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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1839
Ship
State
Description
Elisabeth Jacoba
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cley-next-the-Sea , Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Memel to Harlingen, Friesland , Netherlands.[ 1]
Frau Christina
Hamburg
The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Heligoland . she was on a voyage from Altona to Glasgow , Renfrewshire , United Kingdom .[ 4]
Palme
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Pico Island , Azores with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to Cowes , Isle of Wight .[ 5]
Seine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Whitby , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat. Seine was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Hamburg .[ 1] She was refloated on 7 November.[ 6]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1839
Ship
State
Description
Circassian
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by all bar her captain. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . Circassian was refloated the next day and take into Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 40]
Jupiter
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Liverpool , Lancashire . Jupiter was later refloated and put into Helsingør , Denmark for repairs.[ 41]
Mathilda
Bremen
The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Stettin . Mathilda was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 20]
Perseverance
France
The ship struck a sunken rock and sank at Dunkerque , Nord . She was on a voyage from Martinique to Dunkerque.[ 5] Perseverance was refloated on 19 November and taken into Dunkerque.[ 42]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1839
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Grimstons, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She consequently put into Lindisfarne , Northumberland .[ 57]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire . Flora was later refloated and towed to Copenhagen for repairs.[ 41]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was drivenashore near Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Miramichi.[ 58]
New St. George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lancaster, Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lancaster.[ 41]
Philadelphia
United States
The ship was driven ashore on "Sunda Island" or "Tendo Island, in the Black Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to Odessa .[ 17] [ 37]
William' s Increase
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[ 20]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1839
Ship
State
Description
Ariel
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Alnmouth and Warkworth , Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[ 62] [ 63]
Baltic
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham .[ 53] [ 64]
Celia
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Bridges, in the Irish Sea off Groomsport , County Down and sank.[ 53]
Dorothea
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scoughall , Lothian . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fårö , Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland.[ 62]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near Hendon , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshireto Sunderland. Eagle had become a weck by 3 December.[ 53] [ 64] [ 65]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Docking Sand, in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Defence ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[ 21] [ 64]
Hart
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Buddan Rocks, off the coast of Forfarshire with the loss of all hands.[ 62] [ 66] She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 67]
Miriam
United Kingdom
The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Lallah Rookh ( United Kingdom ) before she foundered. Miriam was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland , British North America to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 68]
Medusa
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Filey , Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member.[ 53] [ 64]
Oby
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to London . Oby was refloated on 2 December.[ 21] [ 67] [ 69]
Prins Veld , orPrins Veld Marschalk
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Pampees, off the coast of Zeeland . She was on a voyage from Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies .[ 12] [ 70] She was refloated on 30 November and resumed her voyage.[ 41]
Russell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Poole, Dorset . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Poole. Russell was refloated the next day and taken into Poole.[ 62]
Soken
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate and sank.. She was on a voyage from Scarborough , Yorkshire to Ramsgate. Soken was later refloated.[ 21]
Tender
Trinity House
The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked on Flat Holm , Glamorgan .[ 53]
Thames
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[ 53] [ 64]
Trois Frères
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore at Thornham, Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Ostend , West Flanders to King's Lynn , Norfolk.[ 21]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1839
Ship
State
Description
Arthur
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Teignmouth Rocks, County Durham . Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to South Shields .[ 53] [ 64] Arthur was refloated on 7 January 1840 and taken into South Shields.[ 55]
Betsey and Martha
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire . She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Dublin .[ 28] Betsey and Martha was refloated on 10 December and taken into Porthdinllaen.[ 71]
Comus
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde , where she was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Memel to Swinemünde.[ 23]
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Teignmouth Rocks. Her crew were rescued by Dennett's Apparaus. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Jersey , Channel Islands .[ 62] [ 64]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Dorking Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London .[ 53] [ 57]
Hector
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Málaga , Spain. She was on a voyage from Cephalonia , United States of the Ionian Islands to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 60]
Humanity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool , County Durham.[ 64]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Teignmouth Rocks. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to South Shields.[ 53] [ 64]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Isle of May , Fife . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire .[ 72]
Petrel
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the River Forth with the loss of all but one of the eleven people on board. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie , Lothian to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham.[ 67] [ 66]
Providoacia
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar . She was later refloated.[ 73]
Trusty
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Blythe Sand. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London . Trusty was refloated on 1 December with assistance from the steam tug Copeland ( United Kingdom ) and taken into Deptford , Kent .[ 12] [ 21] [ 16]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1839
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Cape Clear Island , County Donegal in later November with some loss of life.[ 21]
Bell-Rock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Aberavon , Glamorgan . She was refloated on 3 May 1840 and towed into Port Talbot , Glamorgan.[ 74]
Britannia
New South Wales
The ship departed from Port Phillip for Sydney . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 75]
Bure
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Eierland , North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Amsterdam , North Holland. Bure had been refloated by 15 November.[ 31]
Camille
France
The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay between 11 and 15 November. She was on a voyage from Toulon , Var to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure .[ 20]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 November.[ 20]
Clarkson
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Wyborg" to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 6]
Cygne
France
The brig was abandoned off "Abreuvrach" with the loss of three of her eight crew.[ 76]
Duncan
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Matanilla Reef (27°04′N 79°11′W / 27.067°N 79.183°W / 27.067; -79.183 ) before 15 November.[ 77]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay before 23 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madras , India to Liverpool.[ 78]
Emigrant
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "Massacre Island". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama , United States.[ 22]
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and damaged in the Dardanelles . She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[ 79] Enterprise was refloated on 29 November and taken into Constantinople.[ 80]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Frieston , Lincolnshire . She had been refloated by 6 November.[ 9]
George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex . She was refloated on 1 December.[ 53]
Hamilton
United States
The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar before 30 November. She was refloated on 5 December.[ 60]
John Thompson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blackhouse, Hampshire . She was refloated on 6 November.[ 9]
Malton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Büyükdere , Ottoman Empire between 25 and 28 November. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire.[ 81] Malton was refloated on 29 November.[ 80]
Otter
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Sea of Azov .[ 79]
Prince Le Boo
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Strømsø , Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Hull.[ 82] [ 55]
Protector
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 24 November.[ 81] She was refloated on 29 November and taken into Constantinople.[ 80]
Snowdrop
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Margate , Kent . She was on a voyage from Constantinople to London. Snowdrop was refloated on 7 November and put into Stangate Creek.[ 9]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cley-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk. Sophia had been refloated by 6 November and taken into Cley-next-the-Sea.[ 9]
Susan and Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . Susan and Sarah was refloated and taken into Harwich , Essex.[ 83]
Susannah
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire . Susannah was taken into Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire on 16 November.[ 31]
Time
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Pill, Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Swansea , Glamorgan . Time had been refloated by 25 November.[ 20]
Whim
Saint Vincent
The sloop was wrecked on Union Island before 6 November.[ 22]
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