The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She floated off but consequently sank with the loss of her captain.[1]
Maria
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship sank "at the Osto". Her crew were rescued.[2]
Voyager
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[3]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Dædalus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Padstow, Cornwall. She was refloated.[4]
Margaret Parker
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Fish Potts, off the coast of Tobago. She was on a voyage from London to Scarborough, Tobago.[5]
The ship was driven ashore on Goree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York.[9] She was refloated on 6 July and towed in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[10]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition.[1]
Arthur
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off "Clavels", Dorset. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Athlone
United Kingdom
The steamship was stranded in fog on Mew Island, near Donaghadee, County Down. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Belfast, County Antrim.[2] She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, where she arrived the next day.[11]
The paddle steamer was stranded in fog on Mew Island. All passengers and crew saved.[13] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast.[2] She capsized and was wrecked.[11]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and was beached at Baltimore, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was repaired and refloated.[14]
Napoleon II
France
The ship put into St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom in a sinking condition.[15]
The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Coquimbo. She put in to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she was scuttled.[19]
Racehorse
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off St. James's Castle, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[20]
Thomas Snooks
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Seraglio Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[21]
Triumph
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked east of Grand Cay, Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to an Irish port.[22]
9 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Donna Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Mal di Ventre, Kingdom of Sardinia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Odessa.[23]
Felix Vienna
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked in the Thousand Islands, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Batavia to China.[24]
Venus
United States
The ship departed from Camposancos, Spain for an American port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[25]
10 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Guave
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Tail Rock, off Grenada and was wrecked.[26]
Symmetry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 16 July and towed in to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[27]
Ville de Rouen
France
The ship was wrecked on the Bank of Cacheo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to the Mellacorée River.[19]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was driven ashore in Gerran's Bay, Cornwall. She was refloated and towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall.[28]
Nueva Yberia
Spain
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Guinchos. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havana, Cuba.[29]
Ugie
Stettin
The ship ran aground on the Westerground, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated the next day and put in to Swinemünde, Prussia.[17]
Vixen
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Patras, Greece.[30]
12 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Hendrika
Netherlands
The ran aground on the Wittsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hamburg. She was declared a total loss.[17]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Governor Yell
United States
The steamship was wrecked at Port Aransas, Texas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Brazos Santiago, Texas.[31]
John and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. At least five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Dundee, Forfarshire.[32]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Cadiz
Isle of Man
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan.[27]
Sir Henry Webb
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to Groningen, Netherlands.[17]
The ship ran aground on The Manacles and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Marie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Landscrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[34]
William Irvine
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Black Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[35][33]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Caledonia
United Kingdom
The whaler was lost in ice in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued by Chieftain (United Kingdom) and other vessels.[36][37]
Caledonia
Mauritius
The ship was wrecked between Cape St. Andrė and Mayonna.[38]
Edward Wolfe
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Cuba. At least one crew member survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cuba.[39]
Emerald Isle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and capsized on the Mussel Beel. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Drogheda, County Louth.[3]
The ship departed from Sydney for Newcastle. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[40]
Wave
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool. She was refloated on 18 July.[3]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Don Juan
Flag unknown
The schooner departed from Hong Kong for Shanghai, China. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands, possibly on 20 September.[41]
John
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on a reef off Storholm. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[42] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Salami
Russia
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt between Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands and Lille, Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Odessa to the city of Antwerp.[17]
Young Dixon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on a reef off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[43][20]
The ship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[21]
19 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Pilot
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Mozambique for the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[45]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Loch Sloy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin. She had been refloated by 18 August and towed in to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[46]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Earl of Selkirk
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bootle, Lancashire.[33]
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Ayr.[21]
22 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Robert Burns
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Odessa.[21]
The flat capsized in the Irish Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Mary was subsequently towed in to Liverpool.[48]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Jedore Ledges and was abandoned, She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[22]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
City of Sydney
New South Wales
The brig was wrecked on the Sow and Pigs Rocks, off Sydney. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.[49]
Grace Darling
British North America
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Jedore Head. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Chaleur Bay.[46][22][50]
Mars
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Cabezas Rocks and was beached near Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cork to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[51]
Pedlar
New South Wales
The cutter was wrecked on Bondi Beach. Her crew were rescued.[52][53] She was on a voyage from Wollongong to Sydney.[54]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Stalkart
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Saugor, India. She was on a voyage from India to an English port.[55]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Daniel Walter
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamshipRobert Rankin (United Kingdom).[56]
Jeune Carolie
France
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Libourne, Gironde.[57]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Janets
United Kingdom
The brig struck a sunken rock off , Cornwall and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was assisted in to Padstow, Cornwall by HMRC Childers ( Board of Customs ). Janets was placed under repair.[20][34]
The barque ran aground at Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated and put in to Strangford, County Down.[20]
Sea Gull
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Skerries, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Londonderry. She was refloated and taken in to Portrush, County Down.[26]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: unknown date in July 1847
Ship
Country
Description
Azieta
United States
The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 3 July.[33]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship ran argound near Tulcea, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from the Danube to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. She was later refloated and consequently put in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[43]
The ship ran aground and sank at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Lady Fitzroy
New Zealand
The craft was swamped on the east coast of North Island before 17 July, with the loss of ten lives. The same storm claimed several smaller craft.[64][61]
Lucy
United States
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 5 July.[33]
Maria Ramiette
France
The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Brest, Finistère.[65]
May Queen
United Kingdom
The ship raround at Tarabya, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth or Cork. She was refloated with assistance from (Royal Navy).[66]
Montebello
United States
The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[67]
Perseverance
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked off the coast of Otago, New ZealandShe dragged her anchor during a storm and was driven on shore.[64]
Rover
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Placentia Bay. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Southampton, Hampshire.[68]
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