List of shipwrecks in December 1841
The list of shipwrecks in December 1841 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1841 .
1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Bouvina Hendrika
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore near Varberg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux , Gironde . She was later refloated and taken into Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 1]
British Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at Antwerp , Belgium.[ 2]
Maria
Spain
The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Faro, Portugal . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 3]
Mary Barbara
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near New York City , United States. She was on a voyage from Pictou , Nova Scotia , British North America to New York City. She was refloated and taken into New York.[ 4]
William
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on Lovett's Island, New York , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shelburne , Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 5]
2 December
3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Science and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five lives and nine people missing. Nine survivors were rescued by Science. Endeavour was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland , British North America to "Antigoache".[ 8]
Glengarry
Saint Thomas
The barque was wrecked on Grand Turk , in the Turks Islands . Her crew were rescued.[ 9] [ 10]
Grenada
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Aden . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Aden.[ 11]
Maria
Belgium
The ship ran aground off the Île de Batz , Finistère , France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Antwerp . She was later refloated.[ 12]
Napoleon
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea.[ 13] [ 14]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in St Brides Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Dublin .[ 15]
St. Alexey
Russia
The ship was wrecked on Copinsay , Orkney Islands , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Newry , County Antrim , United Kingdom.[ 16]
Wilhelmine
Lübeck
The ship ran aground in the Skjelle. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Lübeck.[ 17]
Zebina
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Aberdeen .[ 17]
4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Anna and Maria
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and sank at Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 18] [ 12]
Crown Prince
Hamburg
The ship was beached at Penarth , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 2] She was refloated and take into Cardiff , Glamorgan for repairs.[ 19]
Delphin
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore near "Nixoe". She was refloated and taken into Swinemünde .[ 17]
Earl of Durham
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Penarth and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and put back to Cardiff.[ 2]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by the brig Condor ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by Condor .[ 20] [ 2]
Lady Grey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Pembroke Dock , Pembrokeshire .[ 18]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk by Jean and Mary ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued.[ 2]
Perthshire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the north coast of Islay . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Greenock , Renfrewshire . Perthshire was refloated on 6 December.[ 16]
Urgent
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of Strangford Lough . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Troon , Ayrshire .[ 12] She was refloated on 7 December and taken into Belfast , County Antrim .[ 21] [ 22]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Aberdyfi , Merionethshire . She was on a voyage from "Salwach" to Caernarfon .[ 2]
5 December
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Ada or Adela
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Blanquilla Island , Venezuela. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Tampico , Mexico.[ 23] [ 24]
Adeline
France
The ship capsized off Royan , Charente-Maritime with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 1]
Alicia
United Kingdom
The brig collided with Frederick ( United Kingdom ) and foundered off Toward Point , Argyllshire . Her crew were rescued. Alicia was on a voyage from Sligo to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 25] [ 26]
HMS Avon
Royal Navy
The paddle steamer was driven ashore and damaged near Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . She was later refloated.[ 22]
Branches
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked in Saint Tudwal's Islands , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia , United States.[ 18] [ 27]
Cavallo Marino
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship struck the Pearl Rock, off Gibraltar and sank. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France and Bahia , Brazil . Cavallo Marino was refloated on 7 December with assistance from HMS Lizard (1840) ( Royal Navy ) and taken into Gibraltar in a waterlogged condition.[ 28]
Deux Soeurs
France
The ship was wrecked at the Pointe de La Coubre , Charente-Maritime . She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 17]
Jean and Mary , andNancy
United Kingdom
Jean and Mary collided with the schooner Nancy off the coast of Suffolk and was consequently beached. Nancy sank, her crew took to the longboat and survived.[ 20]
Joanna
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Hankley Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland and sank.[ 18]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Ballycastle, County Antrim . she was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Larne , County Antrim .[ 29]
Susan
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Dee .[ 2]
6 December
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Astrea
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Boa Vista , Cape Verde Islands . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Monte Video , Uruguay.[ 30]
Galen
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Faial Island , Azores . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 31]
James
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Maryport , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport. James was refloated and take into Maryport.[ 29]
Lord Teignmouth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was damaged. She was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 32]
Secret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Scatarie Island , Newfoundland , British North America . Her crew were rescued.[ 33]
Susan
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne-sur-Mer , Pas-de-Calais , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila , Spanish East Indies to London .[ 34] [ 1]
7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Alert , and Defiance
United Kingdom
The smack Defiance was run into and sunk off Cromer , Norfolk by Alert . Her crew were rescued by Alert , which was consequently beached at Mundesley , Norfolk.[ 35]
Archibald
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Carmel to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 29] Archibald had become a wreck by 17 December.[ 36]
Erin
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Campechano (flag unknown). Erin was on a voyage from Londonderry to Savannah, Georgia , United states.[ 9]
Erin-go-Bragh
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . All 21 people on board were rescued by Roscius ( United Kingdom ). Erin-go-Bragh was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 37] [ 38]
Jeune Auguste
France
The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 34]
Radford
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[ 29] Radford was later refloated and taken into Calais.[ 35]
8 December
9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Caroline
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked on Scharhörn . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain to Hamburg.[ 17]
Cato
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked north of Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of all hands.[ 32]
Grace
United Kingdom
The ship was beached 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Maryport , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Maryport.[ 19] Grace was refloated on 16 December and put back to Dumfries.[ 6]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Helsingør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire . She was refloated and taken into Helsingør for repairs.[ 40] [ 4]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from London to Bristol , Gloucestershire . Isabella was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 25]
Junge George
Hamburg
The ship ran aground off Heligoland . She was on a voyage from an English port to Hamburg. Junge George was refloated and taken into Cuxhaven .[ 41]
Kent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent .[ 41]
Lord Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Black Shaw Bank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Carlisle, Cumberland to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 17]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was run aground and was severely damaged at Guernsey , Channel Islands . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Guernsey.[ 41]
Sherwood
United States
The ship ran aground on rocks off Sark , Channel Islands and was abandoned by her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cowes , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom . Sherwood subsequently floated off and drifted towards Jersey .[ 42] [ 43]
William and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked north of Sunderlnd. Her crew were rescued.[ 32]
10 December
List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Beulah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Woodbridge, Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham to Woodbridge.[ 32] She was refloated on 13 December and taken into Woodbridge.[ 44]
Defiance
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the schooner Alert and foundered in the North Sea off Cromer , Norfolk .[ 20]
Fleurs
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Tiree , Outer Hebrides . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Puerto Rico.[ 45]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Shoeburyness , Essex . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire to London .John was refloated the next day and towed into London.[ 16]
Juno
France
The ship capsized in the Seine . Her crew were rescued.[ 1]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Jack Sound with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight to Dublin .[ 46]
Stad Zierikzee
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Campvere , Zeeland .[ 17] She had become a wreck by 18 December.[ 36]
Unicorn
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Seine near Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France. Her crew were rescued.[ 17] [ 47]
11 December
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Elbe
United States
The whaler was driven ashore at Palliser Bay , New Zealand while en route for Wellington during a storm (the same storm which wrecked the Winwick (qv )). Her crew were rescued.[ 48]
Fanny
Sweden
The brig was wrecked on the Ooster Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland , Netherlands with the loss of one of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Hul , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to St. Ubes , Portugal.[ 37] [ 49]
Lynch
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Llanmaddoc , Glamorgan . Her crew were rescued.[ 16]
Para
Russian Empire
The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne-sur-Mer , Pas-de-Calais , France with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Saint Petersburg .[ 1]
Publican
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore east of Calais , France. Her crew were rescued by the Calais Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Waterford .[ 1] [ 47]
Queen
United Kingdom
The brig collided with a barque and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a fishing smack .[ 20]
Wasdelmo
Empire of Brazil
The ship was driven onto the Tartarugas Rocks, off Pernambuco and was damaged. She was refloated and put back to Pernambuco.[ 50]
Winwick
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in Lyall Bay , while en route from Kapiti Island to Wellington, with the loss of one life.[ 51] [ 48]
Zephire
France
The sloop was driven ashore on the Île d'Yeu , Vendée . Her crew were rescued.[ 47]
12 December
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Welsinggen", Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 41]
Erie
United States
The whaler was wrecked in Palliser Bay , New Zealand. Her crew survived.[ 52]
Middlesex
New South Wales
The ship struck a rock and was severely damaged at Wellington , New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Wellington.[ 52]
Rapid
Guernsey
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel North Holland , Netherlands with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Guernsey.[ 37] [ 41] [ 49]
Rosamond and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Loughor . She was on a voyage from Swansea to Llanelly , Glamorgan .[ 37] Rosamund and Jane was refloated on 15 December.[ 53]
Simon Bolivar
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the Dogger Bank and was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to the River Tyne .[ 6]
William and Fanny
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Poole, Dorset . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swanage to Weymouth, Dorset .[ 16]
Winwick
New Zealand
The barque was wrecked in Lyall Bay .[ 52]
13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Caldeonia
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off Maughold Head , Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey, Isle of Man to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 53]
Edenbank
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at "Carabournow", Ottoman Empire . Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Odessa .[ 54] [ 55]
Euclid
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off the Goodwin Sands , Kent . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Dundas , Renfrewshire to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 44]
Hazard
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Port Fleetwood , Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Strangford , County Antrim to Maryport , Cumberland .[ 44]
Lapwing
United Kingdom
The ship was discovered off the coast of Essex waterlogged and abandoned, crew presumed lost. She was towed into Wivenhoe in a waterlogged condition.[ 19]
Liddell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Happisburgh , Norfolk .[ 17] She was refloated on 30 December and taken into Great Yarmouth .[ 56]
Sverre
Belgium
The ship ran aground at Sulina , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Ismalia , Ottoman Empire.[ 57]
Thetis
France
The ship ran aground, capsized and sank at Dunkerque , Nord . She was on a voyage from Odessa to Dunkerque.[ 17] [ 37] Thetis was refloated on 18 December and taken into Dunkerque.[ 6]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged near Blyth, Northumberland . She was later refloated and taken into Blyth.[ 42]
14 December
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Bangor, Caernarfonshire .[ 41]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Gribben Head , Cornwall . She was refloated and resumed her voyage to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 6]
Comsopolite
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Prussia . She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to Antwerp . Cosmopolite was refloated and put into Dantzic in a leaky condition.[ 6]
Dorothea
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked on the Eyerland Banks, in the North Sea off Texel , North Holland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to La Guaira , Venezuela.[ 41]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Corton Flats, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 41] She was refloated on 17 December and taken into Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 58]
Emilie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Fishguard , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Caen , Calvados , France.[ 42]
Flora
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore near Kastrup , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Stettin . She was refloated and taken intoCopenhagen , Denmark.[ 6]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Cork to London . John was refloated and taken into Boulogne.[ 42]
Kremlin
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar She was on a voyage from Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany to New York , United States. She was refloated and put under repair.[ 59]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Blyth to London . Union was refloated and towed into Blyth.[ 41]
15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Friends
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven.[ 60] Friends was refloated on 18 December and taken into Newhaven.[ 36]
Friends Goodwill
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to London .[ 6]
Jane
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Newhaven.[ 60] Jane was refloated on 23 December and taken into Newhaven.[ 8]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Cork to London . John was refloated' and taken into Boulogne.[ 37]
Jonge Jan
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Toulon , Var , France.[ 6]
Lively
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Hare Island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Galway . She was refloated on 1 January 1842.[ 3]
Silistria
Russia
The schooner ran aground on the Debenigo. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to St. Ubes , Portugal. She was refloated.[ 49]
Suir
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hooper Sand, in the Bristol Channel . She was on a voyage from Quebec City Province of Canada , British North America to Llanelly , Glamorgan . Suir was refloated on 16 December and taken into Llanelly.[ 58] [ 42]
16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Andrew White
United Kingdom
The ship collided with a barque and was beached west of Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire . She was on a voyage from Montreal , Province of Canada , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 6]
Cambria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Exmouth , Devon . Her crew were rescued.[ 42]
Hebble
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of Beachy Head , Sussex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 60] [ 36]
Langton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Almería , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool.[ 61]
Peace
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Arklow , County Wicklow . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wexford .[ 62]
17 December
18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Alva
British North America
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . All on board were rescued by Girard ( United States ). Alva was on a voyage from Dorchester, New Brunswick , British North America to Cork .[ 57] [ 65]
Andrew White
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with the barque Grange ( United Kingdom ) and was consequently beached at Porthdinllaen , Anglesey . All but three of her crew were rescued by Grange , the remainder stayed on board. Andrew White was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated on 20 December.[ 36]
Duchess of Gloucester
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Sligo . She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. She was subsequently righted and repaired.[ 66] [ 59]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Clew Bay . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Jamaica.[ 31] She was refloated on 2 January 1842.[ 3]
Maria
Belgium
The ship was wrecked on Point Barbero, Ottoman Empire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Constantinople and Smyrna , Ottoman Empire.[ 67]
Susception
Prussia
The ship was abandoned off Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[ 40] She subsequently driven ashore at "Gasa", Sweden.[ 56]
19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Albano
Spain
The ship ran aground on Goat Island , Rhode Island , United States. She was on a voyage from Málaga to New York , United States. Albano was refloated the next day and taken into Newport, Rhode Island .[ 68] [ 69]
Coquette
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the north coast of "Calongonk".[ 70]
Longton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cerillos, Spain . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 67] [ 71]
William Foster
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bell Rock, off the Ragged Islands, Newfoundland , British North America with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 72]
20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Godfrey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Ballywalter , County Down . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Caen , Calvados , France. Godfrey was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 8]
Hanna
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Riga , Russia . She was later refloated.[ 73]
St. Oswald
United Kingdom
The steamship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by the Barking smack Ceres ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 74] [ 5] [ 75]
William Salthouse
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks off Point Nepean , New South Wales and was beached. She was on a voyage from Montreal , Province of Canada , British North America to the Cape of Good Hope and Port Phillip , New South Wales.[ 76]
21 December
22 December
23 December
24 December
25 December
26 December
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Brandon
French Navy
The Sphinx -class aviso was wrecked at Mahon , Minorca , Spain.[ 85]
Fancy
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Whitby , Yorkshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London .[ 86] [ 73]
Rival
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked north of Rio Grande do Norte , Brazil . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Rio Grade do Norte.[ 87]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Goat Point. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 4]
Vestal
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Ramsgate , Kent for Saint John's, Newfoundland , British North America . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 88]
27 December
29 December
30 December
31 December
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Arcturus
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground and sank at Pile Foundry, Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasson Dock , Lancashire.[ 96]
Belvedere
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Bombay , India . Belvedere was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[ 97]
Deux Frères
France
The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Algeria . She was later refloated and taken into Algiers .[ 98]
Eliza
France
The ship was driven ashore at Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 39]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at San Cataldo di Lecce , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ancona , Papal States to London .[ 94]
Guiletta
Kingdom of Sardinia
The brig sank at Algiers.[ 33] [ 98]
Petit Emanuel
France
The brig was driven ashore near Cape Mustapha, Algeria. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Naples , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Dunkerque , Nord .[ 33] [ 98]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1841
Ship
State
Description
Albano
Spain
The ship was driven ashore on Goat Island , Rhode Island , United States. She was on a voyage from Málaga to New York . She was refloated the next day and taken into Newport, Rhode Island .[ 33]
Antaces
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Salem, Massachusetts , United States.[ 10]
Cleopatra
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hayle , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was refloated on 21 December.[ 45]
Clorinde
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Newport to Rouen. She was refloated on 21 December.[ 45]
Crystal
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 December.[ 83] [ 99]
Dos Hermanos or Tres Hermanos
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Mandara Rocks, off coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from La Guaira , Venezuela to Santander .[ 40] [ 74]
E. & L.
Prussia
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 December.[ 55]
Eolo
Hamburg
The ship was destroyed by fire at a Spanish port before 6 December. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Hamburg.[ 41]
Fortescue
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked in the Strait of Malacca .[ 100]
Fortune
Netherlands
The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Gotland , Sweden, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Christianstadt , Sweden.[ 41]
Georgian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Caragica" before 17 December. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Cork .[ 54]
Grenadier
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France. Grenadier was refloated on 25 December and taken into St.Ives.[ 8]
Helsingfors
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship ran aground and was damaged at "Kleven", Norway. She was on a voyage from Helsingfors to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 3]
Inez
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Strait ofMalacca and was consequently beached at Singapore . She was on a voyage from China to Madras , India .[ 100]
Lapwing
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea . She was taken into Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , where she arrived on 13 December.[ 17]
Lina
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Ebro .[ 6] [ 86]
Marie
France
The ship was driven ashore on Great Heneaga , Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Cartagena , Republic of New Grenada to Dunkerque , Nord . She was refloated and taken into Nassau, Bahamas , where she arrived on 1 January 1842.[ 72]
Mary
British North America
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel on or before 14 December.[ 17]
Mary
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Morris Island , South Carolina . She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Saint Helena .[ 90]
Medusa
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Larache , Morocco. she was on a voyage from Larache to Cork .[ 59]
Memoria Parentum
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Ebro.[ 6] [ 86]
Ocean de Havre
France
The ship was driven ashore at Old Harbour Bay, Jamaica before 4 December. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 101] [ 102]
Pera
Russia
The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme , France before 13 December and was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Saint Petersburg .[ 17]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in Collier Bay, County Londonderry . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to Larne , County Antrim .[ 63]
Pomona
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Bembridge Ledge off the Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Portsmouth , Hampshire to Faial Island , Azores . Pomona was refloated on 24 December and put back to Portsmouth.[ 4]
Reporter
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 December.[ 55]
Republican
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Calais , France.She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight to Waterford . Republichan was refloated on 17 December and taken into Calais.[ 36] '
Sarah Sheafe
United States
The ship foundered in the North Sea on or before 27 December. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to New York .[ 103]
Savannah
United States
The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras , North Carolina . Some of those on board were rescued by a brig . Savannah was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 104]
Sesostris
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on the east coast of Spain. She was later refloated.[ 32] [ 105]
Sherwood
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks off Sark , Channel Islands and was abandoned by her crew before 7 December. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Cowes , Isle of Wight .[ 37]
Stair
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk . She was refloated on 8 December and taken into Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[ 25]
Urgent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Strangford Lough . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Troon , Ayrshire . Urgent was refloated on 7 December and taken into Belfast , County Antrim .[ 25]
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