The list of shipwrecks in August 1847 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1847.
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List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1847
Ship | State | 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] |
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List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1847
Ship | State | 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 Slitohamn 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] |
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List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1847
Ship | State | 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] |
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List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1847
Ship | State | 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] |
Louise Marie |
Belgian Navy |
The schooner was driven ashore at Cromarty, Scotland. She was refloated with assistance from Griffon ( French Navy).[68] |
Mary |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at East Ness, Forfarshire.[69] |
Reform |
United Kingdom |
The sloop was wrecked in Loch Boisdale 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] |
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List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1847
Ship | State | 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 Antwerp.[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] |
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List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1847
Ship | State | 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] |
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List of shipwrecks: unknown date in August 1847
Ship | State | Description |
Active |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in Ramsey Sound with the loss of all hands.[95][86] |
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List of shipwrecks: unknown date in August 1847
Ship | State | Description |
Antelope |
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 |
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] |
HMS Mastiff |
Royal Navy |
The Bold-class 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 Pacha ( 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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