List of shipwrecks in November 1839

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The list of shipwrecks in November 1839 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1839.

1 November[edit]

2 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1839
Ship Country 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]

3 November[edit]

4 November[edit]

5 November[edit]

6 November[edit]

7 November[edit]

8 November[edit]

9 November[edit]

10 November[edit]

11 November[edit]

12 November[edit]

13 November[edit]

14 November[edit]

15 November[edit]

17 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1839
Ship Country 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]

18 November[edit]

19 November[edit]

20 November[edit]

21 November[edit]

22 November[edit]

23 November[edit]

24 November[edit]

25 November[edit]

26 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1839
Ship Country 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]

27 November[edit]

28 November[edit]

29 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1839
Ship Country 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, or
Prins 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 Ensign.svg 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]

30 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1839
Ship Country 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]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1839
Ship Country 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Vincent The sloop was wrecked on Union Island before 6 November.[22]

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