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The list of shipwrecks in 1839 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during
1839 .
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1839
Ship
State
Description
Achille
France
The ship was lost before 21 July. She was on a voyage from
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône to
Guadeloupe .
[1]
Attaran
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked near Nampang Island,
China . Her crew were rescued but the ship was burnt by the Chinese.
[1]
Constance
France
The ship was driven ashore in the
Ganges . She was on a voyage from
Calcutta ,
India to a French port. Constance was later refloated and put back to Calcutta.
[2]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off
Saugor , India. She was on a voyage from
Greenock ,
Renfrewshire to Calcutta.
[3]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off the
Cape of Good Hope . She was on a voyage from
Madras , India to
London .
[4]
Equitable
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the
Ganges with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from
Bordeaux ,
Gironde , France to Calcutta.
[5]
Fame
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Naples ,
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Ancona ,
Papal States to Liverpool.
[6]
Gazelle
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Bahia ,
Brazil . She was on a voyage from London to
Hobart ,
Van Diemen's Land .
[7]
[8]
Governor Coddington
Unknown
The
brig was lost on
Island Beach on the coast of
New Jersey .
[9]
Herald
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to
Boston, Massachusetts .
[10]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship sank off
Dale, Pembrokeshire . She was refloated in early May.
[11]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from "Lumbuck" to
China . Her crew were rescued.
[12]
Juno
United Kingdom
The
whaler was wrecked in the
Fiji Islands . All but three of those on board were murdered by the local inhabitants.
[13]
Pleiades
New South Wales
The
barque was wrecked on
Lombok ,
Netherlands East Indies .
[14]
Sevo
United States
The schooner was run down in the night by steamer
Huntress off
Thacher Island and sank almost immediately. The Captain climbed aboard the steamer and a 12 year old crewmember was rescued by Huntress. 4 crew died.
[15]
Trazas
France
The ship was lost at Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to
Bordeaux ,
Gironde .
[16]
^
a
b "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 21749. London. 8 August 1839.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 17108. London. 31 July 1839. col F, p. 2.
^
"Domestic Intelligence" . The Sydney Herald . Sydney. 18 November 1839. p. 2.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 17260. London. 22 January 1840. col A, p. 7.
^ "Dreadful Casualties at Sea". The Champion and Weekly Herald . No. 171. London. 22 December 1839.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 16971. London. 21 February 1839. col C, p. 3.
^
"Van Diemen's Land" . The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . Sydney. 14 September 1839. p. 2.
^
"Ship News" . The Australian . Sydney. 5 November 1839. p. 3.
^
"njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" " . Archived from
the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01 .
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 21541. London. 6 February 1840.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 21672. London. 7 May 1839.
^
"Projected Departures" . The Colonist . Sydney. 4 May 1839. p. 2.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 18773. Edinburgh. 7 May 1840.
^
"Shipping Intelligence" . Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Advertiser . Adelaide. 14 March 1840. p. 2.
^
"The Sevo" . downtothesea.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021 .
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 21672. London. 6 May 1839.
Shipwrecks 1830–39, by month
1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839