The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbadoes.[1][2]
Swedish Navy
The corvette was wrecked at Matanzas, Cuba with the loss of 117 of the 133 people on board. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Sweden.[3][4][5]
Ocean Queen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool.[6]
Simpson
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Dale, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Skylark (Board of Customs). She was subsequently taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[7]
2 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Eclair
Belgium
The ship was wrecked at Safi, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to Antwerp.[8]
Florida
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Carlisle, County Cork She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and beached for repairs.[9]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Possession Island, Portuguese West Africa. Her crew were rescued.[10]
St. Andrew
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at , British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated on 9 May and towed in to Quebec City.[11]
3 May[]
List of shipwrecks: May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Charles Kidd
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Ringkøbing, Denmark with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[12][13]
Halcyon
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 London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[9]
Speculation
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Snekkersten, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14][15] She subsequently put in to Jarrow, Northumberland for repairs.[16]
Speed
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Knock Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17][9]
4 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Circe
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank on the Long Sand, in The Wash. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[18]
Dolphin
British North America
The schooner was sunk by ice in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia.[19]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was lost 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Torquay, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[20]
Seagull
British North America
The schooner was sunk by ice in the Magdalen Islands.[19]
Sea Star
British North America
The schooner was sunk by ice in the Magdalen Islands.[19]
Thomas Row
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harrington, Province of Canada.[19]
5 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Hoop Oldendorf
Hamburg
The ship struck the wrecked of the steamshipManchester (United Kingdom) and was wrecked off the coast of Dithmarschen, Duchy of Schleswig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Königsberg, Prussia.[14]
6 May[]
List of shipwrecks: May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Abraham Young
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by ice off Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[21]
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Cove (United Kingdom). Druid was on a voyage rom Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[19]
Fritz
Rostock
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[12]
Glenalvon
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cuba.[22]
The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She sank the next day. Her crew were rescued by Agincourt (United Kingdom). William Rathbone was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[28]
9 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Iris
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Salem, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship struck the mast of a sunken vessel and was severely damaged at Runcorn, Cheshire.[23]
Mary Catherine
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Auckland to Kaipara Harbour.[30][31][32]
Princess Alice Maude
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Musquash, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick.[33]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
British North America
The ship was wrecked on the east point of Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[19]
Rosalind
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gronne Reef. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
St. Martin
British North America
The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick.[33]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Corsair
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Danube at GalatzOttoman Empire. She was later refloated but was again driven ashore.[35]Corsair was again refloated on 18 May and taken in to Galatz.[36]
Emma
Greifswald
The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged at Kleve, Duchy of Schleswig. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Greifswald.[37][38]
St. Martin's
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[39]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Brilliant
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Lamaline, Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of two lives; 153 people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[19][40]
Catharina
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship sank in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig.[41]
Pekin
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of St Lawrence. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Quebec City.[19]
13 May[]
List of shipwrecks: May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Gaditano
UKGBI
The mistico was wrecked in the with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to A Coruña.[42]
Glasgow Packet
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock in the and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She put back to Aberdeen.[43]
Linnet
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of the Mull of Galloway, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[44]
14 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
St. Martin's
British North America
The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.[19]
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Spinster
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Porto Plata".[45]
16 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Bezaliel
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Palermo, Sicily.[46]
British Queen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near "Cronsloot", Russia. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated.[21]
The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 23 May.[34]
Johanne Catherine
Sweden
The ship was lost near the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nyköping to London, United Kingdom.[47]
Shepherd
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth the next day.[43]
17 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Dart
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Teignmouth. She was refloated on 21 May and taken in to Teignmouth.[43][48]
Emily
South Australia
The cutter departed from Port Phillip for Circular Head, Van Diemen's Land. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[49]
Erminio
Ottoman Empire
The ship was lost off Cape Santa Maria, Portugal. She was on a voyage from the Gulf of Saros to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[46]
Marshall Bennett
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire and was scuttled.[47]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Alexander
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brigRoyal William (United Kingdom). Alexander was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[50][51]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by a pile and sank at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sutton Bridge to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[43]
Ardjoena
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[43]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk.[43]
Pandora
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[43]Pandora was refloated on 26 May and taken to the River Mersey in a severely damaged condition.[34]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Ammon
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Smerwick, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Sligo.[52]
Lord Vernon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dawlish, Devon. She was refloated on 22 May and taken in to Torquay.[34]
Oscar
Denmark
The ship ran aground and was damaged in the English Channel between Littlehampton and Worthing, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea Sussed with the assistance of the Coast Guard. Oscar was on a voyage from "Aviza" to Helsingør.[53]
Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank in the River Annan. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Annan, Dumfriesshire.[48]
20 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She capsized the next day with the loss of nine of the fifteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by the smackWilliam and Elizabeth (United Kingdom). Alert was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Whitby, Yorkshire. She was towed in to Harwich the next day.[54][48]
Grouville
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at London, United Kingdom.[55]
Hawk
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[55]
The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[48]
21 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Eleanor
New South Wales
The whaler, a brig, was wrecked on Youell's Reef. Her crew were rescued by Anna Louisa (United Kingdom).[56][57]
Squatter
New South Wales
The ship, a brigantine or schooner, was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Port Fairy. All fourteen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne and Portland Bay.[58][59]
Tantivy
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered off Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[34]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She put in to Key West, Florida, United States where she was condemned.[60]
The ship foundered off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Æolus (flag unknown).[62][63]
Johanna Maria
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Altona.[34] She was refloated on 25 May and taken in to Hamburg.[42]
John Pirie
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off the coast of Patagonia, Argentina.[64]
Swan
Russia
The ship foundered off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Æolus (United Kingdom).[65]
24 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Eliza and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Gipsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Gipsy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Konohassett
United States
The Boston whalerKonohassett (a converted merchant ship) under Captain Worth, struck at night the unmarked reef near Lisianski Island (Pell's Island). The crew took to the boats and in the morning from the mizzen of the wreck they spied land 17 miles away. On reaching it they found the remains of Holder Bolden and realised they would have to emulate that crew. They salvaged sufficient materials to make a boat to sail to the Hawaiian Islands. They completed her in only 18 days and sailed on 20 June.[66] The seven men arriving in Hawaii on 31 July, after 42 days at sea.[67] The American Consul was loaned the schooner Haalilio (United States) to recover the remaining 26 crew, who were landed at Honolulu in mid-September.[68]
25 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Cheval Marinda
France
The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Cape Lardier, Var. Her crew were rescued.[38]
The paddle steamers collided in the River Mersey. Twenty-one people were killed with Rambler sinking. Survivors from Rambler were rescued by the Magazines Lifeboat. Rambler was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 26 May and taken in to Liverpool. She was repaired only to be lost on her next voyage. Sea Nymph was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry, County Antrim. She put back to Liverpool in a severely damaged condition.[69][11][70]
Yare
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Cobblers, off Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued.[45]
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Clarisse
France
The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Halvor (flag unknown).[65][62][63]
Jacob
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[71]
Trinity
Gibraltar
The steamshiptug caught fire and sank at Gibraltar.[37]
27 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Bombay Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by a fire and explosion at "Saugor", India. All on board were rescued.[72][73]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier and sank at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[71]
Speedwell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Salcombe, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[71]
28 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Calcutta
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Metis, Province of Canada, British North America.[19][74][75] The wreck was refloated in September and towed in to Quebec City, Province of Canada, arriving on the 7th.[76]
George
France
The barque was wrecked off Rodrigues. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Sonapere" to the Île Bourbon.[77]
Hoffnung
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was wrecked in the Jade Bight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Varel.[35]
Pekin
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Fox River, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[75]
29 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Emulation
France
The brig ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[29]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Portneuf, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[60]Providence was refloated on 12 June and towed in to Quebec City.[50]
Victorieux
France
The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex.[28]
30 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Antina
Netherlands
The was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[37][38]
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to London. She was refloated.[29]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1846
Ship
Country
Description
Aden
United Kingdom
The ship was scuttled and abandoned before 8 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Hamburg.[35]
Adler
Hamburg
The ship was scuttled before 8 May. Her crew were rescued by HMS Philomel (Royal Navy). Adler was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Hamburg.[79] Her crew alleged barratry against her captain, who jumped overboard from HMS Philomel and was drowned.[38]
Alexander
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 May.[37]
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All 36 people on board were rescued by Braeus (flag unknown). Catherine was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[80]
Circa
United Kingdom
The ship sank off King's Lynn, Norfolk. She had been refloated by 11 May and taken in to King's Lynn.[25]
Cologne
France
The whaler was wrecked on the south coast of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, in late May. Two men drowned, and two others died attempting to walk to Akaroa to get assistance.[81]
Columbine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Coutali Island", Ottoman Empire before 6 May. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in t Gallipoli in a leaky condition.[21]
Dolphin
British North America
The schooner was lost in ice off the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia.[82]
Ellison
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Ship Island, Patagonia, Argentina before 10 May.[83]
Halcyon Trader
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 London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[54]
Hugh Wallace
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice. Her crew took to the boats and were rescued by Lord Metcalfe (United Kingdom).[75]
Royal Netherlands Navy
The schooner was attacked by pirates off the coast of Bangka Island, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were massacred and the ship was sunk.[84]
Lady Alice Lambton
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued.[85]
Miguela
United States
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 May.[86]
Pactolus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs She arrived on 15 May.[87]
Pallas
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Cochin, for Calcutta, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[88]
Perthshire
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by ice and was beached on "Sanerins Island", Nova Scotia. She was refloated and take in to Arichat, Nova Scotia in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Pictou, Nova Scotia.[33]
Sea Gull
British North America
The schooner was lost in ice off the Magdalen Islands.[82]
Sea Star
United Kingdom
The schooner was lost in ice off the Magdalen Islands.[82]
Trinidad
British North America
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schoonerPink (United States). Trinidad was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick to Liverpool.[80]
Uncle Sam
New Zealand
The schooner wrecked on a reef off Māhia Peninsula, in Hawke Bay, New Zealand, while carrying mail from Wellington to Auckland. All hands were saved but the cargo was lost.[81][89]
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