The list of shipwrecks in August 1830 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1830.
| August 1830 | ||||||
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| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | Unknown date | ||||
| References | ||||||
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah | The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [1] | |
| Vittoria | The ship departed from British Honduras for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret | The ship foundered in the Arctic Ocean ( 60°12′N37°15′E / 60.200°N 37.250°E ). [3] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Smirny | The sloop-of-war ran aground off "Tille Island", in the Kattegat. She was abandoned the next day with the loss of thirteen of her crew. Smirny was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Kronstadt. She was subsequently refloated and sold. [5] | |
| Trusty | The ship foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bee | The ship foundered in the North Sea. [7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margaretha Elizabeth | | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. [8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary and Ann | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | The ship was wrecked near Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sir William Ashton | The ship was wrecked in Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, British North America. [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cornelia | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. John's, Antigua. [13] | |
| Fabricia | The ship was wrecked at Tortola. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Havana, Cuba. [14] | |
| St. Jago | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. John's. [13] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hector | The ship capsized and sank in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk with the loss of two of her crew. [3] | |
| Helen | The brig was sighted in the Skaggerak whilst on her maiden voyage, from Dundee, Forfarshire to Riga, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [15] | |
| Hope | The ship was wrecked on the Swine Bottoms, in the North Sea off Helsingør, Denmark. [16] | |
| Kleine Lidia | The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Emden to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amity | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Florida, United States. [18] | |
| Cosmopolite | The ship was wrecked near "Graverne", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to a Russian port. [16] | |
| Earl Wellington | The ship was driven onto the Thistle Rocks, off the coast of Sweden, and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. [16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Canning | The ship was werecked on the coast of Florida, United States with the loss of all hands. [19] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet | The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Guernsey. [6] [20] | |
| Mary Ann | The ship was wrecked at Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica. [21] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boyne | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [22] | |
| Gina | The ship was wrecked on Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Ipswich, Suffolk. [17] | |
| Union | The ship was wrecked on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rye, Sussex. [3] | |
| Victory | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Harlingen, Friesland. [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cupido | The ship was driven ashore on Juist, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockholm. [23] | |
| Freund George | | The ship was driven ashore on Juist She was on a voyage from Altona to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [23] |
| Katherine | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull to Sunderland, County Durham. The wreck later came ashore at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. [3] [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amaryllis | The ship was wrecked at Dominica. Her crew were rescued. [14] | |
| Eusebia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Barbados. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta | | The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Hamburg. [23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Egypt Point, Isle of Wight with the loss of her captain. [4] | |
| Matchless | | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by St. Croix ( |
| Unternehmung | | The ship was lost off Scharhörn. [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | The ship was driven ashore at Penteivan, Cornwall. [4] | |
| Royal Charlotte | The ship was wrecked at sea. Her crew were rescued by Susannah ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Commerce | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Pendle-mawr. [26] Her crew were rescued. | |
| Henry | The ship was wrecked at sea and abandoned. Her twelve crew were rescued by Intrepid ( | |
| Hornet | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Pendle-mawr. Her crew survived. [26] | |
| Mary | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover. [17] | |
| May | The flat was driven ashore and wrecked at Pendle-mawr. Her four crew were rescued. [26] | |
| Stag | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Pendle-mawr. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunbar, Lothian. Her eight crew were rescued, but her captain subsequently died. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. [28] [29] | |
| David | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. [28] | |
| Peggy | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunbar. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. [28] [29] | |
| Saturnus | | The schooner was wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kusko to Peterhead. [30] [28] |
| Thomas and Dorothy | The ship foundered in The Solent off St Helens, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. [31] | |
| Wellington | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Koll Sandbank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Liverpool, Lancashire. [32] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boode | The ship was sighted off Barbados whilst on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [33] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | The ship was lost on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 9 August. [31] | |
| Olive | The fishing schooner was lost while Mackerel fishing. All 7 crew were killed. [34] |