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The list of shipwrecks in July 1842 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1842.
1 July
2 July
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Aurora
Dantzic
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Lebau". She was on a voyage from Caen , Calvados , France to Dantzic.[ 8]
Brisk
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Lafolle Reef, off the coast of Saint Domingo . Her crew were rescued.[ 9]
3 July
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Dean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Youghal , County Cork . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Algiers , Algeria .[ 10] She was refloated on 5 July and taken into Youghal.[ 1]
Edna
United States
The steamship was destroyed by a boiler explosion at the mouth of the Missouri River with the loss of about 60 lives.[ 11]
Esquimaux
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Fort Point, Nevis . She was on a voyage from Nevis to London . She was refloated, and resumed her voyage three days later.[ 12]
Gustave
Sweden
The ship ran aground on the Lemon Sand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France. Gustave was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom .[ 13]
Terra Nova
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Rocky Island , in the Paracel Islands . Her crew survived.[ 14] She was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales to Manila , Spanish East Indies .[ 15]
4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Adele
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off "Chitlae Island", in the Laccadive Islands with the loss of 24 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to Mauritius .[ 16] [ 17]
Dean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Youghal , County Cork . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Algiers , Algeria .[ 18]
Durango
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Flatt Keys. She was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Saint Petersburg , Russia . She was refloated and taken into Nassau, Bahamas for repairs.[ 19]
Shamrock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent .[ 20] She was refloated on 15 July and taken into Rye, Sussex .[ 21]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Rotten Island Lighthouse , County Donegal . She was later refloated and beached.[ 22]
Woodlands
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Grand Melvan" and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States to St. John's, Newfoundland , British North America .[ 23]
5 July
6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Ada
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Ledge, off the coast of New Brunswick , British North America . She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick .[ 26]
Brutus
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan . She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Saint John, New Brunswick .[ 26]
Hastings
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Inner Barber Sand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Hastings , Sussex .[ 1]
Morning Star
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Duncan Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico to Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America.[ 27]
7 July
9 July
10 July
11 July
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Jane McNeill
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on St. Peter's Island. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bras d'Or Lake to St. John's, Newfoundland , British North America .[ 31]
Marjery
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between Campos dos Goytacazes and Maçanes, Brazil with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 32]
Racer
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore, capsized and sank at Terneuzen , Zeeland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Ghent , East Flanders , Belgium.[ 33] [ 34] She was later raised and taken into Ghent.[ 35]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at King's Lynn , Norfolk . She was later refloated.[ 33]
Sister
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "Langlois Island". Her crew were rescued .She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island , British North America to St. John's, Newfoundland.[ 31]
12 July
13 July
14 July
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Dolores
Spain
The brig was driven ashore at the Point de Mulas, Cuba . All on board were rescued.[ 41]
Keith Stewart
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Tolsta Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 42]
Margaret Magdalene
Norway
The ship ran aground and sank on a reef north of the mouth of the Agger Canal , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mandahl to "Stuter".[ 43]
Martha Ridgeway
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked in the Torres Strait . Her crew were rescued by a number of ship including Hopkinson ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from New Zealand to India .tim[ 17] [ 15] [ 44]
Teviot
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was severely damaged by fire at Havana , Cuba with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz , Mexico to London . The fire was extinguished with assistance from HMS Romney ( Royal Navy ), the Spanish Navy and many other vessels. Following temporary repairs, she resumed her voyage on 19 July.[ 45] [ 46]
Water Witch
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Teumpan Head". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Belfast , County Antrim . Water Witch was refloated and taken into Stornoway , Isle of Lewis , Outer Hebrides .[ 42]
15 July
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Lexington
United States
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras , North Carolina .[ 47]
Peruvian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at near the River Ganges, New Brunswick , British North America . She was on a voyage from Berbice , British Honduras to St. Stephen, New Brunswick .[ 38]
Soeblomsten
Norway
The ship was driven ashore on Texel , North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Amsterdam , North Holland.[ 48] [ 28]
Traveller
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on Belle Isle , Newfoundland , British North America ). She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick , British North America to Leith , Lothian . She was refloated, but consequntly capsized and sank 60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Belle Isle on 17 July with the loss of three of her twelve crew.[ 49] [ 50]
16 July
17 July
20 July
21 July
22 July
23 July
24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Sampson
United Kingdom
The ship rann aground on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . she was refloated and put into Harwich , Essex.[ 56]
25 July
29 July
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Adolphe
France
The ship was wrecked on the Isla Aves , Venezuela. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Saint Domingo .[ 67]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mablethorpe , Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 31]
John
United Kingdom
The sloop sprang a leak and was beached at North Sunderland , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Arbroath , Forfarshire . John was refloated on 6 August and taken into Berwick upon Tweed for repairs.[ 31] [ 68]
Pasha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Rabbit Islands , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated with assistance from HMS Cambridge and HMS Vanguard (both Royal Navy ) and arrived at Constantinople on 3 August.[ 69]
Pearl
United Kingdom
The ship was beached at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly having previously struck a sunken rock or a wreck 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Paimbœuf , Loire-Atlantique , France. She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Atlantique to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 22]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked near Plymouth , Devon . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Plymouth.[ 26] [ 70]
30 July
31 July
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1842
Ship
State
Description
Alasco
United States
The barque ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was refloated and taken into New York , where she was condemned.[ 49]
Atlantic
United States
The ship was lost at the mouth of the Bear River . She was on a voyage from Digby, Nova Scotia , British North America to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 26]
Francsis I
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Port-a-Port, Newfoundland , British North America.[ 76]
Franklin
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Balance Rocks, off Nassau, Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 22]
Lartilleur
France
The brig was in collision with a barque and foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Stockholm , Sweden to Dieppe , Seine-Maritime .[ 48]
Norden
United Kingdom
The barque sank in the Truro River . She was refloated and beached on 27 July.[ 61] [ 22]
Oriental
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire whilst on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Liverpool, where she arrived on 29 July.[ 22]
Star
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 July. Her crew were rescued by the brig Britannia ( United Kingdom ). Star was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 77] [ 78]
Stephen Rowan
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Calcutta , India . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 79]
Tees
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Agger Canal . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Pillau , Prussia . She was refloated on 16 July and taken into Thisted , Denmark in a severely leaky condition.[ 43]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Rotten Island Lighthouse , County Donegal . She was refloated on 26 July and beached.[ 61]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849