The list of shipwrecks in August 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during August 1829.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John | The ship was driven ashore in the Delaware River, United States. [1] | |
| Rhoda | The ship ran aground and capsized in the Humber at Oysterness, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Goole, Yorkshire. [2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grace | The ship was lost near Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands. [3] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Macduff, Aberdeenshire. [4] | |
| Milford | The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, off Kedgeree, Bengal, India. [5] | |
| Rommany | The ship was lost near Kedgeree. [5] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | The ship was driven ashore at the "Burn of Boyndee". Her crew were rescued. [3] | |
| Ann | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portgordon, Morayshire. Her crew were rescued. [6] | |
| Anna Maria | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Gardenstown, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all on board. [6] | |
| Barbara and Ann | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Spey. [6] | |
| Catherine | The ship was driven ashore at the "Burn of Boyndee". Her crew were rescued. [3] | |
| Endeavour | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Nairn with the loss of all hands. [3] | |
| Lively | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Speymouth, Morayshire. [6] | |
| Lizard | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Speymouth. [6] | |
| Success | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the "Burn of Boyndee". Her crew were rescued. [3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | | The schooner capsized whilst on a voyage from Saint Barthélemy to Saint Vincent with the loss of four of the twelve people on board. [7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Americano | The ship was wrecked on Carreras, near Montevideo, Uruguay. [8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crimonmogate | The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. [9] | |
| Whim | The ship was in collision with the schooner Navarino in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Foxhound | | The cutter was wrecked whilst on a voyage from the Five Islands to Port Jackson with the loss of all eight crew. [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Wells | The ship ran aground on the Joe Flogger Shoal, in the Delaware River, United States. [12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Friends | The ship was wrecked near Nidingen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [13] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Air Balloon | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Chatham, Kent. [14] She was refloated on 21 August and taken into Scarborough. [15] | |
| Betsey | The ship was wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin with the loss of five of the eighteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundalk, County Louth. [16] | |
| Duke | The brig was wrecked in Sandy Cove. All eleven people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin. [16] [17] | |
| Jean and Bell | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Westport to Liverpool, Lancashire. [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | The ship was wrecked off the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. [18] | |
| Camillus | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea a league (3 nautical miles (5.6 km)) off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. [19] | |
| Friends | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [18] | |
| Hero | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Feronia ( | |
| London | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. [18] | |
| Providence | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) west south west of the Smalls Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. [19] | |
| Quest | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. [10] | |
| Sea Nymph | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by the Seaton Delaval Lifeboat. [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ant | The ship was driven ashore near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. [21] | |
| Perseverance | The ship sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. [22] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Archibald Hamilton | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Girdleness, Aberdeenshire. [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fame | | The brig sank at her moorings in Sydney Cove. [23] |
| Norval | The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. [24] | |
| Richard and Jane | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. [25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George | The ship sprang a leak and was beached in "Fernis Bay". She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Castletown, Isle of Man. [13] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louisa | The brig was wrecked off Saugor, India. [26] | |
| Recovery | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of her fourteen crew. Lyra ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Happy Return | The trow was wrecked on the Dun Sand, in the River Severn. Her crew survived. [28] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Earl Moira | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off the Owers Sandbank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. [13] [29] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean during a hurricane. There were six survivors. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London. [30] | |
| Marjory | The ship was driven ashore at Karlskrona, Sweden. [31] | |
| Nancy | The ship was wrecked at Hythe, Kent. [15] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | The sloop was in collision with the schooner Ariadne in the North Sea off Girdleness, Aberdeenshire and sank. All on board survived. [24] | |
| John and James | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Pentland Firth. [32] | |
| Monarch | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 49°00′N29°00′W / 49.000°N 29.000°W ). Her crew were rescued by James ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Four Friends | The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Scarborough, Yorkshire. Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. A boat from the ship washed up at Filey, Yorkshire in early September. [35] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | The brig was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. [36] | |
| Lord Hill | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees. [37] | |
| Mary | The ship was wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Portreath, Cornwall. [38] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. [27] | |
| Alfred | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [39] | |
| Davies Hall | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Beaumaris, Anglesey. [27] | |
| Harford | The ship was wrecked on the Baggy Lip, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. [27] | |
| Helen | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Cloughey Bay with the loss of five of the fourteen people on board. she was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands and Trinidad. [24] [33] | |
| Liberty | The ship was driven ashore at Ravenglass, Cumberland. [24] | |
| Liver | The flat was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr with the loss of two of the four people on board. [38] | |
| Lord Ebrington | The ship was driven ashore near Ballywalter, County Down. [27] She was on a voyage from Ayr to Dublin. [40] Lord Ebrington was refloated on 5 September and beached at Ballyferris, County Down. [39] | |
| Mary | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to St. Ives, Cornwall. [41] | |
| Minerva | The ship was wrecked near Ballycastle, County Antrim with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Wyburg". [42] | |
| Myrtle | The ship was lost at Cemaes Bay, Anglesey with the loss of two of her crew. [38] | |
| Nancy | The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the "Birken Isles". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Wick, Caithness. [43] | |
| Sisters | The ship was wrecked in Ramsay Sound. [27] | |
| Sophia | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Parton, Cumberland with the loss of all hands except her captain. [40] | |
| Thomas and Jane | The ship was wrecked near Padstow with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cork to Southampton, Hampshire. [38] [44] | |
| Vigilant | The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank in the North SeaScarborough. Her four crew survived. [15] | |
| William McGillaray | The ship was lost near Newry, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Newry. [33] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agestor | The ship was wrecked on the Horns Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. [28] | |
| Camilla | The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Cocagne, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. [38] | |
| Crisis | The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. [45] She was refloated on 13 September and taken in to the River Orwell. [31] | |
| Enterprise | The ship was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [21] | |
| Friends | The barque was lost on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of four of her twelve crew. [38] | |
| Graf von Munster | The ship departed from Carolinensiel for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [34] | |
| Helford | The ship was wrecked on Baggy Point, Devon with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. [46] [47] | |
| Lilly | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wallasey, Cheshire. [38] | |
| Martha | The ship was wrecked near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Fishguard. [27] | |
| Mary Ann | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Widemouth Bay. [27] | |
| Minerva | The ship was wrecked near Fair Head, County Antrim with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. [37] | |
| Natches | The ship was lost near Blankenberge, West Flanders with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from "Maranzas" to Antwerp. [48] | |
| New Blessing | The ship was driven ashore at Barmouth, Merionethshire. [27] | |
| Olive and Eliza | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to . [38] | |
| Ploughman | The ship was driven ashore at Upgang, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. [15] | |
| Rumbold | The ship was lost in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. [38] | |
| Swallow | The ship was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, British North America. [33] | |
| Tredegar | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in St Brides Bay. Her crew were rescued. [27] | |
| Vigilant | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scaleby Beck, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Colchester, Essex [38] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Plymouth, Devon. [37] | |
| Ant | The ship was driven ashore near Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. [21] | |
| Concordia | The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent and sank with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Tally-ho ( | |
| Fanny | The ship was driven ashore at Salthouse, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [32] | |
| Lara | The ship was wrecked at Dungeness All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Corfu, Greece via Malta. [40] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alsinea | The ship was wrecked on Götaland, Sweden. [49] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | The sloop was lost in Church Bay. [38] | |
| Catherine | The ship was lost near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. [33] | |
| Diligent | The ship struck rocks and sank off Corley Point, County Limerick. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth. [19] | |
| Friends | The ship was lost in the Skaggerak before 20 August. [50] | |
| Lady Hope | The ship was wrecked on Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain after 15 August. [51] | |
| Liberty | The ship was lost between Baltimore and Castlehaven, County Cork. [37] | |
| Magdalene | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Umago, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Smyrna, Greece. [43] | |
| Quest | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex before 18 August. [18] | |
| Shepherd | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton before 18 August. [18] | |
| Spring | The ship ran aground off the mouth of the Tyne. She consequently sprang a leak and was towed in to South Shields, County Durham, where she sank. Spring was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [15] | |
| Tyne | The ship was wrecked on the Heneaga Reef, Bahamas. [32] | |
| Volant | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Littlehampton, Sussex. She was refloated on 29 August and taken in to the harbour. [38] | |
| Wellington | The ship was driven ashore at Fishguard. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Riga, Russia. [33] |