Ship | Country | Description |
Abeona |
British North America |
The ship sank at Saint Domingo.[1] |
Abeille |
France |
The barque was driven ashore in Diamond Creek whilst bound for Île Bourbon. She was later refloated.[2] |
African |
United Kingdom |
The ship struck a sunken rock off Trincomalee, Ceylon and foundered. All on board were rescued.[3][4] |
Anna Maria |
United Kingdom |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered on 26 January 1839 by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom). Five putrid bodies were discovered on board.[5] |
Belhaven |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[6] |
Betsey |
Jersey |
The ship was presumed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Jersey with the loss of 60 lives.[7] |
Chandler |
Flag unknown |
The cruiser was lost at Kerch, Russia.[8] |
Elizabeth and Maria |
British North America |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States to Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Four Brothers |
United Kingdom |
The sealer was lost at Newfoundland.[10][11] |
Five Sisters |
United Kingdom |
The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Morayshire.[12] |
Frederika Maria |
Denmark |
The ship was sunk by ice whilst on a voyage from "Troense" to Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
Ganges |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime, France.[14] |
Happy Return |
Guernsey |
The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Flora ( United Kingdom). Happy Return was on a voyage from Guernsey to the Azores.[15] |
Helmes |
Guernsey |
The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Guernsey.[16][17] |
John Duggen |
United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Gibraltar some months before February 1839. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18] |
Lady Wellington |
New South Wales |
The brig was wrecked at Adelaide, South Australia. She was subsequently used as a stores ship.[19] |
Laurel |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at New Calabar.[20] |
Lord Nelson |
New South Wales |
The whaling brig was wrecked on Macquarie Island. Surviving members of her crew were marooned on the island for two years.[21] |
Mandarin |
United States |
The ship was wrecked near Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[22] She was on a voyage from Canton, China to New York.[23] |
Milo |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.[24] |
Neptune |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[25] |
St. Clair |
United Kingdom |
The schooner struck rocks and sank in Saldanha Bay.[26][27] |
Telegraph |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Great Heneaga. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Jamaica.[28] |
Tinley |
United Kingdom |
The ship was lost at British Honduras.[29] |
Trial |
United Kingdom |
The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland.[30] |
William Salthouse |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Anegada Reef. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. She was refloated and put into St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[31] |