From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thelist of shipwrecks in 1839 includesships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during1839 .
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1839
Ship
State
Description
Achille
France
The ship was lost before 21 July. She was on a voyage fromMarseille ,Bouches-du-Rhône toGuadeloupe .[ 1]
Attaran
United Kingdom Theschooner was wrecked near Nampang Island,China .Her crew were rescued but the ship was burnt by the Chinese.[ 1]
Constance
France
The ship was driven ashore in theGanges .She was on a voyage fromCalcutta ,India to a French port.Constance was later refloated and put back to Calcutta.[ 2]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked offSaugor ,India. She was on a voyage fromGreenock ,Renfrewshire to Calcutta.[ 3]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off theCape of Good Hope .She was on a voyage fromMadras ,India toLondon .[ 4]
Equitable
United Kingdom The ship was lost in theGanges with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage fromBordeaux ,Gironde ,France to Calcutta.[ 5]
Fame
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked atNaples ,Kingdom of the Two Sicilies .Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage fromAncona ,Papal States to Liverpool.[ 6]
Gazelle
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked atBahia ,Brazil .She was on a voyage from London toHobart ,Van Diemen's Land .[ 7] [ 8]
Governor Coddington
Unknown
Thebrig was lost onIsland Beach on the coast ofNew Jersey .[ 9]
Herald
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Calcutta toBoston, Massachusetts .[ 10]
Industry
United Kingdom The ship sank offDale, Pembrokeshire .She was refloated in early May.[ 11]
Jane
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from "Lumbuck" toChina .Her crew were rescued.[ 12]
Juno
United Kingdom Thewhaler was wrecked in theFiji Islands .All but three of those on board were murdered by the local inhabitants.[ 13]
Pleiades
New South Wales
Thebarque was wrecked onLombok ,Netherlands East Indies .[ 14]
Sevo United States
The schooner was run down in the night by steamerHuntress Thacher Island and sank almost immediately. The Captain climbed aboard the steamer and a 12 year old crewmember was rescued by Huntress. 4 crew died.[ 15]
Trazas
France
The ship was lost at Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone toBordeaux ,Gironde .[ 16]
^a b "Shipping Intelligence".The Morning Chronicle .No. 21749. London. 8 August 1839. ^ "Ship News".The Times .No. 17108. London. 31 July 1839. col F, p. 2. ^ "Domestic Intelligence" .The Sydney Herald .Sydney. 18 November 1839. p. 2.^ "Ship News".The Times .No. 17260. London. 22 January 1840. col A, p. 7. ^ "Dreadful Casualties at Sea".The Champion and Weekly Herald .No. 171. London. 22 December 1839. ^ "Ship News".The Times .No. 16971. London. 21 February 1839. col C, p. 3. ^ "Van Diemen's Land" .The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser .Sydney. 14 September 1839. p. 2.^ "Ship News" .The Australian .Sydney. 5 November 1839. p. 3.^ "njscuba.net" Lavallette Wreck " .Archived fromthe original on 2020-02-23.Retrieved2020-03-01 .^ "Ship News".The Morning Post .No. 21541. London. 6 February 1840. ^ "Shipping Intelligence".The Morning Chronicle .No. 21672. London. 7 May 1839. ^ "Projected Departures" .The Colonist .Sydney. 4 May 1839. p. 2.^ "Shipping Intelligence".Caledonian Mercury .No. 18773. Edinburgh. 7 May 1840. ^ "Shipping Intelligence" .Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Advertiser .Adelaide. 14 March 1840. p. 2.^ "The Sevo" .downtothesea.Retrieved13 July 2021 .^ "Shipping Intelligence".The Morning Chronicle .No. 21672. London. 6 May 1839.
Shipwrecks 1830–39, by month
1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839
France
United Kingdom
United States
New South Wales