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The list of shipwrecks in August 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during August 1820 .
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1 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Superior
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island , County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.[1] Superior was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
2 August [ ]
3 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Orford Haven , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Wisbech , Cambridgeshire to Southampton , Hampshire .[1]
5 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Peace
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at the mouth of the Orinoco . Her crew were rescued.[4]
9 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Duke
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted in the Baltic Sea off Götaland , Sweden with her cargo having shifted. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to London.[5]
10 August [ ]
12 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Samuel
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Mad Wharf Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to London .[3]
Oden
Sweden
The ship capsized at Plymouth, Devon .[8]
13 August [ ]
14 August [ ]
16 August [ ]
18 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Peterell
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on , Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Gibraltar .[6]
19 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Achilles
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the River Plate at Buenos Aires , Argentina.[14]
Adonia
Argentina
The brig was wrecked in the River Plate at Buenos Aires.[14]
Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked in the River Plate at Buenos Aires.[14]
Argo
United States
The brig sank in the River Plate at Buenos Aires.[14]
Despatch
Argentina
The brig was wrecked in the River Pate at Buenos Aires.[14]
Fly
Jamaica
The ship was wrecked on the Guinea Reef.[15]
Hercules
Russia
The ship was wrecked in the River Plate at Buenos Aires.[14]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Cape Gommett, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Jamaica.[16]
Navarrois
France
The brig was wrecked in the River Plate at Buenos Aires.[14]
Peru
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground in the River Plate at Buenos Aires.[14]
San Juan Nepornacia
Argentina
The polacca was wrecked in the River Plate at Buenos Aires.[14]
Trafalgar
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the River Plate at Buenos Aires.[14]
Twey Gesusters
Netherlands
The ship ran aground near Sandhamn , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Amsterdam , North Holland .[6]
20 August [ ]
21 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off Margate , Kent . Her crew were rescued.[13] She was on a voyage from Kragerø , Norway to Margate.[20]
Sprightly
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Sikar Reef, she was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Harrington, Cumberland .[21]
22 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Escalop
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized off Falmouth, Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. Escalop was later righted and taken in to Falmouth.[22]
Jonge Harm
Netherlands
The ship ran aground near Dunkerque , Nord , France. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Maria Constance
Netherlands
The ship foundered off Caen , Calvados , France. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France and the Canary Islands .[19]
William and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Gothenburg , Sweden to Topsham , Devon.[24]
23 August [ ]
26 August [ ]
27 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbadoes .[4]
29 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Bons Amis
France
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Morlaix , Finistère to Hamburg .[25] Bons Amis was refloated on 9 September and taken in to Dover , Kent.[6]
Doggerbank
France
The ship was wrecked on the Swedish coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[6]
Pitt
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Saint Kitts . She was on a voyage from Nevis to Saint Kitts and London .[4] Pitt was later refloated,[26] but was declared a total loss.[27]
30 August [ ]
31 August [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1820
Ship
Country
Description
China Packet
United States
The ship struck a reef and foundered in the Old Bahama Channel , Bahamas . Her crew were rescued.[6]
Integrity
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Burin, Newfoundland , British North America . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland.[10]
Mercurius
Prussia
The ship was wrecked off Campvere , Zeeland , Netherlands at the end of August. She was on a voyage from Saint-Martin-de-Ré , Charente-Maritime , France to Memel , Prussia .[23]
Theodore
Netherlands
The ship was lost near Riga , Russia . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Riga.[13]
Vrouw Alberdina
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked off Texel , North Holland . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Rotterdam , South Holland .[24]
Vrow Christina
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsburg , Prussia to Amsterdam. Vrow Christina was later refloated and put into Arendahl , Norway.[29]
References [ ]
^ a b "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5515). 8 August 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5516). 11 August 1820.
^ a b "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5517). 15 August 1820.
^ a b c "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5538). 24 October 1820.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 5". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15448. 9 September 1820.
^ a b c d e f g "Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 8". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15451. 16 September 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5525). 12 September 1820.
^ a b "Lloyd's Marine List – Aug. 18". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15440. 18 August 1820.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Feb. 6". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15514. 10 February 1821.
^ a b "Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 15". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15452. 18 September 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5538). 31 October 1820.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Aug. 22". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15442. 26 August 1820.
^ a b c d "Lloyd's Marine List – Aug. 29". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15445. 2 September 1820.
^ a b c d e f g h i j "STORM IN THE RIVER PLATE". The Times . No. 11087. London. 10 November 1820. col E, p. 2.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Oct 27". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15470. 30 October 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5537). 27 October 1820.
^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5541). 11 November 1820.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Jan. 27". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15511. 3 February 1821.
^ a b c d e "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5523). 5 September 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5520). 25 August 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5529). 26 September 1820.
^ a b "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5521). 29 August 1820.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 15434. 4 September 1820.
^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 15436. 6 September 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5522). 1 September 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5549). 8 December 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5578). 23 March 1821.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5535). 20 October 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5524). 8 September 1820.
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