# List of shipwrecks in March 1844

The list of shipwrecks in March 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1844.

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Expedition | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Polesand Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Tynemouth, Northumberland to Gloucester. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Fama | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Pallister Reef, south east of Barbuda. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lucy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Antigua. She was refloated on 5 March. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Nevis. She was consequently condemned. |
| Petrel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Antigua. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on Gigha, Inner Hebrides. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adonis | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rhône with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. |
| Auguste | France | The ship departed from Calcutta, India for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ayrshire | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Hanover Sound. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Countess of Eglington | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Thomas. She was refloated the next day. |
| Deux Freres | France | The ship foundered in the North Sea between the mouths of the Elbe and Weser. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea in a leaky condition. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gabrielle | France | The ship was wrecked east of Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Martha and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Oosterard, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Merlin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Nautilus | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Richmond River. She was on a voyage from the Richmond River to Sydney. |
| Rebecca and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. Rebecca and Elizabeth was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Tadmor | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Indian Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |
| Teresa | Spain | The ship ran aground on the Cebezuela. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Havana, Cuba. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alcide | France | The ship capsized 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of "Pointre au Nez". |
| Haldee | British North America | The ship was wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Martinique. |
| Juno | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. |
| Republic | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore at Charleston, South Carolina United States. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Bremen. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess Cassilis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rough Island, County Down. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Workington, Cumberland. |
| Eole | France | The ship was driven ashore near the "Brecquet Lighthouse", Côtes-du-Nord. She was refloated. |
| Royal Oak | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shoots and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Neath, Glamorgan. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on a reef 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) downstream of "Mulroy". |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Chapman Sand, in Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to London. She was later refloated. |
| John Blake | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew survived. The took to the boats and reached the Two Friends ( Jersey), which had run aground on 28 February. She was refloated and sailed to Dartmouth, Devon, where she arrived on 20 April. |
| Rosalie | France | The sloop was driven ashore near Schulau, Duchy of Schleswig. |
| Thisbe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lafolle Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. She was subsequently set afire and burnt. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jacobina | Belgium | The ship ran aground on the Zoutelande Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Margaretha | Netherlands | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Dordrecht, South Holland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks at Penzance, Cornwall and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Padstow to Penzance. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Expert | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Sligo for Runcorn, Cheshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Henrietta | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay off the Crosby Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Merionethshire to Strangford, County Antrim. |
| Onderneeming | Duchy of Schleswig | The ship departed from Texel, North Holland for Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Kampen to Hull. |
| Peace and Plenty | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to a Scottish port. |
| Symmetry | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Elizabeth Adnett ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth Adnett. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Achieve | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Drummond Point, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Vesta ( United Kingdom. Ann was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Amlwch, Anglesey to Troon. |
| Betty's Delight | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Brake | Bremen | The pilot cutter was driven ashore at Bremerhaven. |
| Clitus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Troon. |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Gibraltar. She was refloated and towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| George Canning | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached at the Flamborough Head Lighthouse, Yorkshire, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. |
| Grace Gillespie | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Troon. |
| Greyhound | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Islands of Fleet. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 15 March. |
| Hopewell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated on 25 March and taken in to Whitby. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Troon. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire. |
| Isabella Preston | United Kingdom | The schooner Isabella was driven into the galiot Preston at Troon. Both vessels were then driven ashore. |
| James | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Irvine. |
| Reform | United Kingdom | The ship was foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Peerless ( United Kingdom). Reform was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Leeds of Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| Theresa | United Kingdom | The brig was destroyed by fire in Mutton Cove, Devon with the loss of two lives. |
| William and Betty | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Troon. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frau Etta | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked at Ottendorf, Duchy of Schleswig. she was on a voyage from Bremen to Hamburg. |
| Geerdina | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken into Cuxhaven. |
| Giorgio | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was driven ashore at Carn, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Palermo. She had become a wreck by 17 March. |
| John | United Kingdom | The sloop was abandoned in the River Mersey. |
| Lune | United Kingdom | The ship foundered north east of the Isle of Man. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Workington, Cumberland or from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. |
| Magnet | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near "Redness Point", Cumberland. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Douglas, Isle of Man to Workington, Cumberland. |
| Petit Rouennais | France | The steamship collided with another vessel and ran aground on the Tot Bank, in the English Channel. She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Robert ( France). |
| Placidia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Scalby, Yorkshire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| Veloce | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Danube. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport. |
| Active | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground off the Belgian coast and was consequently beached at Knokke, West Flanders, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St Ubes, Portugal to Ostend, West Flanders. |
| Aimée Catherine | France | The ship ran aground on the Tot Bank, in the English Channel. She was refloated on 17 March. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Rising Sun ( United Kingdom). |
| City of York | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°38′N 10°25′W﻿ / ﻿50.633°N 10.417°W﻿ / 50.633; -10.417). Her crew were rescued by the brig Sarah Ann ( United Kingdom). |
| Conception | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lillesand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Stockholm. |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The smack foundered at the mouth of the River Usk with the loss of a crew member. |
| Leonie | France | The ship ran aground on the Roque, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated but then came ashore at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure. She was again refloated. |
| Lovely | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and was beached at Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Youghal, County Cork. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The smack foundered at the mouth of the River Usk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 17 March and towed in to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the "Sucker". |
| Pilot | United Kingdom | The smack foundered at the mouth of the River Usk. Her crew were rescued. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aimable Société | France | The ship was driven ashore at De Panne, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Tuwal's Island West. At least sixteen of her 32 crew survived, with three confirmed dead. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She was refloated on 16 April and taken in to Abersoch, Caernarfonshire for repairs. |
| Centaur | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "St. James's Castle". She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Charles | France | The ship was driven ashore east of Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. Her crew were rescued. Charles was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Cette, Hérault. She became a wreck the next day. |
| Cosmopolite | Russia | The brig was capsized by ice in the Lillegrund, off the coast of Denmark. |
| Dispatch | United Kingdom | The smack foundered at the mouth of the River Usk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jabez | United Kingdom | The smack was run ashore in the Solway Firth near the Southerness Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |
| Jane Walker | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°00′N 64°40′W﻿ / ﻿38.000°N 64.667°W﻿ / 38.000; -64.667). Her 29 passengers and crew were rescued by Brothers ( United Kingdom). Jane Walker was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. |
| John Denniston | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Cape San Antonio, Cuba with the loss of four of her seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama, United States. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin. She was refloated on 15 March and taken in to Ramsey. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The smack foundered at the mouth of the River Usk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Moriah | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by Evening Star ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. Moriah was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Mersey off Woodside, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Liverpool. |
| Petrel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Antigua. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Antigua. She was refloated on 26 March. |
| Pilot | United Kingdom | The smack foundered at the mouth of the River Usk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Raven | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at "Porthleidiog". She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 16 March. |
| St. Joseph | France | The ship was driven ashore, capsized and sank at "Brekar Island". She was on a voyage from Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord to Bordeaux, Gironde. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abel Gower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. |
| Amoy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, India. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Islay. |
| Cygne | France | The ship ran aground off Aux Cayes, Haiti and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and taken in to Aux Cayes. She was consequently condemned. |
| Irene | France | The ship was wrecked at La Flotte, Charente-Maritime. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Lewisham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holmen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to a Baltic port. Lewisham had been refloated by 12 June. |
| Najade | Prussia | The brig was driven ashore at Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New York. She was refloated on 15 March. |
| Roeffina Jettina | Hamburg | The ship was sunk by ice on the Kraut Sand. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Hamburg. |
| Vigniron | France | The ship was wrecked at Figari, Corsica. She was on a voyage from Tunis, Beylik of Tunis to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bertha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hunstanton, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Jessie Ritchie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Canal de Rosario, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba. |
| Joseph and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Spurn Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Leeds, Yorkshire. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to city. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander McNeel | United Kingdom | The sloop departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Stranraer, Wigtownshire. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; a boat from the vessel was discovered between Maughold Head, Isle of Man and St Bees Head, Cumberland. Also reported as wrecked at Ramsey, Isle of Man in mid-March. |
| Chase | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Cayton Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. Chase was refloated on 4 April and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Magilligan, County Londonderry. She floated off and sank with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from the River Clyde to Londonderry. |
| Emlyn Friends | United Kingdom | The schooner Emlyn was in collision with Friends. Both vessels driven ashore together on the Stanton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Their crews were rescued. Emlyn was refloated on 18 March and towed in to Hartlepool, County Durham. Friends was refloated on 20 March and put in to Whitby, Yorkshire for repairs. |
| Eston Nab | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Scarborough. |
| Johan Geraard | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Queens Sand. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put into Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Greencastle, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Londonderry. |
| Petrel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Caxton Bay. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. |
| Zeepferd | Netherlands | The ship foundered in the North Sea (52°00′N 3°23′W﻿ / ﻿52.000°N 3.383°W﻿ / 52.000; -3.383). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Drogheda. She became a wreck on 18 March. |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew survived. |
| Ann and Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire. |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Schulau, Duchy of Schleswig. |
| Bedside | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Blyth, Northumberland. Bedside was refloated on 18 March and towed in to Blyth. |
| Bee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Rouen to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day. |
| Bellevue | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Bettles | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Arklow, County Wicklow with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated on 20 March and taken in to Pwllheli. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and damaged at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Chase | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Cayton Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Colonel Smith | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and damaged at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Dorothy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Penrhyn. |
| Edward Auld | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Moy. She was refloated on 25 March and taken in to Ballina, County Mayo. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Swansea. She was refloated on 20 March and resumed her voyage. |
| Gelaert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Homer | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated on 20 March and resumed her voyage. |
| Hopewell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli. She was refloated on 20 March and resumed her voyage. |
| Jane and Frances | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| John | Jersey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Great Saltee Island, County Wexford. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and scuttled at Brixham, Devon. |
| Lady of the Lake | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli. |
| Majestic | Isle of Man | The ship was driven ashore at "Ballydoyle", County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 26 March and taken in to Dublin. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off South Shields. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. She was refloated and put back to South Shields in a leaky condition. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and sank at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Pwllheli. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to London. Mary Ann was refloated on 13 May. |
| Nereid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Elbury Cove, Devon. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Malta. She was refloated on 21 March and taken in to Brixham. |
| Nimble | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Penrhyn. |
| Pandora | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Penrhyn Castle | United Kingdom | The flat was driven ashore at Arklow. Her crew were rescued. |
| Penryn Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Penrhyn. |
| Seymour | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin with the loss of all hands. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli. |
| Thomas Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Tom | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Kingstown. Her crew survived. |
| Twenty-ninth of May | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She had been refloated by 18 March and taken in to Guernsey. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Penrhyn. |
| Union el Fraternite | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked on the Fourmies, in the Mediterranean Sea off Montecristo, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli. She was refloated on 20 March and resumed her voyage. |
| William | United Kingdom | The sloop was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Erith, Kent by Royal Adelaide ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived. |
| William and Richard | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Pwllheli. She was refloated on 20 March and resumed her voyage. |
| William Sefton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Goole, Yorkshire. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 20 March. |
| Ann Elliott | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Elbury Cove, between Brixham and Paignton, Devon. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated on 21 March and taken in to Brixham. |
| Back Spring | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brixham. |
| Balak | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The Penzance-registered ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was refloated on 20 March. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The Swansea-registered ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Bridgwater, Somerset. She was refloated on 19 March and taken in to Swansea. |
| Bulwark Charles, and Experience | United Kingdom | The schooners Bulwark and Experience and the smack Charles were all in collision and then driven ashore on the Isle of Arran, Inner Hebrides. Experience was severely damaged, the others suffered less damage. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 19 March. |
| Cognac | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a brig and foundered in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her six crew were rescued by the schooner Gother ( Sweden). Cognac was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Diligence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was refloated on 19 March. |
| Elizabeth Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was refloated on 19 March. |
| Forrester | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Youghal, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Kinsale, County Cork. She was refloated on 23 March. |
| Fortune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Broadsands, Devon. |
| Georgina | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Arica, Chile. |
| Gratitude | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was refloated on 19 March. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was refloated on 19 March. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was refloated on 19 March. |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Paignton. Her crew were rescued. |
| Index | United States | The ship was wrecked near Cape Pine, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John's, Newfoundland. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Mumbles. |
| Superior | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was refloated on 20 March. |
| Tagus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brixham. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was refloated and taken in to Brixham. |
| Thomas Kenyon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was refloated on 19 March. |
| Vrouw Hendrika | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Steilsund, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Cuxhaven. |
| William Harrington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brixham. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Cartagena, Spain. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Freiston Main, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 20 March and resumed her voyage. |
| Cognac | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a brig and foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Gotha ( United Kingdom). Cognac was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| David Duffell | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Buttermilk Channel. She was later refloated. |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground, capsized and was destroyed by fire at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Louise | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the north east coast of Læsø, Denmark. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Louth to London. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Læsø. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Königsberg, Prussia. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Tynemouth Castle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lappegrund, off the coast of Denmark. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betties | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin. |
| Don Quixote | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Hogsties. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Fama | Hamburg | The ship ran aground off Havana, Cuba and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the East Barrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Spalding, Lincolnshire to London. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice in Køge Bay. |
| Stad Schiedam | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Hompelvelt Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Sultan | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a Mediterranean port. |
| Wetherall | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Strait of Sunda whilst on a voyage from Batavia to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ivy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Hayle, Cornwall. |
| Plough | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with the smack Mary Balfour ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea. Three of the twelve people on board were rescued by Mary Balfour. Plough was on a voyage form Portmahomack, Ross-shire to London. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Pile Foundry, Lancashire. |
| Trusty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clio | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank at Cork. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| Gazelle | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Ornen | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Orne. Her crew were rescued. |
| Partisan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| William | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Noose Sand, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bullo Pill, Gloucestershire. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daisey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the north side of the "Romer". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Memel, Prussia. |
| Johannes | Bremen | The ship departed from Bremen for Baltimore, Maryland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fourteen crew and 156 passengers. |
| Magnet | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and capsized in the Humber at Whitton, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. |
| Partisan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Undine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Scheelhoek, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benjamin Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Mew Island, County Down. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Corsair | British North America | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from New York City, United States to London. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Scheehoeck. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
| Magnet | Hamburg | The ship driven ashore on the north coast of Minorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Ocean Child | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London. She was refloated on 24 March. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anivina | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Nytrelleswind". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Delfzijl, South Holland, Netherlands to Larvik. |
| Arab | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Mona's Queen | Isle of Man | The ship ran aground on the Conmell Rock, off the coast of Argyllshire. |
| Mount's Bay | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Battery Point, Devon. She was refloated. |
| Sir Walter Scott | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Morant Keys, off the coast of Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Jamaica. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in Liverpool Bay off the Crosby Lightship ( Trinity House) by Nithsdale ( United Kingdom) with the loss of three of her six crew. Thomas was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amo | Ottoman Empire | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Malta. She was refloated but found to be very leaky. |
| Annunciata Inglisi | United States of the Ionian Islands | The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Malta. |
| Clio | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Cork. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| Hamilton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Saint Vincent. |
| Lycergue | France | The steamship was driven ashore at Malta. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Queen ( Royal Navy). |
| Patria Monte | Russia | The brig was driven ashore on Malta. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk off the Crosby Lighthouse, Lancashire by Nithsdale ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all but three of her crew. Thomas was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| San Michele Arcangelo | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Malta. |
| William | Sweden | The brig was wrecked on the Île du Planier, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Peniche, Portugal. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Málaga, Spain. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augustus | New South Wales | The ship ran aground in Holdfast Bay. She had been refloated by 29 March. |
| Benjamin and Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Copeland Islands, County Down. She was on a voyage from Loch Orr to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hamilton | Saint Vincent | The drogher, a schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Vincent. |
| Henry and William | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. |
| Mercure | France | The ship foundered at Dunkerque, Nord. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kara | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Loire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Myngenoegen | Denmark | The ship struck a rock and sank in the North Sea of the coast of Groningen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mellerup to "Louvain". |
| Sirion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Porthleichog". She was on a voyage from Caernarvon to Boston. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betty Frederika | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Altona to Landskrona, Sweden. |
| Lima | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Tadder, off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marida | Prussia | The ship ran aground at Memel. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 2 April and taken in to Memel. |
| Quiz | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Red Noses. She was on a voyage from Zakynthos, United States of the Ionian Islands to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | Prussia | The ship ran aground on the Domsteen, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Liebau. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Emma | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Plaza de Chivas, off Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Havana. |
| Enterprise | New Zealand | The cutter was wrecked in Howland's Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, where she had sought shelter during a voyage from Wellington to Nelson. Her anchor cable parted and the ship was driven onto rocks. All hands were saved. |
| Najaden | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore by ice near "Hajanas". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen. She was refloated on 2 April and taken in to Helsingør. |
| Thyabie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Lafolle Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently set afire and burnt. Thyabie was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reward | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to London. She was refloated the next day and taken into Faro in a leaky condition. |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to London. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne Catherine | France | The ship was driven ashore at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure. She was refloated on 17 March. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged off Troon, Ayrshire before 14 March. She was refloated on 25 March. |
| Betsey & Jenny | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Port Rush, County Antrim with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Bob the Ranter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 21 March and taken into Ardrossan. |
| Chimera | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mauritius. She was refloated on 24 March and resumed her voyage. |
| Clitus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Troon. She was refloated on 25 March. |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rosneath, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Gibraltar. She was refloated on 9 March and towed in to Glasgow for repairs. |
| Experience | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was refloated on 20 March and towed in to Ardrossan. |
| Fenella | British North America | The ship was abandoned in the English Channel on or before 14 March with the loss of all hands. She came ashore at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hamburg. |
| Frances Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 25 March and taken into Whitby. |
| Georgio | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was wrecked at Wexford, United Kingdom before 17 March. |
| Harriet, Rose | New South Wales | Rose collided with the schooner Harriet and both vessels were driven ashore at Broulee. Harriet was later refloated, Rose was wrecked. |
| Hopewell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 25 March and taken into Whitby. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Skate Rock and sank. She had been refloated by 20 March and sailed for Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Troon. She was refloated on 25 March. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ardrossan. She was refloated on 21 March and taken in to Ardrossan. |
| Owen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba before 22 March and was abandoned. |
| President | France | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea before 1 April. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Preston | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Troon. She was refloated on 25 March. |
| Quebec | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 March. She was taken in tow by two French luggers on 7 April and taken into Penzance, Cornwall, where she arrived on 11 April. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 March. |
| Susan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 6 March and taken in to Llanelly, Glamorgan for repairs. |
| Three Sodskende | Norway | The ship was run down and sunk, allegedly by the schooner Harmony ( United Kingdom). |
| Vierge Marie | Belgium | The ship was wrecked near Cape Mallina, Lesbos, Greece. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to New York, United States. |
| Westall | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Corfu, Greece. |
| William and Betty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Troon. |