List of shipwrecks in September 1840

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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[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1840
Ship Country 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[edit]

3 September[edit]

4 September[edit]

6 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1840
Ship Country 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[edit]

8 September[edit]

9 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1840
Ship Country 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[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1840
Ship Country 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[edit]

13 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1840
Ship Country 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 Svensk flagg 1815.svg 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[edit]

15 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1840
Ship Country 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[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1840
Ship Country 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[edit]

18 September[edit]

19 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1840
Ship Country 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 Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House) and transferred to HMRC Desmond (HM Customs Ensign.PNG 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was wrecked at Newcastle. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney.[45]

20 September[edit]

21 September[edit]

22 September[edit]

23 September[edit]

24 September[edit]

25 September[edit]

26 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1840
Ship Country 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[edit]

28 September[edit]

29 September[edit]

30 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1840
Ship Country 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[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1840
Ship Country 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 (HM Customs Ensign.PNG 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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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