The barque was wrecked on "Starkjaar", in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Narva, Russia.[1][2]
Formosa
Prussia
The barque was wrecked on the Mare's Rock, off Tiree, Inner Hebrides with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Königsberg.[3]
Oxford
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Rodrigues, Mauritius. All on board were rescued by John Renwick (United Kingdom). Oxford was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[4][5]
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer ran aground and sank on the north coast of Skokholm, Pembrokeshire with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by the coasterHope (United Kingdom). Queen was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Dublin.[6][7]
Salus
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Guido (France). Salus was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a port in New Brunswick, British North America.[8]
2 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Jim
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lancaster, Lancashire.[9]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Höganäs, Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from St. David's, Pembrokeshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[10]
Themis
France
The ship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to a Baltic port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Adventure
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Empress (United Kingdom). Adventure was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[11][12]
Empress
United States
The ship departed from Málaga, Spain for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[13]
Levant Star
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]
4 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Astrea
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[15][16]
Atlas
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Christianstad, Sweden to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[17]
Atten Sodskende
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Grimmershom". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gotland to the Firth of Forth.[10] She was refloated on 8 September and taken into Cuxhaven.[15]
Borussia
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore on Rügen. She was on a voyage from Stettin to an English port.[15]
The ship was driven ashore at "Lyenas". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Nykøbing. She was later refloated and towed into "Holbeck".[19]
Moire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Tea Island, Chusan.[18]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Helsingør, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Memel, Prussia.[20]
Welint
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship was wrecked off Halmstad, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Oulu.[20][16]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reefs, off the coast of Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[20][21][16]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Christine Maria
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground off "Haunsee" and was wrecked.[1]
Ferret
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was later refloated.[1]
Glory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Saint Petersburg.[16][22]
Good Intent
United Kingdom
The sloop capsized and sank in the North Sea off the ( Trinity House) with the loss of three of the five people on board. Survivors were rescued by a Grimsbypilot cutter.[3]
Haabet
Norway
The ship was driven ashore near "Nusevig", Russia. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Nuestra Señora de la Piedad
Spain
The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Bilboa. She was refloated and taken into Margate, Kent, United Kingdom in a sinking condition.[23]
Vesta
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[20][16]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Johanna
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to New York, United States.[24][25]
The ship struck a sunken rock off "Bridsand", Norway. She was abandoned on 9 September and set afire. Her crew were rescued by Hannah Moore (United Kingdom). Aire was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.[28][29]
The brig was wrecked at , Cornwall with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Gloucester.
Mary Jane
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and capsized in the Seine.[15]
8 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Ariadne
Dantsic
The ship ran aground off Hellesund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London, United Kingdom.[14]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Cordelia
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[15] She was refloated on 11 September and taken into Bridlington.[30]
Dorothea Bertha
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and anchored off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[31]
Lady Huntley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Cook's Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Prince Edward Island, British North America.[28]
Lapwing
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[15]
Malta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. She was refloated with assistance from and towed into North Shields, County Durham.[15]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the Kullen Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Memel, Prussia.[22]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Ann Kenny
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was refloated and towed in to Canso, Nova Scotia.[32]
The ship ran aground on the Wresen Ground. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Nakskov. She was refloated and put in to Nyborg.[19]
Regatta
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Keiss, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[35] She was refloated in late October and taken into Pulteneytown, Caithness for repairs.[36]
The ship was driven ashore at Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America.[38] She was refloated and taken into Arichat.[39]
Page
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine.[20]
Paragon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Quillebeur-sur-Seine. She was refloated the next day.[37]
12 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Ann Marvel
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[40]
Caroline's Haab
Dantsic
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Daphne
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[37][41]
The ship was driven ashore at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine.[37]
Duncannon
United Kingdom
The steamship foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. All on board were rescued.[14] She was refloated on 15 September and beached on Spurn Point.[1]
Lehore
France
The ship was driven ashore at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine.[37]
St. Jean
France
The ship was driven ashore at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine.[37][42]
14 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Amelia
Tobago
The cutter was driven ashore at Scarborough. She was refloated.[43]
Caroline
Tobago
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Tyrrell's Bay.[43]
Countess of Dunmore
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Therapia, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken into Constantinople.[28]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
North America
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Governor's Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated the next day and taken into Boston.[44]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef, off the coast of Denmark.[34]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Chester
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Romer Shoals, off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[45]Chester was refloated on 27 September and taken into New York.[46]
The whaler was holed by ice and sank off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[47][48]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Aurora
Stettin
The ship struck rocks at Buoy Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Stettin. She put into Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.[2]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The smack was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the steamshipCaledonia (United Kingdom).[49]
18 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Borneo
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Cranberry Head, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America.[49][25][46]
Caledonian
United States
The ship was wrecked at Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cette, Hérault, France.[50][29]
Johanna
Sweden
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Sally
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked whilst of a voyage from the Richmond River to Sydney with the loss of five of the six people on board.[51]
Sylvanus
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[52]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Beaver
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Dimlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Clipper
United States
The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Mississippi River at Bayou Sara, Louisiana with the loss of 31 of her 40 crew. She was on a voyage from Bayou Sara to Tunica, Louisiana.[53]
Robert Morrow
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers, Algeria. Her crew were rescued by Somerset (United Kingdom). Robert Morrow was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[54][55]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Angeline
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto rocks at Duncansby Head, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put into Stromness, Orkney Islands.[8]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and made for Whitby, Yorkshire.[21]
Delhi
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Elizabeth Rowell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Laura
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope with the loss of most of her crew.[56]
Sea Gull
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope with the loss of most of her crew.[56]
Williams
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the north point of Hogland, Russian Empire. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 22 September and taken into Saint Petersburg.[28]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: October 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Anne
United Kingdom
The smack sprang a leak and foundered off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire.[57]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim. Mary was refloated on 24 September and taken into Stornoway for repairs.[28][58]
Pieterelena
Netherlands
The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Dantsic to Amsterdam, North Holland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[59]
22 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Alida
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bremen.[24]
Duke of Cambridge
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between Hjørring and Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia.[24] Her crew were rescued.[60]
The barque was wrecked at , British North America with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[52][65]
Echo
Jersey
The ship was driven onto rocks at St. Helier and damaged. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to St. Helia. She was refloated and taken into port.[66]
Eleanore
Dantsic
The ship was driven ashore near Glettkau. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London, United Kingdom.[24] She was refloated on 30 September and taken into Dantsic.[54]
Emma
New South Wales
The ship was driven ashore at Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Adelaide.[67]
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lotus (United Kingdom.[52] She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[32]
Alert
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Vila Nova or vice versa.[68][8]
Heber
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[54][34]
Lord Yarborough
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Goose-wing Rock, off the Isle of Wight. All 70 passengers were taken off by a local fishing boat.[69]
Vestal
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from England to Crete.[70]
The brig was destroyed by fire on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to South Shields.[50][68]
Trinculo
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Nassau, Bahamas for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[71]
Vesta
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[66]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Don
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Ettina
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Stade, Kingdom of Hanover.[54]
Henry
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore on Hilbre Island, Flintshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amlwch, Anglesey.[66]
The ship ran aground and sank at Honfleur, Calvados.[24] She was refloated on 30 September and taken into Honfleur.[73]
Don
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Leith, Lothian.[38]
The ship departed from Chusan, China for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[74]
Paul Emille
France
The ship collided with Cecelia (United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Cape Finisterre, Spain with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Cecelia. Paul Emille was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Bordeaux, Gironde.[75]
Tug
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. Tug was refloated and taken into The Downs.[68]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Radford
United Kingdom
The ship was discovered derelict at sea and taken into Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands.[73]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Sympathy (United Kingdom). Rapid was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[34]
Sarah Marks
British North America
The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Stephen, New Brunswick to the West Indies.[52]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued.[76]
Don Juan
United States
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the east coast of Grand Bahama, Bahamas in a hurricane. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York.[77]
Jupiter
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank in St. Brides Bay.[28]
United States
United States
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Key Gotha in a hurricane. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[77]
Uruguay
Spain
The brig was wrecked on a reef off Watling's Island, Bahamas in a hurricane. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Barcelona and Cádiz.[77]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Country Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken into Country Harbour.[24]
Arannah
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Chaleur Bay with the loss of seven lives before 13 September.[78]
Bride
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso. She was refloated.[32]
Cassadra
Stettin
The schooner foundered in the North Sea between 3 and 7 September. Her crew were rescued by a Norwegian vessel. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin.[79]
Chapman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at , British North America before 5 September. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Portsmouth. Chapman was refloated and resumed her voyage.[24]
Don Cossack
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Murkle Bay.[80]
Gazelle
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea in late September.[61]
United States
The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.[81]
Jane Scott
New South Wales
The cutter was wrecked in the Macleay River. All on board were rescued.[82]
Jubilee
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 September. Her crew were rescued by Emma Zoller (United Kingdom).[83]
June
Jersey
The ship was driven ashore at Alicante, Spain. She was refloated on 12 September.[25]
The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Mary Ann
New South Wales
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked north of Seal Rock Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Manning River.[84]
Princess Victoria
British North America
The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia with the loss of four of her five crew. The survivor was rescued after five days on the wreck by the schooner Margaret (United Kingdom).[29]
Queen
New South Wales
The cutter was driven ashore north of Seal Rock Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Manning River.[84]
Recovery
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Tackeroth", Russia. She had been refloated and taken into Bolderāja by 13 September.[54]
Retrieve
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at "Mixmate". She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.[49] She was refloated on 23 September and put in to Parrsboro.[46]
Wild Irish Girl
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Red Island Reef. She was refloated on 25 September and taken into Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[49]
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^ abcde"Ship News". The Times. No. 18405. London. 19 September 1843. col B, p. 7.