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The list of shipwrecks in July 1839 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1839 .
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1839
Ship
State
Description
Josephine
France
The ship ran aground on the Domesnes Reef. She was on a voyage from Cette , Hérault to Riga , Russia . Josephine was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 13]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1839
Ship
State
Description
Speedwell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Salcombe , Devon . She was later refloated.[ 24]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1839
Ship
State
Description
Ann and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 25]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Horse Shoe Bank, in Liverpool Bay .[ 23]
Bromley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Sound of Kylerea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Macduff, Aberdeenshire .[ 25]
Frau Kea
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was driven ashore near Seathorne , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Leer to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 25]
George Lockwood
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Penzance , Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[ 23] She was refloated on 29 July.[ 13]
Hero
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Logan , Wigtownshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 25]
Hoop
Netherlands
The galiot was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom.[ 25] [ 15]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hull. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull. Mary was refloated the next day.[ 25]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Porthleven , Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Aberavon , Glamorgan to Truro , Cornwall.[ 24]
Stafford
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Tees at Middlesbrough , Yorkshire .[ 15]
List of shipwrecks: July 1839
Ship
State
Description
Apollo
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tenby , Pembrokeshire with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork .[ 25] [ 26]
Autumn
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Millbay , Devon .[ 23]
Dorchester
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Laugharne , Carmarthenshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 25] Dorchester was refloated on 26 July.[ 27]
Drake
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth , Devon. All on board were rescued.[ 23]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Millbay. She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester . Elizabeth was later refloated.[ 23]
Erwartung
Flag unknown
The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia . to Antwerp , Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 28]
Falkland
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Liverpool.[ 23] Falkland was refloated on 20 July and taken into Liverpool.[ 29]
Frau Kea
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was driven ashore at Seathorne , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Leer to hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 23]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport , Dorset . She was on a voyage from Tobago to London .[ 25]
Mary
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore at Hull. She was refloated the next day and taken into Hull.[ 23]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Pollock Rocks, off the Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued by Mona's Isle ( Isle of Man ). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Drogheda , County Louth .[ 30] [ 19]
Naomi
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 24] [ 23]
Pheasant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near the Hook Lighthouse , County Wexford . She was on a voyage from Newport to Waterford .[ 25]
Pickering Dodge
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tâf with the loss of five of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Newport and Salem, Massachusetts .[ 25] [ 29] [ 31]
Visitor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to King's Lynn , Norfolk .[ 25]
List of shipwrecks: July 1839
Ship
State
Description
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dove Point. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Boston.[ 25] Charlotte was refloated on 22 July and resumed her voyage.[ 29]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1839
Ship
State
Description
British Queen
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Walberswick , Suffolk .[ 39] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Southwold , Suffolk.[ 1]
Oceanus
Stettin
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Honfleur , Calvados , France. Oceanus was refloated on 30 July.[ 27] [ 40]
Superior
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Fécamp , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 27]
Trotter
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland by Manchester ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Arbroath , Forfarshire .[ 27]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1839
Ship
State
Description
George Lockwood
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Penzance , Cornwall . She was later refloated and taken into Penzance.[ 40]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1839
Ship
State
Description
Angel
Spain
The ship was wrecked on Point Carubbulus, Cuba . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana , Cuba.[ 44]
Benledi
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was holed following a steampipe explosion. All 200-plus passengers were rescued by the paddle steamer Bonnie Dundee ( United Kingdom ). Benledi was on a voyage from Newshaven, Lothian to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 45]
Cornelis
Netherlands
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 46] [ 47]
Egeria
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to London .[ 48] [ 49]
George IV
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanddulas , Caernarfonshire Her crew were rescued.[ 40]
Margaretha Mathilda
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore on Ameland , Friesland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Thisted to London , United Kingdom . Margaretha Matilda was refloated the next day and put into Hollum , Friesland.[ 50]
Severn
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground of the Gunfleet Sand and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and taken into Wivenhoe , Essex.[ 48] [ 51]
Thomas and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Whitby , Yorkshire .[ 6]
William and Edward
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Llanddulas. She was refloated on 3 August.[ 6]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1839
Ship
State
Description
Bethel
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . All on board were rescued by Thomas ( United Kingdom ).Bethel was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.[ 52]
Drake
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth , Devon . She was refloated on 29 July.[ 40]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Millbay . She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester . Elizabeth was later refloated.[ 25]
Farmer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Montrose, Forfarshire . She was refloated on 19 July and taken into Montrose.[ 25]
John
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks off the Île d'Orléans , Lower Canada , British North America . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada to Hull , Yorkshire . John was towed back to Quebec City, where she arrived on 8 July.[ 50] She was consequently condemned.[ 53]
Mentor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Varberg , Sweden. She was later refloated and towed into Gothenburg .[ 54]
Mic Mac
New South Wales
The whaler , a brig , was wrecked on Bond's Reefs before 8 July.[ 55] [ 56]
Naparina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Malane" before 22 July. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City. Naparina was late refloated and taken into Quebec City.[ 21] [ 57]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Redcar , Yorkshire . She was refloated on 20 July and put into Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 25]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Runswick Bay . She was refloated on 11 July.[ 9]
William and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was run aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was refloated on 26 July and proceeded on her voyage.[ 27]
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