The ship was in collision with the steamshipLord Nelson (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire and was abandoned. She later drove ashore at Sandhale, Lincolnshire; was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[1]
The ship ran agroundd on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea. She sank on 16 August. Nandi was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[16][17]
Susan
United States
The ship capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Port au Prince, Haiti.[18]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Maria
Bremen
The ship was in collision with Dalmatia (United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. Maria was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bremen.[17]
The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Oran, Algeria with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[23]
The barque was wrecked on Double Island, in the Torres Strait. Five of the 32 people on board survived. They landed on Timor Laut, from where they departed some thirteen months later on a proa form Amboyna, Spanish East Indies. The rest were presumed to have drowned, been murdered or enslaved by the local inhabitants,[25][26][27] although at least eight or nine survivors were reported to be alive as of October 1835.[28]
The schooner was wrecked on the Old Inlet Shoals, off Egg Harbor, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from "Newburn" to New York.[12]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1834
Ship
Country
Description
HMRC Camelion
Board of Customs
The cutter was run down and sunk by HMS Castor (Royal Navy) in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dover, Kent with the loss of thirteen of her seventeen crew.[30]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[32]
The ship ran aground on Hogland, Russia and sank. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dublin.[35]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Funchal
Portugal
The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Madeira to New York, United States.[12][36]
Pax
Spain
The ship was wrecked near Manila, Spanish East Indies. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila to Cádiz.[37]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Caroline
United States
The ship was lost near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[38]
The brig was wrecked on "Boobare Point, Titmanan" before 12 August. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America.[35][41]
The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United kingdom for Groningen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[42]
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