List of shipwrecks in December 1843

The list of shipwrecks in December 1843 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1843.

1 December

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|ship=Blessing

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southwold.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc|location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 December 1843 |issue=8818 }} She was refloated on 4 December and taken into Southwold.

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|ship={{ship||Comet|1791 ship|2}}

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 December 1843 |issue=22742 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=15 December 1843 |issue=3078 }} Comet was refloated the next day and beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=the Morning Post |location=London |date=5 December 1843 |issue=22743 }}

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|ship=George Gustaff

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered off São Jorge Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Senegal to Bordeaux, Gironde.

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}

|desc=The galeass was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 December 1843 |page=7 |issue=18477 |column=A }}

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2 December

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|ship=Belle Alliance

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Marstrand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Memel, Prussia.

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|ship=Bernadotte

|flag=22px Sweden

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Allinge, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Malmö.

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|ship=Maria Theresa

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated on 4 December.

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|ship=Morning Star

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Saint John's, Newfoundland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 January 1844 |issue=22767 }}

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|ship=Severn

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put into Gothenburg, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=London |date=15 December 1843 |issue=3078 }}

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|ship=Sophia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Jura, Inner Hebrides.

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|ship=Wilhelmina Sophia

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock off Rasvåg, Norway and was damaged She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Stettin.

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|ship=Zeno

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Zeno |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=5 December 1843 |issue=22743 }}

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3 December

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|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ballyshannon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 December 1843 |issue=23106 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 December 1843 |issue=19328 }}

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|ship=Concordia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Messina, Sicily. She was refloated the next day and taken into Ramsgate, Kent for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 December 1843 |issue=22744 }}

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|ship=Leda

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 December 1843 |page=3 |issue=18479 |column=F }}

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|ship=Peder and Wilhelm

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Neptunus ({{flag|Denmark}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Odense.

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|ship={{PS|Sarah|1825|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/sarah1825.html |title=Sarah |publisher=Tyne Tugs |accessdate=22 March 2018}}

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4 December

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|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Galway. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ballyshannon.{{Cite news |title=Bristol Ship News |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=16 December 1843 |issue=2804 }}

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|ship=Enterprize

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Westplaat, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

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5 December

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|ship=Active

|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Jedder, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Bergen.

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 December 1843 |page=7 |issue=18474 |column=C }}

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|ship=Arthur and Eleanor

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Milford, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 December 1843 |issue=6053 }}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 December 1843 |issue=22750 }}

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|ship=Campechano

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Straits of Bernardino. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Manila, Spanish East Indies.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 April 1844 |issue=19353 }}

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|ship=Christina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship struck the Zoueland Bank in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Hamburg. She put back to Ghent.

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|ship=Hilda Johanna

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put into Helsingør.

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|ship=Ibex

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Port Talbot.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 December 1843 |page=7 |issue=18475 |column=A }}

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|ship=Marietta

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Coultorsay". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Donegal. She was refloated on 13 December.

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|ship=Nederlanden

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel {{convert|16|nmi|km}} off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dordrecht, South Holland.

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|ship=Visitor

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Hog Island, County Clare.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=9 December 1843 |issue=19327 }}

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6 December

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|ship=Hawarden Castle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. She was refloated on 9 December and towed into Glasson Dock, Lancashire.

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|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was refloated.

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|ship=Princess Royal

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the North Sea off the north Norfolk coast. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=11 December 1843 |issue=22748 }}

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7 December

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|ship=Adams

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at Islesboro, Maine.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 January 1844 |issue=19318 }}

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|ship=Aurora

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Frederikstad.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 December 1843 |issue=22754 }}

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|ship=Carlton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Aberdeen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 December 1843 |page=7 |issue=18480 |column=B }}

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|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The ship was beached at Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Hamburg.

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship was beached in Roundston Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 December 1843 |issue=23108 }}

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship was lost at Torbay, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Halifax, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=6 January 1844 |issue=19312 }}

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|ship=New York

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Stromness. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Pilotin

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south of the mouth of the Koringa River. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 February 1844 |issue=19330 }}

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|ship=Sarah Lovett

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

|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the ultimate loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued on 22 December by Ann ({{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 February 1844 |page=7 |issue=18523 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Stirling and Lamentable Loss of Life |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 February 1844 |issue=22795 }}

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8 December

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|ship=Ewer Flora

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground north of the Fornæs Lighthouse and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Jupiter

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ottendorf, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Whitby, Yorkshire.

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9 December

{{For|the wrecking of Thorn Tree on this date|List of shipwrecks in November 1843#19 November}}

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|ship=Czar Dussan

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sterlsand. She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Hamburg.

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|ship=Dundee

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Schwarzorth" with the loss of three of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Memel to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Ost. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Cuxhaven.

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|ship=James Brook

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated.

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|ship=Julia

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Gelbsand, in the North Sea, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg.

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|ship=Jeay

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore, capsized and sank at Stralsund.

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|ship=Jupiter

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Otterndorf, Kingdom of Hanover. She was refloated on 2 February 1844 and taken in to Cuxhaven.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=10 February 1844 |issue=19327 }}

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|ship=Konig Adolph

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rostock.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 December 1843 |issue=23116 }} She was refloated on 20 December and taken in to Stralsund.

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|ship=Marion

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tampico.

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|ship=Tida Margaretha

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Accumer Bank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dornum.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 December 1843 |page=7 |issue=18483 |column=A }}

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10 December

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|ship=Breeze

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken into Harwich with assistance from HMRC Desmond (22px Board of Customs).

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|ship=James

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and put back to North Shields.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tybe |date=15 December 1843 |issue=8819 }}

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|ship=Peace and Plenty

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

|desc=The ship was driven onto rocks {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated.

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11 December

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and damaged near Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sunderland.

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12 December

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|ship=Astrea

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Star ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 December 1843 |page=7 |issue=18481 |column=E }}

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|ship=Calcutta

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Breckness, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America and Mobile, Alabama, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 December 1843 |page=3 |issue=18485 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=23 December 1843 |issue=19306 }}

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|ship=Crusader

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British North America with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 July 1844 |page=7 |issue=18663 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Ship Crusader |date=23 July 1844 |page=7 |issue=18669 |column=C }}

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|ship=Emanuel

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The galiot was wrecked on the coast of Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "St. David's", Scotland to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=16 December 1843 |issue=19303 }}

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|ship=Pacific

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=22 December 1843 |issue=8820 }}

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|ship=Princess Royal

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated and beached at Penarth.

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|ship=Quebec

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sweden ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Quebec was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of the Brig Quebec |date=16 January 1844 |page=7 |issue=18507 |column=B }}

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|ship=Wulff

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Walvisch Staart Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Antwerp, Belgium.

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13 December

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|ship=Arthur and Eleanor

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

|desc=The ship sank in Mulroy Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mulroy Bay to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Betsy

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

|desc=The ship struck the Rusk Bank, in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Camaund" to Tralee, County Cork. Betsy was subsequently towed into South Bay in a waterlogged condition.

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|ship=Crispin

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock in the Sound of Mull and was beached. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Drei Gebruder

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Otterøya, Norway.

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|ship=Diana

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked at Cemaes, Anglesey. Her four crew were rescued by a lifeboat.

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|ship=Experiment

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Inner Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Gleaner

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her five crew were rescued by the lifeboat № 2 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwreck |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=11 September 1851 |issue=1268 }}

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|ship=Henry Brougham

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

|desc=The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Dunfanaghy.

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|ship=Lark

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Digby Gut. She was on a voyage from Shepody, New Brunswick to Saint John, New Brunswick.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 February 1844 |page=8 |issue=18539 |column=F }}

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|ship=Margaret Balfour

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the South Breaker, off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 January 1844 |issue=4274 }}

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|ship=Marquis Wellington

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked at Holyhead. Her three crew were rescued.

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|ship=Michael Wickham

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked at Holyhead. Her five crew were rescued by the lifeboat № 2 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Onderneming

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Lecce, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Porto Re, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=18 January 1844 |issue=19317 }}

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14 December

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Inner Barber Sand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Bess

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the brig Arethusa ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}){{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=21 December 1843 |issue=19305 }}

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|ship=Caledonia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off the coast of New Caledonia with some loss of life. Fourteen crew survived, but twelve of them were subsequently murdered by the local inhabitants. The survivors were rescued by the Whaler Magnet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Massacres at the South Sea Islands |date=29 July 1844 |page=6 |issue=18674 |column=F }}

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|ship=Francina

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kopersand. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Sapphire

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Restigouche, New Brunswick, British North America to Peterhead.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=22 December 1843 |issue=3079 }} She was refloated on 23 December and taken into Peterhead.

}}

15 December

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|ship=Amethyst

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked near "Saltal", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden. Amethyst became a wreck on 23 December.

}}

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|ship=Antelope

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Coquet Lighthouse, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 January 1844 |issue=19310 }}

}}

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|ship=Courier

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Pillau, Prussia, where she was wrecked the next day. Five of her crew were lost. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Königsberg, Prussia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 January 1844 |issue=1704 }}

}}

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|ship=Eclipse

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Otterswick, Orkney Islands.

}}

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|ship=Eleonore

|flag=22px Dantsic

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Pasewalk, Prussia. She had become a wreck by 30 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 January 1844 |page=7 |issue=18501 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship=Elsa Sophia

|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Kaningoon". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Stavanger.

}}

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|ship=Emanuel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of North Berwick, Lothian.

}}

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|ship=Four Brothers

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newhaven, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 17 December and taken into Leith, Lothian.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 December 1843 |page=7 |issue=18484 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Friends

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Otterswick.

}}

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|ship=Iacht

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Huideadale Reef. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The ship struck the Salt Scars, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Goole, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Statire

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Therapia, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 20 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 January 1844 |page=7 |issue=18503 |column=B }}

}}

16 December

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|ship=Anna Maria

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to "Weile".

}}

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|ship=Friedrich Wilhelm IV

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Kahlberg. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Königsberg.

}}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the River Spey to North Shields, County Durham. Mary Anne was refloated on 18 December and towed in to North Shields.

}}

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|ship=Neptunus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Prittersgebocht, in the Baltic Sea off Swinemünde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.

}}

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|ship=Theodore

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Tot Bank, in the English Channel.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=22 December 1843 |issue=23117 }}

}}

17 December

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|ship={{ship||Exmouth|1818 brig|2}}

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore north of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Otto Ferdinand

|flag=22px Dantsic

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Marstrand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

}}

18 December

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|ship=Carraboo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Broersen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Chatham, Kent. She was refloated on 25 December and taken into Dantsic.

}}

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|ship=Johannes

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bremen.

}}

19 December

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|ship=Alpha

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

|desc=The ship departed from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 January 1844 |page=3 |issue=18518 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship=Courier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Calvados. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Honfleur.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elisa Sophia

|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Karringoon", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Stavanger.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 January 1844 |issue=4272 }}

}}

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|ship=Salvadore

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. Five of her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Naples.

}}

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|ship=Perou

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Felix ({{flag|France}}). Perou was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Pernambuco, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 January 1844 |issue=4277 }}

}}

20 December

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|ship=Matilde

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The ship was lost south of the Chiloé Archipelago. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to the River Plate.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 April 1844 |page=7 |issue=18579 |column=D-E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Venelia

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Grand-Gosier, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas to Saint Domingo.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 February 1844 |page=8 |issue=18535 |column=B }}

}}

21 December

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|ship=Arab

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bideford.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=23 December 1843 |issue=23118 }} She was refloated on 4 January 1844 and taken in to Appledore, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 January 1844 |issue=19314 }}

}}

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|ship=Marys

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the "Woolsenus". She was refloated and taken into Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=29 December 1843 |issue=8821 }}

}}

22 December

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The sloop foundered in the North Sea off East Wemyss, Fife. Her crew were rescued by a fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=28 December 1843 |issue=19308 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The ship was run into by Albion ({{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Albion. Betsey was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was taken into Annalong, County Down on 24 December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Duchess of Gloucester

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Gloucester.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Knock Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Portgordon to Aberdeen. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=30 December 1843 |issue=19309 }}

}}

23 December

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|ship=Alfred

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Wexford with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and completed her voyage to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betsy

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

|desc=The ship collided with Albion ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Dublin.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dorothy

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

|desc=The sloop was in collision with Jane ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees. Two crew were rescued. Dorothy was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Enchantress

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

|desc=The ship departed from Valaparaíso, Chile for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=12 August 1844 |issue=19388 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Figaro

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship ran ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glasgow

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 February 1844 |issue=19323 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jules Theodore

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship struck the Minquiers, off the Channel Islands and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She put into Jersey in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret and Jane

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with another vessel and was consequently beached near South Shields, County Durham. She was repaired and resumed her voyage on 30 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 January 1844 |page=7 |issue=18496 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Planter

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

|desc=The ship capsized in the River Don at Goole, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole to London. Planter was righted on 25 December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Coquet Island, Northumberland and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Sunderland. She was later refloated and taken into Warkworth, Northumberland.

}}

24 December

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|ship=Alpet

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballyteague Bay with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nabob

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

|desc=The barque ran ashore in Carnarvon Bay in fog. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 December 1843 |page=8 |issue=18490 |column=A-B }}{{cite book |title=Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping |date=1844 |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |page=710(pdf) |url=https://archive.org/details/HECROS1844/page/n710/mode/1up |access-date=3 October 2021}} Nabob was refloated on 6 February 1844.{{cite news |title=Maritime Extracts |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001702/18440208/034/0002 |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=Shipping and Mercantile Gazette |issue=1846 |date=8 February 1844 |location=London |page=2}} On 8 March she was taken to Holyhead, Anglesey, and later repaired.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Waterwitch

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Insand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to South Shields, County Durham. She was run into by another vessel, which both damaged and refloated her.

}}

25 December

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|ship=Boykett

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

|desc=The brig capsized in the Clyde. She was later righted.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pelorus

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Ambon Island, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 March 1844 |issue=19340 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Salvadora or Salvatore

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in Liverpool Bay, with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Naples.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 January 1844 |issue=4270 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Swiftsure

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She was refloated an put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.

}}

26 December

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Heneaga, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Norfolk

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Malta. She was refloated.

}}

27 December

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|ship=Jane Gifford

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

|desc=The barque struck rocks off the Little Bassa and was damaged. She was abandoned on 27 December {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off Tangalle, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Madras to Covelong and Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Naval & Mercantile Intelligence |newspaper=The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser |location=Leeds |date=16 March 1844 |issue=331 }}{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37123650 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Australian |location=Sydney |date=19 April 1844 |page=2 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Meg

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire and was scuttled.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 December 1843 |page=7 |issue=18493 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Potter

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Pratas or Pirates Shoal, in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Tuticorin, India to Macao.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 March 1844 |page=8 |issue=18553 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 March 1844 |page=8 |issue=18554 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sir James Gordon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape la Have, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Havre de Grâce for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=3 January 1844 |issue=19311 }}

}}

28 December

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|ship=Amicitia

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cape Spartel, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 January 1844 |page=7 |issue=18504 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bedlington|1842|2}}

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George Gustave

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off São Jorge Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Louis, Senegal to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 February 1844 |page=8 |issue=18526 |column=A }}

}}

29 December

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|ship=Eliza and Esther

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mariner

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 March 1844 |page=8 |issue=18547 |column=E }}

}}

30 December

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|ship=Albion

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Stockton on Tees, County Durham. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John and William

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 January 1844 |issue=19313 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Ems.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Choice ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}. Mary was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Newton.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rachel Kleist

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

|desc=The steamship was beached near "Settersdorf" where she subsequently became a wreck.

}}

31 December

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|ship=Balguerie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, off the coast of Uruguay, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Monte Video, Uruguay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 March 1844 |page=7 |issue=18548 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John and Mary

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Madras

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71630503 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Southern Australian |location=Adelaide |date=2 January 1844 |page=2 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south of Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.

}}

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|ship=Anna Margaretha

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt, Duchy of Holstein before 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Canton

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

|desc=The brig was lost on the coast on North America before 21 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=15 January 1844 |issue=19316 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Caroline Cecilie Paulina

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Waarsaa". She was refloated on 19 December and taken in to Fredrikshavn.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Diana

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea before 4 December. Her crew were rescued by Enterprise ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Diana was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire United Kingdom to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=14 December 1843 |issue=19329 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Franklin

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire before 31 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 January 1844 |issue=18495 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship=Haddington

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan with the loss of all hands.

}}

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|ship=Helen

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands on or before 3 December. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lunar

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the coast of Middle Island. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18431209.2.3 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle |location=Nelson |date=9 December 1843 |issue=92 |page=366 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

|flag=22px Sweden

|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Norway before 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marianna Paulina

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiraly}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 13 December. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Montefiores

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire before 23 December. She had been refloated by 27 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=22 January 1844 |issue=19319 }}

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|ship=Neerlands Frau

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.

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|ship=Rochester Castle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Föhr, Duchy of Holstein.

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|ship=Salamandre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Frontignan, Hérault before 15 December. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Cette, Hérault. She was refloated and taken into Cette.

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|ship=Sheridan Grange

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Fox ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and HMRC Scout (22px Board of Customs).{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=177 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

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|ship=Tempest

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Denmark before 28 December.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=12 January 1844 |issue=8823 }}

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|ship=The 17th of Mai

|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked off Sørnes before 19 December with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 April 1844 |page=7 |issue=18578 |column=E-F }}

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References

1843-12

Category:December 1843