The list of shipwrecks in July 1847 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1847.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Jane Palmer | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She floated off but consequently sank with the loss of her captain.[1] |
Maria | ![]() |
The ship sank "at the Osto". Her crew were rescued.[2] |
Voyager | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dædalus | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Padstow, Cornwall. She was refloated.[4] |
Margaret Parker | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Fish Potts, off the coast of Tobago. She was on a voyage from London to Scarborough, Tobago.[5] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alfred | ![]() |
The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew survived, some were rescued by the brig Peru (![]() |
Bon Accord | ![]() |
The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew survived, some were rescued by Peru (![]() |
Twende Sostre | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and sank at Thornham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[1][8] |
White Oak | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Goree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York.[9] She was refloated on 6 July and towed in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Active | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition.[1] |
Arthur | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off "Clavels", Dorset. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2] |
Athlone | ![]() |
The steamship was stranded in fog on Mew Island, near Donaghadee, County Down. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Belfast, County Antrim.[2] She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, where she arrived the next day.[11] |
Enterprise | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked in the Richmond River.[12] |
Sea King | ![]() |
The paddle steamer was stranded in fog on Mew Island. All passengers and crew saved.[13] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast.[2] She capsized and was wrecked.[11] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Industry | ![]() |
The ship struck a sunken rock and was beached at Baltimore, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was repaired and refloated.[14] |
Napoleon II | ![]() |
The ship put into St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom in a sinking condition.[15] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Belle Alliance | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from London to Adelaide.[16] |
Ellida | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Cronslot, Russia. She was refloated the next day and put back to Saint Petersburg in a leaky condition.[17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Frances Burn | ![]() |
The ship struck a sunken rock in the Woosung River and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China.[18] |
Prueba | ![]() |
The brig was destroyed by fire at Barcelona.[17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cobre | ![]() |
The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Coquimbo. She put in to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she was scuttled.[19] |
Racehorse | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off St. James's Castle, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[20] |
Thomas Snooks | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Seraglio Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[21] |
Triumph | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked east of Grand Cay, Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to an Irish port.[22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Donna Maria | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Mal di Ventre, Kingdom of Sardinia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Odessa.[23] |
Felix Vienna | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked in the Thousand Islands, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Batavia to China.[24] |
Venus | ![]() |
The ship departed from Camposancos, Spain for an American port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[25] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Guave | ![]() |
The ship struck the Tail Rock, off Grenada and was wrecked.[26] |
Symmetry | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 16 July and towed in to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[27] |
Ville de Rouen | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Bank of Cacheo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to the Mellacorée River.[19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Duke of Cornwall | ![]() |
The paddle steamer was driven ashore in Gerran's Bay, Cornwall. She was refloated and towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall.[28] |
Nueva Yberia | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Guinchos. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havana, Cuba.[29] |
Ugie | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Westerground, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated the next day and put in to Swinemünde, Prussia.[17] |
Vixen | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Patras, Greece.[30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hendrika | ![]() |
The tjalk ran aground on the Wittsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hamburg. She was declared a total loss.[17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Governor Yell | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at Port Aransas, Texas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Brazos Santiago, Texas.[31] |
John and Mary | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. At least five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Dundee, Forfarshire.[32] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cadiz | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan.[27] |
Sir Henry Webb | ![]() |
The brig ran aground off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to Groningen, Netherlands.[17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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La Bellone | ![]() |
The lugger struck rocks off the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[27][33] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on The Manacles and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
Marie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore south of Landscrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[34] |
William Irvine | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Black Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[35][33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Caledonia | ![]() |
The whaler was lost in ice in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued by Chieftain (![]() |
Caledonia | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked between Cape St. Andrė and Mayonna.[38] |
Edward Wolfe | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked off Cuba. At least one crew member survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cuba.[39] |
Emerald Isle | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and capsized on the Mussel Beel. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Drogheda, County Louth.[3] |
Flambeau | ![]() |
The paddle steamer ran aground near Liverpool, Lancashire.[33] |
Vixen | ![]() |
The ship departed from Sydney for Newcastle. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[40] |
Wave | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool. She was refloated on 18 July.[3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Don Juan | Flag unknown | The schooner departed from Hong Kong for Shanghai, China. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands, possibly on 20 September.[41] |
John | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on a reef off Storholm. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[42] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[34] |
Salami | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt between Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands and Lille, Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Odessa to the city of Antwerp.[17] |
Young Dixon | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on a reef off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[43][20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maripost | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Saracen | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[21] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pilot | ![]() |
The ship departed from Mozambique for the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[45] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Loch Sloy | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin. She had been refloated by 18 August and towed in to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[46] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Earl of Selkirk | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bootle, Lancashire.[33] |
Eleanor | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Ayr.[21] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Robert Burns | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Odessa.[21] |
Swan | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Blackshaw Bank, off the Southerness Lighthouse, Dumfriesshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dumfries.[33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alpha | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked in Encounter Bay. Her crew were rescued.[47] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary | ![]() |
The flat capsized in the Irish Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Mary was subsequently towed in to Liverpool.[48] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Jedore Ledges and was abandoned, She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Sydney | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked on the Sow and Pigs Rocks, off Sydney. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.[49] |
Grace Darling | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Jedore Head. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Chaleur Bay.[46][22][50] |
Mars | ![]() |
The ship struck the Cabezas Rocks and was beached near Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cork to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[51] |
Pedlar | ![]() |
The cutter was wrecked on Bondi Beach. Her crew were rescued.[52][53] She was on a voyage from Wollongong to Sydney.[54] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Stalkart | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Saugor, India. She was on a voyage from India to an English port.[55] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Daniel Walter | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Robert Rankin (![]() |
Jeune Carolie | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Libourne, Gironde.[57] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Janets | ![]() |
The brig struck a sunken rock off St. Eval Head, Cornwall and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was assisted in to Padstow, Cornwall by HMRC Childers ( |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gateway | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in Loch Eribol.[58] |
Grace Darling | ![]() |
The barque ran aground at Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated and put in to Strangford, County Down.[20] |
Sea Gull | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on The Skerries, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Londonderry. She was refloated and taken in to Portrush, County Down.[26] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Azieta | ![]() |
The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 3 July.[33] |
Betsey | ![]() |
The ship ran argound near Tulcea, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from the Danube to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. She was later refloated and consequently put in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[43] |
Brothers | ![]() |
The ketch was wrecked at Crowdy Head in late July. Both crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Twofold Bay.[59] |
Clarisse | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Saint Pierre Island with the loss of 65 lives.[60] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 July.[31] |
Flying Fish | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the east coast on New Zealand before 17 July.[61] |
Golden Fleece | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Richmond River.[62] |
Inez | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and sank at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued.[63] |
Lady Fitzroy | ![]() |
The craft was swamped on the east coast of North Island before 17 July, with the loss of ten lives. The same storm claimed several smaller craft.[64][61] |
Lucy | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 5 July.[33] |
Maria Ramiette | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Brest, Finistère.[65] |
May Queen | ![]() |
The ship raround at Tarabya, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth or Cork. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Hecla (![]() |
Montebello | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[67] |
Perseverance | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked off the coast of Otago, New ZealandShe dragged her anchor during a storm and was driven on shore.[64] |
Rover | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Placentia Bay. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Southampton, Hampshire.[68] |
Sir Herbert Maddock | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked in the Hooghly River at Fort Gloucester, 15 nautical miles (28 km) downstream of Calcutta.[69] |
Two Brothers | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the east coast of New Zealand before 17 July.[61] |
Vrouw Anna | ![]() |
The ship struck a sunken rock and capsized near "Mühlenberg". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stettin.[33] |
Ship events in 1847 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 |
Ship commissionings: | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 |
Shipwrecks: | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 |