List of shipwrecks in March 1848

The list of shipwrecks in March 1848 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1848.

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1848
Ship State Description
Chanticleer  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Port Frances, Cape Colony, at the mouth of the Kowie River. Her crew were rescued.[1][2]
Christina Amalia France The ship was wrecked on the Jadder, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France to Bergen, Norway.[3]
Rapid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Marseille. She was refloated and taken in to Marseille.[4]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1848
Ship State Description
Broomielaw  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4][5]
Elizabeth and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kingsgate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to the Charente.[6] She was refloated on 6 March and taken in to Margate, Kent.[7]
Kingston  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[4] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[6]
Lord Melbourne  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Eden. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Dundee, Forfarshire.[5][8] She was refloated on 4 March and taken in to Dundee.[9]
Maria Spain The ship ran aground on the English Bank, off the coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Montevideo, Uruguay. HMS Harpy ( Royal Navy) was sent to her assistance.[10]
Mary  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at the Tower of San Miguel, 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Almería, Spain with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Garrucha, Spain.[3][11]
Orwell New South Wales The barque was wrecked at the entrance to Manukau Harbour, New Zealand, when she broadsided a shoal. She was en route from Twofold Bay to Auckland, carrying livestock.[12]
Sutors  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was later refloated.[6]
Waterloo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bantry.[9]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1848
Ship State Description
Boussole  French Navy The Ariane-class corvette was wrecked on Klein Curaçao, Curaçao and Dependencies. Her crew were rescued.[13] She was on a voyage from Porto Caballo, Venezuela to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[14]
Chieftain  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. Subsequently sighted on fire 7 nautical miles (13 km) east by south of the Tuskar Rock.[15]
Donegal  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Margate, Kent.[5]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Margate Sand, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated.[6]
Laborieux France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of Madras, India. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Lady Bagot  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Oregon ( United States). Lady Bagot was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to New Ross, County Wexford.[17]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Gata Cape, Spain with the loss of three of her twenty crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Garrucha, Spain.[18]
Prince of Orange  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Maldon, Essex.[19][20] She was refloated on 4 April and taken in to Bangor.[21]
San Mitrofan  Russia The brig sank in the Danube 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) downstream of Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Galaţi to Constantinople.[22]
San Spiridone Ottoman Empire The ship was driven ashore in the Danube 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) downstream of Galaţi. She was on a voyage from Galaţi to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[22]
Tropeta Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship foundered off the coast of Finistère, France. Her crew were. She was on a voyage from Naples to Palermo and Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The wreck came ashore at Aberac'h, Finistère on 6 March.[23][24]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1848
Ship State Description
Airey  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hesperus ( United Kingdom). Airey was on a voyage from Callao Peru to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25]
Five Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in La Perelle Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Wick, Caithness.[26][27][28]
Ino British North America The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Blanc-Sablons", Finistère, France with the loss of at least five of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[25][29]
Maitland New South Wales The ship ran aground at Point Henry.[30]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1848
Ship State Description
Diligente France The ship was wrecked near Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[25]
Francais Casimir France The ship was driven ashore at Tresco, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[31]
Sarah Hudson  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore 12 leagues (26 nautical miles (48 km)) east of Gijón, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain.[11]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1848
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank in the River Tyne.[32]
Barbara British North America The brig was driven ashore at Petty Harbour, Newfoundland with the loss of nearly 200 lives. There were 40 immediate survivors, but four or five of them subsequently died. Barbara was on a voyage from New York, United States to Cork. She was subsequently discovered in April 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of the Isles of Scilly by Franklin ( United Kingdom).[33][34][35]
Burghcastle  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground and was damaged at North Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and taken in to North Shields in a leaky condition.[36]
Diana  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.[37]
Earl Gowrie  United Kingdom The brigantine was lost on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[38]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier and sank at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Aberdeen.[31]
Fame  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Portreath, Cornwall with the loss of seven of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Portreath. Also reported as wrecked on the Mixon Sand, in the Bristol Channel.[39][28][40]
Fifeshire  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in the River Tay with the loss of a crew member. She was refloated the next day.[41]
Margaret Littlejohn  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Pulteneytown, Caithness. She was refloated and taken in to Pulteneytown.[36][42]
Sydney  United Kingdom The steam tug sprang a leak and sank at Falmouth, Cornwall.[43]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1848
Ship State Description
Ariel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Mauritius.[44]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Drogheda, County Louth. She was refloated.[7]
Constance France The ship was driven ashore on Mauritius. She was later refloated.[44]
Eliza and Esther  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Mauritius. She was later refloated.[44]
Felk Ottoman Empire The brig was driven ashore on Mauritius.[44]
Jamaica  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Mauritius. She was later refloated.[44]
John Jones  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated and taken in to St. Ives.[45]
Lady Mary British North America The ship was damaged by ice and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of "La Poele". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Saint John's, Newfoundland.[46]
Manchester  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Mauritius.[44]
Ora and Labora  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to South Shields.[7] She was refloated the next day and taken in to South Shields in a waterlogged condition.[25] She was repaired.[47]
Pilot Meiklewrath  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Tay. she was on a voyage from South Shields to Newburgh, Fife.[48]
Speculation  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nailsee Rocks, Looe, Cornwall and sank. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Looe.[49]
Taglioni France The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[50]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1848
Ship State Description
Ariel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port Louis, Mauritius.[51]
Camilla  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Pampus, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to London.[24]
Constance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port Louis.[51]
Eliza and Hester  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port Louis.[51]
East Anglian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port Louis.[51]
Felk Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port Louis.[51]
Fomento Spain The ship ran aground on a reef 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of mouth of the New River, capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to "Vigero".[16]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Port Beaufort, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescueud.[52]
Jamaica  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port Louis.[51]
Manchester  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port Louis.[51]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Neuharlingersiel, Kingdom of Hanover to London. She was refloated.[24]
Wancy France The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port Louis.[51]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1848
Ship State Description
Alphonse Belgium The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[40]
Emerald Isle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Drumroof Bank, in the Irish Sea, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Annan, Dumfriesshire.[53]
Henry Mitchie  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on North Sunderland Point, County Durham and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Queen's Ferry to Warkworth, Northumberland.[49][47]
Sidonie France The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Seaford, Sussex, United Kingdom.[48]
Taporica France The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew and three passengers took to the boats; they were rescued on 18 March at 28°10′N 57°40′W / 28.167°N 57.667°W / 28.167; -57.667 by Lady Pirie ( United Kingdom). Taporica was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[54][55]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1848
Ship State Description
Annabella  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey with some loss of life.[45]
Josephine France The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin River. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Île Bourbon. She was refloated and put back to Moulmein.[56]
Lark  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Littlehampton, Sussex.[57]
Xaviera Spain The ship ran aground on the Bahama Banks. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated on 14 March and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.[29]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1848
Ship State Description
Albatross Antigua The ship departed for Barbados. She was wrecked on Turtle Island, Guadeloupe before 28 March. Her crew were rescued.[58]
Francis Barn United States The ship was driven ashore at Marshfield, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Boston, Massachusetts.[22]
New Commercial  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 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated with the aid of several smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[57][28]
Romulus  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Winterton Ness, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[53]
Scotia  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Broad Haven, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Pulteneytown to Lybster.[10]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1848
Ship State Description
Constitutionere Denmark The ship was wrecked near Gamle Hellesund, Norway.[59]
Hazelwood Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[53]
Velocity New South Wales The schooner ran aground at Nobbys Head. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Sydney.[60]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1848
Ship State Description
Aimable Louise France The ship caught fire at Paris and was scuttled.[61]
Branch  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Salthouse Bank, off the mouth of the River Ribble. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Liverpool, Lancashire.[62]
Majestic  United Kingdom The ship struck the North Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Runcorn, Cheshire.[62]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1848
Ship State Description
Auguste Marie France The ship was wrecked on the Ooster bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[11]
Canova  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Streanshalh ( United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage.[63][11]
Fulton United States The ship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts.[34]
Happy Family  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Emily and sank in the Thames Estuary off Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Nightingale  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Veauville-lès-Quelles, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[64]
Sir Willoughby Cotton  United Kingdom The ship departed from Saugor, India for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[65]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1848
Ship State Description
Harby  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Douro. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Porto, Portugal.[66]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1848
Ship State Description
Amaranth  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. Amaranth was refloated on 20 March and taken in to South Shields.[3][10][11]
Maria Denmark The yacht was wrecked near Fredrikshavn.[22]
Neptune Jersey The barque was severely damaged at Cardiff, Glamorgan by an explosion in her cargo of steam coal.[67]
Union  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to South Shields. Union was refloated on 19 March and take in to South Shields.[3][10][11]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1848
Ship State Description
Charles  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a sandbank off Cunill, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona, Spain.[68]
Rainbow  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to the Elbe.[11]
Rainbow United States The clipper departed from New York for Valparaiso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Europa Point, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Gibraltar.[69]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1848
Ship State Description
Tanjore  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. She was refloated.[50]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1848
Ship State Description
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Manacles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[16]
James and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth. She was refloated and taken in.[70]
Victoria  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Proudfeet Rocks, off the coast of Caithness. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Wick, Caithness.[70]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1848
Ship State Description
Alert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hull, Yorkshire.[70]
Cleofrid  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her nine crew were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat.[71] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[72]
Samaritan's Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the coast of Denmark. Her crew were rescued by London ( United Kingdom). Samaritan's Hope was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde, Prussia.[73]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1848
Ship State Description
Agenoria  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[70][69]
Endymion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Budj Budj Sands, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[74]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1848
Ship State Description
Adrian  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[29]
Albert Jamaica The sloop was wrecked on a reef off Jamaica.[13][75]
Garland  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 London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[69]
Harlington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. she was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[69]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1848
Ship State Description
Fame United States The ship ran aground on the Tuckernuck Shoals. She was refloated but was driven ashore near the Cape Poge Lighthouse, Massachusetts and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Windsor, Connecticut, to Bridgeport, Connecticut.[76]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1848
Ship State Description
Heroesmo da Terceira Portugal The schooner struck a sunken rock and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Porto to New York, United States. She was subsequently towed in to Porto in a severely damaged condition.[66][77]
Queen Pomare  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and capsized on the Round Reef. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated in April and taken in to Heneaga.[78][46]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1848
Ship State Description
Carysfort  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Comlyn Point, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford.[22]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1848
Ship State Description
Dunnottar Castle  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Contre Point, Gironde, France. She had become a wreck by 15 April.[54][68]
Eliza Watson  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Scurdie Ness, Forfarshire.[68]
Wigrams  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in Mechanics Bay, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Auckland, New Zealand. She was refloated.[79]
Worcester  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the River Severn at Lydney, Gloucestershire.[80]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1848
Ship State Description
Philippe Auguste France The steamship was wrecked off Palma de Mallorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to a port in Algeria.[81]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1848
Ship State Description
Hedwick Prussia The ship ran aground at St. Ubes, Portugal and was consequently beached at Cape Espichel, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to a Baltic port.[66]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London.[82]
Toreno France The barque was wrecked on the Morant Cays. She was on a voyage from Santa Marta, Republic of New Granada to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[83]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1848
Ship State Description
Advocate  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Alicante, Spain. She was on a voyage from Alicante to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[84]
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground of the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex .[85]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Norta Bay. Her crew were rescued.[82]
Toreno France The barque was wrecked on the Morant Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Santa Marta, Republic of New Granada to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[14]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1848
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Erromango with loss of life.[86]
Ganges  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Newcastle, New South Wales before 14 March. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to New Zealand. She was refloated on 16 March and resumed her voyage.[87]
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.[88]
Hortense Marie France The ship foundered in the English Channel before 21 March.[64]
John Bull  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony before 15 March.[89]
Libra  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay before 12 March. Her crew were rescued by Mount Etna ( United Kingdom). Libra was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to London.[57] She came ashore near "Saint Nicholas".[22]
Lively  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[88]
Manche France The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank at Bordeaux, Gironde.[90]
Olivia  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of Devon before 13 March.[62]
Omega  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 March. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[70]
USS Petrita  United States Navy The steamship was wrecked near Alvarado, Mexico before 6 March.[91][92]
Richard Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord, France before 7 March. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Stettin.[25]
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.[88]
Sisters  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore in Bootle Bay before 15 March. She floated off and was towed in to Liverpool.[3]
Skipton  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel in early March with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Odesa to London.[93]
Thomas Wegulin  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 March with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Havana, Cuba.[11]

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