List of shipwrecks in February 1841
# List of shipwrecks in February 1841

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

## 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Christian | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay. Her crew were rescued by the Dundee Lifeboat. |
| Criterion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Arklow, County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Arklow and Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Elton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated and taken into Dublin. Ocean was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dundalk, County Louth. |
| Reaper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven wrecked on the Hook Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Poole, Dorset. |

## 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Achilles | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde between "Dunglass" and Dumbarton. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by ice and sank off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Medemblik, North Holland. |
| Risk | United Kingdom | The whaler, a barque, was wrecked in the Maldive Islands. Her crew were rescued. |

## 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Fearney | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered off Burntisland, Fife with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to Granton, Lothian. |

## 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Earl of Devon | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks off Black Head, Cornwall and foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south south east of Penzance. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire. Earl of Devon was refloated on 11 August 1842 and taken into Penzance. |
| Emilie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Joshua Sears | United States | The ship ran aground off Bermuda and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Barbadoes. Joshua Sears was refloated and taken into Hamilton, Bermuda. |
| Vernon | United Kingdom | The ship was last sighted on this date whilst on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Cowes, Isle of Wight. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| William and Haldimend | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ipswich, Suffolk. |

## 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Boreas | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Exeter, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Dasher | Isle of Man | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Derbyhaven Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Derbyhaven. |
| William Tell | United States | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogador, Morocco with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Volage ( French Navy). |

## 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Vulcan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire. Vulcan was later refloated. |
| Zenobia | France | The ship ran aground at Maranhão, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Maranhão. |

## 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ann Emma | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire. Ann Emma was later refloated. |

## 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Jeune Emelie | France | The ship was wrecked near Audierne, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Prosper | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Islandmagee, County Antrim with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to London. |
| Sceptre | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. |

## 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Dahlia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Bimar Rock, in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Aberdeen. She was refloated on 12 February and resumed her voyage. |
| Elizabeth | United States | The ship departed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| St. Ives | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at St. Ubes, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. |

## 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Marie Rollandine | France | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Susan Maria | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Donegal. |

## 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Billow | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Patchogue, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France to New York City. |
| Estafette | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at St. Ubes. Her crew were rescued. |
| Planet | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Vila do Conde, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from A Coruña, Spain to Oporto, Portugal. |
| William Allen and Brock | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Grain, Kent. She was refloated the next day and proceeded on her voyage. |

## 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| British Lady | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Chimlico", British Honduras. Her crew were rescued. |
| Darlington | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Forty-nine Bank, off Berbice, British Honduras. |
| Memphis | United States | The ship was wrecked near New York. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York. |
| Jean | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saltcoats, Ayrshire. |
| Shakspeare | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Kelderstell, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and put into South Shields, County Durham. |
| Topaz | United States | The ship departed from Boston, Massachusetts for Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Claudine | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was later refloated. |
| Hectorine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kirkcudbright, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. Hectorine was refloated on 18 February. |
| John Watson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. John Watson was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Mary Anne | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Horse Shoe Bank, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Runcorn, Cheshire. Mary Anne was refloated on 20 February and taken into Teignmouth, Devon for repairs. |
| Robert and Henry Allan | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Miranda ( United Kingdom) off São Miguel Island, Azores and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently drove ashore on the island and was wrecked. |
| Siluria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank in Wigton Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The smack was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea off The Skerries, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Rival ( United Kingdom). |

## 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Castor | Russian Empire | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Atherstone, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Stavanger, Norway. |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was wrecked near Cap Spartel, Morocco with the loss of 34 of the 60 people on board. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. Robert was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Sceptre | United Kingdom | The brig departed from Cork for Galway. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Courier | Hamburg | The ship ran aground off Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hamburg. Courier was refloated the next day and take into Cuxhaven. |
| Mary and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on The Skerries, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from China to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 24 January and taken into Holyhead, Anglesey. |

## 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Hector | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Terceira Island, Azores with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Marathon | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Prince of Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated on 20 February. |

## 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Governor Fenner | United States | The ship collided with Nottingham ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of 120 of the 122 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. Nottingham was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. She was subsequently towed into the River Mersey. |
| Percival Foster | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken into Hartlepool, County Durham. |

## 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her passengers were taken off by Royal Adelaide ( United Kingdom). Alice was later refloated. |
| Columbia | Hamburg | The ship departed from Matanzas, Cuba for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| British Oak | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Portsmouth, Hampshire. British Oak was refloated and taken into The Downs. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Hull, Yorkshire. Liberty was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The convict ship capsized in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent. She was righted the next day. |
| Undaunted | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at St Combs Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. |

## 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Armadillo | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was righted the next day. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated. |
| Juliana | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Calais, France. Juliana was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Catherina | Hamburg | The ship was sunk by ice near Cuxhaven. |
| Johanne | Hamburg | The ship was sunk by ice near Cuxhaven. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was holed by an anchor and sank in Bugsby's Hole, in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to London. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Hull, Yorkshire. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Ardwell | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently towed into Harwich, Essex by HMS Blazer ( Royal Navy). |

## 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Herne Sand, in the North Sea off Reculver, Kent. All nine people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. Amelia was refloated on 26 March with the assistance of six smacks and towed into Whitstable, Kent. |
| Gratitude | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Volant ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Black Castle, Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Wicklow. |
| London | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Quern Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken into Sheerness, Kent. |

## 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Cambridge | Imperial Chinese Navy | Cambridge′'s (left) ammunition magazine detonating.First Opium War: Battle of First Bar: The 34-gun sailing vessel, a former East Indiaman, was badly damaged by Royal Navy warships on the Pearl River near First Bar Island in Canton Province and was captured by the sixth rate HMS Calliope ( Royal Navy). Calliope′s crew set Cambridge on fire, and she exploded when the flames reached her ammunition magazine. |
| Hillsborough | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Formby Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Donaghadee, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Intrepido | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Bache ( United Kingdom). Intrepido was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Silver Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica. |

## 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Acasta | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the American coast. |
| Beatitude | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with the brig Volant ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued by Volant. |
| Constance | Hamburg | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg. Constance was later refloated and taken into Cuxhaven. |
| Druid | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London. |
| Shannon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into by Robert Browne ( United States) and sank at Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| Sulimony | | The barque caught fire on 28 February 1841 off Kidderpore Dockyard, Calcutta, India. The fire had begun among some bales of cotton and was soon subdued; arson was not suspected. |
| Tasmanian Lass | Van Diemen's Land | The ship was wrecked in Wineglass Bay. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1841 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alexander McLeay | New South Wales | The cutter ran aground and was wrecked at Sydney. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Clarence River. |
| Benson | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 February. |
| Brutus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Harwich, Essex. She was refloated and towed into Harwich by Endeavour ( United Kingdom). |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal. Eliza was refloated on 27 February. |
| Leighton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was refloated on 14 February and taken into Aberystwyth. |
| Maidstone | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to London. Maidstone was refloated on 21 February and towed into Newport in a waterlogged condition. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a brig and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Mary Ann and Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Truro, Cornwall. She was refloated on 12 February and taken into Truro for repairs. |
| Montcalm | United Kingdom | The ship sank at North Shields, County Durham. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the mouth of the Black River, Mosquito Coast. All on board were rescued. |
| San Joaquim | Spain | The brig was wrecked near "Naino", China. Her crew were rescued and the vessel was burnt. |
| Sesostris | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Machrihanish Bay. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to the Clyde. |
| Superior | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Madura Strait. She was on a voyage from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies to London. Superior was refloated and put back to Sourabaya. |
| Vixen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay. She had been refloated by 12 February. |
