The list of shipwrecks in August 1824 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1824.
Ship | State | Description |
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Mariner | Spain | The armed brig exploded and sank off Salt Key Bank in an engagement with Padilla ( Gran Colombian Navy) with the loss of 49 of her 80 crew. Padilla rescued the survivors.[1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
St. Anthony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope.[3] |
Three Sisters | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef.[4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America for Wexford. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cyno | United States | The brig was wrecked on the north west coast of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from New York to St. Croix.[4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Indian | British North America | The ship was wrecked on the French Shore, Newfoundland with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Lower Canada to London, United Kingdom.[6] |
Jeune Laure | France | The ship collided with a tower at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and was beached in a severely damaged condition. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Havre de Grâce.[7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ida | Denmark | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued with the loss of three of the rescuers, She was on a voyage from St. Croix, Virgin Islands to Copenhagen.[8][9] |
Providence | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Exuma. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Havana, Cuba. Providence was later refloated and made for Nassau, Bahamas.[10] She subsequently ran aground on the Channel Keys but was refloated and arrived at Nassau on 16 August, where she was condemned.[11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Avolho Rocks, off the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Bahia.[11] |
George | British North America | The brig sprang a leak and capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but two of her crew. The survivors were rescued on 15 August by Robert Burns ( United States). She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Jamaica.[12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Biscay Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Chester, Cheshire.[6] |
Platoff | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Cape Pine, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bay Chaleur to North Shields, County Durham. Platoff was later refloated and taken in to Trepassey, Newfoundland.[13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | France | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[14] |
Wilding | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Cork.[15] |
Ship | State | Description |
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George | British North America | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but two of her crew. They were rescued by Robert Burns ( United Kingdom). George was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Jamaica.[16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks and was damaged at Sydney, New South Wales.[17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Bristol, Gloucestershire.[14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Memel | United Kingdom | The flat collided with the flat Ranger ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey with the loss of two of her crew.[18] |
Nossa Senhora de Assumpscão | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil.[19] |
Pacific | United States | The schooner sprang a leak in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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General Palafox | Spain | The ship departed from Santiago de Cuba for Havana, Cuba.[20] She was subsequently wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba.[21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Flora | Stettin | The ship sank off Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[22] |
Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all but one of her crew.[18][23] |
Juno | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Berck-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[22][24] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | Danzig | The ship was driven ashore near Gravelines, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sans Souci | France | The ship was driven ashore near Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Bordeaux, Gironde.[25] |
Skene | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Rottumeroog, Groningen, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Forth | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Newfoundland, British North America. Eagle was refloated on 6 September with assistance from USS Terrier ( United States Navy) and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory.[20] |
Swift | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to the West Indies.[27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hayti | Bremen | The ship departed from Saint Domingo for Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Maracaibo, Gran Colombia.[29] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Harriet | United States | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Baltimore, Maryland.[30] |
Young Proteus | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the south coast of Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Miquelon in late August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[25][6] |
Fisher Ames | United States | The ship was lost near Burke Sound.[22] |
Fly | United States | The ship capsized in a squall with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Alvarado, Mexico to New York.[27] |
Ford | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[22] |
Four Brothers | British North America | The ship was wrecked near "St. Shore's". Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from Arichat, Nova Scotia to St. John's, Newfoundland.[6] |
George Washington | United States | The schooner was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Havana, Cuba.[10] |
Harrison & Tomb | United Kingdom | The ship broke her back at Maryport, Cumberland.[31] |
Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Kingston ( United Kingdom.[32] |
Leo | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[33] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar.[34] |
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