The list of shipwrecks in June 1849 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1849 .
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1849
Ship
State
Description
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]
Enchantress
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on Cape Sable Island . Crew saved.[ 6]
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.[ 7] [ 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.[ 8]
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 .[ 9] [ 10]
Woodbine
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in a squall at Cape Cove , Newfoundland , British North America .[ 7]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1849
Ship
State
Description
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 .[ 11]
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.[ 12] [ 10]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1849
Ship
State
Description
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.[ 17]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1849
Ship
State
Description
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 ).[ 54] [ 55] [ 56]
Constant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Memel , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel.[ 36]
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.[ 57]
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.[ 43]
Mary Matthew
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Cork . She was refloated.[ 49]
Precursor
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Falmouth, Cornwall . She was refloated.[ 49]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1849
Ship
State
Description
Amelia
Austrian Empire
The barque was wrecked at "Continbuga", Brazil before 3 June.[ 58]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles . She had been refloated by 14 June.[ 10]
Barkhill
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Pernambuco , Brazil before 4 June.[ 2] She was refloated on 14 June.[ 44]
Enterprise
British North America
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was towed in to Flores Island , Azores in late June.[ 59]
Esop , orUsuff
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore north of Rangoon , Burma before 29 June.[ 60]
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.[ 48]
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.[ 48]
Patriot
New Zealand
The whaler , a brig , was lost in Hawkes Bay during a storm. Her crew were rescued.[ 13] [ 61]
Sarah Chune
United States
The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 June.[ 62]
Sea Flower
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked west of Eastbourne , Sussex.[ 63]
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 ).[ 64]
Torrington
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked near Woosung , China . She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Woosung.[ 25]
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