List of shipwrecks in August 1827
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hoppet |  France |
The ship was wrecked on the Sarcelle/ She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to St. Ubes, Spain.[1] |
5 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dispatch |  United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein, Duchy of Schleswig to London.[2] |
7 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caravan | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Prapatingas, Empire of Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
| Enigheten |  Sweden |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Dutch port.[4] |
8 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in Croyde Bay. Her crew survived.[5] |
12 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Aux Cayes, Haiti for Cowes, Isle of Wight. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6] |
15 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peter and Maria |  Netherlands |
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to the Maas.[7] |
17 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Constantia |  Denmark |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix, Virgin Islands. She was later refloated.[8] |
| Emelie | Denmark |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix. She was later refloated.[8] |
| Indian | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America.[3] |
| Phœnix | Denmark |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at St. Croix.[8] |
| Sir James Kempt |  Grenada |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at St. Croix. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Antigua.[8] |
| St. Bartholomew's | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix.[9] |
| St. Croix |  Flensburg |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix. She was refloated the next day.[8] |
18 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alonzo | United Kingdom |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with the loss of nine of her crew.[10][11] |
| Julia | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Santo Domingo. There was one survivor.[10][11] |
| Samuel | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Santo Domingo with some loss of life.[10][11] |
| St. Domingo | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Santo Domingo with the loss of a crew member.[10][11] |
19 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parker |  United States |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Veracruz, Mexico.[8] |
20 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Herald | United States |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Veracruz, Mexico.[8] She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Veracruz.[9] |
| Joven Martha |  Spain |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Veracruz.[8] |
21 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parker | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Veracruz, Mexico.[9] |
22 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cleopatra | United Kingdom |
The ship was dismasted and subsequently capsized in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Windsor, Nova Scotia, British North America.[12] |
23 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereign | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Rum Key. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[9] |
24 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clarissa | United States |
The ship was wrecked at Tolbøl near Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island to Gothenburg, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark.[13][14] |
| Hero | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel.[15] Hero was refloated on 27 August and taken in to Memel.[16] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford | United Kingdom |
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain. All on board were rescued by Mansfield ( United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Barcelona, Spain via Málaga and Valencia.[17][18] |
| Familien | Sweden |
The ship was run down and sunk off The Neddings. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Gothenburg.[7] |
26 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah and Maria | Netherlands |
The ship was run down and sunk off Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[15] |
| Lady Burnaby | Bermuda |
The ship was wrecked on the Square Handkerchief Reef. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Bermuda.[19] |
27 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | United Kingdom |
The brig struck the Loather Rock in the Pentland Firth and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[15] |
| William | United Kingdom |
The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Temporary repairs were nade and she departed for Aberdeen on 15 October.[20] |
28 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fortitude Increased | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Petersburg, Russia to London.[16] |
| Henry Johnson | United States |
The ship capsized in a hurricane with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint-Barthélemy to Bridgeport, Connecticut.[12] |
29 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost between the Isle of Arran and Limerick.[21] |
| William | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Dunnet Head, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[14] |