# List of shipwrecks in July 1845

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

## 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dove | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maryport. She was refloated and taken in to Maryport in a leaky condition. |
| Glendower | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Port Madoc Lifeboat. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bognor, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Marquette | United States | The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion at New Orleans, Louisiana with the loss of about 30 lives. |
| Tritonia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wembury, Devon. |

## 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Panther | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. |

## 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The sloop sank in Abergele Bay. |
| Deborah | United Kingdom | The sloop sank in Abergele Bay. |
| Lady Smith | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off the Sambro Island Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Romulus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated. |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks at Saint Roch Point, Province of Canada, British North America. She consequently put back to Quebec City. |
| Temperance | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar. She was later refloated and taken in to Padstow, Cornwall. |

## 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Border Chieftain | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of Wick, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin. |
| Eliza | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked on rocks at Palliser Bay, en route from Wellington to the Chatham Islands, during the same gale that sank the Tyne (qv). |
| Helicon | United Kingdom | The ship sank at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 20 July and beached. |
| Patriot | Jersey | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Cabo de Peñas, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gijón, Spain. |
| Tyne | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Rima Ripa Rocks, off Sinclair Head, New Zealand, during the same gale that sank the Eliza (qv). She was en route from Gravesend to Wellington. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New Zealand. |

## 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dalkeith | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Fort William Inverness-shire. |

## 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dunmore | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was abandoned off the coast of Africa. Her crew were rescued by Christina ( United Kingdom). Dunmore was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Aden. |
| Mermaid | British North America | The ship was wrecked at "Mignolan". |
| Sphinx | French Navy | The Sphinx-class aviso ran aground near Cape Matifu, Algeria and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Caméléon, Chimère and Tartare (all French Navy). |

## 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abcona | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Saaremaa, Russia. She was later refloated and taken in to Cronstadt, Russia, where she arrived on 23 July. |
| Fairy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wick, Caithness. |
| Jacqurea | Hamburg | The ship ran aground and sank at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Wells-next-the-Sea. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wick. |

## 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. |
| Mary | British North America | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bedeque, Prince Edward Island to Dublin. She was subsequently towed in to Saint John's, Newfoundland by Albion ( United Kingdom). |
| Sherry | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ceres | Hamburg | The ship ran aground in the Elbe at Blankenese. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank in the English Channel. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cromarty. She was consequently condemned. |
| Industry | British North America | The ship was wrecked at Country Harbour, Nova Scotia. |
| True Blue | Jamaica | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Hodges Bay. She was refloated. |

## 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jonge Fryntje | Netherlands | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |

## 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport. |
| Medjehrai Tidjabret Scutari | Ottoman Empire | The steamship Medjehrai Tidjabret was in collision with the steamship Scutari and sank in the Black Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the entrance to the Bosphorus with the loss of 124 or 135 lives. She was on a voyage from Trebizond to Constantinople. Scutari was on a voyage from Constantinople to Trebizond. She put back to Constantinople in a severely damaged condition. |
| Stephen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cork Bay Bank, in the Irish Sea. |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dawden | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew having been taken off by a pilot boat. |
| Fatel Rozak | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground off Trinidad. Her crew were rescued by City of Glasgow ( United Kingdom). She was subsequently towed in to Trinidad. |
| Manby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Trevose Head, Cornwall. She had become a wreck by 17 July. |
| Sea Mew | United States | The brigantine ran aground off Cabarita Island, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Port Maria Jamaica. She was refloated and taken in to Port Maria. |

## 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles Augustus | France | The ship was in collision with HMS Polythemus ( Royal Navy) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |

## 14 July

List of shipwrecks: July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Sophia | Sweden | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Kleven", Norway. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom to Malmö. |
| Concepcion | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Cayo Gainchos, in the Bahama Banks. Her crew were resccued. She was on a voyage from Santander to Havana, Cuba. |
| Derwent | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Wyre. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Fleetwood, Lancashire. |

## 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Cork. She was refloated two days later and put in to Malta. |

## 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Navigator | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Stettin. |
| Patriot | Stettin | The ship foundered off the coast of Norway. |
| Sarah | Isle of Man | The ship ran aground at Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |

## 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized at Axmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Axmouth. Lark subsequently drove into Iris, damaging that vessel. She was later refloated but found to be severely damaged. |
| Only daughter | United States | The schooner was run down and sunk off Cape Canso. Crew saved. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Boddam, Aberdeenshire. Her passengers were evacuated. She was later refloated. |

## 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July October 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Racer | Royal Navy | The Racer-class brig-sloop ran aground on the Chico Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Uruguay. She was refloated. |

## 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atalanta | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a skerry off Stronsay, Orkney Islands. She was later refloated. |
| Countess of Zetland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the north coast of Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated the next day. |
| Jeane Sophie | France | The ship was wrecked on "Rarang Poing", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Samarang to Jakarta. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel midway between North Foreland, Kent and West-Cappel, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Witham | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground near Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hesperus | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized and sank at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |

## 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enigheden | Netherlands | The ship sank at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea. |

## 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess of Wilton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Tahiti. |
| Reward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shoaler Stone, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Hayle, Cornwall. Her five crew were taken to a boat and survived. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. |
| Sophia Maria | Sweden | The ship ran aground on a reef off Rønne, Denmark and was damaged. She was refloated. |

## 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Possidone | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Yangtze River. Her crew were rescued. |
| St. Charles | France | The ship ran aground on the Petits Charpentiers, off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. |
| Tarbolton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Île Brion, Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Harp ( United Kingdom). Tarbolton was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Venus | Kingdom of Hanover | The kuff ran aground on the Klein Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Altona. She was refloated. |

## 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Governor Doyle | Grenada | The ship was wrecked at Buesco, Tobago. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America to Barbadoes. |
| Highlander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saint Helena. She was consequently condemned. |
| Indemnity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Pearl ( United Kingdom). |
| Jeremiah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated. |
| Rover | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground on the Swelly Rocks and was severely damaged. She was refloated. |

## 26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Astoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wick, Caithness. |
| Falco | United States | The brig was wrecked at Table Cape (Kahutara Point), Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand. She was blown over a reef during a heavy storm. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Uncle Sam ( United States). She was on a voyage from Port Nicholson to Auckland. The wreck was plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near Country Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Kertch, Russia and was damaged. |
| Pedlar | Van Diemen's Land | The schooner ran aground off the Shear Beacon. She was refloated but subsequently sank. |

## 27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Diana, The Sovereign, and Victoria | United Kingdom | Diana ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was later run into by The Sovereign and Victoria. All three vessels were severely damaged. |
| Fleuve Loire | France | The ship foundered off Ceará, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cayenne, French Guiana to Ceará. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Filsand, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Star of the West | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked Punta de Lobos, Alta California, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a Mexican port. |
| Three Gebroeders | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked near Harlingen, Friesland with the loss of all but one of her crew. |

## 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Empress | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Jedorn Ledge. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Jeune Sophie | France | The ship was wrecked on Karawang Point, Java, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. |

## 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Spirit | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was later righted. |
| Trusty | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire off Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. |

## 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleonore and Henricke | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt at Antwerp. She was later refloated. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated the next day. |
| Glendower | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Her fifteen crew were rescued by a lifeboat. |

## 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Aberdeen. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1845 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Colombia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Caspar Straits. All on board were rescued. |
| Delos | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off "Cape Campo" before 10 July. Her crew survived. |
| HMS Eurydice | Royal Navy | The corvette was driven ashore near the Moro, Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba. She was subsequently refloated and returned to service. |
| Grenadier | France | The ship was lost in the Loire. |
| Isabella | Van Diemen's Land | The brig was wrecked at Port Albert, New South Wales. |
| Linnet | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore in Aberdaron Bay before 5 July. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Anderby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 12 July. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the barque New York ( United Kingdom and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Norval ( United Kingdom). |
| Pedlar | Van Diemen's Land | The schooner ran aground and sank in George-town Cove before 30 July. She was later refloated and taken in to George-town. |
| Sam | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Lamyet Islands during a typhoon between 12 and 14 July. |
| Thomas Cutts | United States | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 July. |
| Under | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore in Aberdaron Bay. She was refloated on 5 July and taken in to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. |
| Vicarage | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Abererch, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated on 5 July. |
| Wreath | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on a rock in the White Sea before 21 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |