# List of shipwrecks in February 1842

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

## 1 February

List of shipwrecks: February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Salomon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from London to a Mediterranean port. She was driven ashore near Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France on 10 March. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Union was refloated and put into Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |

## 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glenroy | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Marjery | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck off Lowestoft, Suffolk and was damaged. She was beached at Ipswich, Suffolk on arrival from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Tyne | United Kingdom | The steamship was holed by an anchor and sank at South Shields, County Durham. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with a brig Undaunted ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel off North Foreland, Kent. |

## 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jeune Auguste | Belgium | The ship was destroyed by fire off Gonaïves, Haiti. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the South Breaker Ship Bar, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Oglethorpe | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to the Clyde. |
| Rosalie | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bremen. |

## 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bruce | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Rock, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Plymouth, Devon. Gem was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mulliet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and taken into South Shields. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to South Shields. She was refloated the next day and taken into South Shields. |
| Thomas Tyson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Indian Rocks, in the West Indies. Her crew survived. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken into Bridlington in a leaky condition. |
| Victory | United States | The ship was wrecked on Caja de Muertos, Puerto Rico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Liverpool, New York. |
| William Salter | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground off Point Nepean, New South Wales and was consequently beached at Pope's Eye. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City Province of Canada, British North America to Sydney, New South Wales. |

## 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brilliant | United States | The ship was driven onto the Saint Pierre Rocks, off Cette, Hérault, France and was wrecked. |
| Colchester | United Kingdom | The paddle tug ran aground off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland and was damaged. She was refloated and taken into Berwick upon Tweed for repairs. |
| Latona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Courtmacsherry, County Cork. |

## 9 February

List of shipwrecks: February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arden | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Bodfean, Caernarfonshire. Three crew were rescued by a lifeboat. |
| Balloon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bridlington to Whitby, Yorkshire. Balloon was later refloated and taken into Bridlington. |
| Ocean Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Roundstone Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. She was later refloated. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Garron Point, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Gibraltar. |
| Solway | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. Her eleven crew were rescued. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore and was wrecked at Port Mooar, near Maughold Head, Isle of Man. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Europe | United States | The ship ran aground on the Gingerbread Grounds. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was refloated on 15 February and taken into Nassau, Bahamas. |
| Hazard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Allonby, Cumberland. She was refloated on 28 February and taken into Maryport, Cumberland. |
| John Askew | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Ramsey, Isle of Man. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wigton, Cumberland. |

## 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amedée Constance | France | The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Guadeloupe. |
| Garland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape San Blas, Florida Territory with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Apalachicola, Florida Territory. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rathmullan, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Sligo. |
| Wheaton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hope Cove, Devon. Her crew were rescued. |

## 12 February

List of shipwrecks: February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Combe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on North Uist, Outer Hebrides with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Sligo. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The sloop sank at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of all hands. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The sloop was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Manuel Head, Fife by Monarch ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Monarch. Margaret was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Montcherie | France | The brig was wrecked near Maldonado, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. |

## 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amanda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cobh, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Malta to Carlisle, Cumberland. Amanda was refloated. |
| Bombay Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool. |
| Francis Stanton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, North Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Cobh. She was on a voyage from Malta to Carlisle. She was refloated. |
| Queen Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Campamento, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HDMS Allart | Royal Danish Navy | The brig was lost between Portorico and St. Jan, Danish West Indies. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elbe | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore by ice at Nienstedten. She was on a voyage from St Ubes, Portugal to Hamburg. |
| Provens Haab | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore on "Farder", Norway. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Antwerp or Ostend, West Flanders. |
| Rowland | United States | The ship was struck by lightning and damaged by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |

## 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alerte | Denmark | The brig was wrecked near San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
| City of Limerick | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire in Black Sod Bay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Limerick. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°20′N 20°15′W﻿ / ﻿49.333°N 20.250°W﻿ / 49.333; -20.250). Her crew were rescued by Bayman ( United Kingdom). Emma was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goswick Ridge, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was refloated and taken into Lindisfarne. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Plough Seat, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was refloated and put into Lindisfarne in a severely damaged condition. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore in the River Tay and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently taken into Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Majestic | United Kingdom | The steam tug was driven ashore on the coast of Northumberland. She was refloated on 18 February and taken into Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland for repairs. |
| Paul Jones | United States | The ship was wrecked on Saint Domingo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Trevennance | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, to Port Talbot. Trevennance was refloated on 17 February. |

## 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Confidence | Prussia | The ship ran aground off Hasle, Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom to Memel. She was refloated on 1 March and taken into Hasle. |

## 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daniel Killer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to a Spanish port. |
| Eliza Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a reef off Bald Tusket Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was refloated and taken into the Argyle River. |
| Lewis Cass | United States | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Port Leon, Florida Territory. |
| Royalist | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christine Marie | Duchy of Holstein | The ship ran aground on the Skagen Reef. She was later refloated and put into Frederikshavn, Denmark. |
| General Davies | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Glenview | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at New Orleans. |
| Negociator | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. |
| Trafalgar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin. |

## 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Arran, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. |
| Kent | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Barton on Sea, Hampshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Torquay, Devon to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Saladin | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Scipio | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Belmullet, County Mayo with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Trinidad. |

## 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken into Bridlington. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off Oporto, Portugal and was holed. She was on a voyage from Oporto to London. She was towed into Vigo, Spain. |

## 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Stampalia, Greece. Her crew were rescued. |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Laguna. Her crew were rescued. |

## 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Buoyant | United States | The barque ran ashore in the Brazos River with the loss of seven of her crew. |
| Ocean Queen | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks off Rota Point, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. Ocean Queen was refloated and put into Gibraltar, where she arrived on 24 February. |
| Trent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hauxley Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. |

## 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Collector | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Saint Lucia. |
| James and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gemelo | Spain | The ship was lost south of Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from "Luarzzes" to Barcelona. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Almería, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Resource | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Sardinia with the loss of seven of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her seven crew survived. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Kilcattan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated on 12 March. |

## 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Bembridge Ledge, off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

## 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelphia | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by HMS Medusa ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Bangor, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Adonia | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked near Portavogie, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Camilla | United States | The ship ran aground off "Wittenburgen". She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Hamburg. Camilla was later refloated. |
| Cruikston Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Savannah. She had been refloated by 19 March. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Buddon Ness, Forfarshire. |
| Fifeshire | United Kingdom | The barque sank after hitting Arrow Rock at the entrance to Nelson Harbour, New Zealand. She was outward bound from Nelson to China. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) east of the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limekilns, Fife to Travemünde, Prussia. |
| Lady Selina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Skomer, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Llanelly, Glamorgan. |
| Lord Abercrombie | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked near Workington, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Kirkcudbright. |
| Tiger | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into Elizabeth ( United Kingdom) and then driven ashore at Westport, County Mayo. |

## 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelphia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Athol | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Baccar Reef, off Tobago. She capsized and was wrecked. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Peggy ( United Kingdom) at Hull, Yorkshire and was beached. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caldee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow on or after 26 February. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Mauritius. Caldee was later refloated and put back to Greenock, where she arrived on 9 March. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tampico, Mexico. She was refloated on 11 February and taken into Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Elizabeth | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated and consequently put into Nassau, Bahamas, where she arrived on 1 March. |
| Faulkland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies before 9 February with the loss of all but her captain. |
| Gjemsoe Kloster, Glernso Kloster or Gremso Kloster | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norway between 1 and 12 February. She was on a voyage from Langesund to a French port. The ship was driven ashore at Soggendal on 12 February. |
| Halvert | France | The ship was wrecked near Brest, Finistère in the week ending 7 February. Eleven crew survived. |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Stampalia, Greece. She was on a voyage from Adalia, Ottoman Empire to London. |
| Jean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Roseneath Point, Dunbartonshire before 12 February. |
| Mary Dixon | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore at "Fort Drake". |
| Melona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Jersey, Channel Islands. Melona was refloated and proceeded on her voyage, but put into Ramsgate, Kent, where she arrived on 1 March. |
| Oceana | France | The ship was wrecked in Old Harbour Bay, Jamaica. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Victor | France | The ship was wrecked on the Almadies, off the coast of Senegal before 5 February. All on board were rescued. |