The ship was driven ashore between Rye, Sussex and Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1]
Eliza and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Olinda, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Rio Grande.[2]
Sally
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Margate Sand, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Weymouth, Dorset. She was refloated and taken in to Margate.[3]
Samson
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Riessick Rock, off the north coast of Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Exeter, Devon.[4]
Thomas Worthington
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Whelps Rock, off the coast of County Limerick. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Limerick.[4]
The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool. She was refloated on 5 June and taken in to Diamond Harbour.[6][7]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Anne
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Felsand, in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Russia and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and taken in to Cronstadt for repairs.[8]
Sarah Stewart
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Louisburg, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[9]
Watermillock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from London to Miramichi, New Brunswick. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.[10]
4 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Cousin
France
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11][12]
Nicoline
Norway
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from a French port to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Anne Grant
United Kingdom
The ship was arrived at Bombay, India from London with a smouldering fire and was scuttled.[10]
Eliza and Anne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of , Brazil. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil.[14]
The paddletug caught fire and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent.[15] She was subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[16]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Carl Wilhelm
Bremen
The barque was wrecked near Galveston, Texas, United States with the loss of three lives.[17]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Nailer
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Patagonia, Argentina to London.[6]
Trial
United Kingdom
The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Halifax, Nova Scotia.[18]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Express
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Matilda
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak. She put in to Padstow, Cornwall in a sinking condition.[19]
The ship was wrecked in Egmont's Bay, Prince Edward Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[20]
Salisbury
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. She put back to Quebec City in a waterlogged condition.[21]
The ship ran aground near Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22]
Gray
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[23]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Pekin
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Lance-aux-Vallée", Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[24][25]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Therese
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Hamburg. She was refloated.[26]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Fortuna
Argentina
The sloop ran aground and was wrecked in the River Plate between "Las Paris" and .[27]
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer ran aground on the Maiden Rocks and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sligo.[28]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop struck a sunken rock and sank in the North Sea of the coast of Lothian. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss to Inverkeithing, Fife.[29][30]
The whaler went ashore on Bering Island in a gale and soon broke up. The crew made it ashore where the whaler Bengal (United States) rescued them on 5 July.[31]
John Cree
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32][33]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in the North Sea off Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Inverkeithing, Fife.[34]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Leopoldo Eugenio
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina.[35]
Lady Alice
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Majorca, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Brixham, Devon.[36]
The ship was driven ashore on Seskar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[48] She was refloated on 13 July and towed in to Vyborg in a waterlogged condition.[49]
Gipsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, where she arrived on 24 June.[50]
Persian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on North Bardsoe, in Aspey's Bay. Her crew were rescued.[51][52]
22 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Aurora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Davids, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Drogheda, County Louth.[40]
Elle
France
The chasse-marée was lost near "Baguenault" with the loss of four lives.[40]
The ship departed from Cuxhaven for Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[54]
Charterfield
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was refloated and sailed for Seaham, County Durham.[55]
Godfrey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Honfleur, Calvados, France and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Honfleur.[50]
Liverpool
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Basque Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
Malvina
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Waterford to a Baltic port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17][56]
Peruvian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Booby Island, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to China.[57][58]
24 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Essay
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock in the Douro and was holed. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put back to Oporto.[59]
Guiana
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Port Adelaide, South Australia to Mauritius.[60]
St. Kiavan
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire to Ayr.[50]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer struck a sunken rock in Courland Bay, Tobago. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Tobago. She was refloated.[61]
Mandarin
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Alligator Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[62]
Robert and Alice
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at the Point of Holm, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis to Wick, Caithness. She was refloated and put back to Stornoway.[48]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Eleanor
New South Wales
The barque was wrecked on the coast of New Guinea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Guinea.[63]
Times
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 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[64]
Sheffield
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Jupiter (France). Sheffield was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to South Shields, County Durham.[64][40]
Sutlej
British North America
The brig was wrecked on the Sow and Pig Rocks with the loss of 30 of the 58 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Dusky Sally (United States). Sutlej was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.[65]
Zephyr
British North America
The ship departed from Antigua for the Turks Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[66]
27 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Matthew
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Cronslot, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[18] She was refloated on 29 June and taken in to Cronstadt.[14]
Sarah Berry
New Zealand
The cutter was driven onto the bar of Whangaroa Harbour and destroyed during a gale. All passengers and crew were saved.[67]
Tenedos
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[68]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Henry Mitchell
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a bridge, was holed and sank at Gothenburg. Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gothenburg.[18][14]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Grand-Métis, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Pembroke.[69] She was refloated on 29 July and resumed her voyage.[20]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Abbey
United States
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 June.[40][70]
The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at .[71]
Caledonia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Paraná River at "San Loringo" before 10 June. She was set afire to prevent her capture by the Argentinians.[72][73]
Earl of Rellie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 7 June and taken in to Aberdeen for repairs.[24]
Helvetia
France
The whaler was destroyed by fire in a suspected case of arson.[41]
Hugenot
United States
The ship caught fire on 12 June having been struck by lightning while on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire with a cargo of cotton. She put in to Savannah, Georgia, where she arrived on 14 June.[18][74]
Hugh Wallace
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 June. Her crew took to two boats; those in one of the boats were rescued.[8]
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Maranhão, Brazil, where she arrived on 11 June.[76]
Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was refloated and put in to Key West, Florida, United States, where she arrived on 4 June.[48]
Nicolai
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast before 12 June. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Hamburg.[29]
Rose
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Domesnes, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Riga, where she arrived on 20 June.[48]
Squatter
United States
The schooner was wrecked at "Port Sarry", British North America.
The ship ran aground in The Smalls. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Liverpool on 5 June.[12]
Welcome Home
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Sennen, Cornwall. She had been refloated by 20 June and sailed for Plymouth, Devon.[78]
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