The list of shipwrecks in June 1847 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1847.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Hercules | ![]() | The paddle tug was severely damaged by fire in the River Avon downstream of the Holmes, near Bristol, Gloucestershire. [1] Subsequently repaired and returned to service. [2] |
Lord Stanley | ![]() | The ship was damaged by fire at Aden. Subsequently repaired. [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Spartan | ![]() | The brig sank off Cape Henlopen, Delaware, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [4] [5] |
Susan | ![]() | The ship ran aground near "Dragoe". She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [6] |
Thompson | ![]() | The cutter departed from Sydney for Adelaide, South Australia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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British King | ![]() | The full-rigged ship collided with Paola (![]() |
Norris Stanley | ![]() | The ship was beached at the Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She had become a wreck by 10 June. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ætna | ![]() | The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Ouachita River at Columbia, Louisiana with the loss of more than twenty lives. She was on a voyage from Ouachita to New Orleans, Louisiana. [10] |
Birman | ![]() | The brig ran aground and was wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Donegal. [11] |
Charlotte | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to the Clyde. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [12] |
Selina | ![]() | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Avon. [13] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adelaide | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hudson River. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to New York. [14] |
Nymph | ![]() | The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Christianstadt, Sweden to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition. [15] [16] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Junius | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Westhampton Beach, New York, United States with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New York City. [12] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Edouard et Marie | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile. [17] |
Nestor | ![]() | The brig ran aground on a reef off "Stenshera Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to "Kounisari Island". [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bruce | ![]() | The ship was wrecked between the Île Dieu and Île de Noirmoutier, Vendée, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. [19] |
Cassilda | ![]() | The ship was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. [8] [20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christian and Margaret | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newburgh, Fife. She put in to Hartlepool, County Durham in a sinking condition. [21] |
Mermaid | ![]() | The sloop ran aground and was wrecked at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Aberystwyth. [22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Catherine Mackellar | ![]() | The schooner departed from Newcastle for Sydney. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [23] |
Ceylon | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Moosepeeka Head, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. [24] She was later refloated and towed in to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. [25] |
Frédérique | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Selsey Bill, Sussex. United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emerald | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on Great Duck Island, Maine, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, British North America. [26] |
Rio Grande | ![]() | The fishing schooner was lost on Eastern Point. Crew saved. [27] |
Virginia | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore south of Cape Henry, Virginia. She was refloated and taken in to Norfolk, Virginia. [26] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Andrew White | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Constantinople. She was later refloated. [28] |
Elizabeth Lloyd | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. [26] |
Heyworth | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Seraglio Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Constantinople. She was later refloated and taken in to Constantinople. [29] |
Salus | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Cronslott, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva and Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Cronstadt. [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anna Maria | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France to Hartlepool, County Durham. [31] |
Azorian | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in Grunia Bay, Saint Kitts. She was later refloated and departed on 26 June for Nassau, Bahamas in a leaky condition. [32] |
Boadicea | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was consequently condemned. [26] |
Bramble | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and sank in Robin Hoods Bay with the loss of three of her crew. [33] |
Eugenie | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was refloated on 16 June. [26] |
Exporter | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [30] |
Southesk | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [30] |
William and Sarah | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Middlesbrough. She was later refloated. [33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Columbian Packet | ![]() | The ship was struck by lightning, capsized and sank in a squall off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States with the loss of four of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. [26] [34] |
Eugenie | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hudson River. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New York, United States. [12] |
Isabel | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Castle Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Liverpool. [35] |
Lord Brougham | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Mille Vaches, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada. [36] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arbutus | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. She was refloated. [28] |
Fortuna | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Watts. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Emden, Kingdom of Hanover. [37] |
Ocean | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Odessa and was scuttled. [29] |
Quid Pro Quo | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on "Point Lucama". She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Hong Kong. [38] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Henry | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Vyborg. Sweden to Hull. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør. [28] |
Jeune Alexis and Celina | ![]() | The ship ran aground and sank near Trapani, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Trieste. [39] |
Tryal | ![]() | The fishing smack collided with Columbus (![]() |
Tyro | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Pozzallo, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. [40] She was refloated on 26 June and taken in to Malta. [41] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Russell | ![]() | The whaler was wrecked on the Porpoise Reef, in the Fiji Islands. [42] [43] |
St. Cuthbert | ![]() | The schooner struck a sunken rock and was beached in Crinan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. [37] [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Commerce | ![]() | The ship collided with the Crosskeys Bridge, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire and was severely damaged. [30] |
Emblem | ![]() | The ship collided with the Crosskeys Bridge and was severely damaged. [30] |
Ida | ![]() | The ship collided with the Crosskeys Bridge and was severely damaged. [30] |
Rover | ![]() | The schooner ran aground in Placentia Bay. SHe was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to London. [44] |
Wheathill | ![]() | The ship collided with the Crosskeys Bridge and was severely damaged. [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Achilles | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the English Bank. She was refloated with assistance from Express and put back to Pernambuco, Brazil. [45] |
Diligence | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amity | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [37] |
Jonas | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Buxtehude. [28] |
Margaret Trynor | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Londoner. She was refloated and taken in to Beverly, Massachusetts, United States. [46] |
Ringdove | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Liverpool, Lancashire. [30] |
Triumvirate | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. [28] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Paragon | ![]() | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Barbadoes. Her eleven crew took to the longboat and sailed to Saint Lucia. Paragon was on a voyage from Berbice, British Guiana to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [34] |
Williams | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kertch, Russia to London. [12] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albion | ![]() | The ship capsized and sank at Limerick. [12] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Columbia | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig St. George (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gipsey | ![]() | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Nautilus (![]() |
Walter Scott | ![]() | The ship struck a sunken rock off Point Salines, Grenada. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada and Nassau, Bahamas. She put in to Grenada for repairs. [49] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bordelais | ![]() | The paquebot was wrecked at Natal. Her crew were rescued. [50] |
Harriet | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in the Bay of Goffe. She was on a voyage from London to Sierra Leone. [51] |
Harriet | ![]() | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Moy. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to Ballina, County Mayo. [28] |
Wester Norland | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore at Blankenese. [29] [28] She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Hamburg. She was refloated on 1 July and towed in to Hamburg. [52] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Agnes | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on Scharhörn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Hamburg. [29] [28] |
Roberts | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Saugor, India. Her 80 crew were rescued by Fatima (![]() |
Sophie | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Penerf Rocks. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dunkerque, Nord. [39] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emma | ![]() | The ship collided with John Jordine (![]() |
Lorena | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [46] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Affghan | ![]() | The brig was wrecked near Bridgeport, Nova Scotia, British North America before 7 June. Her crew were rescued. [56] |
Cœur de Lion | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. [24] |
Fanny, and Huron | ![]() | The ships collided in the Atlantic Ocean and both sank. Their crews were rescued. Fanny was on a voyage from the Clyde to Jamaica. [57] [47] |
Hellespont | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Delia (![]() |
Irma | ![]() | The brig was lost north of Saint-Louis, Senegal before 3 June. [26] |
Julia | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Spain before 8 June. [58] |
London | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Musquash, New Brunswick, British North America to London. [12] |
Lord Auckland | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Port Curtis, New South Wales before 29 June. She was refloated. [59] |
Lorena | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [26] |
Marie Françoise | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Le Conquet, Finistère, France before 5 June. [13] |
Mary Ann | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Tolaga Bay, New Zealand, in late June. She was driven on shore while attempting to leave the bay and broke up. All hands were saved. [60] |
Mary B. Oliver | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Cape Henlopen, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Cork. [26] [46] |
Naomi | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near "Guetenen" before 3 June. [26] |
Napoleon | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 June. [61] |
Redbreast | ![]() | The ship was crushed by ice and sank in the White Sea before 14 June. Her crew were rescued. [36] |
Selina | ![]() | The schooner departed from Moreton Bay for Sydney. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [23] |
Sette | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at "Trifontane", on the south coast of Sicily. She was refloated on 1 July and taken in to Trapani, Sicily for repairs. [62] |
Sylvia | ![]() | The barque was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia before 16 June. [40] |
Ship events in 1847 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 |
Ship commissionings: | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 |
Shipwrecks: | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 |