List of shipwrecks in March 1847

The list of shipwrecks in March 1847 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1847.

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1847
Ship State Description
Argyle  United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Tralee, County Kerry.[1]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1847
Ship State Description
Anna Maria Spain The brigantine was driven ashore at Cádiz.[2]
Carmen Spain The polacca was driven ashore between "Puerto Piojo" and Seville.[2]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
Peliano Spain The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.[2]
HMS Thunderbolt  Royal Navy The Driver-class sloop was wrecked at Cape Recife, Cape Colony.[4][5]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1847
Ship State Description
Amelia Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Memel. She was on a voyage from Memel to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[6][7] She was refloated on 5 March.[8]
Chance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to South Shields.[1]
Governor Harvey British North America The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Alicante, Spain.[9]
Joven Claudio Spain The lugger was driven ashore at "Puerto Piojo". She was refloated.[2]
Mary Ann Mitchell  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Belle ( United Kingdom). Mary Ann Mitchell was on a voyage from Waterford to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[2][10]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1847
Ship State Description
Albert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[11]
Ark  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk.[1]
Jack o'Lantern  United Kingdom The ship departed from Seville, Spain for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[12]
Jupiter  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands.[1]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1847
Ship State Description
Sally  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Faversham, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Faversham.[13]
Octavie Belgium The ship was wrecked near Mogadore, Morocco.[14]
William  United Kingdom The ship was beached at Santa Eugènia, Mallorca, Spain.[9]
Zampa France The brig ran aground on the Punta Reef, off the coast of Cuba and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated.[15]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1847
Ship State Description
Cora United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Vermont ( United States. Cora was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[16]
Isaac Cape Colony The sloop was wrecked in Struys Bay.[17]
Mary Ann Saint Lucia The schooner was wrecked in Caville Bay.[15]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1847
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[11] She was refloated on 9 March and taken in to Sheerness, Kent.[7]
Betsy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim.[18]
Kennebec United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to the Clyde.[19][20]
Louise France The brig was wrecked near Cherchel, Algeria. Her crew were rescued.[19]
Sarah United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Five crew were rescued by Cambridge ( United Kingdom). Sarah was on a voyage from New York to Cork, United Kingdom.[20][21]
Vrouw Johanna Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[18]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1847
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and beached at Sheerness, Kent.[6]
China  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at St. Katherine's Dock, London.[22]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London.[21]
Zaddora Spain The brig was wrecked near Nuevitas, Cuba.[15]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1847
Ship State Description
Butten Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Løkken, Denmark. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom to Stettin.[23] She was refloated on 2 April.[3]
Chanticleer  United Kingdom The ship was lost near the Bird Rock, off Crooked Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[4]
Earl of Durham  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Cockle Bay, Saint Kitts.[3]
Genius Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Karlebo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Denmark to Greenland.[24]
Ingeborg Marie Jensen Denmark The ship was driven ashore at "Horu". she was on a voyage from Svendborg to London.[21]
Johan, or Johanne Denmark The sloop was wrecked on the east coast of Læsø. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[25][26][21]
Thekla Netherlands The koff was driven ashore near Karlebo. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Copenhagen She was refloated and taken in to Grenaa.[24][21]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1847
Ship State Description
Cumberland United States The ship was wrecked on Cayo Brelon with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Cienfuegos, Cuba.[27]
Eugenia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to London.[6][28] She was refloated on 13 March and put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[29]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Two Brothers ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was damaged. She was beached the next day at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Leith, Lothian.[6]
Henry and Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank near Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[8][28][30][31]
Lamartine France The ship was lost off Aitutaki, Cook Islands.[32]
Madras  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eleven crew were rescued by Liverpool ( United Kingdom). Madras was on a voyage from New York, United States to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[33][34]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Foreland. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London.[6][28][30] She was refloated on 15 March but capsized on the Sandwich Flats.[35] Perseverance was subsequently righted and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, where she was condemned.[2]
Sovereign New South Wales The steamship was wrecked at Amity Point with the loss of 44 of the 54 people on board. She was on a voyage from Brisbane to Sydney.[36]
Trial  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Henry Volant ( United States). Trial was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[37]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1847
Ship State Description
Agenoria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was refloated, repaired and resumed her voyage.[8]
Arthur Prussia The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near "Cummin". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau to London.[23][38]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship, a brig or schooner, foundered in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland during a squall with the loss of all hands, at least four lives. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[9][31]
Jessie Alexander  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Oat Car Rock, off the coast of County Durham and was severely damaged. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[8]
Lady Ross  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with the schooner Rose ( United Kingdom and foundered in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Sunderland, County Durham to Littleferry, Sutherland.[8]
Latona Stettin The ship was driven ashore near Warnemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Sunderland, County Durham.[23][38] She had become a wreck by 18 March.[24]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with the clipper Dee and sank off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Aberdeen.[2]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1847
Ship State Description
Eugene  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to an Irish port.[39]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1847
Ship State Description
Catherine  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Coloradoes. She was refloated but consequently foundered off Cape San Antonio, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Date also reported as 20 March.[40][41]
Eliza Keith  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[22]
Tamar  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the brig Millhall ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Millhall. Tamar was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire.[8][7]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1847
Ship State Description
Commerce Russian Empire The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was refloated on 28 March and taken in to Pillau.[42]
George and Ann  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]
Manly  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Mantaiaer Shoal, in Spanish East Indies waters. She was on a voyage from Lombok, Netherlands East Indies to China.[43]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1847
Ship State Description
Angerona  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall.[15]
Magnet  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Newholm Rock, off the Orkney Islands and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Stromness, Orkney Islands.[44][38][21]
Quatre Frères France The ship was wrecked on Great Heneagua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[14]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1847
Ship State Description
Amici  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[7] She was refloated on 16 March and taken in to the River Tees.[2]
Mary Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°14′N 28°10′W / 44.233°N 28.167°W / 44.233; -28.167). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[21]
Montgomery United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Struys Bay. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Boston, Massachusetts.[45]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1847
Ship State Description
Dublin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Liverpool, Lancashire.[46][21]
Fishburn  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and broke her back in the River Nene. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[2] She was refloated.[9]
Gilbert Henderson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay.[17]
Racer  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk. Her crew were rescued by Azores Packet ( United Kingdom). Racer was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Penzance, Cornwall.[47]
Schiller Hamburg The ship ran aground and capsized in the Köhlbrand. She was on a voyage from Harburg to London, United Kingdom. She was declared a total loss.[24]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1847
Ship State Description
Affiance, or Defiance  United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Eda ( United Kingdom). Affiance was on a voyage from London to Galway.[23][48]
London  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Drogheda, County Louth. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[46]
Mason United States The ship was driven ashore near Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havana. She was later refloated and taken in to Havana for repairs.[37][49][14]
New Model United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Fanny ( United Kingdom).[25] She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Cork, United Kingdom.[21]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cranberry Head, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Tigre France The ship ran aground on the Punta Reef, off Havana. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Havana. She was refloated and taken in to Havana for repairs.[37][14]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1847
Ship State Description
Charles  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Auricula ( United Kingdom). Charles was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall.[50][51][52]
Stag  United Kingdom The ship was beached at the Chameleon Fort, Galway. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Galway.[44]
William Caldwell British North America The schooner was wrecked on the Ragged Islands. All on board were rescued.[53]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1847
Ship State Description
Matilda United States The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Cork, United Kingdom.[39]
Otteren France The ship ran aground and was damaged at St. Ubes, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to St. Ubes. She was refloated.[16]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1847
Ship State Description
Mare  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire.[54]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1847
Ship State Description
Agility
HMS Blenheim 		 United Kingdom
 Royal Navy 		The Vengeur-class ship of the line HMS Blenheim was in collision with the brig Cactus ( United Kingdom in the River Thames and was driven ashore on the Essex bank. HMS Monkey ( Royal Navy) attempted to refloat HMS Blenheim but the two vessels collided and HMS Blenheim was driven into the brig Agility which was severely damaged. HMS Monkey assisted in beaching Agility on the Essex bank. HMS Blenheim was subsequently refloated and taken in to Woolwich, Kent.[55]
Caspian United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Levant ( United Kingdom). Caspian was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[56][39]
Halifax  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Ardbear Bay, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Cork.[24][21]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[57][21]
Premier  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Nevis to London. She was refloated and taken in to New Grimsby, Isles of Scilly.[19]
Princess Alice  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Howth, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York. She was refloated and taken in to Howth.[44] She was refloated on 31 March and taken in to Dublin for repairs.[42][58]
Susannah Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the Cook Strait at the entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound.[59][60]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1847
Ship State Description
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Skibbereen, County Cork. She was on a voyage from London to Westport, County Mayo.[25][19]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: April 1847
Ship State Description
Cactus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Truro, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Cork.[37]
Vermont United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Alvarado, Mexico. Her crew survived. They were taken prisoner by the Mexicans but were later released.[61]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1847
Ship State Description
Buteshire  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Diamond Point, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba.[37][15][16]
Demerara  United Kingdom The abandoned brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[62]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the "Giant's Stairs", County Cork.[25]
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[26] She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea to a French port.[25]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1847
Ship State Description
Amicitia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[42][58]
Concord  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Quebec ( United Kingdom). Concord was on a voyage from Porto Caballo, Venezuela to Liverpool, Lancashire.[52]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[63]
Helen Scott  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Roche's Bay, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She had been refloated by 6 April and taken in to Cork.[10][21][64]
Ketty  United Kingdom The ship foundered east of the Scalp. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portree, Isle of Skye to Lochgilphead, Argyllshire.[65]
Sarah Adams United States The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland for an Irish port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[66]
Spec  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[21]
Ugland Norway The sloop ran aground and sank off Copenhagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimstad to Copenhagen.[67]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1847
Ship State Description
Harriet Burnett  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Mistley, Essex.[21]
Katharina  Russia The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.[68]
Maria  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Bo Nap Rock, capsized and sank. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Oban, Argyllshire.[33]
Meanwell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off "Siluria". She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Heraklia, Greece.[69]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[21]
Vindicator  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[70]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1847
Ship State Description
Eliza Scotland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cobh, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated but drove ashore again and was wrecked.[33]
France  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swan Point, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to London.[37]
John Marshall  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Chester, Pennsylvania. She was refloated on 28 March and taken in to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia.[37]
Mary and Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Oysterhaven with the loss of all hands.[10]
Mary Ann British North America The ship was driven ashore on Reedy Island, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[37]
Mary Ann United States The schooner sank at New York.[37]
Monongahela  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Philadelphia. She was refloated on 28 March.[37]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1847
Ship State Description
France  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[65]
Nordhuset Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom.[10] She was refloated on 31 March and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[71]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1847
Ship State Description
Monica  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Warkworth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Warkworth to London.[71][72]
Shamrock  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[10] She was refloated on 1 April and taken in to South Shields.[73]
Whitehaven  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[74] She was refloated on 30 March and taken in to Cardigan.[71]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1847
Ship State Description
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked.[27]
Consort  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[75]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[21] She was refloated and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.[76]
Herald  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Herd Sand.[21] She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[76]
Rugia Prussia The ship ran aground at Memel. She was on a voyage from Memel to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated.[77][16]
William and Henry  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Herd Sand.[21] She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[76]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 Thomas 1847
Ship State Description
Admiral Rodney  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the North Gar Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire in a leaky condition.[3]
Defiance  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[73]
Diploma United States The brig was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts.[78]
Emma Denmark The brig was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cuxhaven in a leaky condition.[73][67]
Geerdina Hamburg The ship ran aground at Hamburg.[16]
James Gibson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated.[37]
Johannes Denmark The ship departed from Helsingør for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[79]
Joven Esegnio Spain The ship was driven ashore at Adra.[78]
Marie Prussia The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wolgast to Antwerp, Belgium.[3]
Zephyr  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Savanilla, Republic of New Granada.[80]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1847
Ship State Description
Josephine France The ship was driven ashore near Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland.[3][27]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1847
Ship State Description
Bristol  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea. She was towed in to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France on 6 March.[7]
Carl Johann Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Tromsal". She was on a voyage from Tromsal to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[15]
Fiume Austrian Empire The ship was wrecked at Eupatoria, Russia before 5 March.[81]
Gloria  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[82]
Harriet Emma  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbech to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated on 17 March.[9][47]
Jeune Elise France The ship was destroyed by fire on the coast of Portugal before 8 March. Her crew were rescued by Mercury ( United Kingdom).[83][84]
Jeune Nancy France The barque was wrecked at Arrest, Somme before 22 March with the loss of thirteen of the eighteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Bordeaux, Gironde.[85]
Lively  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[82]
Lord Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Barnegat, New Jersey, United States before 12 March. She was refloated.[16]
Medusa  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Luconia Shoals, in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to China.[86]
Montague  United Kingdom The schooner capsized off the Cape Colony before 29 March.[87]
Morbihan France The ship was wrecked at "Abrevack" before 21 March.[24]
Nightingale  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated on 9 March and resumed her voyage.[6][7]
Nymph British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 March.[88]
Petit Nancy France The ship was wrecked Pointe de Coubre and "Terre Negre", Charente-Maritime. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Bordeaux.[21]
Picard France The ship was damaged at Calcutta, India before 15 March. She was consequently condemned.[9]
Racer  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Penzance, Cornwall.[9]
Ripson  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and taken in to the River Colne.[82]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ballina, County Mayo. She was refloated on 31 March.[81]
St. Cloud  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to a European port.[37]
St. Lawrence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Sea of Marmora before 13 March. She was refloated on 17 March and taken in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[42]
Sussannah Ann New Zealand The schooner was wrecked on rocks near the mouth of Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. All hands were saved.[89]
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Viana do Castelo, Portugal to Cork. She was taken in to Broadhaven Bay on 18 March.[44][21]
Triton  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 March. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to New York, United States.[37]
Yalmar  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned in the North Sea before 13 March. She was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent on 14 March.[29]

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