List of shipwrecks in August 1838

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The list of shipwrecks in August 1838 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1838.

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2 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1838
Ship Country Description
Abeille  France The ship was wrecked at Senegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Louis to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[3][4]
Campbell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Hamburg.[5]Campbell was refloated on 17 August and taken into Texel in a severely damaged condition.[6]
Mastery  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Jersey, Channel Islands. Mastery was refloated and taken into Ramsgate, Kent.[7]

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13 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1838
Ship Country Description
Amity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jersey, Channel Islands.[25]Amity capsized on 18 August and was wrecked.[6]
Emilie  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Frederikshavn, Denmark to Dordrecht, South Holland.[13]
Isabella and Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Langlee Island, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City Lower Canada, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[26]
Victoria Flag unknown The ship was wrecked “Harboorne” or at “Starboorne”, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Stettin.[3][4][24]

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19 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1838
Ship Country Description
Courageux  France The ship ran aground on the Tistlern, off the coast of Sweden, and sank. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[35]
Kingston  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks off Spanish Head, Isle of Man and was consequently beached at Port St. Mary. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[20][36]
Seaflower United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJersey The ship departed from Antigua for Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
Victoria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked in Mall Bay, Lower Canada. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to quebec City.[38]

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26 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1838
Ship Country Description
Atalanta  United Kingdom The ship stuck a sunken rock off Punta Galera, São Miguel Island, Azores. She was consequently beached. Atalanta was on a voyage from Gibraltar to São Miguel Island and Barbadoes.[53]
Leao II  Brazil The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island.[53]
Paquete de Bilbao  Spain The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54]
Sarah and Eliza  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Arrow ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Oporto, Portugal.[55][28]Sarah and Eliza came ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on 30 August.[56]

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30 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1838
Ship Country Description
Aberdeenshire  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies for Canton, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen people on board.[63]
Fenella  United Kingdom The ship departed from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[64]
Maria Johanna  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[65]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Mundesley, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire.[15][48]
Nestor Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship sprang a leak, capsized and was abandoned in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her eleven crew were rescued by Diana( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Pori. Nestor was towed into Ostend on 2 September by Liverpool ( United Kingdom).[27][66]
Renown  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Colne.[28]
Vrow Anna  Belgium The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Antwerp.[60]

31 August[edit]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1838
Ship Country Description
Aberdeenshire  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies.[69]
Ajax  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire. Ajax was subsequently taken into Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, where she arrived on 4 August.[15][16]
Atalanta  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Bideford, Devon.[70]
Braganza  United States Four of the brig’s crew mutinied and murdered her captain and mate in late July. Three passengers and two crew members took to a boat; they were rescued on 12 August by Hebden ( United Kingdom). Braganza was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was subsequently beached near Emden, Kingdom of Hanover. The mutineers were arrested.[71][72]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between “Ponor” and “Cross Island”, Russia. Her crew were rescued by Adam ( United Kingdom). Charlotte was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Jersey, Channel Islands.[41][73]
Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was driven ashore 70 nautical miles (130 km) east of the mouth of the Murray River. She was on a voyage from Port Adelaide, South Australia to Portland Bay[74]
Fanny United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Cape Jaffa and Cape Northumberland, South Australia. All on board were rescued.[74][75]
New Holland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cape Spartel, Morocco.She was on a voyage from London to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. New Holland was later refloated and put into Gibraltar for repairs.[76]
Northumberland  United Kingdom The ship capsized in a squall in St Andrews Bay. She was righted and towed into St Andrews, Fife for repairs.[7]
Sarah United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was wrecked at Long Beach.[77]
Sir Henry Parnell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire. She was later refloated and taken into Constantinople.[27][28]
Sir Herbert Taylor  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was wrecked in Silver Tree Reach, in the Hooghly River with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Leesakond ( United Kingdom).[1][78]
Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[7]
Swiftsure  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Nagra Point, in the Dardanelles before 22 August. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[79] She was later refloated and put back to Constantinople.[80]
Sylph  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near “Wamochlim”. She was on a voyage from Altona to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[32][40]
Thistle United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was wrecked at Fourteen Mile Bluff. Her crew survived.[81]
William United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked in Yankalilla Bay in late August.[82]

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