List of shipwrecks in April 1849

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

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1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1849
Ship State Description
Emigrant  United States The barque foundered off the North Rock, New Zealand with the loss of all hands.[1]
Petrel United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was inundated with water and sank during a heavy storm off Waikanae Beach, with the loss of both crew.[2][3]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1849
Ship State Description
Andromeda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Odessa.[4] She was refloated on 13 April.[5]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea.[6]
Laura  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked south of Mobile, Alabama, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile.[7]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1849
Ship State Description
Andromeda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Odessa.[8] She was refloated on 13 April.[9]
Insignia  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued by Von Spac ( Netherlands). Insignia was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10][11]
Magnificent  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by J. C. J. van Speyk ( Netherlands). Magnificent was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]
Margiena Margaretha  Netherlands The smack was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Martin Luther ( Norway).[6][13]
New York  United States The ship ran aground on Robbin's Reef. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.[14]
Supply United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The smack was wrecked on the Carter Rock, off Port St. Mary.[15]
William Griffith  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Reinhard (flag unknown). William Griffith was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Travemünde.[16]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1849
Ship State Description
Example  United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth Whitney ( United States). Example was on a voyage from Staten Island, New York to a port in Virginia.[17][5]
Fanny  United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the Copeland Islands, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Runcorn, Cheshire.[18]
Olive  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire with the loss of two of the seventeen people on board and two rescuers. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stonehaven.[19][20]
Shannon  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak off Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire. She was beached in Sandy Haven Bay. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Wicklow.[21]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1849
Ship State Description
Robert Lawe  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck off the north coast of Norfolk. She put in to King's Lynn in a leaky condition.[21]
Shannon  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Sandy Haven Bay. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Wicklow.[11]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1849
Ship State Description
HDMS Christian VIII  Royal Danish Navy First Schleswig War, Battle of Eckernförde: The second rate ship of the line was damaged by Prussian artillery and was beached at Eckernförde. She was subsequently refloated but grounded again, caught fire and exploded with the loss of 100 of her 800 crew.[22]
HDMS Gefion  Royal Danish Navy First Schleswig War, Battle of Eckernförde: The fifth rate frigate was severely damaged by Prussian artillery at Eckernförde. She was consequently captured by the Prussians with the loss of 200 of her 300 crew.[22]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1849
Ship State Description
James Harvey  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Nahant, Massachusetts, United States.[14]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1849
Ship State Description
Earl Grey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Glenarm, County Antrim.[12]
Helen  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Blyth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Louth, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1849
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire.[23]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: May 1849
Ship State Description
Arabella  United States The ship was destroyed by fire in Freshwater Bay, Newfoundland.[24]
Coldstream  United Kingdom The brig departed from Montego Bay, Jamaica for London. She was subsequently wrecked in the Cayman Islands.[25]
Downes  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She had been refloated by 18 April and taken in to New York, United States.[26]
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Gloucester. She was refloated and beached in Pegwell Bay.[27]
Queen Victoria  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by the lugger Intrepid ( United Kingdom). Queen Victoria was on a voyage from Rostock to London.[10][20][28]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1849
Ship State Description
Crescent  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank in the River Tay. Her crew survives. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to a Baltic port.[12]
Rose  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was in collision with a brig and sank between Cromer and Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[29][30]
Vanguard United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on the Black Ledge, off the coast of Nova Scotia.[14]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1849
Ship State Description
Crescent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Abertay Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire, She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to a Baltic port.[23]
Hope  France The schooner ran aground at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Alexandria, Egypt.[23] She was refloated.[31]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1849
Ship State Description
Ann and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with a schooner and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[32]
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Rocky Point, Belize City, British Honduras. All on board were rescued.[33]
Lady Alice  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and damaged at Helsdale, Sutherland. She was refloated.[32][34]
Sundsvall  Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Trefontane", Sicily. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[35]
Village Maid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from North Sunderland, County Durham to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[29] She was refloated and taken in to Blyth.[30]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1849
Ship State Description
Francis  United States The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Reef. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Jessie Stevens  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Gar Sand, off the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[36]
Tatalina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Runswick, Yorkshire.[29]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1849
Ship State Description
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.[37]
Honor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to London.[38]
Northumbria  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[39]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1849
Ship State Description
Brenda  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[36]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with Amphitrite ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London. Mary Ann was taken in to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[40][8][38]
Norham Castle  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated.[36][39]
Roses  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire. She was beached at Coldingham, Berwickshire, where she was wrecked. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kirkintilloch, Renfrewshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[38][41]
Wave  United States The schooner was wrecked in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[42]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1849
Ship State Description
Elephanta  Denmark The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Nyborg.[38][43][44]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[45]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Goole, Yorkshire.[32] She was refloated on 21 April and taken in to Boston for repairs.[46]
Haabet  Norway The yacht was sunk by ice off Svelvigen. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Lalla Rookh  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Auckland, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Wellington to Auckland. She was refloated.[47][48]
Lord Seaham  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cowden, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[38]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 2 May and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[49]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1849
Ship State Description
Agenoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Penlee Point, Mousehole, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to a Welsh port. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Penzance, Cornwall.[50]
Ann and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dungarvan. She was refloated.[43]
Echo United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The barque was driven ashore on Jersey.[45]
Lark  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Michael's Mouht, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan.[45]
Laurel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Pärnu, Russia.[50][43] She was refloated on 24 April.[51]
Lively  United Kingdom The ship sank off The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[45] she was refloated on 22 April.[43]
Myriam  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Albisala". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Savona, Kingdom of Sardinia.[50]
Veronica  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Annet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued.[45]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1849
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the Castle Cornet Rocks, off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Newfoundland, British North America.[45]
Andorinha  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Hamburg.[38]
Blazer  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore and sank at Dublin.[45]
Bloomfield  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Three Fathom Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[52]
Clio  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[45][38][53]
Dream  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore and sank at Dublin.[45]
Ernest Theodore  France The ship was wrecked at Capbreton, Landes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[17]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent.[43]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin.[45]
Hellespont  Ottoman Empire The steamship ran aground in the Madeleine Passage.[54]
Lady Jane  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and sank in the Sound of Kerrara. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Gordon, Moray.[38]
Love and Unity  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on The Needles, Isle of Wight with the loss of one of her six crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Poole, Dorset.[38][55]
Margaret  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Grey Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Belfast, County Antrim.[43]
Martha Washington  United States The ship was wrecked at Getares, Spain with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to New York.[56]
Mary  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was driven ashore at Dublin. She was refloated.[45]
Nouvelle Eu  France The ship was wrecked at "Norir" with the loss of all hands.[50]
Para Packet  United Kingdom The ship sank at Whitstable. Her crew were rescued.[43]
Queen  United Kingdom The Humber Keel was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex.[38]
Triton  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Half Ebb Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged.[45]
Tullimet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Lappen Grunden. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Pillau, Prussia.[51]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1849
Ship State Description
Fidelity  United Kingdom The schooner was driven onto the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to South Shields, County Durham.[41]
Rainbow United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was wrecked at Wanganui, New Zealand. All on board were rescued.[57]
Tullimet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Pillau, Prussia.[17]
Wilson  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Havana, Cuba. She floated off, but was abandoned the next day.[33]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1849
Ship State Description
Bon Père flag France The ship was wrecked on the Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime to Jérémie, Haiti.[58]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Domesnes, Russia.[14]
Joven Lucie  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Leysdown, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Tarragona to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 25 April.[17][46]
Mary and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The smack sank at the entrance to the Glamorganshire Canal. She had been refloated by 23 April.[46]
Olimpie  France The barque was wrecked at Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Senegal.[56]
Wisconsin  United States The ship ran aground at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[59]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1849
Ship State Description
Coverdale  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice off St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[60]
St. Anne  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank south of the Banana Islands, Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London.[61][62]
Volgange  Sweden The sloop ran aground on the Sundischen Wicse.[17]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1849
Ship State Description
George and Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was struck by lightning, caught fire and sank in Robin Hoods Bay. Her crew survived.[9]
Olympio  France The ship was wrecked south of Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to the River Gambia.[63]
Triune  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea of the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark.[7]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1849
Ship State Description
Gipsy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America. The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[24]
Primrose  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated on 26 April with assistance from the smacks Joseph and Orwell (both  United Kingdom) and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[17][64]
Ramses  France The steamship was wrecked at Trapani, Sicily. All 60 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Malta to Trapani.[65][66][67]
Soho  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sluis Gatte, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her passengers were taken off by the steamship Director ( United Kingdom). Soho was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium.[7] She was later refloated and put back to Deptford, Kent, where she arrived on 7 May.[49]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: April 1849
Ship State Description
Ellen Walker United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Kitts The schooner was wrecked on St. Paul's Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[68]
Mandingo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and put in to Scarborough. Yorkshire in a leaky condition.[17]
Mary Bulmer  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bosphorus off Therapia, Ottoman Empire.[69]
Messenger  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[69]
Miranda  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Trinidad. She was refloated.[5]
Newham  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Mariel, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Havana, Cuba.[33]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1849
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[9]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1849
Ship State Description
Fauvette  France The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales to New York, United States.[52]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1849
Ship State Description
Leveret  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore south of Southerness, Kirkcudbrightshire.[14]
Pledge  United Kingdom The whaler, a smack, foundered off the coast of Greenland. Her nineteen crew survived.[70][59][71]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1849
Ship State Description
Chieftain  United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice off the coast of British North America. Her crew were rescued.[60]
Eleanor Hughes  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Stettin. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[49]
Hannah  United Kingdom The brig was holed by ice and foundered in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 49 lives. About 129 people were rescued by the barque Nicaragua ( United Kingdom). Hannah was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Quebec City, Canada.
Ocean Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on the Half Moon Rock, off the coast of Nova Scotia.[72] Her crew were rescued.[73]
Torrance  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the boat. They were rescued on 6 May by Fingalton ( United Kingdom). Torrance was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[72][73][74]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1849
Ship State Description
Gregorius  United Kingdom The ship was lost off "Trefontana" Sicily. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[61][75]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and was presumed to have subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued by Trafalgar ( United Kingdom). Jane was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, British North America.[74]
Kingston  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Castletownshend, County Cork. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.[76]
Two Friends  United Kingdom The ship departed from Panama City, Republic of New Granada for San Francisco, Alta California. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[77]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1849
Ship State Description
Empress  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Cape St. Mary, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to a British port. She was refloated and put in to Faro, Portugal, where she was condemned.[9]
Fidelity  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated on 20 April and towed in to South Shields, County Durham.[43]
Firefly  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Salonica Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Salonica, Greece to Cork. She was refloated and put in to Malta, where she arrived on 22 April.[78]
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Round Reef, off Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America before 28 April. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint John. She was refloated the next day and assisted in to Saint John.[26]
Iris  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Zembra, Beylik of Tunis before 26 April.[49]
Little Briton  United Kingdom The ship foundered in St. Ives Bay in late April.[79]
Marquis of Normanby United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to the Clyde.[38]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States before 17 April. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York. She was refloated on 21 April and towed in to New York.[26]
Old England  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtse Kiang. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China. She was refloated.[80]
Speculator  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the coast of Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tampico, Mexico. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, where she was condemned.[81]
Swatara  United States The ship was driven ashore south of the Delaware Capesbefore 26 April. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[42] She was refloated on 27 April but was again driven ashore and was wrecked.[82]
Thistle  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at "Viller", Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[83]
Vrouw Antje  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Pezxmerwad. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Ezumerzijl, Friesland.[38]
Wismar Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank off Lemnos, Greece.[4]

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  41. ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 5285. Aberdeen. 25 April 1849.
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  47. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 7840. London. 28 September 1849.
  48. ^ Note: Lalla Rookh (1848 ship) was operating around the same time, but the 1839 barque seems more likely as she is recorded as leaving Auckland in May.
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  53. ^ "Multum in Parvo". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2086. Liverpool. 27 April 1849.
  54. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 921. London. 9 May 1849.
  55. ^ "Shipwreck". The Morning Post. No. 23523. London. 28 April 1849.
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  57. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 24963. London. 22 October 1849.
  58. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23601. London. 28 July 1849. p. 8.
  59. ^ a b "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 4831. Glasgow. 18 May 1849.
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  61. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 20203. London. 15 June 1849. col E, p. 8.
  62. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 24850. London. 14 June 1849.
  63. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23531. London. 8 May 1849.
  64. ^ "The Primrose - Salvage". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times. No. 3365. Hull. 22 June 1849.
  65. ^ "The Navy". The Morning Chronicle. No. 24814. London. 3 May 1849.
  66. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23527. London. 3 May 1849.
  67. ^ "Malta". Daily News. No. 917. London. 4 May 1849.
  68. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23545. London. 24 May 1849. p. 8.
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  70. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 926. London. 15 May 1849.
  71. ^ "Loss of Two Hull Whalers". Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper. No. 340. London. 27 May 1849.
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  76. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 7713. London. 3 May 1849.
  77. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20350. London. 4 December 1849. col E, p. 8.
  78. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 916. London. 3 May 1849.
  79. ^ "Local Intelligence". The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser. No. 2392. Truro. 27 April 1849. p. 5.
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  82. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23544. London. 23 May 1849. p. 8.
  83. ^ "(untitled)". The Morning Post. No. 23632. London. 4 September 1849. p. 3.

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