List of shipwrecks in August 1830
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah |  United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1] |
| Vittoria | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from British Honduras for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[2] |
2 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Arctic Ocean (60°12′N 37°15′E / 60.200°N 37.250°E).[3] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4] |
3 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Smirny |  Imperial Russian Navy |
The sloop-of-war ran aground off "Tille Island", in the Kattegat. She was abandoned the next day with the loss of thirteen of her crew. Smirny was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Kronstadt. She was subsequently refloated and sold.[5] |
| Trusty | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
4 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bee | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea.[7] |
5 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margaretha Elizabeth |  Hamburg |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[8] |
6 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary and Ann | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
8 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[10] |
9 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sir William Ashton | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, British North America.[11] |
11 August
12 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cornelia | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. John's, Antigua.[13] |
| Fabricia |  Spain |
The ship was wrecked at Tortola. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Havana, Cuba.[14] |
| St. Jago | United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. John's.[13] |
14 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hector | United Kingdom |
The ship capsized and sank in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk with the loss of two of her crew.[3] |
| Helen | United Kingdom |
The brig was sighted in the Skaggerak whilst on her maiden voyage, from Dundee, Forfarshire to Riga, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15] |
| Hope | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Swine Bottoms, in the North Sea off Helsingør, Denmark.[16] |
| Kleine Lidia |  Kingdom of Hanover |
The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Emden to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[17] |
15 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amity | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Florida, United States.[18] |
| Cosmopolite |  France |
The ship was wrecked near "Graverne", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to a Russian port.[16] |
| Earl Wellington | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven onto the Thistle Rocks, off the coast of Sweden, and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[16] |
16 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Canning | United Kingdom |
The ship was werecked on the coast of Florida, United States with the loss of all hands.[19] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1] |
17 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet |  Sweden |
The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Guernsey.[6][20] |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica.[21] |
18 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boyne | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[22] |
| Gina | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Ipswich, Suffolk.[17] |
| Union | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rye, Sussex.[3] |
| Victory | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Harlingen, Friesland.[4] |
19 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cupido | Sweden |
The ship was driven ashore on Juist, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockholm.[23] |
| Freund George | Hamburg |
The ship was driven ashore on Juist She was on a voyage from Altona to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[23] |
| Katherine |  Denmark |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull to Sunderland, County Durham. The wreck later came ashore at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[3][6] |
20 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amaryllis | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Dominica. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
| Eusebia | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Barbados.[6] |
21 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta | Hamburg |
The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Hamburg.[23] |
24 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Egypt Point, Isle of Wight with the loss of her captain.[4] |
| Matchless |  Demerara |
The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by St. Croix ( United Kingdom). Matchless was on a voyage from Demerara to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[24][25] |
| Unternehmung | Hamburg |
The ship was lost off Scharhörn.[17] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Penteivan, Cornwall.[4] |
| Royal Charlotte | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at sea. Her crew were rescued by Susannah ( United States). Royal Charlotte was on a voyage from Jamaica to Dublin.[24] |
27 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Commerce | United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Pendle-mawr.[26] Her crew were rescued. |
| Henry | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at sea and abandoned. Her twelve crew were rescued by Intrepid ( United Kingdom).[27] |
| Hornet | United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Pendle-mawr. Her crew survived.[26] |
| Mary | United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover.[17] |
| May | United Kingdom |
The flat was driven ashore and wrecked at Pendle-mawr. Her four crew were rescued.[26] |
| Stag | United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Pendle-mawr.[26] |
28 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunbar, Lothian. Her eight crew were rescued, but her captain subsequently died. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian.[28][29] |
| David | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunbar. Her crew were rescued.[28] |
| Peggy | United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunbar. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[28][29] |
| Saturnus |  Grand Duchy of Finland |
The schooner was wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kusko to Peterhead.[30][28] |
| Thomas and Dorothy | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in The Solent off St Helens, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued.[31] |
| Wellington | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Koll Sandbank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32] |