List of shipwrecks in July 1823

The list of shipwrecks in July 1823 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1823.

1 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1823
Ship State Description
Mariner   New South Wales The ship was wrecked in the Chiloé Archipelago, Chile, with the loss of three of her crew.[1]

3 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1823
Ship State Description
Louisa   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Two Sisters (  Guernsey). She was on a voyage from Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast to the Havana, Cuba.[2][3]

4 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1823
Ship State Description
Five Sisters   Jamaica The schooner was run into by General Drummond (  Jamaica). She was beached but was declared a total loss.[4]
Mary Thomas   United States The ship ran aground to the north west of Bermuda and was damaged. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. Mary Thomas was later refloated and put into Bermuda for repairs.[5]

5 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1823
Ship State Description
Richard   United Kingdom The ship sank at Demerara.[6]

6 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1823
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.[7]

7 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1823
Ship State Description
Dorset   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank near Frederikshamn, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Frederikshamn and Saint Petersburg, Russia.[8] She was later refloated and taken in to Helsingfors for repairs.[9]
Spanish Soldier   United States The ship was wrecked on the Elbo Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Augustines, Florida Territory to Antwerp, Netherlands.[10]

9 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1823
Ship State Description
USS Enterprise   United States Navy The brig was wrecked on Klein Curaçao. Her 70 crew survived.

12 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1823
Ship State Description
Lusitania   Portugal The steamship was wrecked near Ericeira with some loss of life.[8]

13 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1823
Ship State Description
Ainsley   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Abeona (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden, to Hull, Yorkshire.[11]
Commerce   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of "Matans", British North America.[12]

14 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1823
Ship State Description
Cygnet   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at "Little Mittis Cove", British North America.[12]

15 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1823
Ship State Description
Hero   United Kingdom The ship departed from Whitehaven, Cumberland, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[13]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newcastle, County Down.[14]

19 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1823
Ship State Description
Concorde   Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Antwerp.[15]

20 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1823
Ship State Description
Calisto   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Boston, Lincolnshire.[16]
Flaxley   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She floated off and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Goodintent (  United Kingdom). Flaxley was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Plymouth, Devon.[15]
Jane & Matilda   United Kingdom The ship was lost near "Cape Baltard", Newfoundland, British North America, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Burin, Newfoundland.[17]

21 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1823
Ship State Description
Willing Mind   United Kingdom The ship strock an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and foundered.[18]

23 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1823
Ship State Description
Oak   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing smack Industry (  United Kingdom), which lost a crew member in the rescue. Oak was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Rye, Sussex.[19]
Wilkin   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew survived.[19]

24 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1823
Ship State Description
Esperanza   Spanish Navy War of Venezuelan Independence, Battle of Lake Maracaibo: The brig schooner exploded and sank in Lake Maracaibo.

28 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1823
Ship State Description
Success   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Infante Don Miguel (  Portugal). She was on a voyage from Lisbon to a Baltic port.[2]

30 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1823
Ship State Description
Émilie   France The ship was wrecked off Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[20]
England   United Kingdom The ship struck a reef off Trinidad, Cuba, and foundered. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[21]

31 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1823
Ship State Description
Brussa   United Kingdom The whaler, a brig, was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile. Her crew were rescued.[22]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1823
Ship State Description
Basa   Kingdom of Sardinia The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Crete. Her crew were rescued by Stag (  United Kingdom).[20]
Betsey & Caroline   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and damaged between Texel and Amsterdam, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, to Amsterdam. Betsey & Caroline was later refloated.[8]
Cyrus   United Kingdom The whaler was lost off Greenland,[23] in July.
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Plate in mid-July.[24] She was on a voyage from Guayaquil, Gran Colombia, to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[25] Mary was later refloated. She arrived in the Clyde in late November.[26]
Mayflower   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her twelve crew were rescued by William & Jane (  United Kingdom). Mayflower was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America, to North Shields, County Durham.[15]
Neptune   United Kingdom The whaler was lost in ice off the coast of Greenland.[27]
Ocean   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea in early July. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia, to Hull, Yorkshire.[8]
Rapid   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Götaland, Sweden.[11]
Thomas & James   United Kingdom The ship capsized in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk, with the loss of a crew member.[10]

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