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The list of shipwrecks in December 1844 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December
1844 .
1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
England
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire for
New York , United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[1]
2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Anna Maria
Hamburg
The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Pinkegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk ,
United Kingdom to Hamburg.
[2]
Britannia
British North America
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Cape George, Nova Scotia .
[3]
Cleopatra
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The
barque foundered off the coast of
Cuba . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to
Gibraltar .
[1]
Eweretta
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America to
Hull ,
Yorkshire . She was refloated and made for the
North Foreland , Kent.
[4]
Frau Gezina
Denmark
The
kuff ran aground at "Eitzenloch" and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
[5]
Lord de Saumarez
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Stettin to
London .
[6] She was later refloated and put in to
Copenhagen , Denmark.
[7]
Tean
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at London.
[8]
3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Gunton, Suffolk . Her crew were rescued.
[9] She subsequently became a wreck,
[10] and was condemned.
[11]
Caroline
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore in the
Weser . She was on a voyage from Bremen to
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk ,
United Kingdom . She was refloated on 6 December and taken in to Bremen.
[7]
Elf Geschwister
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore at
Huttoft ,
Lincolnshire , United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Memel to
London , United Kingdom.
[12]
Fidelity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
North Shields ,
County Durham . She was refloated the next day and taken in to North Shields.
[12]
Iris
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked at
Boulmer ,
Northumberland . Her crew were rescued by the Boulmer Lifeboat.
[13]
Jane
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex . Seven of her nine crew were rescued by the brig Unity (
United Kingdom ), the other two took to the ship's
skiff . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to
London .
[12]
[14]
[11] Part of the wreck drove ashore at
Warden, Kent on 10 December.
[15]
Primer Gaditano
Spain
The
steamship was wrecked near
Montjuïc . She was on a voyage from
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône , France to
Barcelona .
[16]
[17]
Rose
United Kingdom
The
schooner was in collision with Hebe (
United Kingdom ) and foundered in the
English Channel off
Dungeness ,
Kent . Her crew were rescued.
[12] The wreck was towed in to
Portsmouth ,
Hampshire on 5 December by Brunswick (
United Kingdom ).
[14]
4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Countess of Lonsdale
United Kingdom
The
paddle steamer was damaged by fire at
London .
[8]
Mathers
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Sutton-on-Sea ,
Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Königsberg ,
Prussia to London.
[12]
Merchant
United States
The ship was driven ashore at
Lewis, Delaware . She was on a voyage from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America . She was refloated on 9 December.
[18]
Paolina
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship was in collision with a
Greek
brig off
Corsica , France and was abandoned. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked. The brig sank; five of her crew were rescued. Paolina was on a voyage from
Galaţi ,
Ottoman Empire to
Genoa .
[19]
Polly
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of
Texel ,
North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from
Amsterdam ,
North Holland to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[15]
Theadoore Behring
Dantzic
The ship was driven ashore east of
Newhaven, Sussex ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Newhaven.
[12]
5 December
6 December
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Charlevon
British North America
The
steamship was sunk by ice at
Quebec City ,
Province of Canada . She was on a voyage from Quebec City to
Montreal .
[21]
Farmer
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off "Whitenhead",
Inverness-shire .
[22]
[23]
Guadaloupe
France
The ship was wrecked near Champaigne Bay. She was on a voyage from
Le Moule ,
Guadeloupe to Santa Ana.
[24]
Johanna Sophia
Norway
The
sloop ran aground off
Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Frederiksværk , Denmark to
Moss . Her crew were rescued. She became a wreck on 8 December.
[25]
Preciosa
Hamburg
The ship capsized at
Cuxhaven . She was on a voyage from
Rio de Janeiro ,
Brazil to Hamburg.
[6]
Terra de Fea
France
The ship was driven ashore at
Hartlepool ,
County Durham ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône . She was refloated.
[10]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Magdalena (
Hamburg ) and foundered off
Padstow ,
Cornwall with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire to
Goole ,
Yorkshire .
[6]
7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Brilliant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Guernsey ,
Channel Islands . She was refloated.
[11]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near
Haycock Harbor, Maine , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America to
Hull ,
Yorkshire .
[18]
Gerda
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on
Scharhörn . She was on a voyage from
Bordeaux ,
Gironde , France to Hamburg. She was later refloated.
[17]
Obarlevon
British North America
The
steamship was holed by ice and sank at
Quebec City ,
Province of Canada . She was on a voyage from Quebec City to
Montreal .
[26]
Pansey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Redcar ,
Yorkshire . She was refloated.
[10]
Psyche
Antigua
The
dredger , a
schooner , struck a rock and sank off
Nonsuch Island, Bermuda .
[27]
Sackville
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near
Otranto ,
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . She was on a voyage from
Trieste to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[28]
8 December
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Catherine Jackson
United States
The ship was driven ashore on
Goeree ,
Zeeland Netherlands.
[2] She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to
Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland.
[7]
[25]
Garnet
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Muschel Scarp, off the coast of
County Durham . She was refloated and taken in to
South Shields , County Durham.
[29]
Hamilton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Cape Voltas ,
Cape Colony . Her crew were rescued.
[30]
Hero
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Suffolk with the loss of all but one of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by HMRC Scout (
Board of Customs ) Hero was on a voyage from
London to
Amsterdam ,
North Holland , Netherlands.
[6]
[20]
[31]
Leila
United States
The ship ran aground on the Bimini Reef. She was on a voyage from
Rotterdam ,
South Holland , Netherlands to
New Orleans, Louisiana . She was later refloated and completed her voyage.
[30]
Thomas and James
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Todd's Head. Her crew were rescued by Union Groe (
United Kingdom ).Thomas and James was on a voyage from
Leven, Fife to
Dundee ,
Forfarshire .
[32]
[33]
Triune
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at
Ness Point ,
Suffolk .
[10] She was refloated on 11 December.
[11]
William and James
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Todd's Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Leven, Fife to
Dundee ,
Forfarshire .
[15]
9 December
10 December
11 December
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Ayrshire
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore on
La Gomera ,
Canary Isles in a capsized condition and was wrecked.
[26]
Charlemagne
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the
Mississippi River . She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[37]
Charles Hartley
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Bourgas ,
Ottoman Empire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Odessa to an English port.
[38]
Johanna
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore in the
Kurisches Haff . She was on a voyage from
Middlesbrough ,
Yorkshire ,
United Kingdom to
Memel .
[39]
Svea
Sweden
The
brig was driven ashore between "Theddall" and
Barna ,
County Galway , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from
New York , United States to
Amsterdam ,
North Holland , Netherlands.
[40]
[17]
12 December
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Albanian
United States
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued.
[36]
Amity
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore on the
Isle of Arran . She was on a voyage from
Ardrossan ,
Ayrshire to
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America .
[11]
[17]
Corner
United Kingdom
The
smack was driven ashore near "Carrigholt",
County Clare . She was on a voyage from
Limerick to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[3]
Gazette
United States
The
brig capsized with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 6 January 1845 by Tamerlane (
United States ). Gazette was on a voyage from
Bangor, Maine to
Port-au-Prince , Haiti.
[41]
Harvest
United Kingdom
The
brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Shoreham-by-Sea ,
Sussex to
Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated the next day but was driven ashore whilst trying to put in to
Great Yarmouth , Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.
[16]
[15] Harvest was refloated on 18 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth.
[34]
Helen Mills
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and foundered 6 nautical miles (11 km) off
Newburgh, Fife . Her crew were rescued.
[42]
Joseph and Fanny
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Clay Castle",
County Cork . She was on a voyage from
Newport, Monmouthshire to
Cork .
[3]
Lavinia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the
Humber . She floated off but consequently foundered.
[32]
Meridian
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand and was damaged. She was refloated.
[17]
Messenger
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Kilrush , County Clare. She was on a voyage from Clare to
London .
[3]
Pedestrian
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
Tynemouth ,
Northumberland and was damaged. She was refloated and put in to
South Shields ,
County Durham .
[43]
Scotia
Bremen
The
galiot was driven ashore at
Helmsdale ,
Sutherland ,
United Kingdom . All seven people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to
Speymouth ,
Morayshire , United Kingdom.
[42]
[33] Scotia was refloated on 20 December and taken in to Helmsdale in a severely damaged condition.
[44]
Scotland
United Kingdom
The
East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at
Glasgow ,
Renfrewshire .
[45]
Waterlily
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Broadstairs ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
London to Jamaica. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[3]
13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Agnes
Guernsey
The
schooner was wrecked at "Saint-Germain", France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to
Saint-Malo ,
Ille-et-Vilaine , France.
[39]
[34]
[46]
Brutus
United Kingdom
The
barque ran aground on the Spit Bank, in the
Irish Sea off the coast of
County Cork .
[17] She was refloated on 8 January 1845.
[38]
Duchess of York
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Dingle ,
County Kerry .
[19]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Youghal ,
County Cork . She was on a voyage from
Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal.
[3]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in
Ardmore Bay with the loss of all hands.
[3]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at
Youghal ,
County Cork .
[40]
Ellen and Ann
United Kingdom
The
schooner capsized off
Ardmore, County Waterford . She was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardmore Head with the loss of all six of her crew.
[47]
[48]
Erin
Guernsey
The
schooner was wrecked at Saint-Germain, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to
Saint-Malo ,
Ille-et-Vilaine , France.
[49]
[50]
Gipsy
United Kingdom
The
smack ran aground at
Isleornsay ,
Isle of Skye ,
Outer Hebrides .
[17]
Heywood
United Kingdom
The
barque ran aground on the Spit Bank.
[17] She was refloated on 24 December.
[51]
Joseph and Fanny
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Clay Castle, County Cork. She was on a voyage from
Cork to
Newport, Monmouthshire .
[52]
Mariner
British North America
The ship, which had been damaged by ice on 12 December, was beached on the south coast of
Prince Edward Island . She was on a voyage from
Charlottetown to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire , United Kingdom. She was consequently condemned.
[53]
[54]
Massasvit
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Alderton,
New York with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Calcutta ,
India to
New York City .
[36]
Peel' s One
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dingle.
[39]
Valentine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Youghal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Seville , Spain to
Dublin .
[40]
[17]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 37 nautical miles (69 km) north of
Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from
Port Madoc ,
Caernarfonshire to
Chepstow ,
Monmouthshire .
[42]
[55]
William and Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the
Mumbles ,
Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from
Barnstaple ,
Devon to
Porthcawl , Glamorgan.
[56] She was refloated on 9 January 1845 and resumed her voyage.
[38]
14 December
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Caroline
Hamburg
The
barque was driven ashore at
Cuxhaven . She was on a voyage from
Rio de Janeiro ,
Brazil to Hamburg.
[7]
George
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Carmarthen . She was later refloated and taken in to
Saundersfoot ,
Pembrokeshire for repairs.
[3]
[57]
Gomer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Carrigaholt ,
County Clare . She was on a voyage from
Limerick to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[42]
Jane Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the North Gar, off the mouth of the
River Tees .
[7]
Lady Scott
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on
Castle Island, Bermuda . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
St. Jago de Cuba ,
Cuba to
Swansea ,
Glamorgan .
[58]
Liberal
Portugal
The
brig was wrecked at
Lisbon with the loss of nine or ten of the thirteen or fourteen people on board. She was on a voyage from
Rio de Janeiro ,
Brazil to Lisbon.
[59]
[22]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and foundered off St Eval Head,
Cornwall . Her crew were rescued.
[16]
Paragon
United Kingdom
The
brig sprang a leak and was beached at
Bamburgh Castle ,
Northumberland , where she became a wreck. Two of her crew were drowned.
[3]
[23]
Paris
France
The
steamship was driven ashore at "Altenbruch". She was on a voyage from
Glückstadt ,
Duchy of Schleswig to
Havre de Grâce ,
Seine-Inférieure .
[7] She was refloated on 15 December and sailed to
Heligoland .
[25]
Señora del Carmen
Spain
The ship was driven ashore at Lisbon. Her crew were rescued.
[60]
Vanguard
United Kingdom
The
paddle steamer ran aground off
Cork . Her passengers were taken off.
[3] She was refloated on 24 December.
[51]
15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Concordia
Danzig
The ship was wrecked on the Dem Bank, off the mouth of the
Gironde .
[39]
Demerara Packet
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the
Irish Sea and was beached near
Dublin , where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool to
Demerara ,
British Guiana .
[42]
Dorchester
United States
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . All 46 people on board were rescued by Rochester (
United States ). Dorchester was on a voyage from
Boston, Massachusetts to Liverpool.
[61]
[58]
Helena
Russia
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Cette ,
Hérault , France. Her crew were rescued.
[25]
Iduna
Norway
The ship was driven ashore east of Cette. Her crew were rescued.
[25]
[34]
[62]
Nautilus
Stettin
The ship ran aground on the Dem Bank.
[39]
Templer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near
Conil de la Frontera , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to
Livorno ,
Grand Duchy of Tuscany .
[26]
[21]
Triton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Crimbritshaven", Sweden. She was on a voyage from
Liebau ,
Prussia to
King's Lynn ,
Norfolk .
[36]
16 December
17 December
18 December
19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Amy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged off
New Grimsby ,
Isles of Scilly . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Ipswich ,
Suffolk . She was refloated and taken in to New Grimsby.
[44]
Bolina
Jersey
The ship was driven ashore near
Saint-Brieuc ,
Côtes-du-Nord , France. She was on a voyage from Saint-Brieuc to
London . She was consequently condemned.
[66]
Clarinda
United Kingdom
The ship was partly abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Seven of her twelve crew were taken off by Augustine Heard (
United States ). Clarinda was on a voyage from
Quebec City ,
Province of Canada ,
British North America to
New Ross ,
County Wexford .
[67]
Clarita
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked on
Scharhörn . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Málaga , Spain to Hamburgh.
[60]
Express
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the
North Sea off
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Stettin to London.
[22]
Johann Carl
Bremen
The ship ran aground near
Wremen . She was refloated.
[51]
Nicholai Savin
Russia
The ship was driven ashore near
Holyhead ,
Anglesey ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Saint Petersburg to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire , United Kingdom.
[39]
[68] She capsized on 21 December.
[66] She was refloated on 23 December and taken in to Holyhead.
[44]
Yorkshireman
United Kingdom
The
paddle steamer ran aground on the Holme Sand. She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk .
[39]
20 December
List of shipwrecks: December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight . She wason a voyage from
Swansea ,
Glamorgan to
London . She was refloated the next day.
[66]
Jaeger
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Blackwater Rock, in the
Irish Sea . She subsequently came ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of
Wexford and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Calcutta ,
India .
[66]
[34]
Polly
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Den Helder ,
North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from
Amsterdam , North Holland to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[25] She was refloated and taken in to the
North Holland Canal .
[62]
Recovery
United Kingdom
The
barque ran aground on the Half-ebb Rock, off
Harwich ,
Essex . She was on a voyage from London to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[39]
Rhoda
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . She was on a voyage from
Messina ,
Sicily to Liverpool.
[68] She was refloated.
[69]
Waterlilly
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hollywood Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of
County Antrim . She was on a voyage from
Smyrna ,
Ottoman Empire to
Belfast , County Antrim.
[66]
William Henry
United States
The ship was driven ashore at
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia ,
British North America . She was on a voyage from
Baltimore, Maryland to
Halifax, Nova Scotia . She was refloated on 8 January 1845 and taken in to Yarmouth.
[70]
21 December
22 December
23 December
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Acrogin
United States
The ship ran aground at
New Orleans, Louisiana .
[76]
Benares
India
The ship ran aground on a reef off "Polo Beberan",
Sumatra ,
Spanish East Indies . She was refloated and taken in to
Barus , where she sank.
[77]
Diligent
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire.
[60]
Evelyn
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
Maryport ,
Cumberland . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to Maryport.
[44]
Hope
United Kingdom
The
sloop was wrecked on the Elbow End Bank, off the mouth of the
River Tay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Dundee ,
Forfarshire to the
River Eden .
[51]
Lady Grace
United Kingdom
The
schooner ran aground on a rock
1 league (3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the coast of
Connemara , Ireland. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Glasgow ,
Renfrewshire to
Kilrush ,
County Clare . Lady Grace floated off and sank.
[51]
Martha
United States
The ship ran aground at New Orleans.
[76]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Tegeler Sand, in the
North Sea .
[49]
24 December
25 December
26 December
27 December
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1845
Ship
State
Description
Affiance
United Kingdom
The
brig ran aground at
Flamborough Head ,
Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from
London to
South Shields ,
County Durham . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[36]
[67]
Fair Maid of Perth
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Filey ,
Yorkshire . She was refloated
[67]
Palemon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Filey Bridge ,
Yorkshire . She was refloated and beached at Filey.
[67]
Thetis
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Ulrome ,
Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône , France to
South Shields ,
County Durham . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[26]
[67]
Twee Cornelissen
Netherlands
The
East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked at
Pevensey Bay ,
Sussex ,
United Kingdom with the loss of one of the 31 people on board. Eighteen people reached shore in the ship's
longboat ; the rest were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat. Twee Cornelissen was on a voyage from
Batavia ,
Netherlands East Indies to
Amsterdam ,
North Holland .
[84]
28 December
29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Betsey
United Kingdom
The
ketch was wrecked on the
Isle of Whithorn ,
Wigtownshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Maryport ,
Cumberland to
Newry ,
County Antrim .
[73]
Charles
Jersey
The ship was driven in to the
barque Lewis (
United States ) at
Gibraltar . She was consequently condemned.
[76]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The
collier , a
brig , was driven ashore, capsized and wrecked at
Flamborough Head ,
Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
London .
[26]
[67]
[50]
Pennsylvania
United States
The ship was wrecked near "Bahia and Sonde". She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom .
[58]
Providentia
Lübeck
The ship ran aground off "Steons", Denmark. She was refloated and put in to
Copenhagen in a leaky condition.
[53]
30 December
31 December
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Arab
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Cork for
Saint John's, Newfoundland ,
British North America . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[88]
Beata
Sweden
The ship was wrecked on
Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham ,
United Kingdom to
Landskrona .
[18]
Ceres
Prussia
The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Plymouth ,
Devon , United Kingdom to
Memel .
[18]
Christiane Cecilia
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Leith ,
Lothian , United Kingdom to
Copenhagen . She was refloated in January 1845 and taken in to
Fredrikshavn .
[18]
[89]
Herwig
Stettin
The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland , United Kingdom to Copenhagen.
[18]
Lisette
Rostock
The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Newcastle upon Tyne.
[18]
Nordstern
Denmark
The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Copenhagen.
[90]
Telemachus
United Kingdom
The
schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and taken in to
Whitby ,
Yorkshire .
[46]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1844
Ship
State
Description
Alexandrina
United Kingdom
The
schooner was lost near
Sozopol , Ottoman Empire between 7 and 11 December with the loss of all but her captain.
[57]
[73]
[91]
Allessandra
Austrian Empire
The
barque was lost at "Carbouvnon",
Ottoman Empire between 7 and 11 December.
[73]
Bella
United States
The
steamship exploded and sank in the
Mississippi River with the loss of 31 lives.
[92]
Caribbean
Bremen
The
brig was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean before 14 December.
[93]
Comet
Russia
The ship was wrecked at
Iniadai ,
Greece between 7 and 11 December.
[73]
Der Jonge Gustaf
Flag unknown
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of
Aberdeenshire ,
United Kingdom .
[50]
[94]
Dragoe
Austrian Empire
The
barque was wrecked near "Achails", Ottoman Empire between 7 and 11 December.
[73]
Eleanora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Hartlepool ,
County Durham . She was refloated on 9 December but was driven higher up the beach.
[29]
Elizabeth
New South Wales
The
schooner was wrecked in
Portland Bay .
[95]
Elizabeth Bentley
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Fanny (
United Kingdom ).
[96]
"Fawn"
United States
The boat was lost on Rocky Neck.
[97]
Hero
Norway
The ship was lost off the mouth of the
River Eden .
[34]
Hydros
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of
New Guinea before 14 December.
[98]
Jolet
France
The
brig was struck by
lightning and set on fire at
Port Mahon ,
Menorca , Spain.
[62]
Manney
United Kingdom
The ship collided with an iceberg before 8 December whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to
Arica , Peru. She put in to the
Falkland Islands , where she was condemned.
[99]
Moira
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in late 1843 or in 1844 during a voyage to
India .
[100]
Mount Pleasant
United States
The
steamship foundered with the loss of all ten crew.
[92]
Normandie
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean between 10 and 13 December with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from
New York , United States to
Hull ,
Yorkshire .
[30]
North America
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Bunbury ,
Swan River Colony before 21 December.
[101]
Perception
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
North Shields , County Durham in late December. She was later refloated.
[57]
Pleiades
British North America
The ship ran aground on a reef in Deep Bay,
Saint Kitts before 30 December. She was refloated but was consequently condemned.
[70]
Polly
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of
Texel ,
North Holland , Netherlands before 8 December. She was on a voyage from
Amsterdam , North Holland to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[6]
R. A. Parke
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in
Blacksod Bay . She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Belfast. She was later refloated and taken in to Belfast, where she arrived on 1 January 1845.
[94]
Robert Burns
United Kingdom
The ship was beached in
Lough Swilly before 6 December. she was on a voyage from
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . She was refloated on 13 December.
[39]
Sally Ann
British North America
The
schooner was wrecked in Portland Bay.
[95]
Theophiles
France
The ship was wrecked at
Licata ,
Sicily . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Licata to
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône .
[10]
Valentine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Youghal ,
County Cork before 16 December. She was on a voyage from
Seville , Spain to
Dublin .
[7]
Vice
Austrian Empire
The
brig was lost at "Domons Deich", Ottoman Empire between 7 and 11 December with the loss of three of her crew.
[73]
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