List of shipwrecks in July 1840
The list of shipwrecks in July 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1840.
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1 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eleanor | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Bird Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to North Shields, County Durham.[1] |
Roden | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Langlade Island, Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Gloucester.[2] |
2 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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August Marie | ![]() |
The lugger was wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Varmes" to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais.[3] |
Mary | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Holme Sand. She was on a voyage from Bruges, Belgium to Arbroath, Forfarshire. Mary was later refloated.[4] |
Superior, and Thomas |
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The ships collided in the River Avon and were both beached at Pill, Somerset.[4] |
3 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jason | ![]() |
The brig capsized in a squall at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5] |
Thomas and Adah | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated and put into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[4] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The lugger was wrecked at Birling Gap, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[6] |
4 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Swift | ![]() |
The smack was wrecked on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lancaster to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[7] |
5 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Catherine | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore and capsized at North Queensferry, Fife. She was on a voyage from Stirling to Hartlepool, County Durham. Catherine was refloated on 6 January and taken into St. Davids, Fife.[4][8] |
Jantina | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. Jantina was refloated and taken into Brouwershaven, Zeeland.[9] |
L'Etienne | ![]() |
The ship was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to a French port. L'Etienne was taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[8] |
Lisbon | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Seven crew were rescued by Julie (![]() |
Marys | ![]() |
The brig ran aground at Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[8] |
Regina | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia. Regina was later refloated and taken into Tønning, Duchy of Holstein.[11] |
6 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Two Brothers | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition.[8] |
7 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bithon | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Gelbsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Hartlepool, County Durham.[11] |
Helene | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Hamburg. Hellene was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[12][13] |
8 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Euterpe | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Lafolle Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14] |
Governor Endicott | ![]() |
The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault, Swan River Colony.[15][16] |
North America | ![]() |
The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault.[15] |
Quebec | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Manicougan Shoals. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[17] Quebec was refloated in October and put back to Quebec City.[18] |
Samuel Wright | ![]() |
The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault.[15] |
10 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arms | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire.[19][20][21] |
City of Edinburgh | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on Flinders Island, South Australia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[22][23] |
Ocean Queen | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on Flinders Island. She was on a voyage from London to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.[24][23] |
Richard and Ann | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[25] |
William | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Ifjord, Norway. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London. William was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[26] |
11 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Edinburgh | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Prime Seal Island, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew survived. |
Louisa | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the North Sands. She was on a voyage from Penang to Singapore.[27] |
Paquette de Cádiz | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked on a reef 16 leagues (48 nautical miles (89 km)) off Nuevitas, Cuba with the loss of 77 lives. She was on a voyage from Puerto Principe, Haiti to Havana, Cuba.[28][29] |
12 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emerald | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Cobbler's Rocks, off Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands.[12][30] |
15 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gertrude | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on a reef off Dyngö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Amsterdam, North Holland. Gertrude was refloated the next day and put into "Rüso".[26] |
Napoleon | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Cat Key. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31] |
Swallow | ![]() |
The ship departed from Guayaquil, Ecuador for Cádiz, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[32] |
16 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Credo | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Aberystwyth, Carmarthenshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Aberystwyth.[33] |
Howard | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[34][35] |
Marquess of Wellington | ![]() |
The ship struck sunken rocks in the Sound of Islay and was beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[33] |
Paketa de Trieste | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste. Paketa de Trieste was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[36] |
17 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Blossom | ![]() |
The schooner departed from Hobart for Adelaide, South Australia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37] |
Margarethe Johanne | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Leligrand. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London, United Kingdom.[26] |
Rawlings | ![]() |
The barque ran aground in the Western Channel. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[38] |
18 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isabella | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Schrutten Passage".[39] |
19 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cerus | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued by the schooner St Peter (![]() |
Emulous | ![]() |
The ship struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Penzance, Cornwall.[42] |
Cyrus | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sligo. Cyrus was refloated in late October and taken into Quebec City.[43] |
Howard | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[44] |
20 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Noose Sand, in the River Severn, capsized and sank.[45] |
22 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Edward Reid | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Split Rock off the coast of New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Saint John, New Brunswick. Some of the 104 passengers on board were rescued by the steamship Nova Scotia (![]() |
Woodman | ![]() |
The ship collided with Neptune (![]() |
23 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Actaeon | ![]() |
The sixth rate frigate ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated with assistance from USS Marion (![]() |
Altorf | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[50] |
24 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Johanna Williamina | ![]() |
The galiot foundered west of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[51][52] |
Victoria | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Cochinos Rock. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Cádiz. Victoria was refloated with assistance from Tagus (![]() |
25 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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North Carolina | ![]() |
The steamboat was in collision with Governor Dudley (![]() |
Two Brothers | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the steam tug Queen (![]() |
26 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | ![]() |
The schooner foundered off Tobago. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[56] |
28 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Tobago. Her crew were rescued.[57] |
HMS Buffalo | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked in Mercury Bay with the loss of two of her crew. |
29 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Caroline | ![]() |
The ship sank in the Agger Channel.[50] Her crew were rescued.[58] |
Harriet | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Mauritius.[59] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Africa | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica in early July.[17] |
Ann | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on "Hochland" before 16 July.[60] |
Cora | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[31][61] |
Duke d'Aumaie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Cartagena, Spain before 7 July and was subsequently burnt. She was on a voyage from Port Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[48] |
I. O. | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. She was later refloated and repaired.[62] |
Jim Crow | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Jim Crow was refloated on 16 July and put back to Liverpool.[36] |
T. S. Reeves | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. T. S. Reeves was refloated on 7 July.[7] |
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