List of shipwrecks in December 1842
Ship Country Description
Confidence United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Alliance ( United Kingdom ) . Confidence was on a voyage from New York to Eggs Harbour
Crown United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Prince George ( United Kingdom ) . Crown was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint John , New Brunswick , British North America
Ferdinand Prussia The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Hornbeck . She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom to Königsberg . She was refloated
George Wallis United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Sunda . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from London to China . The Malays plundered and burnt the wreck
Jupiter Dantzic The ship was wrecked near Leba , Prussia . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from London to Dantsic
The list of shipwrecks in December 1842 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1842.