The list of shipwrecks in August 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during the month of August 1846 .
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Sir F. B. Head
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Plymouth , Devon . She was refloated the next day.[ 4]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
China
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Manicougan Shoals, in the Saint Lawrence River .[ 9]
Don de Dieu
France
The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Rochefort, Charente-Maritime . Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 10]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Port Talbot , Glamorgan .[ 11]
William and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the Humber and was towed in to Hull , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Maidstone , Kent .[ 12]
William Neilson
United States
The ship was departed from Honolulu , Sandwich Islands for Manila , Spanish East Indies and Canton , China . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 13]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Actie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester . She was refloated and put in to Margate , Kent in a leaky condition.[ 10]
Derby
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Brass River , Africa.[ 14] [ 15]
Eleanor Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Sheringham , Norfolk . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 16]
Iduna
Sweden
The brig was driven ashore at "Mark", Wigtownshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Christianstad to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated with assistance of HMS Pike ( Royal Navy )and taken in to Loch Ryan in a waterlogged condition.[ 7] [ 17] [ 10]
Mary and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Weybourne, Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Bristol , Gloucestershire . She was refloated the next day and put in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 3] [ 10]
Robert and John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Filly Sail". She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Wisbech , Cambridgeshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 3]
Sultana
Jersey
The ship was driven ashore north of Whitby , Yorkshire . She was refloated.[ 3]
Vibelia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America . She was on a voyage from Saint John to Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated.[ 6]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Alster
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to London . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[ 17]
Atalanta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America . She was on a voyage from Saint John to London .[ 19]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was refloated the next day.[ 7]
Falcon
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer ran aground in Clanyard Bay and was severely damaged. All on board, between 150 and 300 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool , Lancashire . Falcon was refloated the next day with assistance of HMS Asp ( Royal Navy ) and taken in to Ardrossan , Ayrshire . Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[ 7] [ 17] [ 20]
Mary Kimball
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the barque Valeria ( Sweden ). Mary Kimball was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to Marblehead, Massachusetts .[ 21]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cove Sea Skerrie Rocks, off the coast of Lothian .[ 11]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Amelia
New Zealand
The schooner 's anchor chain gave way and she was driven onto rocks at Worser Bay , Wellington, becoming a total wreck. There were no deaths.[ 24]
Ann
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[ 25]
Brunswick Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Mouse Isle, Shetland Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland and Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 26] [ 27]
Clara
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Cape Spartel , Morocco. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 28] [ 29] She subsequently broke up.[ 30]
Iron Queen
United Kingdom
The steamship ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Moulmein , Burma to Calcutta , India .[ 31]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Auguste Etienne
France
The ship ran aground near Algeciras , Spain. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Gibraltar , where she was scuttled, capsized and was severely damaged by fire, having been on fire for three or four days previously. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Île Bourbon . Auguste Etienne was refloated on 21 August.[ 6] [ 30]
Port Fleetwood
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Struys Bay .[ 34]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Parrsboro , Nova Scotia , British North America to a Welsh port.[ 35]
Centurion
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at New Romney , Kent . She was refloated on 18 August and resumed her voyage.[ 36]
St. Antonio
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The ship was in collision with Elizabeth Saunders ( United Kingdom ) and was consequently beached at Hastings , Sussex , United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Genoa . She floated off in a waterlogged condition.[ 11]
USS Truxtun
United States Navy
Mexican–American War : The brig of war ran aground at the mouth of the Tuxpan River and was abandoned by her crew. She was plundered by the Mexicans then set afire and burnt on 22 May by USS Princeton ( United States Navy ).[ 37]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Colon
France
The ship ran aground off Paimbœuf , Loire-Inférieure . She was on a voyage from Paimbœuf to Java , Netherlands East Indies . She was refloated and put back to Paimbœuf.[ 50]
Jeune Aglae
France
The ship was driven ashore near Staithes , Yorkshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure . She was refloated and taken in to Whitby , Yorkshire.[ 43]
Londonderry
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at "Keill", Argyllshire . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Campbeltown , Argyllshire.[ 48]
Louise
France
The schooner ran aground on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Morlaix , Finistère . She was refloated with assistance from the smack Good Agreement ( United Kingdom ) and taken in to Wivenhoe , Essex in a leaky condition.[ 43] [ 27]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Alexandre
France
The chasse-marée was abandoned in the North Sea before 26 August.[ 19]
Ariel
New South Wales
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Port Albert before 14 August. Her crew were rescued.[ 70]
Blandford
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off Harbour Grace , Newfoundland , British North America .[ 71]
Commodore Napier
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from St Davids , Pembrokeshire to Cronstadt , Russia . She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Cronstadt on 2 September.[ 8]
Eden
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Double Headed Shot Keys. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States. She was refloated after 29 August and taken in to Key West, Florida , United States.[ 72]
Empire
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef before 9 August.[ 40]
Iron Queen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Rabbit and Coney before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Penang , Malaya to Singapore . She was refloated and taken in to Singapore.[ 2]
Mary Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Cove , Nova Scotia , British North America between 7 and 12 August. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Dublin . She was refloated and put back to Saint John in a leaky condition.[ 73]
Mayflower
British North America
The ship was driven ashore on Tangier Island , Virginia , United States. She was refloated.[ 6]
Oriental
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near "Juggernaut" before 3 August. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to London .[ 1]
Sarah Elizabeth
British North America
The ship departed from Ragged Island, Bahamas for Alexandria , Egypt in late August. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 74]
Stephen Wright
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Cattaros Rocks, in the River Plate at Flores, Buenos Aires , Argentina before 21 August with the loss of six of the sixteen people on board.[ 75] [ 51]
Woodland Castle
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 August.[ 48] Her crew were rescued by Briton ( United Kingdom ).[ 27]
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