The list of shipwrecks in August 1843 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during August 1843.
1 August
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Bunbury |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyagef rom Newport, Monmouthshire to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken into the Nieuw Diep.[1] |
Memnon |
United Kingdom |
The British East India Company's steam frigate was wrecked off Cape Guardafui, Majerteen Sultanate. All 170 passengers, and her crew, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Suez, Egypt.[2][3] |
Rosalind |
United Kingdom |
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Monte Video, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued.[4] |
Wales |
United States |
The ship was wrecked on Burias Island, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York.[5][6] |
William Thompson |
United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked 35 to 40 nautical miles (65 to 74 km) west of the Arab's Tower, Egypt.[7] |
4 August
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Broughton |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Upgang Rock, off the coast of Yorkshire. She was refloated.[9] |
Cacilda |
United Kingdom |
The ship capsized at Ramsgate, Kent and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[10] |
Dove |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground near "Bratten", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[11] |
Fanny |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Cooke's Point, County Limerick.[12] |
Lady Emily |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia]], British North America. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[13] |
Meteor |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Bocas. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London.[14] |
Water Lily |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Andes ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[15][16] |
8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Caclida |
United Kingdom |
The ship capsized at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[20] |
Ceylon |
United States |
The ship was driven ashore at Guanabo, Cuba. She was refloated the next day and taken into Havana.[24] |
Delphine |
Netherlands |
The ship capsized off Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Banjul to Goree, Zeeland.[25] |
Isis |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on Hamilton's Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.[26] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10] |
Mary |
United Kingdom |
The schooner foundered off Oxwich Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Portreath, Cornwall.[27][28] |
Zephyr |
Norway |
The schooner was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Bilboa, Spain. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20][26] |
16 August
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Chester |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York. She was refloated on 22 September and taken into New York for repairs.[37][38] |
Maine |
Hamburg |
The ship ran aground on the Ostriff. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. She was refloated and Put into Cuxhaven in a severely leaky condition.[39] |
19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Abiezer |
United Kingdom |
The brig was destroyed by fire at Topping's Wharf, Southwark, Surrey.[47][45] |
Agnes and Barbara |
United Kingdom |
The ship sank in the English Channel off the Nab Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[44][46] |
Cornwall |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was damaged by fire at Topping's Wharf.[47][45] |
Daniel O'Connell |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued.[48] |
Dublin Lass |
United Kingdom |
The ship was damaged by fire at Topping's Wharf.[45] |
Emily |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at the entrance to the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Trieste.[49] She was refloated on 29 August and taken into Tenedos, Ottoman Empire.[50] |
Fleece |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was damaged by fire at Topping's Wharf.[47][45] |
Merchant |
United States |
The barque was run down and sunk by Acadia ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Acadia. Merchant was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[30][51] |
Theisa |
United Kingdom |
The ship was damaged by fire at Topping's Wharf.[47][45] |
Veloz |
Spain |
The ship was driven ashore at Algeciras. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated.[42] |
20 August
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Gezina Jantina |
Hamburg |
The ship was driven ashore on the Praa Sands, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Hamburg. She was refloated on 21 August and taken into Penzance, Cornwall.[41][52] |
Margaret |
United Kingdom |
The steamship struck a sunken rock in the Sound of Mull and was holed. She was assisted into Oban, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[53] |
Reliance |
Bermuda |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Egg Island, New Jersey, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[54] |
22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Commerce |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seatown, Dorset with the loss of a crew member.[41] |
Friends |
Isle of Man |
The ship ran aground on the North Wharf Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was refloated and towed into Fleetwood, Lancashire in a sinking condition.[41] |
Good Intent |
United Kingdom |
The ship capsized off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Humber to Louth, Lincolnshire. Good Intent was subsequently taken into Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[35] |
Leander |
United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[41] She was refloated an put back to South Shields for repairs.[51][43] |
Lydia |
Flag unknown |
The ship was lost at the mouth of the Ems. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Emden, Kingdom of Hanover.[48] |
Ovid |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Sunderland, County Durham.[48][43] |
Owen Glendower |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore west of Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire.[55] She was refloated on 27 August and taken into Pwllheli.[51] |
23 August
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Bencoolen |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London. She was refloated and taken into port.[41] |
Bolivar |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) south west of Cape St. Antonio, Portugal. Her nineteen crew were rescued by Adastrus ( United Kingdom). Bolivar was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Falmouth, Cornwall.[56][57] |
Carpenter |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Nidingen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 26 August and put into Gothenburg for repairs.[42][58] |
Emilie Gabrielle |
France |
The ship ran aground on Company's Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was refloated and taken in to Flamand's Bay, where she was condemned.[59][60] |
Globe |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[43] |
Merchant |
United States |
The barque was driven ashore on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[25] |
Sir William Wallace |
United Kingdom |
The ship was lost in the Pentland Firth with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[61] |
St. Ann's |
United Kingdom |
The barque ran aground on the West Spit, at the mouth of the River Medway.[55] |
Tenerife |
United Kingdom |
The ship was severely damaged by fire at London.[48] |
28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Charlotte |
Van Diemen's Land |
The ship, a cutter or sloop, was wrecked at Four Mile Creek with the loss of two of the nine people on board.[69][70] |
Customer |
British North America |
The ship was wrecked on the Bull Rock, off Cape St. Mary's, Nova Scotia with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Lamaline, Newfoundland to St. John's, Newfoundland.[31] |
Pilot |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. She was drive ashore at "Petestone". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[51] |
Phœnix |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Tebor", Caernarvonshire. She was refloated the next day.[42][58] |
Zufriendheit |
Stettin |
The ship sprang a leak and sank 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) off the Skagen Lighthouse, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[42] |
29 August
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Gannet |
New Zealand |
The ship was wrecked on a reef off "Anoma", on the east coast of New Zealand. Her crew were rescued.[40][71] |
30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1843
Ship | Country | Description |
Ellen |
British North America |
The ship was lost off "Marie Joseph". She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Buctouche, New Brunswick.[31][72] |
Isabella |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Tol Bank, in the English Channel off hr French coast. She was refloated and resmed her voyage.[58] |
Martha |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople. She was refloated.[50] |
Naiad |
New South Wales |
The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Swan Island. All on board were rescued by the schooner Abeona ( New South Wales).[73] |
Prudence Jean |
France |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cléder, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Maritime to Brest, Finistère.[54] |
St. Andrew |
United Kingdom |
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cape of Good Hope.[42] |
Tartar |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[74] |
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