Shipwrecks  to 1846
Teecee Family History pages    email me 
NZ pre 1846 Database FLORENCE/FLORANCE one name study Personal Family History

Shipwrecks  to 1846

site under construction

There are a number of good sources for details on shipwrecks in NZ waters. See references below.

This is a brief listing of the shipwrecks between 1795 and 1846. Contact me for more notes and source details.

List By year comment
1795 Endeavour sank in Facile harbour  244 people stranded in Dusky Sound.
1808 Parramatta sacked and all crew killed by Maori in Bay of Islands.
1809 Boyd sacked by Maori in Whangaroa Harbour
1810 Active
1810 Mary whaling ship foundered off East Cape
1812 Campbell MacQuarrie
1815 Betsy
1816 Agnes
1823 Brampton Bay of Islands
1823 Cossack
1824 Caroline
1825 Mercury plundered Whangaroa, sank North Cape
1827 Glory a sealer went aground Chatham Islands
1828 John Dunscombe
1828 Herald
1828 Hunter
1828 Perserverance
1829 Tohora
1832 Meredith
1833 Byron
1833 Dragon
1833 Rifleman
1833 Waterloo
1834 Shamrock
1835 Fortitude
1838 Jean Bart sacked Chathams
1839 Atlantic 
1839 Brilliant
1840 Jane
1840 David
1840 Jane
1840 John Dunscombe
1841 Elbe
1841 Sandfly
1841 Winwick
1841 Mary Ann Wade
1841 David
1841 Elbe
1841 Regina
1841 Winwick
1842 Kate
1842 Rory O'More
1842 James
1842 Fifeshire
1842 Kate
1842 Mary Ann Wade
1842 Rory O'More
1844 Tyne
1844 Eliza
1844 Enterprise
1844 Erin
1844 Industry
1844 James
1844 New Zealander
1845 Pickwick
1845 Black Warrior
1845 Henry
1845 Eliza
1845 Black Warrior
1845 Eliza
1845 Henry
1845 Pickwick
1845 Success
1845 Tyne
1847 Louisa Campbell

References:

Shipwrecks NZ Disasters 1795 -1950 INGRAM. Chas W N WHEATLEY P Owen 1972

Wrecks in the South Of NZ   http://www.angelfire.com/ok2/cbluff/shipwrecks.html