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List of shipwrecks in May 1845

The list of shipwrecks in May 1845 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1845.

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1 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1845
Ship State Description
Benledi   United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rhyl, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. Benledi was refloated and put in to Hoylake, Cheshire.[1][2][3]
Hortense   France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Aalborg, Denmark.[4]

2 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1845
Ship State Description
Duke of Sussex   United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak in the English Channel off Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France, extinguishing the fires in her engines. She was subsequently wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Boulogne.[5]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Caernarfon.[6]
James Saville   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[6]
Jupiter   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Alfred (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[7][8]
Mary   British North America The ship capsized near "Monhegua". Her crew were rescued.. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Digby, Nova Scotia.[9]
Oscar   United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Saint Johns, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[10]
Thomas and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Swift (  British North America). Thomas and Mary was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[11]
Wilhelmine   Elbing The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[12]

3 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1845
Ship State Description
Chicora   United States The ship ran aground north of Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[12]
Eleanor   Stettin The ship was wrecked on the Kern Reef, in the North Sea off the coast of South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores to Stettin.[13][14]
Patrius   British North America The ship was driven ashore on Miscou Island, New Brunswick.[10]

4 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1845
Ship State Description
Herald   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 32 nautical miles (59 km) off Cape St Mary, Portugal (36°27′N 6°20′W / 36.450°N 6.333°W / 36.450; -6.333). Her crew were rescued by Carl Iohan (  Sweden). Herald was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15][16]
Princess   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John to Dublin. She was refloated on 6 May and put back to Saint John in a waterlogged condition.[17]
Salus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Westray, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[18] She was refloated on 19 May and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands.[19]
Tom Cringle   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Dipper Harbour Ledges, off the coast of New Brunswick with the loss of twelve of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to a port in New Brunswick.[9]

5 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1845
Ship State Description
Adams   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Maranhão, Brazil.[20] All passengers and crew safely evacuated the ship.[21]
Anne   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Wesport to Sligo. She was refloated and beached at Wesport.[22]
Ecilion   United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Allison and Eagle (both   United Kingdom).[23]
Eliza Ann   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her passengers were taken off by Countess of Durham and Neptune (both   United Kingdom). Eliza Ann was on a voyage from Cork to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[7]
Priam   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cozumel, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[17]
Virginia   United States The ship was destroyed by fire off Calcutta, India with the loss of a crew member.[24]

6 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1845
Ship State Description
Adams   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Maranhão, Brazil.[25]
Ann Jones   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cimbritshamn, Sweden. She was later refloated.[26]
Catharina Maria   Sweden The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea south of Møn, Denmark with the loss of all but two of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Copenhagen, Denmark.[27]
Charlotte   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the "Forecoreah River". She was consequently condemned.[10]
Chase   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen.[13]
Joseph P. Dobree   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Folly Reef, off the coast of Haiti. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Port Royal, Jamaica.[28][19]
Mischief   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Malora Bank, in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was on a voyage from Livorno to London. She was refloated and taken in to Livorno for repairs.[12]
Tugend Albrecht   Prussia The ship ran aground on the Abertay Sand. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[4]
Yorkshire   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Key West, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next.[7]

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1845
Ship State Description
Ayrshire Lass   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Bermuda Islands. She was refloated and taken in to St. George's.[8]
Havana   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[8]
Lady Constable   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[29]
Maria Louisa Flag unknown The ship was lost near "Tanjong Pisoh" with the loss of four lives.[30]
Robina   Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Dogger Bank with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[19]
Yorkshire   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore "on the Marques".[8]

8 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1845
Ship State Description
Coquette   British North America The schooner was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[31]
Coringa Packet   New South Wales The ship was wrecked on a coral reef (10°56′30″S 149°55′00″E / 10.94167°S 149.91667°E / -10.94167; 149.91667). All on board were rescued; ten of them by Spy (  United Kingdom). Coringa Packet was on a voyage from Sydney to Ceylon and Madras, India.[32][33][34][35]
Jeune Ernest   France The ship was wrecked off Cape Mougan with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cayenne, French Guiana to "Jaquemel".[19][26]
Mitau   Russia The steamship was abandoned in the North Sea and was presumed to have subsequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Roberts (  Sweden). She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Riga.[36]
Nautilus   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Skewith Sands. She was on a voyage from Abertawe to Aberavon, Glamorgan.[22]
Pemmer   Prussia The ship capsized at Memel.[12]

9 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1845
Ship State Description
Susan   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to the Charente.[27]

10 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1845
Ship State Description
Æolus   Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[27]
Annabella   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Alert (  United Kingdom). Annabella was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[7]
Dristig   Norway The ship ran aground and was wrecked off "Bangbostrand", Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[37]
Juno   Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[14]
Rhydiol   United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean (47°30′N 46°30′W / 47.500°N 46.500°W / 47.500; -46.500). All on board were rescued.[8][38]

11 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1845
Ship State Description
Trio   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Eclipse (  United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Eclipse. Trio was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[18]

12 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1845
Ship State Description
Edward   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. All twelve people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[39][40]

13 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1845
Ship State Description
Anna Magdalena Flag unknown The ship was discovered derelict on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was taken in to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom.[41]
Dove   United States The ship was wrecked at Fort Independence, Massachusetts She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts.[7]
Jane Smith   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[42]
Jeune Heloise   France The schooner was wrecked at La Perlepoir, Martinique.[43]
Motion   United Kingdom The steam tug was run ashore and wrecked at Broadstairs, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42][44]
Rienzi   United States The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef.[8]

14 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1845
Ship State Description
Ada   United States The ship ran aground off Black Island and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at New Bedford the next day.[7]
Ann Jane   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef north of Grand Bahama. she was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[24]
Aquatic   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[42] She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Whitstable, Kent.[44]
Marina   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Girgenti, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Girgenti.[45]

15 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1845
Ship State Description
Ann Jane   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef north of Grand Bahama.[8]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Majorca, Spain. Her crew were resched by Eugene (flag unknown). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Malta.[11]
Hannah Kerr   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Sandy Key, west of Grand Bahama. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated on 18 May and put into Nassau, Bahamas.[46]
Holde or Vivide   Norway The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom.[47][48]
Lady C. Guest   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ancona, Papal States.[49]
Swansea Trader   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Cromer, Norfolk Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Folkestone, Kent.[50]
Vivide   Norway The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[37]

16 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1845
Ship State Description
Alicia Jane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Paternoster, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Enterprise   British North America The ship was driven ashore on Spectacle Island, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Demerara, British Guiana and Liverpool, Nova Scotia. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[7][8]
Lady Alice Lambton   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[37] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Dartmouth, Devon for examination.[52]
Oscar   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on at Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Christiana, Norway to London. She was refloated the next day and towed in to the River Thames.[27]
Rajasthan   India The ship was driven ashore near Tutocoreen.[53] She was on a voyage from Cochin to Ceylon.[54] She was later refloated and taken in to Tutocoreen.[55]
Reform   United States The schooner was lost on Sandy Hook. Crew saved.[56]

17 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1845
Ship State Description
Catherine Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Elephant Rock, Cape Colony with the loss of a crew member.[57]
Chieftain   United Kingdom The barque foundered off São Jorge Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire.[20][43]
Diamond   United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Newport, Monmouthshire and was scuttled.[37]
Eve   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Paternoster, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by British Queen and Huntcliff (both   United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24][10]
Jeune Mathilde   France The ship was wrecked on Heneaga, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[46]
Malaga   United States The brig was in collision with an English brig in the Atlantic Ocean. She put in to Faial Island, Azores, where she was condemned.[43]
Oscar   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to London. She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent.[37]
Pelican   Jersey The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[58]

18 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1845
Ship State Description
Buffalo   British North America The ship was driven ashore at West Point, Prince Edward Island. She was later refloated.[10]
Vanguard   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on St Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[59][10]

19 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1845
Ship State Description
Lamport   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Cow Bow Head". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[8]
Rosebank   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Tin Cove, Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City.[7]
Sapphire   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Cape North Bay. Her crew were rescued.[7]

20 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1845
Ship State Description
William IV   United Kingdom The ship departed from Poole, Dorset for Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[60]

21 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1845
Ship State Description
Alpha   United Kingdom The ship struck the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[61]
Damsel   United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Pakefield Flats, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned with the loss of two of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex. She was taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk the next day.[52]
Fly   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent.[62]
Harriet   Jersey The ship ran aground on the Minquiers, broke in two and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Jersey.[63]
Mersey   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Woodland, New Jersey, United States.[8]
Orb   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Southwold.[36]
William and Mary   British North America The brig was wrecked on Miquelon. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[31]

22 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1845
Ship State Description
Oakland   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Cregile Rocks, in Carnarvon Bay. A crew member was rescued by a lifeboat.[64]
Prosperity   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Llanddwyn Point, Caernarfonshire. Her four crew were rescued by the lifeboat № 5 (  United Kingdom).[64]

23 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1845
Ship State Description
Arcturus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was refloated.[8]
Thomas and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[65]
William   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked in the Strait of Sunda. She was on a voyage from Tarbert, Argyllshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[63]

24 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1845
Ship State Description
Bostock   Hamburg The galeas was driven ashore at Cuxhaven.[66]
Diana   United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Dingwall, Ross-shire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and beached.[67]
Hugo   Danzig The ship was driven ashore at Holmpton, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Hull, Yorkshire.. She was later refloated and taken in to Hull.[26]
Mary   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Bass Strait with the loss of seventeen of the 59 people on board. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London.[68][69][70]
Temperance   Jersey The ship was in collision with Mexico (  United Kingdom and foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship (  Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Mexico. Temperance was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Whitby, Yorkshire.[67]

25 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1845
Ship State Description
Hyderabad   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off "Murray's Island". She was refloated but consequently foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Calcutta, India.[32][33]

26 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1845
Ship State Description
Cordelia   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew reached Barbadoes in the longboat. She was on a voyage from Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa to Belfast, County Antrim.[71]
Diana   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off "Krillen", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[15]
John Thompson   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Neath, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Neath.[72]

27 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1845
Ship State Description
Campbells   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hollywood Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated on 31 May.[73]
Earl Vane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland.[72]
Eliza   United Kingdom The smack was discovered in a capsized condition 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km)) north west of Land's End, Cornwall. She was righted and towed in to the Isles of Scilly.[45]

29 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1845
Ship State Description
John Hendrick   Netherlands The East Indiaman was wrecked on Saint Paul's Island (45 nautical miles (83 km) north of the equator and 29° west) with the loss of four of her 23 crew. Seven crew were rescued by Chance (  United Kingdom), the rest were left on the rocks, presumed subsequently to have perished. John Hendrick was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies[31][74]
Mary Hanney   United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was run ashore near Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 31 May and taken in to Helsingør.[11][15]
William Henry   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Miquelon.[65]

30 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1845
Ship State Description
Ann and Marys   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank north of Cape Bollard, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[75]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent in a leaky condition.[45]
La Foi   France The brig ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex in a leaky condition.[45]

31 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 Mary 1845
Ship State Description
Lady Nepean   United Kingdom The schooner was discovered wrecked in the North Sea off the coast of Essex by HMRC Scout (  Board of Customs). Crew presumed drowned.[9]
Lady Saltoun   United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank in the River Liffey.[76]
Maid of Athens   New South Wales The schooner was wrecked in the Torres Straits off Booby Island. Her crew were rescued on 2 May by Spy (  United Kingdom). Maid of Athens was on a voyage from Sydney to Hong Kong.[34][77][78]
Rise   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Sunk Sank, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[73]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1845
Ship State Description
Alfred and Martha   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Insand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham before 7 May. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated on 13 May and resumed her voyage.[42][79]
Antina   Kingdom of Hanover The koff was driven ashore near Cuxhaven. She was refloated on 13 May.[37]
Auxiliary   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 May.[8]
Carlson   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean between the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, British North America before 25 May.[75]
Catherine and Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bootle, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 27 May and taken in to Whitehaven, Cumberland for repairs.[72]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean. She put back to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, where she arrived on 31 May in a waterlogged condition. She was consequently condemned.[58]
Hannah   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the African coast before 7 May.[80]
Lord Oakley   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near "Chanchell", Algeria.[81]
Mary   Burma The schooner was wrecked on Teressa, Nicobar Islands. Her crew survived, but were massacred by the islanders.[82]
Norbolton or Nordpolen   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the Moor Sands, off the coast of Devon. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was refloated on 8 May and taken in to Salcombe, Devon where she was condemned.[4][83]
Odilia Flag unknown The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 May.[84]
Patterson   New South Wales The schooner was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from Nobbys Head before 23 May.[85]
Shamrock   Van Diemen's Land The cutter was wrecked on the Tasman Peninsula.[86]
Wardlow   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Ailsa Craig. She was refloated on 3 May and taken in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[87]

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