List of shipwrecks in August 1847

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The list of shipwrecks in August 1847 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1847.

1 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Earl Grey  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[1][2][3]
Harbinger  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[1]
John Howell  United States The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (35°00′N 71°45′W / 35.000°N 71.750°W / 35.000; -71.750) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Pharsalia ( United States). John Howell was on a voyage from New York to a port in Florida. She exploded and sank.[4]
Ouistiti  France The brig ran aground off Antigua. She was refloated but was consequently beached the next day on Barbuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[5]
Smyrna  United States The ship was wrecked on a reef north of the Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New Orleans, Louisiana.[6]

2 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Amelia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Piccaninny Bassara. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to the west coast of Africa.[7]
Emma  United Kingdom British North America The brig departed from Pictou, Nova Scotia for Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8]
Governor Gawler  United Kingdom South Australia The ship was wrecked near Port Lincoln. All on board were rescued.[9]

3 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Buchanan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Swinebottoms. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Swinemünde, Prussia.[10]
Cornuba United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The steamship ran aground at Port Phillip.[11]
Maria  United Kingdom The smack foundered off Ballantrae, Ayrshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lamlash, Isle of Arran to Ballantrae.[12][3]
Primer Gaditano  Spain The steamship ran aground at Europa Point, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Cádiz. She was refloated and beached at Algeciras.[13]

5 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Carib  Portugal The ship was driven ashore at Montevideo, Uruguay. She was refloated.[14]
Devonport  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[15]
Fame  United States The brig was driven ashore at "Holmes Isle Harbour". She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America.[16]
Grefvre Rehbinder  Russia The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[17][18]
Leila  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Cork.[19]
Marys  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. James's Castle, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Cork. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20]

6 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was discovered abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was towed in to Ramsey, Isle of Man in a derelict condition by the lugger Sea Horse (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man).[21][22]
Magnus  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Partridge Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[23]
Margaret and Hope  United States The ship collided with the brig Condova ( United States) and sank off Cape Ann, Massachusetts. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Windsor to Boston.[16]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Romer Shoal. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to New York. She was refloated and beached on the Horse Shoe.[16]
Charles Humberton  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Calais, France. All 260 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York, United States.[10][24][25]
Enterprize  United Kingdom The ship was struck a rock in Loch Bay and was beached on the Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to the Clyde.[26]
Juverna  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. She was refloated the next day and put back to Quebec City.[23]
Rosebud  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Inverness. She was refloated and taken in to for repairs.[20]
Trois Amis  France The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[27]

8 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Cisne Alsina  United States The ship departed from New York for Barcelona, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was lost at the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[29]
Midge United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Antigua The drogher was wrecked on Montserrat. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Montserrat.[30][31]
Stalkart Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg India The ship was wrecked at Saugor. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[32]
Swiftsure  United Kingdom The schooner or steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Plettenberg Bay. Her crew were rescued.[7][33]
Triumph United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brig was wrecked on Grand Cay. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to the Turks Islands.[27]

9 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Foigh-a-Ballagh  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the West Reef, off Brian Island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Dublin.[34]
Iduna  Sweden The barque collided with Shanunga ( United States) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (44°25′N 58°30′W / 44.417°N 58.500°W / 44.417; -58.500) with the loss of 173 lives. There were 34 survivors; they were rescued by Shanunga. Iduna was on a voyage from Hamburg to New York, United States.[35][36]
Margaret  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Inner Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37]
Martin  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay, Inner Hebrides.[13]

10 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1847
Ship Country Description
City of Cork  United Kingdom The ship departed from Callao, Peru for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[38]
Edouard  Prussia The barque capsized in the River Mersey at Liverpool with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool.[39][40] She was righted the next day and taken in to Liverpool.[22]
Fingal  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and broke her back at Liverpool.[39]
Gloire  French Navy The frigate was wrecked on Ko-koon-to Island, Korea (35°47′N 126°21′E / 35.783°N 126.350°E / 35.783; 126.350).[41]
Levant  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[42]
 French Navy The corvette was wrecked on Ko-koon-to Island.[41]

11 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1847
Ship Country Description
City of Derry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on , Province of Canada, British North America to London.[19]
Stephanie  France The ship sprang a leak and put in to Reval, Russia in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.[15]
Sussex  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[15]
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Llanddwyn, Glamorgan.[15]

12 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Carrier United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The cutter ran aground on a reef off Grenville.[31]
Jessie Thoms  Norway The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
Prince of Waterloo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Aberdeen.[42]
Sultana  United Kingdom The cutter was wrecked in the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued.[43]

13 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Bordelais  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Rocques, off the coast of Venezuela. She was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Bordeaux, Gironde.[30]
Neptune  Russia The barque was wrecked on the Skirgaitch Rock, off the Isle of Glass. Her crew were rescued. Neptune was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She came ashore at Stere Head, Sutherland, United Kingdom.[44][26]

14 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Collyria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore on Grand Manan, Fundy Islands, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Windsor, Nova Scotia.[45] She was wrecked the next day.[14]
Muta  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Nore. Her crew were rescued.[44][46][47] She was refloated on 26 August and taken in to Sheerness, Kent.[16]
Naiad  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Swan ( United Kingdom). Naiad was on a voyage from New Bedford, Massachusetts to the Cape Verde Islands.[45]
Union  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to Whitstable, Kent.[48]

15 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1847
Ship Country Description
London  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[46]
Mamlouk  United States The ship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean during a squall with the loss of 42 of the 64 people on board. Survivors were rescued on 17 August by the brig Belize ( United Kingdom). Mamlouk was on her maiden voyage, from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[49]
Prins Carl  Netherlands The ship ran aground off Ameland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Ameland. She was refloated and taken in to Amsterdam.[50]
 Royal Navy The paddle gunvessel ran aground in the . She was refloated the next day with assistance from HMS Porcupine ( Royal Navy) and taken in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire in a leaky condition.[51][52]
Theresa United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The ship was wrecked off "Cape Balmac". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to Hong Kong.[53]

16 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Theresa  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Bolinao, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[54][55]

18 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Barbara  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Imbros, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Enos, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She was refloated on 25 August.[56]
Emilie Gdansk flag.svg Dantzic The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[57]
Gloire  French Navy The frigate was wrecked on an island off the west coast of Korea. Her crew survived.
 French Navy The frigate was wrecked on an island off the west coast of Korea. Her crew survived.

19 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Garland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore on Seal Island. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Pictou, Nova Scotia. She was refloated and taken in to Pubnico, Nova Scotia.[45]
Lady of Sark United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The cutter was struck by lightning and sank at Sark, Channel Islands.[50]

20 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Isabella  Bremen The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated.[56]
Marie Françoise  France The ship sank near Concarneau, Finistère.[58]
Mary and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Donegal.[59]
Millman  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off "Turnell". She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[60]
Rambler United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner departed from Sydney for Twofold Bay. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[61]

21 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Aid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Stettin. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Tobermory in a leaky condition.[58][62]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east of Maryport, Cumberland.[59]
Lowestoft United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brigantine was wrecked in the Chatham Islands. She was on a voyage from Wangaroa to Port Nicholson.[63][64]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Eastness, Forfarshire.[50]
Mary Clark  United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea from Tobermory and foundered. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Tiree, Inner Hebrides.[65]
Mary Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St Thomas, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[66]

22 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Thurso, Caithness with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[50]
Canton  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Farrouthead, Sutherland with the loss of all twenty people on board.[67][62]
Lively  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and abandoned at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.[65] All four people on board were rescued by rocket apparatus.[68]
Belgium Belgian Navy The schooner was driven ashore at Cromarty, Scotland. She was refloated with assistance from ( French Navy).[68]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at East Ness, Forfarshire.[69]
Reform  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked in with the loss of two of her crew.[70]
Thompsons  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the East Gar, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[50][71]
Triad  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Thurso. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to the Isle of Skye.[50][71][69]
Ulster  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Belfast, County Antrim.[58]
William and Mary  United Kingdom The ship collided with a brig and sank in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[59]

23 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[50]
Bienfaisant  France The ship was wrecked at Port-en-Bessin, Calvados. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados.[70]
Contest  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Balnakeil, Sutherland. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Bangor, County Down.[34]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Port Patrick, Wigtownshire.[69]
William United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The cutter was wrecked on Kangaroo Island. All on board survived.[72]

24 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Lochiel  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandsend, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[58][73]
Petit Leocadie  France The schooner capsized and sank off Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Brest, Finistère. She had been refloated by 2 September and taken in to Camaret-sur-Mer.[74][75]
Rhoda  United Kingdom The ship departed from Gibraltar for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[76]

25 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Dantzic. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54]
Meta Flagge Wismar.svg Wismar The ship ran aground on the Ostergrund. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Rönneholm, Malmö, Sweden.[77]
Orion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Krasnaya Gorka, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[70] Orion was refloated on 30 August and taken in to Saint Petersburg.[77]
Sir John Franklin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. She was refloated and taken in to "Burgeswick".[77]

26 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Alfred  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Waterford.[78]
Atkinson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Steffano". She was later refloated.[19]
Kate  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the Steilsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cuxhaven for repairs.[79]
Marion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Trinidad. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[23]
Regatta  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and was wrecked off "Westergarn", Gotland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[77][80]

27 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Albion United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore at Port Hood, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[81]
Cricket  United Kingdom The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the River Thames near Waterloo Bridge with the loss of five lives.[82][83]
Cruiser United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The sloop was driven ashore at Keiss, Caithness. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Douglas.[69]
Emanuel  Belgium The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Scheldt at Antwerp. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Singapore, Batavia, Netherlands East Indies and Manila, Spanish East Indies She was refloated and put back to Antwero.[79]
Forsoget  Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bergen.[23]
Xarifa United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Yacht Squadron The yacht ran aground and was damaged off Sconce Point, Isle of Wight. All on board survived.[69] She was later refloated.[84]

28 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Adeline United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore on Mud Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Cork. She was consequently condemned.[85]
Immanuel Skant  Prussia The ship capsized and sank at Dantzic. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 6 September.[86][87]
John  United States The ship was abandoned in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to New York.[85]
Queen  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Hooghly River.[88] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius.[89]
Zenith  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swinebottoms. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[90]

29 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Raven  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk.[23] She was on a voyage from Bangor to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated.[73]
 Royal Navy The brig-sloop was wrecked in the Mozambique Channel. Her crew were rescued by ( French Navy).[91][92]

30 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1847
Ship Country Description
Robert de Diable  Belgium The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Africa.[93]
Sultana  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock in Sandwick Bay. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put in to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.[77]
True Blue  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[27] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.[90]
Zwilling Broderne  Norway The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Francis Western ( United Kingdom). Zwilling Broderne was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Christiansand.[94]

31 August[]

List of shipwrecks: unknown date in August 1847
Ship Country Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Ramsey Sound with the loss of all hands.[95][86]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: unknown date in August 1847
Ship Country Description
Antelope United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[29]
Courier de la Seine Inferieure  France The ship was wrecked in the River Plate at the mouth of the Guazú before 8 August.[96]
General Graham  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She subsequently foundered.[20]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[97]
Isabella  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony before 18 August.[98]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She had been refloated by 23 August and taken in to Maryport.[50]
Levin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter left Port Levy, New Zealand early in August and was never seen again. She is thought to have foundered. There were 19 people on board.[99]
 Royal Navy The gun-brig was driven ashore on Sanday, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 30 August and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands.[70][34]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and put in to the River Thames.[44]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The screw steamer was severely damaged by fire in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put back to Alexandria, where she arrived on 25 August.[19]
Neva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[51] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[100]
Oceana  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was subsequently discovered by a British vessel which put a skeleton crew on board with the intention of taking her in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[101]
Rio de Pique  Spain The ship was driven ashore near Camariñas. She was on a voyage from Adra to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[86]
Themis  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the paddle steamer ( United Kingdom). Themis was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to South Shields, County Durham.[48]
Victoire  France The ship was driven ashore at "Hildervig". She was refloated.[27]

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