List of shipwrecks in 1842

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1842

Ship	State	Description
Actæon	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Turks Island before 7 March.[1]
Adolphe	France	The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Aguina	United Kingdom	The ship capsized in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire in late March or early April with the loss of all hands.[3]
Allalevie	India	The ship was wrecked in Vanloos Bay, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Ceylon.[4]
Bayonnais	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at "Tobasco" and was consequently condemned. She was on a voyage from "Tobasco" to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[5]
Bellous	United States	The full-rigged ship sank in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the Autumn. She was refloated in 1843, repaired and returned to service.[6]
Belvidera	India	The ship was destroyed at Singapore before 1 November.[7]
Cadmus	United States	The whaler was wrecked on St. John the Baptist's Island, in the Pitcairn Islands.[8]
Casinir	France	The ship was wrecked at Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Clyde	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Barbados before 9 March. Her crew were rescued by HMS Firefly, HMS Spitfire and HMS Tartarus (all  Royal Navy).[10]
Debon	France	The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Emma	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree, India.[11]
Euphrates	France	The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from New Orleans, LouisianatoCette, Hérault. Her crew were rescued by Rio Grande ( United States).[12]
Felicie	France	The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Fluminee	Empire of Brazil	The brig was wrecked. Three crew were rescued by Regent ( United Kingdom).[13]
General Evans	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked off the Rio Grande. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sierra Leone.[14]
Herculaneum	United Kingdom	The transport ship was lost in the South China Sea.[4]
Lady Stafford	United Kingdom	The brig capsized at Newfoundland before 4 June.[15]
Martha	Jersey	The ship was wrecked at "Bona Vista". Her fourteen crew were rescued by Elizabeth and Jane ( United Kingdom.[16]
North America	United States	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Key West, Florida Territory.[17]
President	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 April. Her crew were rescued by Cameo ( United States). President was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North AmericatoBarbadoes.[18]
Robert	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savanilla, near Puerto Colombia, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
Singular	Spain	The brig was lost in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East IndiestoMacao.[4]
Sir Andrew Hammond	United Kingdom	The whaler was wrecked on the coast of Peru before 2 April.[20]
Speculator	New Zealand	The ship was lost en route between Mercury Bay (which she left on 12 August) and Wellington.[21]
Strathfieldsaye	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Kedgeree.[11] She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Enmore, New South Wales and China.[22]
Two Sisters	United Kingdom	The barque struck a rock and foundered off Wednesday Island, New South Wales. All on board were rescued by Malcolm ( United Kingdom), Arab, John Brewer and Kelso (all  United Kingdom).[23][24]
Union	France	The ship was lost in St. Lunaire Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Uxor	Flag unknown	The schooner was wrecked. Eight crew were rescued by Regent ( United Kingdom).[13]

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