The list of shipwrecks in July 1834 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during July 1834.

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1834
Ship State Description
Vesta  Belgium The ship struck rocks off Plouguerneau, Finistère, France and was beached. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to St. Ubes, Spain.[1]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1834
Ship State Description
Rapid  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Bonny River, Nigeria. Her crew were rescued.[2]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1834
Ship State Description
Earl of Liverpool  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Cocos Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore to London.[3]
Mars  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on East Falkland, Falkland Islands. Her crew took to the boat and were rescued 45 days later by HMS Sparrowhawk ( Royal Navy). Mars was on a voyage from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land to London.[4][5]
Reform  United Kingdom The ship departed from Saint Domingue for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1834
Ship State Description
Georgetown  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Demerara.[7]
Jenny  France The ship was driven ashore near Calais.[1]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1834
Ship State Description
Huskisson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isla de Flores, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[8]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1834
Ship State Description
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Marquis Key. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1834
Ship State Description
Harmonia  Portugal The ship was wrecked near Oporto. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Oporto.[10]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1834
Ship State Description
Trajano  Spain The ship was driven ashore near Marbella. She was on a voyage from Sète, Hérault, France to New York, United States.[11]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1834
Ship State Description
Emelie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Black Rock Sand, Dundalk, County Louth. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Susan  United States The ship was wrecked on Scaterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[7]
Susannah  United States The ship was wrecked on Scaterie Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.[7]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1834
Ship State Description
Amizade  Brazil The brig capsized at Lisbon, Portugal.[13]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1834
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Cape St Vincent, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[14]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1834
Ship State Description
Downe Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[15]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1834
Ship State Description
Jabley  United Kingdom The flat was wrecked in the Menai Strait. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[16]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[17]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1834
Ship State Description
Avon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portreath, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Isles of Scilly.[16]
Henry Grattan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Long Beach, New Jersey, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[18][19]
John  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Gore Sands, in the Bristol Channel.[11]
Lambton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Nimrod  United States The steamboat ran aground on the Quick-run-bar, in the Ohio River 90 miles (140 km) above Cincinnati, Ohio. Her steam pipe burst, causing the death of eight people.[21]
Prosperous  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portreath. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Newhaven, Sussex.[16][17]
Retrieve United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Vincent The drogher foundered in a squall. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Robert  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Staithes. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portreath. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Isles of Scilly.[17]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1834
Ship State Description
Ugonia  France The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of Cape St Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Margaret ( United Kingdom). Ugonia was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[23][24]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1834
Ship State Description
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Wilmington, Delaware, United States.[13]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1834
Ship State Description
Atlas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Appo Shoal. She was on a voyage from China to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[25]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1834
Ship State Description
Ewell  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef whilst on a voyage from Port Morant to Carlisle Bay, Jamaica.[26]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1834
Ship State Description
Esk  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Muckle Skerry, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Brora, Sutherland to Tongue, Sutherland.[27]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1834
Ship State Description
Duchess of Richmond  United Kingdom The ship was lost off "Bauffo Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to the Clyde.[28]
Schnelheit en Jonge  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Schiedam, South Holland.[29]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1834
Ship State Description
Sicilian  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[30]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1834
Ship State Description
Jean Stuart  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[31]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1834
Ship State Description
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Brancaster, Norfolk.[29]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1834
Ship State Description
Caroline  France The ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico before 18 July. She was on a voyage from Tuxpan, Mexico to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[32]
Edward and Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Moulmein, Burma before 26 July. She was on a voyage from "Akyale" to Madras, India.[33]
Helen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The drogher was lost in Innis Bay, Jamaica before 23 July.[26]
Isabella Simpson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Chat, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy Kirkcudbrightshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[7]
Leonidas  United States The ship was lost at Pernambuco, Brazil before 30 July.[34]
Six Sisters  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered before 5 July. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16]

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