The ship ran aground at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bridlington to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[1]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Eiland
Sweden
The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Oran, Algeria. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[1]
The ship was lost off Kedgeree, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[3][4]
Elizabeth McDonald
British North America
The schooner capsized in a squall off Prince Edward Island. Her crew were rescued.[5]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Banff to Bremen.[6]
Magdalena Dorothea
Russia
The ship sprang a leak and was beached near "Kukanos". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[7]
Marshal Blucher
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Lisbon.[8]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Danube upstream of "Beni".[9]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Scotland (United Kingdom).[2]
9 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Commercial
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She put back to South Shields and was beached.[10]
Vintage
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks between Cullercoats and Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Clackmannan to London. She was refloated and put in to South Shields.[10] Subsequently repaired at North Shields.[11]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Ayrshire
United Kingdom
The barque was beached on La Gomera, Canary Islands in a capsized condition. She became a wreck on 13 November.[12]
Bon Père
France
The sloop ran aground off the Bout du Nez, on the Channel coast.[13]
Eliza and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Pistolet Bay and was severely damaged. She was refloated the next day. Eliza and Mary was consequently condemned.[14]
Robert Watts
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off the coast of Sierra Leone.[15]
Viscountess Canning
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone.[15]
12 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Patterson
New South Wales
The schooner was driven ashore in the Richmond River. She was on a voyage from the Richmond River to Sydney.[16]
Springflower
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Boscastle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Boscastle.[17]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17]
Monica
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Alabama
United States
The ship ran aground off the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Bordeaux, Gironde.[6]
Demouth
Greifswald
The ship was in collision with Hoseana (Hamburg) and foundered off Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig. She was on a voyage from Greifswald to an English port.[6]Demouth was refloated on 27 July and taken in to Rendsburg.[18]
Singapore
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Rye, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smackBritish Rover (United Kingdom). Singapore was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.[17][19]
Spence
United Kingdom
The West Indiaman was ran aground and was wrecked near Malin Head, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Londonderry.[19][20]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Bourbonnais
France
The ship ran aground off Tahiti. She was towed off but consequently sank, Her crew were rescued.[21]
The ship capsized at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was later righted.[23][24]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Nostros Patrios
Spain
The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.[25]
18 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Phœnix
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
John o'Gaunt
United Kingdom
John o'Gaunt (right).
The barque was sunk off Brighton, Sussex in an experiment by Captain Warner using his "invisible shells".[27][28]
Lady of the Isles
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bideford, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]
Orion
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa. Her sixteen crew were rescued by a cutter from HMS Isis (United Kingdom Navy).[29][30]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Lord Ashburton
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Strangford, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[8] She was refloated on 31 August and beached at Portaferry, County Down.[31] Subsequently sold and towed to Liverpool for repairs.[32]
Storfursten
Sweden
The steamship ran aground off Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Reval and Saint Petersburg, Russia.[33] She was refloated and taken in to Turku for repairs.[34]
William Thompson
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 Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated.[7]
22 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Pandora
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Isabella (United Kingdom). Pandora was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Waterford.[35]
St. George
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at "Ristrow". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Maryport, Cumberland.[36]
23 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Elisabeth and Antoinette
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs,[8] and later to Gravesend, Kent.[18]
George Ponsonby
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[5][37]
Susanna Wilhelmine
Dantzic
The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[38] She was consequently condemned.[39]
24 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Juno
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 London to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent for repairs.[40][37]
Orange
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Matanzas, Cuba. Her seven crew were rescued on 6 August by Vicksburg (United States) but one of them died that day.[41][42]
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer caught fire and was beached at Ballycastle, County Antrim. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire.[40] Subsequently repaired.[43]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Snogebæk, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[44]
Naiade
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[8]Naiade was refloated and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands.[20]
Premier
United Kingdom
The East Indiaman was wrecked on Pulo Pajang, off the east coast of Borneo. All on board survived, but were taken prisoner. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong] to "Bally Badong".[45][46]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Bessy
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked in Anna Bay. Her crew survived.[47]
The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce. She was later refloated.[20]
Violet
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce. She was later refloated.[20]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Indian
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to London. She was refloated on 28 July and resumed her voyage.[25][2]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Duke of Clarence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven asher at Coalhouse Point, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Rochester.[38]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Emerald
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Byrum, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Gaverne, Cornwall.[50]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the "Dronoroe Bank". She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[50]
Trio
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Trebarwith, Cornwall.[50]
William Watson
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea. One crew member was rescued by a Norwegian fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[51]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Charles Phillips
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun, Cornwall.[52]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun.[52]
Pomona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Oyster Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City. Province of Canada, British North America to Sligo. She was refloated on 13 August and beached.[53]
Robert and Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on Cap Spartel, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Messina, Sicily.[54]
Samuel & Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun.[52]
Syren
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Cap Spartel. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Temperance
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun.[52]
The ship was lost near Monte Video, Uruguay before 25 July.[57]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned off Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America between 4 and 6 July.[58] Her captain remained on board; he was rescued the next day by Catherine (United Kingdom).[59]
Industrie
Russia
The ship was driven ashore near Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire before 16 July.[59]
James
New Zealand
The schooner was driven ashore by a southerly gale and wrecked in Palliser Bay on or about 8 July with the loss of two of her crew.[60][61]
Judith
United Kingdom
The schooner was struck by lightning and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Loanda, Brazil.[50]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and put in to Christiansø, Denmark, where she arrived on 23 July in a sinking condition.[62]
Lord Ashburton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Strangford, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.[40]
Louis XIV
France
The ship ran aground on the Indian Key. She was on later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory.[63] She was consequently condemned.[42]
Madras
United Kingdom
The barque caught fire and was scuttled in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent before 13 July.[64]
Pontefract
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Conway Inlet, Prince Edward Island, British North America before 30 July. She was on a voyage from Oran, French Algeria to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North Americe.[2]
The ship was wrecked near the Colaba Lighthouse, Bombay, India before 31 July. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aden.[3]
Sir Lionel Smith
United Kingdom
The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in a hurricane before 21 July. Her crew were rescued by Erie (United States). Sir Lionel Smith was on a voyage from New York to Montego Bay, Jamaica.[58][65]
Tay
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated with assistance from the schoonerLee and steamship Congress (both United Kingdom) and taken in to Havana in a leaky condition.[2]
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