List of shipwrecks in February 1845

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

1 February

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|ship=Anne Catherine

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

|desc=The galeas was holed by ice and sank off Aalborg, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Fårö.

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|ship=Antilles

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 February 1845 |page=7 |issue=18838 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Belize

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Buttoness Lights. She was refloated and taken in to Dundee, Forfarshire.

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|ship=Breeze

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to King's Lynn, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=7 February 1845 |issue=4385 }}

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|ship=Ceylon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Key Vast, in the Old Bahama Channel with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Jaacht Haabet

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Præstø Fjord near Tedehagen. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to "Sarkjobing".

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The sloop foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by {{PS|Jupiter|1837|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jane was on a voyage from Beccles, Suffolk to Goole, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Litherana

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off "Hornbeck".{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 February 1845 |issue=23491 }}

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2 February

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|ship=Ana Wood

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.

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|ship=Clarinda

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barra, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |location=London |date=3 February 1845 |issue=4384 }}

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|ship=Harmony

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Glasheady Shoal, near Londonderry with the loss of all thirteen of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Northern Star and National Trades' Journal |location=Leeds |date=22 February 1845 |issue=380 }}

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|ship=Ville de Lyons

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Montfarville, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime to New York. She was refloated on 4 April and taken in to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 April 1845 |issue=23542 }}{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=29 June 1845 |issue=136 }}

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4 February

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|ship=Azores Packet

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

|desc=The schooner capsized in the Irish Sea off Ceybur, Pembrokeshire.{{cite web |url=http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/ |title=Cardigan & District Shipwrecks and Lifeboat Service |date=23 July 2013 |publisher=Glen Johnson |accessdate=1 February 2015}}

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. She was subsequently taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland.

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|ship=Mozambique

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Partridge Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Nidingen Reef and was wrecked.

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5 February

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|ship=Admiral Colpoys

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the south east coast of Martinique. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Saint Vincent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=14 April 1845 |issue=19458 }}

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|ship=Alexander Robinson

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Crooked Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 April 1845 |issue=23156 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=The West India Mail |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 April 1845 |issue=6458 }}

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Crooked Island. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Avance

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Domesnes.

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|ship=Caroline

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Montevideo, Uruguay. She was refloated on 16 February and put in to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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|ship=Cette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Montevideo.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 May 1845 |page=8 |issue=18922 |column=E }}

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|ship=Cobbino or Cobrero

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Crooked Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Swansea.

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|ship=Confidence

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Tarbert, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Limerick. She was refloated and completed her voyage the next day.

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|ship=Hornet

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sand Hale, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

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|ship=Lord Glenelg

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

|desc=The brig capsized at South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 February 1845 |page=8 |issue=18842 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 February 1845 |issue=23490 }}

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|ship=Sophie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Moss, Norway.

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6 February

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|ship=Ardent

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Wicklow.

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|ship=Ellen

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders. She was on a voyage from Nieuwpoort to Ostend.

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|ship=Liverpool

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=14 February 1845 |issue=3139 }} She subsequently became a wreck.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=24 February 1845 |issue=19444 }}

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|ship=Maese Packet

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She subsequently came ashore at Ross, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.

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|ship=M. Angelo

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

|desc=The ship departed from Cartagena for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Subsequently lost.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18906 |column=F }}

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|ship=Reaper

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Witham at Boston, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boston to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=True Blue

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skinningrove, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.

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7 February

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|ship=Cigar

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

|desc=The barque caught fire off Ceará, Brazil and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Ceará to Liverpool, Lancashire. She subsequently came ashore and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 May 1845 |issue=4409 }}

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|ship=Columbian

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Straits of Gaspar. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Singapore.{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZSCSG18450719.2.5.1 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=New Zealand Spectator and Cooks' Strait Guardian |location=Wellington |date=19 July 1845 |issue=41 |volume=1 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Emerald

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen.{{cite web |url=http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net/assets/WLHG/ShipsShipwrecks1782-1845.pdf |title=Shipwrecks off Walberswick 1782 - 1845 |first=Alan Farquar |last=Bottomley |publisher=Suffolk Records Society |accessdate=24 December 2014}}{{Cite news |title=Belfast Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=14 February 1845 |issue=11126 }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=16 February 1845 |issue=117 }} Emerald broke up on 10 February.

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|ship=Lamb

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Risk

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Gabbard Sand, in the North Sea. She floated off but foundered off the Galloper Sand. Her crew were rescued by Horam ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Risk was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=23 February 1845 |issue=118 }}

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|ship=Sampson

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

|desc=The steam tug was driven ashore in the Great Stour at Sandwich, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 February 1845 |page=8 |issue=18843 |column=E }} She was refloated the next day and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 February 1845 |page=7 |issue=18844 |column=D-E }}

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8 February

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|ship=Augustine et Celine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked in the Dardanelles. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 March 1845 |page=8 |issue=18861 |column=F }}

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|ship=Hoop en de Herstelling

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the North Rock, off the coast of County Down, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 February 1845 |issue=23494 }}

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|ship=Sheffield

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from New York City to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 10 February and taken in the New York City.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 March 1845 |page=8 |issue=18867 |column=E }}

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|ship=Wood Park

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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9 February

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|ship=Gloria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cette, Hérault, France. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Lord Keane

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18897 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Rotherham

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Somerville

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=10 March 1845 |issue=19448 }}

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10 February

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|ship=Alexander

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Hurst Castle and Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Ann and Ellen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was refloated.

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|ship=Bee

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by a boat of the Coast Guard from Camber. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Rye.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 February 1845 |page=7 |issue=18846 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 February 1845 |issue=23493 }}

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Whitburn, County Durham. Her crew survived.

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|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked {{convert|1|nmi|km}} south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Hannah

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Whitburn. She was refloated and towed in to South Shields.

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|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The barque caught fire at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was towed to Greenwich, Kent where she was beached and burnt out.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Destruction of the Bark Henry |date=11 February 1845 |page=6 |issue=18844 |column=A }}

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|ship=Jane Grey

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on West Falkland, Falkland Islands. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 May 1845 |issue=6500 }}

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|ship=Martin

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

|desc=The colloer, a brig, was wrecked on the Gaa Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitburn.

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|ship=Mexico

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Blyth, Northumberland. She was later refloated and taken in to South Shields in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Misty

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to "Middlested".

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|ship=Naiad

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Hench Rocks, on the coast of County Durham.

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|ship=Reliance

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near the Collie Rock and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Banff, Aberdeenshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 February 1845 |issue=19442 }}

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|ship=St. Andrews

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Annat Sands. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Arbroath, Forfarshire.

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|ship=Tyne

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bellman's Head, near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the Stonehave pilot boat.{{Cite news |title=Montrose |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=18 February 1845 |issue=1485 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdee |date=19 February 1845 |issue=5067 }}

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|ship=Unduly

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cuba. She was refloated and put back to Swansea.

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|ship=Unity

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

|desc=The ship sank {{convert|1|nmi|km}} south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock and sank in Ramsey Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pentewan, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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11 February

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|ship=Defiance

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was refloated on 18 February and towed in to the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 February 1845 |issue=8881 }}

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|ship=Duc Sorelli

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Carlota (File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) and sank off Cartagena, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alicante to Gibraltar.

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|ship=Euphemia

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Robin Hood's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 21 February and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire in a severely damaged condition.

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|ship=Grand Turk

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the Rio Grande. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Harmonie

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Scheelhoek, off the Dutch coast.

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|ship=Juliana

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Robin Hoods Bay. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Sir R. A. Ferguson

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Hopewell ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Hopewell. Sir R. A. Ferguson was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Malta.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 February 1845 |page=7 |issue=18848 |column=E }}

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|ship=Star

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Robin Hoods Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 21 February and taken in to Whitby in a severely damaged condition.

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12 February

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hull.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 February 1845 |issue=23497 }}

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|ship=Burley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north of Arklow, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa. She was refloated on 16 February but was again driven ashore. She was refloated on 13 March and towed in to the River Liffey by the steamship Adelina ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 March 1845 |issue=6437 }}

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|ship=King of the Netherlands

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire in the River Thames near the entrance to the Surrey Canal at Rotherhithe, Kent.

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|ship=President

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

|desc=The steam tug was driven ashore at Liverpool whilst attempting to refloat Valparaiso ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=14 February 1845 |issue=1762 }}

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The steam tug was driven ashore at Liverpool whilst attempting to refloat Valparaiso ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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13 February

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|ship=Alciope

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Whitehaven, Cumberland.

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|ship=Diligent

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Saracen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank off Dungarvan, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria, Egypt Eyalet.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=20 February 1845 |issue=19443 }}

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|ship=Freedom

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Jeune Edmond

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Gilbert Henderson ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=29 March 1845 |issue=23153 }}

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|ship=Samson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Seaton, Devon.

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|ship=Samuel Press

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=21 February 1845 |issue=1763 }}

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14 February

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|ship=Griphia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont, Somme, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=19 February 1845 |issue=23499 }}

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|ship=Lady Faversham

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Cockle Gat. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 February 1845 |issue=6413 }}

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|ship=Mary Jean

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

|desc=The ship was run aground on the Long Sand, in the Boston Deeps. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London. She was refloated and towed in to Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire.

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|ship=Yare

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Troubridge Shoal. She was refloated on 16 February.{{Cite news |title=Stranding of the Brig "Yare" |newspaper=The South Australian |location=Adelaide |date=25 February 1845 |page=2 }}

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15 February

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|ship=Bon Père

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Ténès, Algeria. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Ténès.

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|ship=California

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

|desc=The barque ran aground the Isle of Pines, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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|ship=Jane and Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Ross Bay. Her crew were rescued.

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16 February

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|ship=Coquette

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Prospect, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Fortune

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Grand Manan, New Brunswick, British North America with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 March 1845 |page=8 |issue=18875 |column=F }}

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|ship=Hellenie

|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Tuscany

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Vada Shoal and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Varna, Ottoman Empire to Constantinople and Livorno.

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18 February

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|ship=Amaranth

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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19 February

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|ship=Hibernia

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

|desc=The schooner capsized in Carnarvon Bay with the loss of all four of her crew. She was subsequently taken in to "Porthlerdy".

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|ship=Sally

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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20 February

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|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The galeas ran aground on the Steff Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated on 24 February but consequently foundered in the Elbe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 March 1845 |page=7 |issue=18865 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 March 1845 |issue=23513 }}

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|ship=Emmeline

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The whaler was abandoned off Mauritius. She was boarded the next day by men from {{HMS|Conway|1832|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and taken in to port there.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 March 1845 |issue=23415 }}

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|ship=Lord Ashburton

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States and was scuttled.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 March 1845 |page=8 |issue=18874 |column=A-B }} Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 April 1845 |issue=1771 }}

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21 February

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|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Tobermory, Isle of Mull.

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Ebro. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 March 1845 |page=8 |issue=18863 |column=F }}

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|ship=Martha

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 February 1845 |issue=6419 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off the Copeland Islands, County Down. She was on a voyage from Ballyshannon to Runcorn, Cheshire.

}}

23 February

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground, capsized and was damaged at Bangor, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was righted on 1 March.

}}

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|ship=Pomerania

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off "Grenau" and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Wolgast.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 March 1845 |page=7 |issue=18877 |column=F }}

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25 February

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|ship=Sylphiden

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked in ice off Kolberg and sank.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=20 March 1845 |issue=19451 }}

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26 February

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|ship=Johanna Bruhn

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off Kolberg.

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Hamilton's Bank, in the Solent. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 February 1845 |issue=6424 }}

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27 February

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship capsized off Bangor, Caernarfonshire. She was righted on 1 March.

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|ship=Colibri

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig foundered off Île Bourbon with the loss of all but seven of her crew.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 August 1845 |issue=22361 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Gustaf

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

}}

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|ship=Halifax Packet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fremantle, Swan River Colony. She was on a voyage from the Swan River to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=25 August 1845 |issue=19496 }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea {{convert|17|nmi|km}} south east of the North and South Rock Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by Dispatch ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=7 March 1845 |issue=3142 }}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef off "Bongrata Island", caught fire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to China.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=23 July 1845 |issue=22351 |page=7 }}

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28 February

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|ship=Apollo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Nore. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 March 1845 |page=7 |issue=18862 |column=D }}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|5|nmi|km}} north east of Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chieftain

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the north east point of Madura Island, Netherlands East Indies.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 July 1845 |page=8 |issue=18988 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=29 July 1845 |issue=22356 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Emerald

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and put in to the River Thames.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 March 1845 |issue=23509 }}

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|ship=Fortuna

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Elbow End Bank, off the mouth of the River Spey. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Halifax Packet

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Success Bank, off Leschenault, Swan River Colony.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65583384 |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Inquirer |location=Perth |date=2 March 1845 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Lusitania

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa to Dundee. She was refloated on 4 March with assistance from the steamship Modern Athens ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 March 1845 |issue=4393 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 March 1845 |issue=5071 }}

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|ship=Marne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "La Nouvelle", Pyrénées-Orientales. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rio to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and taken in to Port-Vendres.

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|ship=Merope

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Parmelia Bank, off Leschenault.

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|ship={{HMS|Alecto|1839|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Alecto|sloop}} ran aground in the Bay of Naples before 8 February. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Toulon, Var, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |location=Dublin |date=14 February 1845 }}

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Whitby, Yorkshire between 3 and 9 February.

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|ship=Averick

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

|desc=The whaler was wrecked at Papeete, Tahiti. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/18450614.2.14 |title=The French at Tahiti |newspaper=New Zealander |location=Auckland |date=14 June 1845 |issue=2 |volume=1 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Calcutta

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Tobasco in early February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tobasco to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

}}

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|ship=Chelsea

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

|desc=The whaler was wrecked in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Her eighteen crew were rescued.{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18450402.2.3 |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Wellington Independent |location=Wellington |date=1 April 1845 |issue=1 |volume=1 }}{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18450705.2.7 |title=Police Court |newspaper=Wellington Independent |location=Wellington |date=5 July 1845 |issue=28 |volume=1 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Countess of Eglington

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Neuwerk. She was later refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven, where she arrived on 16 February.

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|ship=Cyrus

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Cayo Verde, Cuba before 15 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 March 1845 |issue=6439 }}

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|ship=Donald

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

|desc=The brig was lost at Carmen before 7 February.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=1 April 1845 |issue=23534 }}

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|ship=Duncan

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 15 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Savannah, Georgia, United States.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Portland Bay, New Zealand during a gale in early February. The same gale wrecked the Sally Ann (qv).Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 39.

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|ship=Flora

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk, United Kingdom before 8 February. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Hamburg. She was taken in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 February 1845 |page=7 |issue=18844 |column=D-E }}

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|ship=Helen

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship departed from London, United Kingdom for Amsterdam, North Holland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 January 1846 |issue=23783 }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire between 3 and 9 February.

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|ship=Jane Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a typhoon before 1 March. She put in to Tongatapu, where she was condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 September 1845 |page=8 |issue=19031 |column=D-E }}

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|ship=Jeune Henri

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Tobasco in early February. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=21 April 1845 |issue=19460 }}

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|ship=Lady Scott

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Castle Sands between 3 and 9 February.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the British Brig Dove |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=9 February 1845 |issue=116 }}

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|ship=Lord Glenelg

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitchett Point, County Durham.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship sank off Ramsey. She was refloated on 19 July and taken in to Ramsey.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 July 1845 |page=8 |issue=18984 |column=E }}

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|ship=Napier

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain between 3 and 9 February.

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|ship=Nelson

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Limerick to Dumfries with the loss of all four of her crew.

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|ship=Sally Ann

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Portland Bay, New Zealand during a gale in early February. The same gale wrecked the Elizabeth (qv).

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|ship=Tory

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Yangtze before 26 February. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Shanghai, China.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18909 |column=E }}

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