List of shipwrecks in August 1842
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria | The ship was driven ashore west of Hayle, Cornwall.[1] She was refloated on 8 August and taken into Hayle.[2] | |
| Maryborough | The ship struck the Cabezat Rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Kertch, Russia to Cork. She consequently put into Gibraltar on 5 August.[3] |
2 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn | The brig ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow.[4] | |
| Margaret | The ship ran aground in the Castletown River near Soldier's Point, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dundalk, County Louth.[5] | |
| Oracle | The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Caernarfon. Oracle was refloated and put back to Waterford.[6] | |
| Scipio | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the River Severn. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Gloucester.[5] | |
| Sophia | The ship was driven ashore on Messing Island, in Christianafjord. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to "Walloe". She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3] | |
| Splendid | The ship was in collision with the steamship Narrangasset ( | |
| Victoria | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the River Usk at Newport, Monmouthshire.[5] |
3 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anne | The ship was driven ashore near Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Budleigh Salterton, Devon.[1] | |
| Marquis of Douro | The ship was driven ashore on Knock John, in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to London. She was refloated and beached on the coast of Lapland.[8] |
4 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amphitrite | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[9] | |
| Autumn | The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Susa, Beylik of Tunis to Dublin.[9][10] | |
| Phœnix | The ship was driven ashore and sank in Loch Laxford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3] | |
| Robert | The ship ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Barletta, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Dublin.[11] She was refloated on 6 August and taken into Dublin.[12] | |
| Swatara | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.[13] |
5 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louisa | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Arbroath, Forfarshire.[14] |
6 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | The transport ship, a brig, ran aground in the Yangtze River. She was set afire and destroyed in September.[15][16] | |
| Sabina | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Recife, Cape Colony with the loss of 20 lives.[17] |
7 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Good Intent | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. Good Intent was refloated and taken into Liverpool.[18] | |
| Greenwell | The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[19] | |
| Sabina | The full-rigged ship foundered off Cape Recife, Africa with the loss of 22 of the 62 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Henry Hoyle ( | |
| Supply | The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cuba. Supply was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[18] |
8 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | The ship was driven ashore in Table Bay.[21] |
9 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kate | The brig was wrecked on a reef south of Henequa, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Boston, Massachusetts.[23] | |
| Pilot | The sloop ran aground on the Chapel Rocks, in the River Severn and capsized. She was on a voyage from Cork to Gloucester.[24] |
10 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clifford | The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Straits. Her crew were rescued by Isabella and Tomatin (both | |
| Duc d'Orleans | The ship was driven ashore south of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Philadelphia. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[13] | |
| Laurel | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool.[28] | |
| Maryta | The ship was wrecked in the Torres Straits.[29] Her crew were rescued by Gipsy ( |
11 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comet | The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Cork. Comet was refloated and towed into Brier Island, Nova Scotia.[31][32] | |
| Coquette | The ship ran aground on the Batten Reef, in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Coquette was refloated and resumed her voyage.[33] | |
| Kate | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Cape Terawhiti.[34][35] | |
| Maraboo | The ship ran aground on the Bird Rock. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. She was refloated and put into Nassau, Bahamas.[36] | |
| Tynemouth Castle | The ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to South Shields, County Durham.[37] She was refloated and put into South Shields.[33] |
12 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza and Ellen | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester. She was refloated.[19] | |
| Melona | The ship ran aground off Torsari Island, Finland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was later refloated, and completed her voyage on 15 September.[38][39] | |
| Speculator | The ship departed from Mercury Bay for Wellington. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.[40] |
13 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comet | The ship struck a sunken wreck and was beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to South Shields, County Durham.[41] |
14 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duchess of Bucclech | The ship was wrecked on the Jardanillos, in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana, Cuba.[42] | |
| Malvina | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Eider and was severely damaged. She was towed into Tønning in a sinking condition.[8] | |
| Pearl | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[19] |
15 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Concord | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire. Concord was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43] | |
| Lady Douglas | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day and proceeded on her voyage.[44] |
16 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Circe | The corvette ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Port Royal, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Port Royal to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Circe was later refloated.[45] | |
| Garland | The ship was wrecked at Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.[23] | |
| Ipswich | The steamship ran aground of a reef 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Port Royal whilst going to the assistance of Circe ( |
17 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albion | The ship foundered off Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to Leith, Lothian.[7] |
18 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George | The schooner, which had sprung a leak in the Bay of Biscay, hoisted a distress signal. The crew of the brig Seabird ( | |
| John and Jean | The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[48] | |
| Minerva | The schooner was wrecked on a reef in Open Bay, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued.[49] | |
| Robert Harret | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Hamburg.[48] |
19 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Friends | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dartmouth, Devon.[48] | |
| Superior | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dartmouth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[48] |
20 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza | The smack sank off the north coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Galway.[50][51][13] | |
| Loyalist | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Langloes Island", British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.[52] | |
| Maria | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (55°20′N 10°00′W / 55.333°N 10.000°W). Her crew were rescued by Nancy Munro ( |
21 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna | The ship was driven ashore near "Sanderhoe". Two crew were rescued.[53] | |
| Lucy | The ship was wrecked on the cost of Labrador, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[23] | |
| Maria | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of Ireland. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the schooner Jane ( | |
| Sable | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. Her crew were rescued.[23] | |
| Watchful | The ship was driven ashore near "Charduck", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Cork. Watchful was refloated with assistance from HMS Stromboli ( |
22 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ashburton | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) off Lisbon Portugal. She was on a voyage from Vila Nova de Portimao, Portugal to London.[53] | |
| Coq | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Senegal River. Her crew were rescued.[20] |
23 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gleaner | The ship ran aground in the Castletown River. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[13] | |
| Thomas Sparks | The ship struck the Whale Rock, in Table Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales and New Zealand.[57] |
24 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Angola | The ship was driven ashore at Brigantine, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to New York.[32] | |
| Intrepid | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. she was later refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Constantinople on 14 September.[55][58] | |
| Margaret Elizabeth | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Brazil. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[3] | |
| W. H. Harrison | The ship was driven ashore at Ocracoke, North Carolina.[32] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage to Nassau, Bahamas.[59] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oceanus | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Dominica.[60] |
26 August
27 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jacques Charles | The ship departed from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[61] | |
| Nikolay | The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the Okhota. She was dismantled in 1846.[62] |
28 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abercrombie Robinson | ||
| Albatross | The cutter was driven ashore in Table Bay.[21] | |
| Ghika | The schooner was driven ashore in Algoa Bay.[22] She was on a voyage from London to Algoa Bay. She was consequently condemned,[64] but was refloated on 2 October.[65] | |
| Fairfield | The barque was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was consequently condemned.[64][22] | |
| Henry Hoyle | The brig was driven ashore in Table Bay. All on board were rescued.[21][22] | |
| John Bagshaw | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was consequently condemned.[64][22] | |
| Reform | The brig was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Algoa Bay to the Breede River. She was consequently condemned.[64][22] | |
| Saldanha-bay Packet | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Saldanha Bay. She was refloated on 7 October and resumed her voyage.[65] | |
| Tanfield | The ship was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was consequently condemned.[66] | |
| Union | The ship was driven ashore near Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Granville, Manche France. she was refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[53] | |
| Waterloo | ||
| Zone | The ship departed from Veracruz, Mexico for Bordeaux, Gironde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[67] |
29 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James Graham | The schooner ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from the Cabo da Roca, Portugal and was subsequently wrecked. Her crew survived.[68] | |
| Mary Jane | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. Her crew were rescued.[52] | |
| Nancy | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. Her crew were rescued.[52] | |
| Prebene | The ship was driven ashore between Helsingborg and "Ra", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Brazil.[69] |
30 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Maria | The whaler was run down and sunk during a storm in mid Indian Ocean, near Île Saint-Paul, by the whaler Ajax ( | |
| Avis | The whaler was wrecked in Two Peoples Bay.[70][71] | |
| James Graham | The ship was driven ashore north of Cape Razo, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lisbon, Portugal.[72] | |
| Loyalist | The ship was wrecked on "Langlois Island". Her crew were rescued.[23] | |
| Magdalena | The ship was in collision with Delphin ( | |
| Middlesex | The full-rigged ship was wrecked near Maceió, Brazil. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London.[73][74] | |
| Prebene | The ship was driven ashore between Helsingborg and "Ra". She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Brazil.[75] | |
| St. Louis | The ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New Orleans, Louisiana. All on board were rescued by the brig Impulse ( |

