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The list of shipwrecks in 1849 includes
ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during
1849 .
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1849
Ship
State
Description
Algoma
United States
The
steamboat sank in the
Missouri River below
Lexington ,
Missouri .
[1]
Apollo
United States
The
full-rigged ship capsized off
Cape Horn with the loss of all hands.
[2]
Delfshaven
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked near "Pulo Dupur",
Netherlands East Indies . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Batavia , Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port.
[3]
Finette
France
The ship was destroyed by fire in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Cette ,
Hérault to the
River Plate .
[4]
Hebe
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked in the
Strait of Magellan . All on board were rescued by Unicorn (
United Kingdom ).
[2]
Herald
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in
Narva Bay between 6 May and 29 November. she was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Narva ,
Russia .
[5]
Isabella Anna
New South Wales
The ship was wrecked on the
Isle of Pines ,
New Caledonia before 20 August.
[6]
John Youlston
United States
The ship was wrecked in the
Falkland Islands . Her crew were rescued.
[7]
La Fauvette
Unknown
The
barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of
New Jersey near
Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between
Manasquan Inlet and
Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between
Sea Girt and
Barnegat Inlet .
[8]
Mary Whitney , orSarah Whitney
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the
Yangtze Kiang . All on board were rescued by
HMS Medea (
Royal Navy ).
[9]
[10]
Persian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Yangtze Kiang. All on board were rescued by
HMS Medea (
Royal Navy ).
[9]
[10]
Royal Archer
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Benares (
United Kingdom ) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from London to
Adelaide ,
South Australia .
[11]
Sarah Crisp
United Kingdom
The
full-rigged ship sprang a leak and capsized in the
South China Sea with the subsequent loss of thirteen of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by Emma Sherratt (
United Kingdom ) after spending 27 days on the wreck.
[12]
Sylph
United Kingdom
The ship was lost with all hands whilst on a voyage from
Hong Kong to
Singapore .
Ursia
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near
Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic.
[13]
Watt
United Kingdom
The
tug was driven ashore on the
Isle of Man . She was refloated on 26 February having been ashore "for some time".
[14]
References
^
Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9 , Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
^
a
b "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 24977. London. 8 November 1849.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 20130. London. 22 March 1849. col F, p. 8.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23682. London. 1 November 1849. p. 8.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 1105. London. 11 December 1849.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 20366. London. 22 December 1849. col E, p. 7.
^ "The Navy". The Standard . No. 7884. London. 19 November 1849.
^
"njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" " . Archived from
the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01 .
^
a
b "Foreign Correspondence". Daily News . No. 1042. London. 27 September 1849.
^
a
b "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 1042. London. 27 September 1849.
^ "Shipping". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19957. Edinburgh. 24 January 1850.
^ "Dreadful Shipwreck - Thirteen Persons Starved to Death". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19902. Edinburgh. 16 July 1849.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23687. London. 7 November 1849. p. 8.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19864. Edinburgh. 5 March 1849.
Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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