The list of shipwrecks in July 1842 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1842.
2 July
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1842
Ship | Country | 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 | Country | 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 | Country | 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] |
6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1842
Ship | Country | 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] |
11 July
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1842
Ship | Country | 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] |
14 July
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1842
Ship | Country | 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 | Country | 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] |
24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1842
Ship | Country | 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] |
29 July
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1842
Ship | Country | 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] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1842
Ship | Country | 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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