List of shipwrecks in March 1849

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

1 March

{{For|the loss of Plymouth on this date|List of shipwrecks in February 1849#28 February}}

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|ship=Admiral Bingham

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put in to Whitby, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 March 1849 |issue=7660 }}

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|ship=Bernard

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off the English coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 March 1849 |issue=23477 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Red Castle, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Montrose, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 March 1849 |issue=9092 }}

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|ship=Boston

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

|desc=The packet ship was wrecked on the east coast of the United States with the loss of fifteen lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to the United States.{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 March 1849 |issue=7676 }}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Lossiemouth, Lothian.

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|ship=Camel

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

|desc=The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Redheugh, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Andrews, Fife.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 March 1849 |issue=24764 |edition=Evening }}

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|ship=Castletown

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Whitehaven.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=5 March 1849 |issue=23476 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=5 March 1849 |issue=19864 }}

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|ship=Colchester

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Socotra. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aden to Moulmein, Burma.

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|ship=Elizabeth and Ann

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 10 leagues ({{convert|30|nmi|km}}) south south west of the Isles of Scilly with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.

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|ship=Emulation

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

|desc=The derelict schooner was driven ashore near Aberdyfi, Cardiganshire. She was later refloated and towed in to Barmouth, Caernarfonshire.

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|ship=Franklin

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Wellfleet, Massachusetts with the loss of six lived. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 March 1849 |issue=880 }}

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|ship=Harwood

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

|desc=The schooner capsized and sank with the loss of all but four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Wansbeck ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Harwood was on a voyage from Marstrand, Sweden to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 March 1849 |issue=7675 }}

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|ship=Margaret and Rachael

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.

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|ship=Shincliffe

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 March 1849 |issue=7661 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Trio

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

|desc=The collier, a brig, sank off the North Foreland, Kent.

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|ship=Tulliallan

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

|desc=The ship sank near Dunmore. She was refloated on 10 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 March 1849 |page=8 |issue=20125 |column=D }}

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2 March

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|ship=Andromeda

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Odesa.

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Lanan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Leith, Lothian.

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|ship=Celine and Amelia

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Selsey, Sussex, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Ceres

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bremen to an English port. She was refloated and put back to Bremen.

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|ship=Constantia

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

|desc=The ship departed from Hamburg for Hull, Yorkshire. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; a boat washed up at Wyk auf Föhr, Duchy of Holstein.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=6 April 1849 |issue=3354 }}

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|ship=Elf

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Newhaven, Sussex.

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|ship=Riga

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to New York.

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|ship=Shamrock

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Lough Swilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio Grande. She was refloated and taken in to Rathmullan, County Down.

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|ship=Six

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and towed in the South Shields, County Durham with the assistance of two steamships.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 March 1849 |issue=9091 }}

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3 March

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|ship=Astrea

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Witt Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Bremen.

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|ship=Hendrika

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The galiot was wrecked in Sandy Bay, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Helsingør.{{Cite news |title=Liverpool, March 20. |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc. |location=Liverpool |date=21 March 1849 |issue=23490 }}

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|ship=John Callum

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

|desc=The brig was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned {{convert|12|nmi|km}} north west by west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. She was discovered by Susan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which put a skeleton crew on board. They took her in to Holyhead, Anglesey the next day.

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|ship=Nautilus

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

|desc=The ship sank at Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.

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|ship=Olympus

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was refloated.

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship collided with Hero ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.

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|ship=Tour d{{'}}Auvergne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina with the loss of nine of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=10 June 1849 |issue=342 }}

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|ship=Weatherley

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Middle Ground. She was refloated and towed back to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20117 |column=B }}

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|ship=William and George

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Orne and was damaged.

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4 March

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to New York, United States.

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|ship=Gordon

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

|desc=The sloop struck a sunken wreck and sank off the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bangor.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20116 |column=F }}

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|ship=Louisa Caroline

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia.

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|ship=Nimrod

|flag={{flag|Belgium|}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Olga

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg.

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|ship=Princess Royal

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}

|desc=The transport ship ran aground off Grenada. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=12 April 1849 |issue=19875 }}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The brig struck a sunken rock in the Tamar River and became waterlogged. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land to Sydney.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 September 1849 |issue=19920 }}

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5 March

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

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

|desc=The paddle steamer struck the pier at Alloa, Clackmannanshire and sank. She was on a voyage from Alloa to Grantown-on-Spey, Moray.{{Cite news |title=Scotland |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 March 1849 |issue=4812 }}

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|ship=Eglantine

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

|desc=The brig ran aground near Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 March 1849 |issue=7666 }}

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|ship=Janet

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a sunken rock in the Sound of Islay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and taken in to White Farlane Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=15 March 1849 |issue=19867 }}

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6 March

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|ship=Curlew

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 March 1849 |issue=23483 }}

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|ship=Ismail

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Crow Rock. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to a French port. She was taken in to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 March 1849 |issue=24767 }}

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|ship=Superior

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

|desc=The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Greenland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=14 March 1849 |issue=5279 }}

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|ship=Wansbeck

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at "Vige", Norway. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Wilhelm

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was sunk by ice at Cape Magnusholm. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Bolderāja.

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7 March

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|ship={{PS|Britannia|1845|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer was damaged by fire at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Leith to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Caledonia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Horse Isle, in the Firth of Forth with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=12 March 1849 |issue=19866 }}

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|ship=Equity

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Gibraltar. She was refloated and put in to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.

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|ship=Morning Star

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

|desc=The ship sank off Newton, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Simpson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Preston, Lancashire.

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|ship=Stella

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

|desc=The brig departed from South Shields for Hamburg. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands; a log book and part of a chest from the vessel were discovered off Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover in mid-April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=25 April 1849 |issue=5285 }}

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|ship=Victory

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock at "Kanso", Sweden and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and towed in to Gotheburgh.

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8 March

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|ship=Busick

|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 Folkestone, Kent. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Gleam

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Outer Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Crail, Fife to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

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|ship=Petit Pierre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck and foundered off the Kentish Knock, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.

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9 March

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|ship=Adele

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Borkimmer Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Bremen.

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|ship=Cate

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Victoria Channel and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the Mersey Ferry Birkenhead ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Cate was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste. She was subsequently wrecked on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=12 March 1849 |issue=23482 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Serious Casualties in the Victoria Channel |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=13 March 1849 |issue=2073 }}{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=The Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=20 March 1849 |issue=2075 }}

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|ship=Hazelwood

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated but drove ashore near South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was again refloated on 14 March.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=19 March 1849 |issue=19868 }}

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|ship=Jean Bruneau

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Bantry Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated but consequently sank off the Formby Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the tug President ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jean Bruneau was on a voyage from Ayr, United Kingdom to Liverpool.

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|ship=Joseph and Mary

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in The Wash off Snettisham, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by X. L. ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Joseph and Mary was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 13 March and taken in to King's Lynn, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 March 1849 |issue=7671 }}

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|ship=Mermede

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Hellevoetsluis to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Hellevoetsluis.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=16 March 1849 |issue=2074 }}

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|ship=Newport

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

|desc=The ship struck the pier and sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Montrose, Forfarshire.

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|ship=Supply

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|120|nmi|km}} west of Lindesnes, Norway. Her ten crew were rescued by the sloop Laura ({{flag|Denmark}}). Supply was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 March 1849 |issue=23491 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=28 March 1849 |issue=5281 }}

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10 March

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|ship=Æolus

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Stirrup Key. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 April 1849 |issue=23500 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Helen S. Page

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between the mouths of the Guadarranque and Pamones. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar Bay.

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|ship=Queen

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

|desc=The ship struck the Crow Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

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|ship=Sylphe

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Tétouan, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mediterranean |date=29 March 1849 |page=8 |issue=20136 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 April 1849 |issue=4818 }} She was on a voyage form Tétouan to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

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|ship=Voyager

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off "Toto", Sweden and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to "Kanso", Sweden for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=22 March 1849 |issue=19869 }}

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|ship=William Penn

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated but was wrecked on the Burbo Bank with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Youghal, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 March 1849 |issue=7668 }}{{Cite news |title=Serious Casualties to Shipping in the Victoria Channel |newspaper=The Preston Guardian etc |location=Preston |date=17 March 1849 |issue=1907 }}

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11 March

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|ship=Five Sostre

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Tangen Ground, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Rudkøbing to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 13 March and put in to Nyborg.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=25 March 1849 |issue=331 }}

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|ship=Venus

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off Waterford. She was towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 17 March by James ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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12 March

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|ship={{RMS|Acadia|1840|2}}

|flag=22px Reichsflotte

|desc=The paddle steamer was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bremen. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Terschelling.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 March 1849 |page=8 |issue=20128 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Denmark and the Duchies |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=23 March 1849 |issue=3352 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=22994 |title=Acadia |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=24 October 2018}}

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|ship=Diana

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 March 1849 |issue=7670 }}

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|ship=Diana

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Falkenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Memel, Prussia.

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|ship=M. A. Scott

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

|desc=The ship was run into by the steamship Citizen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Dublin.

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|ship=Westa

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was severely damaged off Cape Finisterre, Spain by an onboard explosion in her cargo of coal. A crew member was killed and three were severely injured. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain. She put in to Cádiz, Spain, where she arrived on 18 March.

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13 March

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|ship=Diana

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The koff ran aground between Båstad and Laholm, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=9 April 1849 |issue=19874 }}

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|ship=Thomas and Ann

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

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|ship=Wimbleton Park

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at Mistley, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 March 1849 |issue=7672 |page=1 }}

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14 March

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Iris

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Zembra, Beylik of Tunis. All on board were rescued by the barque Sandwich ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Iris was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Intelligence |date=2 April 1849 |page=8 |issue=20139 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Intelligence |date=7 May 1849 |page=5 |issue=20169 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=The Loss of the Schooner Iris |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 March 1849 |issue=7685 }}

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|ship=Ranger

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Blacktail Bank, off the north Kent coast.

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15 March

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|ship=Dalmatia

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Dalmatia.

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|ship=Frances

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on St. George's Point, {{convert|15|nmi|km}} east of Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall.

}}

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|ship=Ovis

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Danzig. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Danzig. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 April 1849 |page=8 |issue=20155 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The Humber Keel sank in the River Derwent at Wressle, Yorkshire. Both crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Selby |newspaper=The York Herald, and General Advertiser |location=York |date=24 March 1849 |issue=3989 |page=6 }}

}}

16 March

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|ship=Lydia

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

|desc=The droghing sloop was run in to by Jamaica and sank at Antigua. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=30 April 1849 |issue=19880 }}

}}

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|ship=Santa Maura

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at the entrance to the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Odesa.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=16 April 1849 |issue=19876 }}

}}

17 March

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|ship=Adselty

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dahlia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Cork to Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated and put in to Strangford Lough.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=26 March 1849 |issue=19870 }}

}}

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|ship=Harriet Ann

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

|desc=The ship was struck the Long Nose Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent and sank. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hebe

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Demerara, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 March 1849 |issue=877 }} She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 March 1849 |issue=7674 }}

}}

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|ship=Vine

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and damaged near Duncansby Head, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 March 1849 |issue=7677 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=4 April 1849 |issue=5282 }}

}}

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|ship=William Nicoll

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was refloated the next day.

}}

18 March

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|ship=Belvidere

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore west of Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cosmopolite

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 20 March and taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=30 March 1849 |issue=3353 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cygnet

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dauntless

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent. She was on a voyage from China to London. She was refloated the next day.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Golta

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cattaro to London She was refloated and taken in to Deal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria Elizabeth

|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Ventava, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Venstpils to Bremen. She was taken in to Ventspils on 21 April in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 May 1849 |issue=4830 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Orion

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day and taken in to The Downs.

}}

19 March

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|ship=Emilie

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore by ice at Ventspils.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=8 April 1849 |issue=333 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glory

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. She was refloated on 20 March and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jacaba Catherina

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Bilbao. She was refloated and taken in to Ramgate, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lydia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Barra, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ocean Child

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank off the Tuskar Rock.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rover

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

|desc=The schooner struck a sunken rock and sank in Dundrum Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Strangford, County Antrim.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Woodman

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off the Isle of Bute. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=23 March 1849 |issue=2076 }}

}}

20 March

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|ship=Alexander Robertson

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Friends

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20130 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Moslem

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Barber's Point. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Samuel

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to an Irish port.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 March 1849 |issue=9094 }}

}}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The barque sank off Fort Cumberland, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex to Portsmouth, Hampshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sultana

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

|desc=The schooner was discovered derelict in the Atlantic Ocean by Huron ({{flagicon|UKGBI}}) British North America and was set afire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 April 1849 |page=8 |issue=20150 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Town of Drogheda

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|120|nmi|km}} east of Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.

}}

21 March

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Sandy Bay, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to Cádiz, Spain.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Joseph Howe

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Boston to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=23 April 1849 |issue=19878 }}

}}

22 March

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|ship=Cavallo Mariano

|flag=22px Kingdom of Sardinia

|desc=The brig was in collision with a Spanish brig and sank off Cape de Gatt, Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sardinia to Malta.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{PS|Her Majesty|1844|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer was wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Fleetwood, Lancashire.

}}

23 March

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|ship=Abbevilloise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner struck a sunken rock, capsized and foundered in Penzance Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=23 March 1849 |issue=23495 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=29 March 1849 |issue=19871 }}{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligencde |newspaper=The Cornwall Royal Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=30 March 1849 |issue=2388 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore near Rota, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Vigo and Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated on 6 April and towed in to Cádiz.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Cape Colony

|desc=The ship departed from Mosel Bay for Table Bay. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fame

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man and was abandoned by her mate. He was rescued on 22 March. She floated off and resumed her voyage. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland.{{Cite news |title=Isle of Man |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=10 April 1849 |issue=2081 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gale

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated, beached, patched and taken in to Lowestoft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{not a typo|Jeanne de Arc}}

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme to Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Laurel

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pactolus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Rowe, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Danzig.

}}

24 March

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|ship=Arethusa

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Leander's Tower, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to an English port. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 April 1849 |issue=898 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 April 1849 |issue=900 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bligh

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wick.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20135 |column=F }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lucy and Mary

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to Calais in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tynwald

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|103|nmi|km}} off Cape Clear Island, County Cork ({{coord|50|07|N|8|31|W}}). Her crew were rescued by O{{'}}Ferrall ({{flag|Malta|1814}}). Tynwald was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Barque Tynwald, of Liverpool, by Fire |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 April 1849 |issue=7698 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=19 April 1849 |issue=19877 }}

}}

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|ship=William Ward

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

|desc=The whaler, a barque, was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|45|30|N|10|00|W}}). Her 45 crew were rescued by Fairy ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 May 1849 |issue=926 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 May 1849 |issue=4831 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of Two Hull Whalers |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=27 May 1849 |issue=340 }}

}}

25 March

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|ship=Esther and Hannah

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Experimentirer

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Voslapper Platte, off the coast of the Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Varel, Kingdom of Hanover.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Frances Burn

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 June 1849 |page=8 |issue=20203 |column=E }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=21 May 1849 |issue=19886 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Belgian schooner|Louise Marie||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgian Navy

|desc=Rio Nuñez incident: The frigate, a schooner ran aground in the Rio Nuñez. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Belgium |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 June 1849 |issue=23566 |page=5 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rabet

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship ran aground and capsized off Prerow, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Rostock.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tyne

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Middle Heaps, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smack Eagle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Tyne was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=28 March 1849 |issue=23495 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=30 March 1849 |issue=9095 }}

}}

26 March

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|ship=Barefoot

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Union ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Barefoot was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Earl of Auckland

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock in the Mediterranean Sea and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to London. She put in to Malta for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Portsmouth |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle |location=Portsmouth |date=14 April 1849 |issue=2584 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Patriot

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

|desc=The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne for Swinemünde, Prussia. 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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27 March

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|ship=Dean

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Veracruz, Mexico.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 June 1849 |page=7 |issue=20208 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 June 1849 |issue=955 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The ship caught fire, exploded and sank {{convert|60|nmi|km}} off Port Fairy. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Portland Bay.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 September 1849 |issue=4866 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ruth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Staten Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Madeira to New York. She was refloated on 18 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=17 May 1849 |issue=19885 }}

}}

28 March

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|ship=Alexander Baring

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

|desc=The ship struck the quayside at Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged when her anchor was forced through her bow. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Constante

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Fort Island Nomea. She was refloated on 30 March and taken in to Amoy, China for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=28 May 1849 |issue=19888 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George Andrew

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Knudshoved, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein, Duchy of Holstein to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated on 7 April and taken in to Nyborg, Denmark for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 April 1849 |issue=9098 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hoop

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Towyn, Denbighshire. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johan August

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground and sank east of Christiansand, Norway with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Amsterdam, North Holland.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=15 April 1849 |issue=334 }}

}}

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|ship=Morley

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Aquilas", Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 7 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 April 1849 |issue=903 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Norge

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Humber to a Norwegian port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 April 1849 |issue=24802 |edition=Evening }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 April 1849 |issue=23515 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The schooner was driven onshore at Port Wakefield in the Chatham Islands during a heavy gale. All hands were saved.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 48–49.

}}

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|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Aquilas". Her crew were rescued.

}}

29 March

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cushendall, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Glenarm, County Antrim.

}}

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|ship=Old England

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Yangtze Kiang. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a port in China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 May 1849 |issue=935 }} She had been refloated by 7 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 June 1849 |issue=961 }}

}}

30 March

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|ship=Ebenezer

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hemsby, Norfolk. She was refloated on 12 April and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 April 1849 |issue=7698 }}

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31 March

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|ship=Etna

|flag=22px Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Youghal, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Palermo.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 April 1849 |issue=2080 }}

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|ship=Alcibiade

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig collided with the brig Express ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Black Sea. Her crew were rescued by Express.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks in the Black Sea |newspaper=The Northern Star and National Trades' Journal |location=Leeds |date=21 April 1849 |issue=600 }}

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|ship=Alice Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Lune. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Lancaster, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=10 March 1849 |issue=23481 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Amour de la Patrie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom in a derelict condition on 2 March.

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|ship=Antizza

|flag={{flag|Ottoman Empire|red}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near San Nicolo, Cerigo, Greece before 10 March.

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|ship=Aristide

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Vauville, Manche. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.

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|ship=Atkinson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.

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|ship=Avieries

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated on 4 March and taken in to Frank's Quarry.

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|ship=Copia

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Sulina, Ottoman Empire before 26 March. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Elizabeth Henry

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off the Loochoo Islands, Japan before 29 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 June 1849 |page=7 |issue=20214 |column=E }}

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 5 March and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 March 1849 |issue=19865 }}

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|ship=Garnet

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. Her crew were rescued by a Royal Danish Navy frigate.

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|ship=Goeli Brick

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost 60 leagues ({{convert|180|nmi|km}}) south of the mouth of the Rio Grande before 7 March.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=25 May 1849 |issue=19887 }}

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|ship=Harriet

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean in late March. There were at least five survivors. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile and Monterey, California.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 August 1849 |issue=1006 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=20 August 1849 |issue=19912 }}

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|ship=Hirondelle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost at the mouth of the Gironde with the loss of seven of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=23 March 1849 |issue=23492 }}

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|ship=Inquisitive

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Halifax to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 April 1849 |issue=4820 }}

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|ship=Integrity

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

|desc=The sloop was lost on or before 2 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.

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|ship=Jane and Mary

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

|desc=The sloop was lost on or before 2 March. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Lamartine

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 March.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 May 1849 |issue=914 }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship whaler was lost off Greenland before 31 March with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 July 1849 |issue=983 }}

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|ship=Merovee Allegre

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was in collision with another steamship and sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Sardinia and Sicily. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Porto.

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|ship=Ordovia

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked west of Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to an English port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Peninsular Mails |date=20 March 1849 |page=7 |issue=20128 |column=A }}

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|ship=Osway

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Worthing, Sussex. She was refloated on 7 March.{{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=Pastorelle

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cape Spartel, Morocco before 30 March. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Ranger

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Puttgarden, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Nakskov, Denmark.

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|ship=Shakespeare

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

|desc=The ship was lost between the mouth of the St. George and Potoza Rivers, Ottoman Empire before 26 March.

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|ship=Sirius

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged. She put in to Santa Cruz on 21 March for repairs. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall 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=Verona

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Adriano ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Verona was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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|ship=Young Hebe

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cape Spencer, South Australia in late March with the loss of her crew and ten passengers.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily New |location=London |date=25 July 1849 |issue=987 }}

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References

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