List of shipwrecks in July 1843
# List of shipwrecks in July 1843

The list of shipwrecks in July 1843 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1843.

## 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kinsale, County Cork. She was refloated. |

## 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Columbia | British North America | The steamship ran aground on the Devil's Rock, off Nova Scotia. Female passengers were taken off. She broke her back on 4 July and was wrecked. Those remaining on board were rescued, except for a crew member who was lost. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |

## 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Mud Islands, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Saint John, New Brunswick. |

## 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Constitionsdagen | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea 14 leagues (42 nautical miles (78 km) off "Rundoe". Her crew were rescued. |
| Mentor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged off Hartley, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to a Scottish port. |
| Rimsweil | Russia | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg. |

## 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Crusader | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London She was later refloated. |

## 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bolivar | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Sierra Leone for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Tartar | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. Following repairs, she was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Lady Combermere | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hull. Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Marys ( United Kingdom) and foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) west south west of Saint Peter's Island. Her crew were rescued by Marys. Mary was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Recovery | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Prince | United Kingdom | The steamship was holed by her anchor and sank at Cork. She was refloated on 13 July. |
| Mary Jones | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Salonica, Greece. She was later refloated and put into Orfani. |
| Tre Sodskende | Norway | The sloop was in collision with Harmony ( United Kingdom and foundered in the North Sea. All five people on board were rescued by Harmony. Tre Sodskende was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Christiansand. |
| Velocity | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. |
| W. A. Flogger | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the Flogger. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Gibraltar. She was refloated and put back to Philadelphia. |

## 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Minstrel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoal Point, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Regular | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman, a full-rigged ship, was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. All 34 people on board were rescued by the frigate Cléopâtre ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India. |
| Monarch | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Duke of Cornwall ( United Kingdom). Monarch was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Bideford, Devon. |

## 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The troopship, a barque, was wrecked on Goose Island. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put into the Humber. |

## 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Thorpeness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Incomparabile | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Bergen, Norway. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Whitburn, County Durham. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and towed into South Shields, County Durham. |

## 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Beresford | United Kingdom | The ship struck The Skerries, Anglesey and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Flint. |
| Victor | France | The brig was wrecked on Brazos Santiago, Republic of Texas. Her crew were rescued by the brig Lime rock ( United States). |

## 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Antigua Packet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Galle, Ceylon for Bombay, India. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Mary Mallaby | Mauritius | The ship was wrecked off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Her crew were rescued. |

## 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HMS Samarang | Royal Navy | HMS Samarang The Atholl-class corvette struck a rock in a river in the Sarawak River and capsized. Her crew survived. She had been refloated by 13 August and was returned to service. |
| Sir Francis Drake | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was driven ashore in Batten Bay, Devon. |
| Pursuit | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a schooner and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rye, Sussex. |

## 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Barbara | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Pursuit | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into and sunk in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rye, Sussex. |
| William and Robert | United Kingdom | The ship foundered south of St. Tudwal's Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. |

## 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Fortitude | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Burrows, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to London. |
| Pegasus | United Kingdom | Pegasus The paddle steamer struck rocks off the Farne Islands and foundered with the loss of 51 of the 57 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Martello ( United Kingdom). |

## 21 July

List of shipwrecks: August 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Amphitrite | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on "Sobasbere", off the coast of Uruguay. Her thirteen crew survived. |
| Joanna | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore near "the Steimunde", Prussia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Noordwal. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Rotterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |

## 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Auberville, Calvados, France. She was on a voyage from Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 28 July and put back to Quillebeuf-sur-Seine in a leaky condition. |
| Emblem | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Auberville. She was on a voyage from Quillebeuf-sur-Seine to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated on 28 July and put back to Quillebeuf-sur-Seine in a leaky condition. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The brig struck a sunken rock off North Cape and foundered with the loss of twelve of her thirteen crew. |
| Johana | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near the "Stelnmole". She was on a voyage from Wismar to Pillau. She was refloated on 28 July and taklen into Pillau. |
| Margaret and Eliza | United Kingdom | The galiot was driven ashore at Auberville. She was on a voyage from Quillebeuf-sur-Seine to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated and put back to Quillebeuf-sur-Seine in a leaky condition. |
| Memphis | United States | The ship was wrecked near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York. |

## 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Ross Sands. |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. Ebenezer was later refloated and repaired. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Coldingham Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Perth. |
| Hawthorn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was refloated and taken into Eyemouth. |
| Industrious Helen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Ross Sands. She was refloated and taken into Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland for repairs. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Ross Sands. She was refloated and taken into Berwick upon Tweed for repairs. |
| Johanna | Wismar | The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was refloated on 28 July and taken into Pillau. |
| Kingston | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Eyemouth. She was later refloated and taken into Eyemouth. |
| Return | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Ross Sands. She was declared a total loss. |
| Samarang | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 26 July and taken into South Shields. |

## 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Demerara | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated on 30 July. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with Pluton ( French Navy) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of a crew member. All but one of the survivors were rescued by Pluton. Jane was discovered the next day off Beachy Head, Sussex by Amelia ( United Kingdom) and towed into Dover, Kent. |

## 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Corrib | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Juist, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bremen. |
| Jacobus | Sweden | The yacht sank in the Bjorskard. |
| HMS Lizard | Royal Navy | The paddle steamer collided with Véloce ( French Navy) and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by Véloce. HMS Lizard was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Mercury | United States | The whaler, a schooner was capsized by a waterspout off Brazos Santiago, Republic of Texas. She drifted ashore and was wrecked. |
| Triumph | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Goose River, Prince Edward Island, British North America. |

## 26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Crescent | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gannet Ledge, off the Isle of Wight and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was reflpoated and taken into Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Glenburnie | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Lochliboo ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. Initially, The Times mistakenly named her as Glenbervie. |
| Harriett | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the barque Northumberland ( United Kingdom and sank in the Irish Sea off Grassholm, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Northumberland. Harriett was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Islay | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off Raas Island, Netherlands East Indies and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to a port in China. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Harboøre, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dram, Norway. |
| P. T. R. | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia. |
| Watchman | Saint Vincent | The drogher was wrecked at the mouth of the Rabacca Dry River. |

## 27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Champion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated. |
| Ellen | Saint Vincent | The schooner was wrecked on the Catholics Reef. |
| McLellan | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from New York to Stettin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. |
| Argyll | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Caroline or Clarence | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in Carrigaholt Bay. She was on a voyage from British North America to Tralee, County Cork. |
| Charlotte | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was driven ashore between "Rondoesund" and Ulvesund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Vyborg to Málaga, Spain. |
| Islay | United Kingdom | The ship struck a reef off Raas Island, Netherlands East Indies and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to China. |
| Lydia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Thorpeness, Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Royal George | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and was beached at Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Fernigules Rocks, in the Channel Islands and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to "Chassey". Sarah was subsequently refloated and towd into Jersey by HMRC Seaflower ( Board of Customs). |

## 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "The Holmes". She was on a voyage from Cork to Gloucester. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Concord | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with John Esdaile ( United Kingdom) off Padstow, Cornwall and sank with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Teignmouth, Devon. |

## 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. She came ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire and was wrecked. |
| Matilda | New South Wales | The ship capsized and sank in Cockle Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Brisbane. |
| Nestor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cobler Reef, off the coast of Devon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Racoon | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Cape Tiburón, Republic of New Granada whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Wilhelmine | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on the Westerhalge, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She floated off on 2 August and was driven ashore on Juist. |
| William Thompson | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Alexandria, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Trieste. She was refloated on 9 August. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1843 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Amethyst | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Copenhage. She was refloated and taken into Helsingør, where she arrived on 19 July. |
| Carl Johan | Denmark | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland before 8 July. |
| Cassiopea | Spain | The polacca was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Gibraltar before 15 July. |
| Charlotte | Russia | The ship struck a sunken rock between "Rondøsund" and Ulvesund, Norway. She was towed into Christiansand in a waterlogged condition. Charlotte was on a voyage from Vyborg to Málaga, Spain. |
| Diana | Van Diemen's Land | The ship was driven ashore in Portland Bay. She was refloated and taken in to Launceston for repairs. |
| Felice Ventura | Portugal | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her captain rescued by Benin ( United Kingdom), the crew remained in the boat intending to make for Cape Palmas, Liberia. Felice Ventura was on a voyage from Paranaguá, Brazil to the Cape Verde Islands. |
| Girard | United States | The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |
| Napoleon | Guadeloupe | The sloop was abandoned off Nevis. She was subsequently taken into Nevis by Mayflower ( Nevis), arriving on 13 July. |
| Ohio | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) south by west of Cape San Antonio, Spain on or before 13 July. |
| Sidney and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Newtown, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated on 8 July. |
| St. George | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay before 15 July. |
| Ulysses | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Fanchon (Flag unknown). |
| Victor | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Brassos". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matamores, Mexico to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
