List of shipwrecks in 1843
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
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September
{{see|List of shipwrecks in September 1843}}
October
{{see|List of shipwrecks in October 1843}}
November
{{see|List of shipwrecks in November 1843}}
December
{{see|List of shipwrecks in December 1843}}
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|ship=Akbar
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef off Borneo and was damaged. She was on a voyage from China to New York. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 June 1843 |issue=19246 }}
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|ship= Algarve
|flag={{navy|Portugal|civil}}
|desc=The schooner foundered off the Cape Verde Islands between January and April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 April 1843 |page=7 |issue=18273 |column=C }}
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|ship=Amédée Constance
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire off the Antilles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Mexico to Havre de Grâce.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 September 1843 |issue=23209 }}
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|ship=Ann Johnson
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated and put into Key West, Florida Territory where she was repaired. She resumed her voyage but was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cape Hueso" before 15 July.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=3 August 1843 |issue=19273 }}
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|ship={{SV|Branch||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc= The schooner was lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1800-1850/1843.htm |title=1843 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=13 July 2021}}
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|ship=Bridget Timmin
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked near Gibraltar.{{Cite news |title=Falmouth Packet News |newspaper=The Cornwall Royal Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal |location=Truro |date=2 June 1843 |issue=4050 }}
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|ship=Duoro
|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}
|desc=The schooner foundered off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=http://sunkentreasurebooks.com/shipwrecks.htm |title=Shipwrecks |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=1 January 2015}}
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|ship=Gannet
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand
|desc=The ship was wrecked off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island during the same storm that sank the Governor Hobson (qv) in late August or early September. All hands were saved.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 38.
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|ship=Governor Hobson
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Poverty Bay, New Zealand during the same storm that sank the Gannet (qv) in late August or early September, with the loss of the crew of seven.
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|ship=Harriet
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The whaler was burnt and scuttled at "Quallan" or "Strong's Island" (approx {{coord|6|N|162|E}}) and most of her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Horrible Massacher in one of the South Sea Islands |date=19 April 1844 |page=7 |issue=18588 |column=E }}
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|ship=John
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales
|desc=The cutter was wrecked on a reef {{convert|300|nmi|km}} off Tahiti between 9 May and 13 October. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12419511 |title=Exports |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |date=13 October 1843 |page=2 }}
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|ship=Margaretha Maria
|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}
|desc=The ship foundered off Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Hamburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 January 1844 |page=7 |issue=18504 |column=C }}
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|ship=Plata
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked before 10 August. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Buenos Aires, Argentina and Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 August 1843 |issue=23006 }}
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|ship=Rachel
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The sloop foundered off Cardigan with the loss of all hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/ |title=Cardigan & District Shipwrecks and Lifeboat Service |date=23 July 2013 |publisher=Glen Johnson |access-date=1 February 2015}}
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|ship=Radford
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea between 26 September and 3 October. Her crew were rescued by Sympathy ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Radford was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 October 1843 |page=7 |issue=18424 |column=B }}
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|ship=Rebecca
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 October 1843 |issue=22689 }}
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|ship=Susan Crisp
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rangoon River.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 August 1843 |page=8 |issue=18365 |column=E }}
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|ship=Thomas Bold
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Huasco, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 May 1843 |issue=19233 }}
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|ship=Turner
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in February or March. Her crew were rescued after 46 days on the wreck by Furit (flag unknown). Turner was on a voyage from an American port to Madeira.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 April 1843 |issue=22911 }}
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|ship={{ship|NRP|Vauga}}
|flag={{navy|Portugal|civil}}
|desc=The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between February and April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 April 1843 |issue=22905 }}
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|ship=William and Robert
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank off Saint Tudwal's Islands, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. She was refloated in mid-August and taken into Pwllheli.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 August 1843 |page=8 |issue=18379 |column=E-F }}
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