List of shipwrecks in February 1849

The list of shipwrecks in February 1849 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1849.

1 February

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|ship=Fairfield

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 February 1849 |issue=7636 |page=7 }}

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|ship=George

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Anegada Reef. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=West India Mails |date=10 March 1849 |page=8 |issue=20123 |column=A-B }}{{Cite news |title=The West India Mail |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 March 1849 |issue=7669 }}

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|ship=Hampden

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Crosby.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=5 February 1849 |issue=19856 }}

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|ship=Jeune Victoire

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Baie des Trépassés. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Argenton to Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère.

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship struck rocks and sank in Bardsey Sound. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 February 1849 |issue=7638 }}

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|ship=Orestes

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Benin City, Gold Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Fernando Po.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 May 1849 |issue=937 }}

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2 February

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|ship=British Queen

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia. Her crew were rescued by Margaret and John ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). British Queen was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Diana

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship was damaged by an onboard explosion at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bremerhaven.

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 February 1849 |issue=19857 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=9 February 1849 |issue=3346 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 February 1849 |issue=23451 |page=8 }} She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 February 1849 |issue=7637 }}

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3 February

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|ship=Ida

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Absecon, New Jersey, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 February 1849 |issue=24754 }}

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|ship=Lady Constable

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Waterford, She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Waterford. She was refloated and taken in to port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 February 1849 |page=7 |issue=20091 |column=D }}

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|ship=Pioneer

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 February 1849 |issue=4804 }}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Hero and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.

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4 February

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|ship=Gordon

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

|desc=The sloop struck a sunken rock in Liverpool Bay and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bangor.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 March 1849 |issue=24765 |edition=Evening }}

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|ship=James Clephin

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Ozama River. She was on a voyage from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Liverpool.

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=12 April 1849 |issue=19875 }}

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|ship=Rattler

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

|desc=The screw steamer was driven ashore at Atherfield, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Ireland to London. She was refloated and taken in to St. Helen's, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=9 February 1849 |issue=11530 }}

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5 February

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|ship=Ariel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Watchman's Cape, Falkland Islands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Falkland Islands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 August 1849 |issue=24902 }}

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|ship=Bertrand

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The ship was beached at Belfast, County Down, United Kingdom, it being suspected her cargo was on fire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 8 February.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 February 1849 |issue=7643 }}

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6 February

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|ship=Frances

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and damaged on Peter Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia to the West Indies. She was refloated and taken in to the Grand Passage.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's London Newspaper |location=London |date=25 March 1849 |issue=331 }}

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|ship=Kitty

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in the Buceo whilst going to the assistance of Jane ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 May 1849 |page=5 |issue=20177 |column=F }}

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|ship=Lannen

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock in Lough Foyle and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily to Londonderry.

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7 February

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|ship=Patriot

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fisher's Nose. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Limerick.

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|ship=Pryde

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Preston, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=12 February 1849 |issue=19858 }}

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8 February

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|ship=Clinton

|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 Mobile, Alabama, United States. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 February 1849 |page=8 |issue=20095 |column=E }}

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|ship=Futty Rahiman

|flag=22px India

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=8 April 1849 |issue=333 }}

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9 February

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|ship=Bertrand

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Carrickfergus, County Antrim, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 February 1849 |issue=23459 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Caroline

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall.

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|ship=Elizabeth and Henry

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on a coral reef off the Loochoo Islands. Some of her crew were rescued the two American whalers. The remainder were rescued in March by the brig {{HMS|Mariner|1846|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=Naval |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 May 1849 |issue=935 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 May 1849 |issue=935 }}

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|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The cutter was wrecked at the Sydney Heads with the loss of four of the five people on board.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/161035897 |title=Wreck of the Cutter Ellen - Four Lives Lost |newspaper=The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Advertiser |location=Sydney |date=17 February 1849 |page=46 }}

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|ship=Harriet

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Punta Carretas, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to a British port She was refloated and taken in to Montevideo, Uruguay in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Hope
Lady Ann

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

|desc=The schooners were in collision in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Hope foundered with the loss of all but one of the eight people on board. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to Leith, Lothian; Lady Ann was severely damaged. She was towed in to Bridlington, Yorkshire by the brig Tino ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.{{Cite news |title=Fatal Shipwreck |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 February 1849 |issue=852 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=23 February 1849 |issue=3348 }}

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|ship=Kate Kearney

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Chatham, Massachusetts and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Cork, United Kingdom. She subsequently became a wreck.

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|ship=Maria, or
Mary Maria

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground south east of Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Thisted, Denmark.

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|ship=Perseverance

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

|desc=The smack struck a sunken wreck and foundered at the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Hull, Yorkshire. She was rez

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Saint-Jean-d'Acre, Ottoman Empire. She was later refloated and repaired.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 March 1849 |issue=880 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=23 April 1849 |issue=19878 }}

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10 February

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|ship=Bee

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

|desc=The ship departed from Porthcawl, Glamorgan for Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=9 July 1849 |issue=19900 }}

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|ship=Doughty

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Wittsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Chevy Chase|1848|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.

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|ship=Gute Hoffnung

|flag=22px Dantzic

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Stolpmünde. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dantzic .

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|ship=Idriano

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The brig was wrecked on a shoal east of Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to an English port.{{Cite news |title=Malta, March 3. |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 March 1849 |issue=873 |edition=Second }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Toward Point, Argyllshire. She was refloated on 27 February and towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=19 February 1849 |issue=19860 }}

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|ship=Ottilie

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was wrecked on rocks near Arisaig, Inverness-shire. United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=20 February 1849 |issue=23465 }}

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|ship=Perth

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground south of Inchkeith and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Inverkeithing, Fife.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 February 1849 |issue=24749 }}

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|ship=Star

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Marianne ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Star was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Presumed subsequently foundered.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=15 February 1849 |issue=19859 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 March 1849 |issue=19863 }}

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11 February

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire or vice versa.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 February 1849 |issue=7645 }}

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|ship=Mary and Jane

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

|desc=The ship struck rocks off Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Aberdeen. She was refloated and put in to Isleornsay.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=20 February 1849 |issue=2067 |edition=Second }}

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12 February

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|ship=Abeona

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Findhorn

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Widewall Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=22 February 1849 |issue=19861 }}

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|ship=Industrious Helen

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

|desc=The sloop was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north east of the Isle of May. Her crew were rescued by Countess of Leven and Melville ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Industrious Helen was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was towed in to Montrose, Forfarshire in a derelict condition by Eagle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 February 1849 |issue=7647 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=16 February 1849 |issue=3347 }}

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|ship=Stonehouse

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon

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|ship=Surat

|flag=22px India

|desc=The steamship ran aground on a reef {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north west of "Puttun Samnaut". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Kurrachee. Surat was refloated on 17 March and towed in to Bombay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 April 1849 |issue=904 }}

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|ship=Vigilant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn. She was refloated the next day.

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13 February

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|ship=Ariel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Langeoog, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Bremen.

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|ship={{PS|Duke of Cornwall|1842|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=18 February 1849 |issue=326 }}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Plymouth, Devon. Presumed subsequently foundered in the English Channel; a writing desk and papers from the vessel were discovered off The Needles, Isle of Wight in mid-March.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 March 1849 |issue=7672 |page=1 }}

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14 February

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|ship=Alfred

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

|desc=The brig was in collision with the brig Argus and foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham.

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|ship=Ardincaple

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 February 1849 |issue=851 }}

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|ship=Lord Sandon

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Kinsale, County Cork.

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|ship=Rover

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef south of Green Island. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 February 1849 |issue=7657 }}

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|ship=Sarah and Ann

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Maranham ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Maranham. Sarah and Ann was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=16 February 1849 |issue=2066 }}

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15 February

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|ship=Amalia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead to Memel.

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Memel, Prussia.

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|ship=Benoni

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 March 1849 |issue=23483 }}

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|ship=Cookson

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank in the Formby Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Liverpool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

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|ship=Guess

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Koolungsoo Rocks, off Amoy, China. She had become a wreck by 24 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 April 1849 |page=8 |issue=20155 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=23 April 1849 |issue=19878 }}

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|ship=Jane Blain

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Sligo.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 March 1849 |issue=880 }}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Bremerhaven.{{Cite news |title=Hamburg |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 February 1849 |issue=853 }}

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|ship=Scamander

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of New Caledonia with the loss of 27 of her 31 crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 July 1849 |issue=988 }}

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|ship=11 April

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of Bergen. She was on a voyage from Bergen to a Mediterranean port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=12 March 1849 |issue=19866 }}

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16 February

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|ship=Adele

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off "Kyrkasund", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Memel.

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|ship=America

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by ice at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Pensacola, Florida.

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|ship=Trim

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Ayr.

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17 February

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|ship=Countess of Lonsdale

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

|desc=The tug was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Liverpool Shipping Intelligence, Feb. 17. |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 February 1849 |issue=4806 }}

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|ship=Mazeppa

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Halifax. She was refloated on 23 February.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 April 1849 |issue=4820 }}

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|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached north of Cresswell, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Kennet Pans.

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|ship=Rosalie

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Palma, Mallorca, Spain to Gothenburg.

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18 February

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|ship=Favourite

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pennant Point, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to New York City, United States. She subsequently became a wreck.

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|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Cresswell, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kincardine, Fife.

}}

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|ship=Oscar

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Scituate, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 March 1849 |issue=24767 }}

}}

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|ship=Toronto

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Pennant Point, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Halifax to New York.

}}

19 February

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|ship=Admiral Duncan

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.

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|ship=Cæsar

|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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 February 1849 |issue=24753 |edition=Evening }}

}}

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|ship=Corradino

|flag=22px Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Barber Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

}}

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|ship=Dispatch

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed.

}}

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|ship=Hearts of Oak

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with a brig and was abandoned off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Habnab ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey). Hearts of Oak was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 February 1849 |issue=9090 }}

}}

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|ship=Lord Charles Spencer

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Guernsey, Channel Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 February 1849 |page=7 |issue=20105 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Mary and Jane

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

|desc=The schooner caught fire at Mutford, Suffolk and was scuttled. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Beccles, Suffolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was a total loss.

}}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 February 1849 |issue=7652 }}

}}

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|ship=Rideout

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Knechtsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen.

}}

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|ship=Robert and James

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Tay and Tees Packet

|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 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=20 February 1849 |issue=2067 }}

}}

20 February

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|ship=Amaranth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Halmstad, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated on 7 April and taken in to Halstad.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 March 1849 |issue=23477 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=16 April 1849 |issue=19876 }}

}}

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|ship=Ant

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

|desc=The Humber Keel was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Minquiers, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Newfoundland, British North America.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dorothy

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Banff, Aberdeenshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mariner

|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

|desc=The ship was in collision with Fama ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at the entrance to the Dardanelles.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paul

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The schooner was lost off "Ruberg", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Stettin.

}}

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|ship=Shamrock

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio Grande. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 February 1849 |page=6 |issue=20109 |column=F }}

}}

21 February

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|ship=Claudine

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 May 1849 |page=8 |issue=20179 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 May 1849 |issue=914 }}

}}

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|ship=Edward

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The derelict ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Krage", Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gabrielle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned. She was towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a derelict condition the next day.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=24 February 1849 |issue=23469 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Steel Sand, in the Elbe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=16 March 1849 |issue=9093 }}

}}

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|ship=Juno

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary and Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 February 1849 |issue=23467 |page=8 }} She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=23 February 1849 |issue=2068 }}

}}

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|ship=Newcastle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby to London.

}}

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|ship=Onderneming

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Vlie. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oriental

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Flynn's Knoll. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=23 March 1849 |issue=2076 }}

}}

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|ship=Robinson

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

|desc=The brig struck the pier, was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=26 February 1849 |issue=19862 }}

}}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk.

}}

22 February

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|ship=British Oak

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

|desc=The ship struck the Brimstone, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Dundas, Renfrewshire to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gee

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Tønning, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Steilsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Louis Charles

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice in the Danube upstream of Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=May

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Benin City, Dahomey. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cameroons.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 May 1849 |issue=4831 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Spring

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Tønning. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to Rendsburg, Duchy of Holstein.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=27 February 1849 |issue=23471 |page=8 }}

}}

23 February

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|ship=Emma Maria

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off the mouth of the Weser with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Rob Roy ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Emma Maria was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Hamburg. She was subsequently towed in to Hamburg by the steamship Elbe ({{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jacobine

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Thisted. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Struer.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 March 1849 |issue=9094 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock {{convert|12|nmi|km}} south of Bridlington, Yorkshire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne. She put in to Bridlington in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=2 March 1849 |issue=3349 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sainte Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing boat was in collision with Diana ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 27 February and taken in to Folkestone, Kent.

}}

24 February

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|ship=Princess Royal

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Point Lonsdale, New South Wales. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Sydney, New South Wales.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 June 1849 |page=7 |issue=20214 |column=E }}{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226472835 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Melbourne Daily News |location=Melbourne |date=26 February 1849 |page=2 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rideout

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Knech Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was run into by Syren ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Dublin. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William and Henry

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

|desc=The ship departed from Malta for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=2 July 1849 |issue=19898 }}

}}

25 February

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|ship=Duc de Brabant

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=15 April 1849 |issue=334 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harriet Emma

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Mollösund, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Marstrand, Sweden.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Industry

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Cairn Ryan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Galway to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kapstad

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Sutton Pool. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 February 1849 |issue=7656 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Minx

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Salus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on East Mouse, Anglesey. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Amlwch, Anglesey.

}}

26 February

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The schooner departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Neptune

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was wrecked at the mouth of the Loire. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William Warren

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

|desc=The ship sank in Conception Bay. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=9 April 1849 |issue=19874 }}

}}

27 February

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|ship=Blue Vein

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

|desc=The smack sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Pleiades ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Blue Vein was on a voyage from Carmarthen to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 March 1849 |issue=19865 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The ship sank at Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Waterford.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emulation

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north north west of Cardigan Head, Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. Emulation came ashore near Barmouth, Caernarfonshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 March 1849 |issue=2071 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fame, and
Rob Roy

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

|desc=The brigantine Rob Roy was in collision with the schooner Fame and was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Amlwch, Anglesey. Her crew got on board Fame, but it was discovered that she was sinking. All on board took to the boats and reached shore. Fame sank, but Rob Roy was towed in the Amlwch by the steamship Windermere ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Fame was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Youghal, County Cork.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wrecks on the Welsh Coast |date=5 March 1849 |page=3 |issue=20115 |column=C }} Rob Roy was on a voyage from Pentewan, Cornwall to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 March 1849 |issue=23475 |page=8 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Industry

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Peterhead.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret and Rachel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Penrhyn Bay, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ordovia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore 3 leagues ({{convert|9|nmi|km}}) west of Málaga. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dénia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=10 March 1849 |issue=23481 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robert and Mary

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

|desc=The sloop was driven against the pier and wrecked at West Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to the River Tees.

}}

28 February

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|ship=Antigua Planter

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

|desc=The ship struck the pier and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to St. Ives, Cornwall. She was refloated on 5 March and taken in to a drydock.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20117 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 March 1849 |issue=23474 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Avienis

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Autumn

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank near Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Avenger

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

|desc=The schooner was discovered derelict in Bootle Bay and was taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had been on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20112 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bess

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bon Père

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ballyhalbert, County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Bordeaux, Gironde.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Boyne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Littlehampton.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Breadalbane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clementina

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 March 1849 |issue=7661 |page=5 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clio

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

|desc=The ship sank in the Princess Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Como

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sow and Pigs Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dyle

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The East Indiaman, a barque, was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by HMRC Scout (22px Board of Customs). Dyle was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dreadful Wreck of an Emigrant Ship - Nearly 200 lives lost |date=5 March 1849 |page=8 |issue=20115 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth and Ann

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|18|nmi|km}} south of the Isles of Scilly. Her nine crew were rescued by the brig Cerf ({{flag|France}}). Elizabeth Ann was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 March 1849 |issue=9092 }}{{Cite news |title=Falmouth Express |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=9 March 1849 |issue=2385 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Harwich, Essex with the loss of her pilot. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20113 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elsie and Isie

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Whiteness Head. She was on a voyage from Macduff, Aberdeenshire to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=21 March 1849 |issue=5280 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eppin

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of her pilot. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Liverpool. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Ramsgate.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20116 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Floridian

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Longsand with the loss of 171 of the 175 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMRC Peterel (22px Board of Customs). Floridian was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=182 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck of the Emigrant Ship on the Essex Coast |date=6 March 1849 |page=8 |issue=20116 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaham, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=7 March 1849 |issue=23478 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gode Haab

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Frederikshavn, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=19 March 1849 |issue=19868 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Haaret

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Lillesand. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hebe

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=5 March 1849 |issue=19864 }}

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|ship=Irene

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Maryport, Cumberland.

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|ship=Integrity

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

|desc=The sloop foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 March 1849 |issue=23475 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwreked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Society |newspaper=The Hull Packet ad East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=9 March 1849 }}

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|ship=Isabella, and
Sarah

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

|desc=The brigs were in collision off Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland. Isabella was severely damaged, Susan sank. Her ten crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=1 March 1849 |issue=24761 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 March 1849 |issue=9091 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=9 March 1849 |issue=3350 }}

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|ship=Jane and Mary

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

|desc=The sloop foundered. Her crew were rescued by the sloop Integrity ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jane and Mary was on a voyage from Antwerp to London.

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|ship=Jeune Flore

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.

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|ship=Little

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Maryport.

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|ship=Lively

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Greencastle, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated on 2 March and towed in to Warrenpoint, County Antrim.

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|ship=Louise

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Tralee, County Kerry, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Marsden

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 March 1849 |issue=7660 }}

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|ship=Plymouth

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Santa Martha (flag unknown) and was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew survived. Plymouth was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She foundered on 1 March.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 March 1849 |issue=24764 |edition=Evening }}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship sank at Sharpness, Gloucestershire.

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|ship=St. Jorgen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Grimstadt. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Grimstadt in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=19 March 1849 |issue=24776 }}

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|ship=Southampton

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Tyro ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Southampton was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20130 |column=E }}

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|ship=Triton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Maryport. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport. She was refloated on 24 March and taken in to Maryport.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=29 March 1849 |issue=19871 }}

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|ship=Watt

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

|desc=The tug was driven ashore north of Maryport.

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|ship=W. M.

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newhaven, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.

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|ship=Abby Pratt

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Cobden ({{flag|United States|1848}}) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.

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|ship=Cleopatra

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 February. Her stern washed up on the Isle of Mull.

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|ship=Dankbar

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Königsberg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Christiansand, Norway in a leaky condition, arriving on 13 February.

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|ship=Desdemona

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Hart Island, New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated and taken in to New York.

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|ship=Dew Drop

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Port Albert before 10 February.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226472650 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Melbourne Daily News |location=Melbourne |date=10 February 1849 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Dos Hermanos

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Azores before 10 February.

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|ship=Hart

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Laxey. She was later refloated and taken in to Douglas.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 February 1849 |issue=7655 }}

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|ship=Helena Sophia

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship departed from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She subsequently ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent but was refloated. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=15 March 1849 |issue=19867 }}

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|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Geelong, Victoria.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 June 1849 |page=7 |issue=20209 |column=F }}

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|ship=Loharee

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

|desc=The barque capsized in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey in late February. She had been refloated and beached by 2 March.

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|ship=Lord Collingwood

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 February.

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|ship=Maggie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Swan River before 8 February. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 May 1849 |issue=932 }}

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|ship=Maid of the Mill

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Inch Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated on 22 February.

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France before 20 February.

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|ship=Matthew Harrison

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 February.

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|ship=Merchant

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 February.

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on Balambangan Island. Her six crew survived. They took to a boat and were rescued 13 days later by {{HMS|Maeander|1840|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). The wreck was burnt by the local inhabitants.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Intelligence |date=23 April 1849 |page=7 |issue=20157 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Portsmouth Herald |newspaper=Hampshire Advertiser and Salisburg Guardian |location=Southampton |date=28 April 1849 |issue=1341 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Panther

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

|desc=The ship foundered before 4 February. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 February 1849 |page=7 |issue=20092 |column=F }}

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|ship=Pericle

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Aboukir, Egypt Eyalet. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Alexandria, Egypt Eyalet.

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|ship=Quatre Frères

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.

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|ship=Rapid

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Boccas Keys. Her crew were rescued on 23 February by Cynthia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Rapia was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 April 1849 |issue=23504 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Teazer

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} South Australia

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Emu Bay, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=18 June 1849 |issue=19894 }}

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References

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