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The list of shipwrecks in 1842 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during
1842.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1842
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Actæon
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked in the
Turks Island before 7 March.
[1]
|
Adolphe
|
France
|
The ship was lost in
St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.
[2]
|
Aguina
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship capsized in the
North Sea off
Scarborough,
Yorkshire in late March or early April with the loss of all hands.
[3]
|
Allalevie
|
India
|
The ship was wrecked in Vanloos Bay,
Ceylon. She was on a voyage from
Calcutta to Ceylon.
[4]
|
Bayonnais
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship ran aground at "Tobasco" and was consequently condemned. She was on a voyage from "Tobasco" to
Havre de Grâce,
Seine-Inférieure.
[5]
|
Bellous
|
United States
|
The
full-rigged ship sank in the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the Autumn. She was refloated in 1843, repaired and returned to service.
[6]
|
Belvidera
|
India
|
The ship was destroyed at
Singapore before 1 November.
[7]
|
Cadmus
|
United States
|
The
whaler was wrecked on St. John the Baptist's Island, in the
Pitcairn Islands.
[8]
|
Casinir
|
France
|
The ship was wrecked at
Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. Her crew were rescued.
[9]
|
Clyde
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked on the north coast of
Barbados before 9 March. Her crew were rescued by
HMS Firefly,
HMS Spitfire and
HMS Tartarus (all
Royal Navy).
[10]
|
Debon
|
France
|
The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.
[2]
|
Emma
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked at
Kedgeree,
India.
[11]
|
Euphrates
|
France
|
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana to
Cette,
Hérault. Her crew were rescued by Rio Grande (
United States).
[12]
|
Felicie
|
France
|
The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.
[2]
|
Fluminee
|
Empire of Brazil
|
The
brig was wrecked. Three crew were rescued by Regent (
United Kingdom).
[13]
|
General Evans
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked off the Rio Grande. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sierra Leone.
[14]
|
Herculaneum
|
United Kingdom
|
The transport ship was lost in the
South China Sea.
[4]
|
Lady Stafford
|
United Kingdom
|
The
brig capsized at
Newfoundland before 4 June.
[15]
|
Martha
|
Jersey
|
The ship was wrecked at "Bona Vista". Her fourteen crew were rescued by Elizabeth and Jane (
United Kingdom.
[16]
|
North America
|
United States
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Key West,
Florida Territory.
[17]
|
President
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 April. Her crew were rescued by Cameo (
United States). President was on a voyage from
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
British North America to
Barbadoes.
[18]
|
Robert
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was abandoned in the
Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savanilla, near
Puerto Colombia, to
Liverpool,
Lancashire.
[19]
|
Singular
|
Spain
|
The
brig was lost in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from
Manila,
Spanish East Indies to
Macao.
[4]
|
Sir Andrew Hammond
|
United Kingdom
|
The
whaler was wrecked on the coast of
Peru before 2 April.
[20]
|
Speculator
|
New Zealand
|
The ship was lost en route between
Mercury Bay (which she left on 12 August) and
Wellington.
[21]
|
Strathfieldsaye
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree.
[11] She was on a voyage from
Madras, India to
Enmore, New South Wales and China.
[22]
|
Two Sisters
|
United Kingdom
|
The
barque struck a rock and foundered off
Wednesday Island,
New South Wales. All on board were rescued by Malcolm (
United Kingdom), Arab, John Brewer and Kelso (all
United Kingdom).
[23]
[24]
|
Union
|
France
|
The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.
[2]
|
Uxor
|
Flag unknown
|
The
schooner was wrecked. Eight crew were rescued by Regent (
United Kingdom).
[13]
|
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