List of shipwrecks in April 1846

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1846.

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1 April

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|ship=Duchess of Northumberland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged in the Bay of Husum. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Husum, Duchy of Holstein. She was refloated.

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|ship=Henry Shelton

|flag={{flag|United States|1845}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil, to New Orleans.

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|ship=James Crawford

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The sloop foundered off Crommick Point, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Portrush, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 April 1846 |issue=64 }}

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|ship=Venus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=6 April 1846 |issue=19560 }}

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2 April

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|ship=Colombia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Bodie Island, Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a port in Virginia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 May 1846 |issue=4515 }}

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|ship=Monarch

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands and Havana.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 May 1846 |issue=4516 }} She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=London |date=29 May 1846 |issue=4521 }}

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|ship=Tutelina

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Bridlington, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=10 April 1846 |issue=3194 }}

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3 April

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|ship=Brian Boru

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Peel, Isle of Man, to Fleetwood and Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=10 April 1846 |issue=1823 }}{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=12 April 1846 |issue=177 }}

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|ship=Comet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the St. Nicholas Lightship (22px Trinity House). She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Manningtree, Essex.

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|ship=Frederick Wilhelm

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The galeas was driven ashore near Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, to Stettin.

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|ship=Industrie

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The galiot was in collision with Julie ({{flag|France}}) {{convert|25|nmi|km}} south-west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom, and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway, to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

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|ship=Industry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was discovered abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|7|nmi|km}} east north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, having been in collision with another vessel. She was taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire, by the fishing boat Ino ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Friedrich Wilhelm

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom, to Stettin. She was refloated on 9 April.

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|ship=Henriette

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.

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|ship=Laurentia

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Flemish Bank, in the North Sea with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Arendal, Norway, to Trieste.

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|ship={{PS|Waterwitch|1840|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle tug was in collision with the schooner Vintage ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Firth of Forth off Inchcolm, Fife, with the loss of all six crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 April 1846 |issue=67 }}{{Cite news |title=Fatal Collision at Sea - Four Lives Lost |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 April 1846 |issue=67 }}{{Cite news |title=A Steamer Run Down and All Hands Lost |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 April 1846 |issue=22572 |page=7 }} Waterwitch was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, to Leith, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=8 April 1846 |issue=5126 }}

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4 April

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|ship=Edmund

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a Cowes pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, to Bordeaux, Gironde.

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Red Sand Swashway, off the coast of Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to Prince Edward Island, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 April 1846 |page=8 |issue=19204 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 April 1846 |issue=6756 }}

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|ship=Henriette

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The derelict sloop was driven ashore at "Kramnitzgabe". She had been taken in to Rødby, Denmark, by 8 April.

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|ship=Heroine

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in the Torres Straits with the loss of eight lives. Survivors were rescued by Enchantress and Sapphire ({{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales). Heroine was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Essington.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37128569 |title=Wreck of the Schooner Heroine |newspaper=The Australian |location=Sydney |date=19 November 1845 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Jeune Théodore

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 April 1846 |page=7 |issue=19213 |column=C }}

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5 April

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|ship=Carrs

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 April 1846 |issue=4509 }}

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|ship=Courier

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The galeass was driven ashore at Puttgarden, Duchy of Holstein, where she later became a wreck. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Kiel, Prussia.

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|ship=Fernand

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost at "Annosipore". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Île Bourbon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 June 1846 |page=8 |issue=19259 |column=E }}

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|ship=George and Thomas

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Cowes, Isle of Wight.

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|ship=James

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=10 April 1846 |issue=8940 }}

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|ship=San Francisco

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom, and sank. Her crew were rescued by William Watson ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). San Francisco was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom, to Barcelona.

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|ship=Snowdrop

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Huttoft, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Goole, Yorkshire.

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6 April

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|ship=Beonhardine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields.

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|ship=Concord

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Catherina ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Concord was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Málaga, Spain.

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|ship=Coromandel

|flag={{flag|United States|1845}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 May 1846 |page=8 |issue=19236 |column=B }} She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Coromandel was refloated on 11 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 May 1846 |page=7 |issue=19238 |column=F }}

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|ship=Harvest

|flag={{flag|United States|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Baltimore, Maryland. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Baltimore. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Baltimore.

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|ship=John

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Scotsman

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Wear. She was refloated on 9 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=13 April 1846 |issue=19562 }}

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7 April

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|ship=Bernhardine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The galiot ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Magnet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Port Talbot, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 April 1846 |issue=6749 }}

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|ship=Martha

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Port Talbot. She was refloated.

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|ship=Scotsman

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in the River Wear. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.

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8 April

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|ship=Isabella

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Gibraltar. She was refloated the next day.

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9 April

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|ship=Alexander Robertson

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Louisa

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dublin, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 11 April and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off the mouth of the River Taff. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated on 17 April and beached at Penarth, Glamorgan.

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10 April

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|ship=Chesapeake

|flag={{flag|United States|1846}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

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|ship=Leontine

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

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11 April

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|ship=Axel

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Squan Beach, Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to New York, United States.

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|ship=Cicero

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was refloated and put in to Dublin in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Domain

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The cutter was wrecked on the west coast of Wilson's Promontory with the loss of all but one of her crew.

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|ship=Duchess of Northumberland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hever. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Husum, Duchy of Holstein. She was refloated and taken in to Husum.

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|ship=Emerald

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, to Liverpool.

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|ship={{HMS|Osprey|1844|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked {{convert|18|mi|km}} north of the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand. A headland was mistaken for a promontory at the entrance to the harbour, and the ship turned in to the coast, running aground.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 43-44.

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|ship=Sportsman

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was run into by the barque Dygden ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}) and was beached at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Benicarló, Spain, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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|ship=Victoria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Cape Fear River. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated and put back to Wilmington for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=17 May 1846 |issue=182 }}

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12 April

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|ship=Goodwill

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship put into Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex in a waterlogged condition and sank. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 April 1846 |page=7 |issue=19211 |column=A }}

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|ship={{PS|Modern Athens|1846|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to Edinburgh, Lothian.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 April 1846 |page=8 |issue=19214 |column=E }}

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|ship=Rosa

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Mobile River. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States, to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Three Brothers

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Calvados, France, to Shoreham-by-Sea. She was refloated and taken in to port.

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13 April

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|ship=Mastery

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Sand Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the Rio Nuñez.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 June 1846 |issue=6812 }}

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|ship=Robert Burns

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Helen Hamilton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Helen Hamilton. Robert Burns was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Kinsale, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=23 April 1846 |issue=19565 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=24 April 1846 |issue=3196 }} She was taken in to Cork by Jane ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) on 17 April.

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15 April

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|ship=Catherine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Port-aux-Poules, Algeria. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Felix

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Nantucket Point, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America, to New York, United States. She was refloated on 20 April and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=18 May 1846 |issue=19572 }}

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|ship=Généreux

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Akkerman, Russia. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Malta and Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 May 1846 |page=8 |issue=19241 |column=E }}

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|ship=Herschel

|flag={{flag|United States|1845}}

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was refloated and put back to New Orleans, Louisiana, for repairs.

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|ship=Hope

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was discovered abandoned and derelict off the Canary Islands. She was towed in to Graciosa.

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|ship=Jupiter

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground and capsized in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Jupiter was refloated the next day and towed in to Bristol.{{Cite news |title=Serious Accident to the Steam Packet Jupiter of Cork |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 April 1846 |issue=6766 }}

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|ship=Ralph Wylam

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Stroma, 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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 April 1846 |issue=6768 }}

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|ship=Virginia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was refloated and put back to New Orleans for repairs.

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16 April

{{For|the possible loss of Moreland on this date|List of shipwrecks in March 1846#16 March}}

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|ship=Durham Packet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, to Honfleur, Calvados, France.

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|ship=Emblem

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank off the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 April 1846 |page=8 |issue=19216 |column=E }}

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|ship=Poland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was holed by ice and sank in the Bay of Riga. Her crew were rescued.

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17 April

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|ship=Enterprise

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 22 April and taken in to Cardiff.

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|ship=Good Intent

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Leeds or Wakefield, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Mount Martha.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=26 August 1846 |issue=23971 }}{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226349368 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser |location=Port Phillip |date=17 April 1845 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Maria Margaretha

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland.{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=26 April 1846 |issue=179 }}

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18 April

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|ship=Aristocrat

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Further Disasters on the Patagonian Coast |date=22 July 1846 |page=8 |issue=19295 |column=D }}

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Viana Island, Patagonia. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Ellen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Viana Island.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=29 June 1846 |issue=19584 }}

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|ship=Fox

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Viana Island. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Good Intent

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Wakefield, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 April 1846 |issue=6770 }}

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|ship=Haabet

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Thisted to Hamburg.

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|ship=Hannibal

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cabadello Rocks, off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Porto, Portugal. She floated off and was wrecked on the Senhora de Pedra Rocks.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 April 1846 |issue=6776 }}

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|ship=Helen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Viana Island. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Honesta

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agrigento, Sicily.

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|ship=Maria Soames

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Mauritius with the loss of fourteen lives.

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|ship=Mary Lloyd

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque in collision with the brig Dromo ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered off Viana Island. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Neptune

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Viana Island.

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|ship=Sea Nymph

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked Ton Island, on the coast of Patagonia. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 August 1846 |page=7 |issue=19314 |column=F }}

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|ship=Seduisant

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from "Port Royal", Martinique to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 May 1846 |page=8 |issue=19247 |column=E }}

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|ship=Victoria Regina

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on Viana Island. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Coast of Patagonia |date=31 July 1846 |page=5 |issue=19303 |column=B }}

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19 April

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|ship=Lady Falkland

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The barque was in collision with the schooner Martha ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey) and foundered in the English Channel {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off Beachy Head, Sussex. All on board were rescued by Martha. Lady Falkland was on a voyage from New York to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipwreck in the Channel |date=21 April 1846 |page=7 |issue=19216 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=A Vessel Run Down Off Beachy Head |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=20 April 1846 |issue=22582 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Louisa

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cabañas, Cuba.

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|ship=Pollis

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The ship ran aground off "Syngarn", Sweden. She was on a voyage from St Ubes, Portugal, to Pori. She was refloated and taken in to Syngarn in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Wilmot

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 June 1846 |page=8 |issue=19260 |column=D-E }}

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20 April

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|ship=Cecilia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Tobasco.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 June 1846 |issue=6813 }}

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|ship=Gem

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 May 1846 |page=8 |issue=19232 |column=E }}

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|ship=Gentoo or Jentoo

|flag={{flag|United States|1845}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony with the loss of seven of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 July 1846 |issue=22645 }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck of an American Ship |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=9 July 1846 |issue=4202 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=10 July 1846 |issue=11273 }}

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|ship=Loyal

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Schiermonnikoog, Groningen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, to Hamburg.

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|ship=Providence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand or Beacon Ridge, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, in a waterlogged and derelict condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 April 1846 |issue=84 }}

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21 April

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|ship=Hope

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot to Porthcawl. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 April 1846 |page=8 |issue=19222 |column=E }}

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22 April

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|ship=Rosa

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Barcelona.

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|ship=Vrouw Imke

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered off Carolinensiel, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland.

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23 April

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|ship=Criterion

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Elleboog Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Harriet Rockwell

|flag={{flag|United States|1845}}

|desc=The barque ran aground in the River Lee. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Honest

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was severely damaged at Agrigento, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily, to a British port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 May 1846 |issue=94 }}

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|ship=Mayda

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Van Diemen's Land

|desc=The ship departed from Launceston for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8760196 |title=Miscellaneous Shipping |newspaper=Colonial Times |location=Hobart |date=5 March 1847 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Saucy Jack

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Islay to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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24 April

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|ship=Achilles

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ariel ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Achilles was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=24 July 1846 |issue=22664 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Heroine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked in the Torres Straits with the loss of eight lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 November 1846 |page=7 |issue=19394 |column=E }}

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|ship=Ingeborg Caroline

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground of the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Harwich, Essex, in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=James and Thomas

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the English Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Uruguay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 June 1846 |page=8 |issue=19276 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Lyra

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was sunk by ice in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Hero ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Lyra was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 June 1846 |issue=6817 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Mandarin

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Alligator Reef. Her crew were rescued. sHe was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Jamaica and Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 June 1846 |issue=19576 }}

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|ship=Spring

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Onion Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Victoria

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Canso, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Saint Pierre and Martinique.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=4 June 1846 |issue=19577 }}

}}

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25 April

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|ship=Nancy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|3|nmi|km}} east of Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Garrucha or Villaricos, Spain. She was refloated on 30 April and taken in to Almería.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=14 May 1846 |issue=19571 }}

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|ship=Thetis

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States, where she was damaged by fire. She was later refloated and taken in to Salem, Massachusetts.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 May 1846 |page=8 |issue=19244 |column=E }}

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26 April

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|ship=Africa

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Ascension Island.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 June 1846 |issue=6825 }}

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|ship=Catherine

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a French brig.

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|ship=Harriet

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The East Indiaman, a barque, was in collision with the East Indiaman brig Seringapatam ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, to Copenhagen. She was beached between Brighton and Hove, Sussex, in a capsized condition on 28 April.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 April 1846 |issue=6777 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 May 1846 |issue=87 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=1 May 1846 |issue=3197 }}{{Cite news |title=A Danish Indiaman Run Down |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=2 May 1846 |issue=2928 }}

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|ship=Heir of Madryn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Blyth, Northumberland.

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|ship=Heroine

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off the Cumberland Islands with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Essington.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=24 August 1846 |issue=19600 }}

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|ship=James and Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Southwold, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Southwold |newspaper=The Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=2 May 1846 |issue=5585 }}

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=30 April 1846 |issue=19567 }}

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|ship=Nordstjer

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kleinen Tytlers and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to Kronstadt. She was refloated on 28 April and arrived at Kronstadt in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 May 1846 |page=8 |issue=19234 |column=C }}

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27 April

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|ship=Betsey and Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|13|nmi|km}} off South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to the Firth of Forth.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 April 1846 |page=8 |issue=19224 |column=E }}

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|ship=Helen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned by her crew and scuttled in the North Sea off Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde, Prussia, to Sunderland, County Durham. The crew were charged with barratry.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Extraordinary Charge |date=15 May 1846 |page=5 |issue=19237 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=1 May 1846 |issue=8943 }} They were acquitted.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Northern Circuit |date=31 July 1846 |page=7 |issue=19303 |column=E-F }}

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28 April

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|ship=Energy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was refloated on 4 May and taken in to Memel in a waterlogged condition.

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|ship=Governor Halkett

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 October 1846 |issue=24004 }}

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|ship=Mexico

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and put back to Hartlepool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=8 May 1846 |issue=3198 }}

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|ship=Sleepless

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground and was damaged at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put back to Sunderland in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 May 1846 |issue=8944 }}

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|ship=Speculanten

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship sank at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Brevik to Anstruther, Fife, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=7 May 1846 |issue=19569 }}

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30 April

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|ship=Ewer Landdrost

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from an English port to Flensburg. She was later refloated and taken in to Frederikshavn, Denmark, for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=17 May 1846 |issue=182 }}

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|ship=Nancy Packet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Weymouth, Dorset.{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=10 May 1846 |issue=181 }}

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|ship=Rebecca

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The schooner departed from Kempt, Nova Scotia, for Salem, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 March 1847 |page=8 |issue=19501 |column=D-E }}

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|ship=Ruth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was attacked by Moorish pirates and was abandoned by her crew off the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=24 May 1846 |issue=19574 }}

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|ship=Auguste

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Gore Island, Mexico, before 11 April. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=22 June 1846 |issue=19582 }}

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|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight before 4 April.

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|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, before 1 May.

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |authorlink=Hervey Benham |page=179 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

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|ship=Conelia Catherina

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Faro, Portugal, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to Antwerp.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 May 1846 |issue=6781 }}

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|ship=Hunter

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands whilst on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan, to Limerick.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=5 May 1846 |issue=1019 }}

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|ship=Inverness

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The sealer was lost in ice off the coast of Newfoundland before 30 April. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 May 1846 |issue=6803 }}

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|ship=Jeune Corinne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 45 leagues ({{convert|135|nmi|km}} off Pernambuco, Brazil, before 2 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 June 1846 |page=9 |issue=19250 |column=E }}

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|ship=Mermaid

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Malabar Coast between 19 and 23 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=6 October 1847 |issue=5204 }}

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|ship=Pollux

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Surabaya to Banjoewangie and the Netherlands. She was refloated and put back to Surabaya.{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=2 August 1846 |issue=193 }}

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|ship=Prancer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bahama Bank. She was refloated on 15 April and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.

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|ship=Shannon

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off Domesnes, Russia, before 11 April. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Sidney

|flag={{flag|United States|1844}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 April. Her crew were rescued by Talbot ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=20 April 1846 |issue=19564 }}

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|ship=Trident

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the "Bay of Carmen".

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|ship=Venus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk before 4 April with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 April 1846 |issue=66 }}

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|ship=Wave

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Manawatu coast. All hands were saved.

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|ship=Winipac

|flag={{flag|United States|1845}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cork to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 April 1846 |issue=4507 }}

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