The list of shipwrecks in February 1841 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1841.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Christian | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay. Her crew were rescued by the Dundee Lifeboat. [1] |
Criterion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Arklow, County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Arklow and Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [2] |
Elton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [3] |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin. [4] |
Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated and taken into Dublin. Ocean was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dundalk, County Louth. [4] |
Reaper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven wrecked on the Hook Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Poole, Dorset. [5] [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Achilles | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde between "Dunglass" and Dumbarton. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. [7] |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by ice and sank off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Medemblik, North Holland. [8] |
Risk | United Kingdom | The whaler, a barque, was wrecked in the Maldive Islands. Her crew were rescued. [9] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fearney | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered off Burntisland, Fife with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to Granton, Lothian. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Earl of Devon | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks off Black Head, Cornwall and foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south south east of Penzance. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire. [11] Earl of Devon was refloated on 11 August 1842 and taken into Penzance. [12] |
Emilie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. [13] |
Joshua Sears | United States | The ship ran aground off Bermuda and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Barbadoes. Joshua Sears was refloated and taken into Hamilton, Bermuda. [14] |
Vernon | United Kingdom | The ship was last sighted on this date whilst on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Cowes, Isle of Wight. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. [15] |
William and Haldimend | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ipswich, Suffolk. [11] [16] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Boreas | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Exeter, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [17] |
Dasher | Isle of Man | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Derbyhaven Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Derbyhaven. [18] |
William Tell | United States | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogador, Morocco with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Volage ( French Navy). [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Vulcan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire. Vulcan was later refloated. [20] [21] [22] |
Zenobia | France | The ship ran aground at Maranhão, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Maranhão. [23] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann Emma | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire. Ann Emma was later refloated. [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jeune Emelie | France | The ship was wrecked near Audierne, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Jersey, Channel Islands. [20] |
Prosper | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Islandmagee, County Antrim with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to London. [25] [26] |
Sceptre | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dahlia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Bimar Rock, in the Firth of Forth. [25] [24] She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Aberdeen. [27] She was refloated on 12 February and resumed her voyage. [28] |
Elizabeth | United States | The ship departed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [15] |
St. Ives | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at St. Ubes, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. [29] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marie Rollandine | France | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. [20] [30] |
Susan Maria | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Donegal. [31] [32] [33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Liverpool, Lancashire. [25] [24] |
Billow | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Patchogue, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France to New York City. [34] |
Estafette | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at St. Ubes. Her crew were rescued. [35] |
Planet | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Vila do Conde, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from A Coruña, Spain to Oporto, Portugal. [29] |
William Allen and Brock | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Grain, Kent. She was refloated the next day and proceeded on her voyage. [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Lady | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Chimlico", British Honduras. Her crew were rescued. [36] |
Darlington | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [6] |
Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. [32] |
Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Forty-nine Bank, off Berbice, British Honduras. [37] |
Memphis | United States | The ship was wrecked near New York. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York. [38] [13] |
Jean | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saltcoats, Ayrshire. [39] |
Shakspeare | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Kelderstell, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and put into South Shields, County Durham. [24] [27] |
Topaz | United States | The ship departed from Boston, Massachusetts for Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [15] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Claudine | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was later refloated. [24] |
Hectorine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kirkcudbright, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. Hectorine was refloated on 18 February. [29] |
John Watson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. John Watson was refloated and resumed her voyage. [24] |
Mary Anne | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Horse Shoe Bank, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Runcorn, Cheshire. [40] Mary Anne was refloated on 20 February and taken into Teignmouth, Devon for repairs. [29] |
Robert and Henry Allan | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [6] |
Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Miranda ( United Kingdom) off São Miguel Island, Azores and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently drove ashore on the island and was wrecked. [41] |
Siluria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank in Wigton Bay. Her crew were rescued. [35] |
Swift | United Kingdom | The smack was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea off The Skerries, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Rival ( United Kingdom). [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Castor | Russian Empire | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Atherstone, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Stavanger, Norway. [33] |
Heroine | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was wrecked near Cap Spartel, Morocco with the loss of 34 of the 60 people on board. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. [42] [43] |
Robert | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. Robert was refloated and resumed her voyage. [24] |
Sceptre | United Kingdom | The brig departed from Cork for Galway. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Courier | Hamburg | The ship ran aground off Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hamburg. Courier was refloated the next day and take into Cuxhaven. [45] |
Mary and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on The Skerries, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from China to Liverpool, Lancashire. [24] She was refloated on 24 January and taken into Holyhead, Anglesey. [17] [46] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hector | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Terceira Island, Azores with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. [47] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marathon | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. [22] |
Prince of Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated on 20 February. [29] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Governor Fenner | United States | The ship collided with Nottingham ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of 120 of the 122 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. Nottingham was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. She was subsequently towed into the River Mersey. [48] |
Percival Foster | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken into Hartlepool, County Durham. [29] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alice | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her passengers were taken off by Royal Adelaide ( United Kingdom). Alice was later refloated. [17] [49] |
Columbia | Hamburg | The ship departed from Matanzas, Cuba for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [50] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Oak | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Portsmouth, Hampshire. British Oak was refloated and taken into The Downs. [22] |
Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Hull, Yorkshire. Liberty was refloated and resumed her voyage. [22] |
Thames | United Kingdom | The convict ship capsized in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent. She was righted the next day. [51] |
Undaunted | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at St Combs Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. [52] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Armadillo | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was righted the next day. [52] |
Friends | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. [22] She was refloated. [52] |
Juliana | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Calais, France. Juliana was refloated and resumed her voyage. [49] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Catherina | Hamburg | The ship was sunk by ice near Cuxhaven. [53] |
Johanne | Hamburg | The ship was sunk by ice near Cuxhaven. [53] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was holed by an anchor and sank in Bugsby's Hole, in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to London. [49] [54] |
Zephyr | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hull, Yorkshire. [17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Hull, Yorkshire. [49] She subsequently became a wreck. [45] |
Ardwell | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently towed into Harwich, Essex by HMS Blazer ( Royal Navy). [55] [49] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amelia | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Herne Sand, in the North Sea off Reculver, Kent. All nine people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. [56] [57] Amelia was refloated on 26 March with the assistance of six smacks and towed into Whitstable, Kent. [58] |
Gratitude | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Volant ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. [45] |
Kate | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Black Castle, Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Wicklow. [53] |
London | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Quern Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. [45] |
Mary | 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 Sheerness, Kent. [45] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cambridge | Imperial Chinese Navy | First Opium War: Battle of First Bar: The 34-gun sailing vessel, a former East Indiaman, was badly damaged by Royal Navy warships on the Pearl River near First Bar Island in Canton Province and was captured by the sixth rate HMS Calliope ( Royal Navy). Calliope′s crew set Cambridge on fire, and she exploded when the flames reached her ammunition magazine. |
Hillsborough | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Formby Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Donaghadee, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire. [59] [60] |
Intrepido | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Bache ( United Kingdom). Intrepido was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London. [61] |
John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Silver Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica. [62] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Acasta | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the American coast. [13] |
Beatitude | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with the brig Volant ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued by Volant. [63] |
Constance | Hamburg | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg. Constance was later refloated and taken into Cuxhaven. [64] |
Druid | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London. [65] |
Shannon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into by Robert Browne ( United States) and sank at Savannah, Georgia, United States. [66] |
Sulimony | The barque caught fire on 28 February 1841 off Kidderpore Dockyard, Calcutta, India. The fire had begun among some bales of cotton and was soon subdued; arson was not suspected. [67] | |
Tasmanian Lass | Van Diemen's Land | The ship was wrecked in Wineglass Bay. [68] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexander McLeay | New South Wales | The cutter ran aground and was wrecked at Sydney. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Clarence River. [69] |
Benson | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 February. [34] |
Brutus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Harwich, Essex. She was refloated and towed into Harwich by Endeavour ( United Kingdom). [55] |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal. Eliza was refloated on 27 February. [64] |
Leighton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was refloated on 14 February and taken into Aberystwyth. [40] |
Maidstone | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to London. [18] [70] Maidstone was refloated on 21 February and towed into Newport in a waterlogged condition. [29] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a brig and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. [71] [21] |
Mary Ann and Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Truro, Cornwall. She was refloated on 12 February and taken into Truro for repairs. [18] |
Montcalm | United Kingdom | The ship sank at North Shields, County Durham. [6] |
Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the mouth of the Black River, Mosquito Coast. All on board were rescued. [72] |
San Joaquim | Spain | The brig was wrecked near "Naino", China. Her crew were rescued and the vessel was burnt. [73] |
Sesostris | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Machrihanish Bay. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to the Clyde. [39] |
Superior | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Madura Strait. She was on a voyage from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies to London. Superior was refloated and put back to Sourabaya. [74] |
Vixen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay. She had been refloated by 12 February. [18] |