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The list of shipwrecks in July 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1844.

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1 July

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List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1844
Ship State Description
Lord Hill  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bridlington to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[1]

2 July

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List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1844
Ship State Description
Eiland  Sweden The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Oran, Algeria. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[1]

5 July

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List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1844
Ship State Description
Sir William Wallace  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle. Her crew were rescued.[2]

6 July

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List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1844
Ship State Description
Cameo  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Kedgeree, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[3][4]
Elizabeth McDonald United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner capsized in a squall off Prince Edward Island. Her crew were rescued.[5]

7 July

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List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1844
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Banff to Bremen.[6]
Magdalena Dorothea  Russia The ship sprang a leak and was beached near "Kukanos". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[7]
Marshal Blucher  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Lisbon.[8]

8 July

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List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1844
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Danube upstream of "Beni".[9]
Hannah  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Scotland ( United Kingdom).[2]

9 July

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List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1844
Ship State Description
Commercial  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She put back to South Shields and was beached.[10]
Vintage  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks between Cullercoats and Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Clackmannan to London. She was refloated and put in to South Shields.[10] Subsequently repaired at North Shields.[11]

11 July

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List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1844
Ship State Description
Ayrshire  United Kingdom The barque was beached on La Gomera, Canary Islands in a capsized condition. She became a wreck on 13 November.[12]
Bon Père  France The sloop ran aground off the Bout du Nez, on the Channel coast.[13]
Eliza and Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Pistolet Bay and was severely damaged. She was refloated the next day. Eliza and Mary was consequently condemned.[14]
Robert Watts  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the coast of Sierra Leone.[15]
Viscountess Canning  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone.[15]

12 July

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List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1844
Ship State Description
Patterson United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was driven ashore in the Richmond River. She was on a voyage from the Richmond River to Sydney.[16]
Springflower  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Boscastle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Boscastle.[17]

13 July

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List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1844
Ship State Description
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17]
Monica  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17]

14 July

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List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1844
Ship State Description
Alabama  United States The ship ran aground off the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Bordeaux, Gironde.[6]
Demouth Greifswald The ship was in collision with Hoseana ( Hamburg) and foundered off Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig. She was on a voyage from Greifswald to an English port.[6] Demouth was refloated on 27 July and taken in to Rendsburg.[18]
Singapore  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Rye, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack British Rover ( United Kingdom). Singapore was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.[17][19]
Spence  United Kingdom The West Indiaman was run aground and wrecked near Malin Head, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Londonderry.[19][20]

15 July

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List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1844
Ship State Description
Bourbonnais  France The ship ran aground off Tahiti. She was towed off but consequently sank, Her crew were rescued.[21]
Deux Frères  France The schooner was wrecked on Agaléga, Mauritius. Her crew survived.[22]
Ironsides  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was later righted.[23][24]

16 July

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List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1844
Ship State Description
Nostros Patrios  Spain The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.[25]

18 July

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List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1844
Ship State Description
Phœnix  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26]

20 July

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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1844
Ship State Description
John o'Gaunt  United Kingdom
John o'Gaunt (right).
The barque was sunk off Brighton, Sussex in an experiment by Captain Warner using his "invisible shells".[27][28]
Lady of the Isles  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bideford, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]
Orion  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa. Her sixteen crew were rescued by a cutter from HMS Isis ( Royal Navy).[29][30]

21 July

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List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1844
Ship State Description
Lord Ashburton  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Strangford, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[8] She was refloated on 31 August and beached at Portaferry, County Down.[31] Subsequently sold and towed to Liverpool for repairs.[32]
Storfursten  Sweden The steamship ran aground off Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Reval and Saint Petersburg, Russia.[33] She was refloated and taken in to Turku for repairs.[34]
William Thompson  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated.[7]

22 July

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List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1844
Ship State Description
Pandora  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Isabella ( United Kingdom). Pandora was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Waterford.[35]
St. George  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at "Ristrow". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Maryport, Cumberland.[36]

23 July

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List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1844
Ship State Description
Elisabeth and Antoinette  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs,[8] and later to Gravesend, Kent.[18]
George Ponsonby  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[5][37]
Susanna Wilhelmine Dantzic The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[38] She was consequently condemned.[39]

24 July

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List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1844
Ship State Description
Juno  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent for repairs.[40][37]
Orange  United Kingdom The schooner capsized whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Matanzas, Cuba. Her seven crew were rescued on 6 August by Vicksburg ( United States) but one of them died that day.[41][42]
Robert Napier  United Kingdom The paddle steamer caught fire and was beached at Ballycastle, County Antrim. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire.[40] Subsequently repaired.[43]

25 July

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List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1844
Ship State Description
Henrik Johann Lübeck The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Snogebæk, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[44]
Naiade  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[8] Naiade was refloated and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands.[20]
Premier  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was wrecked on Pulo Pajang, off the east coast of Borneo. All on board survived, but were taken prisoner. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to "Bally Badong".[45][46]

26 July

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List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1844
Ship State Description
Bessy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was wrecked in Anna Bay. Her crew survived.[47]
Collins  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was later refloated.[20]
Royal Admiral  United Kingdom The East Indiaman, a barque, was wrecked at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aden.[48][49]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce. She was later refloated.[20]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce. She was later refloated.[20]

27 July

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List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1844
Ship State Description
Indian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to London. She was refloated on 28 July and resumed her voyage.[25][2]

28 July

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List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1844
Ship State Description
Duke of Clarence  United Kingdom The ship was driven asher at Coalhouse Point, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Rochester.[38]

30 July

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List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1844
Ship State Description
Emerald  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Byrum, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Gaverne, Cornwall.[50]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the "Dronoroe Bank". She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[50]
Trio  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Trebarwith, Cornwall.[50]
William Watson  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea. One crew member was rescued by a Norwegian fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[51]

31 July

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List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1844
Ship State Description
Charles Phillips  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun, Cornwall.[52]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun.[52]
Pomona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Oyster Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City. Province of Canada, British North America to Sligo. She was refloated on 13 August and beached.[53]
Robert and Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Cap Spartel, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Messina, Sicily.[54]
Samuel & Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun.[52]
Syren  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Cap Spartel. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Temperance  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun.[52]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1844
Ship State Description
Cervantes  United States The whaler, a barque, was wrecked in Jurien Bay before 8 July.[55]
Coronation  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted into Harwich, Essex.[56]
Desdemona United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arichat, Nova Scotia between 2 and 16 July. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Somerset, Massachusetts, United States.[5]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Sanda Island. The wreck was towed in to Girvan, Ayrshire on 15 July.[6]
Graf von Blucher  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Monte Video, Uruguay before 25 July.[57]
Hannah  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America between 4 and 6 July.[58] Her captain remained on board; he was rescued the next day by Catherine ( United Kingdom).[59]
Industrie  Russia The ship was driven ashore near Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire before 16 July.[59]
James United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was driven ashore by a southerly gale and wrecked in Palliser Bay on or about 8 July with the loss of two of her crew.[60][61]
Judith  United Kingdom The schooner was struck by lightning and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Loanda, Brazil.[50]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and put in to Christiansø, Denmark, where she arrived on 23 July in a sinking condition.[62]
Lord Ashburton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Strangford, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.[40]
Louis XIV  France The ship ran aground on the Indian Key. She was on later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory.[63] She was consequently condemned.[42]
Madras  United Kingdom The barque caught fire and was scuttled in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent before 13 July.[64]
Pontefract  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Conway Inlet, Prince Edward Island, British North America before 30 July. She was on a voyage from Oran, French Algeria to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North Americe.[2]
Portland  United Kingdom The barque capsized at Cienfuegos, Cuba before 7 July.[53]
Royal Admiral  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near the Colaba Lighthouse, Bombay, India before 31 July. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aden.[3]
Sir Lionel Smith  United Kingdom The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in a hurricane before 21 July. Her crew were rescued by Erie ( United States). Sir Lionel Smith was on a voyage from New York to Montego Bay, Jamaica.[58][65]
Tay  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated with assistance from the schooner Lee and steamship Congress (both  United Kingdom) and taken in to Havana in a leaky condition.[2]
Vladimir Austrian Empire The ship was lost in the Dardanelles.[40]
Wasp  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 14 July.[66]

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