The ship ran aground at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kinsale, County Cork. She was refloated.[1]
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.[2][3]
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]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Constitionsdagen
Flag unknown
The ship foundered in the North Sea14 leagues (42 nautical miles (78 km) off "Rundoe". Her crew were rescued.[5]
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.[6]
Rimsweil
Russia
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[7]
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]
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.[9]
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.[10]
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.[11]
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.[12]
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.[13]
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.[14]
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.[12] She was refloated on 13 July.[11]
Mary Jones
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Salonica, Greece. She was later refloated and put into Orfani.[15][16]
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.[10][8]
Velocity
United Kingdom
The ship was 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.[17]
Violet
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[14]
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.[18]
12 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Minstrel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at , British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.[19]
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.[23]
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.[24][25][26][27]
Ceres
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put into the Humber.[12]
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.[11]
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.[28][29]
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.[8]
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.[28]
Victor
France
The brig was wrecked on Brazos Santiago, Republic of Texas. Her crew were rescued by the brig Lime rock (United States).[30]
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.[31]
Mary Mallaby
Mauritius
The ship was wrecked off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Her crew were rescued.[32]
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.[37]
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.[29]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued.[38]
Pursuit
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into and sunk in the North Sea. Her crew were rescue. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rye, Sussex.[39]
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.[40]
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.[3]
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 (United Kingdom).[41]
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.[42]
Joanna
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore near "the Steimunde", Prussia. Her crew were rescued.[5][43]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Noordwal. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Rotterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[44]
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.[5][44]
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.[5][44]
Falcon
United Kingdom
The brig struck a sunken rock off North Cape and foundered with the loss of twelve of her thirteen crew.[25][45]
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.[46]
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.[44][47]
Memphis
United States
The ship was wrecked near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York.[13]
The ship sank at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. Ebenezer was later refloated and repaired.[48][25]
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.[25][47]
Hawthorn
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was refloated and taken into Eyemouth.[44]
Industrious Helen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Ross Sands. She was refloated and taken into Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland for repairs.[48]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Ross Sands. She was refloated and taken into Berwick upon Tweed for repairs.[48]
Johanna
Wismar
The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was refloated on 28 July and taken into Pillau.[49]
Kingston
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Eyemouth. She was later refloated and taken into Eyemouth.[44]
Return
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Ross Sands. She was declared a total loss.[48]
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.[3] She was refloated on 26 July and taken into South Shields.[44][47]
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.[49]
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner was in collision with (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.[50][47]
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.[15]
The paddle steamer collided with (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.[52]
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.[53]
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.[54] Initially, The Times mistakenly named her as Glenbervie.[48]
Harriett
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the barqueNorthumberland (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.[55][56]
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.[57]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Harboøre, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dram, Norway.[19]
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.[19]
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.[15]
Ellen
Saint Vincent
The schooner was wrecked on the Catholics Reef.[20]
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.[49]
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.[59][15]
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.[43]
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.[15]
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.[49]
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.[60]
Lydia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Thorpeness, Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
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.[61]
Royal George
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by her anchor and was beached at Penarth, Glamorgan.[59]
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).[49][46]
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.[59]
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.[59]
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.[15]
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.[62]
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.[63]
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.[64]
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.[65]
Wilhelmine
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore on the Westerhalge, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued.[18] She floated off on 2 August and was driven ashore on Juist.[46]
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.[66]
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.[53]
Carl Johan
Denmark
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland before 8 July.[7]
Cassiopea
Spain
The polacca was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Gibraltar before 15 July.[67]
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.[46][68]
The ship was driven ashore in Portland Bay. She was refloated and taken in to Launceston for repairs.[69]
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.[11]
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.[18]
Napoleon
Guadeloupe
The sloop was abandoned off Nevis. She was subsequently taken into Nevis by Mayflower (Nevis), arriving on 13 July.[19]
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.[13]
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.[6]