The list of shipwrecks in July 1841 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1841.
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1841
Ship
State
Description
Elmina
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to an African port.[ 5]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1841
Ship
State
Description
Lord Cochrane
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock in Labrador Bay . She was abandoned on 18 July.[ 21]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1841
Ship
State
Description
Junge Ann
Bremen
The ship was wrecked in the Weser . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bremen.[ 25]
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1841
Ship
State
Description
India
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic . with the loss of eighteen of the 214 people on board. Survivors were rescued by a French whaler .[ 26] She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Sydney , New South Wales .[ 27]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Isabella ( United Kingdom ) and foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Inchcape , Forfarshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Cullen, Morayshire .[ 28]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot , Pembrokeshire to Drogheda , County Louth .[ 29]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 22]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1841
Ship
State
Description
Aigle
France
The ship ran aground off Cape de Plata, Spain and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Dunkerque , Nord . Aigle was refloated and was escorted into Gibraltar by HMS Jaseur ( Royal Navy ).[ 41]
Jeune Leonie
France
The ship ran aground on the Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham , United Kingdom to Bordeaux , Gironde . Jeune Leonie was refloated and taken into Sheerness , Kent , United Kingdom for repairs.[ 9]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire .[ 9]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1841
Ship
State
Description
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Scotstown Reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Peterhead , Aberdeenshire . Eagle was refloated on 30 July and taken into Peterhead.[ 22] [ 47]
Memnon
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at South Shields , County Durham . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Liverpool.[ 48]
Othello
Flag unknown
The galiot was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom .[ 49] Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack .[ 50] [ 43]
Picardie
France
The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°06′N 2°04′W / 42.100°N 2.067°W / 42.100; -2.067 ) with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Marianne ( France ), which lost two of her crew in the rescue. Picardie was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Abbeville , Somme .[ 20]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead , Anglesey . Her crew were rescued.[ 47]
Swan
United Kingdom
The steamship was holed by an anchor and sank at Sunderland, County Durham . Her crew survived.[ 51]
Triumph
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the South Sandy Island Reef, off the coast of Antigua . She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Saint Lucia and Antigua.[ 52] [ 53]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1841
Ship
State
Description
Bon Homme
France
The ship was wrecked off Nassau, Bahamas . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 59] [ 60]
Dalkeith
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Dublin . Dalkeith was refloated with assistance from HMS Thunderer ( Royal Navy ) and resumed her voyage.[ 41]
Emilie Caille
France
The ship was wrecked in the Nunez River , Africa before 13 July.[ 61]
Era
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Copenhagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Stettin . Era was refloated on 3 July.[ 62]
Good Hope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent . She was refloated on 22 July and anchored off Margate , Kent.[ 63]
Heron
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Port Jolly, Nova Scotia , British North America before 26 July. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos , Cuba to Halifax , Nova Scotia.[ 12]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley , Norfolk . She was refloated on 9 July and taken into Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 6]
Margarets
United Kingdom
The sloop was abandoned on the Boston Knock, in the North Sea on or before 28 July. She was taken into Boston, Lincolnshire by HMRC Hind ( Board of Customs ).[ 48]
Marie Louise
France
The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was refloated but ran aground on the Long Sand. She was refloated with assistance from Aurora' s Increase , Atalanta (both United Kingdom ) and HMRC Scout ( Board of Customs ).[ 49]
Mary Paul
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Little Scarcies River before 13 July.[ 61]
Moncton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Skagve". She was on a voyage from Stettin to Goole , Yorkshire . She was later refloated and put into Randers , Denmark.[ 48]
Norris Stanley
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Martinique before 20 July.[ 64]
Vier Gebruders
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore on "Stoneskar" and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Narva , Russia to Antwerp . Vier Gebruders was later refloated and taken into Reval , Russia for repairs.[ 33]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849