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The list of shipwrecks in August 1823 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1823.
3 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Concord
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Findhorn , Morayshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Findhorn.[1]
4 August [ ]
5 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Santa Maria Magdalena
Spain
The ship was lost near Cádiz . She was on a voyage from A Coruña to Cádiz.[4]
8 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Iris
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Cobler's Rock, Barbados . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London .[5]
10 August [ ]
11 August [ ]
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13 August [ ]
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15 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
George IV
United Kingdom
The brig was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the barque Hannah ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of 123 of the 129 people on board. The survivors were rescue by Hannah . On 18 August, Hannah was abandoned, all on board were rescued by Ospra ( United States ). George IV was on a voyage from Waterford to Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America . Hannah was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island , British North America, to South Shields , County Durham .[12]
Mary
United States
The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Bermuda . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to St. Thomas , Virgin Islands .[10]
Parker & Sons
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Honda Rock, in the Gulf of Florida and was beached. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States, to the Clyde .[13]
16 August [ ]
17 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Clara
Stettin
The ship struck a sandbank off "Cape Tortosa" and sank. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France, to Stettin.[15]
18 August [ ]
19 August [ ]
22 August [ ]
23 August [ ]
25 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Hind
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a Revenue Cutter off Aberdeen and was beached. She was refloated the next day and found to be severely damaged.[14]
Salamander
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off "Kole", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire , to London .[21]
27 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Cabo Catoche , Mexico. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba , to Montego Bay , Jamaica.[19]
Neptune
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Monkwich", Russia . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia, to Stettin.[22]
30 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Louisa
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Helsinki , Finland. All on board were rescued.[23]
31 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Hadlow
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Sierra Leone for London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
James
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ekenäs, Finland . All on board were rescued.[23]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Edward
United Kingdom
The brig was scuttled by her crew, who had murdered her captain. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth , Hampshire , to South America.[24]
La Jeune Émilie
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Hampshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Rouen , Seine-Inférieure to Southampton , Hampshire.[25]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador , British North America , in early August.[26]
Sisters
United Kingdom
The whaler was sighted off the coast of Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[27]
Vriendschap
Netherlands
The ship foundered on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom, to Antwerp . Her crew were rescued.[18]
William Henry
United States
The schooner capsized neat the "Hole-in-the-Wall" in mid-August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba , to Savannah, Georgia .[28]
References [ ]
^ a b c d e f "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 16953. 20 August 1823.
^ a b "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5841). 26 September 1823.
^ a b "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5830). 19 August 1823.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5839). 19 September 1823.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 16477. 13 October 1823.
^ a b c d "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5829). 15 August 1823.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 16947. 13 August 1823.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 16949. 15 August 1823.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5832). 29 August 1823.
^ a b "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5846). 14 October 1823.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 12006. London. 18 October 1823. col E, p. 3.
^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 16442. 2 September 1823.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5847). 17 October 1823.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Times . No. 11967. London. 3 September 1823. col D, p. 3.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5840). 23 September 1823.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5831). 22 August 1823.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 16956. 23 August 1823.
^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 16959. 27 August 1823.
^ a b "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5851). 31 October 1823.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 16458. 20 September 1823.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 16448. 9 September 1823.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5840). 23 September 1823.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet, and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General advertiser . No. 1927. 6 October 1823.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5861). 5 December 1823.
^ "(advertisement)". The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc . No. 1244. 11 August 1823.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5842). 30 September 1823.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (6037). 12 August 1825.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 17049. 10 December 1823.
Shipwrecks 1820–29, by month
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