The list of shipwrecks in June 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1846.
Ship | State | Description |
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Agincourt | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore between Rye, Sussex and Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1] |
Eliza and Ann | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Olinda, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Rio Grande.[2] |
Sally | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Margate Sand, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Weymouth, Dorset. She was refloated and taken in to Margate.[3] |
Samson | ![]() |
The ship struck the Riessick Rock, off the north coast of Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Exeter, Devon.[4] |
Thomas Worthington | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Whelps Rock, off the coast of County Limerick. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Limerick.[4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Phoenix | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Greencastle, County Donegal.[5] |
Smithamby | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool. She was refloated on 5 June and taken in to Diamond Harbour.[6][7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anne | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Felsand, in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Russia and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and taken in to Cronstadt for repairs.[8] |
Sarah Stewart | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Louisburg, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[9] |
Watermillock | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from London to Miramichi, New Brunswick. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.[10] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cousin | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11][12] |
Nicoline | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from a French port to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anne Grant | ![]() |
The ship was arrived at Bombay, India from London with a smouldering fire and was scuttled.[10] |
Eliza and Anne | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Olinda Point, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil.[14] |
Messenger | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked off Langlade Island.[7] |
Trinity | ![]() |
The paddle tug caught fire and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent.[15] She was subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Carl Wilhelm | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked near Galveston, Texas, United States with the loss of three lives.[17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nailer | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Patagonia, Argentina to London.[6] |
Trial | ![]() |
The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Halifax, Nova Scotia.[18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Express | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10] |
Matilda | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak. She put in to Padstow, Cornwall in a sinking condition.[19] |
Sarah and Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at the Flamborough Head Lighthouse, Yorkshire.[19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John Henry | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in Egmont's Bay, Prince Edward Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[20] |
Salisbury | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. She put back to Quebec City in a waterlogged condition.[21] |
Wilhelmine | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Gävle.[17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ganges | ![]() |
The ship ran aground near Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22] |
Gray | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pekin | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at "Lance-aux-Vallée", Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[24][25] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fortuna | ![]() |
The sloop ran aground and was wrecked in the River Plate between "Las Paris" and Colonias Unidad.[27] |
Rambler | ![]() |
The paddle steamer ran aground on the Maiden Rocks and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sligo.[28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary | ![]() |
The sloop struck a sunken rock and sank in the North Sea of the coast of Lothian. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss to Inverkeithing, Fife.[29][30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexander | ![]() |
The ship sank at Sharpness, Gloucestershire.[29] |
Baltic | ![]() |
The whaler went ashore on Bering Island in a gale and soon broke up. The crew made it ashore where the whaler Bengal (![]() |
John Cree | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32][33] |
Mary | ![]() |
The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in the North Sea off Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Inverkeithing, Fife.[34] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Leopoldo Eugenio | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina.[35] |
Lady Alice | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Majorca, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Brixham, Devon.[36] |
Psyche | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Setang Banks, off the coast of Moulmein. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arracan, India to Penang.[37] |
Unity | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to London. The burnt-out hull was towed in to Brixham, Devon.[38] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cleopatra | ![]() |
The barque capsized at Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was towed in to Hadlow Cove and was abandoned by her crew.[39][14] |
Nouveau Tambour | ![]() |
The East Indiaman caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and was scuttled. Arson was suspected.[40][41] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary Stewart | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near "Port Malo" with the loss of her captain.[42] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pluto | ![]() |
The East India Company steamship was wrecked in a typhoon at "Chick Py-wan", Hong Kong. She was refloated on 17 July.[43][42][44] |
Rapid | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on Grand Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[45][46][47] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fanny | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Seskar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[48] She was refloated on 13 July and towed in to Vyborg in a waterlogged condition.[49] |
Gipsey | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, where she arrived on 24 June.[50] |
Persian | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on North Bardsoe, in Aspey's Bay. Her crew were rescued.[51][52] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Davids, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Drogheda, County Louth.[40] |
Elle | ![]() |
The chasse-marée was lost near "Baguenault" with the loss of four lives.[40] |
Vrow Hilkea | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Mernmert Bank, in the North Sea off the Hanoverian coast.[53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bernhardus | ![]() |
The ship departed from Cuxhaven for Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[54] |
Charterfield | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was refloated and sailed for Seaham, County Durham.[55] |
Godfrey | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Honfleur, Calvados, France and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Honfleur.[50] |
Liverpool | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Basque Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14] |
Malvina | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Waterford to a Baltic port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17][56] |
Peruvian | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Booby Island, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to China.[57][58] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Essay | ![]() |
The ship struck a rock in the Douro and was holed. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put back to Oporto.[59] |
Guiana | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Port Adelaide, South Australia to Mauritius.[60] |
St. Kiavan | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire to Ayr.[50] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eagle | ![]() |
The paddle steamer struck a sunken rock in Courland Bay, Tobago. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Tobago. She was refloated.[61] |
Mandarin | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Alligator Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[62] |
Robert and Alice | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at the Point of Holm, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis to Wick, Caithness. She was refloated and put back to Stornoway.[48] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eleanor | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the coast of New Guinea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Guinea.[63] |
Times | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[64] |
Sheffield | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Jupiter (![]() |
Sutlej | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked on the Sow and Pig Rocks with the loss of 30 of the 58 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Dusky Sally (![]() |
Zephyr | ![]() |
The ship departed from Antigua for the Turks Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[66] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Matthew | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore south of Cronslot, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[18] She was refloated on 29 June and taken in to Cronstadt.[14] |
Sarah Berry | ![]() |
The cutter was driven onto the bar of Whangaroa Harbour and destroyed during a gale. All passengers and crew were saved.[67] |
Tenedos | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[68] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Mitchell | ![]() |
The schooner struck a bridge, was holed and sank at Gothenburg. Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gothenburg.[18][14] |
Wellington | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Grand-Métis, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Pembroke.[69] She was refloated on 29 July and resumed her voyage.[20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Abbey | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 June.[40][70] |
Alerte | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.[18] |
Aurora | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Haere Kino.[71] |
Caledonia | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Paraná River at "San Loringo" before 10 June. She was set afire to prevent her capture by the Argentinians.[72][73] |
Earl of Rellie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 7 June and taken in to Aberdeen for repairs.[24] |
Helvetia | ![]() |
The whaler was destroyed by fire in a suspected case of arson.[41] |
Hugenot | ![]() |
The ship caught fire on 12 June having been struck by lightning while on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire with a cargo of cotton. She put in to Savannah, Georgia, where she arrived on 14 June.[18][74] |
Hugh Wallace | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 June. Her crew took to two boats; those in one of the boats were rescued.[8] |
Intelligence | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on the south coast of Cuba.[75] |
Laura | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Maranhão, Brazil, where she arrived on 11 June.[76] |
Nelson | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was refloated and put in to Key West, Florida, United States, where she arrived on 4 June.[48] |
Nicolai | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast before 12 June. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Hamburg.[29] |
Rose | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Domesnes, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Riga, where she arrived on 20 June.[48] |
Squatter | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at "Port Sarry", British North America.
Her crew were rescued.[77] |
Susanna | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in The Smalls. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Liverpool on 5 June.[12] |
Welcome Home | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore at Sennen, Cornwall. She had been refloated by 20 June and sailed for Plymouth, Devon.[78] |