List of shipwrecks in July 1841

The list of shipwrecks in July 1841 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1841.

1 July

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List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1841
Ship State Description
Caledonian   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lawler's Cove, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Kingston upon Hull to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[1]
Velocity   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Shott's, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Portaferry, County Down.[1]

2 July

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List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1841
Ship State Description
Rose Ann   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[2]

3 July

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List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1841
Ship State Description
Rosina   United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered off the Dudgeon Lightship (  Trinity House). Her eight crew survived.[3]

4 July

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List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1841
Ship State Description
Dove   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pakefield Flats, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Exeter to Lowestoft, Suffolk. Dove was refloated and taken into Lowestoft.[2]
Monmouth   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exmouth, Devon. Monmouth was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]

5 July

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List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1841
Ship State Description
John and William   United Kingdom Masbrough boat disaster: The ship was launched sideways at Masbrough, Yorkshire. People on board all went to the river side of the vessel, causing it to heel and throwing many of them into the River Don. Sixty-four of them were drowned.
Rose   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day.[2][4]

6 July

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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]

7 July

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List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1841
Ship State Description
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship capsized near Neath, Glamorgan. She was righted the next day.[6]
Criterion   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brambles, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Barcelona, Spain. Criterion was later refloated.[6]

8 July

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List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1841
Ship State Description
Beleck Castle   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea off Bornholm, Denmark. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Harwich, Essex.[7][8]

9 July

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List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1841
Ship State Description
Broderick   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Gothenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Portsmouth, Hampshire. Broderick was refloated and taken into Gothenburg for repairs.[7]
Iduna   Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Gräsö. She was on a voyage from Gävle to New York, United States. Iduna was later refloated.[9]
Wikingen Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef, off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Torrevecchia Teatino, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to a Baltic port.[10]

10 July

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List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1841
Ship State Description
Norfolk   United Kingdom The schooner capsized in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of one of the seven people on board.[11]
Voorwarts   Netherlands The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rothschild (  United Kingdom). Voorwarts was on a voyage from New York, United States to Rotterdam, South Holland.[12]

11 July

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List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1841
Ship State Description
Eliza   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Ewell Grove   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. Ewell Grove was refloated and put back to Calcutta.[14]
Good Hope   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Red Wharf Bay. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[15]
Governor Douglas   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana.[12]

12 July

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List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1841
Ship State Description
Janet   United Kingdom The brig capsized at New York, United States.[12]

13 July

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List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1841
Ship State Description
Glanmalier   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of San Antonio, Chile. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Valparaíso, Chile.[16] She was consequently condemned.[17]
Henry Hoyle   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Whirlpool Reach, off South Australia.[18]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off Point Placentia, British Honduras. She was on a voyage from Belize City to Omoa. Mary was later refloated and put back to Belize.[19]

14 July

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List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1841
Ship State Description
Commissioner Barclay   United States The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas.[20]

16 July

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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]

17 July

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List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1841
Ship State Description
Antioch   United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked near "Port Jolly", Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[22][23]
Jeune Théodore   Haiti The ship was wrecked on the Silver Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Port-au-Prince.[12]
Tremont   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Tremont was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[24]

18 July

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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]

19 July

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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]

20 July

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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1841
Ship State Description
Bellona   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Narva, Russia.[30]
Cygnet   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Southampton Reef. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to the Turks Islands.[31][32]
Eugene   France The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[21]
John Barry   New South Wales The ship was damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong. Subsequently hulked.
Pilot   United Kingdom The ship was holed by a rock in the Sound of Mull and was beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[9]
Swan   United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Sunderland, County Durham.[33]

21 July

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List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1841
Ship State Description
Calcutta   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong.[34]
Courier   France The ship was in collision with Brankenmoor (  United Kingdom) in the English Channel off St. Alban's Head, Dorset, United Kingdom and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Brankenmoor. Courier was subsequently taken into Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[29]
Franjee Cowajee Flag Unknown The ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong.[35]
James Laing   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hong Kong with the loss of ten of the 21 people on board.[35]
Jane   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Hong Kong.[34]
Judith and Esther   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Chandelier Islands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[36]
HMS Louisa   Royal Navy The cutter was wrecked on "Kowlaon Island" with the loss of a crew member. There were 24 survivors. She was on a voyage from Macau to Hong Kong.[37]
Manly   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong. She was later refloated.[34]
Prince George   United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked at Hong Kong. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Rose   United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Grand Ladrone, Hong Kong.[35][34]
Snarley Yow Flag unknown The schooner was lost off Hong Kong.[34]
St. Mungo   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong. She was later refloated.[34]
Sulphur   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong.[35]
Sylph   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Lintin, Hong Kong.[35]

22 July

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List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1841
Ship State Description
James Matthewson   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Fremantle, Swan River Colony. All on board were rescued.[38][39] She was on a voyage from London to the Swan River Colony.[40]

24 July

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List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1841
Ship State Description
Chandler Price   United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Trieste to New York. ChandlerPrice was refloated with assistance from HMS Jaseur (  Royal Navy) and resumed her voyage.[41][21]
Unnamed   Sweden The barque was in collision with the barque John (  Russia) off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and foundered with the loss of eight of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by John.[42]
Mary Ann   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in Freshwater Bay, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Drogheda, County Louth.[25][43]
Ringwood   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and capsized at Sheerness, Kent. She was righted the next day.[9]

25 July

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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]

27 July

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List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1841
Ship State Description
Dalkeith   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[21]
Feudon   France The ship was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Princess Royal   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cap Granitola, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Malta to Trapani, Sicily.[45] Princess Royal was refloated on 18 August and taken into Marsala.[46]

28 July

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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]

29 July

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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1841
Ship State Description
Dorothea Maria   Sweden The ship ran aground off "Hauerviig". She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Nyköping.[54][23]
Levant   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River.[55]
Louise   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Spit, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.[56] Louise was refloated but foundered in the Beggar's Patch.[48]
Napoleon   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Bento with the loss of three of her crew.[57]

30 July

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List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1841
Ship State Description
Cutter   United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to New York.[58][20]

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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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