List of shipwrecks in 1842

The list of shipwrecks in 1842 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1842.

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## January

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1842

## February

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1842

## March

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1842

## April

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1842

## May

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1842

## June

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1842

## July

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1842

## August

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## September

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1842

## October

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1842

## November

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1842

## December

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1842  Ship | State | Description

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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 Barbados.[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]

## References

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1. ^ "Foreign News". The Examiner. No. 1784\. London. 9 April 1842.
2. ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 22399\. London. 2 November 1842.
3. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 5546\. London. 18 April 1842.
4. ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 22874\. London. 14 March 1843.
5. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18036\. London. 15 July 1842. col E, p. 6.
6. ^ "North Devon". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post. No. 4058\. Exeter. 20 September 1843.
7. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18169\. London. 6 December 1842. col C, p. 7.
8. ^ "Coasters Outwards". Australasian Chronicle. Sydney. 22 October 1842. p. 3.
9. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 17926\. London. 9 March 1842. col E-F, p. 7.
10. ^ "The Royal Navy &c". The Morning Post. No. 22225\. London. 11 April 1842.
11. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 18081\. London. 6 September 1842. col C, p. 7.
12. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18130\. London. 2 November 1842. col F, p. 6.
13. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 18124\. London. 26 October 1842. col A, p. 7.
14. ^ "Belfast Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 10925\. Belfast. 25 March 1842.
15. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19098\. Edinburgh. 11 June 1842.
16. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Port Phillip Gazette. Port Phillip. 1 March 1843. p. 2.
17. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 22449\. London. 30 December 1842.
18. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19083\. Edinburgh. 7 May 1842.
19. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19064\. Edinburgh. 24 March 1842.
20. ^ "Belfast Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 19040\. Belfast. 13 May 1842.
21. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 37.
22. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 22713\. London. 6 September 1842.
23. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18110\. London. 10 October 1842. col F, p. 6.
24. ^ Devlin, Arthur (26 September 1842). "(letter)". Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser. Port Phillip. p. 2.

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