List of shipwrecks in August 1833

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The list of shipwrecks in August 1833 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1833.

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Cephalus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by the Seaton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to London.[1][2]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Pallas Hamburg The ship was wrecked in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Montevideo, Uruguay.[3][4]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Evergreen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Grand Castillos, off the coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Oscar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Barben Point, in the Dardanelles. She was refloated in late August and taken in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[6][7][8]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship departed from Blakeney, Norfolk for Christiansand, Norway. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was lost at Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint John's, Newfoundland.[6]
Planter  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of Prince Edward Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Newfoundland.[10][11]
Two Brothers United States The schooner was driven ashore on Pointe de Roche, Newfoundland.[11]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Bella Kingdom of Sardinia The ship was wrecked in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Montevideo, Uruguay.[3][4]
HDMS Pilen  Royal Danish Navy The schooner capsized and sank in the Great Belt. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 14 August. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[12]
Essex  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[13]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[14]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Governor Maxwell United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Kitts The drogher was lost in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[15]
Royal William  United Kingdom The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[15]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire and the explosion of gunpowder on board at Hobart, Van Diemen's Land. There were no casualties amongst her passengers and crew.[16][17][18]
Warkworth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Tourville-sur-Sienne, Manche, France and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Tourville-sur-Sienne.[19]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Flamingo  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony.[9]
St. Vincent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bonny, Nigeria.[20]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Anapa flag unknown The ship departed from Arkhangelsk, Russia for New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Blucher  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by William ( United Kingdom. Blucher was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[19]
Four Sodskene Norway The ship was wrecked on the Thistle Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Sundsvall.[22]
Frau Johanna Stralsund The ship foundered 3.5 German miles off Møn, Denmark with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Aglal (flag unknown). Frau Johanna was on a voyage from Stralsund to Trondheim, Norway.[23]
Gordon  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Blackpool, Lancashire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries.[24]
Jean Sodskende Sweden The ship was wrecked near Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Sundsvall.[25]
Maria Sweden The ship was lost off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to a French port.[22]
Science  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Huna, Caithness.[26]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Phœnix  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London to Memel.[22]
Prompt  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Plate with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, England to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[27]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Smyrna  United Kingdom The ship was departed from Maranhão, Brazil for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[28]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Franklin United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at Charleston, South Carolina.[29]
Lark  United Kingdom The ship departed from Hamburg for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[30]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Foula, Shetland Islands with the loss of all but one of her crew.[13]
Science  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Huna, Caithness. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[31]
Tula  United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for the Charente, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[13]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Great Cumbrae. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint John, New Brunswick.[32]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Alchymist  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[33]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[33]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Lancaster, Lancashire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Tortola to Lancaster.[32][34][35]
Westerhall  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[33]
Wharfinger  United Kingdom The sloop departed from Stockton on Tees, County Durham for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all four crew.[36]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1833
ShipStateDescription
Bee  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the South China Sea off "Hueling Island", China with the loss of a crew member.[37][38]
Beverley  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Leasowe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[34][39] Beverley was refloated on 2 September.[40]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in St Bride's Bay.[40]
Juno  United Kingdom The ship, a brig or schooner, was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were taken off by James Watt ( United Kingdom). The ship was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Filey.[22][25][23][35][41]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was departed from Newcastle upon Tyne for Aldeburgh, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[42]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool.[25]
Perennial  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland for Bridlington, Yorkshire. She subsequently foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. The wreck was sighted on 3 September 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Holderness coast.[43]
Phœbus  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Speedwell ( United Kingdom).[40][44]
Preston  United Kingdom The ship departed from Guernsey, Channel Islands for Rochester, Kent. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[45]
Scarborough  United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Worthing, Sussex. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland Point Lancashire. There was at least one survivor. She was on a voyage from Tortola to Lancaster, Lancashire.[46]

31 August

Unknown date

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