Caroline
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[42]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. She was refloated and sailed for the River Thames.[56]
Shannon
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[8]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Cleopatra
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ventry, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.[55]
The ship was in collision with Southampton (United Kingdom) and was consequently run ashore at Margate, Kent.[57] She was refloated on 28 April and taken in to Margate.[8]
Shepherd
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar. She was refloated and put in to the River Tees.[42]
The ship struck a sunken anchor and sank at Blyth.[51]
Lady Raffles
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Caernarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire.[53] She was towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey on 26 May.[58]
Norrbotten
Sweden
The brig was wrecked at Salcombe, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard.[25]
30 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1845
Ship
Country
Description
Bloom
United Kingdom
The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Dimlington, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[59]
General Chassé
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Taapaskeojic Rocks. She was on a voyage from "Patytan" to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and towed in to Batavia by (Royal Netherlands Navy).[60]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the African coast.[17][61]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Clay Head, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.[62]
St. Hans
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked off the Riding Rock, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1]
The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Málaga, Spain.[8][5]
Gabrielle
France
The ship was wrecked in the River Plate before 6 April.[9]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The barque sprang a leak and capsized in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 April. Her crew seventeen were rescued by the brigTrasmerano (Spain). Isabella was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[29][42]
Nautilus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to , Norfolk.[24]
Psyche
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Mud Point, India between 1 and 19 April. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and put back to Calcutta in a leaky condition.[64]
Susanna Ann
New Zealand
The ship was wrecked in the Chatham Islands after 4 April. She was on a voyage from New Zealand to the Chatham Islands.[65][66]