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List of shipwrecks in August 1821

The list of shipwrecks in August 1821 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during August 1821.

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2 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1821
Ship State Description
Adele and Marie   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia. Her crew were rescued by Comete (  France.[1]
Carlton   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Faial, Azores, Portugal.[2]
Mary Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Londonderry.[3]
Prince Leopold   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States.[4]

8 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1821
Ship State Description
Diana   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Hillberry Island, in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Chester.[5] Diana was later refloated and taken in to "Doxpool".[6]

9 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1821
Ship State Description
Earl of Moira   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered in Liverpool Bay off Hoylake, Lancashire with great loss of life. The Hoylake Lifeboat rescued 50-60 people. Earl of Moira was reported to be carrying up to 200 passengers in addition to her crew. There were 120 survivors, but only one crew member was amongst them. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin[5][7][8]

10 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1821
Ship State Description
Isabella   United Kingdom The sloop was destroyed by fire at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[5]
Lady Lushington   United Kingdom The East Indiaman was lost near Vizigapatam, India with the loss of fourteen lives. She was on a voyage from London to Madras and Bengal, India.[9]
Leviathan   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Alt. She was on a voyage from Campeachy, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5] She was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[6]

11 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1821
Ship State Description
Hope   United Kingdom The ship capsized at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. She was declared a total loss.[10]
Lady Lushington   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of the mouth of the Koringa River with the loss of seventeen lives. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Calcutta, India.[11]

12 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1821
Ship State Description
Mary   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dunmore, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[6]

14 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1821
Ship State Description
Blucher   United Kingdom The ship departed from Jamaica for St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Bermuda and New Brunswick, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[12]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Miramichi Bay.[10]
General Brown   United States The ship was wrecked on the Anegada Shoal, Virgin Islands.[13]
Johanna   Prussia The ship was driven ashore near Pillau. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Memel.[14]

15 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1821
Ship State Description
Ann & Jane   United Kingdom The ship foundered off North Foreland, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[6]

16 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1821
Ship State Description
Andromache   United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tønsberg, Norway. Her crew were rescued.[15]

19 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1821
Ship State Description
Hannah   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River 60 nautical miles (110 km) from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated on 16 September.[16][17]

21 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1821
Ship State Description
Frederika   Hamburg The ship departed from Port-au-Prince, Haiti for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18]

23 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1821
Ship State Description
Thomas Gilbert   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Caledonia (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Miramichi Bay.[19]

26 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1821
Ship State Description
Alligator   United Kingdom The brig was captured off Jamaica by a pirate schooner. She was subsequently lost. Alligator was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[20]

27 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1821
Ship State Description
Aurora   United Kingdom The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.[21]
Carmarthen Packet   United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Regent (  United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to London.[2]
Dexterity   United Kingdom The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.[21]
Hero   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) west north west of St. Ives, Cornwall. All on board were rescued by Hope (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.[2][22]

28 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1821
Ship State Description
Ceres   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Tanamiere Island", in the South Seas.[23]

30 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1821
Ship State Description
Eliza & James   United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by Good Design (  United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[14]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1821
Ship State Description
Rosalia   Russia The ship was beached near Reval before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[24]
Tentadora   Portugal The ship was wrecked on the coast of Maranhão, Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[16][25]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 11563. London. 21 May 1822. col E, p. 3.
  2. ^ a b c "Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 4". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15604. 10 September 1821.
  3. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Aug. 10". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15592. 13 August 1821.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5637). 19 October 1821.
  5. ^ a b c d "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5618). 14 August 1821.
  6. ^ a b c d "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5619). 17 August 1821.
  7. ^ "Dreadful Shipwreck". The Morning Post. No. 15728. 13 August 1821.
  8. ^ "Deeadful Shipwreck". Old Liverpool. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  9. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5655). 21 December 1821.
  10. ^ a b "Lloyd's Marine List – Oct. 9". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15618. 13 October 1821.
  11. ^ "FROM THE CEYLON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 17 May 1822.
  12. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5685). 29 March 1822.
  13. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Nov. 6". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15630. 10 November 1821.
  14. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5629). 21 September 1821.
  15. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 18". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15609. 22 September 1821.
  16. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5635). 12 October 1821.
  17. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5645). 16 November 1821.
  18. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5677). 1 March 1822.
  19. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 25". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15612. 29 September 1821.
  20. ^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 1965. 22 October 1821.
  21. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5636). 16 October 1821.
  22. ^ "(untitled)". The Morning Chronicle. No. 16344. 6 September 1821.
  23. ^ "From Lloyd's List – April 4". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15851. 7 April 1823.
  24. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 28". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15613. 1 October 1821.
  25. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. 17 October 1821.

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