List of shipwrecks in 1847

The list of shipwrecks in 1847 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1847.

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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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ShipCountryDescription
Admiral  United States The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River near Weston, Missouri, apparently in 1847.[1]
Agenoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush, County Clare. She was refloated on 15 February.[2]
Aristides  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean south of Madagascar. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to the Cape of Good Hope.[3]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush. She was refloated on 15 February.[2]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush. She was refloated on 17 February.[2]
Iris  Denmark The ship was lost on the coast of Brazi. Her crew were rescued.[4]
La Petite Ernestine  France The ship was lost in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Harp ( United Kingdom).[5]
Lucretia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Point Spirito Santo, on the west coast of South America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Punta Arenas, Chile and Guatemala City, Guatemala.[6][7]
Malabar  France The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Coringa, India to the Île Bourbon.[8]
Mars  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush. She was refloated on 15 February.[2]
Mary Jane British North America The brig was wrecked at Shelburne, Nova Scotia.[9] She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[10]
Monmouth  United States The ship ran aground on the Mosella Reef. She was refloated with assistance from Republican ( United States) and taken in to Key West, Florida.[11]
Socrates  Russia The ship was wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône one Wednesday in January or February.[12]
Sylphide  Belgium The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Antwerp.[13]

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 (19479). London. 22 February 1847. col D-E, p. 8.
  3. "Ship News". The Standard (7028). London. 17 February 1847. p. 5.
  4. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (1868). Liverpool. 19 February 1847.
  5. "Ship News". The Morning Post (22907). London. 6 May 1847. p. 8.
  6. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald (4630). Glasgow. 14 June 1847.
  7. "Ship News". The Morning Post (22939). London. 14 June 1847. p. 7.
  8. "Ship News". The Times (19487). London. 3 March 1847. col F, p. 8.
  9. "Ship News". The Times (19655). London. 15 September 1847. col F, p. 6.
  10. "Shipwrecks". The Morning Post (23019). London. 15 September 1847. p. 8.
  11. "Ship News". The Times (19577). London. 16 June 1847. col E, p. 8.
  12. "Wreck of a Russian Corn Ship". The Standard (7028). London. 17 February 1847. p. 1.
  13. "Ship News". The Times (19566). London. 3 June 1847. col F, p. 8.
Ship events in 1847
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