The list of shipwrecks in May 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1840.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Adrastus | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta, India. She was later refloated. [1] |
Allerton | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [2] [1] |
Brilliant | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. [2] [1] |
Cheviot | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Cape Race, Newfoundland, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [3] |
Clown | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [2] [1] |
Coringa Packet | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [1] |
Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [1] |
Look-in | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Western Channel. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land to Sydney. [4] |
Lucy | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [1] |
Mariam | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [1] |
Shepherdess | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [1] |
Superbe | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [1] |
William | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [1] |
William Gales | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [2] [1] |
Wilson | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at Calcutta. She was later refloated. [1] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Curlew | ![]() | The schooner capsized at Spalding, Lincolnshire. [5] |
Emelie Frederike | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Dantsic. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 30 May and taken into Dantsic. [6] |
Hannah | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Hannah was refloated and taken into Aalborg. [7] |
Robert Raikes | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel. Robert Raikes was refloated on 10 May and beached. [7] [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Devon | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Nore. Her crew were rescued. [9] |
Hannah | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Skagen, Denmark. she was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Hanna was refloated and put into Frederikshavn, Denmark for repairs. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza Welld | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Grain Spit and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London, United Kingdom. Eliza Welld was refloated and taken into Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom for repairs. [11] |
Jeanette | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on "Tuskar Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. [12] [13] |
Perseverance | ![]() | The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued. [14] [15] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albion | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [3] |
Atlantic | ![]() | The barque was wrecked at Pacha Cove Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Quebec City. [16] [17] |
Chase | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stolp. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dantzic. [8] |
John Dunscombe | ![]() | The schooner broke her moorings and was driven on shore at Kapiti Island, New Zealand. No lives were lost. [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cybele | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Demerara River. [19] |
Thomas | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee. [20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Competent | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay. [21] |
General Lawrence | ![]() | Great Natchez Tornado: The steamboat sank in the Mississippi River at Natchez, Mississippi with the loss of all on board. [22] |
Hinds | ![]() | Great Natchez Tornado: The steamboat was struck by a tornado at Natchez and deposited at Baton Rouge, Louisiana with the loss of 51 lives. [23] |
Jessie | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 3 June and taken into Drogheda. [6] |
Prairie | ![]() | Great Natchez Tornado: The steamboat was wrecked at Natchez. [22] |
St. Lawrence | ![]() | Great Natchez Tornado: The steamboat was wrecked at Natchez. [22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Goed Besluit | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Brielle, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [24] [20] |
Ranger | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a Scottish port. Ranger was refloated and resumed her voyage. [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dove | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Mauritius. [25] |
Eliza | ![]() | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked in Glenarm Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim. [26] |
Euxine | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Dauphin Island, Alabama. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Mobile, Alabama. [27] |
Inca | ![]() | The ship struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea and was damaged. She was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Cork the next day. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Phillip and Sydney, New South Wales. [28] |
Industry | ![]() | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Glenarm Bay. Her crew were rescued. [26] |
Lively | ![]() | The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) south of the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Coleraine, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. [20] |
Patriot | ![]() | The barque was wrecked at Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Mauritius. [25] |
Recovery | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Recovery was refloated and resumed her voyage. [24] [20] |
Stratford | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore at Mauritius. [25] |
Vulture | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Kuressaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [29] |
Wilsons | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by all but her captain and mate. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Boxer (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arcturus | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Coatham, Yorkshire. All seventeen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Sunderland, County Durham. [30] [31] |
Clementice | ![]() | The ship was wrecked off Bray, County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. [32] |
Dorothy | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. [33] She was refloated on 13 May. [8] |
Good Hope | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Huntcliffe, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [28] [8] |
Good Intent | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Rawcliffe, Yorkshire. [28] Her crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Newcastle upon Tyne. [34] |
Lily | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Scarborough, Yorkshire. [28] |
Millicent | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Machios", New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint John, New Brunswick. [13] [1] |
Milo | ![]() | The paddle steamer caught fire and sank at Sunderland, County Durham [35] |
Zwei Gebruders | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaham, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Kiel to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. [8] [35] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arabian | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Griffins Cove, Lower Canada, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Lower Canada. [36] |
Catherina | ![]() | The galiot was wrecked on Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Sunderland, County Durham. [30] |
Cesias | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Ower Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. [8] Cesias was subsequently towed into Harwich, Essex by HMRC Badger ( |
Monarch | ![]() | The paddle steamer struck a rock off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire and was holed. Her passengers were taken off by Royal Adelaide (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aimwell | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Darßer, Prussia. She was refloated on 26 May. [37] |
Chase | ![]() | The ship was sunk by ice off the west coast of Naissaar, Russia. All sixteen people on board were rescued by Canada (![]() |
Independence | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Weymouth, Dorset. Independence was refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs. [7] |
Thames | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Grain Spit, off the coast of Kent. [33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grampus | ![]() | The steamboat exploded and sank in the Mississippi River with the loss of two lives. [41] |
Hero | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. [3] |
Terpsichore | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Merven Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cuxhaven. Terpsichore was later refloated. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grant | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Monkey River. [42] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Foland | ![]() | The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Clifton (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Erie | ![]() | The whaling ship was grounded at Waitangi in New Zealand's Chatham Islands, and broke up over the following days. [18] |
José | ![]() | Slave Trade: The brig was run ashore and wrecked in the River Quillemane, Madagascar with the loss of 136 slaves. HMS Lily (![]() |
Noordstar | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Stevns Klint, Zealand, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Ventava, Courland Governorate to Rotterdam, South Holland. Noordstar was refloated on 19 May and put into Helsingør. [37] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Greenfield | ![]() | The steamboat exploded and sank in the South Hadley Canal, Massachusetts with the loss of three lives. [41] [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dalhousie Castle | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Bonny, Africa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bonny to Liverpool, Lancashire. [45] |
Lady Young | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Waarde, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hamburg. [37] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sylvanus | ![]() | The schooner capsized in a squall 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Montrose, Forfarshire with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing vessel Aid (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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George James | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Honfleur, Calvados, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Honfleur. [46] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Susannah Helen | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Juist, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to "Hollestandt". [38] [29] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aedel | ![]() | The ship collided with Salus (![]() |
Alphonse | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [48] She was refloated on 31 May. [47] |
Cadet | ![]() | The ship was driven into Salus (![]() |
Carl Wilhelm | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [48] She was refloated on 31 May. [47] |
Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [48] She was refloated on 31 May. [47] |
Gazelle | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [48] She was refloated on 31 May. [47] |
Goose | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [48] She was refloated on 31 May. [47] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [17] She was refloated on 31 May. [47] |
Nancy | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [48] |
Salus | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [48] She was refloated on 31 May. [47] |
Speculante | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [48] She was refloated on 31 May. [47] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Général Borgella | ![]() | The ship struck rocks off "Porcala", Grand Duchy of Finland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. [49] |
Paletina or Patelina | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom to Königsberg. She was refloated on 30 May and taken int Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. [16] [36] |
Robert Garden | ![]() | The schooner foundered in Peterhead Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth. [50] [38] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dussau | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Malmö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Stettin. [51] |
Earl Talbot | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Goree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. [29] Earl Talbot was refloated on 12 June and put into Rotterdam, South Holland for repairs. [49] |
Frau Catherina | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Rendsburg. [6] |
Geertruida | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Holmen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Riga, Russia. [6] [52] |
Voyager | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Bonaventura, Lower Canada, British North America. [3] |
Zenobia | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to New York. Zenobia was refloated and taken into New York. [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Quincy | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Oel Pinte, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Trinidad de Cuba to Bremen. [17] Quincy was refloated on 29 May and taken into Bremen. [53] |
Reine | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the River Plate. [54] |
Ulrike | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was beached near "Pineta", where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Swinemünde. [55] [56] |
Vrow Hendrika | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig. She was on a voyage from Sønderborg to Antwerp, Belgium. [48] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Napoleon | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Cat Keys, off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Nassau, Bahamas. [57] [58] |
Posen | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by T. P. (![]() |
Shetland | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Barbadoes and was scuttled. [61] |
Sylphide | ![]() | The ship was run down and sunk in Liverpool Bay by England (![]() |
Thracian | ![]() | The ship was struck by a waterspout and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana, Cuba. Thracian put into Nassau, Bahamas, where she arrived on 30 June. [58] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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William and Thomas | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Swinebottoms. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Copenhagen, Denmark. [55] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albion | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and subsequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [62] |
Lively | ![]() | The ship sank near Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dordrecht. She was later raised but was consequently condemned. [3] |
Triton | ![]() | The ship foundered off Ny-Hellesund, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel, Prussia. [63] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mars | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Debringoe Bank. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hartlepool, County Durham. [53] |
Pelter | ![]() | The flat sank off the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. [64] |
Ulrika | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stettin. [47] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak off Nobbys Island and was beached. Her crew were rescued by the cutter Rovers Bride ( ![]() |
Charlotte | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Wollongong whilst her crew were ashore. [66] [67] |
Citadelle | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was refloated on 3 May and taken into Helsingør, Denmark. [24] |
Falcon | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. Her crew were rescued. [68] [18] |
Gezina Jansen | Flag unknown | The ship sank off Pillau, Kingdom of Prussia. She was refloated and taken into Pillau on 10 May. [37] |
Greyhound | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 May. [62] |
Heinrich | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Egmond aan Zee, South Holland, Netherlands before 29 May. [36] |
Lively | ![]() | The ship sank off the Dutch coast before 26 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. [38] |
Pandora | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Green Point, Cape Town, Cape Colony. [69] |
Sherbrooke | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at the Pensacola Lighthouse, Florida Territory. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama, United States. Sherbrooke was refloated on 3 June. [3] |
Thomas | ![]() | The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from Pearl and Superb (both ![]() |
Victoria | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 May. [12] |
William | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk before 13 May. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Lowestoft, Suffolk. [8] |
Ship events in 1840 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 |
Ship commissionings: | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 |
Shipwrecks: | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 |