The smack was wrecked on the Greenground, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan with the loss of all hands.[1]
February[]
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March[]
17 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1842
Ship
Country
Description
Gurnet
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The smack was driven ashore and capsized at Swansea, Glamorgan with the loss of both crew.[1]
April[]
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May[]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1842
Ship
Country
Description
Industry
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The smack foundered in the Bristol Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of The Mumbles, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her two crew. She was on a voyage from Aberthaw to Aberavon, Glamorgan.[1]
June[]
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July[]
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August[]
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September[]
8 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1842
Ship
Country
Description
John & Elizabeth
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[2]
The sloop-of-war was wrecked at the mouth of the Ligonha River, Portuguese East Africa with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Union (Portugal).
November[]
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December[]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1842
Ship
Country
Description
Water Witch
South Australia
The cutter sank in the Murray River at Moorundie, South Australia.[3]
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↑"The Water Witch wrecksite : a report on the identification, survey and partial recovery of the wrecksite". State Heritage Branch, Dept. of Environment and Planning. 1987. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7243-8934-6.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United States Navy
Portugal).
South Australia