The list of shipwrecks in 1847 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1847.
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1847
Ship |
State |
Description
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Admiral
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United States
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The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River near Weston, Missouri, apparently in 1847.[1]
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Agenoria
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United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush, County Clare. She was refloated on 15 February.[2]
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Aristides
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United Kingdom
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The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean south of Madagascar. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to the Cape of Good Hope.[3]
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Elizabeth
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United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush. She was refloated on 15 February.[2]
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Glencoe
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United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush. She was refloated on 17 February.[2]
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Iris
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Denmark
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The ship was lost on the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[4]
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La Petite Ernestine
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France
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The ship was lost in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Harp ( United Kingdom).[5]
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Lucretia
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United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked off Point Spirito Santo, on the west coast of South America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Punta Arenas, Chile and Guatemala City, Guatemala.[6][7]
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Malabar
|
France
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The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Coringa, India to the Île Bourbon.[8]
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Mars
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United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush. She was refloated on 15 February.[2]
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Mary Jane
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British North America
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The brig was wrecked at Shelburne, Nova Scotia.[9] She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[10]
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Monmouth
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United States
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The ship ran aground on the Mosella Reef. She was refloated with assistance from Republican ( United States) and taken in to Key West, Florida.[11]
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Socrates
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Russia
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The ship was wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône one Wednesday in January or February.[12]
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Sylphide
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Belgium
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The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Antwerp.[13]
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References
- ^ Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
- ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Times. No. 19479. London. 22 February 1847. col D-E, p. 8.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 7028. London. 17 February 1847. p. 5.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1868. Liverpool. 19 February 1847.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 22907. London. 6 May 1847. p. 8.
- ^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 4630. Glasgow. 14 June 1847.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 22939. London. 14 June 1847. p. 7.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 19487. London. 3 March 1847. col F, p. 8.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 19655. London. 15 September 1847. col F, p. 6.
- ^ "Shipwrecks". The Morning Post. No. 23019. London. 15 September 1847. p. 8.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 19577. London. 16 June 1847. col E, p. 8.
- ^ "Wreck of a Russian Corn Ship". The Standard. No. 7028. London. 17 February 1847. p. 1.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 19566. London. 3 June 1847. col F, p. 8.
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