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The list of shipwrecks in August 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during the month of August
1846 .
1 August
2 August
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Sir F. B. Head
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at
Plymouth ,
Devon . She was refloated the next day.
[4]
3 August
4 August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
China
United Kingdom
The
barque ran aground on the Manicougan Shoals, in the
Saint Lawrence River .
[9]
Don de Dieu
France
The ship foundered in the
Bay of Biscay off
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime . Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham ,
United Kingdom to
Bordeaux ,
Gironde .
[10]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Port Talbot ,
Glamorgan .
[11]
William and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the
Humber and was towed in to
Hull ,
Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from
Goole , Yorkshire to
Maidstone ,
Kent .
[12]
William Neilson
United States
The ship was departed from
Honolulu ,
Sandwich Islands for
Manila ,
Spanish East Indies and
Canton ,
China . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[13]
6 August
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Actie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
London to
Gloucester . She was refloated and put in to
Margate , Kent in a leaky condition.
[10]
Derby
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked at the mouth of the
Brass River , Africa.
[14]
[15]
Eleanor Ann
United Kingdom
The
schooner ran aground at
Sheringham ,
Norfolk . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[16]
Iduna
Sweden
The
brig was driven ashore at "Mark",
Wigtownshire ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Christianstad to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire , United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated with assistance of
HMS Pike (
Royal Navy )and taken in to
Loch Ryan in a waterlogged condition.
[7]
[17]
[10]
Mary and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Weybourne, Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire . She was refloated the next day and put in to
Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.
[3]
[10]
Robert and John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Filly Sail". She was on a voyage from
Seaham ,
County Durham to
Wisbech ,
Cambridgeshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[3]
Sultana
Jersey
The ship was driven ashore north of
Whitby ,
Yorkshire . She was refloated.
[3]
Vibelia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America . She was on a voyage from Saint John to
Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated.
[6]
7 August
8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Alster
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Seaham ,
County Durham to
London . She was refloated and taken in to
Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.
[17]
Atalanta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Saint John, New Brunswick ,
British North America . She was on a voyage from Saint John to
London .
[19]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the
Scroby Sands ,
Norfolk . She was refloated the next day.
[7]
Falcon
United Kingdom
The
paddle steamer ran aground in Clanyard Bay and was severely damaged. All on board, between 150 and 300 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Londonderry to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . Falcon was refloated the next day with assistance of
HMS Asp (
Royal Navy ) and taken in to
Ardrossan ,
Ayrshire . Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
[7]
[17]
[20]
Mary Kimball
United States
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the
barque Valeria (
Sweden ). Mary Kimball was on a voyage from
Cádiz , Spain to
Marblehead, Massachusetts .
[21]
9 August
11 August
12 August
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cove Sea Skerrie Rocks, off the coast of
Lothian .
[11]
13 August
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Amelia
New Zealand
The
schooner 's anchor chain gave way and she was driven onto rocks at
Worser Bay , Wellington, becoming a total wreck. There were no deaths.
[24]
Ann
United Kingdom
The
sloop foundered in the
North Sea off the coast of
Northumberland with the loss of all hands.
[25]
Brunswick Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Mouse Isle,
Shetland Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Archangelsk ,
Russia to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland and
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[26]
[27]
Clara
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of
Cape Spartel , Morocco. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Stockholm to
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône , France.
[28]
[29] She subsequently broke up.
[30]
Iron Queen
United Kingdom
The
steamship ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from
Moulmein ,
Burma to
Calcutta ,
India .
[31]
14 August
15 August
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Auguste Etienne
France
The ship ran aground near
Algeciras , Spain. She was refloated the next day and taken in to
Gibraltar , where she was scuttled, capsized and was severely damaged by fire, having been on fire for three or four days previously. She was on a voyage from
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône to
Île Bourbon . Auguste Etienne was refloated on 21 August.
[6]
[30]
Port Fleetwood
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in
Struys Bay .
[34]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Parrsboro ,
Nova Scotia ,
British North America to a Welsh port.
[35]
Centurion
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore at
New Romney ,
Kent . She was refloated on 18 August and resumed her voyage.
[36]
St. Antonio
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The ship was in collision with Elizabeth Saunders (
United Kingdom ) and was consequently beached at
Hastings ,
Sussex ,
United Kingdom She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland , United Kingdom to
Genoa . She floated off in a waterlogged condition.
[11]
USS Truxtun
United States Navy
Mexican–American War : The
brig of war ran aground at the mouth of the Tuxpan River and was abandoned by her crew. She was plundered by the Mexicans then set afire and burnt on 22 May by
USS Princeton (
United States Navy ).
[37]
16 August
17 August
18 August
19 August
20 August
21 August
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Colon
France
The ship ran aground off
Paimbœuf ,
Loire-Inférieure . She was on a voyage from Paimbœuf to
Java ,
Netherlands East Indies . She was refloated and put back to Paimbœuf.
[50]
Jeune Aglae
France
The ship was driven ashore near
Staithes ,
Yorkshire ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to
Nantes ,
Loire-Inférieure . She was refloated and taken in to
Whitby , Yorkshire.
[43]
Londonderry
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at "Keill",
Argyllshire . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Londonderry to
Campbeltown , Argyllshire.
[48]
Louise
France
The
schooner ran aground on the East Barrow Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to
Morlaix ,
Finistère . She was refloated with assistance from the
smack Good Agreement (
United Kingdom ) and taken in to
Wivenhoe , Essex in a leaky condition.
[43]
[27]
23 August
24 August
25 August
26 August
27 August
28 August
29 August
30 August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1846
Ship
State
Description
Alexandre
France
The
chasse-marée was abandoned in the
North Sea before 26 August.
[19]
Ariel
New South Wales
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at
Port Albert before 14 August. Her crew were rescued.
[70]
Blandford
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off
Harbour Grace ,
Newfoundland ,
British North America .
[71]
Commodore Napier
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
St Davids ,
Pembrokeshire to
Cronstadt ,
Russia . She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Cronstadt on 2 September.
[8]
Eden
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Double Headed Shot Keys. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States. She was refloated after 29 August and taken in to
Key West, Florida , United States.
[72]
Empire
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the
Carysfort Reef before 9 August.
[40]
Iron Queen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Rabbit and Coney before 20 August. She was on a voyage from
Penang ,
Malaya to
Singapore . She was refloated and taken in to Singapore.
[2]
Mary Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Sandy Cove ,
Nova Scotia , British North America between 7 and 12 August. She was on a voyage from
Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to
Dublin . She was refloated and put back to Saint John in a leaky condition.
[73]
Mayflower
British North America
The ship was driven ashore on
Tangier Island ,
Virginia , United States. She was refloated.
[6]
Oriental
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near "Juggernaut" before 3 August. She was on a voyage from
Calcutta ,
India to
London .
[1]
Sarah Elizabeth
British North America
The ship departed from
Ragged Island, Bahamas for
Alexandria ,
Egypt in late August. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[74]
Stephen Wright
United Kingdom
The
brig was wrecked on the Cattaros Rocks, in the
River Plate at
Flores, Buenos Aires , Argentina before 21 August with the loss of six of the sixteen people on board.
[75]
[51]
Woodland Castle
United Kingdom
The
brig was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean before 7 August.
[48] Her crew were rescued by Briton (
United Kingdom ).
[27]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849