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The list of shipwrecks in August 1843 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during August 1843 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1843
Ship
State
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]
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1843
Ship
State
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]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1843
Ship
State
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-Inférieure , 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]
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1843
Ship
State
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-Inférieure , France. She was refloated and Put into Cuxhaven in a severely leaky condition.[ 39]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1843
Ship
State
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]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1843
Ship
State
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]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1843
Ship
State
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]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1843
Ship
State
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]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1843
Ship
State
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 driven 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]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1843
Ship
State
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]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1843
Ship
State
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 the French coast. She was refloated and resumed 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-Inférieure 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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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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