List of shipwrecks in 1839
The list of shipwrecks in 1839 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1839.
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
January
6 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Young Susannah | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Easton Bavents, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
7 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Thomas Piele | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked off Aberavon, Glamorgan with the loss of three of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dublin.[2] |
16 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Diana | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire at Willemsoord, North Holland. |
February
6 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charles | France | The brig was wrecked on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Porthcawl pilot boat.[2] |
11 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Barbara | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk by the brig Derwent ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[1] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grace | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhosilli, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2] |
March
20 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rebecca | New South Wales | The sloop ran aground at Cape Portland, Tasmania during a gale. |
April
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pirate | United States | The steamboat sank in the Missouri River near Bellevue, Nebraska. |
USS Sea Gull | United States Navy | United States Exploring Expedition: The 2-gun schooner was lost in the Southern Ocean after 17 April. |
May
19 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza | United Kingdom | The abandoned wreck was discovered in the North Sea by the pilot cutter John and Mary ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Easton Bavents, Suffolk.[1] |
June
22 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Les Enfants Cheris | France | The lugger was wrecked on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Atlantique to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[2] |
July
27 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Queen | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk.[1] |
December
25 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pelorus | Singapore | The brig-sloop struck a shoal off the coast of Borneo (8°08′30″N 115°30′00″E / 8.14167°N 115.50000°E) and sank. There were 22 survivors. |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "SHIPWRECKS OFF WALBERSWICK 1782 - 1845" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
Ship events in 1839 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 |
Ship commissionings: | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 |
Shipwrecks: | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 |
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