List of shipwrecks in 1840
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The list of shipwrecks in 1840 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1840.
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Clio | France | The ship was lost in the Maldive Islands.[1] |
Egyptian | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Pratas Shoal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney.[2] |
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.[3] |
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.[4] |
Jenny | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Cardigan.[5] |
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.[6] |
John Barry | New South Wales | The ship was reported to have been wrecked in the Lombok Strait,[7] but had merely run aground. She was refloated and taken to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies for repairs. |
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.[8] |
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.[9] |
Matilda | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Cayman Islands.[10] |
Randolph | United States | The steamboat was destroyed by fire on the Mississippi River.[11] |
Staulkner | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America.[12] |
Vermoil | United States | The steamboat sank in the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[11] |
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.[13] |
References
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 17432. London. 11 August 1840. col C, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Shipping Report". Southern Australian. Adelaide. 27 November 1840. p. 2.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 17410. London. 15 July 1840. col B, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Commercial Journal and Advertiser. Sydney. 18 July 1840. p. 2.
- ^ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 22130. London. 29 October 1840.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Commercial Journal and Advertiser. Sydney. 14 November 1840. p. 2.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 17526. London. 17 November 1840. col E, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 17289. London. 25 February 1840. col E, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18763. Edinburgh. 13 April 1840.
- ^ a b "Latest from America". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 10803. Belfast. 22 January 1841.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 22041. London. 17 July 1840.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 22209. London. 30 January 1841.