The list of shipwrecks in June 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1831.
Ship | State | Description |
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Friends | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Bridgwater, Somerset.[1] |
Home | United States | The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Beavertown, Pennsylvania. All on board were rescued.[2][3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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General Jackson | United States | The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in Haverstraw Bay with the loss of at least two lives. She was on a voyage from New York City to Peekskill, New York.[4] |
Jane Young | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of the Bassein Fort, India. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India.[5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dee | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bonny, Nigeria.[6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Superior | United States | The ship was wrecked off Crooked Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica.[7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amethyst | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[8] |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Halifax.[8] |
Supply | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Halifax.[8] |
Ship | State | Description |
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America | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Wreck Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemens Land to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[9] |
Ship | State | Description |
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William and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea off Götaland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia[10] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Avon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tobago.[11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St. Johannes | Denmark | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Mandahl, Norway. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Great Wass Island, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
London | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Port Medway, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Port Medway to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Conceicão | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km)) south west of Bahia, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macao to Bahia.[15] |
Fame | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank off South Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss.[13] |
Frederick | New South Wales | The ship foundered off Port Stephen with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle.[16] |
Shannon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[17] |