The list of shipwrecks in July 1845 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1845 .
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1845
Ship
State
Description
Border Chieftain
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of Wick, Caithness . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dublin .[ 9]
Eliza
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked on rocks at Palliser Bay , en route from Wellington to the Chatham Islands , during the same gale that sank the Tyne (qv).[ 10]
Helicon
United Kingdom
The ship sank at the Mumbles , Glamorgan . She was refloated on 20 July and beached.[ 11]
Patriot
Jersey
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Cabo de Peñas , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gijón , Spain.[ 12]
Tyne
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Rima Ripa Rocks, off Sinclair Head , New Zealand, during the same gale that sank the Eliza (qv). She was en route from Gravesend to Wellington. Her crew were rescued.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] She was on a voyage from London to New Zealand.[ 16] [ 10]
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1845
Ship
State
Description
Jonge Fryntje
Netherlands
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued.[ 23]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1845
Ship
State
Description
Atalanta
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on a skerry off Stronsay , Orkney Islands . She was later refloated.[ 7]
Countess of Zetland
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the north coast of Saltholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire to Saint Petersburg , Russia . She was refloated the next day.[ 32]
Jeane Sophie
France
The ship was wrecked on "Rarang Poing", Netherlands East Indies . She was on a voyage from Samarang to Jakarta .[ 39]
Peace
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel midway between North Foreland , Kent and West-Cappel , Nord , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 36]
Witham
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground near Rønne , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg , Russia . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 32] [ 40]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1845
Ship
State
Description
Possidone
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Yangtze River . Her crew were rescued.[ 44]
St. Charles
France
The ship ran aground on the Petits Charpentiers, off Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine .[ 7]
Tarbolton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Île Brion , Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew were rescued by Harp ( United Kingdom ). Tarbolton was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dalhousie , New Brunswick , British North America.[ 21] [ 45]
Venus
Kingdom of Hanover
The kuff ran aground on the Klein Vogelsand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Altona . She was refloated.[ 32] [ 46]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1845
Ship
State
Description
Arno
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Southsea , Hampshire . She was on a voyage from Portsmouth , Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 46]
Astoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Mull .[ 25] She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Wick, Caithness .[ 48]
Falco
United States
The brig was wrecked at Table Cape (Kahutara Point ), Māhia Peninsula , New Zealand. She was blown over a reef during a heavy storm. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Uncle Sam ( United States ). She was on a voyage from Port Nicholson to Auckland .[ 49] [ 10] The wreck was plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants.[ 50]
Industry
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked near Country Harbour, Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 41]
John
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Kertch , Russia and was damaged.[ 20]
Pedlar
Van Diemen's Land
The schooner ran aground off the Shear Beacon. She was refloated but subsequently sank.[ 51]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1845
Ship
State
Description
Arno
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Southsea , Hampshire . She was on a voyage from Portsmouth , Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 32]
Diana ,The Sovereign , and Victoria
United Kingdom
Diana ran aground at Cardiff , Glamorgan . She was later run into by The Sovereign and Victoria . All three vessels were severely damaged.[ 7]
Fleuve Loire
France
The ship foundered off Ceará , Brazil . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cayenne , French Guiana to Ceará.[ 52]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Filsand, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 53]
Star of the West
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked Punta de Lobos, Alta California , Mexico . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to a Mexican port.[ 54]
Three Gebroeders
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked near Harlingen, Friesland with the loss of all but one of her crew.[ 55]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849