List of shipwrecks in 1843

The list of shipwrecks in 1843 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1843.

January

10 January

• John Lilley ( United Kingdom): The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Saunton Sands, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Old Calabar, Nigeria^[1]

13 January

• Ann & Elizabeth ( United Kingdom): The smack ran aground on the Lynch Bank, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Ann & Elizabeth was later refloated.^[1]
• Esher ( United Kingdom): The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her eight crew survived.^[2]

February

2 February

• Liberty ( United Kingdom): The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Suffolk with the loss of all four crew.^[2]

March

12 March

• Commerce ( United Kingdom): The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire by Mount Charles ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.^[2]

15 March

• USS Grampus ( United States Navy): The 10-gun schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Charlestown, South Carolina with the loss of all hands.

April

22 April

• Sarah & Rachel ( United Kingdom): The oyster skiff was lost in the Bristol Channel with the loss of both crew.^[1]

September

7 September

• Caledonia ( United Kingdom): The brig was wrecked at Sharpnose Point, Cornwall with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Gloucester.

October

6 October

• Liverpool Packet ( United Kingdom): The brig was abandoned in the Bristol Channel off Flat Holm. She subsequently drove ashore in Rhosilli Bay and was wrecked. Liverpool Packet was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Penzance, Cornwall.^[1]

12 October

• Henry Roop ( United States): The schooner foundered. Her crew survived.

25 October

• Packet ( United Kingdom): The sloop was wrecked at Cardigan with the loss of all hands.^[3]

29 October

• Nancy ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of a crew member.^[2]

Unknown date

• Margaretta ( United Kingdom): The smack was wrecked at St Dogmaels, Cardiganshire with the loss of three of her crew.^[3]

November

Unknown date

• Bristol Trader ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardigan with the loss of all hands.^[3]
• Hampton ( United Kingdom): The brig was driven ashore at Cardigan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. Hampton was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.^[3]

Unknown date

• Duoro ( Portugal): The schooner foundered off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.^[4]
• Rachel ( United Kingdom): The sloop foundered off Cardigan with the loss of all hands.^[3]

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