List of shipwrecks in August 1829

The list of shipwrecks in August 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during August 1829.

August 1829
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24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31	Unknown date
References

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
John	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Delaware River, United States. [1]
Rhoda	United Kingdom	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]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Grace	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, off Kedgeree, Bengal, India. [5]
Rommany	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Kedgeree. [5]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Active	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at the "Burn of Boyndee". Her crew were rescued. [3]
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portgordon, Morayshire. Her crew were rescued. [6]
Anna Maria	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Gardenstown, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all on board. [6]
Barbara and Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Spey. [6]
Catherine	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at the "Burn of Boyndee". Her crew were rescued. [3]
Endeavour	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Nairn with the loss of all hands. [3]
Lively	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Speymouth, Morayshire. [6]
Lizard	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Speymouth. [6]
Success	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the "Burn of Boyndee". Her crew were rescued. [3]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Driver	Saint Vincent	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]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Americano	Kingdom of Sardinia	The ship was wrecked on Carreras, near Montevideo, Uruguay. [8]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Crimonmogate	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. [9]
Whim	United Kingdom	The ship was in collision with the schooner Navarino in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. [10]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Foxhound	New South Wales	The cutter was wrecked whilst on a voyage from the Five Islands to Port Jackson with the loss of all eight crew. [11]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
John Wells	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Joe Flogger Shoal, in the Delaware River, United States. [12]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Friends	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Nidingen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [13]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Air Balloon	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Westport to Liverpool, Lancashire. [18]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Aurora	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked off the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. [18]
Camillus	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea a league (3 nautical miles (5.6 km)) off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. [19]
Friends	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [18]
Hero	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Feronia (  United Kingdom ). [20]
London	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. [18]
Providence	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. [10]
Sea Nymph	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by the Seaton Delaval Lifeboat. [18]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Ant	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. [21]
Perseverance	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. [22]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Lord Archibald Hamilton	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Girdleness, Aberdeenshire. [18]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Fame	New South Wales	The brig sank at her moorings in Sydney Cove. [23]
Norval	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. [25]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Dublin	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Dublin. [24]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
George	United Kingdom	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]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Louisa	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked off Saugor, India. [26]
Recovery	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of her fourteen crew. Lyra (  United Kingdom ) rescued the survivors. Recovery was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. [27]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Happy Return	United Kingdom	The trow was wrecked on the Dun Sand, in the River Severn. Her crew survived. [28]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Earl Moira	United Kingdom	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]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Charles	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Karlskrona, Sweden. [31]
Nancy	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Hythe, Kent. [15]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Ann	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Pentland Firth. [32]
Monarch	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 49°00′N29°00′W / 49.000°N 29.000°W / 49.000; -29.000 ). Her crew were rescued by James (  United Kingdom ) before she foundered. Monarch was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [33] [34]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Four Friends	United Kingdom	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]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Alert	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. [36]
Lord Hill	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees. [37]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Portreath, Cornwall. [38]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Alert	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. [27]
Alfred	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [39]
Davies Hall	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Ravenglass, Cumberland. [24]
Liver	United Kingdom	The flat was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr with the loss of two of the four people on board. [38]
Lord Ebrington	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was lost at Cemaes Bay, Anglesey with the loss of two of her crew. [38]
Nancy	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the "Birken Isles". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Wick, Caithness. [43]
Sisters	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in Ramsay Sound. [27]
Sophia	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Parton, Cumberland with the loss of all hands except her captain. [40]
Thomas and Jane	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank in the North SeaScarborough. Her four crew survived. [15]
William McGillaray	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Newry, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Newry. [33]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Agestor	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Horns Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. [28]
Camilla	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Cocagne, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. [38]
Crisis	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [21]
Friends	United Kingdom	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	Kingdom of Hanover	The ship departed from Carolinensiel for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [34]
Helford	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wallasey, Cheshire. [38]
Martha	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Widemouth Bay. [27]
Minerva	United Kingdom	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	Netherlands	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Barmouth, Merionethshire. [27]
Olive and Eliza	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to . [38]
Ploughman	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. [38]
Swallow	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, British North America. [33]
Tredegar	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in St Brides Bay. Her crew were rescued. [27]
Vigilant	United Kingdom	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]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Ann	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. [21]
Concordia	United Kingdom	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 (  United Kingdom ). [38]
Fanny	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Salthouse, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [32]
Lara	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Dungeness All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Corfu, Greece via Malta. [40]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Alsinea	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Götaland, Sweden. [49]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1829

Ship	Country	Description
Active	United Kingdom	The sloop was lost in Church Bay. [38]
Catherine	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. [33]
Diligent	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in the Skaggerak before 20 August. [50]
Lady Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain after 15 August. [51]
Liberty	United Kingdom	The ship was lost between Baltimore and Castlehaven, County Cork. [37]
Magdalene	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Umago, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Smyrna, Greece. [43]
Quest	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex before 18 August. [18]
Shepherd	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton before 18 August. [18]
Spring	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Heneaga Reef, Bahamas. [32]
Volant	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Fishguard. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Riga, Russia. [33]

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