The ship was wrecked on the Fish Key, off the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Havana, Cuba.[1]
2 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Caroline Ottilie
Prussia
The ship capsized off South Shields, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to South Shields. She was later towed in to South Shields and beached.[2]
Iroquoise
United Kingdom
The ship was driven against the pier at Calais, France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Calais to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She put back to Calais for repairs.[3]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Cape Elcokie, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued.[1]
The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Bordeaux, Gironde.[5]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
British Queen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Kerries, in . She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day.[6]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Delabole Point, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Kitty Harvey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated the net day and put in to Belfast, County Antrim.[7]
Ocean
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 Fowey, Cornwall to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Dominica
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Folies Reef, 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Aux Cayes, Haiti and was abandoned by her crew and passengers.[8] She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[9]
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Saucy Jack
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of a crew member.[10][6]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Culloden
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Blacksod Bay. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to London.[7]
Jeanette
Belgium
The ship ran aground on the Bolvah Heist, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Antwerp. She was refloated and arrived at Antwerp in a leaky condition.[7]
Onceo
United States
The ship ran into Angelo (France) and was beached in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Apollo
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Stettin.[11] She had become a wreck by 5 July.[12]
Clarence
New South Wales
The whaler was wrecked on the Chesterfield Bank.[13]
Mary Barry
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Baltimore, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[14]
Oneco
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Pansey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Eliza and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Pistolet Bay. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to "Blune Sablons". She was refloated but was consequently condemned.[16]
Erin
United Kingdom
The brig was severely damaged in a collision with the barqueWilliam and Mary (United Kingdom) in the Saint Lawrence River.[17]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Duke
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the West Mud Bank, at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 15 June and resumed her voyage.[18][15]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in St Bride's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Waterford.[14]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Cock of the North
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from the River Spey to Aberdeen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[19]
Helen
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew survived.[20]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Halmstad, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Königsberg, Prussia.[21]
Fame
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Hull. She was refloated but was consequently beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[22]
Seaflower
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[5]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Arvales
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[23]
Bazar
Rostock
The ship was driven ashore on "Bramnasbad". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and put in to Gothenburg, Sweden.[24]
Joseph and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Morup, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London.[25]
Munster Lass
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the east coast of Barbadoes. Her crew survived.[15][26]
Soli Deo Glorio
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Kolberg. Her crew were rescued.[24][23]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Cádiz
Spain
The ship was wrecked on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Hamburg.[23]
Courier
France
The fishing sloop foundered off Lamb Head, Stronsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued.[27][28]
Jeune Cupidon
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Perranporth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[23]
Lucy
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on Düne. She was refloated and put in to the Elbe.[23]
Hamburg
The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Reissen sand, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Elbe with the loss of all on board, about 40 lives. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[29][30][31]
Palmyra
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Tralee, County Cork.[19]
Stormont
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Moy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to London.[32][19]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Sir Archibald Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Cockburn Reef, in the Torres Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Singapore. Also reported as wrecked on 1 June.[33]
The cutter ran aground on a reef in Croehn Bay Grenada. She floated off and sank.[9]
19 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Amelia
Martinique
The schooner capsized off Martinique with the loss of eleven lives.[34]
Edouard
France
The ship was wrecked near Bay Robert, Martinique. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Port Royal, Jamaica.[25]
Gloucester
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Saint Petersburg. She was refloated.[17]
Helena
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was wrecked on Wangerooge with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[17]
Jette Maria
Norway
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off the Utklippan Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[35][36]
Maria I
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Colorados, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Havana, Cuba.[37]
The ship caught fire at Castletown and was scuttled.[38]
Syrinx
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Boon Island, Maine, United States and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Boston, Massachusetts.[18]
The Lively-classfrigate ran aground on the Grain Spit, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Sheerness, Kent.[11] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Chatham, Kent.[23]
Henriette and Bertha
France
The ship ran aground on the Risbank, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and towed in to Saint Petersburg.[17]
Jean Hastie
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Cranberry Head, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[5]
21 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Robert and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Hamburg.[38]
Storfursten
Sweden
The steamship ran aground off Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland then Reval and Saint Petersburg, Russia.[20]
The schooner struck rocks and foundered off "Frisket Island", Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[5]
Thunder
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda with the loss of three lives.[41]
24 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Active
Prussia
The ship ran aground on the Middle Grounds. She was on a voyage from Memel to Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 26 June and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[36]
Barrington
United States
The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[25]
The ship was driven ashore on "Briton Island" or "Brier Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City and Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Canada, British North America to Cork with cargo of deals.[42][43][44]
The ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from Apalachicola, Florida Territory to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory for repairs.[37]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Anna
Hamburg
The ship foundered off Nordeney, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[17]
Galena
United Kingdom
The brig caught fire at Hull, Yorkshire and was scuttled.[21][45] She was later refloated and beached.[25]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at , Yorkshire.[21] She was refloated on 2 July and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[36]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Brunswick Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire.[38] She was refloated on 6 July.[1]
Pandora
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned 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.[46]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford. She was refloated.[28]
Sultan
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford. She was refloated.[28]
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda with the loss of three lives.[48]
Token
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Brunswick Sand.[38] She was refloated on 6 July.[1]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Levant
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Hubert Sandbank, in the Ems. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Hamburg.[36]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Runswick Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire.[28]
Ritchie
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at St. Shott's, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to the Clyde.[49]
Token
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Runswick Sand.[28]
27 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Aurelian
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Matane, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated on 1 July.[42]
Coronation
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 Dantsic to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a sinking condition.[38]
Courier
Barbadoes
The ship ran aground off Saint Lucia and was damaged.[9]
Louise
Norway
The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[25][50]
The ship was wrecked near "Bartletts River", Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick.[37]
Rosette
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Neckman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from St Davids, Pembrokeshire to CronstadtRussia.[53]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Constant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Boughton Island, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Trois-Rivières, Province of Canada, British North America.[5]
Urania
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated on 3 July and beached.[35]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Giraffe
United States
The brig was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba.[54]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1844
Ship
Country
Description
Anna Dorothea
Norway
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Calvados, France. Her crew were rescued.[11]
The whaler was wrecked in Streaky Bay. Her crew survived.[55]
Carol Mathilde
France
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Calvados with the loss of all hands.[11]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship struck rock off Kerch, Russia and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to an English port.[56]
Gondolier
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Vansittart's Rocks, in Gaspar Strait, before 13 June. She was on a voyage from China to London.[57]Joseph found Gondolier abandoned, having lost her rudder, but with all her rigging standing.
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 June.[6]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Point la Haye, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, British North America to Cork.[49]
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