List of shipwrecks in December 1839

The list of shipwrecks in December 1839 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1839.

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December 1839
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1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Hero	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[1]
Minerva	New South Wales	The whaler was driven onto the Mincing Ground, in Portland Bay and was wrecked.[2][3]
Perzango	Spain	The ship was driven ashore at Coffie's Beach, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Canary Islands to Boston, Massachusetts. Perzango became a wreck on 5 December.[4]
Stranger	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Ramsgate. Stranger was refloated and taken into Ramsgate.[5]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Adolph	Sweden	The ship ran aground off "Woersaa", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[6]
Ellena	Portugal	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores.[7][8]
Hebe	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the River Severn at Gloucester. She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Gloucester.[1]
Hector	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom). Hector was on a voyage from "Holbeck" to Hull, Yorkshire.[9][10] She was towed into Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk on 7 December.[11]
Porto Formosa	Portugal	The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Shelburne	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Emporium ( United States) and another vessel. Shelburne was on a voyage from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America to Barbadoes.[4][12]
Westmorland	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the River Severn at Gloucester. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Gloucester.[1]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Adams	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Yangon River. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Ceylon and Rangoon.[13]
Betsey and Martha	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Dublin.[1] Betsey and Martha was refloated on 10 December.[14]
Clondolin	Portugal	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Figueira da Foz. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Figueira da Foz.[15]
Emma	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Odessa.[8]
Eruartung	Prussia	The ship was driven ashore on "Zurgst". She was on a voyage from and English port to Memel.[6]
Goodluck	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged at Odessa.[8]
Navigator	Stettin	The ship ran aground on the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[14]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Amphitrite	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Leith, Lothian.[6]
Emma	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Table Bay.[16]
Emu	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Green Point, Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from London to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land. Emu was refloated the next day.[16][17]
Miller	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Londonderry.[18]
Neptuna	Portugal	The ship foundered off Terceira Island, Azores.[19]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Benjamin	France	The ship foundered off Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Portrieux, Côtes du Nord.[7]
Dart	United Kingdom	The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Rose ( United Kingdom).[7]
Exquisite	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[9]
Scotia	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All 24 people on board were rescued by Roscius ( United Kingdom). Scotia was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[20]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Branch	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken into South Shields, County Durham.[21][6]
Edinburgh Castle	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on the Seaton House Rock, Northumberland.[21]
Iris	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged by ice at Swinemünde, Prussia.[15]'
Jessey	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore on the Druridge Sands, Northumberland. She was refloated.[21]
Produce	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Wittenbergen". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire. Produce was refloated on 14 December and towed back to Hamburg.[22]
Rose	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Islandmore, County Down. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Limerick.[23] Rose was refloated on 10 December.[24]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Burtenwerp	Netherlands	The ship ran aground off "Hornbeck". She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Königsberg, Prussia.[6] Burtenwerp was refloated on 9 December and taken into Helsingør, Denmark, where she sank.[15]
Caroline	New South Wales	The ship was wrecked on Swan Islands. All on board were rescued.[25]
Countess of Airlie	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Middle Ground, off the coast of Denmark, She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire.[6]
Najadete	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Culemborg, Gelderland to an English port.[6]
Permei	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the north east coast of Gozo, Malta.[7][8]
Rosamund	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Stephen Point, Cornwall. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Rosamund was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Padstow, Cornwall.[11]
St. Vincent	France	The ship struck rocks and sank at St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marans, Charente-Maritime to Penzance, Cornwall.[26]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Cordelia	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on a rock off Youghal, County Cork and was damaged.[26]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship foundered east of Santo Domingo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Mary Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire to Southwold.[11]
Norman	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Tasso ( United Kingdom). Norman was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Swansea, Glamorgan.[28]
Ocean	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. Ocean was refloated and resumed her voyage.[21]
St. Andrew	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Odessa. Her crew were rescued.[29]
St. George	United Kingdom	The ship foundered at Odessa. Her crew were rescued.[29]
St. Michael	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Odessa. Her crew were rescued.[29]
St. Nicholai	Russia	The ship was driven ashore at Odessa. Her crew were rescued.[29]
Zeldenrust	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on the Portuguese Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Zwolle, Overijssel.[30] Zeldenrust was refloated on 12 December and taken into the Nieuw Diep.[15]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Seaton Delaval, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[26] Albion was refloated on 16 December and taken into Hartlepool.[22]
Arethusa	United States	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Patcheauque", Long Island, New York with the loss of one life. Over 200 people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York City.[31]
Bintenwerp	Netherlands	The ship sank at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Königsberg, Prussia. Bintenwerp was refloated on 24 December and beached.[32]
Mary Charlotte Weber	France	The ship was damaged on a reef off Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime to Mauritius.[33]
Twee Gute Broders	Norway	The ship was driven ashore at Dimlington, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Østerisør to "Halte".[23]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Caroline	New South Wales	The ship was wrecked on Swan Island, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to Port Phillip.[34]
Dryad	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on a reef 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Cape Cruz, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.[19]
Lady Canmore	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Merrion, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Waterford. Lady Canmore was refloated.[26]
Minerva	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Sligo. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Sunderland, County Durham.[6]
Oscar	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Conil de la Frontera and Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[35]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Activ	Prussia	The ship was driven ashore at Holmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[8]
Marquess of Camden	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued by Asie ( France). She was on a voyage from Singapore to China.[36]
Odessa	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Africa.[30]
Robert Gray	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Killia, Ottoman Empire.[32] She had been refloated by 18 December.[4]
Urania	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Sligo.[15]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Cavalier	British North America	The ship was driven ashore in the Mouse Islands.[37]
Coventry	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Newland ( United Kingdom). Coventry was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[19]
Diana	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Jura. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Emily	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on the West Rocks, Harwich, Essex with the loss of all five people on board. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Woodbridge, Suffolk.[38]
Falmouth Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the north coast of São Miguel Island, Azores with the loss of all bar her captain. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to São Miguel Islands.[39]
George	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. George was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth.[30]
Jongfrue Karen	Norway	The ship was wrecked on the Pointe de la Coubre, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[8]
Lady Diana	United Kingdom	The smack was driven ashore and wrecked in the Small Isles of Jura. Her crew survived.[8]
Nymph	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Teignmouth.[14] Nymph was refloated on 14 December and beached.[6]
Tay	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Chaleur Bay to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[14]
Wemyss	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Christchurch Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Plymouth, Devon.[30][24]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Concordia	Denmark	The ship was wrecked on Læsø. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[40]
Henry Davenport	United States	The ship was driven ashore on Hospital Island, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 20 December.[37]
Sir William Wallace	United Kingdom	The whaler, a barque, was wrecked in Chowder Bay.[41]
Tally Ho!	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Vedra	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was later refloated.[24]
William IV	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[16]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Emma	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Emma was refloated and resumed her voyage.[6][15]
Enterprise	Jersey	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by Dennett's Apparatus.[20]
Gipsey	British North America	The ship was driven ashore in St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Digby, Nova Scotia. Gipsey was refloated on 21 December.[43]
Lady Wallace	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Crocodile Reef, 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Tuticorin, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Penang, then Colombo, Ceylon and Calcutta, India.[44]
Mary and Jane	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Swash. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Edwin	United States	The ship was severely damaged in a gale while on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Baltimore, Maryland. She was consequently condemned.[46]
Mary Laing Meason	United Kingdom	The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Lerwick, Shetland Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eight or ten people on board.[42]
Pocohontas	United States	The ship was driven ashore on Plumb Island, Massachusetts with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Newburyport, Massachusetts.[47]
Selwin	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Pernambuco, Brazil. Selwin was consequently condemned.[37]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Urania	Portugal	The ship ran aground off Dragør, Denmark. She was reported to be on a voyage from Lisbon to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. Uraniawas refloated and put into Copenhagen for repairs.[48]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Avance	Prussia	The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde.[49]
Emma	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Droogden, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[48]
Hannah Kerr	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Machias, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.[50]
Heath	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[51]
H. Z.	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Amsterdam, North Holland.[22]
Lively	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the River Gwendraeth. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Swansea to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[52] Lively was refloated on 11 January 1840 and towed into Llanelly.[53]
Mary Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Teignmouth Rocks, Northumberland.[54]
Pursuit	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Shetland Islands.[51]
William and Jane	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Aberavon to Gloucester.[52]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Bordeaux Packet	France	The ship capsized at Cuxhaven.[7][8]
Ceres	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Killala, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayp to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Ceres was later refloated.[49]
Concordia	Denmark	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of "Rossoe". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Heimath" to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[49]
Esther	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham to Chatham, Kent.[54] Esther was refloated the next day and taken into Sheerness, Kent.[8]
Lively	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on a sandbank in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Llanelly.[54]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Brilliant	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer was driven ashore and at Aberdeen with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Aberdeen. Brilliant subsequently caught fire and was destroyed.[20]
Charlotte	United Kingdom	The Humber Keel sank at King's Lynn, Norfolk.[54][55]
Friendship	United Kingdom	The ship struck rocks and sank at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescuede.[8]
Hannah	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Castle Chichester Bay. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[8]
Palestine	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Bull Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. Palestine was refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]
Sackville	United Kingdom	The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of the Isles of Scilly. All nineteen people on board were rescued by the brigantine L'Amelia ( France). Sackville was on a voyage from an African port to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[56][57][58]
Tiejo	Portugal	The ship was wrecked on Walney Island, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51][8]
Tilden	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[54]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Caroline	Van Diemen's Land	The ship ran aground on a reef in Bank's Straits. She was later refloated.[59]
Don Giovanni	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore at Twielenfleth, Kingdom of Hanover.[60]
Emily	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the West Rocks, Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Woodbridge, Suffolk.[7]
Favoran	Hamburg	The ship was driven ashore at Neumuhlen. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London, United Kingdom.[60]
Friendship	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[61]
Heber	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on "Bintang", Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Singapore to London.[62]
Henry Devonport	United States	The ship was beached at Boston, Massachusetts.[37]
Neptunus	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on the Zuiderhaaks,in the North Sea off thecoast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Batavia Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. Neptunus was refloated and taken into the Nieuw Diep.[60]
Superior	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry. Superior was refloated on 27 December and taken into Londonderry.[63]
Thames	United Kingdom	The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a Prussian vessel. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hartlepool, County Durham.[64]
Thomas Gilstone	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Indian Key, Florida Territory with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to New York, United States.[65]
True Bess	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kingswear Castle, Devon. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Portsmouth, Hampshire. True Bess was refloated but consequently had to be beached at Dartmouth, Devon.[7]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Annetta Elizabeth	Denmark	The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Irvine, Ayrshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[7][57]
Caroline	Russia	The ship ran aground on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Oporto, Portugal.[8]
Europe	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16]
True Bess	United Kingdom	The ship was driven onto rocks at Kingswear Castle, Devon. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Portsmouth, Hampshire. True Bess was refloated and taken into Dartmouth, Devon, where she was beached.[57]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Britomart	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on Goose Island, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip, South Australia to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land.[66][67]
Concord	United States	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Chincoteague, Virginia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[68]
Crown	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Diana	Belgium	The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Antwerp.[60]
Magic	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Ber Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Magic was refloated the next day.[19][49]
Swift	United Kingdom	The ship struck the pier at Donaghadee, County Antrim and was beached. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[40]
Union	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Gwendraeth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Carmarthen.[40]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Comet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Comet was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[49]
Emelie	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore at "Basloe". She was later refloated and taken into Svelvik, Norway.[69]
Industrious	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent and sank. She was refloated and towed into Whitstable, Kent.[19]
Water Witch	New South Wales	The cutter was wrecked at Port Macquarie. She was on a voyage from Port Macquarie to Sydney.[70]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Anchor	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. Anchor was refloated and resumed her voyage.[40]
Belt	Flag unknown	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by New Hampshire ( United States).[71]
Charlotte	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by the samck Mary ( United Kingdom). Charlotte was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Exeter, Devon.[40][49]
Crown	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.[19]
Eleanor Sophia	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Falmouth, Cornwall. Eleanor Sophia was refloated and taken into Tenby.[72]
Ernest	France	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Audierne, Finistère, France with the loss of all hands.[28][73]
Letitia	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Logan Head, Wigtownshire with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to Carlisle, Cumberland.[74][60]
Nightingale	British North America	The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island.[43]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Leith, Lothian.[48] She was refloated on 27 December and taken into Leith.[35]
Isabella and Ann	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tay. All thirteen crew people on board were rescued by the St Andrews Lifeboat. Isabella was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.[49]
Jemima Sophia	United Kingdom	The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 5 January 1840 by John and Mary ( United Kingdom). Jemima Sophia was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[75]
Levant	United Kingdom	The ship struck a rock and was beached at Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Zante to Cephalonia. Levant was consequently condemned.[76][77]
Pelorus	Singapore	The brig-sloop struck a shoal off the coast of Borneo (8°08′30″N 115°30′00″E) and sank. There were 22 survivors.
Rosario	Spain	The polacca was driven ashore and wrecked in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[65]
Samuel and Mary	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Ross, County Wexford.[48]
Venus	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and sank at Maryport, Cumberland.[74]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Baltic Merchant	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Baltic Merchant was refloated and resumed her voyage.[63]
Loyalist	British North America	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick to Saint Vincent.[43]
Scheldt	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on a shoal in English Bay, Ascension Island and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port.[78]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Goswick, Northumberland. She was refloated in late January 1840 and taken into Berwick upon Tweed.[69]
Atrevido	Portugal	The ship was wrecked off Vigo, Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[31]
Blanche	United Kingdom	The ship was beached at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Southampton, Hampshire.[72]
Hester	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the American coast. Her crew were rescued by Splendid ( United States).[65]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Hero	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland.[73]
John	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Unst, Shetland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia.[71]
Matchless	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Maine. She was refloated in late January 1840 and taken into Portland.[79]
Transport	United States	The schooner capsized. Crew saved.[80]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Anchor	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. Anchor was later refloated.[60]
Aurelia	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Dundee. Aurelia was later refloated.[32]
Evander	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[63]
North Briton	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Leithm Lothian to Sydney, New South Wales, North Britain was later refloated and take inth The Downs.[28]
Venerable	United Kingdom	The barque was in collision with London Merchant ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Sunk Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[32][73]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Ariadne	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Beacon Rock. She was refloated and taken into Dundee, Forfarshire.[73]
Ino	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia.[81]
Heemskerk	Netherlands	The ship ran aground at Amsterdam, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[32] Heemskerk had become a wreck by 4 February 1840.[82]
Swan	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground near the Rock Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[83]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Alcide	France	The brig was wrecked on the Bahamas Banks. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bordeaux, Gironde.[79]
Amphitrite	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Atalanta	United Kingdom	The smack sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Isle of Arran, Inner Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Dundalk, County Louth.[73]
Dantsic Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Neufahrwasser. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Liverpool, Lancashire. Dantsic Packet was refloated on 2 January 1840.[84]
Louise	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Unst, Shetland Islands or Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry. Louise was later refloated and put into Limerick in a leaky condition.[71][81]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1839

Ship	State	Description
Active	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Holmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[7]
Ann Elizabeth	Denmark	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Irvine, Ayrshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[61]
Emma	France	The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the English Channel by Ocean ( United States) with the loss of 23 of her 28 crew.[20]
Eos	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Zea, Greece before 9 December. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Odessa.[72]
Europa	Norway	The brig was in collision with Gotheborga Walgary ( Sweden) before 10 December and was abandoned in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Gotheborga Walgary. Europa was on a voyage from Hull to Laurvig. She came ashore at Frøya and was wrecked.[72][85][53]
Fanny	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antwerp, Belgium.[86]
Five Friends	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered off Burray, Orkney Islands on or before 2 December.[10]
Florenz	Grand Duchy of Tuscany	The ship was lost in the Gulf of Genoa before 27 December with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia and Livorno.[53]
Garland	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Andrews Shoal, in the North Sea off Felixtowe, Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Garland was refloated on 31 December and taken into Harwich, Essex.[63]
Hannah	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Machias, Maine, United States before 16 December. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[47][71]
Hector	Hamburg	The galiot was abandoned in the North Sea before 6 December. She was towed into Blakeney, Norfolk United Kingdom.[8]
Henrietta	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pollock ( United Kingdom).[87]
Mary Ann	United States	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Byron ( United Kingdom). Mary Ann was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Bedford, Massachusetts.[37]
Neptunus	Russia	The ship was wrecked near Eckerö, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg.[63][73]
Naylor	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Schulan". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. Naylor was refloated on 21 December and resumed her voyage.[48]
Pomona	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Pill, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 7 December and sailed for Cardiff, Glamorgan.[11]
Tory	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Kaipara River, New Zealand. She was later refloated and put into Sydney, New South Wales for repairs.[88]
Velvet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at the entrance to the Bosphorus.[89]
William and Anne	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. William and Anne was later refloated.[90]

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