List of shipwrecks in June 1831

The list of shipwrecks in June 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1831.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

4 June

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List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1831
Ship State Description
Friends  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Bridgwater, Somerset.[1]
Home  United States The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Beavertown, Pennsylvania. All on board were rescued.[2][3]

7 June

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List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1831
Ship State Description
General Jackson  United States The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in Haverstraw Bay with the loss of at least two lives. She was on a voyage from New York City to Peekskill, New York.[4]
Jane Young  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of the Bassein Fort, India. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India.[5]

12 June

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List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1831
Ship State Description
Dee  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Bonny, Nigeria.[6]

15 June

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List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1831
Ship State Description
Superior  United States The ship was wrecked off Crooked Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica.[7]

18 June

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List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1831
Ship State Description
Amethyst  United Kingdom The ship sank at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[8]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Halifax.[8]
Supply  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Halifax.[8]

20 June

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List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1831
Ship State Description
America  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Wreck Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemens Land to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[9]

21 June

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List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1831
Ship State Description
William and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea off Götaland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia[10]

23 June

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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1831
Ship State Description
Avon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tobago.[11]

25 June

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List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1831
Ship State Description
St. Johannes  Denmark The ship foundered in the North Sea off Mandahl, Norway. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[12]

28 June

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List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1831
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Great Wass Island, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued.[13]
London  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Port Medway, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Port Medway to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831
Ship State Description
Conceicão  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km)) south west of Bahia, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macao to Bahia.[15]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank off South Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss.[13]
Frederick United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship foundered off Port Stephen with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle.[16]
Shannon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18893. 29 June 1831.
  2. ^ "Steam-boat accidents". The Standard. No. 1293. 6 July 1831.
  3. ^ "Another Steam-Boat Accident". The Times. No. 14583. London. 6 July 1831. col B, p. 8.
  4. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 14583. London. 6 July 1831. col A-B, p. 5.
  5. ^ "From Lloyd's List – Dec. 2". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17218. 5 December 1831.
  6. ^ "Thursday Evening's Ship News". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1061. 2 September 1831.
  7. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14632. London. 1 September 1831. col D, p. 4.
  8. ^ a b c "Montreal, June 18". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 9820. 26 July 1831.
  9. ^ "Domestic Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette. 17 October 1831.
  10. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2435. 19 July 1831.
  11. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14628. London. 27 August 1831. col E.
  12. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2438. 9 August 1831.
  13. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 14622. London. 20 August 1831. col F, p. 3.
  14. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1055. 22 July 1831.
  15. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14629. London. 29 August 1831. col F, p. 6.
  16. ^ "Wreck of the Frederick Colonial craft". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 25 June 1831.
  17. ^ "From Lloyd's List – June 24". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17153. 27 June 1831.

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