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′N71°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 KingdomBritish 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]
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 luggerSea Horse (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 brigCondova (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
Antigua
The drogher was wrecked on Montserrat. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Montserrat.[30][31]
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
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′N58°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]
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]
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
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 brigBelize (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 paddlegunvessel 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
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
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]
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
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
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]
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
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
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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
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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