List of shipwrecks in 1840

foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1840.

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January
Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1840

February
Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1840

March
Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1840

April
Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1840

May
Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1840

June
Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1840

July
Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1840

August
Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1840

September
Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1840

October
Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1840

November
Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1840

December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1840

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1840
ShipCountryDescription
Alert  United States The steamboat sank in the Missouri River in Alert Bend, above Fisher's Landing near Hermann, Missouri.[1]
Clio  France The ship was lost in the Maldive Islands.[2]
Egyptian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Pratas Shoal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney.[3]
Falcon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Anegada, Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Domingo.[4]
Guillardon New South Wales The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Hooghly River with the loss of a pilot. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Calcutta, India.[5]
Hermosa  United States The schooner – a slave ship – ran aground in the Abaco Islands during a voyage from Richmond, Virginia, to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was refloated and sailed to Nassau in the Bahamas, where local authorities seized and removed her cargo of slaves.
Jenny  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Cardigan.[6]
Jeune Lise  France The ship ran aground on reefs off Guadeloupe. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bordeaux, Gironde. Jeune Lise was refloated and taken into Guadeloupe.[7]
John Barry New South Wales The ship was reported to have been wrecked in the Lombok Strait,[8] but had merely run aground. She was refloated and taken to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies for repairs.
John C. Jackson Unknown The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Inlet." The terms "Squan" and "Squan Beach" were used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. "Squan Inlet" could refer to Manasquan Inlet or another inlet along the coast of New Jersey.[9]
Lonach  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Nicobar Islands before 29 June. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Port Adelaide, South Australia.[10]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the east coast of what is now the Dominican Republic. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands to London.[11]
Matilda  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Cayman Islands.[12]
Potomac Unknown The schooner was lost on Island Beach on the coast of New Jersey.[9]
Randolph  United States The steamboat was destroyed by fire on the Mississippi River.[13]
Senate Unknown The schooner was lost on Manasquan Beach near Manasquan, New Jersey.[9]
Staulkner  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America.[14]
Vermoil  United States The steamboat sank in the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[13]
Vlarhandel  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Tjilatjap to Rotterdam, South Holland. Vlarhandel was refloated and put back to Tjilatjap.[15]

References
  1. Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
  2. "Ship News". The Times (17432). London. 11 August 1840. col C, p. 7.
  3. "Shipping Report". Southern Australian. Adelaide. 27 November 1840. p. 2.
  4. "Ship News". The Times (17410). London. 15 July 1840. col B, p. 7.
  5. "Shipping Intelligence". Commercial Journal and Advertiser. Sydney. 18 July 1840. p. 2.
  6. "Cardigan & District Shipwrecks and Lifeboat Service". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22130). London. 29 October 1840.
  8. "Shipping Intelligence". Commercial Journal and Advertiser. Sydney. 14 November 1840. p. 2.
  9. njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"
  10. "Ship News". The Times (17526). London. 17 November 1840. col E, p. 7.
  11. "Ship News". The Times (17289). London. 25 February 1840. col E, p. 7.
  12. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18763). Edinburgh. 13 April 1840.
  13. "Latest from America". The Belfast News-Letter (10803). Belfast. 22 January 1841.
  14. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22041). London. 17 July 1840.
  15. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22209). London. 30 January 1841.
Ship events in 1840
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Ship commissionings: 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845
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