# List of shipwrecks in September 1841

The list of shipwrecks in September 1841 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1841.

## 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Experience | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ayr. |
| Theresa | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Quiz | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Crea Nero Point, United States of the Ionian Islands. She was on a voyage from Malta to Zante, United States of the Ionian Islands. Quiz was refloated and taken into Zante. |

## 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emperor | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Pollock Rip Shoal, off the coast of Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Windsor, Province of Canada, British North America to New York, United States. |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Longships, off the coast of Cornwall and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Iris subsequently came ashore in Whitesand Bay and was wrecked. |

## 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann and Eliza | Jersey | The ship ran aground at Padstow, Cornwall and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Padstow to Jersey. Ann and Eliza was later refloated. |
| David | New Zealand | The whaling barque ran aground in Palliser Bay and was driven on shore with the loss of three of her 29 crew. |
| Dorothy | United Kingdom | The steam tug sprang a leak and sank at the mouth of the Ythan. |
| Paul Pry | New South Wales | The ship capsized and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of Cape Schanck with the loss of one of the fourteen people on board. |

## 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Limerick. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Limerick. |
| Huzza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Josephine | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France for Gloucester. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Prince Rupert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay with the loss of one life on the ship and also of four rescuers from Bucophalus ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to New Zealand. |
| Surprise | Jersey | The lugger was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. |
| Romp | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg. Romp was refloated on 8 September and towed into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

## 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Deux Charles | France | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar. |
| Paulinus | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to London. |

## 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hebe | Tobago | The cutter was driven ashore at Tobago. |
| Kelso | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship caught fire and was scuttled in the West India Docks, London. She had been refloated by 17 September. |

## 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Scandinavian | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Straits of Magellan and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chile to Swansea, Glamorgan. |

## 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hercule | France | The ship was wrecked at Saint Domingo. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Stroma, Orkney Islands. She was later refloated. |
| Twey Gebruder | Flag unknown | The ship struck the Cramstone Rock and consequently foundered in the North Sea off the Farne Island, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from "Kholbrandt" to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |

## 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Magnet Packet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Santander, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betty | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship collided with another vessel and sank in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London. Betty was refloated on 21 September and taken into Rotherhithe, Kent. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Cork. Swift was refloated and put into Stromness, Orkney Islands. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Four crew were rescued by Josephine ( United Kingdom). Union was on a voyage from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America to Maryport, Cumberland. |

## 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Persian | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, ran aground off Cromer, Norfolk and was damaged. She was assisted into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with assistance from the fishing smacks Ann and Francis and Ditchburn (both United Kingdom). |

## 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aquilla | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship was wrecked at Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Genoa. |
| Anna Margaretha | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on "Stjorsand". She was refloated and put into "Hoyrand". |
| Asph | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran ashore on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man and was damaged. She consequently put into Port Erin. Asph was on a voyage from Holyhead to Donaghadee, County Antrim. |
| Neptune | Prussia | The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken into Harwich, Essex. Neptune was on a voyage from Dantsic to London, United Kingdom. |
| Pelican | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier and sank at Lyme, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Axmouth, Devon. |
| St. Patrick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Mud Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cockermouth Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Hoy. She was refloated the next day. |

## 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship was struck rocks off Dunbar, Lothian and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "St. Davids" to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Mangerton | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Copinsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Liskar. She was refloated and resumed her voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Rochester, Kent but consequently foundered off "Lavenskar" on 21 September. Her crew were rescued. |

## 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clarence | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Andrew ( United Kingdom) in the Baltic Sea. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued. Clarence was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was subsequently towed into Katthammersvik, Sweden. |
| Criterion | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Dunbar, Lothian. Her six crew survived. |
| Experiment | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. Both crew were rescued by James ( United Kingdom). Experiment was on a voyage from Carlisle, Cumberland to Douglas, Isle of Man. |
| Governor James | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground off Jamaica. |
| Marsden | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the North Sea. She put into Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, where she was scuttled. Marsden was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Maidstone, Kent. |
| Spitfire | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the barque Warrior and sank at Calcutta, India. |

## 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eden | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| James | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at "Billowness". She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Anstruther, Fife. |
| Madagascar | United Kingdom | Madagascar The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire on the coast of Fo-kien, China. |
| Surprise | Jersey | The schooner was in collision with the collier brig Robert and Ann ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned. She was subsequently wrecked on the Cross Sand. |

## 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and sank on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. |
| Eden | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and sank on Scroby Sands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Maldon, Essex. |
| Hugh Taylor | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and sank on Scroby Sands. |
| Keeper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Egg Island, British North America. |
| Sir Robert Peel | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Scroby Sands. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. |

## 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canton | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Henry and Harriet and capsized at Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Dorothea | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore near "Baltum". She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to Bremen. |
| Emulous | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Orient | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks at South Shields, County Durham and was damaged. She put back to South Shields. |
| Pollock | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but consequently foundered off the Inner Dowsing Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Warwick ( United Kingdom). Pollock was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. |
| William | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Paraíba, Brazil. She was refloated on 23 September and taken into Stromness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Camden Point, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Penzance, Cornwall. |

## 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. Active was refloated the next day with assistance from the smacks Good Agreement, Joseph, Moore and Prosperous (all United Kingdom) and taken into Harwich, Essex. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Topsham, Devon. She was on a voyage from Topsham to Riga, Russia. |
| Canton | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was in collision with the brig Henry and Harriet and capsized off Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Clementine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to "Porbal". |
| Florida | United States | The barque was wrecked on the Brigantine Shoals, south west of Great Egg Harbour, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to New York. |
| John Pirie | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Aldinga Bay. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip, South Australia to Sydney. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The collier ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the smacks Beulah, Fanny, Friend's Goodwill and another (all United Kingdom). |
| Themis | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Woolpack Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France. |

## 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Talent | United States | The barque was driven ashore on George Island, Massachusetts. |
| William | Stettin | The ship was struck rocks in the Rutland Firth and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Paraíba, Brazil. William put into Stromness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. |

## 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bridget | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north north west of Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch galiot. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Woolwich, Kent. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Long Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Cape North, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elisa | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Travemünde, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Limerick. |
| Mangerton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Copinsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Cork. |
| Marie Emilie | France | The ship was wrecked on Grand Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |

## 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argyle | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on a reef in the Virgin Islands. |
| Charming Molly | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Devonport | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Placentia, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. Devonport was subsequently taken into Placentia. |

## 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allendale | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Alonzo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Gothem, Sweden with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken into "Slitehamn". |
| Amanda | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Little Metis Point, Province of Canada, British North America with the loss of 43 of the 58 people on board. |

## 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abel Gower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rocky Point, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Old Harbour, Jamaica to London. Abel Gower was later refloated. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Flat Holm and Steep Holm with the loss of a crew member. |

## 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Studland Bay. |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Girvan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Irvine, Ayrshire. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on No Man's Land, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Helen Stuart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Crane Island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Limerick. |

## 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Great Rias d'Or, British North America. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Freundschaft | Danzig | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Dantzic. |
| Normanby | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Chatham, Kent. Normanby was refloated and towed into Harwich, Essex by Aurora's Increase and Hero (both United Kingdom). |

## 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dee | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in St. George's Bay, Newfoundland, British North America). Her crew were rescued. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amanda | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Nantes to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Annandale | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 30 September and beached at South Shields. |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rochester, Kent. |
| Helen Mar | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Silver Key before 8 September. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to the Turks Islands. |
| Indus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the James and Mary Sand. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to China. Indus was refloated and put back to Calcutta for repairs. |
| Lapwing | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked in Hawke Bay, driven ashore during a heavy gale early in the month. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdyfi, Merionethshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Aberdyfi. Neptune was refloated on 14 September and taken into Aberdyfi. |
| Nerbudda | United Kingdom | The transport ship struck a rock off Formosa and was abandoned with the loss of about 60 of the 237 people on board. Survivors were taken prisoner by the Chinese and were mistreated. They were subsequently executed about 18 August 1842. |
| Romp | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Hull. Romp was refloated on 8 September and taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Sophia Pate | New Zealand | The brig was stranded and wrecked on a sandbank at the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour, en route from Auckland to the Wairoa River, with the loss of 21 lives. |
| Triton | Russia | The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. She was refloated and taken into Harwich with assistance from Aurora's Increase and Sarah (both United Kingdom). |