List of shipwrecks in August 1851

The list of shipwrecks in August 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1851.

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1851
Ship State Description
Ann Grant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Londonderry, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Cork.[1]
Amalia  Brazil The brigantine was captured by HMS Bonetta ( Royal Navy) off Guarapari (20°37′S 40°18′W / 20.617°S 40.300°W / -20.617; -40.300). As she was fitted out for the slave trade and was unfit to sail to Saint Helena, she was burnt and sank. All on board were handed over to the Brazilian authorities.[2]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Glasgorman Bank, in the Irish Sea. She had been refloated by 13 August and taken in to Dublin.[3]
Saxon Maid  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Juan de Nova Island. Her crew survived.[4]
Triumph  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Hog Island, County Limerick. She was on a voyage from America to Limerick.[5]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1851
Ship State Description
Alexander Baring  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. She was refloated and put in to Kingstown, County Dublin.[6]
Snipe  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the River Welland. She was righted.[7]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1851
Ship State Description
Joseph Rodger  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1851
Ship State Description
Clauden  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[8]
Dorothy  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and sank in the Black Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Kertch, Russia. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Kertch.[9]
Eliza Kincaid  United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[10]
Goojerat  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Jerseyman Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Arichat, Nova Scotia. Goojerat was refloated and taken in to Arichat, but was consequently condemned.[11]
Leander  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Perth, Swan River Colony.[12] She was later refloated and repaired.[13]
Peruvian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the San Josi Rocks, Montevideo, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Lima, Peru.[14]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from "Laguna" to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Margarita ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire[15][8]

5 August

For the loss of Choice on this date, see List of shipwrecks in July 1851 § 29 July.
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1851
Ship State Description
Minerva Prussia The ship ran aground and sank off "Westergarn", Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Norrköping, Sweden.[9]
Nouvelle Granade France The ship departed from Cartagena, Spain for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16]
Victor et Marie France The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank in Quiberon Bay. Her crew were rescued.[7]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1851
Ship State Description
Helen Mar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Little Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Cork.[17] Also reported as lost on the east point of Prince Edward Island.[11]
Lynter  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Belfast, County Antrim.[18]
Nouvelle Grenade France The ship departed from "Santa Martha" for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[19]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at L'Islet, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City for repairs.[20]
Wave New South Wales The cutter was in collision with the ketch Warlock () New South Wales and sank off the Sydney Heads. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Hunter River to Sydney.[21]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1851
Ship State Description
John Hawkes  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Victoria ( Prussia). John Hawkes was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire in a derelict condition on 20 August.[22]
Mirzapore Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Horsens Sandbank. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Amsterdam, North Holland.[23][24]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1851
Ship State Description
Lively  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Saint Croix. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana, Cuba.[25]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1851
Ship State Description
Dacotah United States The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank with the loss of at least thirteen of the 58 people on board. She was on a voyage from Michigan to Minnesota.[26]
James Boorman Sweden The barque was in collision with Royal Adelaide ( United Kingdom and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Royal Adelaide. James Boorman was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Stockholm.[3][27]
Reform  United Kingdom The smack sank off Black Combe, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued by Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom). Reform was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[23][28]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1851
Ship State Description
Amandus Sweden The ship was in collision with Remembrance ( United Kingdom and sank in the Baltic Sea off Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Russia  United Kingdom The ship was departed from Havana, Cuba for Cowes, Isle of Wight. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[29]
Whitehaven  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[23]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1851
Ship State Description
Archimede France The schooner was destroyed by fire whilst on the stocks at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[30]
Batieola  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cerebrus Rock off Arichat, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put in to Arichat, where she was condemned.[31][32]
Chieftain  United Kingdom The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Clyde at Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire. Her crew were rescued by the brig she was towing.[33]
Cygne France The steamship was damaged by fire whilst on the stocks at Havre de Grâce.[30]
Normandie France The steamship was destroyed by fire whilst on the stocks at Havre de Grâce.[30]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Glasgorman Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Dublin.[34] She was refloated the next day.[9]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1851
Ship State Description
Brisk Guernsey The pilot cutter was wrecked on the Longue-Pierre Rock. All six people on board survived.[35]
Euxine  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated on 14 August and resumed her voyage to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire the next day.[36]
Gipsy British North America The steamship was lost in the Bay of Fundy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Petitcodiac to Saint John, New Brunswick.[37]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1851
Ship State Description
Advance Sweden The ship ran aground off Hamra, Gotland. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[32]
Batolica British North America The barque ran aground and sank off Arichat, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Pugwash to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. She was refloated with assistance from HMRC Daring ( Board of Customs) and towed in to Arichat.[38]
Bowes  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Tyne at Hebburn, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[3]
Roza Portugal The brig was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Cape Frio, Brazil.[39]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1851
Ship State Description
Catherine and Margaret  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[3]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Gulf of Smyrna. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 16 August and put back to Smyrna.[36]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridport, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Bridport.[40]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1851
Ship State Description
Martha Norway The schooner struck the quayside and was damaged at Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom.[40]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1851
Ship State Description
Acushnet United States The 359-ton whaler was wrecked on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea due to a combination of fog, ice, and a gale and sank in 60 feet (18 m) of water. Her captain and crew survived.[41][42]
Alvarada United States The brig was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the steamship Pacific ( United States). Her crew were rescued by Pacific.[43]
Amandus Sweden The sloop collided with Remembrance ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Baltic Sea off Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Pandora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dublin. She was refloated on 18 August.[45]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1851
Ship State Description
Brazil Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. She was consequently condemned.[46]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitstable, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Whitstable in a leaky condition.[47]
James  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[47]
John Rickinson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[48] She was refloated on 18 August and taken in to Whitby.[49]
Lancashire Witch  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef north of Barbados with the loss of seven of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Puerto Rico.[50][51]
Matchless  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham or vice versa. She was refloated.[1][48]
Tomlinson  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off Lagos, Nigeria. Her crew were rescued.[52][53]
Vaselake Ottoman Empire The ship was wrecked near Cape St. Vincent, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galway, United Kingdom to Constantinople.[54]
William Foster Cape Colony The schooner was wrecked at Cape Recife. All on board were rescued.[55]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1851
Ship State Description
Frederick  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Arecibo, Puerto Rico.[56]
Glide  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Arecibo.[56]
Junge Heinrich Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore at Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. She was consequently condemned.[57]
Leo  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.[58]
Mary  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Arecibo.[56]
Prince of Wales Dominica The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Town, Saint Kitts with the loss of a crew member.[59]
Regulator Antigua The sloop departed from Montserrat for Antigua. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[59]
Rosetta Dominica The sloop was driven ashore at Cabaret, Haiti.[58][60]
Scotia  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Arecibo.[56]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1851
Ship State Description
Austria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool.[61]
Clementina  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[45]
Duncan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Leith to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was refloated and taken in to Leith.[62]
Eliza British North America The ship was driven ashore at Baracoa, Cuba and was abandoned. She was subsequently repaired in situ.[63]
I. K. L.  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool.[61]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1851
Ship State Description
Ann Alexander United States The whaler was attacked and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by a sperm whale. Her 22 crew survived.
Emilie Prussia The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Onega Bay.[64]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1851
Ship State Description
Conde de Luchana Dominican Republic The ship was driven ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Puerto Plata to New York, United States. She had become a wreck by 1 September.[54]
Johannes  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of the entrance to San Francisco Bay. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to San Francisco, California, United States.[65]
USS Mississippi  United States Navy The paddle frigate ran aground off Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 26 August.
Science  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda. Her crew were rescued.[66]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1851
Ship State Description
Arrow  United Kingdom America's Cup: The cutter ran aground between Bonchurch and Ventnor, Isle of Wight. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Majesty ( United Kingdom).[67]
Harp British North America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ragged Island, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Walton, Nova Scotia.[68]
Nina Norway The ship was wrecked near Lysekil, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Sundsvall, Sweden.[68][32]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1851
Ship State Description
Catherine United States The ship was driven ashore at East Hampton, New York. All on board, more than 300 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram, Norway to New York City.[22][69] She was refloated on 16 September and taken in to New York City.
Fernando Spain The brig was wrecked at Cape San Blas, Florida, United States with some loss of life. There were 56 survivors.[58]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked between Brodick and Lamlash, Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Prosperity  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore north of Harrington, Cumberland.[70] She had become a wreck by 25 August.[71]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1851
Ship State Description
Adelina Sophia Netherlands The koff was driven ashore in the Heller. She was refloated two days later and taken in to Carolinensiel, Kingdom of Hanover.[72]
Chariot  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Kronstadt, Russia. She sank on 27 August.[73]
Commerce  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in the Canary Islands.[14]
Farmer  United Kingdom The sailing barge sank off Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hullbridge to Bromley-by-Bow, Essex. She was refloated on 26 August and towed in to Whitstable, Kent.[71]
Helena  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Lobeira Rocks. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork.[74]
Robert Sherrat  United Kingdom The sloop sank in the River Mersey during a squall with the loss of all hands.[75][20] She was refloated on 27 August and taken in to Woodside, Cheshire.[43]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1851
Ship State Description
Bolton Abbey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sydney, New South Wales.[76]
Britannia  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Pamahiba River, Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Countess of Minto  United Kingdom The ship sank in a squall at Sydney.[76]
Eversdale  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Wilmington, North Carolina.[68] She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[14]
John  United Kingdom The smack capsized in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all six of her crew.[75][78]
John Bryan  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Dog Island, Florida, United States.[79]
Magnolia United States The steamship was wrecked at Old Woman's Bluff, Florida.[79]
Paxton  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Parrsboro, Nova Scotia to Liverpool. She was refloated and put in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she arrived on 4 September in a leaky condition.[68][80]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1851
Ship State Description
Agent United States The sloop sank at Greenport, New York.[81]
Armantine France The ship was driven ashore in the Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Callao, Peru. She had broken up by 23 September.[82]
Clinker  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands.[11][83]
Grasshopper  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Hirsholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Truro, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Frederikshavn, Denmark.[84]
Harriet United States The schooner capsized, was driven ashore and wrecked on Block Island, Rhode Island. Her crew survived.[81]
Hero  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. She was refloated.[71]
Intellect  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Danzig.[68]
Margaret Dowar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York, United States.[85]
Superior United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Block Island.[81]
Vrouw Maria Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog. She was refloated on 1 September.[22]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1851
Ship State Description
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Varberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[38]
Fanny  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to San Blas. She was refloated.[86]
Hindostan  United Kingdom The vessel foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of her sixteen crew. Survivors took to a boat. They were rescued on 27 September by the schooner Martha Greenow ( British North America). Hindostan was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.
Lady Huntley  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Sprogø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Flensburg, Duchy of Schleswig. She was refloated the next day and take in to Nyborg, Denmark.[87]
Louise Josephine France The ship struck the Navestone Rock, off the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She floated off and drifted out to sea. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. Louise Josephine was on a voyage from Anstruther, Fife, United Kingdom to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme.[17][11]
Margaret Parker British North America The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[88] Her crew were rescued.[89]
Polito Kingdom of Sardinia The ship ran aground on the North and South Rocks, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated and take in to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[36]
Sophia United States The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland.[90]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1851
Ship State Description
Erinneerung Prussia The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Director ( United Kingdom). Erinneerung was on a voyage from Königsberg to London, United Kingdom.[17][11]
Lafayette United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at Chagres, Panama.[91]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off "Kyrkesand", Sweden with the loss of four of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Devonport, Devon to Memel, Prussia.[68]
Urgent  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Lynhaven Bay. She was on a voyage from New York to Wilmington, North Carolina, United States.[14]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1851
Ship State Description
Agelique Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kalmar, Sweden.[92]
Friends  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and sank at Sarawak. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Sarawak.[93]
Grampus New Zealand The schooner was caught by a heavy gale while riding at anchor in the Bay of Plenty and driven on shore. All hands were saved.[94]
Saint Petersburg  Russia The brig was driven ashore on Saaremaa.[95]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1851
Ship State Description
Commerce United States The brig was driven ashore on Craney Island, North Carolina.[68]
E. P. Mackrell United States The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Memphis, Tennessee.[96]
Tamar  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the steamship Rose ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel. Her eight crew were rescued by Rose. Tamar was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon.[17][32]
Urgent United States The brig was driven ashore near Lynnhaven, Virginia. She was on a voyage from New York to Wilmington, Delaware.[68] She was consequently condemned.[97]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1851
Ship State Description
Albertine  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Dram, Norway to Plymouth, Devon.[22]
Amethyst  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the lugger Albert ( France). Amethyst was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[17][98][83]
Cervantes  United Kingdom The ship foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Flamborough Head. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[17][98]
Enigheten Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Raumo to Holbæk, Denmark.[68]
Gannet  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to the Orkney Islands. She was refloated and beached in a severely leaky condition.[17][99][72]
Governor Davis  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Bogueron Passage. She was on a voyage from the Chincha Islands to Callao, Peru. Attempts by USS Raritan ( United States Navy) to refloat her were unsuccessful and she was abandoned.[100]
Maria  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Callam Bank, in the Strait of Malacca and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Penang, Malaya and Liverpool, Lancashire. She subsequently floated off and was taken in to Malacca, Malaya.[93]
Maria Rose  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire.[17]
Orion Sweden The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Lisbon, Portugal/ Orion was later refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[11]
William and Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.[52]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1851
Ship State Description
Argo  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Industry ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned. Her crew were resccued by Industry.[58]
Flying Dutchman Van Diemen's Land The brig ran aground and sank at Adelaide, South Australia before 9 October. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Adelaide.[101]
Claudia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark, where she arrived on 4 August.[23]
Eudora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Poverty Bay. She was on a voyage from Canterbury, New Zealand to Sydney, New South Wales.[102]
Jos  United Kingdom The flat was wrecked between Crosby and Formby, Lancashire with the loss of at least one life.[103]
Juliet British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 August.[104]
Juverna British North America The ship capsized and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in a squall. She was subsequently towed in to Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States.[20]
La Coquette France The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Senegal before 21 August. She was subsequently taken in to Gibraltar by a French Navy crew, arriving on that date.[84][105]
Marion Kingdom of Sardinia The brig was wrecked on the Caravella Bank, off the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Bahia, Brazil.[68]
Phœnix Norway The ship was driven ashore at Mågerø between 20 and 26 August.[64]
Pizarro  Spanish Navy The paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Bahía Honda, Cuba. Her pilot was executed by the commander of the troops on board, suspecting him of being a supporter of Narcisco López and running her aground deliberately.[106]
Rachel Antigua The ship was driven ashore at Montserrat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Antigua.[51]
Razee Portugal The brig was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Cape Frio, Brazil.[68]
Recovery  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, where she arrived on 13 August.[1]
Scandia Sweden The steamship was destroyed by fire at Kalmar.[107]
Silea  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Dundas, Renfrewshire to Hamburg.[84][108]
Speculation  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Kolibke", Prussia. She was refloated and taken in to Danzig, where she arrived on 20 August.[51]
Spy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in St. Francis Bay before 25 August.[109]
Varvaki  Greece The ship was lost at Cavo D'Oro, Euboea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork of Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[107][110]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool. She was refloated on 10 August with assistance from the smack Margarets ( United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage.[23]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Anegada Reef. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to the United States.[111]
Vine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cuba before 1 September. She was on a voyage from Havana to Matanzas. She was refloated and taken in to Havana.[97]

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