List of shipwrecks in August 1831
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The list of shipwrecks in August 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1831.
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2 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hind | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore east of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[1] |
Theodosia | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore east of Wells-next-the-Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Newham, Essex.[1] |
8 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Medal | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Little Heneaga, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Jamaica.[2] |
9 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Sherbrooke | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Mouse Island, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 241 of the 273 people on board. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. Her captain was subsequently found guilty of wilfully wrecking the ship and was sentenced to death.[3][4] |
Matchless | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba.[5] |
11 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Adelaide | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Agenoria | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Alliance | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Ann | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Antoinette | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Arethusa | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Ariel | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Aurora | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Barbadoes Packet | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Barbadoes | ![]() |
The mailboat was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Commerce | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. All 30 crew were rescued.[6][7] |
Dasher | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Conk Reef, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from "Laguira" to London.[9] |
Decagon | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Delta | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane on Canouan, Grenadines.[6][7] |
Despatch | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane in Greethead's Bay, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Diamond | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Dove | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[7] |
Duncan Ferguson | ![]() |
The sloop was wrecked at Saint Lucia with the loss of a crew member.[10] |
Eliza | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Emerald | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Emily | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Eurus | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Exchange | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Fanny | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane in Greethead's Bay, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Henry | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Henry Clay | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[7] |
Horatio Nelson | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Irlam | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Jane | ![]() |
The Sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mustique.[7] |
Kezia | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Lady of the Isles | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Lady's Adventure | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Mary | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Montague | ![]() |
The mailboat was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Neptune | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Orleans | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Perseverance | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Quebec | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Rambler | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[7] |
Samuel Hinds | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados.[8] |
Sarah Ward | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Sector | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Shark | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane on Bequia, Grenadines.[6][7] |
St. Vincent | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Susannah | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Thetis | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Triangle | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Trinidad | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Union | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[6] |
Wellwood | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Lavenscar Island". She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[11] |
William McCall | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Calliaqua, Saint Vincent.[6][7] |
Zephyr | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane on Bequia, Grenadines.[6][7] |
13 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Duchess of Portland | ![]() |
The ship encountered a violent hurricane as she was sailing for England from Aux Cayes. The hurricane threw her on her beam ends and she stayed that way for eight hours. She lost one of her boats, several sails, and was obliged to cut away her spare spars.[12] |
Frances Ann | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the "Fuskett Islands". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[13] |
Perseverance | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Martinique to Barbados.[14] |
16 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Chieftain | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Copeland Islands, County Down. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. Chieftain was refloated on 18 August and taken in to Belfast.[15] |
Dispatch | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts.[8] |
Eight Sisters | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts.[8] |
Greyhound | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts with the loss of three of her crew.[8] |
Industry | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts.[8] |
Rambler | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts.[8] |
17 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dart | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore crewless on Barbados. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Barbados.[14] |
Felix Leopold | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Campeche, Mexico.[16] She was refloated on 12 November.[17] |
Norval | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near "Cape Rofo" or "Cape Roxo", Africa with the loss of at least five lives. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape Colony.[18][19] |
Rothsay Castle | ![]() |
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Ulysses | ![]() |
The ship foundered at Belize, British Honduras.[21] |
18 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ben Nevis | ![]() |
The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked near Campbeltown, Argyllshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[15][22] |
19 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fancy | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[23] |
John | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Blackpool, Lancashire. Her four crew survived.[15] |
Liberty | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Maria (![]() |
Prosper | ![]() |
The trow foundered in the River Severn. Her crew survived.[25] |
Viewly Hill | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[23] |
Yare | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[23] |
20 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Berbice | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26] |
Fancy | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Withernsea, Yorkshire.[27] |
Laurel | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off North Foreland, Kent. The seven people on board survived, but her captain died from a cause unrelated to the shipwreck before they reached land.[23][26] |
Pacific | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked off Key West, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from "Laguira" to London.[9] |
Pillhead | ![]() |
The ship was sriven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her cre were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Hull, Yorkshire.[26] |
Scarthingwell | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Sunderland, County Durham.[23][26][28] |
Strela | ![]() |
The schooner foundered off Dagerort with the loss of all 54 crew.[29] |
22 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Addison | ![]() |
The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[30] |
Polygon | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[31] |
Rosemount | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint John, New Brunswick.[32] |
23 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hebe | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the Crozet Islands. Her crew were rescued.[33] |
New Tamar | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Burrow Head, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, County Down to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[34] |
Paragon | ![]() |
The sloop was run down and sunk in the North Sea off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire by Lavinia (![]() |
25 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Charlotte | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and was damaged in the River Avon, Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Bristol.[24] |
Liberty | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea (53°59′N 6°30′E / 53.983°N 6.500°E). Her crew were rescued.[36] |
Six Brothers | ![]() |
The sloop foundered in Dublin Bay. Her crew were rescued.[37] |
26 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Redness Point, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[24] |
27 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cherokee | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Calabar to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37] |
Frances | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[38] |
31 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Betsy and Mary | ![]() |
The ship was sighted in Loch Laxford on this date whilst on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Limerick. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[39] |
Maria Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Kronstadt.[40] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked on a reef in the Pacific Ocean (29°37′S 158°58′E / 29.617°S 158.967°E).[41] |
Mariner | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tampico, Mexico before 22 August.[42] |
Wanderer | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on an ice island before 8 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[25] |
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