List of shipwrecks in August 1837

The list of shipwrecks in August 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1837.

1 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1837
Ship State Description
Henry Kneeland   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Robbins Reef.[1] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. Henry Kneeland was later refloated and taken into New York.[2]
Jane   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[3]
John   Guernsey The ship struck rocks at Havana, Cuba. She was later refloated, repaired, and resumed her voyage to Guernsey.[4]

2 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1837
Ship State Description
Alfred   France The ship was sunk in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[5]
Anna Celestina   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[5][6]
Bonne Mere   France The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas.[5][6]
Cordero Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Thomas.[6]
Crocodile   Dominica The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[7]
Eleanor   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[8]
Emelie Constance   France The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas.[5]
Gaiten or Griton Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas.[5][6]
Gig   Saint Kitts The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[7]
Hunter   Saint Vincent The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Vincent.[9]
Jane   British North America The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Tortola.[5]
Julius   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[8]
Marblehead   United States The ship was wrecked on the Little Bahama Bank. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1]
Michael   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts with the loss of a crew member.[8][7]
Montrose   United Kingdom The barque driven ashore and was wrecked in a hurricane at Antigua.[8][10] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Nord Risum   France The ship was sunk in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[5][11]
Orana Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas.[5]
San Narciso   Spain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Santander.[12]
Susanna   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas.[5]
Vigilant   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas.[5]
William IV   Barbadoes The ship was wrecked on "Ramos Island".[13]

3 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1837
Ship State Description
Blucher   United Kingdom The ship ran around on the Gunfleet Sand and consequently foundered in the North Sea off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London.[14] She was later refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex, arriving on 11 August.[15]

4 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1837
Ship State Description
William Waters   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina.[16] William Waters was later refloated and taken into Montevideo for repairs.[17]

5 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1837
Ship State Description
Elvira   United States The brig was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida Territory.[9] She was consequently condemned.[18]
Lion   United States The brig was driven ashore at Pensacola.[9] She was consequently condemned.[18]
Providence   United States The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) east by north of the Tybee Island Lighthouse, Georgia.[9]
Ridout   United States The brig was driven ashore at Pensacola.[9] She was consequently condemned.[18]

6 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1837
Ship State Description
Augusta   United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts.[19]
Miranda   United States The barque was lost in the Abaco Islands.[20]

7 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1837
Ship State Description
Anime del Purgatario   Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was lost at the mouth of the Jiumicino River. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Rome, Papal States.[21]
Mary and Betsey   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Truro, Cornwall.[22]

8 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1837
Ship State Description
Quatre Frères   France The ship struck rock near the Runnel Stone and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[22]
Two Brothers   United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne.[23]
Wolf   United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked on a reef off Lord Howe's Island. Her crew survived; they were later rescued by Psyche (  United Kingdom).[24]

9 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1837
Ship State Description
Fairfield   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Saint Charles River.[1] She was refloated on 11 August.[25]

10 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1837
Ship State Description
Adrian   United States The schooner was lost on St. John's Island. Crew saved.[26]
General Treupo   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Atherfield, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[21]

11 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1837
Ship State Description
Ann   United States The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jacksonville, Florida Territory.[27]
Bolivar   United States The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jacksonville.[27]
Favourite   United States The ship sank in a hurricane at Jacksonville.[27]
Forester   United States The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jacksonville.[27]
George and Mary   United States The ship was lost in a hurricane at Jacksonville.[27] Her crew were rescued.[28]
Virginia   United States The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jacksonville.[28]

12 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1837
Ship State Description
Diana   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to the River Spey.[29]

14 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1837
Ship State Description
Duke of York   United Kingdom The whaler, a three-masted barque, was wrecked north of Moreton Bay. Two of her twelve crew were killed by the local inhabitants.

15 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1837
Ship State Description
America   United States The schooner was struck by lightning and set afire in a hurricane at Savannah, Georgia.[30]
Edmund Castle   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Nicholas, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was later refloated and taken into Quebec City, Lower Canada for repairs.[31]

16 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1837
Ship State Description
Medway   United Kingdom The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in the River Thames opposite Northfleet, Kent with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from London Bridge to Gravesend, Kent.[32][33]

17 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1837
Ship State Description
Fly   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Scalloway, Shetland Islands.[34]
Two Brothers   United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Tyne. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[34]

18 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1837
Ship State Description
Rosebud   United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by General Sumter (  United States). Rosebud was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London. The wreck was discovered on 23 August by Emerald (  United Kingdom). After her cargo was salvaged, she was set afire the next day.[35][19]

19 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1837
Ship State Description
Dingwall   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Spear, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America.[36]
Harmonie   United States The ship was driven ashore 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of the Delaware Capes. She was on a voyage from New York to Alexandria, Egypt.[37]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Courtown, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38]

20 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1837
Ship State Description
Brilliant   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. Brilliant was subsequently driven ashore at "Moher".[10]
Ferjen   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cape of Good Hope and Manila, Spanish East Indies.[39]
Fanny   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire.[40]
Fanny   United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was abandoned off Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[38]
Feejee   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cape of Good Hope and Manila, Spanish East Indies.[41][42]
Forentanguet   Portugal The ship was driven ashore at Lewiston, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to St. Ubes.[43]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Hogarth (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[19]
Splendid   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. All on board, over 80 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Sunderland.[21]
Success   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Krantz, Prussia with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London.[44][45]
Vesta   United Kingdom The paddle steamer was severely damaged on the Newbiggin Rocks. All on board survived She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Blyth, Northumberland.[23][46] She was refloated on 14 September,[36] repaired and returned to service.[47]

21 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1837
Ship State Description
Harriet   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Courtown, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[34]
John   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Irvine.[48]
Petite Village   France The lugger was driven ashore at Bon Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was later refloated.[38]

22 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1837
Ship State Description
Diligence   Netherlands The ship caught fire, exploded and sank at "Passaroeng", Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Ida   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[35] Ida was discovered by Sorrow (  United Kingdom), which put a skeleton crew on board. She was taken in to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States, where she arrived on 12 September.[50]
William and Frances   United States The ship was driven ashore at Hurst Castle, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Hull, Yorkshire. William and Frances was later refloated.[51]

23 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1837
Ship State Description
Giuseppe   Malta The brig was sunk at East Greenwich, Kent by the explosion of a skiff laden with gunpowder alongside her. One person on board the skiff was killed. A crew member was killed and four people were severely injured on board Giuseppe.[52][53]
Mallard   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the English Channel off Fairlight, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[38][51]
Niord   Sweden The ship was lost near Råbjerg with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[44][45][54]

24 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1837
Ship State Description
Friends   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to King's Lynn.[48]
Highland Chief   United Kingdom The ship was lost at Saugor, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Penang, Straits Settlements.[55]
Spartan   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Cork and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Civitavecchia, Papal States to Cork.[56]

25 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1837
Ship State Description
Bridport   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Portrush, County Antrim to Memel, Prussia.[57]
Concord   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden.[57]
Luckless or Success   Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Crantz" with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pillau to London, United Kingdom.[58][59]
Zee Vogel   Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Pillau.[44] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Pillau.[54]

26 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1837
Ship State Description
Alan   United Kingdom The ship struck the Stag Rock, off The Lizard, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Truro, Cornwall.[56]
Antelope   Cape Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay. Hercrew survived.[41]
Bounty   United Kingdom The ship struck the Herd Sand and was consequently beached at South Shields, County Durham, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat.[60][56]
George   France The ship was driven ashore at "Russen". She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Bordeaux, Gironde.[44]
Charles Adams   United States The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[61]
Ranger   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the Salt River, Cape Colony. Her crew survived.[41] She was subsequently condemned.[62]
Simeon   Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Pillau.[44] She was refloated the next day but again driven ashore and was abandoned by her crew. Simeon was subsequently destroyed by fire.[57]

27 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1837
Ship State Description
Invincible   Texas Navy
 
Invincible.

Battle of Galveston Harbor: The 8-gun schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Galveston whilst being pursued by Libertador and Vencedor del Álamo (both   Mexican Navy).

Mentor   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[60] She was refloated on 31 August and taken into South Shields.[54]
Ohio   United States The ship was driven ashore and destroyed by fire in the Delaware River.[43] She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[37]
Solebay or Solway   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by Mary (  United Kingdom).[63][64]

28 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1837
Ship State Description
Cambria   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea off Liebau, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Riga, Russia.[65]
Deux Adèles   Haiti The ship ran aground at Jacmel, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Jacmel to New York, United States. Deux Adèles was refloated but consequently condemned.[12] Later repaired and returned to service as Union.[66]
Mars   Denmark The ship was driven ashore near Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Nysted to Greifswald.[25]
Marshall   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Roserhead". She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London.[2] Marshall was refloated on 4 September and put back to Dantsic.[61]

29 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1837
Ship State Description
Minerva   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Gotland, Sweden and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Ipswich, Suffolk. Minerva subsequently floated off of her side and drifted out to sea.[36]
Sprightly   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of fivee of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[60][51][67]

30 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1837
Ship State Description
Atlas   United Kingdom The ship sank near "Coisée", France. She was on a voyage from London to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[44]
St. Ives   United Kingdom The ship struck The Manacles and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Tam O'Shanter   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the north coast of Van Diemen's Land, 16 nautical miles (30 km) east of the mouth of the Tamar River.[68] She was on a voyage from South Australia to Sydney.[69]

31 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1837
Ship State Description
Equity   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[70][71]
William   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Kallebotstrand", in Kioge Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Gloucester. William was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[9][57] She arrived on 3 September.[18]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1837
Ship State Description
Aguila   Spain The ship was wrecked on the Bahamas Bank. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Newfoundland, British North America.[72]
Angelique   France The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[57]
Andes   United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Bath, Maine.[73][74]
Charles   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane and wrecked on Catalina Island, Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[75]
Edouard   France The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Domingo with the loss of three of her crew.[16]
Felicity   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[76]
Godt   Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was towed into Heligoland in a wrecked condition.[58]
Harriet   United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked at Providence, Fiji Islands. Several of her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[77][78]
Heraclidæ   Bremen The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas before 22 August. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremen.[50]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.[14]
Janus   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 11 August.[79]
Margaret Gardner   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 19 August.[80]
Mariners   Spain The ship was wrecked on the Bahamas Bank. She was on a voyage from Havana to Cádiz.[72]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[81]
Norval   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Cork.[35]
Perlen   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Messina, Sicily.[64]
Stenervens   Norway The ship was wrecked at Le Conquet, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France to a Norwegian port.[82]
Stratfieldsay   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. Stratfieldsay was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[74]

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