The list of shipwrecks in July 1847 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1847. 
   1 July
  2 July
  3 July
   List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1847   | Ship | State | Description | 
  | Alfred |  United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew survived, some were rescued by the brig Peru (  Denmark).[6][7] | 
  | Bon Accord |  United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew survived, some were rescued by Peru (  Denmark).[6][7] | 
  | Twende Sostre |  Prussia | The ship ran aground and sank at Thornham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[1][8] | 
  | White Oak | .svg.png) United States | The ship was driven ashore on Goree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York.[9] She was refloated on 6 July and towed in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[10] | 
  4 July
   List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1847   | Ship | State | Description | 
  | Active |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition.[1] | 
  | Arthur |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off "Clavels", Dorset. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2] | 
  | Athlone |  United Kingdom | The steamship was stranded in fog on Mew Island, near Donaghadee, County Down. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Belfast, County Antrim.[2] She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, where she arrived the next day.[11] | 
  | Enterprise |  New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked in the Richmond River.[12] | 
  | Sea King |  United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was stranded in fog on Mew Island. All passengers and crew saved.[13] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast.[2] She capsized and was wrecked.[11] | 
  5 July
  6 July
  7 July
  8 July
  9 July
  10 July
  11 July
   List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1847   | Ship | State | Description | 
  | Duke of Cornwall |  United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was driven ashore in Gerran's Bay, Cornwall. She was refloated and towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall.[28] | 
  | Nueva Yberia |  Spain | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Guinchos. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havana, Cuba.[29] | 
  | Ugie |  Stettin | The ship ran aground on the Westerground, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated the next day and put in to Swinemünde, Prussia.[17] | 
  | Vixen |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Patras, Greece.[30] | 
  12 July
  13 July
  14 July
  15 July
   List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1847   | Ship | State | Description | 
  | La Bellone |  France | The lugger struck rocks off the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[27][33] | 
  | Margaret |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on The Manacles and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[3] | 
  | Marie |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[34] | 
  | William Irvine |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Black Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[35][33] | 
  16 July
  17 July
   List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1847   | Ship | State | Description | 
  | Don Juan | Flag unknown | The schooner departed from Hong Kong for Shanghai, China. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands, possibly on 20 September.[41] | 
  | John |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a reef off Storholm. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[42] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[34] | 
  | Salami |  Russia | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt between Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands and Lille, Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Odesa to the city of Antwerp.[17] | 
  | Young Dixon |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a reef off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[43][20] | 
  18 July
  19 July
  19 July
  20 July
  21 July
  22 July
  24 July
  25 July
  26 July
  27 July
  28 July
   List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1847   | Ship | State | Description | 
  | Stalkart |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Saugor, India. She was on a voyage from India to an English port.[55] | 
  29 July
  30 July
  31 July
  Unknown date
   List of shipwrecks: unknown date in July 1847   | Ship | State | Description | 
  | Azieta | .svg.png) United States | The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 3 July.[33] | 
  | Betsey |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Tulcea, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from the Danube to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. She was later refloated and consequently put in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[43] | 
  | Brothers |  New South Wales | The ketch was wrecked at Crowdy Head in late July. Both crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Twofold Bay.[59] | 
  | Clarisse |  France | The ship was wrecked on Saint Pierre Island with the loss of 65 lives.[60] | 
  | Elizabeth |  United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 July.[31] | 
  | Flying Fish |  New Zealand | The ship was lost off the east coast on New Zealand before 17 July.[61] | 
  | Golden Fleece |  New South Wales | The ship ran aground in the Richmond River.[62] | 
  | Inez | .svg.png) Portugal | The ship ran aground and sank at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued.[63] | 
  | Lady Fitzroy |  New Zealand | The craft was swamped on the east coast of North Island before 17 July, with the loss of ten lives. The same storm claimed several smaller craft.[64][61] | 
  | Lucy | .svg.png) United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 5 July.[33] | 
  | Maria Ramiette |  France | The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Brest, Finistère.[65] | 
  | May Queen |  United Kingdom | The ship raround at Tarabya, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Falmouth or Cork. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Hecla (  Royal Navy).[66] | 
  | Montebello | .svg.png) United States | The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[67] | 
  | Perseverance |  New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked off the coast of Otago, New ZealandShe dragged her anchor during a storm and was driven on shore.[64] | 
  | Rover |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Placentia Bay. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Southampton, Hampshire.[68] | 
  | Sir Herbert Maddock | .svg.png) India | The steamship was wrecked in the Hooghly River at Fort Gloucester, 15 nautical miles (28 km) downstream of Calcutta.[69] | 
  | Two Brothers |  New Zealand | The ship was lost off the east coast of New Zealand before 17 July.[61] | 
  | Vrouw Anna |  Hamburg | The ship struck a sunken rock and capsized near "Mühlenberg". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stettin.[33] | 
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