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The list of shipwrecks in September 1840 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during September
1840 .
1 September
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Lord Ravenswood
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Hendon Rock, off the coast of
County Durham . Her crew were rescued.
[1]
2 September
3 September
4 September
6 September
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Baron Stieglitz
Russian Empire
The ship ran aground on the
Kobbergrund , off
Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Riga to an English port. Baron Stieglitz was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[11]
7 September
8 September
9 September
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Bruce
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore on
Anholt , Denmark and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from
Saint Petersburg ,
Russian Empire to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . Bruce later floated off and drifted into the
Kattegat .
[14] She subsequently came ashore on the Swedish coast and was wrecked.
[15]
Concordia
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Sunderland, County Durham for
Altona . No further trace, presumed foundered in the
North Sea with the loss of all hands.
[16]
Sainte Fleur
France
The
chasse-marée was run down and sunk in the
English Channel off the
Isle of Wight ,
United Kingdom by
HDMS Bellona (
Royal Danish Navy ) with the loss of four of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by HDMS Bellona . Sainte Fleur was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to
Bordeaux ,
Gironde .
[17]
[18]
Sally
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore at
Ayr . She was refloated on 20 September.
[19]
Wave
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the
Tusket Islands ,
Nova Scotia ,
British North America . She was on a voyage from
Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to
Cork .
[2]
11 September
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Afrique
France
The ship was driven ashore in the
Bay of Bengal .
[20]
[21]
Asia
France
The ship was driven ashore in the
Ganges . She was on a voyage from
Havre de Grâce ,
Seine-Inférieure to
Madras ,
India .
[20]
[21]
Friede
Bremen
The ship sank in the
Weser . She was on a voyage from Bremen to
Guardbridge ,
Fife ,
United Kingdom .
[14]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on
Düne ,
Heligoland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Hamburg .
[14]
[22]
Nightingale
United Kingdom
The ship was lost 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of "Brassa". Her crew were rescued.
[23]
Robert and George
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland , damaging
Conquest (
United Kingdom ) and sinking a
keelboat . All on board survived.
[24]
[18]
Village
United States
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at
St. Shott's ,
Newfoundland ,
British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Boston, Massachusetts to a port in Newfoundland.
[25]
[26]
12 September
13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Helsingør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[29]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the
Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from
New York , United States to
Saint Vincent ,
Virgin Islands .
[30]
Falloden
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on
Prince Edward Island ,
British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
London to
Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America.
[2]
Svea
Sweden
The ship was abandoned off
Cape St. Vincent , Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Kalmar to
Málaga , Spain.
[31]
[32]
14 September
15 September
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Evelina
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the
River Foyle . She was on a voyage from
Whitehaven ,
Cumberland to
Londonderry .
[14]
Francis
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Harry's Furlong, off the coast of
Anglesey . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newport, Gwent , Monmouthshire to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[33]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Ramsey , Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from
Tarbert , Argyllshire to Ramsey.
[34]
Mary and Janet
United Kingdom
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from
Strangford ,
County Antrim to
Ardrossan ,
Ayrshire . Her crew were rescued.
[23]
Sisters
United Kingdom
The
sloop foundered off
St. Ives , Cornwall with the loss of all hands.
[33]
16 September
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Aimable Mere
France
The ship was wrecked on Goguelvane Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Rouen ,
Seine-Inférieure to
Newport, Monmouthshire ,
United Kingdom .
[35]
Frolic
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan .
[36]
HM hired armed ship Kite
Royal Navy
The
hired armed transport was wrecked in the
Yangtze with the loss of at least one life. Survivors were taken prisoner by the Chinese.
[37]
[38]
Maria Sophia
Norway
The ship foundered in the
North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Christine (
United Kingdom ).
[11]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Gore Sands, in the
Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. she was on a voyage from
Newport, Monmouthshire to
Bridgwater , Somerset.
[39]
Queen Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Stroma ,
Caithness . she was on a voyage from
Shippegan ,
New Brunswick ,
British North America to
Dundee ,
Forfarshire . Queen Victoria was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[15]
Riviere
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan and was severely damaged. She was righted the next day.
[14]
Valiant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Newport, Monmouthshire . She was refloated on 27 September and sailed for
Troon ,
Ayrshire .
[40]
17 September
18 September
19 September
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Catherine
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Manilla Point,
Cape Colony . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Batavia ,
Netherlands East Indies to
London .
[41]
[9]
Henry Burness
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyagte from
Riga ,
Russia to
Leith ,
Lothian . Henry Burness was refloated on 22 September and resumed her voyage.
[32]
Horatio
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off
Carlingford, County Louth . She was on a voyage from
Troon ,
Ayrshire to
Waterford .
[15]
Jacoba
Belgium
The ship was damaged by fire at Trieste.
[31]
[43]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the
Kentish Knock with the loss of two of the seven people on board. Her captain was reported missing in a
jolly boat . Four surviving crew were rescued by a boat from the
Kentish Knock Lightship (
Trinity House ) and transferred to HMRC Desmond (
Board of Customs ). Isabella was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to
Weymouth, Dorset .
[15]
[27]
[44]
Oscar
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Boulogne ,
Pas-de-Calais , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Étaples , Pas-de-Calais.
[15]
Robert and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and sank at
South Shields ,
County Durham .
[39]
Sir David Ogilby
New South Wales
The
schooner was wrecked at
Newcastle . She was on a voyage from Newcastle to
Sydney .
[45]
20 September
21 September
22 September
23 September
24 September
25 September
26 September
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Hendon Rock, off the coast of
County Durham , and sank. Her crew were rescued.
[31]
27 September
28 September
29 September
30 September
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Argo
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk east of "Eckholm". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to
Riga ,
Russia .
[25]
Forest
United States
The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Bremen to
New York . Forest was refloated and towed into
Harwich , Essex for repairs.
[61]
Henrietta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Southport ,
Lancashire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Madras ,
India to
Liverpool , Lancashire.
[40]
Henriette
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Horse Bank, at the mouth of the
River Ribble with the loss of two of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to
Reval , Russia.
[40]
[61]
Homer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off
Leander's Tower ,
Üsküdar ,
Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from
Odessa to
London . Homer was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[62]
James Pattison
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean off the
Azores . Her crew were rescued by Norval (flag unknown).
Johns
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Villequier ,
Seine-Inférieure , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Rouen , Seine-Inférieure.
[40]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1840
Ship
State
Description
Casket
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of
Cuba . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the
Clyde . Casket was later refloated and taken into
Key West ,
Florida Territory .
[63]
Clara and Emma
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore in
Lower Canada ,
British North America before 12 September and caught fire. She was subsequently taken into
Quebec City for repairs.
[59]
Forrester
United States
The
schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex . She was refloated with assistance from HMRC Scout (
Board of Customs ) and the
cruiser Flying Fish (
United Kingdom ).
[64]
Harry Bewis
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 1 October. She was on a voyage from
Riga ,
Russia to
Leith ,
Lothian . Harry Bewis was towed into
Calais , France on 13 October.
[65]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near
Bayonne ,
Basses-Pyrénées , France. She was on a voyage from a Spanish port to
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire .
[40]
July
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean before 2 September.
[31]
Kara
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Messina ,
Sicily . She was on a voyage from
London to Messina. Kara was later refloated and taken into Messina.
[40]
Prince Albert
New South Wales
The
cutter was wrecked between
Point Nepean and
Cape Shank with the loss of all four crew.
[66]
Quebec
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Manichougan Shoals. She was later refloated and put back to
New York , United States.
[67]
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Lower Canada before 12 September. She was later refloated and taken into the Cul de Sac.
[59]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849