The list of shipwrecks in August 1839 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1839 .
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1839
Ship
State
Description
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the North Bank, off the coast of Cumberland .[ 6]
Cropton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Wierum , Friesland , Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Hamburg .[ 7]
Despatch
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off Stoke Church , Devon with the loss of all hands.[ 8]
George
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off New Brighton, Cheshire . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 3]
Raphael
France
The ship was driven ashore on Ameland , Friesland.[ 7]
Vrow Margaretha
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on Ameland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom .[ 7]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1839
Ship
State
Description
Archibald
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Neath , Glamorgan .[ 11]
Emily
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Dundrum Bay with the loss of all hands.[ 11]
Hinton
United Kingdom
The brig was holed by her anchor and sank at The Mumbles , Glamorgan .[ 10]
Margaret Simpson
United Kingdom
The sloop was run down and sunk in the North Sea of the coast of County Durham by Leith ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued. Margaret Simpson was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 10]
Medway
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was refloated.[ 12]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Northam, Devon . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 10]
Sabina
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Rabbina Shoal, in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa , Russia . Her crew were rescued.[ 13] [ 14]
Standard
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Cape Ray , Newfoundland , British North America with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America.[ 15]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1839
Ship
State
Description
Dispatch
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Padstow , Cornwall .[ 24]
Dorchester
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 24] Dorchester was refloated on 24 August and taken into Milford Haven.[ 25]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire and was severely damaged.[ 24]
Possidone
Russia
The barque ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Naples , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Possideone was refloated the next day with assistance from the smacks Good Agreement , Phœnix and Rumsley (all United Kingdom ).[ 26]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1839
Ship
State
Description
James Walls
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Goswick Ledge, off the coast of Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing , Fife to London , James Walls was later refloated and taken into Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland.[ 44]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off the Rammekins Castle, Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Middelburg , Zeeland. Laurel was refloated and put into Vlissingen , Zeeland.[ 47] [ 48]
Magnificent
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Broad River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 49]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to a Baltic port.[ 50]
Rebecca Maria
Bremen
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Eider . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Lübeck .[ 51]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1839
Ship
State
Description
Calista
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned before 18 August.[ 52]
Carl Heinrich
Stralsund
The ship was driven ashore at Harwich , Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 50]
Edward
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked in Hannah Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to the Big River.[ 54]
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the North Gar Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham. Eleanor was refloated on 3 August and taken into Stockton-on-Tees.[ 3]
Flamer
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock in the Orkney Islands and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dantzic .[ 16]
Gertrude
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Salinas in late August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pará , Brazil .[ 55]
Great Western
United States
The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire in Lake Erie .[ 56]
King William
New South Wales
The paddle steamer was lost at Newcastle . She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle.[ 57]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan .[ 17]
HMS Racehorse
Royal Navy
The sloop-of-war ran aground at the mouth of the Oyapock River . She was refloated ten days later.[ 58]
Vrow Magdalena
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of those on board. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 1]
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