The list of shipwrecks in August 1838 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1838.
1 August
2 August
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1838
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Abeille
|
France
|
The ship was wrecked at Senegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Louis to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[3][4]
|
Campbell
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Hamburg.[5] Campbell was refloated on 17 August and taken into Texel in a severely damaged condition.[6]
|
Mastery
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Jersey, Channel Islands. Mastery was refloated and taken into Ramsgate, Kent.[7]
|
5 August
6 August
7 August
8 August
9 August
10 August
11 August
13 August
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1838
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Amity
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was driven ashore near Dunkirk, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jersey, Channel Islands.[25] Amity capsized on 18 August and was wrecked.[6]
|
Emilie
|
Netherlands
|
The ship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Frederikshavn, Denmark to Dordrecht, South Holland.[13]
|
Isabella and Louisa
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked on Langlee Island, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City Lower Canada, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[26]
|
Victoria
|
Flag unknown
|
The ship was wrecked "Harboorne" or at "Starboorne", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Stettin.[3][4][24]
|
14 August
15 August
16 August
17 August
18 August
19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1838
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Courageux
|
France
|
The ship ran aground on the Tistlern, off the coast of Sweden, and sank. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[35]
|
Kingston
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship struck rocks off Spanish Head, Isle of Man and was consequently beached at Port St. Mary. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[20][36]
|
Seaflower
|
Jersey
|
The ship departed from Antigua for Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
|
Victoria
|
British North America
|
The ship was wrecked in Mall Bay, Lower Canada. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to quebec City.[38]
|
20 August
21 August
22 August
23 August
24 August
25 August
26 August
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1838
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Atalanta
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship stuck a sunken rock off Punta Galera, São Miguel Island, Azores. She was consequently beached. Atalanta was on a voyage from Gibraltar to São Miguel Island and Barbados.[53]
|
Leao II
|
Brazil
|
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island.[53]
|
Paquete de Bilbao
|
Spain
|
The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54]
|
Sarah and Eliza
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Arrow ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Porto, Portugal.[55][28] Sarah and Eliza came ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on 30 August.[56]
|
27 August
28 August
29 August
30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1838
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Aberdeenshire
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship departed from Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies for Canton, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen people on board.[63]
|
Fenella
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship departed from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[64]
|
Maria Johanna
|
Netherlands
|
The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[65]
|
Martha
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Mundesley, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire.[15][48]
|
Nestor
|
Grand Duchy of Finland
|
The ship sprang a leak, capsized and was abandoned in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her eleven crew were rescued by Diana( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Pori. Nestor was towed into Ostend on 2 September by Liverpool ( United Kingdom).[27][66]
|
Renown
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship ran aground in the River Colne.[28]
|
Vrow Anna
|
Belgium
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Antwerp.[60]
|
31 August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1838
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Aberdeenshire
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies.[69]
|
Ajax
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire. Ajax was subsequently taken into Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, where she arrived on 4 August.[15][16]
|
Atalanta
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Bideford, Devon.[70]
|
Braganza
|
United States
|
Four of the brig's crew mutinied and murdered her captain and mate in late July. Three passengers and two crew members took to a boat; they were rescued on 12 August by Hebden ( United Kingdom). Braganza was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was subsequently beached near Emden, Kingdom of Hanover. The mutineers were arrested.[71][72]
|
Charlotte
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was driven ashore between "Ponor" and "Cross Island", Russia. Her crew were rescued by Adam ( United Kingdom). Charlotte was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Jersey, Channel Islands.[41][73]
|
Elizabeth
|
New South Wales
|
The schooner was driven ashore 70 nautical miles (130 km) east of the mouth of the Murray River. She was on a voyage from Port Adelaide, South Australia to Portland Bay[74]
|
Fanny
|
New South Wales
|
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Cape Jaffa and Cape Northumberland, South Australia. All on board were rescued.[74][75]
|
New Holland
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was driven ashore near Cape Spartel, Morocco.She was on a voyage from London to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. New Holland was later refloated and put into Gibraltar for repairs.[76]
|
Northumberland
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship capsized in a squall in St Andrews Bay. She was righted and towed into St Andrews, Fife for repairs.[7]
|
Sarah
|
New South Wales
|
The ship was wrecked at Long Beach.[77]
|
Sir Henry Parnell
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship ran aground off Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire. She was later refloated and taken into Constantinople.[27][28]
|
Sir Herbert Taylor
|
United Kingdom
|
The East Indiaman was wrecked in Silver Tree Reach, in the Hooghly River with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Leesakond ( United Kingdom).[1][78]
|
Star
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was driven ashore in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[7]
|
Swiftsure
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship ran aground at Nagra Point, in the Dardanelles before 22 August. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[79] She was later refloated and put back to Constantinople.[80]
|
Sylph
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was driven ashore near "Wamochlim". She was on a voyage from Altona to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[32][40]
|
Thistle
|
New South Wales
|
The schooner was wrecked at Fourteen Mile Bluff. Her crew survived.[81]
|
William
|
New South Wales
|
The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked in Yankalilla Bay in late August.[82]
|
References
- ^ a b "India". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21515. London. 29 October 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18536. Edinburgh. 1 November 1838.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 16837. London. 18 September 1838. col F, p. 7.
- ^ a b c "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21125. London. 21 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 21449. Edinburgh. 11 August 1838.
- ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21101. London. 21 August 1838.
- ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21092. London. 9 August 1838.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21093. London. 10 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18511. Edinburgh. 13 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21448. London. 10 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21476. London. 12 September 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21120. London. 12 September 1838.
- ^ a b c "Ship News". The Times. No. 16810. London. 17 August 1838. p. 2.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18517. Edinburgh. 27 August 1838.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21111. London. 1 September 1838.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1426. Liverpool. 7 September 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4450. London. 25 September 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16844. London. 26 September 1838. col D, p. 7.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21454. London. 17 August 1838.
- ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18515. Edinburgh. 23 August 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16814. London. 22 August 1838. col E, p. 7.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16876. London. 2 November 1838. col F, p. 6.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1423. Liverpool. 17 August 1838.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18518. Edinburgh. 20 September 1838.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21099. London. 17 August 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4471. London. 19 October 1838.
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21469. London. 4 September 1838.
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18512. Edinburgh. 6 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21473. London. 8 September 1838.
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2804. Hull. 31 August 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4435. London. 6 September 1838.
- ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4424. London. 25 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18514. Edinburgh. 20 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18516. Edinburgh. 25 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21468. London. 3 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21459. London. 23 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Post. No. 21244. London. 4 February 1839.
- ^ "Liverpool Ship News". The Standard. No. 4456. London. 2 October 1838.
- ^ a b c d e "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18519. Edinburgh. 1 September 1838.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21106. London. 27 August 1838.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18518. Edinburgh. 30 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21487. London. 25 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21475. London. 11 September 1838.
- ^ "Wreck at Boulogne - Negligence on the part of the Authorities". The Morning Post. No. 21107. London. 28 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18515. Edinburgh. 13 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21606. London. 16 February 1839.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21466. London. 31 August 1838.
- ^ a b c d e "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18511. Edinburgh. 3 September 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4456. London. 2 October 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16871. London. 27 October 1838. col D, p. 7.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16867. London. 23 October 1838. col E, p. 7.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21510. London. 23 October 1838.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18525. Edinburgh. 6 October 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18559. Edinburgh. 27 December 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4431. London. 3 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2805. Hull. 14 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21507. London. 19 October 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16823. London. 1 September 1838. col F, p. 2.
- ^ "Weekly Gossip". The Northern Liberator. No. 48. Newcastle upon Tyne. 15 September 1838.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18514. London. 10 September 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4436. London. 8 September 1838.
- ^ "St. Petersburg, May 18 (N.S.)". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21687. London. 28 May 1839.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18632. Edinburgh. 10 June 1839.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21560. London. 24 December 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4434. London. 6 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2805. Hull. 7 September 1838.
- ^ "Liverpool Ship News". The Standard. No. 4430. London. 1 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21505. London. 17 October 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Sydney. 13 October 1838. p. 2.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21118. London. 10 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1425. Liverpool. 31 August 1838.
- ^ "Shipping". The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. No. 1920. Lancaster. 15 September 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21146. London. 12 October 1838.
- ^ a b "Shipwrecks". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Sydney. 11 September 1838. p. 2.
- ^ "Ship News". Commercial Journal and Advertiser. Sydney. 12 September 1838. p. 2.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18516. Edinburgh. 15 September 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Sydney. 18 August 1838. p. 2.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18537. Edinburgh. 3 November 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18517. Edinburgh. 17 September 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1428. Liverpool. 21 September 1838.
- ^ "The Schooner Thistle". Cornwall Chronicle. Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. 18 August 1838. p. 2.
- ^ "Adelaide Shipping Report". Southern Australian. Adelaide. 15 September 1838. p. 2.
Shipwrecks 1830–39, by month |
---|
1830 | |
---|
1831 | |
---|
1832 | |
---|
1833 | |
---|
1834 | |
---|
1835 | |
---|
1836 | |
---|
1837 | |
---|
1838 | |
---|
1839 | |
---|