List of shipwrecks in February 1846
# List of shipwrecks in February 1846

The list of shipwrecks in February 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1846.

## 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Panomi Point, Greece. She was refloated and towed in to Salonica for repairs. |
| Anna Auguste | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore near Mandal, Norway, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Christiansand, Norway. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the West Hoyle Sandbank in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat. |

## 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Preston, Lancashire. |
| Ann and Mary | United Kingdom | The smack was damaged by fire at Hubberstone Pill, Pembrokeshire. |
| Avon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated the next day and taken in to The Downs. |
| Falmouth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated and put in to Poole, Dorset. |
| John Horrocks | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Leasowe, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 24 February and taken in to the River Mersey in a severely damaged condition. |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was refloated and put in to Liverpool. |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated the next day and taken in to The Downs. |
| Penguin | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition. |

## 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Berwick | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Portsmouth, Hampshire for Mauritius and Calcutta, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Torquay, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Quarry Rocks, in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Londonderry. She was refloated and beached at Stromness. |

## 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Anna and Louise | Hamburg | The ship was in collision with a barque and sank off the Owers Sandbank. Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat from Brighton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to La Guaira, Venezuela. The barque also sank. |
| Hamlet | United States | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Lisbon, Portugal with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Demerara to the Clyde. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bdelliuim, or Falcon, or Pallion | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with the collier British Queen and foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Northam Burrows, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and taken in to Bideford. |
| Druid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Allonby Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Annan, Dumfriesshire to Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated on 12 February and taken in to Maryport. |
| Eos | Danzig | The ship capsized at Swinemünde, Prussia with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Danzig. |
| Marmora | United States | The screw steamer was wrecked on the Spalmidores, in the Gulf of Scio. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria |
| North Pole | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aden. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aden. She was refloated the next day. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the Northam Barrows. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Venus was refloated on 8 February. |

## 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Rokeby | 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 Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Heywood | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanddwyn Point, Caernarvonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated in mid-February. |
| Josephine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Limekilns, Fife to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 1 March and taken in to Boulogne. |

## 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Isis | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. She was on a voyage from Memem to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |

## 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bencoolen | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of thirteen of the 21 people on board. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| City of Exeter | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Paignton, Devon. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Paignton. |
| Guide | British North America | The brig was driven ashore in Blind Bay, New Zealand. |
| Owner's Delight | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire billyboy was wrecked on the Cant Knoll, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Faversham, Kent. She was refloated on 12 February and taken in to Whitstable, Kent. |
| Psyche | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London. |

## 10 February

List of shipwrecks: February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset. She was refloated the next day. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The flat was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Dasher | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Johanna Gesina | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked at Warffum, Groningen. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Delfzijl, South Holland. |
| Maria Orr | New South Wales | The whaler was wrecked on the Black Rock, in Recherche Bay with the loss of a crew member. |
| New Invention | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore on Wentworth's Promontory. |
| Oberon | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Eendraght | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on "Scheerman Koog". She was on a voyage from Tönning, Duchy of Holstein to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Engelina | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore on Juist, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Køge to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Freundschaft | Denmark | The galiot was beached on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Stubbekøbing to London, United Kingdom. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Dunkerque, Nord and was abandoned by her crew. She later floated off and came ashore. |

## 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Susan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put back to Limerick. |

## 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Empress | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Franz | Prussia | The ship ran aground on the Kniepsand, in the North Sea off the coast of the Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Jeune Albert | France | The brig sank at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| John Edward | British North America | The ship was driven ashore by ice at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Matchless ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. |
| Nymph | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shoebury Knock Sand, in the Thames Estuary of the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Sampo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Malta. |
| Trent | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at South Shields. she was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated and put back to South Shields in a leaky condition. |

## 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Marie Jacoba | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Pillau to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Marstrand, Sweden. |

## 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alabama | United States | Minturn Storm: The schooner was driven ashore near Manasquan Inlet at Seaside Heights, New Jersey. According to different sources, either her crew was rescued or there were no survivors. |
| Avalanche | United States | Minturn Storm: The ship was driven ashore on Ellis Island in New York Harbor off New York City. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| John Minturn | United States | John MinturnMinturn Storm: The 398-ton full-rigged ship or bark (sources disagree) was wrecked off Mantoloking, New Jersey. Sources disagree on casualties, claiming that more than 60 lives were lost, that there were approximately 10 survivors and 40 dead, and that there were about 30 deaths. Her wreck sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water. Her loss led to the formation in 1878 of the United States Life-Saving Service, one of the ancestor organizations of the United States Coast Guard. |
| Lotty | Sweden | Minturn Storm: The barque was driven ashore on the coast of New Jersey 23 miles (37 km) south of Sandy Hook with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Mary Ellen | Sweden | Minturn Storm: The pilot boat was lost with all hands off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. |
| New Jersey | United States | Minturn Storm: The barque was driven ashore and wrecked without loss of life the coast of New Jersey 23 miles (37 km) south of Sandy Hook. |
| Orleans | United States | Minturn Storm: The ship was driven ashore on "Swan Beach" — a misspelling of "Squam Beach" or "Squan Beach," terms used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet — on the coast of New Jersey. |
| Pioneer | United States | Minturn Storm: According to different sources, the schooner either foundered off the coast of New Jersey with the loss of all hands or was wrecked without loss of life on the coast of New Jersey 11 miles (18 km) south of Sandy Hook. She was on a voyage from Brandywine, Maryland, to New Haven, Connecticut. |
| Register | United States | Minturn Storm: The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of New Jersey 12 miles (19 km) south of Sandy Hook with the loss of one life. |
| Robert Bruce | United Kingdom | Minturn Storm: The ship was driven ashore on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor off New York City. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras, to New York City. |
| Volant | United States | Minturn Storm: The ship was driven ashore on Staten Island, New York. |

## 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Thomas and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Knowl, in the North Sea. She was refloated. |

## 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Acquilla | Saint Helena | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Helena. |
| Cornelia, and Descobrador | Saint Helena Spain | The brig Descobrador was driven into the schooner Cornelia and both vessels were then driven ashore on Saint Helena. Cornelia was wrecked. |
| Euphrasia | Saint Helena | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Helena. |
| Fourth of March | Saint Helena | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Helena. |
| Julia | Saint Helena | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Helena. |
| Parmelia | British North America | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member or two. Survivors were rescued by Clansman ( United Kingdom). Parmelia was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Remdina | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bremen. |
| Rocket | Saint Helena | The coal hulk was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Helena. |
| Silurian | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Smile | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina north of Quintano Island. Her crew were rescued. |

## 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Echo | Hamburg | The brig was driven ashore in the Elbe downstream of Blankenese. She was refloated. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Knock, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Galway to London. She was refloated. |
| Jantina | Netherlands | The ship ran aground off Rotterdam, South Holland. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Tromsø, Norway to Amsterdam, North Holland. |

## 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. she was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Lady East | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Singapore for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Seaman | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Kilcleif Castle, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry. |

## 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Carpenter | Isle of Man | The sloop was wrecked on Sanda Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port St. Mary to the Isle of Mull. |
| Douro | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Kerney Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire and the Clyde. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. |
| Larch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Poolwash", Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Maria | British North America | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Nevis. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Nevis. |
| Northumbrian Maid | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks and was wrecked at Cloghy, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry. |

## 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Banbury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork. |
| Cadiz | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Campbeltown. |
| Gloria | Stettin | The brig was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stettin. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardmore, Islay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Methil, Fife and St. David's. |
| Iride | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Carnsore Point, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Liverpool. |
| Jacob Pennell | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Carnsore Point. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool. |
| Tam O'Shanter | New South Wales | The cutter capsized and sank at the mouth of the Manning River with the loss of her captain. Two crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Manning River. |

## 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Canton | Flag unknown | The ship sprang a leak, capsized and was severely damaged at port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was condemned. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. |
| New Fame | Malta | The ship sank at Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Malta. |

## 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Active | Danzig | The ship ran aground north of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Danzig. |
| Blackaller | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. |
| Chaffey | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Doctor's Cove, Deer Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated. |
| Earl Kelly | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Leith, Lothian. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Great Liverpool | United Kingdom | During a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to Southampton, Hampshire, England, the 1,150-ton, 223-foot (68.0 m) paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked on the Guros Shoal, off Cape Finisterre, Spain. According to different sources, either the total number of people aboard was 150 or the number of passengers alone was 146, and either two or three people lost their lives. She broke up on 27 February. Her captain subsequently committed suicide. |
| Jim Crow | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Elizabeth. Her crew were rescued. |
| Josephine | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked near Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Laura and George | British North America | The ship was wrecked on the Sisters Rocks, off Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Halifax. |
| Spark | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Bangor, Caernarfonshire on 3 March. |
| Susan | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Elizabeth with the loss of a crew member. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Long Rock, off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Port Nessock, Wigtownshire to Skerries, County Dublin. |
| Valiant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Moelfre, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from London to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. She was refloated on 27 February. |

## 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Doctor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. She was refloated and put in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a leaky condition. |
| Earl of Kellie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Leith, Lothian. |
| Mercurius | Denmark | The ship was wrecked in "Haybe Bay". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a French port to Fredrikstad. |
| Rockingham | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Queen ( United Kingdom). Rockingham was on a voyage from New York to Oran, Algeria. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Pill, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bristol. |

## 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Amphitrite | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Shingles. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to "Nickene". She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Angelina | Netherlands | The ship ran aground off Fanø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Roskilde, Denmark to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (44°00′N 52°30′W﻿ / ﻿44.000°N 52.500°W﻿ / 44.000; -52.500) with the loss of 45 of the 56 people on board. Survivors were rescued by an American schooner. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Little Pet | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Mahaica ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea off Ballycotton, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Maria | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Protea | Belgium | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Cette, Hérault, France. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate in a leaky condition. |

## 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Arab | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Millbay. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Baltimore, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Malta. |
| Emma | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked in the Namoa Strait with the loss of five of her crew. |

## 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Balius | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the south west coast of Faial Island, Azores with the loss of three of the eleven people on board. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Euphemie | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the South Capochos Rocks, off Lisbon, Portugal with the loss of five of the eight people on board. |
| Helen Anderson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Siculiana, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Hoddam Castle | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at the Southerness Lighthouse, Kirkcudbrightshire. |
| John and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Whitelink Bay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Inverness. She was refloated and taken in to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Noss, Shetland Islands. She was refloated on 7 March and taken in to Lerwick. |
| Princesse Marie | France | The ship ran aground at Tampico, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Tampico. She was consequently condemned. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1846 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adair | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Keruspoint", County Antrim. |
| Albania | Flag unknown | The brig was wrecked at Navarino, Greece before 8 February with the loss of all but three of those on board. She was on a voyage from Zea, Greece to Trieste. |
| Allerton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Mozambique Channel. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put in to Algoa Bay, where she arrived on 28 February. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Blyth, Northumberland. |
| Bella Clara | Flag unknown | African Slave Trade: The brigantine was captured in the Atlantic Ocean by HMS Pantaloon ( Royal Navy). A prize crew was placed on board with instructions to sail to Pernambuco, Brazil, but she subsequently sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. |
| Christian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport. She was refloated on 3 February and taken in to Maryport. |
| Corneille | France | The ship was lost near Ouidah, Kingdom of Dahomey before 25 February. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to an African port. |
| Dee | United Kingdom | The ship was lost before 20 February. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Liverpool. |
| Dorothy | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Hayle, Cornwall before 4 February. |
| Eliza Ann | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked between the Seal Rocks and Port Macquarie before 10 February with the loss of three of her four crew. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned off Cape Rosier, Maine, United States before 7 February. |
| Emelie Louise | Prussia | The ship ran aground on the Paternoster Rocks. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Marstrand, Sweden for repairs. Emelie Louise sailed of Newcastle upon Tyne on 8 February. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated on 12 February and taken in to Maryport. |
| George | United Kingdom | The trow was abandoned in the Bristol Channel before 8 February. |
| Glendower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire before 17 February. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Madoc. She was refloated and towed back to Liverpool. |
| Horsford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Larne Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Trinidad. She was refloated on 11 February. |
| Jacob Pennell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Carnsore Point, County Wexford. |
| Jane Dixon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina before 28 February. Her crew were rescued. |
| John | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked at Mount Eliza before 18 February. |
| John Bannister | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 12 February. |
| Levrette | French Navy | The Iris-class schooner was wrecked at Cabo de la Vela, Republic of New Granada. |
| Margaret and Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Cairnbulg Brigs. She was on a voyage from Port Mahon, Spain to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. SHe was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Peterhead on 25 February. |
| Morning Star | United Kingdom | The flat ran aground on Yed's Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Liverpool. She was refloated and put in to Southport, Lancashire in a leaky condition. |
| Montague | France | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Honfleur, Calvados. |
| Normanton | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Constantino ( Kingdom of Sardinia). Normanton was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Perle | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from "Karzebecksminde" to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Brunsbüttel, Duchy of Holstein, where she arrived on 9 February. |
| Peru | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Plymouth, Devon and London. |
| Ralph | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda before 23 February. She was on a voyage from New York to Gibraltar. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maryport. She was refloated on 12 February and taken in to Maryport. |
| Success | New South Wales | The whaler, schooner was wrecked in the Foreaux Straits, New Zealand before 23 February. |
| Sunshine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire on or before 2 February. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Washington | Kingdom of Sardinia | The brig was scuttled by her crew, who mutinied, murdered her captain, his son and the passengers before 12 February. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Liverpool. |
| Widgeon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. |
