List of shipwrecks in June 1849

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

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1 June
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Christina  United Kingdom The sloop was driven wrecked on a sandbank off Burghead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Ballachulish, Inverness-shire to Burghead.[1]

2 June
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Christiana  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Storsund. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Hammerfest, Norway. She was refloated and taken in to Hammerfest.[2]
Henriette  Norway The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.[3]
Stewart  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered between Barrow Head and the Mull of Galloway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland and Sunderland, County Durham.[4]

4 June
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Achsah  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the River Eske. She was on a voyage from Donegal to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[3]
Charles  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated.[3]
Clydesdale  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Faro. She was refloated and taken in to Faro in a leaky condition.[5]
Euterpe  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore north of Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated.[6][5]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Shrewsbury Inlet. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. She was refloated.[5]
Joseph R. Pim  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William V. Kent ( United Kingdom). Joseph R. Pim was on a voyage from the Clyde to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[7]
St. Andrew British North America The ship was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States to Arichat, Nova Scotia.[8][9]
Woodbine  United Kingdom The ship capsized in a squall at Cape Cove, Newfoundland, British North America.[6]

5 June
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3]
Shield  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Río Grande.[10]
Swallow  United Kingdom The whaler, a brig was beached the coast of Iceland, having been trapped in ice from 24 March to 2 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Greenland. She was declared a total loss.[11][9]

6 June
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Emily New Zealand The schooner was wrecked in Palliser Bay en route from Nelson to Otago, with the loss of all hands.[12]
Graham  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13]
Shield  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the River Grande.[14]
Waterman № 8  United Kingdom The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and was beached in the River Thames at Custom House, London. She was on a voyage from Custom House to Woolwich, Kent. All on board survived.[15]

7 June
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Jena  Belgium The brig ran aground in the Blanes Islets, off Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Mexico to Port-au-Prince. She was refloated and taken in to Port-au-Prince, where she was condemned.[16]

8 June
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Dove  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[13]
Marie Cattarine  France The ship struck the Isle Brail Rock and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure to "Donelau".[13]
Simon Taylor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shingles, off the coast of Kent.[17][18]

9 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milsons Point, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated.[19]

10 June
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Teazer  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. She was refloated.[5]

11 June
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Young Daniel  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk by the brig Vargas ( Spain) mid-way between Ouessant, Finistère, France and the Isles of Scilly with the loss of five of the seven people on board. Survivors were rescued by Lotus ( United Kingdom). Young Daniel was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Tralee, County Kerry.[20][21]

12 June
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Jane  United Kingdom The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay and sank. Her 50 crew survived.[22]
McLellam  United States The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay. She was abandoned on 16 June. Her crew survived.[22]
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in Davis Strait. Her crew survived.[22]
St. Michael  United Kingdom The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Billingsgate, London. All six people on board survived.[23]
Superior  United Kingdom The whaler was crushed by ice in Melville Bay and sank. Her crew survived.[22]

13 June
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Emma  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Point Devi, near Masulipatam, India. Her crew were rescued.[24][25]
John Fielden  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[13]
La Lucie Algeria The polacca was wrecked on the Sahara coast of Africa. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Algiers to "Gorea" and the Gambia River.[26]

14 June
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[27]

15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground, off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[7]
Sisters  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[7]

16 June
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Bee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham.[20]
Jean Bart  France The ship ran aground at South Shields.[20]
Nederward  Netherlands The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Romer Shoal. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York.[28] She was refloated on 10 July and towed in to New York.[29]

17 June
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Swallow  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the Liverpool Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[30][31]

18 June
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Fancy  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Newport, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim.[30]

19 June
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Gamma  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off "Buschar", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated.[32]
Gertruida Lammechina  Netherlands The tjalk was in collision with the schooner Hoffnung ( Denmark and foundered off the Brown Bank, in the North Sea with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a Norwegian port.[33]

20 June
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Industry Van Diemen's Land The schooner was drien ashore at the mouth of the Hutt River.[34]
Torrington  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Woosung, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Woosung.[25]
Vrouw Antje  Belgium The ship capsized in the "Pegumeroad".[6]

21 June
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Empress  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Perth, Swan River Colony.[35]
Energy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and beached at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.[5]
Lady Jane  United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked in Melville Bay. At least 22 crew survived.[36]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Crosshaven, County Cork and was damaged.[37] She was on a voyage from Thessaloniki, Greece to Crosshaven.[5]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Colberg to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Stralsund in a leaky condition.[32]

22 June
List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Cabrass  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal with some loss of life.[38]
Emperor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and broke her back in the Charles River, Province of Canada, British North America.[8]
Hillechine  Prussia The kuff was driven ashore near "Tialtring", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Memel.[33][39]
Hoffnung  Kingdom of Hanover First Schleswig War: The koff was driven ashore at "Klitmoller", Denmark. She was subsequently declared a prize by Denmark.[40]
Mervin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Leba, Prussia.[32]
Sarah Grenada The cutter was wrecked in Marquis Bay.[41]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at "Sadur Kadur", India with the loss of four of her crew.[24] She was on a voyage from Amhurst, Burma to Calcutta, India.[25]

23 June
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Fishers  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground and sank on the Middle Bank. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Gateshead Park  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Palma, Mallorca, Spain. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate, Kent.[5]
Johanna  Denmark The ship was driven ashore near Ringkøbing. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a port in Zealand.[33]
Jonge Dirk  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near "Hunshy Kilt", Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Rostock.[39]
Sally  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Borstahusen, Sweden. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Landscrona, Sweden.[9]

24 June
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Antina Tjakkel  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore and sank at the entrance to the Agger Canal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a Baltic port.[33]
Providence  United Kingdom The smack was in collision with London Merchant ( United Kingdom) and foundered off the Mouse Lighthship ( Trinity House), in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[6] She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rochester, Kent.[43]
William Horatio British North America The ship was driven ashore in Broad Cove, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Cork. She was consequently condemned.[44][45]

25 June
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Agricola  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated and put in to Gravesend, Kent.[32]

26 June
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Kate  United Kingdom The smack was run into by the sloop Hercules ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged off the coast of Lincolnshire.[32]

27 June
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Charles Bartlett  United States The barque was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (50°49′N 29°30′W) by Europa ( United Kingdom) with the loss of 104 of her 134 passengers. Ten of her fourteen crew were also rescued. Charles Bartlett was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York.[46][47]
Milford  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbaodes.[48]

28 June
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with an Imperial Russian Navy man-of-war 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[49] Ellen was taken in to Nexø, Denmark on 30 June in a waterlogged condition.[9]
Flott  Bremen The ship was wrecked off "Porto Plata". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Porto Plata.[45]

29 June
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Charlotte  United Kingdom The schooner sank at the mouth of the Orne.[2]
Edward  United Kingdom The ship sank at the mouth of the Orne.[2]
Redwing  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Eliza ( United Kingdom).[8]

30 June
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ceres  United Kingdom The whaler was lost in the Osprey Channel off Cape Melville, New South Wales. Her 29 crew were rescued on 17 July by the barques Cadet and Symmetry (both  United Kingdom).[50][51][52]
Constant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel.[33]
Eugene  Belgium The ship departed from Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[53]
Hoffnung  Kingdom of Hanover First Schleswig War: The tjalk was driven ashore at Harboøre, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rhauderfehn to Brevig, Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was subsequently declared a prize by Denmark.[40]
Mary Matthew  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Cork. She was refloated.[45]
Precursor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated.[45]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Amelia Austrian Empire The barque was wrecked at "Continbuga", Brazil before 3 June.[54]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She had been refloated by 14 June.[9]
Barkhill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Pernambuco, Brazil before 4 June.[2] She was refloated on 14 June.[41]
Enterprise British North America The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was towed in to Flores Island, Azores in late June.[55]
Esop, or
Usuff		  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore north of Rangoon, Burma before 29 June.[56]
Mary Jane  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 June. All on board were rescued by the brig Brothers ( United Kingdom). Mary Jane was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[44]
Nederwaard  Netherlands The barque ran aground on the Romer Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York City, United States.[44]
Patriot New Zealand The whaler, a brig, was lost in Hawkes Bay during a storm. Her crew were rescued.[12][57]
Sarah Chune  United States The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 June.[58]
Sea Flower  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked west of Eastbourne, Sussex.[59]
Scindian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony before 23 June. She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Phoenix ( United Kingdom).[60]
Torrington  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Woosung, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Woosung.[24]

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