The ship was driven ashore in the Delaware River, United States.[1]
Rhoda
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and capsized in the Humber at Oysterness, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Goole, Yorkshire.[2]
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Spey.[6]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the "Burn of Boyndee". Her crew were rescued.[3]
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Nairn with the loss of all hands.[3]
Lively
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of , Morayshire.[6]
Lizard
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Speymouth.[6]
Success
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the "Burn of Boyndee". Her crew were rescued.[3]
5 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Driver
Saint Vincent
The schooner capsized whilst on a voyage from Saint Barthélemy to Saint Vincent with the loss of four of the twelve people on board.[7]
7 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Americano
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship was wrecked on Carreras, near Montevideo, Uruguay.[8]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Crimonmogate
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Whim
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with the schoonerNavarino in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire and sank. Her crew were rescued.[10]
10 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Foxhound
New South Wales
The cutter was wrecked whilst on a voyage from the Five Islands to Port Jackson with the loss of all eight crew.[11]
11 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
John Wells
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Joe Flogger Shoal, in the Delaware River, United States.[12]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Nidingen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[13]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Air Balloon
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Chatham, Kent.[14] She was refloated on 21 August and taken into Scarborough.[15]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin with the loss of five of the eighteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundalk, County Louth.[16]
Duke
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked in Sandy Cove. All eleven people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[16][17]
Jean and Bell
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Westport to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Aurora
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat.[18]
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Lyra (United Kingdom). Recovery was on a voyage from Trinidad to London.[27]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Happy Return
United Kingdom
The trow was wrecked on the Dun Sand, in the River Severn. Her crew survived.[28]
22 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Earl Moira
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off the Owers Sandbank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[13][29]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Charles
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean during a hurricane. There were six survivors. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.[30]
Marjory
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Karlskrona, Sweden.[31]
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°00′N29°00′W / 49.000°N 29.000°W / 49.000; -29.000). Her crew were rescued by James (United Kingdom) before she foundered. Monarch was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[33][34]
25 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Four Friends
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Scarborough, Yorkshire. Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. A boat from the ship washed up at Filey, Yorkshire in early September.[35]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands.[36]
Lord Hill
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees.[37]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Portreath, Cornwall.[38]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands.[27]
Alfred
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[39]
Davies Hall
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[27]
Harford
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Baggy Lip, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.[27]
The ship was driven ashore at Ravenglass, Cumberland.[24]
Liver
United Kingdom
The flat was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr with the loss of two of the four people on board.[38]
Lord Ebrington
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Ballywalter, County Down.[27] She was on a voyage from Ayr to Dublin.[40]Lord Ebrington was refloated on 5 September and beached at , County Down.[39]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to St. Ives, Cornwall.[41]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Ballycastle, County Antrim with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Wyburg".[42]
Myrtle
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Cemaes Bay, Anglesey with the loss of two of her crew.[38]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the "Birken Isles". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Wick, Caithness.[43]
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Parton, Cumberland with the loss of all hands except her captain.[40]
Thomas and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Padstow with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cork to Southampton, Hampshire.[38][44]
Vigilant
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank in the North SeaScarborough. Her four crew survived.[15]
William McGillaray
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Newry, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Newry.[33]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Agestor
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Horns Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[28]
Camilla
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Cocagne, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38]
Crisis
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[45] She was refloated on 13 September and taken in to the River Orwell.[31]
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Friends
United Kingdom
The barque was lost on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of four of her twelve crew.[38]
The ship was wrecked near Fair Head, County Antrim with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland.[37]
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to .[38]
Ploughman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at , Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[15]
Rumbold
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[38]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, British North America.[33]
Tredegar
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in St Brides Bay. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Vigilant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at , Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Colchester, Essex[38]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1829
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Plymouth, Devon.[37]
Ant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire.[21]
Concordia
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent and sank with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Tally-ho (United Kingdom).[38]
Fanny
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Salthouse, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[32]
Lara
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Dungeness All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Corfu, Greece via Malta.[40]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Umago, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Smyrna, Greece.[43]
Quest
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex before 18 August.[18]
Shepherd
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton before 18 August.[18]
Spring
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off the mouth of the Tyne. She consequently sprang a leak and was towed in to South Shields, County Durham, where she sank. Spring was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[15]
Tyne
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Heneaga Reef, Bahamas.[32]
Volant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Littlehampton, Sussex. She was refloated on 29 August and taken in to the harbour.[38]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Fishguard. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Riga, Russia.[33]
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