The list of shipwrecks in July 1840 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1840.
5 July
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Catherine |
United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore and capsized at North Queensferry, Fife. She was on a voyage from Stirling to Hartlepool, County Durham. Catherine was refloated on 6 January and taken into St. Davids, Fife.[4][7] |
Jantina |
Netherlands |
The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. Jantina was refloated and taken into Brouwershaven, Zeeland.[8] |
L'Etienne |
France |
The ship was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to a French port. L'Etienne was taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[7] |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Seven crew were rescued by Julie ( United Kingdom). Lisbon was on a voyage from Faro to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[9] |
Marys |
United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground at Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[7] |
Regina |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London toKönigsberg, Prussia. Regina was later refloated and taken into Tønning, Duchy of Holstein.[10] |
6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Two Brothers |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition.[7] |
18 July
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Isabella |
New South Wales |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Schrutten Passage".[38] |
20 July
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Mary |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Noose Sand, in the River Severn, capsized and sank.[44] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Africa |
United Kingdom |
The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica in early July.[16] |
Ann |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on "Hochland" before 16 July.[59] |
Cora |
France |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[30][60] |
Duke d'Aumaie |
France |
The ship was driven ashore near Cartagena, Spain before 7 July and was subsequently burnt. She was on a voyage from Port Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales to Rouen, Seine-Maritime.[47] |
I. O. |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. She was later refloated and repaired.[61] |
Jim Crow |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Jim Crow was refloated on 16 July and put back to Liverpool.[35] |
T. S. Reeves |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. T. S. Reeves was refloated on 7 July.[6] |
References
- ↑ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc (8646). Newcastle upon Tyne. 7 August 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18817). Edinburgh. 20 August 1840.
- ↑ "(untitled)". Hampshire Advertiser and Salisbury Guardian (892). Southampton. 22 August 1840.
- 1 2 3 4 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18800). London. 9 July 1840.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17402). London. 6 July 1840. col E, p. 14.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Standard (5008). London. 8 July 1840.
- 1 2 3 4 "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc (8643). Newcastle upon Tyne. 17 July 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18802). Edinburgh. 13 July 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22056). London. 4 August 1840.
- 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18803). Edinburgh. 16 July 1840.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (17446). London. 26 August 1840. col E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22076). London. 27 August 1840.
- ↑ "Liverpool Ship News". The Standard (5021). London. 23 July 1840.
- 1 2 3 "Sale of the Wrecks of the Samuel Wright, North America and Governor Endicott, American Whalers, at Leschenault". Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal. Perth. 1 August 1840. p. 2.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser. Sydney. 21 October 1840. p. 3.
- 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22069). London. 19 August 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Northern Liberator and Champion (160). Newcastle upon Tyne. 31 October 1840.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17410). London. 15 July 1840. col B, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22039). London. 14 July 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet (2900). Hull. 17 July 1840.
- ↑ "In Port". New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator. Volume 1 (22). Wellington. 5 September 1840.
- 1 2 "Local". The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette. Hobart. 7 August 1840. p. 2.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17536). London. 9 December 1840. col B, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (5012). London. 13 July 1840.
- 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Morning Post (21693). London. 5 August 1840. p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17485). London. 10 October 1840. col F, p. 7.
- 1 2 "United States and Canada". The Morning Chronicle (22092). London. 15 September 1840.
- ↑ "The Revolution in Spain". Caledonian Mercury (18831). Edinburgh. 21 September 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22074). London. 25 August 1840.
- 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (17427). London. 4 August 1840. col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17734). London. 28 July 1841. col D, p. 6.
- 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22044). London. 21 July 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22105). London. 30 September 1840.
- ↑ "Belfast Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter (10781). Belfast. 6 November 1840.
- 1 2 "Ship News". Liverpool Mercury etc. (1523). Liverpool. 17 July 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Literary Record. Adelaide. 2 September 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Port Philip Gazette. London. 18 July 1840. p. 2.
- ↑ "Van Diemen's Land". Port Phillip Gazette. Port Phillip. 29 July 1840. p. 3.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18830). Edinburgh. 19 September 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22147). London. 18 November 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22046). London. 23 July 1840.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17518). London. 18 November 1840. col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (21741). London. 30 September 1840. p. 8.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (5021). London. 23 July 1840.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (21729). London. 16 September 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet (2909). Hull. 17 September 1840.
- 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (17421). London. 28 July 1840. col D, p. 7.
- ↑ "The Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport Herald". Hampshire Advertiser and Salisbury Guardian (906). Southampton. 28 November 1840.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (17432). London. 11 August 1840. col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (5032). London. 5 August 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal (4833). Aberdeen. 26 August 1840.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (21692). London. 4 August 1840.
- ↑ "Loss of the Steam-boat North Carolina". The Times (17439). London. 19 August 1840. col F, p. 5.
- ↑ Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers. Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. pp. 174–75. ISBN 00 950944 2 3.
- ↑ "Shipwreck off Tobago". The Morning Post (21741). London. 30 September 1840. p. 8.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (21722). London. 8 September 1840.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (21698). London. 11 August 1840. p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (5109). London. 3 November 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet (2902). Hull. 31 July 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22041). London. 17 July 1840.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (21721). London. 7 September 1840.
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