List of shipwrecks in June 1842

The list of shipwrecks in June 1842 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1842.

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June 1842
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27	28	29	30	Unknown date
References

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Gipsy	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica. [1]
Swiss Boy	Belgium	The ship ran aground in the Terneuse Channel. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Ghent, East Flanders. [2]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Castor	France	The ship capsized at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine and was severely damaged. [3]
Sir George Arthur	United Kingdom	The transport ship was wrecked at Bermuda with the loss of two of her crew. [4] [5]
Washington	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned off the Horn Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Pillau, Prussia. Washington was taken into Hjerting, Denmark on 9 June. [6]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes Ewing	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta, India. [7] [8]
Albatros	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Annunchunder	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Assam	United Kingdom	The steamship was reported missing after a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Bengal Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Betsey & Sarah	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Bhangaratee	United Kingdom	The flat sank in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [8]
Bhomanjee Hormanjee	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River. [9]
Brothers	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [10]
Buccaneer	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Canopus	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Calcutta. [8]
Cashmere Merchant	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [10]
Cavendish Bentinck	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River downstream of Cossipore, India. [7] [9]
Child	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Chiloe	United States	The ship was driven ashore and damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River at Barripore, India. [7] [9]
Colombine	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Calcutta. [10]
Colonel Newall	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River. [9]
Coringo Packet, and Resolution	United Kingdom   United Kingdom	The Coringo Packet, Resolution and another vessel were driven into each other and damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. Resolution was severely damaged. [8]
Courrier de Bourbon	France	The ship sank in a typhoon at Calcutta. [10]
Currency	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
David Malcolm	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Diana	United Kingdom	The hulk sank in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [8]
Eleanor Lancaster	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and was wrecked in a typhoon in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. [7] [9]
Ewell Grove	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [10]
Exmouth	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River. [9]
Flora	Norway	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Frederickshald to Calais, France. [11] [12]
Fort Gloucester	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Futtal Curreem	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Gelinghee	United Kingdom	The flat was severely damaged at Calcutta. [7]
George McLeod	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in a typhoon at Calcutta. [10]
Gipsey	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Globe	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off Kedgeree India in a typhoon with loss of life. [7] [8]
Guisachan	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River. [9]
Gundevek or Gundemunck	United Kingdom	The steamship sank in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [8]
Hannah	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Helen	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River. [9]
Hero	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Jalinghee	United Kingdom	The flat was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [8]
James Turcand	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9] [10]
John Adam	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9] [10]
Julia	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Kandiana	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Lady Clifford	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [8]
Lord Althorp	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [8]
Lord Western	United Kingdom	The troopship was driven ashore at Mud Point, Calcutta. She was consequently condemned. [7] [8] [13]
Lord William Bentinck	United Kingdom	The steamship sank in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [8]
Maria	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Mars	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Mary Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Meg Meldon	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [8]
Monarch	Stettin	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Stettin. [14]
Mount Stewart	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River. [9]
New Jersey	United States	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Norval	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [8]
Old England	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Patriot King	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River. [9]
Persia or Persian	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [8] [9]
Potomac	United States	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Cassipore. [7] [9]
Prince Albert	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [9]
Regina	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Resolucion	Spain	The ship was wrecked near Lemvig, Norway. She was on a voyage from "Leyo" to Riga, Russia. [14]
Resolution	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7]
Roseana	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Royal Sovereign	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Santon	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Satellite	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [9]
Selma	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Senator	United States	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Cassipore. [7] [9]
Stalhart	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay. [10]
Soorina or Soorma	United Kingdom	The flat sank in a typhoon at Calcutta. [7] [8]
Sumatra	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River. [9]
Symmetry	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off Kedgeree in a typhoon with loss of life. [7] [8]
Tigris	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged in a typhoon in the Hooghly River. [9]
Union	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Vansittart	United Kingdom	The East Indiaman was in the harbour at Bombay, India ready for a voyage to China. At 2 a.m. a fire was discovered. Despite every assistance from steam and other vessels, "this fine ship was destroyed under very suspicious circumstances." Several lives were lost. [15]
Warrior	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Calcutta. [9]
Waterwitch	United Kingdom	The ship sank in a typhoon at Calcutta. She was on a voyage from Calcutt to China. [10]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Skelton Castle	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Weser Till. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Hamburg. [16]
Trio	Sweden	The ship was wrecked on Scharhörn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Hamburg. [16]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Magnet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated. [1]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Barbara	United Kingdom	The sloop was destroyed by fire in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Montrose, Forfarshire. All eleven people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Wick, Caithness. [2]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Carib	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Demerara, British Honduras for London. Presumed subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. A boat washed up at Saint Gilles, on the French coast in February 1843. [17]
Orontes	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Grampuses, off the south east coast of Grenada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Grenada. [18] [19]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Brougham	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on a reef in the Cook Strait. She was refloated and proceeded on her voyage from New Zealand to South America. [20]
Columbine	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Calcutta, India. [21]
Courrier de Bourbon	France	The ship sank at Calcutta. [21]
George McLevel	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Calcutta. [21]
James Turcan	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Calcutta. [21]
John Adams	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Calcutta. [21]
Stalhart	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged at Calcutta. [21]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Angerona	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Maryport. [22]
Ardgowan	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by James Harris (  United Kingdom ). [1]
Beccles	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near "St. James's Castle", in the Gulf of Smyrna. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Odessa. Beccles was refloated with assistance from HMS Aigle (  Royal Navy) and resumed her voyage. [23]
Lavinia	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. She was refloated and taken into the River Colne. [24]
Leopoldine Ross	France	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Castillos, Uruguay. Her crew, officers excepted, saved themselves, leaving the rest to their fate. She was carrying 303 passengers, of whom 231 perished. Her captain also died. Leopoldina Ross was on a voyage from Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure to Montevideo, Uruguay. [25] [26]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Cornwallis	United Kingdom	The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Bombay, India. [27]
Nesbitt	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked in the Caicos Passage. All on board were rescued by Oldo (  United States). Nesbitt was on a voyage from Port Morant, Jamaica to London. [28]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Commerce	France	The brig foundered in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. [29] [30]
Everthorpe	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [29]
Vesta	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She had been refloated by 14 June. [31]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Look-in	New Zealand	The schooner was wrecked in the Waimea River near Nelson. Her crew were rescued. She was later taken into Nelson for repairs. [32] [33]
Washington	United Kingdom	The ship struck the Horn Reef, in the Baltic Sea and was abandoned with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Pillau, Prussia. [34]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Reindeer	United States	The fishing schooner was lost in the lost at Newport, Rhode Island. Crew saved. [35]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on a reef in the Brazilian Straits. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to London. She was refloated the next day and taken into Samboangan, Spanish East Indies. [36]
Bloom	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Lemvig, Denmark with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Plymouth, Devon. [37]
Louisa	United States	The ship was damaged by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [5]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Betty	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wismar to London. Betty was refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark. [37]
Bloom	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Lemvig, Denmark with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Plymouth, Devon. [38]
Brown	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. [37]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Jean and Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. [23] She was refloated on 16 July and taken into Kirkcudbright for repairs. [39]
Maid of the Mist	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Eastport, Maine, United States. She was refloated and completed her voyage. [39] [40]
Maria Johanna	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. Maria Johanna was refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark. [37]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Adelaide	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay, India. [7] [13]
Farmer	United Kingdom	The sloop was severely damaged by fire at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. [37]
Jane	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Morant Keys. She was on a voyage from India to Kingston, Jamaica. [18] [19]
Simpson	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Kertch, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall or Cork. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [39]
Tiger	Isle of Man	The schooner departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Ramsey. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [41]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Ontario	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on a reef in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of the Arab's Tower, Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Falmouth, Cornwall or Hull, Yorkshire. [42] [43]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Eleonore	Russia	The ship departed from Riga for Helsingør, Denmark and Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands. [44]
Margaret Hogg	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Gingerbread Ground, off the Bahamas and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and put into Nassau, Bahamas. [45] [46]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Courier	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Métis, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. [40] She was refloated on 25 July and taken into Quebec City, Province of Canada. [47]
Marianne	United Kingdom	The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Stettin to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [45]
Sarah	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire. [37]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Jefferson	United States	The 377-ton Nantucket ship was lost on Atooi, with 2,480 barrels of sperm oil and 80 barrels of whale oil. [48]
Pilot	United Kingdom	The brig sank in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Tory Island, County Donegal. Twelve crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba [23] [38]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Carrington	New South Wales	The coaster was wrecked at Port Stephen. [49]
Good Intention	United Kingdom	The ship was driven onto the North Tail, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Swansea, Glamorgan. [1] She was refloated on 9 July. [50]
Penrhyn	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Walney Island, Lancashire. [1]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Africano	Portugal	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Lisbon. [47]
Blossom	New Zealand	The whaling ship was driven onto rocks and wrecked by a squall in the Chatham Islands. All hands were saved. [51] [52]
Jean and Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kirkcudbright. [1]
Phoenix	Cape Colony	The paddle steamer ran aground on Bonavista, Cape Verde Islands. She was refloated and put into Porto Praia for repairs. [53]
Renown	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged by fire whilst on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished on 28 June. [54]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Psyche	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Corkbeg, County Cork. She was refloated. [55]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Caroline	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Havre de Grâce. [1]
John and Jane	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Thorpe Rocks, off the coast of Suffolk. [23] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [1]
Mary and Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Denmark with the loss of one of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Pillau, Prussia. [56]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Borea	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Christianstadt, Sweden. [50]
Copeland	United Kingdom	The ship struck the Stroom Rock and was consequently beached on "Thwart-the-way Island" with assistance from Peruvian (  United Kingdom ). She floated off, capsized and sank in the Strait of Sunda. Copeland was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to China. [20] [57] [58]
Sophia	Denmark	The ship was driven ashore on Dragør. She was refloated on 3 July. [50]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Amelia	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Vanguard (  Royal Navy). [59]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. [60]
Pactolus	France	The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. [61]
Slaters	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near the Domesnes Lighthouse, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Libava, Courland Governorate. She was refloated on 2 July and resumed her voyage. [27]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Good Design	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated but consequently sank. Good Design was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia or Danzig to London. She was refloated and on 5 July taken into Harwich, Essex. [62] [31]
Kate	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde, Prussia. She had become a wreck by 21 July. [63] [19]
Mary Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lemvig, Denmark with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Pillau, Prussia. [64]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1842

Ship	Country	Description
Aerolite	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at "Muñoz", Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from A Coruña, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal. [23]
Ann Liffey	United Kingdom	The barque struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. All on board were rescued by the barque Oscar (  United Kingdom ). [65]
Ariel	New Zealand	The schooner was driven ashore in Hawke Bay before 11 June. Her crew were rescued. [66] [67] She was later refloated. [68]
Assam	India	The steamship was reported missing, presumed foundered before 8 June. [7]
Caroline	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated on 1 July. [43]
Devonshire	Swan River Colony	The schooner was wrecked on or before 18 June with some loss of life. [69] She was on a voyage from Perth to Bunbury, Swan River Colony. [70]
Edward	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Aurelian (  United Kingdom ). [39]
Ellen	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on "Cross Island". She was later refloated and taken into Helsingør, where she arrived on 15 June. [31]
Enterprise (or Enterprize)	Van Diemen's Land	In mid-June, the schooner ran aground during a trip from Wellington to Wanganui, New Zealand, at the mouth of the Wangahiahu (i.e., Whangaehu River), which the captain had mistaken for the larger Whanganui River, several miles to the northwest. [71] [52]
Herald	Egypt	The steamship sprang a leak and was run ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Alexandria. [72]
Kate	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged by fire at Bombay, India on 3 or 10 June. [27] [8]
Marquis of Douro	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on "Cross Island". She was later refloated and taken into Helsingør, where she arrived on 15 June. [31]
Stephen	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by John Romilly (  United Kingdom ). Stephen was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America. [2] [65]
Thomas and Robert	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Saint Petersburg on 16 June. [73]
Time	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated on 10 June. [22]
Waterwitch	United Kingdom	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Chian. [21]

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Ship events in 1842
Ship launches:	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847
Ship commissionings:	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847
Ship decommissionings:	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847
Shipwrecks:	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847