List of shipwrecks in August 1841
The list of shipwrecks in August 1841 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1841.
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References |
1 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fama | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1] | |
Margaret | The brig was damaged by fire at London.[2] | |
Sorceress | The barque was wrecked on the Carcades Caragus Shoals. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[3][4] |
2 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Atlas | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Narva River. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[5] | |
Fama | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to London. Fama was refloated and resumed her voyage.[6] | |
Princess Royal | The ship was driven ashore at Cap Granitola, Sicily. She was refloated on 18 August and taken into Marsala, Sicily.[7] |
3 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ajax | The barque was wrecked off "Levenskar". Her crew were rescued.[8] | |
Inverness Packet | The ship was wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[1] | |
Princesse Josephine | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Christiania.[1][6] | |
Walmer | Thewhaler was wrecked at "Bouro". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London.[9] |
4 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dapper | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[10] | |
David | The whaler, a brig, was wrecked in the Cook Strait with the loss of four of her crew.[11][12] | |
Emerald | The ship foundered off Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Liverpool, Lancashire. Emerald was refloated on 6 August and taken into Livorno.[13] | |
Triumph | The brig was wrecked on Johnson's Reef, in the West Indies.[14] |
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Harmony | The ship was driven ashore in the Traverse. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Hull, Yorkshire.[7] | |
Harrison | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Scotstown Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City.[10][15] She was refloated on 18 August and taken into Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[16] | |
Hoppett | The ship ran aground on the English Bank, off the coast of Argentina. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Monte Video, Uruguay.[17] |
7 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | The ship was run down and sunk in the Sloyne. Her crew were rescued.[10] | |
Josephine | The ship ran aground off Paterholm, in the Kalmar Strait and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Copenhagen, Denmark.[18] | |
Mary Ann | The ship was driven ashore near "Clonea". She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dungarvan, County Antrim.[10] She was refloated the next day.[19] | |
Splendid | The ship was wrecked on the Calipash Key, off the coast of Cuba. All on board were rescued.[20] | |
Undaunted | The barque was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her fifteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[21][22] |
8 August
9 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Erie | The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire in Lake Erie 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Silver Creek, New York with the loss of 175 lives. Twenty-nine survivors were rescued by the steamships Clinton and Lady (both | |
Euphemia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Peniche, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[13] | |
Jane | The ship ran aground in the River Blackwater at Maldon, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Maldon.[26] | |
Mathesis | The ship was damaged by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. Mathesis put into Rio de Janeiro, Brazi for repairs. She arrived on 25 August.[27] | |
Splendid | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28] | |
Vibelia | The ship was wrecked in the Mayotte Islands. Her twenty crew were rescued by Uranie ( |
10 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hoffnung | The ship was wrecked on the Drogue, at the mouth of the Eider. She was on a voyage from Altona to Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein.[13] | |
Portland | The ship was in collision with Tug and was consequently beached at Newport, Monmouthshire.[19] |
11 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cuba | The ship was driven ashore on Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jamaica.[31] | |
Elizabeth | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands.[13] | |
Thomas and Mary | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel.[32] Her crew were rescued.[33] |
12 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bonne Aimee | The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[34] | |
Curtis | The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[13] | |
Frederick Wilhelm IV | The ship struck a rock and was beached. She was on a voyage from Tiltip to Memel.[18] | |
Gotthalfe | The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Gotthalfe was refloated the next day.[18] |
13 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alsen | The ship was in collision with Vernon and foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Christiansand.[33] | |
Eilcke | The ship was wrecked near Süderoog, Duchy of Holstein.[7] | |
George | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was later refloated.[32] | |
Marmora | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Richmond, Virginia, United States.[21] | |
Sveridge Herman | The ship ran aground off Kåseborga and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to Lübeck.[18] |
14 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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William | The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. William was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[32][33] |
15 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Henry Woolley | The ship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) from Key West, Florida Territory. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Henry Woolley was later refloated.[35] | |
Paget | The brig was wrecked at Anegada, Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Firefly ( |
16 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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David | The whaler was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand.[36] | |
Sarah | The ship was wrecked near Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harbour Grace to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[37] |
18 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexander | The ship was ran aground off Amrum, Duchy of Schleswig. She was refloated and beached on Föhr. Alexander was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. She was patched up and resumed her voyage.[38] | |
Samuel | The ship capsized on the Red Sands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Carlisle, Cumberland. Samuel was refloated the next day and taken into Port Carlisle, Cumberland.[39] |
19 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dumbarton | The ship was in collision with Albert ( | |
Iris | The ship was wrecked between Land's End and Cape Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan.[16] |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ant | The ship was severely damaged by fire off Dale, Pembrokeshire.[41] | |
Diligence | The ship was run into by Westchester ( | |
Emanuel | The ship ran aground off Skanör, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. Emanuel was refloated and taken into [Helsingør], Denmark.[38] | |
Francis Jeffery | The ship ran aground on the Stonebottoms, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to a Baltic port.[42] She was refloated on 24 August and resumed her voyage.[5] | |
Wohlfahrt | The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[43] |
21 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary Bain | The ship was driven ashore at Sandhammaren, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London.[5] Mary Bain was refloated on 28 August.[38] | |
Perseverance | The ship was wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[44] | |
St. Mary | The barque was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[45][46] | |
Speculator | The brig was driven on shore on the south coast of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand with the loss of two of her crew. Six men belonging to a shore party drowned while attempting to rescue the crew of the Speculator and Transfer (qv), which was driven on shore during the same storm.[47][48] | |
Transfer | The brig was driven on shore on the south coast of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. All the crew were saved, but six members of a shore party drowned whilst attempting to save the crew of the Transfer and Speculator (qv), which was driven on shore during the same storm.[47][48] |
22 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Integrity | The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. Her crew were rescued by John Knox and Thomas Crisp (both | |
Malcolm | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[51] | |
Solide | The ship capsized in a thunderstorm at Gothenburg.[38] |
23 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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St. Pierre | The ship foundered in the North Sea off "Doulington". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[52] |
24 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Belle Annette | The ship departed from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53] | |
London | The ship was wrecked on Grand Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[31] |
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hardy | The steamship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Thames at Wapping, Middlesex. She was refloated on 30 August but found to be severely damaged.[54] | |
Mary Anne | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia. Eleven crew were rescued by the brig Rover ( | |
Solway | The steamship ran aground on the Barnhourie Sandbankm in the Solway Firth. She was refloated and consequently beached at Southerness, Wigtownshire. All on board, more than 320 people, were rescued.[57] | |
William Hinch | The ship was driven ashore between Mizen Head and Sheep's Head, County Cork.[58] She was refloated on 27 August and taken into Crookhaven, County Cork.[59] |
26 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Theodore Korner | The ship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida Territory. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and taken into Key West, Florida Territory.[60] | |
Traveller | The ship was lost near Egersund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Kiel, Prussia.[61] |
28 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Diana | The ship ran aground on the Lucipara Shoal. She was on a voyage from Singapore to London. She was refloated on 30 August and resumed her voyage.[62] | |
Francis Jeffrey | The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to a Baltic port.[5] |
29 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Active | The sloop sprang a leak and sank off Handa, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Uist, Outer Hebrides to Thurso, Caithness.[63] |
30 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Frederica Amalia | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[59] | |
Mary Alice | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pärnu, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[59] |
31 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Active | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Handa, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from South Uist Outer Hebrides to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[64] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Argo | The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Bawdsey, Suffolk. She was refloated on 13 August and taken into Harwich, Essex.[26] | |
Canadian | The ship was driven ashore at Bude, Cornwall. She was refloated on 19 August.[16] | |
Dolphin | The schooner was wrecked on Green Island, in the Rio Nuñez.[65] | |
Intrupendte Ungaro | The polacca brig was abandoned in the Adriatic Sea on or before 6 August.[37] | |
Jeune Marie Charlotte | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom before 13 August.[26] | |
Laing | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She had been refloated by 17 August.[66] | |
Lord Canterbury | The ship was driven ashore at Round Point. she was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Lord Canterbury was refloated on 16 August and taken into Bristol.[67] | |
Marin | The ship was driven ashore near Kuressaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Marin was refloated on 3 September and taken into Kuressaare.[68] | |
Oberlin | The ship ran aground on the Anholt Reef, in the Kattegat. She was on refloated and subsequently put into South Shields,County Durham, United Kingdom, where she arrived on 21 August.[52] | |
Overyssel | The ship foundered in the Strait of Bali before 3 August.[69] | |
Paragon | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River before 7 August. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. Paragon was refloated on 8 August and completed her voyage.[70] | |
Perseverant | The ship was wrecked on Castle Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to a French port.[34] | |
Sir F. B. Head | The ship was driven ashore in the River Avon. She was refloated on 13 August and taken into the King Road.[26] | |
Sisters | The trow foundered in the Bristol Channel between Flat Holm and Steep Holm with the loss of four of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[71] |
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Ship events in 1841 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 |
Ship commissionings: | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 |
Shipwrecks: | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 |
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