List of shipwrecks in August 1855

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The list of shipwrecks in August 1855 includes ships sunk, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1855.

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1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
MulheideFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The schooner was wrecked in the Yangtze. [1]
OrientalCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Da Silva Sands, off the coast of Burma. She was on a voyage from Rangoon to London. [2]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Cavalier Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British North America The ship was driven ashore on Grand Manan, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to London. She was refloated on 10 August. [3]
ShamrockCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Sound of Sunda. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo. [4] She was refloated on 18 September and towed in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. [5]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
IndefatigableFlag of Chile.svg  Chile The transport ship exploded and sank with the loss of three of her crew and a fourth reported missing. [6]
NaomiCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks off Falconera Island, Greee and sank. Her crew were rescued by Eliza Bower (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Naomi was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [7]
RetrieverCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque capsized and sank in the River Mersey off Tranmere, Cheshire with the loss of two of her fourteen crew. [8] [9] [10] [11] She was refloated on 18 August and was beached. [12]
UndineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated but consequently sank off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dunkerque, Nord, France. [10]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Endora Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British North America The steamship was wrecked at Constitución, Chile. [13]
HelenCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Culzean Bay. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. She was refloated on 13 August and towed in to Ayr. [14] [15]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and wrecked on Lighthouse Island, off Syros, Greece. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Syros. [7]
ŒaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by Thisbe (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Uruguay. [16]
RayoFlag of Chile.svg  Chile The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Constitución. [13]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
JuanitaFlag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg  Brazil The ship was driven ashore on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Trieste. She was refloated and put in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition. [17]
Rob RoyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mollens Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated on 12 August and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim. [18] [19]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
IsabelleFlag of France.svg  France The steamship struck rocks and Cabo Candor, Spain and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Cádiz, Spain. [20]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Lady BannermanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with the gunboat Sainte Barbe (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy) and sank. Her crew were rescued by the gunboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. [21] [22]
Rossiya Naval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy Crimean War, Bombardment of Sweaborg: The Fershampenuaz-class ship of the line was sunk at Sveaborg during an attack by French Navy and Royal Navy ships. [23]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
CarletonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked off "Carysfoot", Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Caldera, Chile. [24]
Cottingham Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Gotland, Sweden. All on board, her crew and 133 passengers, were rescued. She was declared a total loss, but was salvaged in 1856 and rebuilt as the Swedish ship Prins Oscar. [25] [26] [27]
MackintoshCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Newburgh, Fife. She was on a voyage from Newburgh to the Firth of Forth. [28]
Sir Colin CampbellCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque capsized at South Shields, County Durham. She was righted. [22]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
UnicornCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hong Kong. [2]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
ClownCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the South China Sea. Her crew were rescued by Paonshun ( Flag of China (1862-1889).svg China). [29]
Dorothy and MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein. She was refloated on 13 August and resumed her voyage. [27]
FidentiaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Bird Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. [30]
HenryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by the steamship Vivid (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) and sank off Dover, Kent with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. [31] [32] Henry subsequently floated, and came ashore at South Foreland, Kent on 30 September. [33]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
LoireFlag of France.svg  France The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the north point of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. [34]
ResultCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Charm (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) and resumed her voyage. [35]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
GentlemanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Swineboden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. [27]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Christiane CharlotteSwedish civil ensign (1844-1905).svg  Sweden The ship ran aground at Sønderho, Denmark and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg to London, United Kingdom. [36]
GeniusAdmiralty flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg The galeas ran aground at Sønderho. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to the Agger Canal, Denmark. [36]
HudsonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at McMullen's Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [37]
WellingtonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peel, Isle of Man to Chester, Cheshire. [19]
HMS Wolverine Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Racer-class brig-sloop was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast in a hurricane. Her crew were rescued. [38]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Emily MariaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat ran aground on the anchor of John (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom and sank at Dublin. [39]
ScienceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig foundered. [40]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth GrimmerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Jardanillos, off the coast of Cuba. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. [41] [33]
MeteorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Klitmøller, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia. [7] [42]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
John BeynonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was run down by the steamship Imperatriz (Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom and sank in the Sea of Marmora. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Syra, Greece. [43] [44]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
BurlingtonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cuxhaven. [45] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire. [42] She was refloated on 20 August with assistance from Superb (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) and towed in to Cuxhaven in a severely leaky condition. [46]
ConquestCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Exmouth to Teignmouth. She was refloated and found to be leaky. [47]
ToryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão, Brazil. [48]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Ann and SusannahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop struck The Skerries, Anglesey and sank. Her four crew were rescued by the Anglesey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk, County Louth. [39] [49]
FenixBandMercante1785.svg  Spain The brig was in collision with the troopship Mobile (Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) in the North Sea off the Brake Sand and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Mobile. One crewman was reported missing. Fenix was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, United Kingdom. Fenix was subsequently taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. [27]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Tugend Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg Rostock The ship was wrecked at Sodra Naseby, Öland, Sweden. [50]
WemelinaAdmiralty flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg The ship ran aground in the Wester Till and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Hamburg. [51] [46]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Luck's AllCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a steamboat. [52]
SaggitareFlag of France.svg  France The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Gijón to Adra, Spain. She put in to Gibraltar, where she was scuttled. [47]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
AlmaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Madras to Calcutta, India. [2]
John BrightCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Jack's Hole Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition. [53]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Lady JocelynCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Leander's Tower, Scutari, Ottoman Empire. [54] [3]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
ContentFlag of France.svg  France The barque was wrecked on the south coast of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in a hurricane. [55]
Juliana Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg India The ship was wrecked at Calicut. [56]
Maid of MostynCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Ariadne (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued. [53] She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire. [57]
Prince AlbertCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Whale Rock, off Cannonier's Point, Mauritius. All on board, almost 400 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius and London. [58]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
CarlCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. [53]
Koh-i-Noor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barbadoes The schooner was driven ashore and damaged in a hurricane at Barbadoes. She was refloated on 11 September. [59] [38] [60]
New City of CorkCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Barbadoes. Two of her crew were lost. [59] [38]
William LargeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Barbadoes. [59] [38] She was refloated on 11 September. [60]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
A. V. Knickerbocker Flag of the United States (1851-1858).svg  United States Bound from Sandy Bay, Michigan, with a crew of five and a cargo of bark, the 66-foot-8-inch (20.32 m) two-masted schooner capsized on Lake Michigan 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off the coast of Wisconsin 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Port Washington during a gale. After her crew cut away her foremast, she partially righted herself and drifted ashore 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Port Washington, probably in the vicinity of 43°27.613′N087°48.164′W / 43.460217°N 87.802733°W / 43.460217; -87.802733 (A. V. Knickerbocker) . Her captain drowned trying to swim to shore, but the rest of her crew reached shore safely. Her wreck reportedly remained visible on the beach until 1920, but subsequently disappeared, probably buried in sand. Its exact location has been forgotten. [61]
BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner struck the quayside at Dundee, Forfarshire and was holed by her anchor. She then caught fire and sank due to her cargo of quicklime getting wet. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee. [53]
CharlesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the schooner Snowdrop (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of four of her crew. [43]
ContentFlag of France.svg  France The brig was lost off Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in a hurricane with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [38] [62]
Ellen CampionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to a British port. [63]
HeraldCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was lost in Esquimaux Bay. She was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Labrador, British North America. [64]
RegulusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Cemlyn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão, Brazil. [65] [49]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
EbenezerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Baglan Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 31 August and taken in to Port Talbot. [47]
HeraldFlag of the United States (1851-1858).svg  United States The schooner was wrecked at Bonne-Espérance Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Labrador, British North America. [29] [66]
RegulusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on The Skerries, off Anglesey. [67] Her crew survived. [68]
HMS Vulture Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The frigate ran aground off Hanko Head, Grand Duchy of Finland and was damaged.

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Planter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Antigua The drogher was driven ashore in a squall at Antigua. She was refloated the next day. [5]
Undine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Antigua The sloop capsized and sank in a squall at Antigua. [5]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
ArtisticCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Huasco, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [69]
Jacob PrentissCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [70]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
Jacob Unger Merchant Ensign of Holstein-Gottorp (Lions sinister).svg Duchy of Holstein The ship was severely damaged by an explosion in her cargo of coal at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Flensburg. [47]
RainbowCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked off Key Vaccas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba. [71] [72]
Rising SunNorge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg  Norway The ship ran aground in the Rio Grande and was wrecked. [16]
William HendryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. [73]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1855
ShipCountryDescription
AberfoyleCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Calcutta, India and was scuttled. [56]
BalaklavaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Gordon's Reef, off Deep Cove, Nova Scotia before 18 August. [3]
Ballarat Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Victoria The steamship ran aground on the Seventeen Mile Reef before 4 August. She was refloated an put in to Ipswich, New South Wales, where she sank. She was later refloated and taken in to Brisbane, New South Wales for repairs. [74]
BrodereneFlag unknownThe ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France before 14 August. [40] She was taken in to the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by HMS Nautilus (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy) on 18 August. [27]
CanadaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost in La Poile Bay before 6 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. [42]
CaroCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August. [6]
CharlotteCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at False Point, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Calcutta. [56]
Childe HaroldCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Barbary Coast before 14 August. [75] Her seventeen crew were rescued. [76]
EllenCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at White Point, Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Sydney, Nova Scotia. [72]
EndoraFlag of the United States (1851-1858).svg  United States The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August. [6]
Flora McIvorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August. [6]
General ListCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean before 8 August. she was taken in tow by HCS Zenobia ( Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg Royal Indian Navy) and beached at Saugor, India. General List was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. [5]
GlencairnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Magdalena River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and put in to Montreal, Province of Canada. [71]
HorsburgCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile. [6]
JessieCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by Carl (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [77]
John HamiltonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Bombay to the Clyde. [78]
KestrelCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock off Canna, Inner Hebrides and foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Memel, Prussia. [47] [79]
LeonorFlag of Chile.svg  Chile The brig was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August. [6]
PepitaBandMercante1785.svg  Spain The barque ran aground on the Placa de los Roques, off the Bahamas Banks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Matanzas, Cuba, where she arrived on 14 August. [37]
Queen VictoriaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Bergen (Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg  Norway). [80]
RayaFlag of Chile.svg  Chile The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August. [6]
Robert BarbourCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the New Bedford Channel before 8 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta. [5]
Robert Robinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British North America The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 1 August. [81]
William ColeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in San Antonio Bay. [6] [82] She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Caldera, Chile. [83]

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