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List of shipwrecks in 1849

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The list of shipwrecks in 1849 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1849.


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1849
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

January[]

11 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1849
Ship Country Description
Agnes Lee  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The brig was wrecked at Cardigan with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]

16 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1849
Ship Country Description
Victoria  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner was in collision with the barque Pascoe Grenfell ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Port Eynon, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[2]

February[]

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March[]

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April[]

15 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1849
Ship Country Description
Friendship  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The sloop sprang a leak and foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew survived.[3]

29 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1849
Ship Country Description
Hannah  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The brig was holed by ice and foundered in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 49 lives. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Quebec City, Canada.

May[]

10 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1849
Ship Country Description
Maria  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland foundered in the ice in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and out of the entire number on board only nine of the passengers, and five of the crew were saved.[4]

June[]

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July[]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1849
Ship Country Description
Ann  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The smack foundered in Jack Sound, off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[1]

August[]

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September[]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1849
Ship Country Description
Memnon  United States The clipper was lost in the Gaspar Strait on 14 or 16 September.

October[]

7 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1849
Ship Country Description
St John  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sailing from Galway to Boston the brig was driven onto Grampus Ledge in Cohasset [5][6]

12 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1849
Ship Country Description
Opzeeman's Hoop  Netherlands The skûtsje capsized in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of six of her eight crew. She came ashore the next day at Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[3]

November[]

7 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1849
Ship Country Description
Arpenteur  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Registered in Adelaide the ship was carrying whale oil when there was a fearful gale’ (Perth Gazette, 23 November 1849: 2b) from the north-east drove it ashore on Cheynes Beach, Western Australia and the Arpenteur became a total wreck.[7]

December[]

14 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1849
Ship Country Description
Mary Jones United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Nova Scotia The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Port Eynon and Paviland, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pugwash to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[2]

19 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1849
Ship Country Description
SV Oneida  United States En route from New York City to Le Havre loaded with cotton and hops, ran aground near Guernsey Channel Islands. The ship was lost but part of the cargo was salvaged.[8][9]

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References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/. Retrieved 1 February 2015. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf. Retrieved 17 December 2014. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874". Suffolk Records Society. http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net/assets/WLHG/ShipsShipwrecks1782-1845.pdf. Retrieved 25 December 2014. 
  4. ↑ cite web |url=http://brew.clients.ch/lossmaria.htm |title=LOSS OF THE MARIA OF LIMERICK
  5. ↑ "The Shipwreck of the St. John". http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/shipwreck_st_john.htm. 
  6. ↑ "This day in Nautical History: Cohasset’s most infamous shipwreck". http://www.bostonharborbeacon.com/2012/10/08/this-day-in-nautical-history-cohassets-most-infamous-shipwreck/. 
  7. ↑ cite web |url=http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/arpenteur |title=ARPENTEUR (1849/11/07)
  8. ↑ "SV Oneida (+1849)". wrecksite.eu. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?204273. 
  9. ↑ "Oneida". http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-. 


Ship events in 1849
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