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The list of shipwrecks in June 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1840.

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1 June

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List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1840
Ship State Description
Henry Smith  United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Boyne. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Drogheda, County Louth.[1] She was refloated on 3 June.[2]
Maria Anna  Bremen The ship sprang a leak and sank off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Leven, Fife, United Kingdom to the Weser.[3]

2 June

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List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1840
Ship State Description
Burnham  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port d'Urban, Natalia Republic.[4][5]
Clydesdale  United Kingdom The ship struck the wreck of Sylphide ( United Kingdom) in Liverpool Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New South Wales. She consequently put back to Liverpool.[6]
Eleanore Stettin The ship ran aground off Kronborg, Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[7]
Zwillinge  Russia The ship capsized off Hanstholm, Denmark.[8]

3 June

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List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1840
Ship State Description
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Strangford Lough.[9]
Volo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was later refloated.[10]

4 June

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List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1840
Ship State Description
Anna Kersten  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at "Aarvah", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Altona to Ringkøbing.[8]
Cheerly  United Kingdom The ship was beached in Robin Hoods Bay and was wrecked.[11]
Haabet  Denmark The ship was driven ashore near "Sud Lynvig". She was on a voyage from Ringkøbing to Hamburg.[8]
Henry Cotes  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland.[2]
Irene Helene  France The ship was abandoned in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Boulougne, Pas-de-Calais to Mandal, Norway.[12]
Marie  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near "Sud Lynvig". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Randers, Norway.[8]

5 June

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List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1840
Ship State Description
Helen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the "Graug Cautates". She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica.[13]
Wansford  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Varde, Denmark.Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ystad, Sweden.[3]

6 June

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List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1840
Ship State Description
Ant  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swilly Rocks, off the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire or Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon.[11]
Earl Grey  United Kingdom The ship sank off Walney Island, Lancashire. She was refloated on 15 June and resumed her voyage.[14]

7 June

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List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1840
Ship State Description
Hope  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated but then ran aground on the Long Sand. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York, United States. Hope was refloated and put into Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom.[11]
John Carroll  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to King's Lynn, Norfolk. John Carroll was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]

8 June

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List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1840
Ship State Description
Fortitude  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Cork.[15]
Zante Packet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Zante, United States of the Ionian Islands. Zante Packet was refloated and put into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[16]

9 June

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List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1840
Ship State Description
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. She was on a voyage from Pembrey to Sunderland, County Durham. Minerva was refloated and put back to Pembrey.[7]

10 June

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List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1840
Ship State Description
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of Ekholmen, Sweden. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[17]
Millicent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Machios", New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to St. Andrews, New Brunswick.[18]

11 June

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List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1840
Ship State Description
Henry Neeland  United States The ship was driven ashore near Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[8]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brig Rock. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. Margaret was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[18]

12 June

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List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1840
Ship State Description
Castor  Netherlands The ship ran aground on The Manacles. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. Castor was refloated and put into Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, where she was beached.[8]
Marianne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[3]

14 June

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List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1840
Ship State Description
Carib  Saint Kitts The mail boat was driven ashore at St. John's, Antigua. She was refloated the next day and proceeded for Saint Kitts.[19]
Conquest  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. Conquest was refloated the next day and taken into Copenhagen for repairs.[17]

15 June

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List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1840
Ship State Description
Superb  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sandhammer Reef. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia to London. Superb was refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark.[17]
Wilhelm  Russia The ship ran aground in the Victoria Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Riga. Wilhelm was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[3]

16 June

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List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1840
Ship State Description
Delight  United Kingdom The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Wapping, Middlesex.[20]
Dunchatten  United Kingdom The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Wapping.[20]
London Packet  United Kingdom The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Wapping.[20]

17 June

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List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1840
Ship State Description
Arab  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in Mobile Bay. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Lord Castlereagh  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Bombay, India while attempting to enter port during a gale with the loss of 130 lives.[22][23]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship ran around off "Magensholm". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. Helen was refloated and put into Riga.[12]
Lord William Bentinck  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Bombay while attempting to enter port during a gale. One hundred people died.[22][23]

18 June

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List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1840
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Carlingford Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Newry, County Antrim.[17]

19 June

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List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1840
Ship State Description
Alert  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Calais.[12]
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea.[17]
Lavinia  United Kingdom The ship sank at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and beached.[17]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Beaumont Shoals. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Lower Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[13]
Myrtle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London.[24]

20 June

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List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1840
Ship State Description
Pavilion  United Kingdom The ship sank in the English Channel off Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Pavilion was later refloated and beached. She was wrecked on 17 August.[25]
Shylock  United States The whaler was wrecked on a reef off Vatoa, Fiji with the loss of seven of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by Triton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales).[26][27][28]
Star  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland to Port Talbot.[17]

21 June

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List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1840
Ship State Description
Economy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Nehrung, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pillau, Prussia.[12] She was refloated 23 June and take into Pillau.[18]
Venus Sweden The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Rotterdam, South Holland. Netherlands.[29]

22 June

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List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1840
Ship State Description
City of Limerick  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sandhead, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17]
Helena  Belgium The ship foundered in the English Channel off Roscoff, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[12]

23 June

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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1840
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Ann was refloated and resumed her voyage.[30]
Hecla  United Kingdom The whaler was sunk by ice in the Davis Straits. Her crew were rescued.
Hector  United Kingdom The whaler was lost in the Davis Straits. Her crew were rescued.[31] Note:Possibly Hecla (above) misreported.
Oriental  France The surveying ship, a frigate, was wrecked on Punto del Bundy, near Valparaíso, Chile. All on board were rescued.[32][33]

24 June

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List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1840
Ship State Description
Conservative  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.[13]
Rosalind  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.[13]
Vaillant  France The ship foundered off Barfleur, Manche with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[12]

26 June

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List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1840
Ship State Description
Emma  New South Wales The schooner was wrecked on a reef in Wabba Bay. Her crew were rescued.[34]

27 June

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List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1840
Ship State Description
Isabel  United Kingdom The ship collided with HMS Beaver ( Royal Navy) and sank in the River Thames at Grays, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[12]
Telemachus Kingdom of Sardinia The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Ocean ( United Kingdom). Telemachus was on a voyage from Genoa to Brazil.[35]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship sank off Walney Island, Lancashire.[12]
Vanguard  New South Wales The schooner was wrecked at "McLeary". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip to Sydney.[36]

28 June

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List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1840
Ship State Description
Maria  Van Diemen's Land The brigantine departed from Port Adelaide, South Australia for Hobart and was subsequently wrecked in Encounter Bay.[37] The crew and passengers on board reached shore, but all were killed by the local Milmenrura people, or disappeared without trace.[38]
Mellish  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Port Phillip, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from an English port to Port Phillip.[39]
Susan Crane  British North America The ship was wrecked on the Cobbler's Rocks, off Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued.[40]

29 June

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List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1840
Ship State Description
Anna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hull to a Baltic port.[12]

30 June

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List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1840
Ship State Description
Aquila  New South Wales The cutter was wrecked in the Bay of Islands with the loss of three of her crew.[41][34]
Giovanni Trieste The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London, United Kingdom.[42][43][44]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1840
Ship State Description
Agnes  New South Wales The ship foundered off Cape Schanck.[45]
Armonia  Netherlands The ship struck a rock off the west coast of Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to a Dutch port.[8]
Augusta  France The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 June. She was on a voyage from Tabasco, Mexico to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[13]
Delaware  United States The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef before 10 June. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana. Delaware was later refloated. She arrived at New Orleans on 18 June.[21]
Delphine  France The whaler was wrecked on Chiloé Island, Chile. Her crew were rescued by Asie ( France). Delphine was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to the South Seas.[46]
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St Alban's Head, Dorset. she was refloated on 16 June and towed into Southampton, Hampshire.[14]
Kronan Sweden The ship was abandoned before 5 June. She was taken into Kragerø, Norway.[14]
Premium  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from three smacks from Colchester.[47]
Reine Rose  France The ship was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay before 16 June.[48]

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