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The list of shipwrecks in March 1855 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during March
1855 .
1 March
2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Alfred
Hamburg
The
barque ran aground on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Batavia ,
Netherlands East Indies to
Marstrand , Sweden. She was refloated.
[2]
Andre
Austrian Empire
The
barque ran aground west of
Seaford, Sussex . She was on a voyage from
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire to
Antwerp , Belgium. Her twelve crew survived. An attempt to refloat her by
Paris
United Kingdom was unsuccessful and she was wrecked in a gale that night.
[3]
Deerslayer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank on Taylor's Bank, in
Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from
Pernambuco ,
Brazil to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . She was refloated with the assistance of Iron Duke (
United Kingdom and beached at
Crosby, Lancashire ).
[4]
[2] Deerslayer was refloated on 4 April and beached at
Egremont, Lancashire for temporary repairs.
[5]
Drafna
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at
Kinsale ,
County Cork ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Torrevieja , Spain to
Dram , Norway.
[6]
John Bannerman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Holyhead ,
Anglesey . She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool. She broke up on 3 March.
[7]
[8]
[9]
3 March
4 March
5 March
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Commercie Campagnie
Belgium
The ship ran aground in the
Scheldt at
Bath, Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from
Havana ,
Cuba to
Antwerp . She was refloated on 5 March.
[10]
[12]
Fanny Giffney
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered between
Saint Croix and
Saint Thomas ,
Virgin Islands . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.
[13]
Tancred
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Alt Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to
Gothenburg , Sweden.
[7]
6 March
7 March
8 March
9 March
10 March
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Alice Ferret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Greenman's Point,
County Down . She was on a voyage from
Warrenpoint , County Down to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[27]
Experiment
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Hertshoem", Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Helsingør , Denmark. She was refloated the next day.
[28]
Henrietta!
United Kingdom
The
barque ran aground on the Mixon Sands, in the
Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated the next day. Henrietta! was on a voyage from
Cuba to
Swansea ,
Glamorgan ,
Wales .
[29]
Maria
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked at
Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey , United States. She was on a voyage from
Palermo ,
Sicily to
New York , United States.
[30]
Omnibus
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground "near the Perch" and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from
Pentewen ,
Cornwall to
Fowey ,
Caernarfon and
Runcorn ,
Cheshire .
[27]
11 March
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Scarborough ,
Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from
London to
North Shields ,
County Durham .
[31]
Aurora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Dunbar ,
Lothian . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Aberdeen .
[11] She was refloated on 4 April and found to be severely damaged.
[32]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The
brig ran aground at
Waterford .
[31] She was refloated the next day.
[33]
Exmouth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at
Boulogne ,
Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan to Boulogne. She was subsequently refloated and repaired.
[31]
[34]
Experiment
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Hertsholm", Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Helsingør , Denmark. She was refloated the next day.
[35]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Quarries, in the
Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to
Dublin .
[11]
Henrietta
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Mixon Shoal and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from
Cuba to
Swansea , Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to the
Mumbles .
[11]
Letitia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the American coast. Her crew were rescued by Charles Croker (
United States ). Letitia was on a voyage from
British Honduras to
London .
[36]
[24]
12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore and wrecked near
Breaksea Point ,
Glamorgan .
[31]
[33] She was refloated on 24 March and towed in to
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire .
[37]
Fiducie
France
The ship was driven ashore at
Saint-Pierre-en-Port ,
Seine-Inférieure . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Martinique to
Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure. She was declared a total loss.
[7]
Hendrik Hudson
United States
The ship foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean (
38°40′N 70°00′W / 38.667°N 70.000°W / 38.667; -70.000 ) with the loss of two of her crew. Her surviving crew and passengers were rescued by the
barque Elk (
United States ). Hendrick Hudson was on a voyage from
New York to
London ,
United Kingdom .
[38]
[39]
Pomona
United Kingdom
The
brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ingleborough (
United Kingdom ). Pomona was on a voyage from
Matanzas ,
Cuba to
Halifax, Nova Scotia ,
British North America .
[40]
Sandusky
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Moselle Shoals. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States. She was refloated on 15 March and resumed her voyage.
[41]
13 March
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Agamemnon
United Kingdom
The
barque was wrecked on "Madittimo Island",
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Alexandria ,
Egypt to
Malta .
[30]
Delta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of
Bridlington ,
Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
London .
[31]
Diligence
Dantzic
The
barque was driven ashore at
Brekkestø , Norway. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom to
Königsberg ,
Prussia .
[30]
Henriette Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
Hartlepool ,
County Durham . She was on a voyage from
Blyth, Northumberland to
Boulogne ,
Pas-de-Calais , France. She had been refloated by 26 March and taken in to Hartlepool.
[42]
Mars
United Kingdom
The
smack was driven ashore and sank at
Porthdinllaen ,
Caernarfonshire .
[43]
New Milford
United Kingdom
The
smack was driven ashore and sank at Porthdinllaen.
[43]
14 March
15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Albert
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of
Dunbar ,
Lothian . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to
Dundee ,
Forfarshire .
[49]
Banshee
United Kingdom
The
barque was wrecked off
Cape Kaliakra ,
Ottoman Empire . Her crew were rescued by
HMS Inflexible (
Royal Navy ).
[50]
[51]
Economy
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked between
Kamiesch ,
Russian Empire and Varna, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued by
HMS Inflexible (
Royal Navy ).
[50]
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
The
paddle steamer struck a sunken rock, broke in two and sank off Cape Kakiakra. All on board reached land, from where they were rescued by
HMS Inflexible (
Royal Navy ).
[50]
[52]
[51]
Feliz
Norway
The
brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool in a severely leaky condition.
[45]
Hugh Bourne
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Tynemouth ,
Northumberland . Her crew got aboard the
brig Heather (
United Kingdom ) the next morning when that vessel also drove ashore. They were subsequently rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.
[53]
James
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak off
Dublin whilst on a voyage from
Glasgow ,
Renfrewshire to
Oporto , Portugal. She put into the
Belfast Lough , where she ran aground on the Briggs Rocks. She wa srefloated and taken in to
Belfast ,
County Antrim .
[43]
Louisa
Jersey
The
smack was driven ashore and wrecked at
Newton-by-the-Sea ,
Northumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newport, Monmouthshire to
Leith , Lothian.
[49]
[54]
Mistral
France
The
barque was wrecked off Cape Kaliakra. Her crew were rescued by Edinburgh (
United Kingdom ).
[51]
Southern Cross
United Kingdom
The
clipper , a
barque struck the Maen y Sais Rock, off
Rhoscolyn ,
Anglesey and was wrecked with the loss of one of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the
Rhoscolyn lifeboat. She was on a voyage from
Tynemouth ,
Northumberland to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[55]
Thomas and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Tynemouth Castle , Northumberland with the loss of all hands.
[53]
Young Hunter
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the
Isle of Whithorn , Lancashire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast.
[43]
16 March
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Dubar ,
Lothian . She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to
Dundee ,
Forfarshire . She was refloated on 4 April and found to be severely damaged.
[32]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore in
Robin Hoods Bay ,
Yorkshire .
[53]
Gromonosets
Imperial Russian Navy
Crimean War : The
paddle
frigate sank at
Sevastopol as a result of damage inflicted by British artillery.
[56]
Harriet and Phœbe
United Kingdom
The
Mersey flat was discovered derelict in
Liverpool Bay . She was towed in to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire by the
tug Athens (
United Kingdom ).
[57]
Heather
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked at
Tynemouth ,
Northumberland . Her crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.
[53]
[54]
Hugh Bourne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth.
[54]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The fishing
lugger was driven ashore and wrecked at
Withernsea ,
Yorkshire with the loss of all but one of her crew.
[53]
Samarang
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off
Dartmouth, Devon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from
Southampton ,
Hampshire to
Melbourne ,
Victoria .
[53]
Victor Emanuel
Kingdom of Sardinia
The
steamship ran aground in the
English Channel . She was refloated and put in to
Plymouth ,
Devon ,
United Kingdom .
[58]
17 March
18 March
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Anna
United Kingdom
The ship sank off the
Point of Ayr ,
Cheshire . Her crew were rescued. She wa son a voyage from
Belfast ,
County Antrim to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[62]
Duc de Brabant
Belgium
The ship was wrecked near
Key West, Florida , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Antwerp to
Havana ,
Cuba .
[35]
Margaretha Ida
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at
Akyab ,
Burma . she was on a voyage from
Rotterdam ,
South Holland to Akyab.
[63]
News
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of
Lowestoft ,
Suffolk . She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to Lowestoft.
[64]
19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Australia
New South Wales
The
barque was driven ashore in
Portland Bay .
[65]
Bedlington
United Kingdom
Crimean War : The ship was sunk in the
Danube at
Izmail ,
Ottoman Empire by
Russian artillery. Her 21 crew survived, but were taken
prisoner by the Russians. She was on a voyage from
Galaţi , Ottoman Empire to
London .
[66]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked in
Strangford Lough .
[67]
Constant
New South Wales
The
barque was driven ashore in Portland Bay. Her crew were rescued.
[65]
Creole
United Kingdom
The
barque ran aground off
Cape Henelopen ,
Delaware , United States. She was on a voyage from
Londonderry to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.
[34]
Hoffnung
Prussia
The
sloop was discovered off Widewall,
Orkney Islands ,
United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition and was beached. She had been on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham , United Kingdom to
Königsberg , the last entry in her logbook having been made on 26 September 1854.
[42]
St. Patrick
United States
The ship was driven ashore at the
Pass A L'Outre Lighthouse ,
Louisiana . She was on a voyage from
New York to
New Orleans, Louisiana . She was later refloated and completed her voyage.
[28]
20 March
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Medway
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked on the Whittaker Spit, in the
Thames Estuary .
[59]
Menodora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Beachy Head ,
Sussex . She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to .
Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea in a leaky condition.
[42]
Saguenay
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore near
South Foreland ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Malta . She was refloated.
[68]
Salus
United Kingdom
The
full-rigged ship was driven ashore at
Blackrock County Dublin . Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Maryport ,
Cumberland to
Dublin .
[67] Salus was refloated on 30 March. She was towed to Soldier's Point by the
tug
James Watt (
United Kingdom ).
[69]
Sarah Jane
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked at
Hartlepool ,
County Durham . Her crew were rescued.
[70] She was on a voyage from
London to Hartlepool.
[42]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at
St. Ives, Cornwall . Her crew were rescued.
[70] She was on a voyage from
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan to
Hayle ,
Cornwall .
[71]
Thomas & Anne
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the
lugger Fame (
United Kingdom ).
[72]
21 March
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Brixham ,
Devon . She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and the Ramsgate Lifeboat and taken in to
Ramsgate , Kent in a leaky condition.
[73]
[69]
Barbara
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Fleetwood ,
Lancashire .
[67]
Countess of Morley
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Gibraltar . She had been refloated by 31 March.
[74]
Dublin
United Kingdom
The
steamship ran aground and was damaged at
Penzance ,
Cornwall . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool , Lancashire to
Waterford and
London .
[70]
[37]
Economist
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan to
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire .
[75] She had been refloated by 31 March.
[74] She was refloated on 31 March.
[76]
Edward Bilton
United Kingdom
The ship was run into by a Spanish
brig and severely damaged at Gibraltar.
[77]
Emma Goodwin
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven into
HMS Vengeance (
Royal Navy ) and severely damaged in a gale at Gibraltar.
[78]
[77]
Hopewell
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Malta to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[78]
Industry
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked on the Inner Dowsing Sand, in
The Wash . Her crew were rescued by Mariner (
United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from
South Shields , County Durham to London.
[79]
[59]
[42]
Neue Unterneming
Prussia
The
brig was wrecked at "Adia", Spain.
[76]
Pauline
France
The
brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar.
[80]
Progressista
Portugal
The
barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar.
[78] She had been refloated by 31 March.
[74]
R. Patterson
United States
The
barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar.
[78]
Sovereign
United Kingdom
The ship was driven into a
hulk and severely damaged at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople.
[48]
St. Crispin
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore near
Almería , Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople.
[34] She was refloated on 30 April and taken in to
Cartagena, Spain .
[81]
Thames , andWalker
United Kingdom
Thames broke from her mooring at
North Shields , County Durham and was driven in to Walker . Both vessels were beached in a sinking condition.
[54]
Twins
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Kingsdown, Kent . She was refloated and resumed her voyage .
[73]
Waterloo
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a
whale and foundered in the
North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of
Lowestoft ,
Suffolk . Her six crew were rescued by the
fishing boat No. 22 (
France ). Waterloo was on a voyage from
King's Lynn ,
Norfolk to
Schiedam ,
South Holland , Netherlands.
[79]
[37]
William
United Kingdom
The
schooner struck a sunken rock and sank in Jack Sound. She was on a voyage from
Whitehaven ,
Cumberland to
Newport, Monmouthshire .
[70]
Zephyr
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to
Barbadoes .
[78]
Zingari
United Kingdom
The
steamship ran aground and was damaged at Hartlepool. She was refloated.
[42]
22 March
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore and wrecked at
Dungeness ,
Kent .
[79]
[73]
[46] She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to
Havana ,
Cuba .
[70] Alice was refloated and towed in to
Cowes ,
Isle of Wight for repairs.
[82]
Amadora
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Memory Rock, in the
Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Havana to
Alicante .
[83]
Commercial
United Kingdom
The
brig foundered in the
North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off
Flamborough Head ,
Yorkshire with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by the
barque Isabella (
United Kingdom ).
[79]
Diana
United Kingdom
The
brig ran aground on the Newgate Rock, off
Margate ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Sidmouth ,
Devon .
[73]
Hebe
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at
Dover Castle , Kent. She was on a voyage from
Messina ,
Sicily to
Copenhagen , Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to
Dover .
[73]
Jaggeren
Duchy of Holstein
The
sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at "Lila", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to
Flensburg .
[30]
Major Nanny
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Newquay ,
Cornwall .
[59]
News
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields to
Lowestoft ,
Suffolk . She was refloated on 6 April and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.
[79]
[76]
[32]
Niagara
United Kingdom
The
barque ran aground at
Berbice ,
British Guiana . She was on a voyage from the
Clyde to
Demerara , British Guiana.
[13]
Red Rover
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cliff Foot Rock, off the coast of
Essex . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Honfleur ,
Calvados , France.
[70]
Snowdon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Baldoyle ,
County Dublin . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Newfoundland ,
British North America .
[37] She was refloated on 3 April and put back to Liverpool.
[5]
St. Crispin
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore east of "Eutinas". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire .
[84]
Thomas and Ada
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the
lugger Fame (
United Kingdom ). Thomas and Ada was on a voyage from
Middlesbrough ,
Yorkshire to
Fécamp ,
Seine-Inférieure , France.
[79]
[73]
23 March
24 March
25 March
26 March
27 March
29 March
30 March
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Redcar ,
Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire . She was refloated and put in to the
River Tees .
[69]
John and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Suffolk . She was on a voyage from
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to
London .
[30]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[89]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The
brig was destroyed by fire in Carlisle Bay,
Barbadoes .
[14]
St. Hellen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand. She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to
Waterford . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[69]
31 March
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hittorp Reef, in the Baltic Sea.
[90]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Abner L. Colby
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the
Georges Bank . Lost with all 8 crew.
[91]
Bille Brahe
Netherlands
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by James White (
United Kingdom ). Bille Brahe was on a voyage from
Rotterdam ,
South Holland to
Boston, Massachusetts , United States.
[92]
Brenda
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and sank off the Rugged Islands before 17 March. She was on a voyage from
Shanghai ,
China to
Hong Kong .
[23]
Burmah
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore north of
Granville, Manche , France before 22 March. She was on a voyage from the
Crimea to
Southampton ,
Hampshire . She was refloated with the assistance of
HMS Dasher (
Royal Navy ) and taken in to
Saint Helier ,
Jersey ,
Channel Islands .
[42]
City of Montreal
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in
Carnarvon Bay before 22 March.
[93]
Constantine
French Navy
The
corvette ran aground in the
Yangtze kiang before 15 March. She was refloated with assistance from the
steamship Formosee (Flag unknown).
[22]
Eva
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Riding Rocks before 9 March. She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana to
Trieste .
[94]
Falcon
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 March. Her crew were rescued by Harkaway (
United Kingdom ). Falcon was on a voyage from
Savannah, Georgia , United States to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[89]
Grace de Dieu
France
The
schooner was wrecked near
Tarifa , Spain in early March. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône to
Seville , Spain.
[74]
[80]
Hamilton
United Kingdom
The
brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America to
Matanzas ,
Cuba .
[95]
Hebe
United Kingdom
The
cutter was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned in the
North Sea off the coast of
Norfolk . She was towed in to
Grimsby ,
Lincolnshire on 14 March.
[92]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 March. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool.
[96]
Isle of Thanet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked south of "Borongo Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Galle ,
Ceylon to
Akyab ,
Burma .
[97]
James Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from
Aux Cayes , Haiti to
Falmouth, Cornwall .
[87]
John Thompson
United Kingdom
The
brig was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Amy (
United Kingdom ). John Thompson was on a voyage from
Guayaquil , Ecuador to
Queenstown, County Cork .
[7]
[92]
Lisbon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Ericeira , Portugal. She was on a voyage from
Lisbon , Portugal to Liverpool.
[93]
Mary Russell
United States
The ship was lost in the
Caribbean Sea . Her crew survived.
[25]
Masonic
British North America
The
brig was wrecked at
Bonavista, Newfoundland .
[95]
Pelican
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked at
Ramsey, Isle of Man .
[98]
Polly
United Kingdom
The
barque was wrecked at Ramsey.
[98]
Reporter
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the
Georges Bank . Lost with all 8 crew.
[99]
State Rights
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool.
[94]
[89]
Stockton
United Kingdom
The
brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of
Yorkshire in late March.
[69]
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