List of shipwrecks in July 1840

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

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July 1840
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
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6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31
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1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Eleanor	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Bird Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to North Shields, County Durham.[1]
Roden	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Langlade Island, Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Gloucester.[2]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
August Marie	France	The lugger was wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Varmes" to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais.[3]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Holme Sand. She was on a voyage from Bruges, Belgium to Arbroath, Forfarshire. Mary was later refloated.[4]
Superior, and Thomas	United Kingdom	The ships collided in the River Avon and were both beached at Pill, Somerset.[4]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Jason	Prussia	The brig capsized in a squall at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5]
Thomas and Adah	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated and put into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[4]
Unnamed	France	The lugger was wrecked at Birling Gap, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[6]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Swift	United Kingdom	The smack was wrecked on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lancaster to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[7]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Catherine	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and capsized at North Queensferry, Fife. She was on a voyage from Stirling to Hartlepool, County Durham. Catherine was refloated on 6 January and taken into St. Davids, Fife.[4][8]
Jantina	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. Jantina was refloated and taken into Brouwershaven, Zeeland.[9]
L'Etienne	France	The ship was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to a French port. L'Etienne was taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[8]
Lisbon	Portugal	The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Seven crew were rescued by Julie ( United Kingdom). Lisbon was on a voyage from Faro to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[10]
Marys	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground at Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[8]
Regina	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia. Regina was later refloated and taken into Tønning, Duchy of Holstein.[11]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Two Brothers	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition.[8]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Bithon	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Gelbsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Hartlepool, County Durham.[11]
Helene	Hamburg	The ship was driven ashore at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Hamburg. Hellene was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[12][13]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Euterpe	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Lafolle Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
Governor Endicott	United States	The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault, Swan River Colony.[15][16]
North America	United States	The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault.[15]
Quebec	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Manicougan Shoals. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[17] Quebec was refloated in October and put back to Quebec City.[18]
Samuel Wright	United States	The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault.[15]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Arms	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire.[19][20][21]
City of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on Flinders Island, South Australia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[22][23]
Ocean Queen	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore on Flinders Island. She was on a voyage from London to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.[24][23]
Richard and Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[25]
William	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Ifjord, Norway. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London. William was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[26]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
City of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Prime Seal Island, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew survived.
Louisa	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the North Sands. She was on a voyage from Penang to Singapore.[27]
Paquette de Cádiz	Spain	The brig was wrecked on a reef 16 leagues (48 nautical miles (89 km)) off Nuevitas, Cuba with the loss of 77 lives. She was on a voyage from Puerto Principe, Haiti to Havana, Cuba.[28][29]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Emerald	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Cobbler's Rocks, off Barbados. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands.[12][30]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Gertrude	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on a reef off Dyngö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Amsterdam, North Holland. Gertrude was refloated the next day and put into "Rüso".[26]
Napoleon	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Cat Key. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31]
Swallow	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Guayaquil, Ecuador for Cádiz, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[32]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Credo	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Aberystwyth, Carmarthenshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Aberystwyth.[33]
Howard	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[34][35]
Marquess of Wellington	United Kingdom	The ship struck sunken rocks in the Sound of Islay and was beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[33]
Paketa de Trieste	Trieste	The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste. Paketa de Trieste was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[36]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Blossom	Van Diemen's Land	The schooner departed from Hobart for Adelaide, South Australia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
Margarethe Johanne	Danzig	The ship ran aground on the Leligrand. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London, United Kingdom.[26]
Rawlings	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground in the Western Channel. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[38]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Isabella	New South Wales	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Schrutten Passage".[39]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Cerus	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued by the schooner St Peter ( United Kingdom). Cerus was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sligo. She was later refloated and taken into Quebec City.[40][41]
Emulous	United Kingdom	The ship struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Penzance, Cornwall.[42]
Cyrus	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sligo. Cyrus was refloated in late October and taken into Quebec City.[43]
Howard	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[44]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Noose Sand, in the River Severn, capsized and sank.[45]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Edward Reid	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on the Split Rock off the coast of New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Saint John, New Brunswick. Some of the 104 passengers on board were rescued by the steamship Nova Scotia ( British North America).[28][46][47]
Woodman	United Kingdom	The ship collided with Neptune ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east north east of Lundy Island, Devon and sank. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[48]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
HMS Actaeon	Royal Navy	The sixth rate frigate ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated with assistance from USS Marion ( United States Navy), French Navy and Royal Navy ships. HMS Actaeon was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, Uruguay.[49]
Altorf	United States	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[50]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Johanna Williamina	Stettin	The galiot foundered west of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[51][52]
Victoria	Spain	The ship ran aground on the Cochinos Rock. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Cádiz. Victoria was refloated with assistance from Tagus ( United Kingdom) and taken into Cádiz.[31][53]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
North Carolina	United States	The steamboat was in collision with Governor Dudley ( United States) and sank 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Wilmington, North Carolina. All on board were rescued by Governor Dudley. North Carolina was on a voyage from Wilmington to Charleston, South Carolina.[54]
Two Brothers	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the steam tug Queen ( United Kingdom).[55][48]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Ann	United States	The schooner foundered off Tobago. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[56]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off Tobago. Her crew were rescued.[57]
HMS Buffalo	Royal Navy	The full-rigged ship was wrecked in Mercury Bay with the loss of two of her crew.

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Caroline	Denmark	The ship sank in the Agger Channel.[50] Her crew were rescued.[58]
Harriet	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Mauritius.[59]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1840

Ship	State	Description
Africa	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica in early July.[17]
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on "Hochland" before 16 July.[60]
Cora	France	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[31][61]
Duke d'Aumaie	France	The ship was driven ashore near Cartagena, Spain before 7 July and was subsequently burnt. She was on a voyage from Port Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[48]
I. O.	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. She was later refloated and repaired.[62]
Jim Crow	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Jim Crow was refloated on 16 July and put back to Liverpool.[36]
T. S. Reeves	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. T. S. Reeves was refloated on 7 July.[7]