List of shipwrecks in October 1840

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The list of shipwrecks in October 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1840.

2 October[edit]

3 October[edit]

4 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1840
Ship Country Description
Edward Vincent  United States The brig sailed from Mobile, Alabama for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[5]
Flying Fish  United Kingdom The ship struck the Seven Stones Reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. Flying Fish put into St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly.[6][3]
John Svensk flagg 1815.svg Sweden The ship was in collision with a brig off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Stockholm. Presumed subsequently foundered.[7]
Scotsman  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen.[8]Scotsman was refloated on 11 October.[9]
Vincent  United States The ship departed from Mobile, Alabama for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[10]

5 October[edit]

6 October[edit]

7 October[edit]

8 October[edit]

9 October[edit]

11 October[edit]

13 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1840
Ship Country Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. Brothers was refloated on 15 October and towed into Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[21]
Cambrian  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked near Swords, County Dublin with the loss of all hands.[24]
Jean  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Knavestone Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[17]Jean later floated off; she was towed into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a waterlogged condition on 19 October.[7]
Oberon Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg Rostock The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Rostock.[25]
Syren  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[17]
Velocity  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the River Shannon and was consequently beached at Crookhaven, County Cork.[26]

14 October[edit]

15 October[edit]

16 October[edit]

17 October[edit]

18 October[edit]

19 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1840
Ship Country Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King’s Lynn, Norfolk.[32]
Chirk Castle  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of the 34 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brig Triton( United Kingdom). Chirk Castle was on a voyage from the River Mersey to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[40][24]
Hoop  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Wijk aan Zee, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Amsterdam, North Holland.[41]
Marengo  United States The ship was driven ashore at Widewall, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana.[42][38]

20 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1840
Ship Country Description
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Crau, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Marseille.[43]
Alida Maria Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to “Minden”.[44]
Cornelius Star  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Ooster Bank, in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Dordrecht, South Holland.[45]
La Jolie Fille  United Kingdom The schooner was burnt and destroyed at “Caerheen”, Wales.[46]
Lamb  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the IJ near Zeeburg, North Holland, Netherlands.[32] She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Sunderland, County Durham.[38]Lamb was later refloated and taken back to Amsterdam.[47]
Vischerry  Netherlands The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Harlingen, Friesland. Vischerry subsequently drove ashore at Wijk aan Zee, North Holland.[44][42]

21 October[edit]

22 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1840
Ship Country Description
Clothilde  Belgium The ship ran aground on the Spijker Plaat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[49][42]
Eliza  France The ship was wrecked on Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rostock.[42]
Janet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Chausey Islands, Manche, France. Her crew were rescued.[50] She was on a voyage from Africa to London. Janet was refloated in mid-December and beached in shallow water.[51]
Jenny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newport, Monmouthshire with the loss of two of her crew.[44]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[52]
Richard Smith  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Clam Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[53][54]
Susannah  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Clam Harbour. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Demerara, British Honduras.[55][54]

23 October[edit]

24 October[edit]

25 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1840
Ship Country Description
Buchanan  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ellen ( United Kingdom).[48]
Haidee  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on “Quayle Island”, Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney, New South Wales. Haidee was refloated and resumed her voyage.[12]
Hesperia  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Leith, Lothian.[59]
John  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile.[44]John was wrecked on 13 November.[60]
Messenger  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Point Escuminac, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.[61]
Phenix  France The paddle steamer was collision with the paddle steamer Britannia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. All 70 people on board were rescued by Britannia. Phenix was on a voyage from London to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[62]
Zouave  France The ship was wrecked near Mostaganem, Algeria.[63]

26 October[edit]

27 October[edit]

28 October[edit]

29 October[edit]

30 October[edit]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1840
Ship Country Description
Amphion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St. Shott’s, Newfoundland in late October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to a port in Newfoundland.[78]
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the “Point of Kerara”. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire. Catherine was refloated on 14 October and taken into Oban, Argyllshire.[18]
Esker  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Kirkcaldy. Esker was refloated on 31 October.[25]
Hannah United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked at Kawhia Harbour, New Zealand. [79]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[7] Harmony was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[49]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. she was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to “Lyra”.[41]
Mary and Elizabeth  United States The fishing schooner was at St. Peters, Nova Scotia on the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.[80]
Mercurius  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock before 23 October. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Surinam.[81]
Ophemia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on the Olstens, off Barbadoes after 20 October.[82]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Black Middings, off the coast of County Durham.[32]
Speck Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør.[7]
Swallow  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Starcross, Devon. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Starcross. Swallow was refloated on 14 October and taken into Starcross.[17]

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