# List of shipwrecks in July 1840

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

## 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Bird Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to North Shields, County Durham. |
| Roden | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Langlade Island, Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Gloucester. |

## 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| August Marie | France | The lugger was wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Varmes" to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holme Sand. She was on a voyage from Bruges, Belgium to Arbroath, Forfarshire. Mary was later refloated. |
| Superior, and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ships collided in the River Avon and were both beached at Pill, Somerset. |

## 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jason | Prussia | The brig capsized in a squall at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Thomas and Adah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated and put into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Unnamed | France | The lugger was wrecked at Birling Gap, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |

## 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lancaster to Fleetwood, Lancashire. |

## 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and capsized at North Queensferry, Fife. She was on a voyage from Stirling to Hartlepool, County Durham. Catherine was refloated on 6 January and taken into St. Davids, Fife. |
| Jantina | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. Jantina was refloated and taken into Brouwershaven, Zeeland. |
| L'Etienne | France | The ship was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to a French port. L'Etienne was taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
| Lisbon | Portugal | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Seven crew were rescued by Julie ( United Kingdom). Lisbon was on a voyage from Faro to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. |
| Regina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia. Regina was later refloated and taken into Tønning, Duchy of Holstein. |

## 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition. |

## 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bithon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gelbsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Helene | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Hamburg. Hellene was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Euterpe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Lafolle Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Governor Endicott | United States | The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault, Swan River Colony. |
| North America | United States | The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault. |
| Quebec | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Manicougan Shoals. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham. Quebec was refloated in October and put back to Quebec City. |
| Samuel Wright | United States | The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault. |

## 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arms | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| City of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Flinders Island, South Australia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Ocean Queen | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Flinders Island. She was on a voyage from London to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. |
| Richard and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Ifjord, Norway. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London. William was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Prime Seal Island, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew survived. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the North Sands. She was on a voyage from Penang to Singapore. |
| Paquette de Cádiz | Spain | The brig was wrecked on a reef 16 leagues (48 nautical miles (89 km)) off Nuevitas, Cuba with the loss of 77 lives. She was on a voyage from Puerto Principe, Haiti to Havana, Cuba. |

## 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cobbler's Rocks, off Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands. |

## 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gertrude | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on a reef off Dyngö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Amsterdam, North Holland. Gertrude was refloated the next day and put into "Rüso". |
| Napoleon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cat Key. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Guayaquil, Ecuador for Cádiz, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

## 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Credo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Aberystwyth, Carmarthenshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Aberystwyth. |
| Howard | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. |
| Marquess of Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship struck sunken rocks in the Sound of Islay and was beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull. |
| Paketa de Trieste | Trieste | The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste. Paketa de Trieste was refloated and put back to Liverpool. |

## 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blossom | Van Diemen's Land | The schooner departed from Hobart for Adelaide, South Australia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Margarethe Johanne | Dantzic | The ship ran aground on the Leligrand. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London, United Kingdom. |
| Rawlings | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the Western Channel. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. |

## 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | New South Wales | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Schrutten Passage". |

## 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cerus | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued by the schooner St Peter ( United Kingdom). Cerus was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sligo. She was later refloated and taken into Quebec City. |
| Emulous | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Cyrus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sligo. Cyrus was refloated in late October and taken into Quebec City. |
| Howard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. |

## 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Noose Sand, in the River Severn, capsized and sank. |

## 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edward Reid | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Split Rock off the coast of New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Saint John, New Brunswick. Some of the 104 passengers on board were rescued by the steamship Nova Scotia ( British North America). |
| Woodman | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Neptune ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east north east of Lundy Island, Devon and sank. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

## 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Actaeon | Royal Navy | The sixth rate frigate ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated with assistance from USS Marion ( United States Navy), French Navy and Royal Navy ships. HMS Actaeon was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Altorf | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |

## 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Johanna Williamina | Stettin | The galiot foundered west of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. |
| Victoria | Spain | The ship ran aground on the Cochinos Rock. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Cádiz. Victoria was refloated with assistance from Tagus ( United Kingdom) and taken into Cádiz. |

## 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| North Carolina | United States | The steamboat was in collision with Governor Dudley ( United States) and sank 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Wilmington, North Carolina. All on board were rescued by Governor Dudley. North Carolina was on a voyage from Wilmington to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the steam tug Queen ( United Kingdom). |

## 26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United States | The schooner foundered off Tobago. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |

## 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Tobago. Her crew were rescued. |
| HMS Buffalo | Royal Navy | The full-rigged ship was wrecked in Mercury Bay with the loss of two of her crew. |

## 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | Denmark | The ship sank in the Agger Channel. Her crew were rescued. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Mauritius. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1840 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Africa | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica in early July. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Hochland" before 16 July. |
| Cora | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Duke d'Aumaie | France | The ship was driven ashore near Cartagena, Spain before 7 July and was subsequently burnt. She was on a voyage from Port Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| I. O. | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. She was later refloated and repaired. |
| Jim Crow | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Jim Crow was refloated on 16 July and put back to Liverpool. |
| T. S. Reeves | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. T. S. Reeves was refloated on 7 July. |