The list of shipwrecks in August 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1872.
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1 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Anais | France | The schooner foundered. She was on a voyage from Pontrieux, Côtes-du-Nord to Sandarne, Sweden.[1] |
Lidador | Portugal | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Paraná River.[2] |
Paul Elisa | France | The ship departed from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[3] |
Shanghai | Spain | The barque was wrecked off Zambales, Spanish East Indies with the loss of seven of her crew.[2] |
2 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Astarte | United Kingdom | The yawl ran aground at Cowes, Isle of Wight.[4] |
James Walter | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck was and beached at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 6 August and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[5] |
Uhland | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Boston to Queenstown. She was refloated.[6] |
4 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Ciba Arica | Italy | The ship ran aground in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[7] |
Heaton Hall | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Bizerte, Beylik of Tunis. Her crew were rescued by an Italian barque.[8][9] She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to Bremerhaven, Germany.[10] |
Parthenon | Ottoman Empire | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Urla. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Adalia.[8] |
Phoenix | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lyon ( Belgium). Phoenix was on a voyage from London to Stirling.[8][11][12] |
Telegraph | United Kingdom | The ship was discovered in a capsized condition off Terceira Island, Azores and was beached. She was a total loss.[13] |
Vente Cinco Novembre | Uruguay | The steamship collided with the steamship Onyx ( United Kingdom) and sank. She was on a voyage from Monte Video to Asunción, Paraguay.[7] |
5 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Conway | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Bristol.[14] |
Kedron | Austria-Hungary | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gironde.[8] |
Maria | Russia | The yacht struck a rock off Haapsalu and foundered. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Riga.[8] |
Spindrift | United Kingdom | The tug sank in the River Nene 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) upstream of Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire.[8] |
Vencedora | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Valparaíso, Chile. The fire was extinguished the next day.[15] |
6 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Caspian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Belle Isle, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Waterford.[16][17] |
Francesco Seghezza | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to London, United Kingdom.[18][19] |
John and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and was severely damaged in Kyleakin Sound. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[12] |
8 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Crest | Isle of Man | The ship was driven ashore near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.[20] |
George | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from West Wemyss, Fife to Banff, Aberdeenshire.[21] |
Gloria Maria | Norway | The ship ran aground at "Aarskilde", Denmark and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Copenhagen, Denmark.[5][22] |
Three Sisters | New Zealand | The cutter became a total wreck after she was stranded on the northern end of Great Barrier Island.[23] |
9 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Brairken | Sweden | The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Lübeck, Germany to Stockholm. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[24] |
Dumfries | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Doorin Rock, on the coast of County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Donegal.[25] She was refloated on 24 August. Subsequently extended and returned to service.[26] |
Redesdale | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube 36 nautical miles (67 km) upstream of Sulina.[5] |
St. Maur | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5] |
Vicksburg | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Father Point, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City.[5][20][22] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[21] |
10 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Belle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Ipswich, Suffolk.[5] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[27] |
Deva | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the steamship Ville de Bordeaux ( France) and sank at Valparaíso, Chile with the loss of six of her crew.[28][29] |
Hearts of Oak | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Lord Clive ( United Kingdom and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Lord Clive. Hearts of Oak was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[27][30] |
Pioneer | New Zealand | The 11-ton ketch stranded near the mouth of the Patea River and became a wreck.[23] |
Saxonia | New South Wales | The steamship sank at Newcastle.[2] |
Windward | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore at Weymouth, Dorset.[5] |
11 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Mercur | Denmark | The ship ran aground at Rudkøbing. She was on a voyage from Rudkøping to an English port.[31] |
Sailor | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 13 August and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[32] |
Try | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Southwold.[20] |
Venture | New Zealand | The 20-ton ketch was beached near Ward after being holed on a reef near Cape Campbell in rough weather.[23] |
12 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Creole | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Nethertown, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin.[20] |
Marousje | Russia | The steamship put in to Brest, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Taganrog.[20] |
Terzo | Italy | The brig put in to Stanley, Falkland Islands on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Callao, Peru.[33] |
Titania | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Great Western ( United Kingdom).[20][27] |
Wasp | United Kingdom | The smack capsized at Hubberston Pill, Pembrokeshire. She was righted.[25] |
13 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Aral | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Khedive ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Hooghly River.[25] |
Maggie | United Kingdom | The brig was destroyed by fire at Santa Martha. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Savanilla, United States of Colombia.[34][17] |
Merkur | Denmark | The ship ran aground at Rudkøbing. She was on a voyage from Rudkøbing to London, United Kingdom.[35] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[25] She was refloated on 15 August and resumed her voyage.[32] |
14 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Contest | United Kingdom | The tug sank at Whitby, Yorkshire.[25] |
Erin | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[24] |
Sarah Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and sank off Perranvose, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[18][19] |
Tome | Guatemala | The coaster, a steamship, was wrecked at Constitución, Chile.[36] |
15 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Amalia | Germany | The brig was wrecked on the Florida Reef.[18] |
Bienville | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire off the Bahamas with the loss of 30 of the 127 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Aspinwall, United States of Colombia.[37][15] |
Emilia | Russia | The ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to a British port.[18] |
Sunshine | China | The steamship was wrecked at Breaker Point, Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Amoy.[24] |
Sweet Home | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by the Youghal Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[32][38] |
16 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Clematis | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Razo, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Lisbon, Portugal.[18] |
Village Belle | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the steamship Malta ( United Kingdom) and sank off Wicklow Head, County Wicklow. Three crew were rescued by Malta. Village Belle was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.[18] |
17 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Gypsy Bride | United Kingdom | The lighter sank at Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[39] She was raised on 21 August.[40] |
Preston | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the Hellegat. She was refloated.[31] |
Saga | Norway | The barque ran aground in the Hellegat. She was refloated.[31] |
Telayta | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Vulture ( United Kingdom). Telayta was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.[41] |
18 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Alarm | New Zealand | The 15-ton ketch was wrecked after stranding on a bar at the mouth of the Rangitikei River.[23] |
Sarah Wascoe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Nexø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Libava, Courland Governorate.[42] |
William Mitchell | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Duncansby Head, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to West Hartlepool, county Durham.[43] |
19 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Amlwch | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Leigh Middle Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to Amlwch, Anglesey.[43] |
Annie M. Gray | United States | The ship departed from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts for Copenhagen, Denmark. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[44] |
Countess of Seafield | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to the River Spey. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[45] |
Flora | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground, capsized and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset to Cardiff.[43] |
Friends | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[43] |
George and Henry | United States | The barque capsized in a squall in the Bay of Tome, Chile. Her crew were rescued.[36] |
Glendon | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Split Rock and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Portland to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[46] |
Jean | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and sank off Sanda Island, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Lismore, County Waterford.[47] |
Jorge | Spain | The steamship departed from Havana, Cuba for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[48][49] |
Mercedita | Spain | The schooner was discovered by the brig Syracuse ( Italy) in a derelict condition. She was taken in to Gibraltar.[43] |
Roscoe | United States | The 313.37-ton whaling bark was stove in by ice and abandoned in the Arctic Ocean while anchored off Point Barrow, Department of Alaska.[50] |
20 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Andreas | Flag unknown | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[17] |
Jessie | United Kingdom | The smack sank off Sanda Island, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued.[42] |
Shark | United Kingdom | The steamship was holed by her anchor in the Caledonian Canal and was run ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stettin, Germany.[43] |
21 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Macedonian | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Svineboderne, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Dover, Kent. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark by a steamship.[42] |
Unanimity | Germany | The barque foundered in the Baltic Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Rixhöft, with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Guiding Star ( United Kingdom). Unanimity was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Cronstadt.[51][52] |
Wilster | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to West Hartlepool for repairs.[53] |
22 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Ebenezer | Norway | The ship departed from New York, United States for Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[3] |
Edward Lindsay | United Kingdom | The steam wherry struck a rock at Marsden, County Durham. She was refloated and beached.[51] |
Giacinto | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[54] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples.[17] |
Panama | France | The steamship struck rocks and sank at Santander, Spain. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Havana, Cuba.[54][55] |
23 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Erne | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground in the Min River at Sharp Peak.[54][56] |
Paganini | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Londonderry.[54] |
24 August
editShip | State | Description |
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America | United States | The passenger steamship was destroyed by fire at Yokohama Japan with the loss of between nineteen and 70 lives. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Yokohama and Hong Kong. |
25 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Batavia | Netherlands | The paddle steamer ran aground in the Maas. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[57] |
Scindia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Gozo, Malta. She was refloated and taken in to Malta for repairs.[58] |
26 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Hotspur | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Algeciras, Spain.[58] |
Twin Sisters | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated but sank off the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by Nova Giuseppe ( Italy).[59][60] |
27 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Batavia | Netherlands | The paddle steamer ran aground at Alblasserdam, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Dordrecht, South Holland.[57] |
Fredericke | Germany | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Fredrikshavn. She was on a voyage from Papenburg to Dantsic. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Fredrikshavn.[61] |
28 August
editShip | State | Description |
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China | Spain | The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean (30°24′S 27°23′E / 30.400°S 27.383°E). All 40 people on board were rescued by Tantallon Castle ( United Kingdom).[62] |
James C. Stephenson | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire and was run ashore near Belém, Portugal. Her passengers were taken off by the schooner Bahia ( Spain). James C. Stephenson was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[61][63] |
Johanna | Germany | The ship ran aground off the Filsand Lighthouse, Russia and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Eckernförde to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[61] |
Mentor | Netherlands | The galiot struck a sunken wreck and foundered off the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Young Ellis ( United Kingdom). Mentor was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples, Italy.[61] |
Perseveranza | Spain | The steamship was wrecked near Oporto, Portugal with the loss of 30 lives.[64] |
Sir Robert Hodgson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Long Island", in the Gulf of Smyrna. She was refloated on 12 October.[61][65] |
Victory | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Heligoland.[61] |
29 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Gotthard | Switzerland | The steamship collided with the steamship Concordia ( Switzerland) and sank in Lake Zürich. All on board were rescued by Concordia, whose purser was killed in the collision.[66] |
Hispania | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[61] |
Maria | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[67] |
Metis | United States | The 1,238-gross register ton cargo liner, a steamship, sank in 130 feet (40 m) of water 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) east-southeast of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, (41°16.55′N 071°46.12′W / 41.27583°N 71.76867°W) with the loss of 67 lives after colliding at night with the schooner Nettie Cushing ( United States). There were 85 survivors.[68][69] |
Tamar | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Maplin Sand.[61] |
30 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Himalaya | United States | The ship was sighted off Anjer, Netherlands East Indies whilst on a voyage from New York to Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[70] |
Intrepid | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler sprang a leak and sank off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Emma ( United Kingdom).[71] |
Signal | United States | The schooner was run down and sunk off Matinicus. crew saved.[72] |
31 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Abbey | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Gladiolus ( United Kingdom). Abbey was on a voyage from Rodosto, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire.[73] |
Augusta | United Kingdom | The Galway hooker was run down and sunk off Plymouth, Devon by the fishing trawler Skim of the Sea ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her three crew.[74] |
Defender | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Grindstone Island, Ontario, Canada. She was condemned.[75] |
Gea | Sweden | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Gladiolus ( United Kingdom). Gea was on a voyage from Gävle to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[73] |
Helen Snow | United States | After suffering ice damage on 19 August, the 215-ton whaler, a barque, was abandoned in the Arctic Ocean. She later was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service.[76] |
Immanuel | Netherlands | The brig ran aground and sank in the Uruguay River. She was on a voyage from Paysandú, Uruguay to an English port.[77] |
Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Fremington, Devon.[46] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
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Aberystwyth | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Kawe ( United Kingdom).[27] |
Alliance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Eitzenloch", Germany.[37] |
Amisia | Germany | The ship was lost in the Gulf of Florida.[51] |
A. Vologda | Russia | The ship was lost at Archangelsk.[78] |
HNoMS Axel Thorsen | Royal Norwegian Navy | The gunboat was lost in the Arctic Ocean off Novaya Zemlya, Russia. |
Bessie Rodgers | United Kingdom | The ship collided with another vessel and foundered off Newport, Rhode Island, United States before 10 August. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newport.[20] |
Brunswick | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Tagus. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão, Brazil. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[21] |
Cameronian | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile before 5 August. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Coquimbo, Chile.[79] |
Carnaquheen | New South Wales | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Wallaroo, South Australia. She was refloated and taken in to Adelaide, South Australia.[80] |
Charlaw | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Barrow. She was refloated on 26 August and taken in to New Ross, County Wexford.[58] |
Charles Dickens | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10] |
Cordelia | Canada | The ship was driven ashore on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia.[10] |
Craigellachie | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Callao, Peru.[10] |
Credo | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland before 2 August. She was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.[20][81] |
Criterion | United Kingdom | The brig sank at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the Wells Lifeboat.[38] |
Diamond | United States | The tug sank in Green Bay.[10] |
Dover Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by fire off Coquimbo, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on the return leg of her maiden voyage, from Callao, Peru to Liverpool, Lancashire.[54][82] |
Enmore | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated on 9 August.[5][21] |
Fairfax | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[21] |
Glenallan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Cariboo Island". She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to the Clyde. She broke up on 31 August.[75] |
Gresham | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Saint Domingo before 20 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas to Saint Domingo.[17] |
Harmonie | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Leven, Fife, United Kingdom.[14] |
Marie Hortense | France | The ship was wrecked on the St. Anne Shoals, off the coast of Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Grand-Popo, Dahomey.[25] |
Neptunus | Norway | The barque was wrecked on the coast of County Down, United Kingdom. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Tyrella Lifeboat.[38] |
New Buxton | United Kingdom | The fishing lugger was abandoned off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her nine crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat.[38] |
N. J. Miller | Canada | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered in a derelict condition on 1 September and towed in to Boothbay, Maine, United States.[83] |
Rachel | Denmark | The ship collided with another vessel and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to "Oeffend".[21] |
Rosetta | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rota to Swansea, Glamorgan.[54] Her crew were rescued.[84] |
Stockholm | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Helsingki.[78] |
Woodside | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at the mouth of the Adour.[11] |
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