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The list of shipwrecks in March 1855 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1855 .
1 March [ edit ]
2 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Alfred
Hamburg
The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Batavia , Netherlands East Indies to Marstrand , Sweden. She was refloated.[2]
Andre
Austrian Empire
The barque ran aground west of Seaford, Sussex . She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to Antwerp , Belgium. Her twelve crew survived. An attempt to refloat her by Paris United Kingdom was unsuccessful and she was wrecked in a gale that night.[3]
Deerslayer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Pernambuco , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated with the assistance of Iron Duke ( United Kingdom and beached at Crosby, Lancashire ).[4] [2] Deerslayer was refloated on 4 April and beached at Egremont, Lancashire for temporary repairs.[5]
Drafna
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kinsale , County Cork , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Torrevieja , Spain to Dram , Norway.[6]
John Bannerman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool. She broke up on 3 March.[7] [8] [9]
3 March [ edit ]
4 March [ edit ]
5 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Commercie Campagnie
Belgium
The ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Bath, Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Antwerp . She was refloated on 5 March.[10] [12]
Fanny Giffney
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered between Saint Croix and Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[13]
Tancred
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Alt Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Gothenburg , Sweden.[7]
6 March [ edit ]
7 March [ edit ]
8 March [ edit ]
9 March [ edit ]
10 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Alice Ferret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Greenman's Point, County Down . She was on a voyage from Warrenpoint , County Down to Liverpool , Lancashire .[27]
Experiment
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Hertshoem", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Helsingør , Denmark. She was refloated the next day.[28]
Henrietta!
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Mixon Sands, in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated the next day. Henrietta! was on a voyage from Cuba to Swansea , Glamorgan , Wales .[29]
Maria
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey , United States. She was on a voyage from Palermo , Sicily to New York , United States.[30]
Omnibus
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground "near the Perch" and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Pentewen , Cornwall to Fowey , Caernarfon and Runcorn , Cheshire .[27]
11 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from London to North Shields , County Durham .[31]
Aurora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar , Lothian . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen .[11] She was refloated on 4 April and found to be severely damaged.[32]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Waterford .[31] She was refloated the next day.[33]
Exmouth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Boulogne. She was subsequently refloated and repaired.[31] [34]
Experiment
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Hertsholm", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Helsingør , Denmark. She was refloated the next day.[35]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Quarries, in the Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Dublin .[11]
Henrietta
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Mixon Shoal and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Swansea , Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to the Mumbles .[11]
Letitia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the American coast. Her crew were rescued by Charles Croker ( United States ). Letitia was on a voyage from British Honduras to London .[36] [24]
12 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Breaksea Point , Glamorgan .[31] [33] She was refloated on 24 March and towed in to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[37]
Fiducie
France
The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre-en-Port , Seine-Inférieure . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure. She was declared a total loss.[7]
Hendrik Hudson
United States
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°40′N 70°00′W / 38.667°N 70.000°W / 38.667; -70.000 ) with the loss of two of her crew. Her surviving crew and passengers were rescued by the barque Elk ( United States ). Hendrick Hudson was on a voyage from New York to London , United Kingdom .[38] [39]
Pomona
United Kingdom
The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ingleborough ( United Kingdom ). Pomona was on a voyage from Matanzas , Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America .[40]
Sandusky
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Moselle Shoals. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States. She was refloated on 15 March and resumed her voyage.[41]
13 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Agamemnon
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on "Madittimo Island", Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Malta .[30]
Delta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[31]
Diligence
Dantzic
The barque was driven ashore at Brekkestø , Norway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Königsberg , Prussia .[30]
Henriette Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Hartlepool , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She had been refloated by 26 March and taken in to Hartlepool.[42]
Mars
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and sank at Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire .[43]
New Milford
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and sank at Porthdinllaen.[43]
14 March [ edit ]
15 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Albert
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Dunbar , Lothian . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Dundee , Forfarshire .[49]
Banshee
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked off Cape Kaliakra , Ottoman Empire . Her crew were rescued by HMS Inflexible ( Royal Navy ).[50] [51]
Economy
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked between Kamiesch , Russian Empire and Varna, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued by HMS Inflexible ( Royal Navy ).[50]
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer struck a sunken rock, broke in two and sank off Cape Kakiakra. All on board reached land, from where they were rescued by HMS Inflexible ( Royal Navy ).[50] [52] [51]
Feliz
Norway
The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool in a severely leaky condition.[45]
Hugh Bourne
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Tynemouth , Northumberland . Her crew got aboard the brig Heather ( United Kingdom ) the next morning when that vessel also drove ashore. They were subsequently rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.[53]
James
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak off Dublin whilst on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Oporto , Portugal. She put into the Belfast Lough , where she ran aground on the Briggs Rocks. She wa srefloated and taken in to Belfast , County Antrim .[43]
Louisa
Jersey
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Newton-by-the-Sea , Northumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Leith , Lothian.[49] [54]
Mistral
France
The barque was wrecked off Cape Kaliakra. Her crew were rescued by Edinburgh ( United Kingdom ).[51]
Southern Cross
United Kingdom
The clipper , a barque struck the Maen y Sais Rock, off Rhoscolyn , Anglesey and was wrecked with the loss of one of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Rhoscolyn lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Tynemouth , Northumberland to Liverpool , Lancashire .[55]
Thomas and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth Castle , Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[53]
Young Hunter
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Isle of Whithorn , Lancashire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast.[43]
16 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Dubar , Lothian . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Dundee , Forfarshire . She was refloated on 4 April and found to be severely damaged.[32]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Robin Hoods Bay , Yorkshire .[53]
Gromonosets
Imperial Russian Navy
Crimean War : The paddle frigate sank at Sevastopol as a result of damage inflicted by British artillery.[56]
Harriet and Phœbe
United Kingdom
The Mersey flat was discovered derelict in Liverpool Bay . She was towed in to Liverpool , Lancashire by the tug Athens ( United Kingdom ).[57]
Heather
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth , Northumberland . Her crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.[53] [54]
Hugh Bourne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth.[54]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The fishing lugger was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea , Yorkshire with the loss of all but one of her crew.[53]
Samarang
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off Dartmouth, Devon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Southampton , Hampshire to Melbourne , Victoria .[53]
Victor Emanuel
Kingdom of Sardinia
The steamship ran aground in the English Channel . She was refloated and put in to Plymouth , Devon , United Kingdom .[58]
17 March [ edit ]
18 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Anna
United Kingdom
The ship sank off the Point of Ayr , Cheshire . Her crew were rescued. She wa son a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Liverpool , Lancashire .[62]
Duc de Brabant
Belgium
The ship was wrecked near Key West, Florida , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana , Cuba .[35]
Margaretha Ida
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at Akyab , Burma . she was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Akyab.[63]
News
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Lowestoft.[64]
19 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Australia
New South Wales
The barque was driven ashore in Portland Bay .[65]
Bedlington
United Kingdom
Crimean War : The ship was sunk in the Danube at Izmail , Ottoman Empire by Russian artillery. Her 21 crew survived, but were taken prisoner by the Russians. She was on a voyage from Galaţi , Ottoman Empire to London .[66]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked in Strangford Lough .[67]
Constant
New South Wales
The barque was driven ashore in Portland Bay. Her crew were rescued.[65]
Creole
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground off Cape Henelopen , Delaware , United States. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.[34]
Hoffnung
Prussia
The sloop was discovered off Widewall, Orkney Islands , United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition and was beached. She had been on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Königsberg , the last entry in her logbook having been made on 26 September 1854.[42]
St. Patrick
United States
The ship was driven ashore at the Pass A L'Outre Lighthouse , Louisiana . She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana . She was later refloated and completed her voyage.[28]
20 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Medway
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Whittaker Spit, in the Thames Estuary .[59]
Menodora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head , Sussex . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to .Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea in a leaky condition.[42]
Saguenay
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near South Foreland , Kent . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Malta . She was refloated.[68]
Salus
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Blackrock County Dublin . Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport , Cumberland to Dublin .[67] Salus was refloated on 30 March. She was towed to Soldier's Point by the tug James Watt ( United Kingdom ).[69]
Sarah Jane
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[70] She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool.[42]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall . Her crew were rescued.[70] She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Hayle , Cornwall .[71]
Thomas & Anne
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the lugger Fame ( United Kingdom ).[72]
21 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Brixham , Devon . She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and the Ramsgate Lifeboat and taken in to Ramsgate , Kent in a leaky condition.[73] [69]
Barbara
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Fleetwood , Lancashire .[67]
Countess of Morley
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Gibraltar . She had been refloated by 31 March.[74]
Dublin
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground and was damaged at Penzance , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Waterford and London .[70] [37]
Economist
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[75] She had been refloated by 31 March.[74] She was refloated on 31 March.[76]
Edward Bilton
United Kingdom
The ship was run into by a Spanish brig and severely damaged at Gibraltar.[77]
Emma Goodwin
United Kingdom
The barque was driven into HMS Vengeance ( Royal Navy ) and severely damaged in a gale at Gibraltar.[78] [77]
Hopewell
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Malta to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[78]
Industry
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Inner Dowsing Sand, in The Wash . Her crew were rescued by Mariner ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London.[79] [59] [42]
Neue Unterneming
Prussia
The brig was wrecked at "Adia", Spain.[76]
Pauline
France
The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[80]
Progressista
Portugal
The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[78] She had been refloated by 31 March.[74]
R. Patterson
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[78]
Sovereign
United Kingdom
The ship was driven into a hulk and severely damaged at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople.[48]
St. Crispin
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near Almería , Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople.[34] She was refloated on 30 April and taken in to Cartagena, Spain .[81]
Thames , andWalker
United Kingdom
Thames broke from her mooring at North Shields , County Durham and was driven in to Walker . Both vessels were beached in a sinking condition.[54]
Twins
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent . She was refloated and resumed her voyage .[73]
Waterloo
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a whale and foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her six crew were rescued by the fishing boat No. 22 ( France ). Waterloo was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Schiedam , South Holland , Netherlands.[79] [37]
William
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a sunken rock and sank in Jack Sound. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Newport, Monmouthshire .[70]
Zephyr
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Barbadoes .[78]
Zingari
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground and was damaged at Hartlepool. She was refloated.[42]
22 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness , Kent .[79] [73] [46] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Havana , Cuba .[70] Alice was refloated and towed in to Cowes , Isle of Wight for repairs.[82]
Amadora
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Memory Rock, in the Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Havana to Alicante .[83]
Commercial
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by the barque Isabella ( United Kingdom ).[79]
Diana
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Newgate Rock, off Margate , Kent . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Sidmouth , Devon .[73]
Hebe
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Dover Castle , Kent. She was on a voyage from Messina , Sicily to Copenhagen , Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Dover .[73]
Jaggeren
Duchy of Holstein
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at "Lila", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Flensburg .[30]
Major Nanny
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Newquay , Cornwall .[59]
News
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was refloated on 6 April and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.[79] [76] [32]
Niagara
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at Berbice , British Guiana . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Demerara , British Guiana.[13]
Red Rover
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cliff Foot Rock, off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Honfleur , Calvados , France.[70]
Snowdon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Baldoyle , County Dublin . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Newfoundland , British North America .[37] She was refloated on 3 April and put back to Liverpool.[5]
St. Crispin
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore east of "Eutinas". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[84]
Thomas and Ada
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the lugger Fame ( United Kingdom ). Thomas and Ada was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Fécamp , Seine-Inférieure , France.[79] [73]
23 March [ edit ]
24 March [ edit ]
25 March [ edit ]
26 March [ edit ]
27 March [ edit ]
29 March [ edit ]
30 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Redcar , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated and put in to the River Tees .[69]
John and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to London .[30]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Liverpool , Lancashire .[89]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The brig was destroyed by fire in Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes .[14]
St. Hellen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Waterford . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[69]
31 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hittorp Reef, in the Baltic Sea.[90]
Unknown date [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1855
Ship
State
Description
Abner L. Colby
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank . Lost with all 8 crew.[91]
Bille Brahe
Netherlands
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by James White ( United Kingdom ). Bille Brahe was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[92]
Brenda
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and sank off the Rugged Islands before 17 March. She was on a voyage from Shanghai , China to Hong Kong .[23]
Burmah
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore north of Granville, Manche , France before 22 March. She was on a voyage from the Crimea to Southampton , Hampshire . She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Dasher ( Royal Navy ) and taken in to Saint Helier , Jersey , Channel Islands .[42]
City of Montreal
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay before 22 March.[93]
Constantine
French Navy
The corvette ran aground in the Yangtze kiang before 15 March. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Formosee (Flag unknown).[22]
Eva
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Riding Rocks before 9 March. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Trieste .[94]
Falcon
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 March. Her crew were rescued by Harkaway ( United Kingdom ). Falcon was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[89]
Grace de Dieu
France
The schooner was wrecked near Tarifa , Spain in early March. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Seville , Spain.[74] [80]
Hamilton
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Matanzas , Cuba .[95]
Hebe
United Kingdom
The cutter was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was towed in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire on 14 March.[92]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 March. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool.[96]
Isle of Thanet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked south of "Borongo Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galle , Ceylon to Akyab , Burma .[97]
James Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes , Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall .[87]
John Thompson
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Amy ( United Kingdom ). John Thompson was on a voyage from Guayaquil , Ecuador to Queenstown, County Cork .[7] [92]
Lisbon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ericeira , Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Liverpool.[93]
Mary Russell
United States
The ship was lost in the Caribbean Sea . Her crew survived.[25]
Masonic
British North America
The brig was wrecked at Bonavista, Newfoundland .[95]
Pelican
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Ramsey, Isle of Man .[98]
Polly
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Ramsey.[98]
Reporter
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank . Lost with all 8 crew.[99]
State Rights
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool.[94] [89]
Stockton
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire in late March.[69]
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