The ship was driven ashore in Colwell Bay.[1] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[2]
John
United States
The ship was lost off "James's Point". She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York.[3]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Mary Ann (United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[3]
The ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay, India.[7][8]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Cingalese
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near "Maw Eater's Island". Netherlands East Indies. She had been refloated by 8 June and taken into Batavia.[9]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer collided with a sailing barge and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. All on board survived. She was refloated on 4 June and towed to the Hungeford Stairs, London by Falcon (United Kingdom).[10]
4 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Sophia
Spain
The ship ran aground west of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Porto Rico to Spain. She was refloated.[11]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Eliza Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Truro. Cornwall. She was refloated on 12 March and beached for repairs.[12]
Josephine
France
The ship was wrecked on a reef off "Porto Real". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Puerto Rico.[13]
Rocket
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Huttoft, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[14]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Ganymede Mary
United Kingdom
Mary was driven into Ganymede at British Honduras. Both vessels were severely damaged.[15]
Pink
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Bangermassing", India.[7]
Wassily Williky
Russia
The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was refloated the next day.[12]
York
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[16]
The ship was wrecked near Seaton. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Pallion
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[18] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[19]
Siren
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[20]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Alexander
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Torwyn", Glamorgan with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Swansea, Glamorgan.[21]
The ship was wrecked in Rathropelan Cove, County Waterford, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18][24]
Dos Hermanos
Spain
The ship was wrecked at Bilboa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to San Sebastián.[20]
The brig ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was take into Harwich, Essex with the assistance of three smacks.[30]
The flat was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Dee. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat.[16][24]
Caroline
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in , Jersey, Channel Islands.[16]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19][14] She was refloated on 26 June and taken into Liverpool.[34]
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungarvan, County Waterford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Cork.[23]
William Ladd
United States
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in , County Waterford, United Kingdom with the loss of either three lives or fifteen of her sixteen crew. Those that survived were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[23][21][36]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Robertina
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Trinidad. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. She was refloated on 12 June and resumed her voyage.[11]
Rontho
Russia
The ship was driven ashore near Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cronstadt.[37]
Saucy Jack
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Dundalk, County Louth. She was later refloated.[20]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Anna Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice off "Soesnowetz Island", Russia. Her crew were rescued by Abus (United Kingdom. Anna Elizabeth was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Archangelsk, Russia.[7][38]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Neptune
Guernsey
The ship struck a rock and was damaged entering port in Guernsey.[39]
Norman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Balius Point", British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Velocity
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Crow Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Pembrokeshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[22]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Arichat
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jersey, Channel Islands.[40][31]
Naiad
Haiti
The ship ran aground at Port-au-Prince. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Gonaïves. She was refloated on 17 June.[41]
Reform
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cleopatra Rocks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bowling, Dunbartonshire. She was refloated and taken into Holyhead, Anglesey.[12][42]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Fountain
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[31]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Abus
Hamburg
The ship was severely damaged by ice at Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.[43]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[44]
The ship was severely damaged by ice. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Onega, Russia. She put into Saint Petersburg.[43]
St. Aubin
Jersey
The ship was severely damaged by ice at Saint Petersburg.[43]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Frances and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea off Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland and caught fire when her cargo of quicklime got wet. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to the Clyde. Frances and Margaret put back to North Shields.[31]
Les Deux Adeles
France
The brig was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Rapid (United Kingdom). Les Deux Adeles was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Toulon, Var.[39][47]
Lima
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk, Russia.[48]
The ship foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Catherine (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to London.[39][31]
Ocean Queen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken into Ramsgate, Kent.[39]
St. Theodor
Russia
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Archangelsk.[7][50]
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bombay, India. She was refloated and put into Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs.[31]
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Muschel Schap, off the coast of County Durham.[17]
Joseph and Victor
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the , India. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Calcutta, India.[51][52]
21 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Fulmar
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Troy[verification needed], Ottoman Empire. She was later refloated.[13]
24 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Antilles
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 27 June and taken into Helsingør, Denmark.[43]
Eugenia
France
The ship was driven ashore at Ténès, Algeria. She was consequently condemned.[41]
Hero
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was consequently condemned.[43]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The brig-sloop ran aground on the Las Pepas Reef, off Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued.[53] She had been taken into Colonia del Sacramento by 15 July, described as "in a shattered state".[54]
The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, off the coast of Uruguay. Her crew were rescued.[26]
James
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks off the Orkney Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[48]
Leda
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to an Englisn port. She was refloated and taken into Landskrona for repairs.[43]
27 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Isabel
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Arthur (United Kingdom). Isabel was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Riga, Russia.[49]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Addingham
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales. Subsequently destroyed by fire in the Strait of Magellan. Her crew survived. Wreck discovered 14 October.[55]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Unity
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Newquay, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[56]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Emerald
United States
The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off "Guy's Head" with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Eastport, Maine.[57]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Carl
Sweden
The ship was wrecked at "Mariom". She was on a voyage from "Mariom" to Gothenburg.[3]
The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Vizigapatam to Madras, India. All on board were rescued.[38]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire before 10 June with the loss of all hands.[35]
Heinrich
Denmark
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued.[59]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham before 8 June. She was refloated on 10 June and towed into North Shields, County Durham.[16][30]
Joseph and Victor
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Madras before 19 June. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Calcutta, India.[8][52]
Lord
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland before 10 June.[22]
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