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The '''list of shipwrecks in 1840''' includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1840.

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==January==
===12 January===
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|ship={{PS|William Huskisson|1826|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The paddle steamer sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of at least 47 lives. Survivors were rescued by ''Huddersfield'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''William Huskisson'' was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.<ref name=WH>{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=20445&vessel=WILLIAM+HUSKISSON |title=William Huskisson |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |accessdate=15 February 2017}}</ref>
}}
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===13 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 January 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship={{ship||Lexington|steamship|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}
|desc=[[File:Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington.jpg|thumb|''Lexington''.]]
The paddle steamer caught fire off Long Island, New York and sank with the loss of 139 of the 143 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York City to Stonington, Connecticut.
}}
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===21 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 January 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Dolphin'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and wrecked on [[Burry Holms]], Glamorgan with the loss of all five crew.<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}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Shepherd'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Worms Head, Glamorgan with the loss of al hands.<ref name=BC/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Suir'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barque was driven ashore at [[Llanmadoc]], Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=BC/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===24 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 January 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Saggitario'' 
|flag=[[File:Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg|22px]] [[Austrian Empire]]
|desc=The [[polacca]] was wrecked near [[Chesil Beach]].  Dorset, [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]. Her thirteen crew were rescued.<ref name=Dorset>{{cite web |url=http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Wrecks%20off%20Burton%20Bradstock/Historical%20list%20of%20wrecks.htm |title=Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis |publisher=Burton Bradstock Online |accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref>}}
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===27 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 January 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''{{not a typo|Quebeck}}'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with '''''Request''''' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off Pakefield, Suffolk. Both vessels foundered, their crews were rescued.<ref name=Walsberswick>{{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>}}
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==February==
===5 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 February 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Perseverance'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cardigan. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Walsberswick/>}}
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===17 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 February 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''[[Gaillardon (1833 ship)|Gaillardon]]'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the northern of False Point at the mouth of the Hooghly River. Her crew were rescued. The mate pilot was drowned trying to the save wreck.}}
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==March==
===11 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 March 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Hope'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The paddle steamer (South Africa's first coastal steamer) was wrecked near Cape St. Francis.  All 72 passengers and crew reached shore on a constructed raft and a damaged [[jolly-boat]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Loss of the 'Hope' Steamer of the Western Coast of Africa|work=The Standard|issue=4979|date=4 June 1840|location=London|page=3}}</ref>
}}
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==April==
{{empty section|date=February 2016}}

==May==
{{empty section|date=February 2016}}

==June==
{{empty section|date=February 2016}} 
==July==
===28 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 July 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship={{HMS|Buffalo|1813|6}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The [[full-rigged ship]] was wrecked in [[Mercury Bay]] with the loss of two of her crew.}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==August==
===20 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 August 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship={{ship|Texan schooner|San Jacinto||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Republic of Texas}}
|desc=The 5-gun [[schooner]] as wrecked at Cayo Arcas, Mexico.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===29 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 August 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship={{ship||Frances|1839|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} South Australia
|desc=The [[cutter (ship)|cutter]] was wrecked on [[Neptune Island]]. Her crew survived.}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==September==
===27 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 September 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship={{HMS|Imogene|1831|2}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Conway|corvette}} was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==October==
{{empty section|date=February 2016}}

==November==
===4 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Hopewell'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was run into by the [[schooner]] ''Yanden'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of five of the twelve people on board. Survivors were rescued by ''Yanden''.<ref name=BC/>
}}
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===13 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Ant'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[Humber Keel]] was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Walsberswick/>
}}
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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 hands.<ref name=Walsberswick/>
}}
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|ship=''Request'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[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=Walsberswick/>}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
===14 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship={{ship||Boddingtons|1793 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea on 14 November 1840. Her crew of 14 was taken off.<ref>''Naval Journal'', (March 1841), Vol. 13, p.231.</ref>
}}
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===17 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 November 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''City of Bristol'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamship foundered in [[Rhosilli Bay]] with the loss of 25 of the 27 people on board. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.<ref name=BC/>}}
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==December==
===2 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 December 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship={{HMS|Zebra|1815|6}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Cruizer|brig-sloop}} was driven ashore and wrecked at Haifa, [[Ottoman Syria|Syria]].}}
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==Unknown date==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1840 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Jenny'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Cardigan.<ref name=Cardigan>{{cite web |url=http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/ |title=CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE |publisher=Glen Johnson |accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1840]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1840|Maritime incidents in 1840]]