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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1839
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1839
Ship Country Description
Young Susannah  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Easton Bavents, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[1]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1839
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1839
Ship Country Description
Diana  Netherlands The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire at Willemsoord, North Holland.

February

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1839
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1839
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1839
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1839
Ship Country Description
Rebecca United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The sloop ran aground at Cape Portland, Tasmania during a gale.

April

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1839
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1839
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1839
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1839
Ship Country Description
British Queen  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk.[1]

December

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1839
Ship Country Description
Pelorus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 / 8.14167; 115.50000) and sank. There were 22 survivors.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "SHIPWRECKS OFF WALBERSWICK 1782 - 1845" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. 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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