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The list of shipwrecks in October 1840 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during October
1840 .
2 October
3 October
4 October
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1840
Ship
State
Description
Edward Vincent
United States
The
brig sailed from
Mobile, Alabama for
New York . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[5]
Flying Fish
United Kingdom
The ship struck the
Seven Stones Reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire . Flying Fish put into
St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly .
[6]
[3]
John
Sweden
The ship was in collision with a
brig off
Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Batavia ,
Netherlands East Indies to
Stockholm . Presumed subsequently foundered.
[7]
Scotsman
United Kingdom
The
brig ran aground and sank at
Sunderland, County Durham . She was on a voyage from Sunderland to
Aberdeen .
[8] Scotsman was refloated on 11 October.
[9]
Vincent
United States
The ship departed from
Mobile, Alabama for
New York . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[10]
5 October
6 October
7 October
8 October
9 October
11 October
13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1840
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . Brothers was refloated on 15 October and towed into
Helsingør , Denmark for repairs.
[21]
Cambrian
United Kingdom
The
sloop was wrecked near
Swords ,
County Dublin with the loss of all hands.
[24]
Jean
United Kingdom
The
sloop was wrecked on the Knavestone Rock, in the
Farne Islands ,
Northumberland . She was on a voyage from
Aberdeen to
Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland.
[17] Jean later floated off; she was towed into
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk in a waterlogged condition on 19 October.
[7]
Oberon
Rostock
The ship was driven ashore on
Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Charleston, South Carolina , United States to Rostock.
[25]
Syren
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Flamborough Head ,
Yorkshire . She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.
[17]
Velocity
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock in the
River Shannon and was consequently beached at
Crookhaven ,
County Cork .
[26]
14 October
15 October
16 October
17 October
18 October
19 October
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1840
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The
smack was driven ashore at
Cley-next-the-Sea ,
Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
King's Lynn , Norfolk.
[32]
Chirk Castle
United Kingdom
The
full-rigged ship foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of the 34 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the
brig Triton (
United Kingdom ). Chirk Castle was on a voyage from the
River Mersey to
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America .
[40]
[24]
Hoop
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at
Wijk aan Zee ,
North Holland . She was on a voyage from
Málaga , Spain to
Amsterdam , North Holland.
[41]
Marengo
United States
The ship was driven ashore at
Widewall ,
Orkney Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland ,
United Kingdom to
New Orleans, Louisiana .
[42]
[38]
20 October
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1840
Ship
State
Description
Adelaide
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of
Crau ,
Bouches-du-Rhône , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Marseille .
[43]
Alida Maria
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of
Texel ,
North Holland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom to "Minden".
[44]
Cornelius Star
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Ooster Bank, in the
North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom to
Dordrecht ,
South Holland .
[45]
La Jolie Fille
United Kingdom
The
schooner was
burnt and destroyed at "Caerheen", Wales.
[46]
Lamb
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the
IJ near
Zeeburg ,
North Holland , Netherlands.
[32] She was on a voyage from
Amsterdam , North Holland to
Sunderland, County Durham .
[38] Lamb was later refloated and taken back to Amsterdam.
[47]
Vischerry
Netherlands
The ship was abandoned in the
North Sea . She was on a voyage from
London , United Kingdom to
Harlingen, Friesland . Vischerry subsequently drove ashore at
Wijk aan Zee ,
North Holland .
[44]
[42]
21 October
22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1840
Ship
State
Description
Clothilde
Belgium
The ship ran aground on the Spijker Plaat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Antwerp to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom .
[49]
[42]
Eliza
France
The ship was wrecked on
Goeree ,
Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from
Bordeaux ,
Gironde to
Rostock .
[42]
Janet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the
Chausey Islands ,
Manche , France. Her crew were rescued.
[50] She was on a voyage from Africa to London. Janet was refloated in mid-December and beached in shallow water.
[51]
Jenny
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Newport, Monmouthshire with the loss of two of her crew.
[44]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the
Magdalen Islands ,
Lower Canada ,
British North America . Her crew were rescued.
[52]
Richard Smith
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Clam Harbour, Nova Scotia ,
British North America . She was on a voyage from
Boston, Massachusetts to
Sydney, Nova Scotia .
[53]
[54]
Susannah
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Clam Harbour. She was on a voyage from
Halifax , Nova Scotia to
Demerara ,
British Honduras .
[55]
[54]
23 October
24 October
25 October
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1840
Ship
State
Description
Buchanan
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Ellen (
United Kingdom ).
[48]
Haidee
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Quayle Island",
Cape Verde Islands . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Sydney ,
New South Wales . Haidee was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[12]
Hesperia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Málaga , Spain to
Leith ,
Lothian .
[60]
John
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore at
Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to
Valparaíso , Chile.
[44] John was wrecked on 13 November.
[61]
Messenger
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on
Point Escuminac ,
New Brunswick ,
British North America . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Saint John, New Brunswick .
[62]
Phenix
France
The
paddle steamer was collision with the paddle steamer
Britannia (
United Kingdom ) and sank in the
English Channel off
Dungeness ,
Kent . All 70 people on board were rescued by Britannia . Phenix was on a voyage from
London to
Havre de Grâce ,
Seine-Inférieure , France.
[63]
Zouave
France
The ship was wrecked near
Mostaganem ,
Algeria .
[64]
26 October
27 October
28 October
29 October
30 October
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1840
Ship
State
Description
Amphion
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
St. Shott's ,
Newfoundland in late October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
New York , United States to a port in Newfoundland.
[79]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the "Point of Kerara". She was on a voyage from
Thurso ,
Caithness to
Port Dundas ,
Renfrewshire . Catherine was refloated on 14 October and taken into
Oban ,
Argyllshire .
[18]
Esker
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Kirkcaldy ,
Fife . She was on a voyage from
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia to Kirkcaldy. Esker was refloated on 31 October.
[25]
Hannah
New Zealand
The
schooner was wrecked at
Kawhia Harbour , New Zealand.
[80]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Helsingør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Livorno ,
Grand Duchy of Tuscany to
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia .
[7] Harmony was later refloated and put into
Copenhagen , Denmark for repairs.
[49]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Faro, Portugal . she was on a voyage from
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan to "Lyra".
[41]
Mary and Elizabeth
United States
The fishing schooner was at
St. Peters, Nova Scotia on the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.
[81]
Mercurius
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the
Kentish Knock before 23 October. She was on a voyage from
Amsterdam ,
North Holland to Surinam.
[82]
Ophemia
British North America
The ship was wrecked on the Olstens, off
Barbadoes after 20 October.
[83]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Black Middings, off the coast of
County Durham .
[32]
Speck
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør.
[7]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Starcross ,
Devon . She was on a voyage from
Stockton-on-Tees ,
County Durham to Starcross. Swallow was refloated on 14 October and taken into Starcross.
[17]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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