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The '''list of shipwrecks in November 1840''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during November [[1840]].
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==1 November==
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|ship=''Bleng''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank in a [[hurricane]] at [[San Blas Atempa]], Mexico.<ref name=Times080241>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 February 1841 |page=7 |issue=17588 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Times160241>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 February 1841 |page=7 |issue=17595 |column=B-C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Maria del Carmen''
|flag={{flag|Mexico|1823}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at San Blas Atempa.<ref name=Times160241/>
}}
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==2 November==
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|ship=''Adelaide''
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The ship sank at [[Tarragona]].<ref name=MC171140/>
}}
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|ship=''George''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground and capsized on the Cross Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Norfolk]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=BNP181140>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Bury and Norwich Post, & East Anglian |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=18 November 1840 |issue=3047 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hopewell''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with the [[schooner]] ''Yandeu''<!--per Lloyd's Register, 1839--> ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the Nash Sands and sank with the loss of five lives. Four or six people were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Newport, Monmouthshire]] to [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref name=Times071140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 November 1840 |page=3 |issue=17509 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=MC071140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 November 1840 |issue=22138 }}</ref><ref name=BM141140>{{Cite news |title=Fatal Collision in the Bristol Channel |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=14 November 1840 |issue=2644 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Julia''
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in [[Gibraltar Bay]].<ref name=Times181140a/> She was on a voyage from [[Norfolk, Virginia]] to [[Gibraltar]]. ''Julia'' was refloated on 13 November.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Mary Ann and Arabella''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Tarifa]], Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from  [[Gibraltar]] to [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref name=MP081240>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 December 1840 |issue=21809 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Victory''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the [[North Sea]]. She was on a voyage from Bangor to [[London]].<ref name=S031140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 November 1840 |issue=5109 }}</ref>
}}
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==3 November==
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|ship=''Blucher''
|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Kerch]].<ref name=CM141240/>
}}
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|ship=''Due Amichi''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[schooner]] foundered in the [[Sea of Azov]] off Kerch.<ref name=CM141240/>
}}
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|ship=''Julia''
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in [[Gibraltar Bay]].<ref name=MC181140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 November 1840 |issue=22147 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Liberal''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and abandoned at [[Mazatlán]], Mexico, where she became a wreck by 9 November. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to Mazatlán.<ref name=MC021240/>
}}
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|ship=''Medina''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Yarmouth, Isle of Wight]]. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth to [[Sunderland, County Durham]].<ref name=NLC141140>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Northern Liberator and Champion |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 November 1840 |issue=161 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''St. Giovani''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kerch.<ref name=CM141240/>
}}
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==5 November==
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|ship=''Norway''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Key Sal Bank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Havre de Grâce]], [[Seine-Inférieure]] to [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], United States.<ref name=Times181240>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 December 1840 |page=7 |issue=17544 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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==6 November==
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|ship=''Bornholm''
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Hornebeck". She was on a voyage from [[Málaga]], Spain, to [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]]. ''Bornholm'' was refloated and towed into [[Copenhagen]] for repairs.<ref name=MP161140/>
}}
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|ship=''Brothers''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the August rocks. She was on a voyage from [[Penzance]], [[Cornwall]] to [[Swansea]], [[Glamorgan]].<ref name=MC101140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 November 1840 |issue=22140 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Clarence''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Helsingør]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to  [[London]].<ref name=MP161140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Margaret''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck the North Bull, in the [[Irish Sea]] off the cost of [[County Dublin]] and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Westport, County Mayo]].''Margaret'' was subsequently taken into [[Dundalk]], [[County Louth]]<ref name=MC101140/>
}}
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|ship=''Margaret''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] with the loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|British Queen||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=Times231240>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 December 1840 |page=7 |issue=17548 |column=F }}</ref> ''Margaret'' was on a voyage from [[Chaleur Bay]] to [[Leith]], [[Lothian]].<ref name=S221240>{{Cite news |title=~Arrival of the British Queen |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 December 1840 |issue=5151 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Margarethe''
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The ship ran aground off [[Beddingestrand]], Sweden. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], Russia to [[Ghent]].<ref name=CM231140/>
}}
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|ship=''Sir Bourchier Wrey''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the [[Lymington River]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=Times141140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 November 1840 |page=7 |issue=17515 |column=C }}</ref> ''Sir Bouchier Wrey'' was refloated on 14 November.<ref name=MC171140/>
}}
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|ship=''Thomas and Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to [[Arbroath]], [[Forfarshire]].<ref name=MP161140b/>
}}
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==7 November==
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|ship=''Ampion''
|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of [[Apulia]], part of the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]], while on a voyage from Hamburg to [[Gibraltar]] and [[Trieste]].<ref name=Times191140/>
}}
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|ship=''Basque''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Royan]], [[Charente-Maritime]], while on a voyage from "Terra Firma" to [[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times091140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 November 1840 |page=6 |issue=17510 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Omnibus''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven aground in the [[River Afan]].<ref name=MC101140/>
}}
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|ship=''Susannah''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[collier (ship type)|collier]] struck the pier and sank at [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. She was refloated.<ref name=MC101140/>
}}
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==8 November==
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|ship=''Preston''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|45|42|N|23|20|W}}). Her crew were rescued by ''Ambassador'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Preston'' was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British North America]] to [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=CM231140/><ref name=BNL241140>{{Cite news |title=Belfast Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=24 November 1840 |issue=10786 }}</ref>
}}
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==9 November==
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|ship=''Active''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at [[Domesnes]], Norway. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MP301240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=30 December 1840 |issue=21828 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Collina''
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Croyde]], [[Devon]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Prince Edward Island]], [[British North America]] to [[Bridport]], [[Dorset]], United Kingdom.<ref name=S121140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 November 1840 |issue=5117 }}</ref><ref name=MC161140>{{Cite news |title=Melancholy Shipwreck |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 November 1840 |issue=22145 }}</ref><ref name=MC231140/>
}}
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|ship=''Mary''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked between [[Groix|Île de Groix]] and the [[Glenan Islands]], France. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to [[Barcelona]], Spain.<ref name=Times191140/><ref name=NC271140/>
}}
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==10 November==
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|ship=''Ceres''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at [[Dartmouth, Devon]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] She was on a voyage from [[Visby]], Sweden to [[Marseilles]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]].<ref name=MC131140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 November 1840 |issue=22143 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hope''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the [[River Tees]] and was severely damaged.<ref name=MP161140b/>
}}
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|ship=''New Blessing''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Norfolk]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]].<ref name=HP201140a/>
}}
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==11 November==
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|ship=''Aurora''
|flag={{flag|Bremen}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Domesnes]], Norway. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]], to [[Gävle]], Sweden.<ref name=MC291240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=29 December 1840 |issue=22181 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Copy''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|5|nmi|km}} east of [[Calais]], France. She was on a voyage from [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]] to [[Livorno]], [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]].<ref name=Times091140/> ''Copy'' was refloated on 14 November and resumed her voyage.<ref name=Times181140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Jane Kelly''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Letote Passage. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Tobago]] to [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], [[British North America]].<ref name=MC301140/>
}}
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|ship=''Melrose''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off "Malanta", in the [[Solomon Islands]]. She was on a voyage from [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] to [[Manila]], [[Spanish East Indies]].<ref name=Times200541>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 May 1841 |page=14 |issue=17675 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sophia''
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Kragerø]], Norway. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to [[Lubawka|Liebau]]. ''Sophia'' was refloated and taken into "East Ries" for repairs.<ref name=CM051240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=5 December 1840 |issue=18862 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Vrow Alida''
|flag={{flagc|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Amrum]], [[Duchy of Schleswig]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Leer, Lower Saxony|Leer]] to [[Antwerp]], Belgium.<ref name=Times261140/>
}}
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==12 November==
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|ship=''Champion''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was wrecked on the [[Haisborough Sands]], in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of Norfolk. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British North America]] to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=S141140/><ref name=MP161140b>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 November 1840 |issue=21781 }}</ref><ref name=HP201140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Collins''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Baggy's Point, [[Devon]] with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Prince Edward Island]], [[British North America]] to [[Bideford]], Devon.<ref name=Times161140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Falmouth, Nov. 13, 10 p. m. |date=16 November 1840 |page=5 |issue=17516 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Dart''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at  [[Folkestone]],  [[Kent]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]]. ''Dart'' was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.<ref name=S161140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Elida''
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The ship foundered off [[Bergen]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MC301140/>
}}
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|ship=''Lydia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Portreath]], [[Cornwall]] for [[Neath]], [[Glamorgan]]. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=CM211240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=21 December 1840 |issue=18869 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Montrose''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Point Ebert, British North America with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]] to Liverpool.<ref name=S161240>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 December 1840 |issue=5146 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Rose''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[North Killingholme]], [[Lincolnshire]]. She was on a voyage from Hull to Whitby.<ref name=MC171140/><ref name=HP201140a>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=20 November 1840 |issue=2918 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Three Sisters''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] capsized in the [[Cattewater]] with the loss of all four crew.<ref name=BM211140>{{Cite news |title=Devonshire |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=21 November 1840 |issue=2645 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''William and Catharina''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Enkhuizen]], [[North Holland]]. Her crew were resceued. She was on a voyage from [[Amsterdam]] to [[Hamburg]]. ''William and Catharina'' was later refloated and taken into Enkhuizen for repairs.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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==13 November==
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|ship=''Admiral Berkeley''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}
|desc=The [[troopship]] was driven ashore at the [[Haslar Hospital]], [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]]. Over 900 people were rescued.<ref name=HASG141140>{{Cite news |title=Frightful Rising of the Waters and Devastation of Property, at Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Adjacent Coast |newspaper=Hampshire Advertiser and Salisbury Guardian |location=Southampton |date=14 November 1840 |issue=904 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Alert''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] foundered in the [[Bristol Channel]] between [[Padstow]], [[Cornwall]] and [[Lundy Island]], [[Devon]] with the loss of eight of her nine crew. The survivor was rescued by the [[smack (ship)|smack]] ''Four Friends'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=NC201140/><ref name=NLC211140/>
}}
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|ship=''Ant''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[Humber Keel]] was driven ashore and wrecked between [[Lowestoft]] and [[Southwold]], [[Suffolk]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Maldon, Essex]] to [[Wakefield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=Walberswick>{{cite web |url=http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net/assets/WLHG/ShipsShipwrecks1782-1845.pdf |title=Shipwrecks off Walberswick 1782 - 1845 |first=Alan Farquar |last=Bottomley |publisher=Suffolk Records Society |accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=S141140/>
}}
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|ship=''Ashley''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank at [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]]. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to [[London]]. Ashley was later refloated.<ref name=BNP181140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Betty and Jenny''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was wrecked in [[Douglas Harbour|Douglas Bay]].<ref name=CM231140/>
}}
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|ship=''Caledonia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Arichat, Nova Scotia]], [[British North America]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], British North America to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=S161240/><ref name=LM181240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 December 1840 |issue=1545 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Caravan''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Thorn Island]], [[Pembrokeshire]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=S161140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Clarence''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British North America]] to Hull.<ref name=MC171140/>
}}
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|ship=''Comet''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] struck the quayside and sank at [[Plymouth]], Devon with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=Times171140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Late Hurricane |date=17 November 1840 |page=3 |issue=17517 |column=A }}</ref><ref name=Times201140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Late Storm |date=20 November 1840 |page=2 |issue=17520 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=Times211140/> She was refloated on 22 April 1841 and beached.<ref name=S230441>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 April 1841 |issue=5256 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Dove''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven against the quayside and sank at [[Dell Quay]], [[Sussex]].<ref name=MP271140/>
}}
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|ship=''Deux Frères''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} [[Jersey]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at [[Saint Sampson, Guernsey]], [[Channel Islands]]. She was on a voyage from [[Paimpol]], [[Côtes-du-Nord]] to Jersey.<ref name=S191140/>
}}
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|ship=''Durham Packet''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[County Durham]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times171140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Edouard''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Deal, Kent]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] and was damaged. She was on a voyage from [[London]], United Kingdom to [[Saint Domingo]]. ''Edouard'' was refloated and taken into [[Ramsgate]], Kent.<ref name=Times211140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Ellen''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Sunderland, County Durham]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MC171140/>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Fairy|1826|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Cherokee|brig-sloop}} foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all 43 people on board.<ref name=Walberswick/><ref name=ES271140/><ref name=HP111240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 December 1840 |issue=2920 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Friends''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked west of [[Eastbourne]], [[Sussex]] with the loss of all nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Jersey]], [[Channel Islands]] to [[Sunderland, County Durham]].<ref name=Renno>{{cite book |title=Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century |first=David |last=Renno |pages=129–36|publisher=Amherst Publishing |location=Sevenoaks |year=2004 |isbn=1-903637-20-1}}</ref><ref name=Times171140a/><ref name=HP201140>{{Cite news |title=The Coast |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=20 November 1840 |issue=2918 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Gezina''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of [[Essex]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from  [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]] to London.<ref name=CM231140/>
}}
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|ship=''Helen''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Sunderland. Her nine crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat.<ref name=Times171140/>
}}
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|ship=''Hendon''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times171140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Hope''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the [[River Avon (Bristol)|River Avon]] at [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]]. She was on a voyage from Bristol to [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref name=S141140/> ''Hope'' was refloated on 15 November.<ref name=MC171140/>
}}
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|ship=''Hunter''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] sprang a leak and was beached at [[Yarmouth, Isle of Wight]]. All fifteen people on board were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to London.<ref name=S141140/><ref name=BNP181140a/><ref name=HP201140a/><ref name=HTSC231140>{{Cite news |title=Isle of Wight. |newspaper=The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle |location=Portsmouth |date=23 November 1840 |issue=2146 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Johanna Maria''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The [[schuyt]] was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of [[Orfordness]], Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to [[Vegesack]], [[Bremen]].<ref name=S141140/><ref name=HP201140/> ''Johnanna Maria'' was consequently condemned.<ref name=CM051240/>
}}
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|ship=''Joseph''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] sprang a leak and was beached east of Eastbourne, where she was wrecked.<ref name=Renno/><ref name=HP201140/> Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name=Times201140/>
}}
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|ship=''Joseph and Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked on the Mixen Sands, in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=S161140a/> She subsequently came ashore at [[Selsey Bill]], [[Sussex]].<ref name=Times201140/>
}}
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|ship=''Leonora''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay.<ref name=Times181140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Late Hurricane |date=18 November 1840 |page=2 |issue=17518 |column=F }}</ref> She was later refloated.<ref name=Times211140/>
}}
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|ship=''Lincoln''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at [[Lowestoft]], Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=S141140/> She was refloated on 17 November and taken into Lowestoft in a severely damaged condition.<ref name=S181140/>
}}
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|ship=''Lively''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[smack (ship)|smack]] was driven ashore at [[Bracklesham Bay]], Sussex. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from [[Poole, Dorset]] to [[Newhaven, Sussex]].<ref name=S161140a/><ref name=MC201140>{{Cite news |title=The Late Storm |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 November 1840 |issue=22149 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lydia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from [[Portreath]], Cornwall to [[Neath]], [[Glamorgan]].<ref name=Times181240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Madras''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] was driven ashore and wrecked in [[Stokes Bay]].<ref name=HASG141140/>
}}
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|ship=''Margaret''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked near [[Ilfracombe]], Devon. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Falmouth, Cornwall]] to [[Neath]], Glamorgan.<ref name=S161140a/><ref name=BM281140a>{{Cite news |title=Devonshire &c. |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=28 November 1840 |issue=2646 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mary''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Roedean, Sussex]]. Her six crew were rescued by [[Manby Mortar|rocket apparatus]]. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Sussex]].<ref name=Times161140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Late Storm |date=16 November 1840 |page=5 |issue=17516 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=MP161140/><ref name=S161140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Mary''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[collier (ship type)|collier]], a [[brig]], sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. Her twelve crew were rescued by the [[yawl]] ''Pilot'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Mary'' was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], County Durham to London<ref name=S141140/><ref name=MP161140a/><ref name=BNP181140a>{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth, Nov. 16. |newspaper=The Bury & Norwich Post, & East Anglian |location=Bury St Edmunds |date=18 November 1840 |issue=3047 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mary and Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coat of [[County Wicklow]]. She was on a voyage from [[Dublin]] to [[Newport, Monmouthshire]].<ref name=LM201140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=20 November 1840 |issue=1541 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mayflower''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized and sank at [[Southampton]], Hampshire.<ref name=MP171140>{{Cite news |title=The Late Hurricane |newspaper=The MorningPost |location=London |date=17 November 1840 |issue=21782 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Metta Claudine''
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[galleass]] was driven ashore near [[Hjørring]]. She was on a voyage from Hull to [[Thisted]].<ref name=CM101240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=10 December 1840 |issue=18864 }}</ref><ref name=HP111240/>
}}
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|ship=''Meteor''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the [[River Humber|Humber]] near Limekiln Creek. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Hull.<ref name=S141140/>
}}
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|ship=''Monica''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven onto the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=S161140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Montrose''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was wrecked near "Port Ebert", British North America with the loss of two passengers. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London.<ref name=MC171240/><ref name=BNL221240>{{Cite news |title=Belfast Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 December 1840 |issue=10794 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Natchez''
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Nettlestone]], [[Isle of Wight]], United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to [[Savannah, Georgia]]. ''Natchez'' was refloated and towed into Portsmouth.<ref name=S141140/><ref name=MC171140/>
}}
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|ship=''Nimrod''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at [[Southampton]], Hampshire.<ref name=MP161140b/><ref name=MP171140/>
}}
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|ship=''Offerton''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore at Newhaven. Her crew were rescued by the [[HM Coastguard|Coast Guard]].<ref name=S161140a/><ref name=MC171140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 November 1840 |issue=22146 }}</ref><ref name=HP201140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Orwell''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked at Portobello. {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of [[Brighton]], Sussex. Her eight crew were rescued by [[Manby Mortar|rocket apparatus]]<ref name=Times161140/><ref name=MP161140/>
}}
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|ship=''Pero''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore at [[Mount Batten]], Devon. She was on a voyage from [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] to London. ''Pero'' was later refloated.<ref name=Times181140/>
}}
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|ship=''Pomona''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore near [[Southsea Castle]], Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Southampton. ''Pomona'' broke up on 20 November.<ref name=MC171140/><ref name=HTSC231140a>{{Cite news |title=Portsmouth. |newspaper=The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle |location=Portsmouth |date=23 November 1840 |issue=2146 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Prince Albert''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off [[Dale, Pembrokeshire]].<ref name=S161140a/> She was refloated on 29 December and taken into [[Milford Haven]], [[Pembrokeshire]].<ref name=MC010141a>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=1 January 1841 |issue=221841 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Queen''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore at [[Sandhale]], Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Hull. She was refloated.<ref name=HP201140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Rambler''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to [[King's Lynn]], Norfolk.<ref name=S161140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Request''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[collier (ship type)|collier]], a [[brig]], was driven ashore and wrecked between [[Dunwich]] and [[Walberswick]], Suffolk with the loss of six of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by [[Manby Mortar|rocket apparatus]].<ref name=Walberswick/><ref name=S141140/>
}}
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|ship=''Rose''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Aberdeen]]. She was on a voyage from [[Wick, Caithness]] to London.<ref name=S171140/>
}}
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|ship=''Rover''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] capsized off [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] with the loss of all five people on board.<ref name=Times181140/><ref name=NLC211140>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Northern Liberator and Champion |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 November 1840 |issue=162 }}</ref> She was on a voyage from [[Whitby]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] to South Shields.<ref name=S161140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Shannon''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barge sank in the [[River Thames]] at [[Limehouse]], [[Middlesex]].<ref name=Times171140c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=17 November 1840 |page=3 |issue=17517 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Shipley''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}
|desc=The transport ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth.<ref name=HASG141140/>
}}
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|ship=''Sir John Seale''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore at Brighton. Her crew were rescued by [[Manby Mortar|rocket apparatus]]. She was on a voyage from [[Leith]], [[Lothian]] to [[Dartmouth, Devon]].<ref name=Times161140/>
}}
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|ship=''Six Brothers''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sailing barge]] was driven ashore and sank at Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.<ref name=S141140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 November 1840 |issue=5119 }}</ref><ref name=NC201140/> ''Six Brothers'' was refloated on 15 November and taken into Great Yarmouth.<ref name=MP171140a>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 November 1840 |issue=21782 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Star''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off the Owers Sandbank, in the [[English Channel]] off the coast of [[Sussex]]. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Malta]] and [[Zante]], [[United States of the Ionian Islands]].<ref name=MP161140>{{Cite news |title=The Late Hurricane |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 November 1840 |issue=21781 }}</ref><ref name=S161140>{{Cite news |title=The Late Storms |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 November 1840 |issue=5120 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Susan''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[collier (ship type)|collier]] capsized off [[Walton-on-the-Naze]], Essex and sank with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to South Shileds.<ref name=MP161140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Syria''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship, which had been launched the previous day, was driven ashore and wrecked on the North Beacon Rock, off Sunderland, with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat.<ref name=Times171140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sunderland, Nov. 13. |date=17 November 1840 |page=3 |issue=17517 |column=A-B }}</ref><ref name=Times241140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Loss of the Syria |date=24 November 1840 |page=6 |issue=17523 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Union''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven onto the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[New York City|New York]], United States to Hull.<ref name=S161140a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Victoria''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth.<ref name=HASG141140/>
}}
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|ship=''Wigeon''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was lost near [[Whitby]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=MP161140a>{{Cite news |title=Awful Sacrifice of Humam Life and Property at Sea |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=16 November 1840 |issue=21781 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''William Pitt''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven onto the Neyland Rock, [[Margate]], Kent. She was on a voyage from London to [[Hastings]], Sussex. ''William Pitt'' was refloated the next day and taken into Margate.<ref name=S161140a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==14 November==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Albert''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Bristol Channel]] [[league (unit)|7 leagues]] ({{convert|21|nmi|km}}) east by south of [[Lundy Island]], [[Devon]] with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Hayle]], [[Cornwall]] to [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]].<ref name=Times181140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Bellona''
|flag=[[File:POL Szczecin flag.svg|22px]] [[Stettin]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on [[Sanday, Orkney|Sanday]], [[Orkney Islands]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to Stettin.<ref name=LM271140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=27 November 1840 |issue=1542 }}</ref><ref name=MC271140/>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Boddingtons|1793 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the [[brig]] ''Theron'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Boddingtons'' was on a voyage from "Romusco" to [[London]].<ref name=NJ0341>{{cite journal |journal=Naval Journal |title=[not cited] |issue=March 1841 |volume= 13 |page=231}}</ref><ref name=Times281140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Late Storms |date=28 November 1840 |page=6 |issue=17527 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Deux Amis''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Memsey Rock. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times130141>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 January 1841 |page=5 |issue=17566 |column=C }}</ref> She was on a voyage from [[Laguna, Santa Catalina|Laguna]], [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]] to [[Dunkerque]], [[Nord (departements)|Nord]].<ref name=MC130141>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 January 1841 |issue=22194 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Eliza and Margaret''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the west side of [[Dungeness (headland)|Dungeness]], [[Kent]] with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to [[Gloucester]].<ref name=S161140a/><ref name=S191140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 November 1840 |issue=5123 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Fama''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the [[River Mersey]]. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[St. Ubes]], Portugal. ''Fama'' was refloated and taken into Liverpool for repairs.<ref name=S161140a>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 November 1840 |issue=5120 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Harmony''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off [[Cromer]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=S161140a/><ref name=NC201140>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc. |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=13 November 1840 |issue=8661 }}</ref> Her crew were rescued by ''Clare'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=HP201140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Hope''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=NLC211140/>
}}
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|ship=''Lowestoffe''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[New South Wales]]
|desc=The ship ran aground, capsized and sank {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off [[Geelong]] with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=GA211140>{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92675369 |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Geelong Advertiser |location=Geelong |date=21 November 1840 |page=2 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mary Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in [[Bigbury Bay]] with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]] to [[Penzance]], [[Cornwall]].<ref name=Times251140/>
}}
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|ship=''Ralph Wylam''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Öland]], Sweden. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[London]].<ref name=MC301140/> ''Ralph Wylam'' was later refloated and put into [[Kalmar]] for repairs.<ref name=MC021240/>
}}
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|ship=''Star''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] struck the Owers Sandbank, in the [[English Channel]] and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to [[Malta]], [[Corfu]], [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]] and [[Zante]], [[United States of the Ionian Islands]].<ref name=Times171140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipwrecks and Loss of Life on the Sussex Coast |date=17 November 1840 |page=3 |issue=17517 |column=A }}</ref><ref name=Times201140/>
}}
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|ship=''Three Johns''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Mistley]], [[Essex]] for [[Goole]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=HP181240>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=18 December 1840 |issue=2921 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Victory''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and severely damaged at [[Bracklesham Bay]], [[Sussex]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times201140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==15 November==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Comet''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] struck the breakwater and sank at [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]] with the loss of all four crew.<ref name=S171140/><ref name=MC231140>{{Cite news |title=The Late Storms |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=23 November 1840 |issue=22151 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Dover Castle''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[paddle steamer]] was driven ashore at [[Cahiracon]], [[County Clare]].<ref name=Times211140/>
}}
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|ship=''Eclipse''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Lowestoft]], Suffolk. she was later refloated and taken into Lowestoft.<ref name=MC171140/>
}}
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|ship=''Emerald''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Étaples]], [[Pas-de-Calais]], France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Bathurst, New Brunswick]], [[British North America]] to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]].<ref name=Times191140/> ''Emerald'' was consequently condemned.<ref name=HP041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Najaden''
|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} [[Grand Duchy of Finland]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Öland]], Sweden. She was on a voyage from [[Åbo]] to an English port. ''Najaden'' was later refloated and resumed her voyage.<ref name=Times121240/>
}}
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|ship=''Perseverance''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was wrecked on the Rose Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of [[Lincolnshire]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=S171140/> She was on a voyage from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] to [[King's Lynn]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=HP201140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Speedwell''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on [[Cranfield Point]], [[County Down]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Saltcoats]], [[Ayrshire]] to [[Milford Haven]], [[Pembrokeshire]].<ref name=Times211140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Wilhelmine''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Seskar]], [[Grand Duchy of Finland]].<ref name=MC171240/>
}}
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|ship=''William and John''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned by her crew and foundered in the [[North Sea]] off [[Ness Point]], [[Suffolk]].<ref name=MC171140/> Her crew were rescued by the [[smack (ship)|smack]] ''Fly'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=NC201140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==16 November==
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|ship=''Commodore''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground and sank off [[The Mumbles]], [[Glamorgan]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]] to [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref name=S191140/><ref name=BNL241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Defiance''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Essex]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]].<ref name=S171140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 November 1840 |issue=5121 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Dolphin''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was in collision with a [[brig]] off [[Kingstown, County Dublin]] and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Aberystwyth]], [[Cardiganshire]] to [[Ayr]].<ref name=CM231140/>
}}
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|ship=''Dumfriesshire''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Carrick Bank, in [[Liverpool Bay]]. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]]. ''Dumfriesshire'' was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times211140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Ebberly''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was wrecked at [[Cefn Sidan]], [[Carmarthenshire]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to [[Barnstaple]], [[Devon]].<ref name=S191140/><ref name=MC231140/> The wreck of ''Ebberly'' was refloated on 26 November.<ref name=MP301140/>
}}
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|ship=''Hand of Providence''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on the Trinity Sand, in the [[North Sea]]. She was on a voyage from [[Stockton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham]] to [London].<ref name=S171140/>
}}
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|ship=''Hope''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of [[Norfolk]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Sunderland, County Durham]] to [[Chatham, Kent]].<ref name=HP201140a/><ref name=CM231140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=23 November 1840 |issue=18858 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''James and Jane''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MC271140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=27 November 1840 |issue=22155 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lord Nelson''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was wrecked. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Poole, Dorset]] to [[Runcorn]], [[Cheshire]].<ref name=Times181140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 November 1840 |page=7 |issue=17518 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Times191140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 November 1840 |page=7 |issue=17519 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=MC191140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=19 November 1840 |issue=22148 }}</ref><ref name=HTSC231140a/> ''Lord Nelson'' was refloated the next day and beached in the [[River Mersey]].<ref name=BNL241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Nerino''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[brig]] capsized off the Isles of Scilly and was subsequently driven ashore at [[Porth Hellick]], on [[St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly|St. Mary's]] on 18 November. Four of her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Dunkerque]], [[Nord (departements)|Nord]] to [[Marseille]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]].<ref name=Times241140/><ref name=S141240>{{Cite news |title=Most Extraordinary Preservation from Shipwreck |newspaper=The standard |location=London |date=14 December 1840 |issue=5144 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Nordlyset''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked between "Oxoe" and [[Flekkerøy]] with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from [[Stettin]] to [[Jersey]], [[Channel Islands]].<ref name=HP111240/><ref name=CM211240/>
}}
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|ship=''Perseverance''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees to London.<ref name=S181140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 November 1840 |issue=5122 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Providence''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] ran aground and sank off The Mumbles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Newport, Monmouthshire]] to [[Hayle]], [[Cornwall]].<ref name=S191140/><ref name=BNL241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Unity''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and wrecked in [[Douglas Harbour|Douglas Bay]], [[Isle of Man]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=S191140/><ref name=BNL271140/>
}}
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|ship=''Venus''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[English Channel]] off [[Portland, Dorset]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Ludd'' ({{flag|Belgium}}). ''Venus'' was on a voyage from [[Jersey]], [[Channel Islands]] to [[Bridport]], [[Dorset]].<ref name=Times041240/><ref name=MC041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Zephyr''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north north west of [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=Times261140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 November 1840 |page=7 |issue=17525 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==17 November==
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|ship=''Anna Sophia''
|flag=[[File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg|22px|border]] [[Lübeck]]
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Irish Sea]] off [[Calf of Man]], [[Isle of Man]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship={{PS|City of Bristol|1827|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] foundered in [[Rhossili Bay]] with the loss of 35 of the 36 people on board. She was on a voyage from [[Waterford]] to [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref name=BC>{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archivedate=22 December 2014 }}</ref><ref name=Times211140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Late Storm |date=21 November 1840 |page=6 |issue=17521 |column=A-B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Eleanor and Jane''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore on the Booth Sands, [[Merionethshire]].<ref name=S191140/>
}}
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|ship=''Elizabeth''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore in the [[Cattewater]]. She was refloated and taken into [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]].<ref name=Times211140/>
}}
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|ship=''Glasgow''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Cape Sable Island]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[British North America]] with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], British North America to [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]].<ref name=Times160141>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 January 1841 |page=3 |issue=17569 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hengist''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Hayling Island]], [[Hampshire]]. Her three crew were rescued by the [[HM Coastguard|Coast Guard]].<ref name=HTSC231140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Scotland''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore and damaged at [[Formby]], Lancashire. Her 29 crew were rescued by the Formby Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool.<ref name=Times211140/> ''Scotland'' was refloated on 13 December and towed into the [[River Mersey]].<ref name=CM231140/><ref name=LM181240/>
}}
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|ship=''Vrow Hellegina''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the [[Vlie]] with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]], United Kingdom to [[Amsterdam]], [[North Holland]].<ref name=Times261140/><ref name=NC041240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==18 November==
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|ship=''Aletta''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[North Sea]] off [[Texel]], [[North Holland]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Grangemouth]], [[Stirlingshire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]].<ref name=MP261140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=26 November 1840 |issue=21799 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Ardent''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the west point of [[Prince Edward Island]], [[British North America]].<ref name=Times190141>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 January 1841 |page=7 |issue=17571 |column=D }}</ref> Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], British North America to [[Neath]], [[Glamorgan]].<ref name=LM220141>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=22 January 1841 |issue=1550 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Boddle''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[smack (ship)|smack]] was wrecked in [[Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight]].<ref name=S201140/>
}}
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|ship=''Border Chieftain''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Spittal Point, [[Northumberland]].<ref name=S211140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 November 1840 |issue=5125 }}</ref> Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MP231140/>
}}
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|ship=''Eleanor and Jane''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Booth Sands, in [[Carnarvon Bay]].<ref name=Times251140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=25 November 1840 |page=3 |issue=17524 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Eliza''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[ketch|Billy-boy]] collided with a [[brig]] and was beached in the [[River Thames]] at [[Wapping]], [[Middlesex]].<ref name=MP191140>{{Cite news |title=The Late Hurricanes |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 November 1840 |issue=21784 |page=6 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Elizabeth''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at [[Dordrecht]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to Dordrecht.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Frederika Louuisa''
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Rönnebeck]]. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Copenhagen]]. ''Frederika Louisa'' was refloated the next day and taken into "Utxce" for repairs.<ref name=Times121240/>
}}
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|ship=''James Duncan''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Ballyholme Bay. She was refloated on 24 November and towed into [[Garmoyle]], [[County Antrim]].<ref name=BNL271140>{{Cite news |title=Belfast Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=London |date=27 November 1840 |issue=10787 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Leslie''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[collier (ship type)|collier]] was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Essex]].<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Maria''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned off the [[Isles of Scilly]]. She was on a voyage from [[Swansea]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Maria''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island and was abandoned by her crew.  She was on a voyage from Quebec City to [[derry|Londonderry]].<ref name=Times160241/>
}}
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|ship=''Oletta''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off [[Texel]], [[North Holland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Grangemouth]], [[Stirlingshire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to [[Rotterdam]], South Holland.<ref name=Times261140/>
}}
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|ship=''Rose''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Spittal Point.<ref name=S211140/> Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MP231140/>
}}
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|ship=''Ruby''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Charlotte''({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Ruby'' was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lisbon.<ref name=Times160241/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==19 November==
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|ship=''Activo''
|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Bay of Biscay]] with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to [[Lisbon]].<ref name=LM181240/> She was taken into [[St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]], [[Virgin Islands]] on 19 January 1841.<ref name=LM120341>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 March 1841 |issue=1557 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Alexander and Camilla''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Ameland]], [[Friesland]], Netherlands. She was on a voyage from [[Windau]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] to [[Millbay]], [[Devon]].<ref name=Times271140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 November 1840 |page=7 |issue=17526 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Bransby''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Ravenglass]], [[Cumberland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Newport, Monmouthshire]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=MC211140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 November 1840 |issue=22150 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Constant''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the [[Scheldt]].<ref name=Times251140/>
}}
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|ship=''Eliza''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lamblay Point, [[Devon]].<ref name=S201140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 November 1840 |issue=5124 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Eliza''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Marie Joseph". Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from [[Saint John's, Newfoundland]] to [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[British North America]].<ref name=MC171240/>
}}
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|ship=''Hero''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[County Durham]]. She was on a voyage from [[Dundee]], [[Forfarshire]] to [[South Shields]], County Durham. ''Hero'' was later refloated.<ref name=NLC211140/>
}}
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|ship=''James''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Bangor, County Down]]. She was on a voyage from [[Belfast]], [[County Antrim]] to Liverpool.<ref name=MP231140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=23 November 1840 |issue=21787 |page=8 }}</ref> She was refloated on 22 November and towed into Belfast.<ref name=MP011240/>
}}
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|ship=''Jean''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand and was damaged. She was on a voyage from [[Newburgh, Fife]] to South Shields. ''Jean'' was refloated and taken into South Shields in a leaky condition.<ref name=NLC211140/>
}}
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|ship=''Lamb''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Zeeburg]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands. She was on a voyage from [[Amsterdam]], North Holland to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]]. ''Lamb'' was later refloated and taken into [[Harlingen, Friesland]], Netherlands.<ref name=Times261140/>
}}
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|ship=''Leslie Ogilby''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Swin, off the coast of [[Essex]].<ref name=NC041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Luna''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Mockbeggar, Cheshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Leith]], [[Lothian]] to Liverpool.<ref name=MC211140/>
}}
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|ship=''Mary''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pelican's Point, in the [[Gulf of Smyrna]].<ref name=MC101240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 December 1840 |issue=22166 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mermaid''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Dartmouth, Devon]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times241140/> She was on a voyage from [[Exeter]] to [[Totnes]].<ref name=CM261140/>
}}
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|ship=''Robert and Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore and wrecked at Ruswick, [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Sarah and Nancy''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run down and sunk by ''Ocean'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with some loss of life. Survivors were rescued by ''Ocean''. ''Sarah and Nancy'' was on a voyage from [[Archangelsk]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref name=MP011240/>
}}
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|ship=''Shakespeare''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground near [[Cronstadt]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]].<ref name=MC271140/>
}}
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|ship=''St. Pierre''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the English coast. She was on a voyage from [[Hartlepool]], [[County Durham]] to [[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]].<ref name=Times261140/>
}}
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|ship=''Susanna''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bangor, County Down.<ref name=MP231140/>
}}
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|ship=''Zeefriedenhuis''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the [[Vlie]]. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to [[Stettin]]. ''Zeefriedenhuis'' was later refloated and taken into Harlingen.<ref name=Times261140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==20 November==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Anna Elizabeth''
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore derelict and crewless on [[Juist]], [[Kingdom of Hanover]]. She was on a voyage from [[klaipėda|Memel]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] to [[Ghent]].<ref name=CM141240/>
}}
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|ship=''Brothers''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Essex]]. She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[London]]. ''Brothers'' was refloated and taken into the [[River Colne, Essex|River Colne]] in a severely leaky condition.<ref name=Times261140/><ref name=NC041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Camoens''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at [[La Guaira]], Venezuela. She was on a voyage from [[Trinidad]] to La Guaira. ''Camoens'' was later refloated.<ref name=Times200241>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 February 1841 |page=6 |issue=17599 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Franz Eric''
|flag=[[File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg|22px|border]] [[Lübeck]]
|desc=The ship ran aground off [[Osmussaar]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]]. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to [[Stockholm]], Sweden. ''Franz Eric'' was refloated and beached near [[Spithami]].<ref name=Times071240/><ref name=MC041240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=Lonndon |date=4 December 1840 |issue=22161 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''General Stokes''
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[St. Agnes, Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times251140/>
}}
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|ship=''La Belle Portugaise''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Oreias, Portugal]]. All on board were rescued.<ref name=MC301140a>{{Cite news |title=Portugal |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=30 November 1840 |issue=22157 |edition=Second }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lord Byron''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Wells-next-the-Sea]], [[Norfolk]]. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to Wells-next-the-Sea.<ref name=NC271140/>
}}
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|ship=''Malta''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]]. She was subsequently taken into [[Prince Edward Island]], arriving on 23 November.<ref name=Times070141/>
}}
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|ship=''Patriot''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore onto the Rose Sand, in the [[North Sea]]. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. She was refloated and beached at [[Tetney|Tetney Haven]], [[Lincolnshire]].<ref name=Times241140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 November 1840 |page=6 |issue=17523 |column=C }}</ref> ''Patriot'' was refloated on 28 November and taken into Hull.<ref name=MP011240/>
}}
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|ship=''Spy''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} [[Jersey]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Seaton, Devon]]. She was on a voyage from Jersey to [[Axmouth]], [[Devon]].<ref name=Times251140/>
}}
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|ship=''The General''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked at [[Portreath]], [[Cornwall]] with the loss of all thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] to [[Marseille]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]], France.<ref name=YH281140>{{Cite news |title=Stockton-on-Tees &c. |newspaper=The York Herald |location=York |date=28 November 1840 |issue=3557 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Tritonia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Pakefield]], [[Suffolk]].<ref name=Times211140a/> She was refloated and taken into [[Lowestoft]], Suffolk.<ref name=Times251140/>
}}
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|ship=''Vixen''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at [[Sharpness, Gloucestershire|Sharpness]], [[Gloucestershire]]. She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==21 November==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Aurora''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Jersey]], [[Channel Islands]] and was severely damaged. She was later refloated.<ref name=MC271140/>
}}
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|ship=''Brothers''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked in the [[Somme (river)|Somme]].<ref name=NC041240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ebenezer''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] ran aground and was wrecked at [[Havre de Grâce]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Sunderland, County Durham]] to [[Caen]], [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]].<ref name=Times261140/><ref name=Times281140/>
}}
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|ship=''Eglintoun''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyferris Point, [[County Down]]. She was on a voyage from [[Troon]], [[Ayrshire]] to [[Belfast]], [[County Antrim]].<ref name=Times271140b/><ref name=BNL011240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eliza''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyferris Point. She was on a voyage from Troon to [[Dublin]].<ref name=Times271140b/><ref name=MC271140/><ref name=BNL011240>{{Cite news |title=Belfast Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=1 December 1840 |issue=10788 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Grecian''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven wrecked on a reef east of [[Hartland Point]], [[Devon]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=S241140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 November 1840 |issue=5127 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Iris''
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Ameland]], [[Friesland]], Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Ghent]].<ref name=Times041240/>
}}
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|ship=''James Andus''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sandhammer Reef, off [[Ystad]]t, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=Times071240/><ref name=HP111240/> ''James'' was refloated on 16 January 1841 and taken into Ystadt.<ref name=Times020241>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 February 1841 |page=7 |issue=17583 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lady Newman''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on [[Faial Island]], [[Azores]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Azores to an English port.<ref name=CM211240/>
}}
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|ship=''Leonidas''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by ''Columbus'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Leonidas'' was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British North America]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=MP130141>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 January 1841 |issue=21839 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mercurius''
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship collided with ''Sara Ann Cornelia'' ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and sank in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull to [[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]].<ref name=MP011240/><ref name=HP041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Speedy''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in [[St Aubins Bay]], Jersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpoolto Jersey. ''Speedy'' was refloated on 23 November.<ref name=MC271140/>
}}
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|ship=''Susannah''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Bangor, County Down]].<ref name=Times261140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Union''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Mount Stone, off the coast of [[Devon]] with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]] to  [[Newport, Monmouthshire]].<ref name=Times241140/><ref name=MP301140>{{Cite news |title=The Late Hurricane |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=30 November 1840 |issue=21802 |page=7 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked east of [[Dieppe]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Caen.<ref name=NC041240/><ref name=NLC051240>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Northern Liberator and Champion |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=5 December 1840 |issue=163 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William and Ellen''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Beadnell]], [[Northumberland]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Grangemouth]], [[Stirlingshire]] to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], Northumberland.<ref name=MP011240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==22 November==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Belinda''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Rhône'' ({{flag|France}}). ''Bolinda'' was on a voyage from [[Troon]], [[Ayrshire]] to [[Malta]].<ref name=Times190141/><ref name=CM230141>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=23 January 1841 |issue=18883 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Catherine''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Margate]], [[Kent]].<ref name=S241140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''City of Londonderry''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] foundered off Margate. She was on a voyage from [[Havre de Grâce]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France to [[London]].<ref name=MP271140>{{Cite news |title=Missing Steamer and Ships |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=27 November 1840 |issue=21800 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Cyrus''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Sheringham]], [[Norfolk]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times251140/> She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]].<ref name=Times271140b/> ''Cyrus'' was refloated on 30 November and taken into [[Wells-next-the-Sea]], Norfolk.<ref name=NLC121240>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Liberator and Champion |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=12 December 1840 |issue=164 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Equivalent''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on the Margate Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of [[Kent]]. Her nine crew were rescued by {{SS|Devonshire|1837|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She floated off and came ashore at [[Deal, Kent]] the next day.<ref name=Times261140/><ref name=NC271140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=27 November 1840 |issue=8662 }}</ref><ref name=NLC051240/>
}}
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|ship=''Felicity''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run down and sunk off [[Corton, Suffolk]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Goole]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=Times251140/>
}}
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|ship=''Holcombe''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[ketch]] was in collision with ''John'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} north north west of [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times261140/><ref name=HP271140/>
}}
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|ship=''Hope''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hope''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of [[Great Yarmouth]], Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''John Read''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Dunkerque]], [[Nord (departements)|Nord]], France.<ref name=Times261140/> She was on a voyage from [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]] to [[Sunderland, County Durham]]. ''John Read'' was refloated on 24 November and taken into Dunkerque.<ref name=Times271140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Kaimes''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Spittal, Northumberland]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times241140/> She was on a voyage from [[Elie and Earlsferry|Elie]], [[Fife]] to [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]].<ref name=Times271140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipwreck and Loss of the Crew |date=27 November 1840 |page=5 |issue=17526 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=MP261140/><ref name=BNL011240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on the Sunk Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of Essex with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.<ref name=Times251140/><ref name=Times251140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lamentable Shipwrecks off the Eastern Coast |date=25 November 1840 |page=5 |issue=17524 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mary Anne''
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Ragged Island, Bahamas]]. She was on a voyage from [[Charleston, South Carolina]] to Ragged Island.<ref name=MC130141/>
}}
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|ship=''Nathaniel''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Yarmouth, Isle of Wight]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times241140/><ref name=Times271140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Oak''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore at [[Caister-on-Sea]], Norfolk with the loss of two of the five people on board. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Selby]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=Times241140/><ref name=CM261140/><ref name=HP271140/> She was refloated on 1 December and taken into Great Yarmouth.<ref name=Times041240>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 December 1840 |page=7 |issue=17532 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Pericles''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.<ref name=Benham>{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |pages=174–75 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}</ref><ref name=Times251140/>
}}
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|ship=''Prince Regent''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore at [[St. Ives, Cornwall]].<ref name=Times271140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Royal Packet''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Grimsby]], [[Lincolnshire]]. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.<ref name=HP271140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=27 November 1840 |issue=2919 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ruby''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Horsey, Norfolk]].<ref name=HP271140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sally''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand. She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to London.<ref name=Times251140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sarah''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[Stockton-on-Tees]], County Durham to London.<ref name=Times251140/><ref name=Times271140b/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Spartan''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off [[Harbour Island (Tampa)|Harbour Island]], [[Florida Territory]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Havana]], [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]].<ref name=Times130141/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''St. Rolex''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]].<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Success''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Trimingham]], Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the [[HM Coastguard|Coast Guard]] using rocket apparatus and the Mundesley Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to a French port.<ref name=Times271140b/><ref name=NC041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Thetis''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned and was subsequently wrecked on the Whitings. She was on a voyage from [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]] to [[Borgå]], [[Grand Duchy of Finland]].<ref name=MC091240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 December 1840 |issue=22165 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Thomas''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand.<ref name=Times261140/> Six of her eight crew were rescued by the [[well smack|Barking smack]] ''Friends'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}); the other two were left on board.<ref name=NC041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Tresore''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand. Her crew survived.<ref name=Times271140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Udney''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven onto the West Rocks, [[Harwich]], [[Essex]] and was damaged. She was on a voyage from [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]] to London. ''Udney'' was later refloated and beached.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''United Kingdom''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Utile''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Margate]], Kent. She was on a voyage from London to [[St. Ubes]], Portugal.<ref name=Times261140/>
}}
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|ship=''Vesper''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand.<ref name=ES271140>{{Cite news |title=Harwich |newspaper=The Essex Standard, and County Advertiser |location=Colchester |date=27 November 1840 |issue=512 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Venus''
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between "Fas" and "Holln". She was on a voyage from the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] to [[Marseille]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]].<ref name=MC020141>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 January 1841 |issue=22185'seo }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Vine''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Grimsby]], [[Lincolnshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Wisbech]], [[Cambridgeshire]] to [[Seaham]], County Durham. ''Vine'' was refloated on 11 December.<ref name=Times271140b/><ref name=MC271140/><ref name=MC161240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 December 1840 |issue=22171 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[North Shields]], County Durham to London.<ref name=Times251140/><ref name=ES271140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==23 November==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship={{ship||Claudine|1811 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[File:Claudine and Westminster on shore at Ramsgate 1840.jpg|thumb|''Claudine'' and ''Westminster'' (background).]]The ship was driven ashore at [[Margate]], [[Kent]]. She was on a voyage from [[Madras]], [[company rule in India|India]] to [[London]].<ref name=S241140/> ''Claudine'' was refloated on 9 December and towed to the [[River Thames]].<ref name=CM141240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=14 December 1840 |issue=18866 }}</ref> She was repaired and returned to service.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Diadem''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Beckhithe]], [[Norfolk]]. Her crew had been rescued by [[fishing smack]]s before she came ashore.<ref name=NC041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Elizabeth''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore {{convert|6|nmi|km}} east of [[Calais]], France. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to [[London]].<ref name=Times251140/><ref name=NC111240>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc. |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 December 1840 |issue=8664 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Equivalent''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Kingsgate, Kent]].<ref name=S241140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Farewell''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore on [[Læsø]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Königsberg]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]. ''Farewell'' was refloated and resumed her voyage.<ref name=Times091240/><ref name=HP111240/>
}}
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|ship=''Galway Lass''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground off [[North Foreland]], [[Kent]] and capsized. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=CM261140/> She was subsequently driven onto the [[Sandwich, Kent|Sandwich Flats]] and sank.<ref name=S241140/> ''Galway Lass'' was refloated on 10 December and taken into [[Ramsgate]], Kent for repairs.<ref name=CM141240/><ref name=MP171240>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 December 1840 |issue=21817 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jason''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Sheringham]], Norfolk with the loss of four of her six crew.<ref name=HP041240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=4 December 1840 |issue=2919 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''John Reid''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore at [[Dunkerque]], [[Nord (departements)|Nord]]. She was on a voyage from [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]] to [[Sunderland, County Durham]].<ref name=NC041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Leander''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Cromer]], Norfolk. She was on a voyage from [[Seaham, County Durham]] to London.<ref name=NC041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Mary Ann''
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Harbour Island (Tampa)|Harbour Island]], [[Florida Territory]]. She was on a voyage from [[Charleston, South Carolina]] to [[Ragged Island, Bahamas]].<ref name=Times130141/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Pailas''
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1818}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Sote with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from  [[Torrevecchia Teatina]], [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]] to [[Gothenburg]].<ref name=CM141240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Poule''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of [[Pas-de-Calais]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Naples]], [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]] to [[Dunkerque]], [[Nord (departements)|Nord]].<ref name=Times251140/>
}}
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|ship=''Silva''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was in collision with the [[brig]] ''Hebe'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the [[North Sea]] off Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued  by ''Hebe''. ''Silva'' was on a voyage from [[Goole]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] to London.<ref name=S251140/><ref name=HP271140/>
}}
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|ship=''Supply''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore between [[Mundesley]] and Sheringham. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to a French port.<ref name=S241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Twende Brodre''
|flag=[[file:Svensk flagg 1815.svg|22px]] [[Sweden]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Strömstad]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to [[Stockholm]].<ref name=Times091240/>
}}
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|ship=''Westminster''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Margate.<ref name=CM261140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=26 November 1840 |issue=18858 }}</ref> She was refloated on 7 December and towed into [[Gravesend, Kent]].<ref name=CM121240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=12 December 1840 |issue=18865 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==24 November==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bull Sand, in the [[North Sea]] and was damaged. She was refloated and taken into [[Grimsby]], [[Lincolnshire]] in a sinking condition. ''Ann'' was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[London]].<ref name=MC271140/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Brothers''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[British North America]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in [[Deadman's Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Deadman's Bay]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MC040141>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 January 1841 |issue=22186 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Catherina''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Margate]], [[Kent]]. She was on a voyage from [[Trieste]] to London.<ref name=S251140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 November 1840 |issue=5128 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Felicity''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=HP041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Fort Sattningen''
|flag=[[file:Svensk flagg 1815.svg|22px]] [[Sweden]]
|desc=The ship was beached north of [[Visby]]. She was on a voyage from [[St. Ubes]], Portugal to [[Stockholm]].<ref name=MC171240/>
}}
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|ship=''Gipsy''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Antigua]]
|desc=The [[drogher]] [[sloop]] was driven ashore on Antigua. She was later refloated and taken into [[St. John's, Antigua|St. John's]] for repairs.<ref name=MC040141/>
}}
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|ship=''Good Intent''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] ran aground at [[Alnmouth]], [[Northumberland]]. She was on a voyage from Alnmouth to [[Cambus, Clackmannanshire]].<ref name=MP011240/>
}}
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|ship=''Herman''
|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} [[Grand Duchy of Finland]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Hjørring]], Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]], France to [[Helsinki]].<ref name=Times071240/>
}}
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|ship=''Hillsborough''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[British North America]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Outer Cove]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MC040141/>
}}
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|ship=''Inverness''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]].<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Jasper''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck rocks in Crow Sound and was damaged. She put into [[St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly]].<ref name=S281140/><ref name=MC301140>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 November 1840 |issue=22157 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''John Munro''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of [[Norfolk]] and capsized with the loss of all but her captain.<ref name=Times241140/>
}}
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|ship=''Mercurius''
|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}
|desc=The ship collided with ''Sarah Anna Cornelia'' ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]], United Kingdom to [[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]].<ref name=Times271140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Plato''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef off "Flat River", [[British North America]] and was damaged. She was on a voyage from  [[Richibucto]], [[New Brunswick]], British North America to [[Exmouth]], [[Devon]]. ''Plato'' was refloated and taken to [[Prince Edward Island]], British North America.<ref name=Times070141>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 January 1841 |page=7 |issue=17561 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Spey|1827|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Cruizer|brig-sloop}} was wrecked on a reef in the [[Bahama Channel]]. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Falmouth, Cornwall]] to [[Havana]], [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]], [[Belize City]], [[British Honduras]] and Mexico.<ref name=Times220241>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Portsmouth, Feb. 19. |date=23 February 1841 |page=6 |issue=17600 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Spey>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=6840 |title=British brig-sloop 'Spey' (1827) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=23 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=MC180141>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 January 1841 |issue=22198 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Salacia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank at [[Great Yarmouth]], Norfolk.<ref name=S251140/>
}}
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|ship=''Viscount Melbourne''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore at "Nybra", Sweden. She was on a voyage from [[Hartlepool]], County Durham to [[Pillau]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]].<ref name=Times071240/><ref name=NC111240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==25 November==
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|ship=''Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bull Sand, in the [[North Sea]] and was damaged. She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[London]]. ''Ann'' was later refloated and taken into [[Grimsby]], [[Lincolnshire]] in a sinking condition.<ref name=Times271140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Black Boy''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] ran aground on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated and towed into [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]] by HMRC ''Badger'' ([[File:HM Customs Ensign.PNG|22px]] [[Board of Customs]]). ''Black Boy'' was on a voyage from [[Stockton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham]] to [[Hamburg]].<ref name=HP041240/>
}}
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|ship=''Elfe''
|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was lost near [[Bolderāja]] with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from [[Lisbon]], Portugal to a Russian port.<ref name=Times091240/><ref name=HP181240/>
}}
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|ship=''Henry Briggs''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Conflict Sand, in the [[Gambia River]].<ref name=Times050141/>
}}
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|ship=''Matchless''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gambia River. She was on a voyage from London to [[Banjul|Bathurst]].<ref name=Times050141/>
}}
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|ship=''Udney Castle''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked in [[Table Bay]] with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Cape Town]] and [[Mauritius]].<ref name=Times260141>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 January 1841 |page=7 |issue=17577 |column=C-D }}</ref><ref name=AC310341>{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/195860698 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Literary Record |location=Adelaide |date=31 March 1841 |page=2 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==26 November==
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|ship=''Eliza''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore and damaged at [[Rattray Head]], [[Aberdeenshire]], her crew having abandoned her off that headland. She was on a voyage from [[Bonar Bridge]], [[Sutherlands]] to [[Sunderland, County Durham]]. ''Eliza'' was later refloated and towed into [[Fraserburgh]].<ref name=MP011240>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 December 1840 |issue=21803 }}</ref><ref name=NC111240/>
}}
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|ship=''Frances Lawson''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by ''Cornwall'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Frances Lawson'' was on a voyage from [[Pictou]], [[Nova Scotia]], British North America to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=Times121240>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 December 1840 |page=7 |issue=17539 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=CM141240/><ref name=MC020141/>
}}
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|ship=''Limæs'' or ''Linnea''
|flag=[[file:Svensk flagg 1815.svg|22px]] [[Sweden]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Gotland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Gävle]] to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref name=MC291240/><ref name=HP010141>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=1 January 1841 |issue=2923 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Patrick''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[British North America]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Malden Island, [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. She was on a voyage from Portugal to [[Carbonear]], Newfoundland.<ref name=MC040141/>
}}
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|ship=''Sunbeam''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was in collision with {{PS|British Dominion|1840|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the north Sea off [[Middlesbrough]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=MP011240/>
}}
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|ship=''Venus''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of [[Kolberg]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to Hull.<ref name=HP111240/>
}}
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==27 November==
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|ship=''Cunningham''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked on [[Zea (island)|Zea]], [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]] with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from [[Kertch]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Falmouth, Cornwall]].<ref name=Times270241>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 February 1841 |page=7 |issue=17605 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=MC020141/>
}}
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|ship=''Juffer Wendelina''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Cherbourg]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]].<ref name=CM101240/>
}}
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|ship=''Pero''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized at [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]] and was severely damaged.<ref name=S281140>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 November 1840 |issue=5131 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sarah''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] off the north coast of [[Kent]].<ref name=NC111240/>
}}
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|ship=''St. Louis''
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Havana]], [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]].<ref name=Times140141>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 January 1841 |page=5 |issue=17567 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Venus''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Kolberg]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=Times091240/>
}}
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|ship=''William''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Dogger Bank]]. Her crew were rescued by ''George'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) was on a voyage from [[Kiel]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] to [[London]].<ref name=Times231240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==28 November==
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|ship=''Britannia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Ville de Lyon'' ({{flag|France}}). ''Britannia'' was on a voyage from [[Miramichi, New Brunswick]], [[British North America]] to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]],  [[Northumberland]].<ref name=NLC121240/><ref name=CM141240/>
}}
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|ship=''Caledonia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Arichat, Nova Scotia]], British North America. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=BNL221240/>
}}
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|ship=''Eden''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[County Durham]]. She put back to [[North Shields]] for repairs.<ref name=NC111240/>
}}
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|ship=''Fame''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and damaged at [[Boulmer]], [[Northumberland]].<ref name=Times041240/><ref name=NC041240>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 December 1840 |issue=8663 }}</ref> She was refloated on 9 December and towed into [[Blyth, Northumberland]] for repairs.<ref name=NC111240/>
}}
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|ship=''Farewell''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at [[Pillau]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pillau.''Farewell'' was refloated<ref name=LM181240/>
}}
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|ship=''Flora''
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kohl", Sweden.<ref name=Times071240>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 December 1840 |page=7 |issue=17534 |column=B-C }}</ref><ref name=HP010141/>
}}
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|ship=''Helen Sharpe''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, off [[Amble, Northumberland]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times151240>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Atlantic Steamers |date=15 December 1840 |page=6 |issue=17541 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Joseph''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} [[Guernsey]]
|desc=The ship was in collision with ''Kleine Hermann'' ([[File:POL Szczecin flag.svg|22px]] [[Stettin]]) off the [[Am Stettiner Haff]] and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from [[Swinemünde]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] to Guernsey. ''Joseph'' was refloated and taken into Swindemünde.<ref name=MC071240/><ref name=CM121240/>
}}
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|ship=''Old Maid''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|08|N|42|56|W}}). Eight of her fourteen crew were rescued by ''Lady Gordon'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}); the other six by the [[barque]] ''Port Glasgow'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Old Maid'' was on a voyage from Quebec City to [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=S151240>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 December 1840 |issue=5145 }}</ref><ref name=S161240/><ref name=NC181240>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant tc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 December 1840 |issue=8665 }}</ref><ref name=NC010141>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=1 January 1841 |issue=8667 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''William and Helen''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Beadnell]], Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Grangemouth]], [[Stirlingshire]] to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], Northumberland.<ref name=NC111240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==29 November==
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|ship=''Despatch''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by ''Stephen Whitby'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Despatch'' was on a voyage from [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to [[Saint John's, Newfoundland]], [[British North America]].<ref name=Times130141/><ref name=MC130141/>
}}
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|ship=''Economy''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by ''British Tar'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Economy'' was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], British North America to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]].<ref name=CM141240/><ref name=MC050141>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 January 1841 |issue=22187 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Emma''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[well smack|Barking smack]] was run down and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off [[Harwich]], [[Essex]] by {{PS|City of Aberdeen|1835|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued by ''City of Aberdeen''.<ref name=HP041240/>
}}
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|ship=''General Stockton''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Perranzabuloe]], [[Cornwall]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=TEFP031240>{{Cite news |title=Cornwall |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=3 December 1840 |issue=3914 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lykken''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire off "Filfoed". She was on a voyage from [[Drammen|Dram]] to [[Oslo|Christiana]].<ref name=MC171240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 December 1840 |issue=22172 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|French frigate|Magicienne|1823|2}}
|flag={{Navy|France}}
|desc=The [[frigate]] was wrecked on the Bombay Shoal, in the [[Palawan Passage]]. Her crew reached [[Palawan (island)|Palawan]], [[Spanish East Indies]]. They were rescued on 2 December by ''Clifford'', ''Mysore'' (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and ''Favourite'' ({{flag|France}}). ''Magicienne'' was on a voyage from [[Singapore]] to [[Manila]], Spanish East Indies.<ref name=Times100341>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of the French Frigate Magicienne. |date=10 March 1841 |page=4 |issue=17614 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==30 November==
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|ship=''Blucher''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Bay of Biscay]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Felix'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=Times231240/>
}}
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|ship=''Childe Harold''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Quarries, in the [[Orkney Islands]]. She was on a voyage from [[Wick, Caithness]] to [[Limerick]]. ''Childe Harold'' was refloated the next day.<ref name=MC101240/>
}}
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|ship=''Consolation''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Clifden]], [[County Galway]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=MC071240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 December 1840 |issue=22163 }}</ref><ref name=CM101240/> She was on a voyage from [[Tralee]], [[County Kerry]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=S191240>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 December 1840 |issue=5149 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Emerald''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and wrecked on [[Sanda Island]], [[Argyllshire]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]], France.<ref name=LM181240/><ref name=NC181240/>
}}
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|ship=''London''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore at [[Sheringham]], [[Norfolk]]. She was on a voyage from [[Aberdeen]] to [[London]]. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.<ref name=MC041240/><ref name=CM051240/>
}}
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|ship=''Swinemünde''
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Stevn Klint. She was on a voyage from [[Klaipėda|Memel]] to [[Grangemouth]], [[Stirlingshire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref name=CM141240/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==Unknown date==
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|ship=''Albion''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Læsø]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[London]]. ''Albion'' was refloated and taken into [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, where she arrived on 24 November.<ref name=Times071240/>
}}
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|ship=''Amphion''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of "Paglia". She was on a voyage from [[Hamburg]] to [[Gibraltar]] and [[Trieste]].<ref name=MC191140/>
}}
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|ship=''Caledonia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] foundered whilst towing a French [[barque]] from "St. Katherine's" to [[Havre de Grâce]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France. The barque was presumed to have also foundered.<ref name=BM281140>{{Cite news |title=Bristol Ship News |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=28 November 1840 |issue=2646 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Catherine Caroline''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Dragør]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Bridgwater]], [[Somerset]] to [[Greifswald]]. She was refloated and taken into Copenhagen, where she arrived on 26 November.<ref name=Times071240/>
}}
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|ship=''Celestine''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from [[La Rochelle]], [[Charente-Maritime]] to London. She was towed into the [[Île de Seine]] on 1 December.<ref name=MP081240/>
}}
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|ship=''Clarence''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] off the north coast of [[Kent]]. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.<ref name=MP011240/><ref name=MC021240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 December 1840 |issue=22159 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Economy''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name=Times050141>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 January 1841 |page=3 |issue=17559 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Flora''
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The [[galiot]] was driven ashore and wrecked near "Kohl", Sweden.<ref name=MC021240/>
}}
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|ship=''Geirtrude''
|flag=[[File:Merchant Ensign of Holstein-Gottorp (Lions sinister).svg|22px]] [[Duchy of Holstein]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]], [[Pas-de-Calais]], France on or before 12 November. She was on a voyage from [[Cádiz]] to [[Tønning]].<ref name=MP161140a/>
}}
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|ship=''General''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off "Perrow"<!--Peru?--> with the loss of all hands.<ref name=NC240642>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=24 June 1842 |issue=8742 }}</ref>
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|ship=''Hannah''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[New South Wales]]
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Sydney Heads|South Head]], [[Port Jackson]].<ref name=A011240>{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36850976 |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Australian |location=Sydney |date=1 December 1840 |page=3 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Iduna''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1818}}
|desc=The ship sank off [[Stavanger]]. She was on a voyage from [[St. Ubes]], Portugal to [[Egersund]]. ''Iduna'' was refloated in June 1841 and towed into [[Kopervik|Kobervig]].<ref name=Times170741>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 July 1841 |page=7 |issue=17725 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Joachim''
|flag=[[File:Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg|22px]] [[Austrian Empire]]
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked in the [[Bay of Biscay]]. Her thirteen crew were rescued by ''Argyle'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=FPCJ130341>{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228246389 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Free Press and Commercial Journal |location=Sydney |date=13 March 1841 |page=2 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lise Chérie''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Calais]]. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to [[Dunkerque]], [[Nord (departements)|Nord]].  ''Lise Chérie'' was refloated on 7 November and taken into Calais.<ref name=MC131140/>
}}
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|ship=''Luna''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Mockbeggar, Cheshire]]. She was refloated on 10 November and taken into [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=Times211140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 November 1840 |page=6 |issue=17521 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mary''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from  [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] before 13 November bound for [[Dunkerque]], [[Nord (departements)|Nord]], France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=NLC121240/>
}}
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|ship=''Myrtle''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[British North America]]
|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned in the Atlantic OCean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} south of Table Island on or before 30 November.<ref name=MC040141/>
}}
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|ship=''Prince Coburg''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on or before 23 November.<ref name=Times041240/>
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|ship=''Silon''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk on or before 29 November.<ref name=MP011240/>
}}
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|ship=''Stovit''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 24 November.<ref name=Times271140b/>
}}
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|ship=''Thetis''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[North Sea]] before 22 November. She was on a voyage from [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]] to [[Bergen]], Norway. She was subsequently wrecked on the Whitings.<ref name=Times091240>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 December 1840 |page=7 |issue=17536 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Vigilant''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was towed into [[Heligoland]] in a waterlogged condition but broke up on 24 November.<ref name=MC021240/>
}}
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|ship=''Zephyr''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 1 December.<ref name=MC221240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=22 December 1840 |issue=22176 }}</ref><ref name=HP251240>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=25 December 1840 |issue=2922 }}</ref>
}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1840-11]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in November 1840| ]]