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The list of shipwrecks in 1847 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during
1847 .
January
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November
December
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1847
Ship
State
Description
Admiral
United States
The sidewheel
paddle steamer sank in the
Missouri River near
Weston ,
Missouri , apparently in 1847.
[1]
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Kilrush ,
County Clare . She was refloated on 15 February.
[2]
Aristides
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Indian Ocean south of
Madagascar . She was on a voyage from
Calcutta ,
India to the
Cape of Good Hope .
[3]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush. She was refloated on 15 February.
[2]
Glencoe
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush. She was refloated on 17 February.
[2]
Iris
Denmark
The ship was lost on the coast of
Brazil . Her crew were rescued.
[4]
La Petite Ernestine
France
The ship was lost in the
Bay of Biscay . Her crew were rescued by the
schooner Harp (
United Kingdom ).
[5]
Lucretia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Point Spirito Santo, on the west coast of South America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to
Punta Arenas , Chile and
Guatemala City , Guatemala.
[6]
[7]
Malabar
France
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from
Coringa , India to the
Île Bourbon .
[8]
Mars
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush. She was refloated on 15 February.
[2]
Mary Jane
British North America
The
brig was wrecked at
Shelburne, Nova Scotia .
[9] She was on a voyage from
Sydney, Nova Scotia to
Boston, Massachusetts , United States.
[10]
Monmouth
United States
The ship ran aground on the Mosella Reef. She was refloated with assistance from Republican (
United States ) and taken in to
Key West, Florida .
[11]
Socrates
Russia
The ship was wrecked at
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône one Wednesday in January or February.
[12]
Sylphide
Belgium
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. She was on a voyage from
Bahia ,
Brazil to
Antwerp .
[13]
References
^
Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9 , Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
^
a
b
c
d "Ship News". The Times . No. 19479. London. 22 February 1847. col D-E, p. 8.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 7028. London. 17 February 1847. p. 5.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 1868. Liverpool. 19 February 1847.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 22907. London. 6 May 1847. p. 8.
^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 4630. Glasgow. 14 June 1847.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 22939. London. 14 June 1847. p. 7.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19487. London. 3 March 1847. col F, p. 8.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19655. London. 15 September 1847. col F, p. 6.
^ "Shipwrecks". The Morning Post . No. 23019. London. 15 September 1847. p. 8.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19577. London. 16 June 1847. col E, p. 8.
^ "Wreck of a Russian Corn Ship". The Standard . No. 7028. London. 17 February 1847. p. 1.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 19566. London. 3 June 1847. col F, p. 8.
Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849