List of shipwrecks in August 1827

The list of shipwrecks in August 1827 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during August 1827.

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Hoppet France The ship was wrecked on the Sarcelle/ She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to St. Ubes, Spain.[1]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Dispatch  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein, Duchy of Schleswig to London.[2]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Caravan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Prapatingas, Empire of Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Enigheten Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Dutch port.[4]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Thaddeus  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Croyde Bay. Her crew survived.[5]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship departed from Aux Cayes, Haiti for Cowes, Isle of Wight. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Peter and Maria  Netherlands The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to the Maas.[7]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Constantia Denmark The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix, Virgin Islands. She was later refloated.[8]
Emelie Denmark The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix. She was later refloated.[8]
Indian  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America.[3]
Phœnix Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at St. Croix.[8]
Sir James Kempt United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at St. Croix. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Antigua.[8]
St. Bartholomew's  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix.[9]
St. Croix Flensburg The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix. She was refloated the next day.[8]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Alonzo  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with the loss of nine of her crew.[10][11]
Julia  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Santo Domingo. There was one survivor.[10][11]
Nikolay  (Николай)  Imperial Russian Navy The schooner ran aground at Okhotsk. She was wrecked by 21 August.[12]
Samuel  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Santo Domingo with some loss of life.[10][11]
St. Domingo  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Santo Domingo with the loss of a crew member.[10][11]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Parker United States The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Veracruz, Mexico.[8]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Herald United States The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Veracruz, Mexico.[8] She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Veracruz.[9]
Joven Martha Spain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Veracruz.[8]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Parker  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Veracruz, Mexico.[9]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Cleopatra  United Kingdom The ship was dismasted and subsequently capsized in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Windsor, Nova Scotia, British North America.[13]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Sovereign  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Rum Key. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[9]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Clarissa United States The ship was wrecked at Tolbøl near Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island to Gothenburg, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark.[14][15]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel.[16] Hero was refloated on 27 August and taken in to Memel.[17]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Crawford  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain. All on board were rescued by Mansfield ( United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Barcelona, Spain via Málaga and Valencia.[18][19]
Familien Sweden The ship was run down and sunk off The Neddings. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Gothenburg.[7]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Deborah and Maria  Netherlands The ship was run down and sunk off Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[16]
Lady Burnaby United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Bermuda The ship was wrecked on the Square Handkerchief Reef. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Bermuda.[20]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Glasgow  United Kingdom The brig struck the Loather Rock in the Pentland Firth and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[16]
William  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Temporary repairs were nade and she departed for Aberdeen on 15 October.[21]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Fortitude Increased  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Petersburg, Russia to London.[17]
Henry Johnson United States The ship capsized in a hurricane with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint-Barthélemy to Bridgeport, Connecticut.[13]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was lost between the Isle of Arran and Limerick.[22]
William  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Dunnet Head, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[15]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1827
ShipStateDescription
St. Antonius  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Stromness Point, Orkney Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[17]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1827
ShipStateDescription
Jane  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily before 31 August. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[23]
Thorns  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Weld Cove, Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newfoundland, British North America.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 80. 21 August 1827.
  2. 1 2 "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 7872. 25 August 1827.
  3. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times. No. 13407. London. 11 October 1827. col. B, p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17683. 17 August 1827.
  5. ↑ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 847. 17 August 1827.
  6. ↑ "From Lloyd's List – Nov. 6". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16571. 10 November 1827.
  7. 1 2 "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17699. 5 September 1827.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Ship News". The Times. No. 13409. London. 13 October 1827. col. F, p. 3.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17731. 12 October 1827.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times. No. 13411. London. 16 October 1827. col. F, p. 3.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times. No. 13412. London. 17 October 1827. col. D, p. 3.
  12. ↑ Sokolov, A. P. (1855). Летопись крушений и пожаров судов русского флота 1713—1853 [Chronicle of the Crashes and Fires of Ships of the Russian Navy 1713-1853] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences.
  13. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times. No. 13436. London. 14 November 1827. col. B, p. 3.
  14. ↑ Nord-Cimbriske Tilskuer 28. aug. 1827
  15. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times. No. 13376. London. 5 September 1827. col. F, p. 3.
  16. 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times. No. 13379. London. 8 September 1827. col. E, p. 3.
  17. 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times. No. 13382. London. 12 September 1827. col. A, p. 3.
  18. ↑ "From Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 25". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16554. 29 September 1827.
  19. ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 118. 4 October 1827.
  20. ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 13439. London. 17 November 1827. col. A, p. 3.
  21. ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 13414. London. 19 October 1827. col. C, p. 3.
  22. ↑ "From Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 4". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16545. 6 September 1827.
  23. ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 110. 25 September 1827.