List of shipwrecks in June 1839

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The list of shipwrecks in June 1839 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1839.

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Huron  United States The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]
Runswick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Allskagen", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Sydney  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at New Orleans.[1]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Britain  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was later refloated.[4]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Aurora Sweden The ship ran aground and was damaged in Gullman Fjorden. She was on a voyage from "Saltkallaw" to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[5]
Lapwing United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Tobago The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Tobago.[6][7]
Paget  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Tobago. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Barbados.[7]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Roquetas de Mar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Liverpool, Lancashire. Venus was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[8]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Harmina  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore on Baltrum. She was on a voyage from Leer to Stettin.[9]
Onandango  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec city, Lower Canada, British North America.[9]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Maid of Claro  United Kingdom The ship paddle tug foundered off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew survived.[10][11]
Medora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Sligo Reefs, off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Jamaica.[12]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Sarah United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The cutter capsized off Sydney. All nine people on board were rescued by the whaler Nathaniel Tallmidge( United States). Sarah was on a voyage from Sydney to Wollongong.[13]
Siam  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Java Head, Java, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore and Manila, Spanish East Indies.[14][15]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Dublin Packet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The whaler, a schooner, was wrecked at Taieri Island, New Zealand with the loss of three lives.[16][17][18]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Payta, Peru.[6]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Bruderliebe  Bremen The ship was in collision with Niord ( Denmark) in the Kattegat and was abandoned with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Niord. Bruderliebe was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Bremen.[19][20] She came ashore near Varberg, Sweden and was wrecked.[9]
Francis Freeling United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship ran aground and capsized off Port Stephens and was wrecked. All 40 passengers were rescued by HMS Beagle ( Royal Navy). Francis Freeling was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Phillip.[21][22][23][24]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship departed from Table Bay for Algoa Bay. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Dry Tortugas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana, Cuba.[12]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Emperor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Tarbau", Africa. Her crew were rescued.[25]
Atlantic  United States The whaling ship was wrecked off Akaroa, New Zealand, driven onto rocks by a gale. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Gironde  France The steamship was struck a rock off Ouessant, Finistère and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from an English port to Brest, Finistère. Gironde was refloated and taken into "Legoudon".[19]
Gode Hensight Stettin The ship foundered between "Trindel" and "Winga". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[9]
Leonhard Rostock The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Rostock.[19] Leonhard was refloated on 26 August and taken into Aalborg.[26]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Anne  United Kingdom The ship struck the Sheringham Shoals, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was beached near Cley-next-the-Sea, where she became a wreck. Her crew were rescjed. Anne was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[27]
Comet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cley-next-the-Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[27]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Flora  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[27]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Saugor, India. She was refloated and out back to Calcutta for repairs.[28]
Vigilentia  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Amsterdam, North Holland. Vigilentia was later refloated.[20]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Bonne Mere  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in British Honduras.[29]
Emanuel Sweden The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Lord Howe ( United Kingdom), which lost three of her crew during the rescue. Emanuel was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London, United Kingdom.[27]
Joseph Hume  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in British Honduras.[29]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Maidstone  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Agger Channel. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was later refloated.[9]
Victoria  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. Victoria was later refloated and taken into Lowestoft, Suffolk.[30]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Cane Grove  United Kingdom The ship was struck rocks at Duncansby Head, Caithness and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Galway. Cane Grove was refloated and taken into Stromness, Orkney Islands.[8]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[20]
Vulture  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Vulcan was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[30]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Ann and Mary  United Kingdom The whaling brig was wrecked at Whangaroa Harbour (Port Hutt), Chatham Island, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to New Zealand.[31][32][18]
Felicité  France The ship was wrecked between Hjørring and Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[33]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Active  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off Felixtowe, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ipswich, Suffolk. Active was later refloated.[20]
Delta  United States The ship was wrecked on Torbay Point, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[34]
Lucretia  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Sydney, New South Wales. An attempt by HMS Pelorus ( Royal Navy) to scuttle her was unsuccessful. She was on a voyage from Sydney to India.[35][36]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Cacique  Belgium The ship ran aground on the Noord Rassen Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Antwerp. Cacique was refloated and put into Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[9]
Somerset  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Steep Holm, Somerset with the loss of all eight people on board. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater, Somerset.[37][9]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Aigle  France The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Sandwich, Kent. Aigle was refloated and resumed her voyage.[8]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to King's Lynn. Fame was later refloated and taken into King's Lynn.[8]
Four Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Rye to Leith, Lothian.[8]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Argyra  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Therasia, Greece. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Plymouth, Devon.[38]
Lark  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks near Scarborough, Yorkshire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Lark was refloated and taken into Scarborough.[8]
Les Enfants Cheris  France The lugger was wrecked on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[39]
Prince Regent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Tramore Bay. All 40 passengers and crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to New York, United States.[40]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Dorothy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Dorothy was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[12]
Orleans  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked near Cork.[40] She was on a voyage from Cork to Arkhangelsk, Russia.[41]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Lundy Island, Devon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Mary was refloated and taken into Ilfracombe, Devon.[9]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Shoreham by Sea.[9]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Annie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Aden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[42]
Lafayette  France The ship ran aground on the Middleton Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Bremen. She was refloated.[43]
Rolla  France The ship was wrecked near Val-Salé, Eure. Her crew were rescued.[44]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Zorgvlith  Netherlands The ship ran aground at Tønningen, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Königsberg, Prussia.[43]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Ealing Grove  United Kingdom The ship ran aground south of Dominica. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dominica to London. Ealing Grove was refloated on 3 July and put back to Dominica.[45] She was subsequently condemned.[46]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the English Channel with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[1]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1839
ShipStateDescription
Lady Ridley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire.[44]
Nymph  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Teignmouth. Nymph was later refloated and taken into Teignmouth.[47]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby.[44]

30 June

Unknown date

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