The list of shipwrecks in August 1841 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1841.
7 August
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Ann |
United Kingdom |
The ship was run down and sunk in the Sloyne. Her crew were rescued.[10] |
Josephine |
Hamburg |
The ship ran aground off Paterholm, in the Kalmar Strait and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Copenhagen, Denmark.[18] |
Mary Ann |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near "Clonea". She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dungarvan, County Antrim.[10] She was refloated the next day.[19] |
Splendid |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Calipash Key, off the coast of Cuba. All on board were rescued.[20] |
Undaunted |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her fifteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[21][22] |
8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Goeland |
France |
The ship departed from Tampico, Mexico for Bordeaux, Gironde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23] |
9 August
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Erie |
United States |
The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire in Lake Erie 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Silver Creek, New York with the loss of 175 lives. Twenty-nine survivors were rescued by the steamships Clinton and Lady (both United States). Erie was taken in tow but consequently sank.[24][25] |
Euphemia |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Peniche, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[13] |
Jane |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in the River Blackwater at Maldon, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Maldon.[26] |
Mathesis |
United Kingdom |
The ship was damaged by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. Mathesis put into Rio de Janeiro, Brazi for repairs. She arrived on 25 August.[27] |
Splendid |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28] |
Vibelia |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in the Mayotte Islands. Her twenty crew were rescued by Uranie ( French Navy). Vibelia was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Aden.[29][30] |
13 August
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Alsen |
Norway |
The ship was in collision with Vernon and foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France to Christiansand.[33] |
Eilcke |
Netherlands |
The ship was wrecked near Süderoog, Duchy of Holstein.[7] |
George |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was later refloated.[32] |
Marmora |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Richmond, Virginia, United States.[21] |
Sveridge Herman |
Sweden |
The ship ran aground off Kåseborga and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to Lübeck.[18] |
21 August
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Mary Bain |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Sandhammaren, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London.[5] Mary Bain was refloated on 28 August.[38] |
Perseverance |
France |
The ship was wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[44] |
St. Mary |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[45][46] |
Speculator |
New South Wales |
The brig was driven on shore on the south coast of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand with the loss of two of her crew. Six men belonging to a shore party drowned while attempting to rescue the crew of the Speculator and Transfer (qv), which was driven on shore during the same storm.[47][48] |
Transfer |
New South Wales |
The brig was driven on shore on the south coast of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. All the crew were saved, but six members of a shore party drowned whilst attempting to save the crew of the Transfer and Speculator (qv), which was driven on shore during the same storm.[47][48] |
28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Diana |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Lucipara Shoal. She was on a voyage from Singapore to London. She was refloated on 30 August and resumed her voyage.[62] |
Francis Jeffrey |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to a Baltic port.[5] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Argo |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Bawdsey, Suffolk. She was refloated on 13 August and taken into Harwich, Essex.[26] |
Canadian |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Bude, Cornwall. She was refloated on 19 August.[16] |
Dolphin |
Sierra Leone |
The schooner was wrecked on Green Island, in the Rio Nuñez.[65] |
Intrupendte Ungaro |
Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia |
The polacca brig was abandoned in the Adriatic Sea on or before 6 August.[37] |
Jeune Marie Charlotte |
France |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom before 13 August.[26] |
Laing |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She had been refloated by 17 August.[66] |
Lord Canterbury |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Round Point. she was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Lord Canterbury was refloated on 16 August and taken into Bristol.[67] |
Marin |
France |
The ship was driven ashore near Kuressaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Marin was refloated on 3 September and taken into Kuresaare.[68] |
Oberlin |
Russian Empire |
The ship ran aground on the Anholt Reef, in the Kattegat. She was on refloated and subsequently put into South Shields,County Durham, United Kingdom, where she arrived on 21 August.[52] |
Overyssel |
Netherlands |
The ship foundered in the Strait of Bali before 3 August.[69] |
Paragon |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River before 7 August. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. Paragon was refloated on 8 August and completed her voyage.[70] |
Perseverant |
France |
The ship was wrecked on Castle Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to a French port.[34] |
Sir F. B. Head |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the River Avon. She was refloated on 13 August and taken into the King Road.[26] |
Sisters |
United Kingdom |
The trow foundered in the Bristol Channel between Flat Holm and Steep Holm with the loss of four of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[71] |
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