List of shipwrecks in October 1840
The list of shipwrecks in October 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1840.
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2 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Galston | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in Valentine's Bay, Tierra del Fuego. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile.[1] |
3 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Martha | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Beaudric Island, at the mouth of the Rhône.[2][3] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Gore Sand, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater, Somerset.[4] |
4 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Edward Vincent | ![]() | The brig sailed from Mobile, Alabama for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[5] |
Flying Fish | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The ship departed from Mobile, Alabama for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[10] |
5 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Feal | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Wadham Islands, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Saint John's, Newfoundland.[11] |
Hector | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Diamond Harbour, India.[12] |
Hunse | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near "Filsund". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Jersey, Channel Islands.[13][14] |
6 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Victoria | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gaspé, Lower Canada, British North America to Cádiz. Victoria was refloated the hext day and taken into Cádiz.[15] |
7 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Mathilda | ![]() | The ship was sighted off Helsingør, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16] |
Victory | ![]() | The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel off Porlock, Somerset with the loss of all seven people on board. She was on a voyage from Tenby, Pembrokeshire to Cork.[17] |
8 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Koentelly | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Riga.[18][7] |
St. Andrew | ![]() | The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2] |
9 October
Ship | State | Description |
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John | ![]() | The sloop ran aground off the coast of Fife. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. John was refloated and taken into Inverkeithing for repairs.[9] |
Martha | ![]() | The ship was sighted on this date whilst on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[19] |
Saran and Mary | ![]() | The ship was in collision with Oceanus (![]() ![]() |
11 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Preciosa | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Magnusholm Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Bolderāja, Russia.[21] |
Transcendant | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Coleradoes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[22][23] |
13 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Brothers | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The sloop was wrecked near Swords, County Dublin with the loss of all hands.[24] |
Jean | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Rostock.[25] |
Syren | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[17] |
Velocity | ![]() | The ship struck a rock in the River Shannon and was consequently beached at Crookhaven, County Cork.[26] |
14 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Catharina | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the South Reef, off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Ghent, Belgium.[18] |
Fama | ![]() | The segunda was wrecked on "Lobos Island". All 26 people on board were rescued by Austin (![]() |
Gironde | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sunderland, County Durham. Gironde was refloated and anchored off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[17] |
Mayor | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Calolimino Island, in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Trebizond, Ottoman Empire.[29] |
Victory | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Swash. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[17] |
15 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Atkinson | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Monte Video, Uruguay. Atkinson was refloated and put into Dover, Kent.[17] |
Brankenmoor | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Cape Carabourni, Ottoman Empire with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Odessa to a British port.[30] |
Trio | ![]() | The ship departed from San Blas Atempa, Mexico for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31] |
16 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Charlotte | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Ålum near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[11][32] |
Eleanor and Jane | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Borth Bay. Her crew were rescued.[33] |
Victory | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Swash, in the Bristol Channel.[18] |
17 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Colonist | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Saint Kitts.[34] |
Richmond Castle | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on St. Peter's Island, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Porthcawl, Glamorgan.[35] |
18 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Ferret | ![]() | The schooner was run down by a collier brig and sank in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tees to London.[7][36] |
Mary Ann | ![]() | The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cork to Southampton, Hampshire.[37] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[7] |
Nimrod | ![]() | The ship was in collision with Wealands (![]() |
Syren | ![]() | The ship was sighted off the Orkney Islands whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[39] |
19 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Brothers | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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(![]() |
Hoop | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Adelaide | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The schooner was burnt and destroyed at "Caerheen", Wales.[46] |
Lamb | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[20] |
Neah | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was refloated on 23 October and put into Reval, Russia for repairs.[41] |
Two Brothers | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[21]Two Brothers was refloated on 28 October and taken into Cley-next-the-Sea for repairs.[48] |
22 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Clothilde | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rostock.[42] |
Janet | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newport, Monmouthshire with the loss of two of her crew.[44] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[52] |
Richard Smith | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The ship was lost at Clam Harbour. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Demerara, British Honduras.[55][54] |
23 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Alida | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Rügenwalde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Ghent.[56] |
El Castellano | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of more than 67 lives.[57] |
Hendrika Frowina | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in Mill Bay. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[44] |
Janet Andrews | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Africa to London.[58] |
Swift | ![]() | The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Ann (![]() |
24 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Emerys | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her nine crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[42][45] |
John | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile.[42] |
Vrow Gesina | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to Hamburg.[25] |
Vulcan | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Johnshaven. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen, Scotland to Montrose.[59] |
Cora | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Johnshaven. Her crew were lost, only the ship's dog survived. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen, Scotland to Montrose.[59] |
25 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Buchanan | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ellen (![]() |
Haidee | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The paddle steamer was collision with the paddle steamer Britannia (![]() |
Zouave | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Mostaganem, Algeria.[64] |
26 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Amphitrite | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
Delight | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Petrel ( |
Junia | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Steinknotan and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Hull.[30][67] |
Superb | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Bay of Palma and subsequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London.[68][69][70] |
Union | ![]() | The ship was departed from Saint Petersburg, Russia for Hull. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[71] |
27 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Carlton Packet | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in the Grand River. Her crew were rescued.[22] |
Vere | ![]() | The ship ran aground on Hamilton's Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[65] |
William Irvine | ![]() | The ship was dismasted and abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was towed into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[50] |
28 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Adelaide | ![]() | The brig was wrecked near Cette, Hérault. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Cette.[72][73] |
Majestic | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Cape la Motte, Var, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Toulon, Var.[74] |
Zouave | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Mostaganem, Algeria.[75] |
29 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Adelaide | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Oran, Algeria. Her crew were rescued.[68] |
Alexander | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near the Agger Channel, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Christiansand, Norway.[30][67] |
Carolina Frederica | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Helsingør, Denmark with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[55] |
Flora | ![]() | The ship was run down and sunk by Commodore (![]() |
George and Jane | ![]() | The sloop was in collision with Hero of the Nile (![]() |
Sarah | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Tynemouth.[76] |
30 October
Ship | State | Description |
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James and Mary | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Peterhead.[25][48] |
Palinuras | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in Tom Owen's Channel. She was on a voyage from Aruba to British Honduras.[58] Palinuras was refloated with assistance from HMS Comus (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Amphion | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Kawhia Harbour, New Zealand. [80] |
Harmony | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. she was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to "Lyra".[41] |
Mary and Elizabeth | ![]() | The fishing schooner was at St. Peters, Nova Scotia on the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.[81] |
Mercurius | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock before 23 October. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Surinam.[82] |
Ophemia | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Olstens, off Barbadoes after 20 October.[83] |
Sarah | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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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