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The list of shipwrecks in September 1843 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during September 1843 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Duke of Wellington
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on "Starkjaar", in the Gulf of Finland . She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Narva , Russia .[ 1] [ 2]
Formosa
Prussia
The barque was wrecked on the Mare's Rock, off Tiree , Inner Hebrides with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Königsberg .[ 3]
Oxford
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Rodrigues , Mauritius . All on board were rescued by John Renwick ( United Kingdom ). Oxford was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to London .[ 4] [ 5]
Queen
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer ran aground and sank on the north coast of Skokholm , Pembrokeshire with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by the coaster Hope ( United Kingdom ). Queen was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Dublin .[ 6] [ 7]
Salus
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Guido ( France ). Salus was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a port in New Brunswick , British North America .[ 8]
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Astrea
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 15] [ 16]
Atlas
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Christianstad , Sweden to Grimsby , Lincolnshire .[ 17]
Atten Sodskende
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Grimmershom". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gotland to the Firth of Forth .[ 10] She was refloated on 8 September and taken into Cuxhaven .[ 15]
Borussia
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore on Rügen . She was on a voyage from Stettin to an English port.[ 15]
Ino
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Chusan , China .[ 18]
Margaretha
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore at "Lyenas". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Nykøbing. She was later refloated and towed into "Holbeck".[ 19]
Moire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Tea Island, Chusan.[ 18]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Helsingør , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Memel , Prussia .[ 20]
Welint
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship was wrecked off Halmstad , Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Oulu .[ 20] [ 16]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reefs, off the coast of Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 20] [ 21] [ 16]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Christine Maria
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground off "Haunsee" and was wrecked.[ 1]
Ferret
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Saint Petersburg , Russia . She was later refloated.[ 1]
Glory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Thisted , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Saint Petersburg.[ 16] [ 22]
Good Intent
United Kingdom
The sloop capsized and sank in the North Sea off the Bull Lightship ( Trinity House ) with the loss of three of the five people on board. Survivors were rescued by a Grimsby pilot cutter .[ 3]
Haabet
Norway
The ship was driven ashore near "Nusevig", Russia. Her crew were rescued.[ 20]
Nuestra Señora de la Piedad
Spain
The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bergen , Norway to Bilboa . She was refloated and taken into Margate , Kent , United Kingdom in a sinking condition.[ 23]
Vesta
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom .[ 20] [ 16]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Cordelia
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Brixham , Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 15] She was refloated on 11 September and taken into Bridlington.[ 30]
Dorothea Bertha
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields , County Durham . She was refloated and anchored off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[ 31]
Lady Huntley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Cook's Island, Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Prince Edward Island , British North America.[ 28]
Lapwing
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Flamborough Head , Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London .[ 15]
Malta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Blazer and towed into North Shields , County Durham .[ 15]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the Kullen Lighthouse , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Memel , Prussia .[ 22]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Ann Kenny
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from London to Prince Edward Island , British North America. She was refloated and towed in to Canso, Nova Scotia .[ 32]
Fairfield
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Keith Reef, in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and the cost of Africa. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the brig Christina ( Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ). Fairfield was on a voyage from Ancona , Papal States to Pembroke Dockyard .[ 33] [ 34]
Karen Andrea
Denmark
The ship ran aground on the Wresen Ground. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Nakskov . She was refloated and put in to Nyborg .[ 19]
Regatta
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Keiss , Caithness . She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 35] She was refloated in late October and taken into Pulteneytown , Caithness for repairs.[ 36]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Borneo
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Cranberry Head, New Brunswick , British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to St. John's, Newfoundland , British North America.[ 49] [ 25] [ 46]
Caledonian
United States
The ship was wrecked at Port-Vendres , Pyrénées-Orientales , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cette , Hérault , France.[ 50] [ 29]
Johanna
Sweden
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea . Her crew were rescued.[ 21]
Sally
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked whilst of a voyage from the Richmond River to Sydney with the loss of five of the six people on board.[ 51]
Sylvanus
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Scatterie Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro , Cornwall to Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 52]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Angeline
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto rocks at Duncansby Head , Caithness . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and put into Stromness , Orkney Islands .[ 8]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Redcar , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to London . She was refloated and made for Whitby , Yorkshire.[ 21]
Delhi
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope . Her crew were rescued.[ 56]
Elizabeth Rowell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued.[ 56]
Laura
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope with the loss of most of her crew.[ 56]
Sea Gull
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope with the loss of most of her crew.[ 56]
Williams
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the north point of Hogland , Russian Empire . She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing , Fife to Saint Petersburg , Russia . She was refloated on 22 September and taken into Saint Petersburg.[ 28]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Alida
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland , Friesland , Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Bremen.[ 24]
Duke of Cambridge
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between Hjørring and Thisted , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Narva , Russia .[ 24] Her crew were rescued.[ 60]
Hanna
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank on Ryvingen Island , Norway. She was on a voyage from an English port to Mandal, Norway .[ 61] [ 46]
Joanna
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked between Cape Otway and Moonlight Head with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Launceston , Van Diemen's Land to Sydney .[ 62] [ 63]
Lady Stafford
British North America
The ship was driven ashore at Pinchard Island , Newfoundland .[ 64]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Anna Dorothea
France
The ship ran aground and sank at Honfleur , Calvados .[ 24] She was refloated on 30 September and taken into Honfleur.[ 73]
Don
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Rattray Head , Aberdeenshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Leith , Lothian .[ 38]
Moira
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Chusan , China for Hong Kong . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 74]
Paul Emille
France
The ship collided with Cecelia ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Cape Finisterre , Spain with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Cecelia . Paul Emille was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba , Cuba to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 75]
Tug
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing , Fife to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France. Tug was refloated and taken into The Downs .[ 68]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1843
Ship
State
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Country Harbour, Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Portsmouth , Hampshire . She was refloated and taken into Country Harbour.[ 24]
Arannah
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Chaleur Bay with the loss of seven lives before 13 September.[ 78]
Bride
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso . She was refloated.[ 32]
Cassadra
Stettin
The schooner foundered in the North Sea between 3 and 7 September. Her crew were rescued by a Norwegian vessel. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Stettin.[ 79]
Chapman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. Thomas, Newfoundland , British North America before 5 September. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Portsmouth. Chapman was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 24]
Don Cossack
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Murkle Bay.[ 80]
Gazelle
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea in late September.[ 61]
Henrietta
United States
The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.[ 81]
Jane Scott
New South Wales
The cutter was wrecked in the Macleay River . All on board were rescued.[ 82]
Jubilee
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 September. Her crew were rescued by Emma Zoller ( United Kingdom ).[ 83]
June
Jersey
The ship was driven ashore at Alicante , Spain. She was refloated on 12 September.[ 25]
Levant Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Yangtze .[ 18]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America. Her crew were rescued.[ 2]
Mary Ann
New South Wales
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked north of Seal Rock Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Manning River .[ 84]
Princess Victoria
British North America
The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Cape Sable Island , Nova Scotia with the loss of four of her five crew. The survivor was rescued after five days on the wreck by the schooner Margaret ( United Kingdom ).[ 29]
Queen
New South Wales
The cutter was driven ashore north of Seal Rock Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Manning River.[ 84]
Recovery
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Tackeroth", Russia . She had been refloated and taken into Bolderāja by 13 September.[ 54]
Retrieve
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at "Mixmate". She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , United States to Parrsboro , Nova Scotia .[ 49] She was refloated on 23 September and put in to Parrsboro.[ 46]
Wild Irish Girl
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Red Island Reef. She was refloated on 25 September and taken into Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[ 49]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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