List of shipwrecks in June 1840
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The list of shipwrecks in June 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1840.
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1 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Smith | ![]() |
The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Boyne. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Drogheda, County Louth.[1] She was refloated on 3 June.[2] |
Maria Anna | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and sank off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Leven, Fife, United Kingdom to the Weser.[3] |
2 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Burnham | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port d'Urban, Natalia Republic.[4][5] |
Clydesdale | ![]() |
The ship struck the wreck of Sylphide (![]() |
Eleanore | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Kronborg, Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[7] |
Zwillinge | ![]() |
The ship capsized off Hanstholm, Denmark.[8] |
3 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Clyde | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Strangford Lough.[9] |
Volo | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was later refloated.[10] |
4 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Kersten | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at "Aarvah", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Altona to Ringkøbing.[8] |
Cheerly | ![]() |
The ship was beached in Robin Hoods Bay and was wrecked.[11] |
Haabet | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near "Sud Lynvig". She was on a voyage from Ringkøbing to Hamburg.[8] |
Henry Cotes | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland.[2] |
Irene Helene | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Boulougne, Pas-de-Calais to Mandal, Norway.[12] |
Marie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near "Sud Lynvig". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Randers, Norway.[8] |
5 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Helen | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the "Graug Cautates". She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica.[13] |
Wansford | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Varde, Denmark.Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ystad, Sweden.[3] |
6 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ant | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Swilly Rocks, off the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire or Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon.[11] |
Earl Grey | ![]() |
The ship sank off Walney Island, Lancashire. She was refloated on 15 June and resumed her voyage.[14] |
7 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated but then ran aground on the Long Sand. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York, United States. Hope was refloated and put into Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom.[11] |
John Carroll | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to King's Lynn, Norfolk. John Carroll was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11] |
8 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fortitude | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Cork.[15] |
Zante Packet | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Zante, United States of the Ionian Islands. Zante Packet was refloated and put into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[16] |
9 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Minerva | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. She was on a voyage from Pembrey to Sunderland, County Durham. Minerva was refloated and put back to Pembrey.[7] |
10 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mary Ann | ![]() |
The ship ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of Ekholmen, Sweden. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[17] |
Millicent | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near "Machios", New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to St. Andrews, New Brunswick.[18] |
11 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Neeland | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[8] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Brig Rock. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. Margaret was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[18] |
12 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Castor | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on The Manacles. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. Castor was refloated and put into Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, where she was beached.[8] |
Marianne | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[3] |
14 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Carib | ![]() |
The mail boat was driven ashore at St. John's. She was refloated the next day and proceeded for Saint Kitts.[19] |
Conquest | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. Conquest was refloated the next day and taken into Copenhagen for repairs.[17] |
15 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Superb | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Sandhammer Reef. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia to London. Superb was refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark.[17] |
Wilhelm | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Victoria Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Riga. Wilhelm was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[3] |
16 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Delight | ![]() |
The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Wapping, Middlesex.[20] |
Dunchatten | ![]() |
The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Wapping.[20] |
London Packet | ![]() |
The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Wapping.[20] |
17 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Arab | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire in Mobile Bay. Her crew were rescued.[21] |
Lord Castlereagh | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Bombay, India while attempting to enter port during a gale with the loss of 130 lives.[22][23] |
Helen | ![]() |
The ship ran around off "Magensholm". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. Helen was refloated and put into Riga.[12] |
Lord William Bentinck | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Bombay while attempting to enter port during a gale. One hundred people died.[22][23] |
Maria | ![]() |
The ship departed from Port Adelaide, South Australia for Hobart. Subsequently wrecked in Encounter Bay.[24] All on board were murdered by the local inhabitants.[25] |
18 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Brothers | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Carlingford Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Newry, County Antrim.[17] |
19 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Calais.[12] |
Catherine | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea.[17] |
Lavinia | ![]() |
The ship sank at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and beached.[17] |
Minerva | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Beaumont Shoals. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Lower Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[13] |
Myrtle | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London.[26] |
20 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Pavilion | ![]() |
The ship sank in the English Channel off Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Pavilion was later refloated and beached. She was wrecked on 17 August.[27] |
Shylock | ![]() |
The whaler was wrecked on a reef off Vatoa, Fiji with the loss of seven of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by Triton (![]() |
Star | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland to Port Talbot.[17] |
21 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Economy | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the Nehrung, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pillau, Prussia.[12] She was refloated 23 June and take into Pillau.[18] |
Venus | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Rotterdam, South Holland. Netherlands.[31] |
22 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Limerick | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Sandhead, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17] |
Helena | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Roscoff, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[12] |
23 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Ann was refloated and resumed her voyage.[32] |
Hecla | ![]() |
The whaler was sunk by ice in the Davis Straits. Her crew were rescued. |
Hector | ![]() |
The whaler was lost in the Davis Straits. Her crew were rescued.[33] Note:Possibly Hecla (above) misreported. |
Oriental | ![]() |
The surveying ship, a frigate, was wrecked on Punto del Bundy, near Valparaíso, Chile. All on board were rescued.[34][35] |
24 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Conservative | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.[13] |
Rosalind | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.[13] |
Vaillant | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Barfleur, Manche with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[12] |
26 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Emma | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on a reef in Wabba Bay. Her crew were rescued.[36] |
27 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Isabel | ![]() |
The ship collided with HMS Beaver (![]() |
Telemachus | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Ocean (![]() |
Thomas | ![]() |
The ship sank off Walney Island, Lancashire.[12] |
Vanguard | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at "McLeary". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip to Sydney.[38] |
28 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mellish | ![]() |
The barque ran aground at Port Phillip, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from an English port to Port Phillip.[39] |
Susan Crane | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Cobbler's Rocks, off Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued.[40] |
29 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Anna | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hull to a Baltic port.[12] |
30 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Aquila | ![]() |
The cutter was wrecked in the Bay of Islands with the loss of three of her crew.[41][36] |
Giovanni | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London, United Kingdom.[42][43][44] |
Unknown date
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Agnes | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Cape Schanck.[45] |
Armonia | ![]() |
The ship struck a rock off the west coast of Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to a Dutch port.[8] |
Augusta | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 June. She was on a voyage from Tabasco, Mexico to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[13] |
Delaware | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef before 10 June. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana. Delaware was later refloated. She arrived at New Orleans on 18 June.[21] |
Delphine | ![]() |
The whaler was wrecked on Chiloé Island, Chile. Her crew were rescued by Asie (![]() |
Ellen | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at St Alban's Head, Dorset. she was refloated on 16 June and towed into Southampton, Hampshire.[14] |
Kronan | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned before 5 June. She was taken into Kragerø, Norway.[14] |
Maria | ![]() |
The brigantine was wrecked on a reef off Cape Jaffa. All 25 people on board survived, but some of them were later murdered by the Milmenrura. |
Premium | ![]() |
The collier, a brig, ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from three smacks from Colchester.[47] |
Reine Rose | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay before 16 June.[48] |
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