List of shipwrecks in 1845

The list of shipwrecks in 1845 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1845.

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1845
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Ceres	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the smack Orbit (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Princess Alice	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The ship was in collision with Voyager (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) off Southwold, Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew. She came ashore at Walberswick, Suffolk the next day. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Amicitia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The pilot cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk before 23 January.

February

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Azores Packet	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The schooner capsized in the Irish Sea off Ceybur, Pembrokeshire.

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Emerald	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen.

April

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah & Ann	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The schooner departed from South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all three crew.

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Ebenezer	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Herne Bay, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was later repaired and returned to service.

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Spreacombe	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Whiteshell Point, Glamorgan. Her five crew were rescued.

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Industry	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The ship struck the Burrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered. Her crew survived.

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1845

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Erebus	Royal Navy	Franklin's lost expedition: The Hecla-class bomb vessel became icebound in Baffin Bay and was abandoned. Ultimately, none of her crew survived.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1845

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Terror	Royal Navy	Franklin's lost expedition: The Vesuvius-class bomb vessel became icebound in Baffin Bay and was abandoned. Ultimately, none of her crew survived.

July

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Sphinx	French Navy	The Sphinx-class aviso ran aground near Cape Matifu, Algeria and was wrecked, Her crew were rescued by Caméléon, Chimère and Tartare (all France).

August

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Cataraqui	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Cataraqui. The barque was wrecked in the Bass Strait with the loss of 399 of the 408 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Phillip, New South Wales.

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1845

Ship	Country	Description
HCS Coote	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The sloop was lost on 1 December 1845 at Calicut, on the Malabar Coast, on what became known as Coote Reef (11.23333°N 75.76667°E / 11.23333; 75.76667). Crew saved.

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Louisa	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The sloop was wrecked at Cardigan. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Victory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The sloop was wrecked at Cardigan. Her crew were rescued.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1845

Ship	Country	Description
Olive Branch	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The ship was wrecked on Sker Point, Glamorgan with the loss of three of her nine crew.

References

Ship events in 1845
Ship launches:	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847	1848	1849	1850
Ship commissionings:	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847	1848	1849	1850
Ship decommissionings:	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847	1848	1849	1850
Shipwrecks:	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847	1848	1849	1850