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List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Carl
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Gothenburg , Sweden and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . Carl was later refloated and taken into Gothenburg.[ 10]
Dovecot
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Guardian Island. She was on a voyage from Cephalonia , United States of the Ionian Islands to Hull , Yorkshire . Dovecot was refloated on 8 October and resumed her voyage.[ 11]
Fanny
France
The ship was wrecked on Anegada a Fuero with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Vera Cruz , Mexico.[ 12]
Frithiof
Denmark
The schooner was wrecked at Tornby . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Copenhagen .[ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
May
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Sully Island , Glamorgan . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Minehead , Somerset to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 6]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Drungroe Bank. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 16]
Myrtle
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Wicklow . Her crew were rescued.[ 16]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Alice Crowther
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on South Island , Cocos Islands . She was on a voyage from Manila , Spanish East Indies to Cork .[ 17] [ 18]
Betsey , or Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off West Runton , Norfolk with the loss of a crew member.[ 19]
Carib
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Sellery Cove, Lower Canada , British North America . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City , Lower Canada.[ 20]
Ceres
British North America
The ship was wrecked at Grand Étang, Nova Scotia .[ 21]
Ellen Murray
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Sheelocksand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Vlissingen , Zeeland.[ 16] Ellen Murray was refloated on 6 October and taken into Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland.[ 22] [ 23]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of Cornwall . Her crew were rescued.[ 16]
Lord Huntley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wicklow . Her crew were rescued.[ 24]
Manly
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Spurn Point , Yorkshire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Goole , Yorkshire.[ 24] Manly was refloated on 6 October and beached at Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire .[ 19]
Marianne et Marie
France
The ship ran aground at Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Cette , Hérault .[ 22]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly .[ 10]
Sarah
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Sheelocksand. She was on a voyage from Batavia , Netherlands East Indies to Vlissingen.[ 16]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly . She was refloated on 15 October and taken into St. Mary's.[ 13]
York
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken wreck off The Casquets , Channel Islands . She put back to Guernsey .[ 19]
List of shipwrecks: October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Equitable
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Fultah Point, India . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to Sydney , New South Wales .[ 25]
Jager
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Collier Hope, Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Whitby , Yorkshire.. Jager was refloated.[ 16]
Leonidas
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off Margate , Kent whilst on a voyage from London to Ghent , East Flanders , Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 26]
Lord Howick
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to London .[ 24]
May
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly .[ 16]
Myrtle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Greystones , County Wicklow .[ 24]
Rover
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Fishguard , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 16]
List of shipwrecks: October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Maria Theresa
France
The schooner ran aground on the Woolpack Sand, in the North Sea and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure .[ 15]
Princess Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Newhaven, Sussex . Princess Victoria was refloated on 15 October and taken into Helsingør.[ 35]
Shamrock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Ballynagowl", County Waterford . She was on a voyage from Youghal , County Cork to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 36]
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Martha Caire
Guernsey
The ship was in collision with Bencoolen ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the English Channel . Her crew were rescued by Bencoolen . Martha Caire was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain to Guernsey.[ 14] [ 15]
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Laurine Mathilde
Denmark
The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent for Helsingør . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 50]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Albert
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and sank in the Irish Sea off Holyhead , Anglesey . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Nantes , Loire Atlantique , France.[ 56]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Newland Rock, off Padstow , Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Padstow to Porthcawl , Glamorgan .[ 58]
George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex . She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham to Stockton-on-Tees.[ 59]
Isis
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Platters, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Vlissingen , Zeeland , Netherlands.[ 60]
Margaret and Graham
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Margate , Kent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Margate. Margaret and Graham was refloated.[ 52]
Medway
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Harwich , Essex. Her crew were rescued.[ 60] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Maldon, Essex .[ 54]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cley-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . she was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 56]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Anna Maria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Blowers Rocks, off Gola Island , County Donegal and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Limerick . Anna Maria was refloated and put into Rutland, County Donegal .[ 56]
Achilles
United Kingdom
The ship's crew abandoned her in the North Sea off Cromer , Norfolk and she subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 60] [ 54] [ 56]
Caroline
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder , North Holland .[ 11] [ 61] She was on a voyage from Dram , Norway to Amsterdam , North Holland.[ 21]
Clyde
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[ 60] She was refloated on 5 November and taken into Great Yarmouth.[ 53]
Concordia
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore on Texel , North Holland, where she was subsequently wrecked with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Amsterdam , North Holland.[ 62] [ 11] [ 61]
Fair Hope
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks off Porthcawl , Glamorgan and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Douglas, Isle of Man to Bristol , Gloucestershire . Fair Hope was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 56]
Frank
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[ 60] She was refloated on 5 November and taken into Great Yarmouth.[ 53]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[ 60] She was refloated on 5 November and taken into Great Yarmouth.[ 53]
Twende Brodre
Netherlands
The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Zuyder Zee . She was on a voyage from Skien , Norway to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 53]
William and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[ 58]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Aide
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Corton, Suffolk .[ 58]
Coadjutor
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire . Coadjutor was refloated and taken into Helsingør , Denmark.[ 63]
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The sloop was lost on the Ridge Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Norwich , Norfolk to London .[ 64] [ 58]
Eugene
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Hull.[ 58]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Freiston , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 56]
James
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Jenkin Sand, in the Thames Estuary . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 58]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dundalk , County Louth .[ 56] She was refloated on 7 November.[ 21]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Liverpool , Lancashire . Margaret was refloated with assistance from the steamship Ormerod ( United Kingdom ) and beached.[ 65]
Rebecca Frances
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cap-Haïtien , Haiti.[ 66]
Town of Ross
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wicklow . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Wicklow.[ 27]
William and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk. Her six crew were rescued by Dennett's Apparatus.[ 67]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1839
Ship
State
Description
Adrian et Marin
France
The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Cette , Hérault . She was later refloated and taken into Cherbourg for repairs.[ 23]
Ant
Saint Kitts
The sloop was wrecked on Palmetto Point before 1 November.[ 69]
Belle Poule
French Navy
The ship ran aground on the Taches Blanches, in the Dardanelles and was damaged. She was later refloated and taken into Constantinople , Ottoman Empire for temporary repairs. She subsequently sailed to Toulon , Var for permanent repairs.[ 70] [ 71]
Brilliant
United States
The brig was wrecked in the Bay of Plenty , New Zealand.[ 72]
Dolphin
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Guernsey , Channel Islands before 31 October.[ 11]
Echo
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on Hogland , Russia . She was on a voyage from Matanzas , Cuba to Saint Petersburg , Russia. Echo was later refloated and taken into "Frederickshamn".[ 48]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Sardinallaoes before 24 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Cuba and Leith , Lothian .[ 4]
Eliza
Saint Kitts
The sloop was wrecked on Palmetto Point before 1 November.[ 69]
Fortuna
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore near "Langshore". She was on a voyage from "Kullendborg" to Samsø .[ 52]
Frederick
United States
The ship was driven ashore on Rödskär , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to New York . Frederick was refloated and taken into Frederikshavn , Denmark.[ 73]
Henry Freeling
New South Wales
The schooner was stranded and wrecked at Tautuku , New Zealand sometime early in October. She was carrying goods from Sydney to Otago . The crew all survived.[ 74]
Hercules
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London . Hercules was refloated on 26 October and taken into Blyth.[ 60]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland , British North America with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cork to Gaspé , Lower Canada , British North America.[ 73]
Idogheten
Florida Territory
The ship was driven ashore on Faraman Point. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 41]
Lady Anne
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the south west point of Anticosti Island , Lower Canada , British North America before 21 October.[ 28]
Magnus
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel on or before 14 October.[ 13]
Nancy
British North America
The schooner was wrecked on the east coast of Anticosti Island before 19 October with the loss of a crew member.[ 28]
Nautilus
Jersey
The smack was wrecked near Burgeo , Newfoundland , British North America.[ 75]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex . She was refloated on 28 October and taken into Portsmouth , Hampshire for repairs.[ 76]
Newton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Cape Chat , Lower Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Sunderland.[ 68]
Williamina
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Bermuda . She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool , Lancashire . Williamina was refloated on 22 October and put into Bermuda.[ 4]
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