# List of shipwrecks in September 1847

The list of shipwrecks in September 1847 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1847.

## 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Smyrna | United States | The ship was wrecked on a reef north of the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Susanna | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Camsdown Bay. She was on a voyage from Loch Erribol to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and beached. |

## 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lord Redhaven | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Aberdeen. |
| Marchioness of Huntley | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Portskerra, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Portskerra. |
| Mary and Joseph | Isle of Man | The schooner was driven ashore at Thurso, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Moy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isauld Rocks, off the coast of Caithness with the loss of all hands. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Thurso. Her crew were rescued. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Portrush, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |

## 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Georgina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Warnemünde. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Wismar. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Warnemünde. |
| Jean | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was refloated the next day and put back to Riga, Russia. |
| Joseph Alexander | United Kingdom | The sloop was in collision with the brig Hope ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Joseph Alexander was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Goole, Yorkshire. Also reported as capsizing in a squall with the loss of three lives. |
| Joseph and Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the brig Beaver ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Happisburg and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Beaver. Joseph and Mary Ann was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire. She was driven ashore at Happisburgh the next day in a derelict condition. She was refloated on 8 September and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship abandoned off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by William ( Prussia). Mary Ann was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was taken into South Shields, County Durham in a severely damaged condition on 15 October. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim. |

## 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fanny | France | The whaler was driven ashore on "Urap, Krivell's Islands" and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Glocester | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Loran", Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Sydney, Nova Scotia. |
| Harlequin | Royal Navy | The Racer-class brig-sloop ran aground at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day. |
| Jonge Caroline | Belgium | The koff capsized in the Weser with the loss of all hands. She was subsequently taken in to Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Sarah Jane | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked on the east coast of New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. |
| Superb | Malta | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked west of Tarifa, Spain . She was on a voyage from Odessa to an English port. She was refloated on 24 September and taken in to Gibraltar. |

## 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess of Mar | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. All seven people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Marian Lindsay | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Ton Banks, off the coast of County Londonderry. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Queen of the Tyne | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and wa damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Wyberg". She was refloated and put back to Liverpool. |
| Twe Gebruders | Netherlands | The ship foundered off Brouwershaven, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Workum, Friesland. |
| William Boothby | United Kingdom | The brig collided with Queen Ann ( British North America) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Queen Ann. William Boothby was on a voyage from Windsor, Province of Canada, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |

## 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Remer Shoals. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to New York, United States. |
| Armand | France | The ship was wrecked 15 leagues (45 nautical miles (83 km)) north of Monte Video, Uruguay with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to the Cape Verde Islands and Monte Video. |
| Diadem | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Isla Aves. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to La Guaira, Venezuela. |
| Freiheit | Lübeck | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Stroma, Caithness, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 11 September. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the "River Altomhoa". She was on a voyage from Darien to Chatham, Kent. She was consequently condemned. |

## 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emanuel | Norway | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Bornholm, Denmark with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Stavanger. |
| Harmonie | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm with the loss of all but her captain from her six crew. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Helene | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked off Bornholm with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Carlshamn to Hasle, Bornholm. |
| Nathaniel | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock and was damaged. She was refloated. |
| Rhoda | United Kingdom | The ship was collided with Roger Sherman ( United States) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Six crew were rescued by Roger Sherman. Rhoda was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adler | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at Rügenwalde. |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was later refloated. |
| Christina Elsabea | Sweden | The ship was wrecked off "Hornbeck", Denmark. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Sundsvall. |
| Courier | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Misdroy, Prussia. |
| Ludovico | Dantzic | The ship was driven ashore near "Winthagen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Retreat | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Strones Island". She was refloated on 11 September and taken in to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |

## 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza Gillis | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Ham Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Forth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull to Windau. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Four Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Margaret Jamieson | United Kingdom | The smack sank at Sanda Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Larne, County Antrim. |
| Sir James Kempt | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground off Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was refloated on 15 September and taken in to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. |
| Brothers | New South Wales | The ketch was wrecked at Crondy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Twofold Bay. |
| Clarence | Van Diemen's Land | The schooner was wrecked at Port Fairy, New South Wales. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip, South Australia to Warrnambool, New South Wales. She had been refloated by 17 November. |
| John Main | United Kingdom | The smack capsized and sank in the Clyde near Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Ann and Mary ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Caernarfon with the loss of two of the three people on board. She was on a voyage from Porthdinllaen to Bangor, Caernarfonshire. |

## 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pratencall | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Point La Haye, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America to London. |
| Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the Runnel Stone and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to London. She put in to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Syria | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia and/or Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated on 16 September and put back to Liverpool. |

## 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Indus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Heinchenbrook, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| John Cock | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Janissary, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Batoumi, Russia to a British port. She was refloated on 16 September. |
| Msta | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship ran aground on the Rishi Bank, in the Biorkesund. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Sveaborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. Salvage efforts were unsuccessful and she had sunk by 30 September. |
| Sterling | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Laura ( Sweden). |

## 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess of Mar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Kathleen | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |

## 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Donegal. |
| Baleinier | France | The sloop was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Comet | United States | The ship foundered off Cape Race, Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Jeannies | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Jupiter | France | The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
| Lowestoff | New Zealand | The brigantine was driven onto rocks at Port Hutt (Whangaroa Harbour), Chatham Island, New Zealand. All hands were saved. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Mary Joan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Donegal to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Oratio (or Horatio) | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall by HMS Birkenhead ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Enos, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Wetmore | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool. |

## 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Tynemouth, Northumberland. Five people were rescued by the brig Margaret and Sarah ( United Kingdom). Apollo was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and was damaged on the Horse Bank, off Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Preston, Lancashire. |
| Cornelia | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was wrecked off Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg. |
| Cousins | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Smith's Knowl, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Saucy Jack ( United Kingdom). Cousins was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Peter and John ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Malta to Cork. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated on 23 September and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea. |
| Glenlyon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Cape Janissary, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Henry Ewbank | United States | The barque was driven ashore at Bootle, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 22 September. |
| Hillsborough | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Horse Bank with the loss of eight of the thirteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She had become a wreck by 24 September. |
| Horatio | United Kingdom | The ship, which had collided with a steamship off The Lizard, Cornwall on 15 September, was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMS Nautilus ( Royal Navy). Horatioo was on a voyage from Enos, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall and Liverpool. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank near Larne, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 30 September. |
| Jeanies | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Larne. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Ballyholme Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated on 21 September and towed in to Belfast for repairs. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Donegal to Liverpool. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Belmullet, County Mayo, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galway to Liverpool. |
| North Esk | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ennishowen Head, County Donegal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Stettin. |
| Rebecca | British North America | The schooner was driven ashore at Penrhyn Bay, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool. Rebecca was refloated on 24 September and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Wetmore | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |

## 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Brunette | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Kentish Knock and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Marsala, Sicily to Hull, Yorkshire and Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Arnager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. She had been refloated by 20 September and resumed her voyage. |
| Glyde | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated with assistance from the Llanddwyn Lifeboat and taken in to Caernarfon. |
| Jan and Frederica | Netherlands | The ship ran aground off the Vlie with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Zwolle, Overijssel. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore near Leasowe, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Chester, Cheshire. |
| Navigator | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Jane Dunn ( United Kingdom). Navigator was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore near Donaghmore. |
| Ninian | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground and was wrecked at the entrance to Loch Foyle. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Onyx | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Clyde. |
| Saone | United States | The barque was driven ashore at Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued by the Llandwyn Lifeboat, which lost two crew members. Saone was on a voyage from Galway, United Kingdom to Bangor, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated on 21 September and taken in to Caernarfon. |
| Sir Edward | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Leasowe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mostyn, Flintshire. |
| St. Petersburg Packet | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the schooner Stranger ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by Stranger. St. Petersburg Packet was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Unterneming | Prussia | The koff was wrecked near Schoorl, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of three of her five crew. |
| William and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London. |

## 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coureren | Sweden | The ship capsized in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Norwegian vessel. |
| Eleonora | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Newcombe Sand and sank off Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Fanny | France | The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on the southern Point of Urup in the north west Pacific. Her crew were rescued by Inez (Flag unknown). |
| Forth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Seerappen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Windau. |
| HMS Fisgard | Royal Navy | The Leda-class frigate ran aground off East Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated. |
| Freund George | Netherlands | The sailing barge was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Renown | United Kingdom | The smack was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Cork. |
| Shannon | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near "Ording". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Starling | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Clara ( Sweden). Starling was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Caernarfon with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Pwllheli to Bangor, Caernarfonshire. |

## 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Therup", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Stettin. |
| Augusta Matilda | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Dimlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stettin. |
| Coatham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Køge Bay. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. She had been refloated by 30 September and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Gipsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Walmer Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated but consequently sank in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. |
| Leo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ingonish, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Lydie | France | The ship was abandoned off Helsingør, Denmark. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the schooner Breeze ( United Kingdom and a Dutch vessel. |
| Magnifique | France | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Maid of Cashmere | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked south of "Port Aikenon". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land to Sydney. |
| Mentor | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was lost off Utsire, Norway. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |

## 20 September

List of shipwrecks: September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barnard Castle Packet | United Kingdom | The brig, master John Finlay, ran aground and was severely damaged on a reef off "Seivästö", Grand Duchy of Finland on voyage from Stettin to St. Petersburg. Crew was saved. |
| Crest | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Maria (Flag unknown). |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Endeavour ( United Kingdom). Dart was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. |
| Eliza Ann | New South Wales | The schooner was lost in Broken Bay. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Richmond River. |
| George and William | United Kingdom | The lugger sank in the North Sea off Cromer with the loss of nine of her ten crew. The survivor was rescued by the schooner Lowca ( United Kingdom). |
| Grecian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Pladda. She was refloated and towed in to the Clyde by Defiance ( United Kingdom). |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Jabez | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bawdsey, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London. She was refloated the next day. |
| Marie | Prussia | The ship was wrecked off Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. |
| Martha Brae | British North America | The ship was driven ashore at Barrington, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The barque capsized at Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She had been righted by 12 October. |

## 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurore | Russia | The ship collided with Marian ( Trieste ) and sank in the Strait of Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by Marian. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cuxhaven. |
| Industrie | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Hertha ( Denmark) and resumed her voyage. |

## 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emanuel | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near "Wystad". She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Flensburg, Kingdom of Hanover. |
| Glenarm | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Castello Branco, Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Minalto | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Al Kuriat Island". She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork. She was refloated and put in to Malta, where she arrived on 13 October. |
| Neptunus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank off Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Noestra | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom to Santander. |

## 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camilla | British North America | The brig ran aground on Nyord, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She had been refloated by 25 September and resumed her voyage. |
| Elizabeth | British North America | The ship was lost near L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Shannon ( United Kingdom) and ran aground on the Busch Sand. She was refloated and put back to Cuxhaven. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The Belfast-registered ship was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands. She had been refloated by 1 October. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The Maryport-registered ship was driven ashore on Flotta. She had been refloated by 1 October. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Banff, Aberdeenshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Banff. |
| Scotsman | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground of Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated on 26 September and resumed her voyage. |
| Tarbert Castle | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on Nyord. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Arbroath, Forfarshire. She had been refloated by 25 September and resumed her voyage. |

## 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisa Williard | British North America | The schooner was driven ashore at Ipswich, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Scotsman | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated on 26 September and resumed her voyage. |

## 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auburn | United States | The packet ship was driven ashore and wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey with the loss of eighteen lives. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Cherub | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Claudine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Erris, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| HMS Comus | Royal Navy | The Comet-class sloop was driven ashore and sank near Montevideo, Uruguay. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| Eleonora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Skagen Reef, off the coast of Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Friendship | Dantsic | The ship was abandoned in the White Sea and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Constant ( United Kingdom). Friendship was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Seaweed | United Kingdom | The collier sank in the River Severn. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Earl of Durham | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. Earl of Durham was refloated but consequently had to be beached. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated but was consequently beached on the Sandwich Flats. |
| Louisa Willard | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Rob Roy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Magnusholm, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Riga. She was refloated and taken in to Riga. |
| Michael Williams | United Kingdom | The brig, which had caught fire on 21 September, was abandoned in the South Atlantic. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Coquimbo, Chile. |
| Sine Normine | Netherlands | The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was refloated and put back to South Shields. |

## 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dorado | British North America | The ship was wrecked at Black Brook, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Elfrida | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Stromness, Orkney Islands. |
| Emelie, or Emmeline | Dantzic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
| Sceptre | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Stromness. |

## 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bransty | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Valhalla ( United States) and was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey with the loss of a crew member. Bransty was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire, She was subsequently towed in to Drogheda, County Louth. |
| General Taylor | United States | The brig was driven ashore on Tuckernuck Island, Massachusetts. |
| Peter and Sophie | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Tønning. |
| Soundraporvy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |

## 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John and Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated but ran aground on the Pakefield Flats and sank. She was again refloated and towed in to Lowestoft by the tug Pursuit ( United Kingdom), but she sank again. |
| Margarets | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off Fladda, Argyllshire and was holed. She was beached in Loch Valamis. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Marie Vincente | France | The ship was driven ashore at Pembrey, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sarzeau, Morbihan to Neath, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Marie Vincente was refloated on 9 October. |
| Mary Alice | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Minerva ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the River Lee. She was on a voyage from Enos, Ottoman Empire to Cork. |
| Nostra Señora del Carmen | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Seaoff the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom to Santander. |
| St Nicolo | Russia | The ship sank at Taganrog. |
| Voyageur de St. Carnac | France | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Morlaix, Finistère. |
| Wansbeck | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. |

## 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Castrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 2 October and resumed her voyage. |
| Expedition | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank in Bude Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Gloucester. |
| George and Heinrich | Stralsund | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Stralsund. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Johanne | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°00′N 7°30′W﻿ / ﻿50.000°N 7.500°W﻿ / 50.000; -7.500). Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Syra, Greece. |
| Priam | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Dagerort, Russia. Her crew were rescued by Kleine Karl ( Norway). Priam was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date in September 1847 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolphine | Wismar | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was subsequently wrecked on the Whittaker Sand whilst making for Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued. |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 September. |
| Alpha | South Australia | The schooner was wrecked in Encounter Bay before 4 September. Her crew were rescued. |
| Betty | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Woodbridge, Suffolk. |
| Charles | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 September. |
| Declaration | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 September. She was on a voyage from New York to Barbadoes. She was subsequently boarded by the crew of a British vessel which intended to take her in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Foster | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Seychelles before 9 September. Her crew were rescued. |
| Henry Pratt | United States | The ship ran aground on the Codling Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Mobile, Alabama. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Ingria | Russia | The brig was driven ashore in the Danube upstream of Reni. She was refloated. |
| Jeune Adele | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais before 22 September. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 10 September and taken in to Fraserburgh. |
| Marchioness of Huntley | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Melvich Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Portskerra, Sutherland. |
| Margaret and Ann | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at "Port Mure", Isle of Man. She was refloated on 22 September and taken in to Douglas. |
| Mezeppa | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Free Island before 16 September. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Singapore. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Naiad | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 October. |
| Napoleon | France | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 September. |
| Samuel Baker | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Piana Island, off Cape Farina, Beylik of Tunis between 6 and 18 September. She was on a voyage from Malta to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated and put back to Malta. |
| Sarah Jane | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked near Castlepoint, New Zealand, in mid-September, after being pushed off course by a storm in Cook Strait, while she was en route from Wellington to Kaikōura. There were no deaths. All hands were saved. |
| Saucy Jack | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Seychelles before 9 September. Her crew were rescued. |
| Skylark | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Widewall, Orkney Islands. |
| St. Nicola | Greece | The brig was lost at Sulina, Ottoman Empire before 4 September. She was on a voyage from Ibrail, Ottoman Empire to Malta. |
| William and Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London. She was refloated on 19 September and taken in to The Swale. |