The ship ran aground in the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the fishing smackTransit (United Kingdom).[2]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Aurora
Chile
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at , , with the loss of all hands.[7]
The brig, which had sprung a leak on 30 May, foundered in the Atlantic Ocean on or about 12 June. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to London.[17]
The ship was wrecked on the north-east point of Cape Sable Island, British North America, with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[4]
The ship sprang a leak off Bengal, India. All on board were rescued by the pilot boatMattress (India). Nymphen was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Pondicherry, India.[24]
Prince
Denmark
The full-rigged ship foundered off "Beladore", India. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat.[25]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.[27]
The ship ran aground in the Garonne6 leagues (18 nautical miles (33 km) downstream of Bordeaux, Gironde) and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India, to Bordeaux.[27]
The pilot cutter was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south east of The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her three crew were rescued.[30]
General Riego
Spain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Cape St. Mary's, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Cádiz.[31]
The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic. Six of her thirteen crew reached Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 11 June.[35] The other seven arrived on 28 June.[8]
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. Two of them were rescued by Clarissa Ann (United States).Savage was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland.[36]
Swift
unknown
The schooner was run ashore at Porto dos Touros, Brazil, having been stolen from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba.[37]