The list of shipwrecks in 1839 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1839 .
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1839
Ship
State
Description
Achille
France
The ship was lost before 21 July. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Guadeloupe .[ 1]
Attaran
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked near Nampang Island, China . Her crew were rescued but the ship was burnt by the Chinese.[ 1]
Constance
France
The ship was driven ashore in the Ganges . She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to a French port. Constance was later refloated and put back to Calcutta.[ 2]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Saugor , India. She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Calcutta.[ 3]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope . She was on a voyage from Madras , India to London .[ 4]
Equitable
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the Ganges with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Calcutta.[ 5]
Fame
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Naples , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ancona , Papal States to Liverpool.[ 6]
Gazelle
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Bahia , Brazil . She was on a voyage from London to Hobart , Van Diemen's Land .[ 7] [ 8]
Governor Coddington
Unknown
The brig was lost on Island Beach on the coast of New Jersey .[ 9]
Herald
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 10]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Dale, Pembrokeshire . She was refloated in early May.[ 11]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from "Lumbuck" to China . Her crew were rescued.[ 12]
Juno
United Kingdom
The whaler was wrecked in the Fiji Islands . All but three of those on board were murdered by the local inhabitants.[ 13]
Pleiades
New South Wales
The barque was wrecked on Lombok , Netherlands East Indies .[ 14]
Sevo
United States
The schooner was run down in the night by steamer Huntress off Thacher Island and sank almost immediately. The Captain climbed aboard the steamer and a 12 year old crewmember was rescued by Huntress. 4 crew died.[ 15]
Trazas
France
The ship was lost at Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 16]
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 21749. London. 8 August 1839.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 17108. London. 31 July 1839. col F, p. 2.
^ "Domestic Intelligence" . The Sydney Herald . Sydney. 18 November 1839. p. 2.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 17260. London. 22 January 1840. col A, p. 7.
^ "Dreadful Casualties at Sea". The Champion and Weekly Herald . No. 171. London. 22 December 1839.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 16971. London. 21 February 1839. col C, p. 3.
^ "Van Diemen's Land" . The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . Sydney. 14 September 1839. p. 2.
^ "Ship News" . The Australian . Sydney. 5 November 1839. p. 3.
^ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" " . Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01 .
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 21541. London. 6 February 1840.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 21672. London. 7 May 1839.
^ "Projected Departures" . The Colonist . Sydney. 4 May 1839. p. 2.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 18773. Edinburgh. 7 May 1840.
^ "Shipping Intelligence" . Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Advertiser . Adelaide. 14 March 1840. p. 2.
^ "The Sevo" . downtothesea.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021 .
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 21672. London. 6 May 1839.