List of shipwrecks in 1842

The list of shipwrecks in 1842 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1842.

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1842
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1842
Ship Country Description
Dart  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Greenground, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan with the loss of all hands.[1]

March

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1842
Ship Country Description
Gurnet  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and capsized at Swansea, Glamorgan with the loss of both crew.[1]

May

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1842
Ship Country Description
Industry  United Kingdom The smack foundered in the Bristol Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of The Mumbles, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her two crew. She was on a voyage from Aberthaw to Aberavon, Glamorgan.[1]

September

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1842
Ship Country Description
John & Elizabeth  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[2]

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1842
Ship Country Description
USS Concord  United States Navy The sloop-of-war was wrecked at the mouth of the Ligonha River, Portuguese East Africa with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Union ( Portugal).

December

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1842
Ship Country Description
Water Witch United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The cutter sank in the Murray River at Moorundie, South Australia.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "SHIPWRECKS OFF WALBERSWICK 1782 - 1845" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Jeffery, W. (William); Drew, Terry; South Australia. State Heritage Branch; Society for Underwater Historical Research (S. Aust.); South Australia. Dept. of Environment and Planning. Community Information Service (1987), The Water Witch wrecksite : a report on the identification, survey and partial recovery of the wrecksite, State Heritage Branch, Dept. of Environment and Planning, p. 1, ISBN 978-0-7243-8934-6
Ship events in 1842
Ship launches: 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847
Ship commissionings: 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847
Ship decommissionings: 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847
Shipwrecks: 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847
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