# List of shipwrecks in July 1844

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

## 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Hill | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bridlington to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eiland | Sweden | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Oran, Algeria. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

## 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sir William Wallace | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle. Her crew were rescued. |

## 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cameo | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Kedgeree, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. |
| Elizabeth McDonald | British North America | The schooner capsized in a squall off Prince Edward Island. Her crew were rescued. |

## 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Banff to Bremen. |
| Magdalena Dorothea | Russia | The ship sprang a leak and was beached near "Kukanos". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg. |
| Marshal Blucher | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Lisbon. |

## 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Danube upstream of "Beni". |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Scotland ( United Kingdom). |

## 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commercial | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She put back to South Shields and was beached. |
| Vintage | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks between Cullercoats and Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Clackmannan to London. She was refloated and put in to South Shields. Subsequently repaired at North Shields. |

## 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ayrshire | United Kingdom | The barque was beached on La Gomera, Canary Islands in a capsized condition. She became a wreck on 13 November. |
| Bon Père | France | The sloop ran aground off the Bout du Nez, on the Channel coast. |
| Eliza and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Pistolet Bay and was severely damaged. She was refloated the next day. Eliza and Mary was consequently condemned. |
| Robert Watts | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the coast of Sierra Leone. |
| Viscountess Canning | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone. |

## 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Patterson | New South Wales | The schooner was driven ashore in the Richmond River. She was on a voyage from the Richmond River to Sydney. |
| Springflower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Boscastle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Boscastle. |

## 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Monica | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alabama | United States | The ship ran aground off the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Demouth | Greifswald | The ship was in collision with Hoseana ( Hamburg) and foundered off Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig. She was on a voyage from Greifswald to an English port. Demouth was refloated on 27 July and taken in to Rendsburg. |
| Singapore | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Rye, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack British Rover ( United Kingdom). Singapore was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. |
| Spence | United Kingdom | The West Indiaman was run aground and wrecked near Malin Head, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Londonderry. |

## 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bourbonnais | France | The ship ran aground off Tahiti. She was towed off but consequently sank, Her crew were rescued. |
| Deux Frères | France | The schooner was wrecked on Agaléga, Mauritius. Her crew survived. |
| Ironsides | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was later righted. |

## 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nostros Patrios | Spain | The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba. |

## 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John o'Gaunt | United Kingdom | John o'Gaunt (right).The barque was sunk off Brighton, Sussex in an experiment by Captain Warner using his "invisible shells". |
| Lady of the Isles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bideford, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa. Her sixteen crew were rescued by a cutter from HMS Isis ( Royal Navy). |

## 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Ashburton | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Strangford, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated on 31 August and beached at Portaferry, County Down. Subsequently sold and towed to Liverpool for repairs. |
| Storfursten | Sweden | The steamship ran aground off Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Reval and Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Turku for repairs. |
| William Thompson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated. |

## 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pandora | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Isabella ( United Kingdom). Pandora was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Waterford. |
| St. George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at "Ristrow". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Maryport, Cumberland. |

## 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elisabeth and Antoinette | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs, and later to Gravesend, Kent. |
| George Ponsonby | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Susanna Wilhelmine | Dantzic | The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was consequently condemned. |

## 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Juno | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent for repairs. |
| Orange | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Matanzas, Cuba. Her seven crew were rescued on 6 August by Vicksburg ( United States) but one of them died that day. |
| Robert Napier | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer caught fire and was beached at Ballycastle, County Antrim. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire. Subsequently repaired. |

## 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henrik Johann | Lübeck | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Snogebæk, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Naiade | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. Naiade was refloated and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands. |
| Premier | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was wrecked on Pulo Pajang, off the east coast of Borneo. All on board survived, but were taken prisoner. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to "Bally Badong". |

## 26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bessy | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked in Anna Bay. Her crew survived. |
| Collins | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was later refloated. |
| Royal Admiral | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman, a barque, was wrecked at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aden. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce. She was later refloated. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Havre de Grâce. She was later refloated. |

## 27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Indian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to London. She was refloated on 28 July and resumed her voyage. |

## 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Clarence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven asher at Coalhouse Point, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Rochester. |

## 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Byrum, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Gaverne, Cornwall. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the "Dronoroe Bank". She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Trio | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Trebarwith, Cornwall. |
| William Watson | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea. One crew member was rescued by a Norwegian fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Riga to London. |

## 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles Phillips | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun, Cornwall. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun. |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Oyster Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City. Province of Canada, British North America to Sligo. She was refloated on 13 August and beached. |
| Robert and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Cap Spartel, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Messina, Sicily. |
| Samuel & Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun. |
| Syren | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Cap Spartel. Her crew were rescued. |
| Temperance | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Porth-carn-hun. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cervantes | United States | The whaler, a barque, was wrecked in Jurien Bay before 8 July. |
| Coronation | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted into Harwich, Essex. |
| Desdemona | British North America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arichat, Nova Scotia between 2 and 16 July. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Somerset, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Sanda Island. The wreck was towed in to Girvan, Ayrshire on 15 July. |
| Graf von Blucher | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Monte Video, Uruguay before 25 July. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned off Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America between 4 and 6 July. Her captain remained on board; he was rescued the next day by Catherine ( United Kingdom). |
| Industrie | Russia | The ship was driven ashore near Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire before 16 July. |
| James | New Zealand | The schooner was driven ashore by a southerly gale and wrecked in Palliser Bay on or about 8 July with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Judith | United Kingdom | The schooner was struck by lightning and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Loanda, Brazil. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and put in to Christiansø, Denmark, where she arrived on 23 July in a sinking condition. |
| Lord Ashburton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Strangford, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Louis XIV | France | The ship ran aground on the Indian Key. She was on later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory. She was consequently condemned. |
| Madras | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire and was scuttled in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent before 13 July. |
| Pontefract | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Conway Inlet, Prince Edward Island, British North America before 30 July. She was on a voyage from Oran, French Algeria to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North Americe. |
| Portland | United Kingdom | The barque capsized at Cienfuegos, Cuba before 7 July. |
| Royal Admiral | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the Colaba Lighthouse, Bombay, India before 31 July. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aden. |
| Sir Lionel Smith | United Kingdom | The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in a hurricane before 21 July. Her crew were rescued by Erie ( United States). Sir Lionel Smith was on a voyage from New York to Montego Bay, Jamaica. |
| Tay | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated with assistance from the schooner Lee and steamship Congress (both United Kingdom) and taken in to Havana in a leaky condition. |
| Vladimir | Austrian Empire | The ship was lost in the Dardanelles. |
| Wasp | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 14 July. |