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The list of shipwrecks in August 1849 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1849 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Eliza
United Kingdom
The sloop was in collision with the schooner Aspern ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Firth of Forth . Her crew were rescued.[ 1] [ 2]
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The ship was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Flores Island, Azores . She was taken in to Flores Island.[ 3]
Joven Daniel
Chilean Navy
El Naufraigio del Joven Daniel - painting by Raymond Monvoisin . The brigantine was wrecked at the mouth of the Toltén . All on board survived and made a camp on shore. They were attacked by the Curín tribe and all but one of them were murdered. Joven Daniel was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Valdivia .[ 4] [ 5]
Mary Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Amrum , Duchy of Holstein and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Peterhead , Aberdeenshire to Hamburg .[ 6]
Orelia
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Penzance , Cornwall .[ 1]
Provence
France
The felucca was wrecked on the East Planna Key. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince , Haiti to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 7]
Scotia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Mandan Island, Province of Canada , British North America . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Quebec City , Province of Canada. She was refloated and towed in to Quebec City.[ 8]
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Beccles
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on a reef off Cape Lopez , Africa. She was on a voyage from Bonny , Africa to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 11] [ 12]
Gertrudes
Spain
The ship was wrecked on Anegada de Adrento , Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Cádiz and Vera Cruz , Mexico.[ 13]
Marietta
Trieste
The ship capsized at Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Malta . She was refloated and beached at Penarth , Glamorgan.[ 3]
Pearl
British North America
The schooner was destroyed by fire at "Isdore". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Labrador to Halifax, Nova Scotia .[ 14]
Trintje
Netherlands
The smack ran aground off Heligoland and was damaged. She was later refloated and put in to Cuxhaven in a leaky condition. She arrived on 6 August.[ 15]
Yathanayee
India
The ship was wrecked east of Saugor Point. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Rangoon , Burma .[ 16]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Sybil
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wexford . She was on a voyage from Wexford to Newport, Monmouthshire . She was refloated the next day and put back to Wexford in a leaky condition.[ 17]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Friendship
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground off Scharhörn and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Hamburg .[ 18] [ 34] [ 35]
Fortuna
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to St. Ubes , Portugal. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate , Kent , United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[ 32]
John Mowlem
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, in the Solent . she was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Yarmouth, Islr of Wight .[ 10]
St. Olai
Portugal
The ship ran aground on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Pärnu , Russia to Oporto . She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United kingdom in a leaky condition.[ 33]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Adeline
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with another vessel and ran aground in the River Tyne .[ 18]
Admiral
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Cape Negro, Nova Scotia . British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 38]
Ann Hall' s
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Cape Sable Island , Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Saint John to London . She was refloated and taken in to "Cherbouque" in a waterlogged condition.[ 38]
Dee
United Kingdom
The flat sank in the River Dee .[ 39]
Freedom
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Elbe near Schulau . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London . She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a leaky condition.[ 19]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The smack was in collision with the paddle steamer Blenheim ( United Kingdom ) and foundered off the Calf of Man , Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Port-le-Murray , Isle of Man.[ 39]
Vesta
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Skerry of Ness. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Thurso , Caithnes .[ 30]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Admiral
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Bridport , Dorset . She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate Kent in a leaky condition.[ 19]
Catherine Ann
New Zealand
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Port Gore .[ 40]
Liffey
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Cobler Rocks, in Long Bay, Barbadoes . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Grenada .[ 41] [ 13]
Lucy and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock . She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Deal, Kent .[ 18]
Roland
France
The ship was wrecked on the Creston Rocks, off Mazatlan , Cuba with the loss of 30 lives. Survivors were rescued by HMS Champion ( Royal Navy ).[ 42] [ 43]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Challenger
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near LaHave, Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia , British North America to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 37] [ 55]
Deux Cousins
France
The ship was wrecked at Agde , Hérault . She was on a voyage from Seville , Spain to Agde.[ 46]
London Merchant
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 54]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Pentland Skerries . She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Memel , Prussia . She floated off but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued.[ 56] [ 57]
Wiedersehen
Prussia
The barque was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Dénia , Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 58]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Brigand
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dover , Kent . She was refloated the next day.[ 45]
Damsel
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Nymph ( United Kingdom ) and sank off the mouth of the Humber . Her crew were rescued.[ 45]
Dolphin
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Flotta , Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Cronstadt , Russia .[ 28] She was refloated on 30 August and taken in to Stromness , Orkney Islands.[ 21]
Louise
Stettin
The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank off Møn , Denmark. She was on a voyage from "Stevens" to Stettin.[ 29] [ 21]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank near Girvan , Ayrshire . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Demerara , British Guiana .[ 44]
Roland
France
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Criston Island, off Mazatlan , Cuba with some loss of life.[ 64]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Holbæk , Denmark to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 65]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Rosalind
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged on a reef off Otaheite . She was refloated but was consequently condemned.[ 66]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Anna Maria
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Hamburg. She was refloated and out in to Brouwershaven , Zeeland , Netherlands in a leaky condition.[ 28]
Douglas
Cape Colony
The ship ran aground on the Lee Bank. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to D'Urban .[ 67]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Ryeman Rock, off the south coast of Cornwall .[ 68]
Helmsley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Eider . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing , Fife to Rendsburg , Duchy of Schleswig .[ 38]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Galaţi , Ottoman Empire to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . She was refloated and taken in to Deal, Kent before resuming her voyage.[ 45] [ 14]
Rose Julienne
France
The ship was wrecked near Ciudad del Carmen , Mexico. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands and Ciudad del Carmen.[ 69]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Flora
Norway
The ship was driven ashore on Scotsman Head, Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom . She waso on a voyage from Østerrisør to Wick, Caithness , United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 21]
Gibraltar
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Dominica . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 76]
Hibernia
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Chedabucto Head, Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire . Temporary repairs were made and she was refloated the next day, departing for Liverpool. She consequently put back to Halifax, Nova Scotia in a leaky condition on 7 September.[ 37] [ 55]
Jantina
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Souter Point , County Durham , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated on 2 September and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 21]
Lady Mary Pelham
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Port Fairy , New South Wales . Her crew survived.
Psyche
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (41°00′N 10°30′W / 41.000°N 10.500°W / 41.000; -10.500 ) whilst on a voyage from Málaga , Spain to Dublin . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 77]
Sylphide
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship ran aground off Ljugarn , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Helsinki to Málaga , Spain.[ 78]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to Cardiff , Glamorgan . She was refloated on 2 September and resumed her voyage.[ 79]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1849
Ship
State
Description
Alexandre
France
The brig ran aground on the Lay . She was on a voyage from Saint-Maurice-le-Girard , Vendée to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom . She was refloated and put in to Saint-Martin-de-Ré , Charente-Maritime for repairs. She arrived on 18 August.[ 54] [ 80]
Ann Hall
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Nova Scotia , British North America before 24 August. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and put in to "Chebique", where she was condemned.[ 37]
Avenger
New South Wales
The cutter was wrecked on Erromanga Island , New Hebrides before 11 August.[ 81]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island , Nova Scotia before 20 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cumberland, Nova Scotia to Runcorn , Cheshire .[ 34]
Caledonia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Rabbit Islands , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Ancona , Papal States to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire. She was refloated but subsequently drove ashore on the coast of Troy . She was again refloated and reached the Dardanelles on 13 August.[ 28] She was taken in to Constantinople for repairs.[ 80]
Comfort
New Zealand
The schooner left Wellington on August 22 and was found upside down in Queen Charlotte Sound some time later. All seven on board perished.[ 36]
Hoturangi
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked on the east coast of New Zealand with the loss of all hands.[ 82]
Neptune
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked near Long Point (Taramahiti Point) on the Māhia Peninsula during a heavy gale. All hands were saved.[ 36]
Elizabeth
Netherlands
The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Lodshaven , Denmark between 11 and 31 August. She was on a voyage from Palermo , Sicily to Dordrecht , South Holland .[ 28]
Emily
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked in Palliser Bay before 4 August.[ 83]
Isabella Anna
New South Wales
The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines , New Caledonia before 21 August.[ 84]
Marie Antoinette
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore on Bear's Cut, Florida , United States before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana , Cuba . She was refloated and put in to Key West, Florida .[ 37]
Prince of Wales
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island , County Donegal after 11 August. She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America. She was later refloated and put back to Greenock, where she arrived on 8 September.[ 79]
William Brandt
Russia
The ship was driven ashore at "Pissen" on the coast of Courland . She was on a voyage from Riga to Cowes , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom. She was refloated on 21 August and resumed her voyage.[ 22] [ 38]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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