# List of shipwrecks in March 1840

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

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Folkestone, Kent. |
| Anna Margaretha | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore on Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Altona. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amystas | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Exmouth to Teignmouth. Amystas was later refloated, she resumed her voyage on 7 March. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Union ( United Kingdom), which was aground on the Nore. She consequently sank in The Swale off Yantlet, Kent. |
| Wilberforce | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Exmouth. She was later refloated and put back to Exmouth. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lascars | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Beaumaris, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Man to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The collier foundered in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ewen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground of the Nore and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London. Ewen was refloated on 10 March and towed into Sheerness, Kent. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Sandy Bay, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | Hamburg | The ship foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. |
| John Duncombe | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at "Capiti Beach", New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. |
| Percy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Sinclair's Bay 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Wick, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Limerick. Percy was later refloated and towed to Stromness, Orkney Islands in a leaky condition. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Hendon, County Durham and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal. Gem put back to Sunderland. |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Delta Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. Isabel was refloated and taken into Key West, Florida Territory, where she arrived on 11 March. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United States | The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to a European port. America was later refloated. |
| Courier de Tampico | France | The ship was wrecked on Gorda Cay, Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tampico, Mexico to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Enchantress | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. she was refloated the next day. |
| Fenwick | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Conradine | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hjørring, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pillau. |
| Mars | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a sunken rock and foundered in the English Channel off Mullion, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Ulverstone, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Ulverstone. |
| Victor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hjørring. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dumfriesshire | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. she was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Aberystwyth. She was refloated on 13 March. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Newton Rock and foundered. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was run aground on the South Ridge, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She was refloated on 13 March. |
| Derwent | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the "Tislerus". She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was wrecked near Cape St. Francis, Africa. All 72 passengers and crew reached shore on a constructed raft and a damaged jolly-boat. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to Algoa Bay. |
| Ouse | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn. Ouse was later refloated. |
| Puella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Messina, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Messina. Puella was later refloated and taken into Messina. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gode Haab | Norway | The ship was lost near "Little Farder". Her crew were rescued. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom) | The ship ran aground on the Lynn Knock Sand, in The Wash, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Roman | United States | The ship was in collision with Richard Anderson ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea off Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherina | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ottendorf, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Hamburg. |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Queens Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London. |
| Provence | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lucena, Paraíba Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Hat Key. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to British Honduras. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lise | France | The barque was wrecked at Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony with the loss of twenty of the 33 people on board. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Bordeaux, Gironde.> |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alva | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pocahontas ( United States). Alva was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica. |
| Catharina | Hamburg | The ship foundered off "Glamayer". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Hamburg. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Erie | United States | The whaler was wrecked in the Chatham Islands. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The cutter was wrecked on Galina Point, Jamaica. |
| Memnon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Memnon was refloated. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Tresco, Isles of Scilly. |
| Regina | Netherlands | The ship departed from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies for Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, probably on 10 April off Mauritius, or on 4 May. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia Packet | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and capsized at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee. |
| Effort | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hook of Margate Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Dartmouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken into Margate, Kent. |
| Orwell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Swan | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Fife Ness and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Dundee, Forfarshire. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated on 26 March. |
| Iona | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Thistle Rock, off Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Gothenburg. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pehr (flag unknown) before she foundered. Mary was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. |
| Pheasant | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Trois Monts | France | The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Menorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Trois Montes Rouges was later taken into Bona, Algeria. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Green River | United States | The steamboat capsized in the Green River with the loss of nine lives. |
| Jane Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Leith to Grenada. |
| Mary Gordon | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and was abandoned off Black Head, County Down. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the South Bull, off Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Drogheda. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Stony Bank, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Dunkerque, Nord, France. Mary was refloated on 29 March and towed into Hull. |
| Pallas | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Philippeville, Algeria. Pallas was refloated on 1 April and taken into Wells-next-the-Sea. |
| Swanage | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swanage, Dorset. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Thomas and Mary ( United Kingdom) and was then driven ashore at Swanage. |
| William and Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swanage. She was later refloated. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | Sweden | The ship ran aground on the Lucy Sand, in the North Sea off then north coast of Kent, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Algiers, Algeria. |
| Robert Raikes | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lapsand, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Helsingør, Denmark and Memel, Prussia. Robert Raikes was refloated the next day. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Drogheda, County Louth and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 27 March and beached. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | Sweden | The ship struck the Solg Sand, in the North Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Algiers, Algeria. |
| Emblem | United States | The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six of the eleven people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brig Charles Miller ( United States). Emblem was on a voyage from Apalachicola, Florida Territory to Havana, Cuba. |
| Louise and Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cuxhaven. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Providentia | Lübeck | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte ( United Kingdom). Providentia was on a voyage from Lübeck to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delphinen | Norway | The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen to a Baltic port. |
| Florence | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hook Sand, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Fifeshire | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne. She was on a voyage from London to Kirkcaldy, Fife. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fanny and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground between Lepanto and the "Castle of Roumelia". She was refloated on 31 March and subsequently put into Cephalonia or Zante, United States of the Ionian Islands. |
| Proteo | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship was driven ashore on Fire Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Palermo, Sicily and New York City. |
| William | Prussia | The ship ran aground at Memel. She was on a voyage from Memel to Antwerp, Belgium. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Nakkehead", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Limekilns, Fife to Wismar. |
| Lerwick | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Broad Shoal, in Vineyard Sound. she was refloated but driven ashore and wrecked in Waquoit Bay. Her crew were rescued. Lerwick was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aston | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off "Molene". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Candia, Crete to Trieste. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Gilleleje, Denmark. She was refloated the next day and taken into Helsingør. |
| Maitland | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Brownie's Island Reef, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Psyche | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to London. Agneswas refloated and taken into Key Wet, Florida Territory. |
| Armistad | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland on or before 4 March. |
| Belmont | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Montego Bay, Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. Belmont was refloated and taken into Key West, where she was condemned. |
| Escambia | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of eleven lives. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to New York. |
| Flora | British North America | The ship was wrecked on the Frying Pan Shoal, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| Formigula | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Collo, Algeria with the loss of all but two of her crew. |
| Fortuna | Spain | The ship ran aground of the Jardanelloes. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Havana, Cuba. Fortuna was refloated with assistance from HMS Racer ( Royal Navy). She arrived at Havana on 11 March. |
| Ida | United States | The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 6 hands. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Tetuan, Morocco with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Malta. |
| Mitchell | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 March. |
| Samuel | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Hamburg for Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 March. |
| HMS Zebra | Royal Navy | The Cruizer-class brig-sloop was driven ashore and damaged at "Cape Blanco". She was refloated and put into Malta, where she had arrived by 5 April. |