List of shipwrecks in August 1842

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

1 August

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore west of Hayle, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=8 August 1842 |issue=19119 }} She was refloated on 8 August and taken into Hayle.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=15 August 1842 |issue=19122 }}

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|ship=Maryborough

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Cabezat Rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Kertch, Russia to Cork. She consequently put into Gibraltar on 5 August.

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2 August

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|ship=Autumn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon tyne |date=12 August 1842 |issue=8749 }}

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|ship=Margaret

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Castletown River near Soldier's Point, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dundalk, County Louth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 August 1842 |issue=22686 }}>

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|ship=Oracle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Caernarfon. Oracle was refloated and put back to Waterford.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 August 1842 |page=7 |issue=18055 |column=A }}

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|ship=Scipio

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the River Severn. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Gloucester.

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|ship=Sophia

|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Messing Island, in Christianafjord. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to "Walloe". She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Splendid

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with the steamship Narrangasset ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off New London, Connecticut. She was on a voyage from New York to Bangor, Maine.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 August 1842 |page=7 |issue=18070 |column=E }}

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|ship=Victoria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the River Usk at Newport, Monmouthshire.

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3 August

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|ship=Anne

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Budleigh Salterton, Devon.

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|ship=Marquis of Douro

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Knock John, in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to London. She was refloated and beached on the coast of Lapland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=26 August 1842 |issue=3010 }}

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4 August

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|ship=Amphitrite

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 August 1842 |page=7 |issue=18056 |column=C-D }}

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|ship=Autumn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Susa, Beylik of Tunis to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 August 1842 |issue=22325 }}

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|ship=Phœnix

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank in Loch Laxford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 August 1842 |issue=1633 }}

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|ship=Robert

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Barletta, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 August 1842 |issue=5640 }} She was refloated on 6 August and taken into Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 August 1842 |issue=22689 }}

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|ship=Swatara

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=1 September 1842 |issue=19129 }}

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5 August

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|ship=Louisa

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Arbroath, Forfarshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 August 1842 |page=7 |issue=18057 |column=C }}

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6 August

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|ship=Liverpool

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}

|desc=The transport ship, a brig, ran aground in the Yangtze River. She was set afire and destroyed in September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 December 1842 |page=6 |issue=18164 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=20 April 1843 |issue=19228 }}

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|ship=Sabina

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Recife, Cape Colony with the loss of 20 lives.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36232417 |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Launceston Examiner |location=Launceston, Van Diemen's Land |date=14 January 1843 |page=6 }}

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7 August

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|ship=Good Intent

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. Good Intent was refloated and taken into Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 August 1842 |issue=19120 }}

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|ship=Greenwell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.

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|ship=Sabina

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered off Cape Recife, Africa with the loss of 22 of the 62 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Henry Hoyle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Sabina was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Cádiz.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 October 1842 |page=7 |issue=18126 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 November 1842 |issue=19162 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=24 November 1842 |issue=4016 }}

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|ship=Supply

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cuba. Supply was refloated and put back to Liverpool.

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8 August

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|ship=Hamilton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Table Bay.

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9 August

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|ship=Kate

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on a reef south of Henequa, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 October 1842 |page=7 |issue=18105 |column=C }}

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|ship=Pilot

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Chapel Rocks, in the River Severn and capsized. She was on a voyage from Cork to Gloucester.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=13 August 1842 |issue=19121 }}

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10 August

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|ship=Clifford

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Straits. Her crew were rescued by Isabella and Tomatin (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from New Zealand to Singapore.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=10 December 1842 |issue=19172 }}{{Cite news |title=Bristol Ship News |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=18 March 1843 |issue=2765 }}{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18430114.2.3 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle |location=Nelson |date=14 January 1843 |issue=45 |page=178 }}

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|ship=Duc d'Orleans

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Philadelphia. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Laurel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 August 1842 |issue=1631 |edition=Second }}

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|ship=Maryta

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Torres Straits.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 January 1843 |page=7 |issue=18190 |column=B }} Her crew were rescued by Gipsy ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=14 January 1843 |issue=19187 }}

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11 August

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|ship=Comet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Cork. Comet was refloated and towed into Brier Island, Nova Scotia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 August 1842 |page=7 |issue=18075 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 September 1842 |page=7 |issue=18090 |column=B }}

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|ship=Coquette

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Batten Reef, in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Coquette was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 August 1842 |issue=22694 }}

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|ship=Kate

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Cape Terawhiti.{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18420924.2.7 |title=Port Nicholson |newspaper=Nelson Examined and New Zealand Chronicle |location=Nelson |date=24 September 1842 |issue=29 |page=115 |volume=I }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 January 1843 |page=7 |issue=18188 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Maraboo

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bird Rock. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was refloated and put into Nassau, Bahamas.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=6 October 1842 |issue=19144 }}

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|ship=Tynemouth Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 August 1842 |issue=22693 }} She was refloated and put into South Shields.

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12 August

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|ship=Eliza and Ellen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=18 August 1842 |issue=19123 }}

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|ship=Melona

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Torsari Island, Finland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was later refloated, and completed her voyage on 15 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 September 1842 |page=7 |issue=18099 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 October 1842 |issue=8757 }}

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|ship=Speculator

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The ship departed from Mercury Bay for Wellington. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZGWS18421102.2.4 |title=(untitled) |newspaper=New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator |location=Wellington |date=2 November 1842 |issue=190 |page=2 |volume=02 }}

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13 August

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|ship=Comet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck and was beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 August 1842 |issue=22696 }}

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14 August

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|ship=Duchess of Bucclech

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Jardanillos, in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Deal, Wednesday night |date=17 November 1842 |page=5 |issue=18143 |column=B }}

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|ship=Malvina

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Eider and was severely damaged. She was towed into Tønning in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Pearl

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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15 August

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|ship=Concord

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire. Concord was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 August 1842 |issue=5648 }}

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|ship=Lady Douglas

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day and proceeded on her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=20 August 1842 |issue=19124 }}

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16 August

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|ship={{ship|French corvette|Circe||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The corvette ran aground {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off Port Royal, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Port Royal to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Circe was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Portsmouth, Saturday, October 8, 1842 |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle |location=Portsmouth |date=10 October 1842 |issue=2244 }}

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|ship=Garland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.

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|ship=Ipswich

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Jamaica

|desc=The steamship ran aground of a reef {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off Port Royal whilst going to the assistance of {{ship|French corvette|Circe||2}} ({{navy|France}}). She was later refloated.

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17 August

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|ship=Albion

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered off Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to Leith, Lothian.

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18 August

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|ship=George

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner, which had sprung a leak in the Bay of Biscay, hoisted a distress signal. The crew of the brig Seabird ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) refused to rescue her crew. They were rescued the next day by the barque Byron ({{flag|United States|1837}}) when the ship was off Cape Clear Island, County Donegal. George was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Foundered at sea, and Shameful Conduct of the Captain of the Brig Seabird |date=14 September 1842 |page=4 |issue=18088 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 September 1842 |issue=19136 }}

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|ship=John and Jean

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Minerva

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on a reef in Open Bay, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226924232 |title=Ship News |newspaper=Melbourne Times |location=Melbourne |date=28 January 1843 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Robert Harret

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Hamburg.

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19 August

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|ship=Friends

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dartmouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=22 August 1842 |issue=22700 }}

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|ship=Superior

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dartmouth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.

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20 August

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|ship=Eliza

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack sank off the north coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Galway.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 August 1842 |page=6 |issue=18073 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=27 August 1842 |issue=22705 }}

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|ship=Loyalist

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Langloes Island", British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 October 1842 |page=7 |issue=18117 |column=B }}

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|20|N|10|00|W}}). Her crew were rescued by Nancy Munro ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Maria was on a voyage from the Clyde to Havana, Cuba.

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21 August

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|ship=Anna

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Sanderhoe". Two crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=10 September 1842 |issue=19133 }}

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|ship=Lucy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the cost of Labrador, British North America. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|120|nmi|km}} south west of Ireland. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the schooner Jane ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Maria was on a voyage from the Clyde to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=27 August 1842 |issue=19127 }}

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|ship=Sable

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Watchful

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Charduck", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Cork. Watchful was refloated with assistance from {{HMS|Stromboli|1839|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and taken into Gallipoli.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 September 1842 |pages=5-6 |issue=18089 |column=F, A }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 October 1842 |page=3 |issue=18115 |column=F }}

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22 August

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|ship=Ashburton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|90|nmi|km}} off Lisbon Portugal. She was on a voyage from Vila Nova de Portimao, Portugal to London.

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|ship=Coq

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Senegal River. Her crew were rescued.

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23 August

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|ship=Gleaner

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Castletown River. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Thomas Sparks

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Whale Rock, in Table Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales and New Zealand.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71568966 |title=Commercial & Marine News |newspaper=Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser |location=Portland |date=7 January 1843 |page=2 }}

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24 August

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|ship=Angola

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Brigantine, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to New York.

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|ship=Intrepid

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. she was later refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Constantinople on 14 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 October 1842 |page=7 |issue=18107 |column=D }}

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|ship=Margaret Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Brazil. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.

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|ship=W. H. Harrison

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ocracoke, North Carolina. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage to Nassau, Bahamas.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 October 1842 |page=7 |issue=18106 |column=C }}

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25 August

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|ship=Oceanus

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Dominica.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 October 1842 |issue=19149 }}

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26 August

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Tortola

|desc=The drogher was wrecked in Carroll Bay.

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27 August

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|ship=Jacques Charles

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 December 1842 |page=3 |issue=18168 |column=B }}

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|ship=Nikolay

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the Okhota. She was dismantled in 1846.{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}

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28 August

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|ship=Abercrombie Robinson

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}

|desc=File:Waterloo Wreck01.jpgThe troopship was wrecked in Table Bay. All on board, over 500 people, were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Late Dreadful Shipwrecks in Table Bay |date=15 November 1842 |page=3 |issue=18141 |column=F }}

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|ship=Albatross

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The cutter was driven ashore in Table Bay.

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|ship=Ghika

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Algoa Bay. She was consequently condemned,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 November 1842 |page=7 |issue=18147 |column=B }} but was refloated on 2 October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 December 1842 |page=7 |issue=18155 |column=C }}

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|ship=Fairfield

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Henry Hoyle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Table Bay. All on board were rescued.

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|ship=John Bagshaw

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Reform

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Algoa Bay to the Breede River. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Saldanha-bay Packet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Saldanha Bay. She was refloated on 7 October and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Tanfield

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 November 1842 |issue=22416 }}

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|ship=Union

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Granville, Manche France. she was refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.

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|ship={{ship||Waterloo|1815 ship|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}

|desc=File:Waterloo Wreck00.jpgThe convict transport was wrecked at Table Bay with the loss of 189 lives.

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|ship=Zone

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Veracruz, Mexico for Bordeaux, Gironde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 December 1842 |page=7 |issue=18169 |column=C }}

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29 August

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|ship=James Graham

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground {{convert|2|nmi|km}} from the Cabo da Roca, Portugal and was subsequently wrecked. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Portugal |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 September 1842 |issue=5671 }}

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|ship=Mary Jane

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Nancy

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Prebene

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Helsingborg and "Ra", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 September 1842 |page=7 |issue=18081 |column=C }}

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30 August

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|ship=Ann Maria

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The whaler was run down and sunk during a storm in mid Indian Ocean, near Île Saint-Paul, by the whaler Ajax ({{flag|France}}). Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12414461 |title=Coasters Outwards |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=sydney |date=1 November 1842 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Avis

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The whaler was wrecked in Two Peoples Bay.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31737707 |title=Coasters Outwards |newspaper=Australasian Chronicle |location=Sydney |date=1 November 1842 |page=2 }}

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|ship=James Graham

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Cape Razo, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 September 1842 |issue=22719 }}

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|ship=Loyalist

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Langlois Island". Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Magdalena

|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Delphin ({{flag|Prussia|civil}}) off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew.

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|ship=Middlesex

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked near Maceió, Brazil. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of the Ship Middlesex |date=16 November 1842 |page=6 |issue=18142 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=26 November 1842 |issue=19166 }}

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|ship=Prebene

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Helsingborg and "Ra". She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 September 1842 |issue=22713 }}

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|ship=St. Louis

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New Orleans, Louisiana. All on board were rescued by the brig Impulse ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=American News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=18 October 1842 |issue=10985 }}{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=25 October 1842 |issue=796 }}

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31 August

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|ship=Anna Maria

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The whaler was in collision with the whaler Ajax ({{flag|France}}) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off São Paulo, Brazil. Her crew were rescued by Ajax.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 March 1843 |page=7 |issue=18239 |column=E }}

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|ship=Hillgrove

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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|ship=Hope

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the South Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swansea, Glamorgan. She put into Donaghadee, County Down in a severely leaky condition and was subsequently towed to Belfast, County Antrim for repairs.

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|ship={{HMS|Victor|1814|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Cruizer|brig-sloop}} departed from Veracruz, Mexico for Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=6974 |title=British brig-sloop 'Victor' (1814) |publisher=Three Decks |accessdate=2 January 2018}}

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|ship=Agenoria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sank in Port Phillip Bay before 12 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 December 1842 |page=7 |issue=18171 |column=C }}

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|ship=Clorinde

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost south of "Cape Blanc", Ecuador before 15 August. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Guayaquil, Ecuador.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 December 1842 |page=6 |issue=18175 |column=E }}

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|ship=Eleanor

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 23 August. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Falmouth, Cornwall or Cork. she was later refloated.

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|ship=Frederick

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire before 22 August. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Gloucester.

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|ship=Jealous

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Marshchapel, Lincolnshire before 7 August.

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|ship=Minerva

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Hawke Bay.

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|ship=Philander

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 August.

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|ship=Red Rover

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lewes, Delaware. She was on a voyage from New York to Montevideo, Uruguay. She was refloated and put back to New York.

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|ship=Robert

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Barletta, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Dublin. She was refloated on 4 August.

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|ship=Sarah and Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned before 1 September whilst on a voyage from Sligo to London. She was discovered in Mallinby Creek on that date.

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|ship=Seagull

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Maldonado, Uruguay before 29 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montevideo, Uruguay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 November 1842 |issue=22773 }}

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|ship=Sylphe

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Bordeaux, Gironde for Lima, Peru. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 February 1844 |issue=23168 }}

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|ship=Tynemouth Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated on 11 August and taken into South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 August 1842 |page=7 |issue=18062 |column=D }}

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|ship=Vesta

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 23 August. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Falmouth or Cork. She was later refloated.

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References

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