The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
British Oak
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Rock Angus. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Rush, County Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2][3]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Perth to Drogheda, County Louth.[4]
Marys
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked near Achininver, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5][4]
2 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Angelina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Luing. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. Angelina was refloated and taken into Easdale in a leaky condition.[5][6]
Cynthia Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Carron Rock. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[2] She was refloated the next day.[7]
Gratitude
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated.[4]
Jane and Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore west of Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 5 January.[5][4]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London.[8][3]
Sir James Gordon
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh Norfolk. Her crew were survived. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham.[9][10]
St. John
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay off Bootle, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America.[8][11]
3 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Agnes
Jersey
The schooner ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Manningtree, Essex. She was refloated the next day and put in to Mistley, Essex.[2][4][12]
Amitie
France
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Mauritius. She was later refloated.[13][14][15]
Bordeaux
France
The ship was driven onto a reef off Mauritius.[13] All on board were rescued.[15] She had been refloated by 2 February and taken in to Mauritius for repairs.[16]
Cosacco
Ottoman Empire
The ship was driven ashore at Sigri, Greece. She was on a voyage from Galați to Constantinople and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated on 4 January and towed into Sigri.[17][18]
Hebe
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Fish Keys, off Crooked Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Cork.[19]
Hercules
United States
The ship struck the Brake Sand, in the North Sea and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York.[2][3][7]
Hugh Mathie
United Kingdom
The East Indiaman, on her maiden voyage, was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mauritius with the loss of a crew member. She was later refloated but ran aground on a reef and was wrecked.[20][13][15]
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Maritius. All on board were rescued.[13][15]
Marion
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Mauritius. All on board were rescued.[13][15]
Susanna Cummin
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Rhyl, Denbighshire. She was refloated.[2]
4 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Shepherdess
United States
The ship was wrecked in the Mississippi River near Cahokia, Illinois with the loss of 70 to 100 lives.[21]
Theodore
France
The ship was wrecked off , Seine-Inférieure with the loss of three of her crew.[5]
Walger
United States
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off the American coast. Her crew were rescued by the barquePons (United States). Walger was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to New York.[1]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Cowndon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to London. She was refloated and beached at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk and was subsequently taken into Great Yarmouth.[5]
Gratitude
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Traverse, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was later refloated.[22]
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Saltstone Rocks, off Boyndie, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Burghead, Morayshire to Aberdeen.[23]
John
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off .[5] She was on a voyage from Galway to London.[24] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[25]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Cap Camarat, Var, France. Her crew were rescued.[26]
The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the coast of Venezuela. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Maracaibo, Venezuela. She was refloated and taken in to Maracaibo.[28]
Tartar
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mauritius. She was later refloated.[20]
Tra Brodre
Sweden
The ship ran aground off Grasgard with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to an English port.[29][30][31]
The ship was wrecked off Merdø, Norway with the loss of all hands.[29]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the River Tay. She subsequently drove ashore and was damaged.[7]
Edward
Stettin
The ship was wrecked near the entrance to the . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Stettin.[32]
Kingston
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She put in to Christiansand, Norway.[32]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. She floated off and was driven ashore at Cahore Point, County Wexford, where she subsequently became a wreck. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bombay, India.[5][33]
Prince Albert
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and was damaged off Bandon, County Cork.[34]
The barque was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon.[35] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Valparaíso, Chile.[36]
Fanny
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven onto the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued.[6][24]
Helen
United States
The ship ran aground off Ice Island, in the Gaspar Strait. She was refloated on 10 March.[13][37]
Nymph
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Rika
Prussia
The ship was wrecked off Justøy, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wolgast to London, United Kingdom.[29]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The collier ran aground on the Herd Sand, off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed in to South Shields.[12]
Assiduous
United Kingdom
The collier ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed in to South Shields.[12]
Castor
United Kingdom
The sloop collided with the schoonerSpeedy (Jersey) and foundered off Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of one of her two crew.[22][12]
David and Robert
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and was beached at Tarbert, Ayrshire.[38]
The ship ran aground at "Graedyh", Denmark. She subsequently put in to Fredrikshavn. She was on a voyage from Nieuwstadt, Limburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[39]
The collier ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat.[12] She was refloated on 17 January.[38]
Johanna Maria Christina
Netherlands
The ship capsized at Amsterdam, North Holland. She was later righted.[25]
Lisette
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Buccari, Austrian Empire.[40]
Woodbine
British North America
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Yarmouth.[41]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Baronet
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Galita" or the "Island of Galati". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26][27]
Dorothy Gales
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Portneyon Point, Glamorgan.[34]
Elizabeth and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Branshay Bay, Orkney Islands. she was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[42] She was refloated on 11 January and taken into Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.[38]
Lawson
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Mark Breeds
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to London. She was refloated and taken in to Whitstable, Kent.[33]
New Flora
United Kingdom
The fishing smack collided with Rebecca (United Kingdom) and foundered off the Kentish Knock.[43]
Old Year's Gift
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[33][44]
Thomas and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was dismasted off Lough Swilly and was abandoned by her crew.[45]
Two Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a Dutch galliot off Trevose Head, Cornwall and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was towed in to Padstow, Cornwall the next day in a waterlogged condition.[34]
Wave
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[29]
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Alerte
Sweden
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and assisted in to Wivenhoe, Essex.[46][47]
Jane White
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was righted the next day.[47]
John and Robert
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Foreland Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[42]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by a sunken rock off Jersey, Channel Islands. She put in to Jersey the next day.[42]
Newburg
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France whilst under tow and was run into by another vessel and damaged. She was refloated and towed in to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France for repairs.[48]
Pomona
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Shingles. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherland to New York, United States. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[33]
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Santa Maria, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Trieste.[49]
Viscount Downe
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[25]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Amore Jaccarina
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked at Navarino, Greee. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galați, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[50]
Ana
Spain
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent.[34]
The ship was driven ashore at Canso, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Newfoundland. She was refloated on 29 January and resumed her voyage.[17]
Gulnare
Bremen
The ship was sighted in the Strait of Sunda whilst on a voyage from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies to Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]
Hercules
Spain
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate.[34]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Maria Klindburg
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on Staten Island, New York, United States by ice.[52] She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.[53]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Actif
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship struck a floating wreck and foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage form Helsinki to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[54]
Active
British North America
The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[41] She had been refloated by 17 February.[55]
Ann Creighton
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Gibraltar for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[56]
Anna Cecilia
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated and put in to Margate, Kent.[25]
Ariel
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[57][45]
Helen Mar
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off Java Head, Netherlands East Indies whilst on a voyage from Singapore to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]
13 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Barclay
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on , County Down. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. She was refloated and put in to Donaghadee, County Down.[42]
Borussia
Stettin
The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin to New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States and the South Seas. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[32]
Catherine
United States
The ship was wrecked in the Beaver River with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Virginia to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[1][49]
Charlotte Ann
British North America
The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[41][1]
Hindostan
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the James and Mary Sand, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Suez, Egypt. She was refloated on 16 January.[20]
Johanna de Vries
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Trieste. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom for repairs.[42]
Sarah and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[42]
Thomas and James
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Whitby, Yorkshire She was refloated.[25]
14 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at , Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[49][58]
Bolivar
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[59]
Hercules
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 15 April and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.[60][25][61]
Jules
France
The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[30]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship struck the quayside and sank at Caernarvon. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Caernarvon.[38]
Osprey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Calvados, France.[32]
William and Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea, presumed subsequently sank.[62]
15 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Pellier", Loire-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued.[17]
Prince Mighete Kourcho
Ottoman Empire
The ship was driven ashore at Cap Camarat, Var, France with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ibrailha to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[63]
Reparateur
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Barcelona, Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Port-Vendres, Pyrenées-Atlantiques.[64]
Ste Philomene
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cette, Hérault with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Nice, Alpes-Maritimes to Cette.[63]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Galway. She was refloated and taken in to Galway.[32]
Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the . She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to Limerick.[63] She was refloated on 29 January.[65]
Rowland Hill
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with an American ship in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of the Isles of Scilly. She was abandoned the next day. Rowland Hill was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was taken in to Dover, Kent in a waterlogged condition, arriving on 29 January.[39]
Vrow Johanna
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Schulhoek Bank, off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and was towed into Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[54]
The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Bolderāja.[30]
James Wilson
United States
The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and towed in to New York.[66]
The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Bolderāja.[30]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Borodino
Portugal
The ship ran aground at New York, United States and was beached. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to the Rio Grande.[68]
Edward Goodrich
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Pelican Reef, off Barbadoes. She was refloated.[1]
Emulous
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Needham's Point, Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Honduras to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day.[1]
Giazone
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship was lost near Alicante, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Genoa.[69]
Henry Kelsey
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Oistnis Point, Barbadoes. She was refloated.[1]
Jeune Louis
France
The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Dénia, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Brest, Finistère.[70]
The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Maryport.[32]
William
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Irvine, Ayrshire.[32][71]William was refloated on 5 February 1844 and taken in to Ayr.[72]
William and Betty
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 21 January.[32]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by fire at Southwold, Suffolk.[62]
Carib
United States
The ship was driven ashore on St. David's Island, Bermuda. she was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to the River Plate. She was refloated and towed into Hamilton, Bermuda.[19]
Falke
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore at Bremen. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Bremen.[64] She was refloated on 31 January.[73]
Mercurius
Norway
The ship was driven ashore near "Hoiewarde". She was on a voyage from Bergen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to "Kobervig".[66]
Scotia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bremen.[64] She was refloated on 31 January.[73]
Swea
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore in the Elreborgsfjiord. She was refloated.[65]
Tricolor
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore at "Elreburg". She was refloated.[65]
The corvette was driven ashore on Negropont, Greece. She was refloated on 27 January with assistance from HMS Vesuvius (Royal Navy) and towed into Piraeus, Greece where she sank. She was later refloated.[58][74]
Hacoli
British North America
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Canso, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manheim, Province of Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[17]
Shepherdess
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and capsized. Her ten crew were rescued by the Deal boats Earl Grey, Po and Sparrow (all United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon.[32][75][76]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Bartley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim in a leaky condition.[71]
Don Juan
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Vostizza, Greece. She was later refloated and repaired.[77]
Mermaid
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Vostizza. She was later refloated.[77]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Bertha Laura
Denmark
The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Fanø. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Roskilde.[26]
24 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Albertina Amalia
Sweden
The ship was wrecked off "Palminecken" with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gotland to Helsingborg.[30]
Commerce
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Murragh Spit, off the coast of County Donegal. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to Liverpool, Lancashire.[64]
Finnis
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London.[78]
The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 80 to 90 nautical miles (150 to 170 km) north west of Malta by the barqueSt. Lawrence (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Racer (Jersey). Oriental was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria, Egypt.[77][79][80][81]
Superbe
France
The ship struck the La Basse Jaune Rock, in Douarneney Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. Superbe was refloated and towed into the "Île des Sems".[30]
Trafalgar
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hill Wharf Bank, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of the , Lancashire. She floated off the next day and sank. Her crew survived.[82]
Urania
Prussia
The brig sank at Antalya, Ottoman Empire.[17] Her crew were rescued.[27]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Æolus
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak off the coast of Wigtownshire and was beached in Saltpan Bay.[83]
Charles
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Harriot (United Kingdom) and sank off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.[64]
The Dutch government frigate was wrecked on the Banjest Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Middelburg, Zeeland.[84][85][86]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Alfred
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore near Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Ramsey, Isle of Man to Workington.[39][65] She was refloated on 29 January and was later taken in to Workington.[84]
Anna
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[64]
Bess
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at . Her crew were rescued.[58]
The ship was wrecked on the East Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat.[64]
Mary Queen of Scots
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated several days later and taken into the Rio Grande.[78]
Nymph
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick. She was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin.[65]
The brig was ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Malta. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[83]
Queen Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Zuidwal. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[52]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Beata
Denmark
The ship was beached in Stromstad Bay. She was on a voyage from Horsens to Christiana. Norway.[73]
Bellona
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[52]
Eunomæia
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore near Gravelines, Nord. She was on a voyage from Stege to Dublin, United Kingdom.[65] She was refloated on 8 February.[66]
Helena
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[83]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Aurora
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Maryport, Cumberland.[84][65] She was refloated on 4 February and taken in to Maryport.[87]
Ferris
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Pernambuco, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London.[55]
Margaret
United States
The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Nassau, Bahamas.[58][88]
Pearl
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Thornham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[83]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Brest Rock, in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cork to the Clyde.[65]
Arninius
Stettin
The brig was wrecked on Vis, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia.[89]
and shared salvage money for Eliza Stewart and her cargo for assistance they rendered to Eliza Stewart between 29 January and 25 February 1844.[90][91]
Malton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire.[84][85] The wreck was refloated on 5 February and towed in to Whitby.[87]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Bahamas Reef. Her crew were rescued.[92]
30 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Phœnix
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the Pagansand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg.[26] She was refloated on 9 February 1844 and taken in to Twielenfleth, Kingdom of Hanover.[93]
31 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Earl Bathurst
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore north of Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[52] She was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Whitby.[72]
Emelie
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Boulogne to Bordeaux, Gironde.[52]
Lamburn
United Kingdom
The ship capsized off Rye, Sussex. She was taken in to Rye on 2 February in a leaky condition.[40]
Malton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby.[52] The wreck was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Whitby.[73]
Marie Therese
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ajaccio, Corsica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[17]
Phœnix
Hamburg
The ship was lost on the Pagensand, in the North Sea.[73]
Redcliff
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a brig and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[94]
Syren
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore north of Whitby. Her crew were rescued.[52] She was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Whitby.[72]
Welsford
British North America
The ship was severely damaged by fire at Le Bic, Province of Canada.[55]
William Ward
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the English Channel off Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. William Ward was on a voyage from Hull to Athens, Greece. She was subsequently taken in to Calais.[52][94]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Anna Maria
France
The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered off Concarneau, Finistère before 18 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Landerneau, Finistère.[64]
Bertha Laura
Denmark
The ship was beached on Fanø. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Roskilde.[73]
Black Sea
United Kingdom
The ship was discovered at sea in a derelict condition. She was taken in to Calais, France, where she arrived on 1 February.[30]
Brigg
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea off the (Trinity House). She was on a voyage from the River Trent to London.[71][95]
Cosan
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece. She was on a voyage from the Danube to an English port.[96]
Father Mathew
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Caesar's Creek, Florida Territory. She was on a voyage from St. Stephen's to Matanzas, Cuba.[97]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent before 20 January. She subsequently became a wreck.[32]
Greyhound
British North America
The schooner departed from Saint John's, Newfoundland for Sydney, Nova Scotia in early January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[98]
James Wilson
United States
The ship was driven ashore near New York. She had been refloated by 19 January and taken in to New York.[41]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 13 January. She was taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[99]
Johanna
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the Inner Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was refloated and taken into Cuxhaven.[73]
The schooner was run ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone before 21 January whilst engaged in the slave trade and being pursued by (Royal Navy). She was consequently condemned.[100]
The ship was wrecked on the Bœuffs, off "Pilior", France before 23 January. Her crew were rescued by St. Louis (France). Maria was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[85]
The ship was driven ashore on Staten Island, New York by ice. She was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily to New York. She was refloated and taken in to port on 26 January.[103]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire on or before 9 January. She was taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[54]
Traste
Ottoman Empire
The ship was wrecked in the "Sapenize Islands" before 26 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rodosto to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[52]
William Fulcher
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Karakul", 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Madras before 1 February. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Madras.[104][101]
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