List of shipwrecks in December 1849
Ship Country Description
Elizabeth Reed United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore by ice at Reval , Russia
Fleur de Marée France The ship was drvem ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Cette , Hérault . She was refloated on 17 December
Galena United States The ship was in collision with Charles ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her seven crew . Survivors were rescued by Charles . Galena was on a voyage from New Orleans , Louisiana to New York
Mount Etna United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Swona , Orkney Islands . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Sunderland , County Durham to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America
Rio Grande United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Pictou Island , Nova Scotia , British North America , where she was destroyed by fire . She was on a voyage from Pugwash , Nova Scotia to Liverpool , Lancashire
Roeld Cuzen Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Naples , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . She was refloated and taken in to Dover , Kent in a leay condition
Sisters United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked north of the Upgang Rock , off Whitby , Yorkshire . Her crew survived
Versuch Stettin The ship was driven ashore near Wolgast , Prussia . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Stettin to Königsberg , Prussia
Victoria United Kingdom The brig was wrecked north of Whitby . Her crew survived
White United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboate . She was subsequently wrecked on the Upgang Rock
The list of shipwrecks in December 1849 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1849.