The list of shipwrecks in March 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1840.
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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.[23] |
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.[14] Mary was refloated on 29 March and towed into Hull.[56] |
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.[30] Pallas was refloated on 1 April and taken into Wells-next-the-Sea.[51] |
Swanage |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Swanage, Dorset.[14] |
Three Brothers |
United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with Thomas and Mary ( United Kingdom) and was then driven ashore at Swanage.[57] |
William and Sarah |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Swanage. She was later refloated.[14] |
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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.[51] |
Armistad |
United Kingdom |
The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland on or before 4 March.[19] |
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,[51] where she was condemned.[66] |
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.[67] |
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.[65] |
Formigula |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Collo, Algeria with the loss of all but two of her crew.[68] |
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.[69] |
Ida |
United States |
The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 6 hands.[70] |
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.[33] |
Mitchell |
United States |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 March.[13] |
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.[71] |
Success |
United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[19] |
Victoria |
United Kingdom |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 March.[72] |
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.[73] |
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