List of shipwrecks in 1842
January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
{{see|List of shipwrecks in August 1842}}
September
{{see|List of shipwrecks in September 1842}}
October
{{see|List of shipwrecks in October 1842}}
November
{{see|List of shipwrecks in November 1842}}
December
{{See|List of shipwrecks in December 1842}}
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|ship=Actæon
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Turks Island before 7 March.{{Cite news |title=Foreign News |newspaper=The Examiner |location=London |date=9 April 1842 |issue=1784 }}
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|ship=Adolphe
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 November 1842 |issue=22399 }}
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|ship=Aguina
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The ship capsized in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire in late March or early April with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 April 1842 |issue=5546 }}
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|ship=Allalevie
|desc=The ship was wrecked in Vanloos Bay, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Ceylon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 March 1843 |issue=22874 }}
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|ship=Bayonnais
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The ship ran aground at "Tobasco" and was consequently condemned. She was on a voyage from "Tobasco" to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 July 1842 |page=6 |issue=18036 |column=E }}
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|ship=Bellous
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The full-rigged ship sank in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the Autumn. She was refloated in 1843, repaired and returned to service.{{Cite news |title=North Devon |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=20 September 1843 |issue=4058 }}
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|ship=Belvidera
|desc=The ship was destroyed at Singapore before 1 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 December 1842 |page=7 |issue=18169 |column=C }}
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|ship=Cadmus
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The whaler was wrecked on St. John the Baptist's Island, in the Pitcairn Islands.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31737628 |title=Coasters Outwards |newspaper=Australasian Chronicle |location=Sydney |date=22 October 1842 |page=3 }}
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|ship=Casinir
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 March 1842 |page=7 |issue=17926 |column=E-F }}
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|ship=Clyde
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Barbados before 9 March. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Firefly|1832|6}}, {{HMS|Spitfire|1834|6}} and {{HMS|Tartarus|1834|6}} (all {{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=The Royal Navy &c. |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=11 April 1842 |issue=22225 }}
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|ship=Debon
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Emma
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 September 1842 |page=7 |issue=18081 |column=C }}
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|ship=Euphrates
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cette, Hérault. Her crew were rescued by Rio Grande ({{flag|United States|1837}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 November 1842 |page=6 |issue=18130 |column=F }}
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|ship=Felicie
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Fluminee
|flag={{flag|Empire of Brazil}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked. Three crew were rescued by Regent (22px United Kingdom).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 October 1842 |page=7 |issue=18124 |column=A }}
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|ship=General Evans
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The ship was wrecked off the Rio Grande. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sierra Leone.{{Cite news |title=Belfast Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=25 March 1842 |issue=10925 }}
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|ship=Herculaneum
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}
|desc=The transport ship was lost in the South China Sea.
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|ship=Lady Stafford
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The brig capsized at Newfoundland before 4 June.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 June 1842 |issue=19098 }}
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|ship=Martha
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey
|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Bona Vista". Her fourteen crew were rescued by Elizabeth and Jane ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225010453 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Port Phillip Gazette |location=Port Phillip |date=1 March 1843 |page=2 }}
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|ship=North America
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Key West, Florida Territory.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=30 December 1842 |issue=22449 }}
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|ship=President
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 April. Her crew were rescued by Cameo ({{flag|United States|1837}}). President was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Barbados.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=7 May 1842 |issue=19083 }}
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|ship=Robert
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savanilla, near Puerto Colombia, to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=24 March 1842 |issue=19064 }}
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|ship=Singular
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The brig was lost in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Macao.
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|ship={{ship||Sir Andrew Hammond|1800 ship|2}}
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The whaler was wrecked on the coast of Peru before 2 April.{{Cite news |title=Belfast Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=13 May 1842 |issue=19040 }}
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|ship=Speculator
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand
|desc=The ship was lost en route between Mercury Bay (which she left on 12 August) and Wellington.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 37.
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|ship=Strathfieldsaye
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Enmore, New South Wales and China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 September 1842 |issue=22713 }}
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|ship=Two Sisters
|flag=22px United Kingdom
|desc=The barque struck a rock and foundered off Wednesday Island, New South Wales. All on board were rescued by Malcolm (22px United Kingdom), Arab, John Brewer and Kelso (all {{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 October 1842 |page=6 |issue=18110 |column=F }}{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226512525 |title=(letter) |newspaper=Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser |location=Port Phillip |date=26 September 1842 |page=2 |first=Arthur |last=Devlin }}
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|ship=Union
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Uxor
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The schooner was wrecked. Eight crew were rescued by Regent (22px United Kingdom).
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