# List of shipwrecks in 1842

The list of shipwrecks in 1842 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1842.
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1842 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Actæon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Turks Island before 7 March. |
| Adolphe | France | The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Aguina | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire in late March or early April with the loss of all hands. |
| Allalevie | India | The ship was wrecked in Vanloos Bay, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Ceylon. |
| Bayonnais | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Tobasco" and was consequently condemned. She was on a voyage from "Tobasco" to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Bellous | United States | The full-rigged ship sank in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the Autumn. She was refloated in 1843, repaired and returned to service. |
| Belvidera | India | The ship was destroyed at Singapore before 1 November. |
| Cadmus | United States | The whaler was wrecked on St. John the Baptist's Island, in the Pitcairn Islands. |
| Casinir | France | The ship was wrecked at Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Barbados before 9 March. Her crew were rescued by HMS Firefly, HMS Spitfire and HMS Tartarus (all Royal Navy). |
| Debon | France | The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree, India. |
| Euphrates | France | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cette, Hérault. Her crew were rescued by Rio Grande ( United States). |
| Felicie | France | The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Fluminee | Empire of Brazil | The brig was wrecked. Three crew were rescued by Regent ( United Kingdom). |
| General Evans | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off the Rio Grande. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sierra Leone. |
| Herculaneum | United Kingdom | The transport ship was lost in the South China Sea. |
| Lady Stafford | United Kingdom | The brig capsized at Newfoundland before 4 June. |
| Martha | Jersey | The ship was wrecked at "Bona Vista". Her fourteen crew were rescued by Elizabeth and Jane ( United Kingdom. |
| North America | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Key West, Florida Territory. |
| President | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 April. Her crew were rescued by Cameo ( United States). President was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Barbadoes. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | 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. |
| Singular | Spain | The brig was lost in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Macao. |
| Sir Andrew Hammond | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on the coast of Peru before 2 April. |
| Speculator | New Zealand | The ship was lost en route between Mercury Bay (which she left on 12 August) and Wellington. |
| Strathfieldsaye | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Enmore, New South Wales and China. |
| Two Sisters | United Kingdom | The barque struck a rock and foundered off Wednesday Island, New South Wales. All on board were rescued by Malcolm ( United Kingdom), Arab, John Brewer and Kelso (all United Kingdom). |
| Union | France | The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Uxor | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked. Eight crew were rescued by Regent ( United Kingdom). |