List of shipwrecks in 1849
The list of shipwrecks in 1849 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1849.
1849 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
January
11 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Agnes Lee | United Kingdom | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Victoria | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with the barque Pascoe Grenfell ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Port Eynon, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
April
15 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Friendship | United Kingdom | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hannah | United Kingdom | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maria | United Kingdom | 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] |
July
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in Jack Sound, off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
September
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Memnon | United States | The clipper was lost in the Gaspar Strait on 14 or 16 September. |
October
7 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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St John | United Kingdom | Sailing from Galway to Boston the brig was driven onto Grampus Ledge in Cohasset [5][6] |
12 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arpenteur | United Kingdom | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary Jones | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
References
- 1 2 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- 1 2 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ cite web |url=http://brew.clients.ch/lossmaria.htm |title=LOSS OF THE MARIA OF LIMERICK
- ↑ "The Shipwreck of the St. John".
- ↑ "This day in Nautical History: Cohasset's most infamous shipwreck".
- ↑ cite web |url=http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/arpenteur |title=ARPENTEUR (1849/11/07)
- ↑ "SV Oneida (+1849)". wrecksite.eu.
- ↑ "Oneida".
Ship events in 1849 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 |
Ship commissionings: | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 |
Shipwrecks: | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 |
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