List of shipwrecks in 1840

The list of shipwrecks in 1840 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1840.

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1840
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date

January

13 January

List of shipwrecks: January 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Lexington	United States	Lexington. The paddle steamer caught fire off Long Island, New York and sank with the loss of 139 of the 143 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York City to Stonington, Connecticut.

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Dolphin	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Burry Holms, Glamorgan with the loss of all five crew.[1]
Shepherd	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Worms Head, Glamorgan with the loss of al hands.[1]
Suir	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Llanmadoc, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[1]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Saggitario	Austrian Empire	The polacca was wrecked near Chesil Beach. Dorset, United Kingdom. Her thirteen crew were rescued.[2]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Quebeck	United Kingdom	The ship collided with Request ( United Kingdom) off Pakefield, Suffolk. Both vessels foundered, their crews were rescued.[3]

February

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Perseverance	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Cardigan. Her crew were rescued.[3]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Gaillardon	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the northern of False Point at the mouth of the Hooghly River. Her crew were rescued. The mate pilot was drowned trying to the save wreck.

March

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Hope	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer (South Africa's first coastal steamer) was wrecked near Cape St. Francis. All 72 passengers and crew reached shore on a constructed raft and a damaged jolly-boat.[4]

July

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1840

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Buffalo	Royal Navy	The full-rigged ship was wrecked in Mercury Bay with the loss of two of her crew.

August

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1840

Ship	Country	Description
San Jacinto	Texas Navy	The 5-gun schooner as wrecked at Cayo Arcas, Mexico.

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Frances	South Australia	The cutter was wrecked on Neptune Island. Her crew survived.

September

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Imogene	Royal Navy	The decommissioned Conway-class corvette was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon.

November

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Hopewell	United Kingdom	The brig was run into by the schooner Yanden ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of five of the twelve people on board. Survivors were rescued by Yanden.[1]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Ant	United Kingdom	The Humber Keel was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[3]
HMS Fairy	Royal Navy	The Cherokee-class brig-sloop foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all hands.[3]
Request	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Dunwich and Walberswick, Suffolk with the loss of six of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[3]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1840

Ship	Country	Description
City of Bristol	United Kingdom	The steamship foundered in Rhosilli Bay with the loss of 25 of the 27 people on board. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[1]

December

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1840

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Zebra	Royal Navy	The Cruizer-class brig-sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Haifa, Syria.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1840

Ship	Country	Description
Jenny	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Cardigan.[5]

References

1. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
2. "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
3. Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "SHIPWRECKS OFF WALBERSWICK 1782 - 1845" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
4. "Loss of the 'Hope' Steamer of the Western Coast of Africa". The Standard (4979) (London). 4 June 1840. p. 3.
5. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

Ship events in 1840
Ship launches:	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845
Ship commissionings:	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845
Ship decommissionings:	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845
Shipwrecks:	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845