List of shipwrecks in July 1839
The list of shipwrecks in July 1839 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1839.
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References |
2 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alcide | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Algeciras, Spain, where she was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[1] |
Maria | ![]() |
The brig sprang a leak and sank in the South China Sea west of Borneo. Her twenty passengers and crew took to a boat. They were rescued on 25 July by the schooner Zeemeuw (![]() |
King William IV | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newcastle. All on board were rescued.[3] She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney.[4][5] |
3 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Townley | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Traverse. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to New York, United States. Townley was later refloated and put back to Quebec City.[6] |
4 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Silvia | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America[7] She was later refloated and put back to Liverpool.[8] |
5 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brothers | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. Brothers was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[9] |
Grand Turk | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Foy's Rock, off the coast of the Florida Territory. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to New Orleans, Louisiana.[10] |
Strathmore | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on Patterson's Rock, off the coast of Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Strathmore was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1] |
6 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abigail | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at Eastport, Maine.[11] |
Laura Eliza | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore east of Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. Laura Eliza was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[12] |
Martha | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at Eastport.[11] |
Vedra | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Braun Reff, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Vedra was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[9] |
7 July
8 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Swalen | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Swalen was refloated and resumed her voyage.[12] |
Venus | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Raahe, Grand Duchy of Finland to Liverpool, Lancashire. Venus was refloated on 10 July and taken into Stromness.[14] |
11 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eagle | ![]() |
The schooner was damaged by fire at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newburgh, Fife.[15] |
Hope | ![]() |
The cutter was wrecked on the South Head Reef, off Port Jackson. Her crew were rescued.[16] |
12 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carl | ![]() |
The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[17] |
Caspar | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Faial Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to New York, United States. Caspar was refloated on 29 July and taken into "Porto Fine".[18] |
Ellen Pope | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bonmahon, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.[19] |
Generous Friends | ![]() |
The wherry collided with Ipswich (![]() |
13 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Sandy Bay, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône to New York. Elizabeth was later refloated and put into Algeciras, Spain.[1] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[21] |
14 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rhoda | ![]() |
The brig ran aground in the Tamar River and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land to London.[22] |
Waterloo | ![]() |
The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south south east of the Nab Lightship (![]() |
15 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Christianstadt, Sweden.[14] |
16 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Countess of Dunmore | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[14] |
Trio | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Wexford.[23] |
17 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Speedwell | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Salcombe, Devon. She was later refloated.[24] |
18 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann and Margaret | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[25] |
Britannia | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Horse Shoe Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[23] |
Bromley | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Sound of Kylerea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Macduff, Aberdeenshire.[25] |
Frau Kea | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Seathorne, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Leer to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[25] |
George Lockwood | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[23] She was refloated on 29 July.[13] |
Hero | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Logan, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[25] |
Hoop | ![]() |
The galiot was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[25][15] |
Mary | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Hull. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull. Mary was refloated the next day.[25] |
Perseverance | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Porthleven, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Aberavon, Glamorgan to Truro, Cornwall.[24] |
Stafford | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the River Tees at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[15] |
19 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Apollo | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tenby, Pembrokeshire with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.[25][26] |
Autumn | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore at Millbay, Devon.[23] |
Dorchester | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Laugharne, Carmarthenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[25] Dorchester was refloated on 26 July.[27] |
Drake | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. All on board were rescued.[23] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Millbay. She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester. Elizabeth was later refloated.[23] |
Erwartung | Flag unknown | The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia. to Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28] |
Falkland | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Liverpool.[23] Falkland was refloated on 20 July and taken into Liverpool.[29] |
Frau Kea | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Seathorne, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Leer to hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[23] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.[25] |
Mary | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Hull. She was refloated the next day and taken into Hull.[23] |
Nancy | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Pollock Rocks, off the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Mona's Isle (![]() |
Naomi | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[24][23] |
Pheasant | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Newport to Waterford.[25] |
Pickering Dodge | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tâf with the loss of five of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Newport and Salem, Massachusetts.[25][29][31] |
Visitor | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[25] |
20 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Coralie et Melanie | ![]() |
The ship was dismasted in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Guadeloupe. She was towed into Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom, where she was subsequently condemned.[32] |
Falcon | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Liverpool. Falcon was later refloated and taken into Liverpool.[23] |
Lady Curraghmore | ![]() |
The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off the Smalls Lighthouse with the loss of five of the fourteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by the steamship City of Limerick (![]() |
Ocean | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and taken into Hartlepool, County Durham.[23] |
21 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charlotte | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Dove Point. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston.[25] Charlotte was refloated on 22 July and resumed her voyage.[29] |
23 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Active | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Active was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[27] |
24 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aquiles | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Callao, Peru.[34][35] |
George Canning | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Copiapó, Chile.[36] |
Jane | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Copiapó with the loss of a crew member.[36] |
Monteagudo | ![]() |
The frigate sank off Valparaíso. Her crew were rescued. |
Theodore | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Copiapó.[36] |
25 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Venus | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Arendal, Norway. She was on a voyage from "Tobye" to Hull, Yorkshire.[18] |
26 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Admiral Cockburn | ![]() |
The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Mussenberg, Cape Town with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London.[37] |
Lord Byron | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to the Canary Islands. Her crew were rescued.[38] |
Nordstjern | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Leith to Farsund.[1] |
27 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Queen | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk.[39] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southwold, Suffolk.[1] |
Oceanus | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Honfleur, Calvados, France. Oceanus was refloated on 30 July.[27][40] |
Superior | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France.[27] |
Trotter | ![]() |
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland by Manchester (![]() |
28 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eleanor | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Port Natal, Natalia Republic.[41] |
29 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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George Lockwood | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was later refloated and taken into Penzance.[40] |
30 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eleanor | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Gar Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She floated off and was driven ashore at Seaton Snook, County Durham. Eleanor was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Seaton Sluice, County Durham.[42] Eleanor was refloated on 3 August and taken into Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[43] |
31 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Angel | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Point Carubbulus, Cuba. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.[44] |
Benledi | ![]() |
The paddle steamer was holed following a steampipe explosion. All 200-plus passengers were rescued by the paddle steamer Bonnie Dundee (![]() |
Cornelis | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Amsterdam, North Holland.[46][47] |
Egeria | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.[48][49] |
George IV | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanddulas, Caernarfonshire Her crew were rescued.[40] |
Margaretha Mathilda | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Thisted to London, United Kingdom. Margaretha Matilda was refloated the next day and put into Hollum, Friesland.[50] |
Severn | ![]() |
The brig ran aground of the Gunfleet Sand and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and taken into Wivenhoe, Essex.[48][51] |
Thomas and Ann | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire.[6] |
William and Edward | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Llanddulas. She was refloated on 3 August.[6] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bethel | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Thomas (![]() |
Drake | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated on 29 July.[40] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Millbay. She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester. Elizabeth was later refloated.[25] |
Farmer | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 19 July and taken into Montrose.[25] |
John | ![]() |
The ship struck rocks off the Île d'Orléans, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Hull, Yorkshire. John was towed back to Quebec City, where she arrived on 8 July.[50] She was consequently condemned.[53] |
Mentor | ![]() |
The ship was droven ashore near Varberg, Sweden. She was later refloated and towed into Gothenburg.[54] |
Mic Mac | ![]() |
The whaler, a brig, was wrecked on Bond's Reefs before 8 July.[55][56] |
Naparina | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at "Malane" before 22 July. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City. Naparina was late refloated and taken into Quebec City.[21][57] |
Ocean | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 20 July and put into Hartlepool, County Durham.[25] |
Sophia | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Runswick Bay. She was refloated on 11 July.[9] |
William and Mary | ![]() |
The ship was ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated on 26 July and proceeded on her voyage.[27] |
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Ship launches: | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 |
Ship commissionings: | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 |
Shipwrecks: | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 |
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