# List of shipwrecks in September 1840

The list of shipwrecks in September 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1840.

## 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Ravenswood | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hendon Rock, off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |

## 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caledonia | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in Mobile Bay. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Caledonia was later refloated. |
| Minna | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a barque off Varberg, Sweden and sank. Five of her ten crew reached Anholt, Denmark in a boat. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Königsberg, Prussia. The barque was also abandoned, and presumed to have foundered. |

## 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lee | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was disabled in the Irish Sea due to defects with both engines. Her crew were taken off by Echo ( United Kingdom). Lee was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire. The tow parted in Carnarvon Bay, leaving a crew member of Echo on board. He was rescued the next day by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom) before Lee foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of New Quay Head, Cardiganshire. |
| Helens | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized at Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

## 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Alecto | Royal Navy | The ship ran aground at Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Weazel ( Royal Navy). |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. |
| Glengary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Vigilant ( United Kingdom). |

## 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baron Stieglitz | Russian Empire | The ship ran aground on the Kobbergrund, off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga to an English port. Baron Stieglitz was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Katherine | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Commodore Warrington ( United States), Katherine was on a voyage from New York to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands. |
| Skiron | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hosten | Norway | The ship was wrecked on the Estonian coast of Russia. Her crew were rescued. |
| St Andrew | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |

## 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bruce | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire. Bruce later floated off and drifted into the Kattegat. She subsequently came ashore on the Swedish coast and was wrecked. |
| Concordia | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Altona. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Sainte Fleur | France | The chasse-marée was run down and sunk in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom by HDMS Bellona ( Royal Danish Navy) with the loss of four of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by HDMS Bellona. Sainte Fleur was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Ayr. She was refloated on 20 September. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Cork. |

## 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Afrique | France | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Bengal. |
| Asia | France | The ship was driven ashore in the Ganges. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Madras, India. |
| Friede | Bremen | The ship sank in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Guardbridge, Fife, United Kingdom. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. |
| Nightingale | United Kingdom | The ship was lost 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of "Brassa". Her crew were rescued. |
| Robert and George | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, damaging Conquest ( United Kingdom) and sinking a keelboat. All on board survived. |
| Village | United States | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at St. Shott's, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to a port in Newfoundland. |

## 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. |
| Intrepid | United Kingdom | The brig departed from Sierra Leone for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands. |
| Falloden | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Svea | Sweden | The ship was abandoned off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Málaga, Spain. |

## 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argus | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |
| Witham | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bideford, Devon. Witham was refloated and put into Dover, Kent for repairs. |

## 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Evelina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Londonderry. |
| Francis | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Harry's Furlong, off the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Gwent, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Tarbert, Argyllshire to Ramsey. |
| Mary and Janet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Strangford, County Antrim to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered off St. Ives, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. |

## 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aimable Mere | France | The ship was wrecked on Goguelvane Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. |
| Frolic | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| HM hired armed ship Kite | Royal Navy | The hired armed transport was wrecked in the Yangtze with the loss of at least one life. Survivors were taken prisoner by the Chinese. |
| Maria Sophia | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Christine ( United Kingdom). |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gore Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. she was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Queen Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Stroma, Caithness. she was on a voyage from Shippegan, New Brunswick, British North America to Dundee, Forfarshire. Queen Victoria was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Riviere | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was severely damaged. She was righted the next day. |
| Valiant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 27 September and sailed for Troon, Ayrshire. |

## 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tourlaville, Manche, France Her crew were rescued. |
| Bengal | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. |
| Concordia | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Start Point, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |

## 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dwina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Aberdeen. |
| Lucy Ann | United States | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to New York. Lucy Ann was refloated with assistance from HMS Boxer ( Royal Navy) and resumed her voyage. |
| Richard and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Hemsby and Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. Richard and Ann was refloated on 24 September and taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

## 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Manilla Point, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to London. |
| Henry Burness | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyagte from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian. Henry Burness was refloated on 22 September and resumed her voyage. |
| Horatio | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Carlingford, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford. |
| Jacoba | Belgium | The ship was damaged by fire at Trieste. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock with the loss of two of the seven people on board. Her captain was reported missing in a jolly boat. Four surviving crew were rescued by a boat from the Kentish Knock Lightship ( Trinity House) and transferred to HMRC Desmond ( Board of Customs). Isabella was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Oscar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Étaples, Pas-de-Calais. |
| Robert and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank at South Shields, County Durham. |
| Sir David Ogilby | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked at Newcastle. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney. |

## 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Apollo | United States | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at New Inlet, Long Island, New York. All four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to an English port. |
| Elbing Packet | Netherlands | The ship departed from Ventava, Courland Governorate for the Meuse (Dutch: Maas). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| St. Pierre | France | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. |

## 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord of the Isles | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the "Isle of St. Peter" She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The smack struck a rock at St. John's Point, County Donegal and was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |

## 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gute Heinrick | Stettin | The ship collided with Voyager and foundered in the North Sea. She was on avoyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. |
| Loyalist | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at St John's Point, County Donegal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Sligo. |

## 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Temple | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sligo. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire. Ann Temple was refloated on 26 September and resumed her voyage. |
| Europe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. |
| Johannes | Hamburg | The ship ran aground in the Eider. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Riga, Russia. Johannes was refloated and put into Tønning, Duchy of Holstein. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sligo. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London. Laurel was refloated on 26 September. |
| Olive Branch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sligo. She was refloated on 26 September. |
| Walter | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Aberdeen, caught fire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. |

## 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Golconda | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was wrecked near south of the Penangatan Atoll, Spanish East Indies. All on board, her crew and 350 soldiers of the 37th Madras Native Infantry, were lost. |
| Hutton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fort Cumberland, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Spithead to Langstone. |

## 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bella Clara | Spain | The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Barcelona. Bella Clara was refloated with assistance from HMRC Desmond ( Board of Customs) and put into The Downs and was subsequently taken into Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Mary | New South Wales | The barque was wrecked at Port Fairy. |

## 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Hendon Rock, off the coast of County Durham, and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

## 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Imogene | Royal Navy | The decommissioned Conway-class corvette was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon. |

## 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frithiof | Norway | The ship was lost 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by Lady Paula ( Kingdom of Hanover). Frithiof was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| James Lewis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Sallachan, Argyllshire and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated. She was refloated on 14 October. |
| Lancier | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Fremantle, Swan River Colony. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Inch Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 1 October and taken into Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands in late November. |

## 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Sheephaven Bay. |
| Antina | Netherlands | The ship was sighted in the Vlie whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Stettin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| James Pattison | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman, a full-rigged ship, was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Bombay, India, Saint Helena and London. |

## 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk east of "Eckholm". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Riga, Russia. |
| Forest | United States | The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York. Forest was refloated and towed into Harwich, Essex for repairs. |
| Henrietta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southport, Lancashire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Henriette | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Horse Bank, at the mouth of the River Ribble with the loss of two of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Reval, Russia. |
| Homer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Leander's Tower, Üsküdar, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to London. Homer was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| James Pattison | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores. Her crew were rescued by Norval (flag unknown). |
| Johns | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Villequier, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Casket | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Clyde. Casket was later refloated and taken into Key West, Florida Territory. |
| Clara and Emma | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Lower Canada, British North America before 12 September and caught fire. She was subsequently taken into Quebec City for repairs. |
| Forrester | United States | The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from HMRC Scout ( Board of Customs) and the cruiser Flying Fish ( United Kingdom). |
| Harry Bewis | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 1 October. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian. Harry Bewis was towed into Calais, France on 13 October. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. She was on a voyage from a Spanish port to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| July | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 September. |
| Kara | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Messina, Sicily. She was on a voyage from London to Messina. Kara was later refloated and taken into Messina. |
| Prince Albert | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked between Point Nepean and Cape Shank with the loss of all four crew. |
| Quebec | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Manichougan Shoals. She was later refloated and put back to New York, United States. |
| United Kingdom | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Lower Canada before 12 September. She was later refloated and taken into the Cul de Sac. |