The list of shipwrecks in November 1839 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1839.
1 November
2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1839 | Ship | State | Description |
| Elisabeth Jacoba | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.[1] |
| Frau Christina | Hamburg | The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Heligoland. she was on a voyage from Altona to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[4] |
| Palme | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Pico Island, Azores with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[5] |
| Seine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat. Seine was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[1] She was refloated on 7 November.[6] |
3 November
4 November
5 November
6 November
7 November
8 November
9 November
10 November
11 November
12 November
13 November
14 November
15 November
17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1839 | Ship | State | Description |
| Circassian | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by all bar her captain. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. Circassian was refloated the next day and take into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[40] |
| Jupiter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. Jupiter was later refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[41] |
| Mathilda | Bremen | The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Stettin. Mathilda was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20] |
| Perseverance | France | The ship struck a sunken rock and sank at Dunkirk, Nord. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Dunkirk.[5] Perseverance was refloated on 19 November and taken into Dunkirk.[42] |
18 November
19 November
20 November
21 November
22 November
23 November
24 November
25 November
26 November
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1839 | Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Grimstons, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She consequently put into Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[57] |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. Flora was later refloated and towed to Copenhagen for repairs.[41] |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was drivenashore near Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Miramichi.[58] |
| New St. George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lancaster, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lancaster.[41] |
| Philadelphia | United States | The ship was driven ashore on "Sunda Island" or "Tendo Island, in the Black Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Odesa.[17][37] |
| William's Increase | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[20] |
27 November
28 November
29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1839 | Ship | State | Description |
| Ariel | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Alnmouth and Warkworth, Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[62][63] |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[53][64] |
| Celia | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Bridges, in the Irish Sea off Groomsport, County Down and sank.[53] |
| Dorothea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scoughall, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fårö, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[62] |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Hendon, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshireto Sunderland. Eagle had become a weck by 3 December.[53][64][65] |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Docking Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Defence ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[21][64] |
| Hart | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Buddan Rocks, off the coast of Forfarshire with the loss of all hands.[62][66] She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[67] |
| Miriam | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lallah Rookh ( United Kingdom) before she foundered. Miriam was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Falmouth, Cornwall.[68] |
| Medusa | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Filey, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member.[53][64] |
| Oby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to London. Oby was refloated on 2 December.[21][67][69] |
Prins Veld, or Prins Veld Marschalk | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Pampees, off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[12][70] She was refloated on 30 November and resumed her voyage.[41] |
| Russell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Poole. Russell was refloated the next day and taken into Poole.[62] |
| Soken | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate and sank.. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Ramsgate. Soken was later refloated.[21] |
| Tender | Trinity House | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked on Flat Holm, Glamorgan.[53] |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[53][64] |
| Trois Frères | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore at Thornham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[21] |
30 November
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1839 | Ship | State | Description |
| Arthur | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Teignmouth Rocks, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to South Shields.[53][64] Arthur was refloated on 7 January 1840 and taken into South Shields.[55] |
| Betsey and Martha | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Dublin.[28] Betsey and Martha was refloated on 10 December and taken into Porthdinllaen.[71] |
| Comus | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde, where she was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Memel to Swinemünde.[23] |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Teignmouth Rocks. Her crew were rescued by Dennett's Apparaus. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Jersey, Channel Islands.[62][64] |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dorking Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[53][57] |
| Hector | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands to Amsterdam, North Holland.[60] |
| Humanity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool, County Durham.[64] |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Teignmouth Rocks. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to South Shields.[53][64] |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of May, Fife. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire.[72] |
| Petrel | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the River Forth with the loss of all but one of the eleven people on board. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, Lothian to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[67][66] |
| Providoacia | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was later refloated.[73] |
| Trusty | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Blythe Sand. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Trusty was refloated on 1 December with assistance from the steam tug Copeland ( United Kingdom) and taken into Deptford, Kent.[12][21][16] |
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1839 | Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Cape Clear Island, County Donegal in later November with some loss of life.[21] |
| Bell-Rock | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 3 May 1840 and towed into Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[74] |
| Britannia | New South Wales | The ship departed from Port Phillip for Sydney. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[75] |
| Bure | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amsterdam, North Holland. Bure had been refloated by 15 November.[31] |
| Camille | France | The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay between 11 and 15 November. She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[20] |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 November.[20] |
| Clarkson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Wyborg" to Hull, Yorkshire.[6] |
| Cygne | France | The brig was abandoned off "Abreuvrach" with the loss of three of her eight crew.[76] |
| Duncan | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Matanilla Reef (27°04′N 79°11′W / 27.067°N 79.183°W / 27.067; -79.183) before 15 November.[77] |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay before 23 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Liverpool.[78] |
| Emigrant | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Massacre Island". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama, United States.[22] |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and damaged in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[79] Enterprise was refloated on 29 November and taken into Constantinople.[80] |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Frieston, Lincolnshire. She had been refloated by 6 November.[9] |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated on 1 December.[53] |
| Hamilton | United States | The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar before 30 November. She was refloated on 5 December.[60] |
| John Thompson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Blackhouse, Hampshire. She was refloated on 6 November.[9] |
| Malton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire between 25 and 28 November. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[81] Malton was refloated on 29 November.[80] |
| Otter | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Sea of Azov.[79] |
| Prince Le Boo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Strømsø, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Hull.[82][55] |
| Protector | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 24 November.[81] She was refloated on 29 November and taken into Constantinople.[80] |
| Snowdrop | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to London. Snowdrop was refloated on 7 November and put into Stangate Creek.[9] |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Sophia had been refloated by 6 November and taken into Cley-next-the-Sea.[9] |
| Susan and Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Susan and Sarah was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex.[83] |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire. Susannah was taken into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 16 November.[31] |
| Time | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pill, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Swansea, Glamorgan. Time had been refloated by 25 November.[20] |
| Whim | Saint Vincent | The sloop was wrecked on Union Island before 6 November.[22] |
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