# List of shipwrecks in August 1841

The list of shipwrecks in August 1841 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1841.

## 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fama | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Margaret | British North America | The brig was damaged by fire at London. |
| Sorceress | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Carcades Caragus Shoals. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India. |

## 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Narva River. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Fama | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to London. Fama was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Princess Royal | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cap Granitola, Sicily. She was refloated on 18 August and taken into Marsala, Sicily. |

## 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ajax | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off "Levenskar". Her crew were rescued. |
| Inverness Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. |
| Princesse Josephine | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Christiania. |
| Walmer | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked at "Bouro". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London. |

## 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dapper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| David | Van Diemen's Land | The whaler, a brig, was wrecked in the Cook Strait with the loss of four of her crew. |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Liverpool, Lancashire. Emerald was refloated on 6 August and taken into Livorno. |
| Triumph | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Johnson's Reef, in the West Indies. |

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Traverse. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Harrison | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Scotstown Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City. She was refloated on 18 August and taken into Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |
| Hoppett | France | The ship ran aground on the English Bank, off the coast of Argentina. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Monte Video, Uruguay. |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the Sloyne. Her crew were rescued. |
| Josephine | Hamburg | The ship ran aground off Paterholm, in the Kalmar Strait and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Clonea". She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dungarvan, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day. |
| Splendid | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Calipash Key, off the coast of Cuba. All on board were rescued. |
| Undaunted | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her fifteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Goeland | France | The ship departed from Tampico, Mexico for Bordeaux, Gironde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Erie | United States | The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire in Lake Erie 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Silver Creek, New York with the loss of 175 lives. Twenty-nine survivors were rescued by the steamships Clinton and Lady (both United States). Erie was taken in tow but consequently sank. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Peniche, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Blackwater at Maldon, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Maldon. |
| Mathesis | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. Mathesis put into Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for repairs. She arrived on 25 August. |
| Splendid | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Vibelia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Mayotte Islands. Her twenty crew were rescued by Uranie ( French Navy). Vibelia was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Aden. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hoffnung | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Drogue, at the mouth of the Eider. She was on a voyage from Altona to Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein. |
| Portland | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Tug and was consequently beached at Newport, Monmouthshire. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cuba | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jamaica. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Thomas and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bonne Aimee | France | The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Curtis | United States | The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Frederick Wilhelm IV | Prussia | The ship struck a rock and was beached. She was on a voyage from Tiltip to Memel. |
| Gotthalfe | Prussia | The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Gotthalfe was refloated the next day. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alsen | Norway | The ship was in collision with Vernon and foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Christiansand. |
| Eilcke | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked near Süderoog, Duchy of Holstein. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was later refloated. |
| Marmora | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Richmond, Virginia, United States. |
| Sveridge Herman | Sweden | The ship ran aground off Kåseborga and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to Lübeck. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. William was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henry Woolley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) from Key West, Florida Territory. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Henry Woolley was later refloated. |
| Paget | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Anegada, Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Firefly ( United Kingdom). Paget was on a voyage from Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| David | Van Diemen's Land | The whaler was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand. |
| Sarah | British North America | The ship was wrecked near Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harbour Grace to Sydney, Nova Scotia. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was run aground off Amrum, Duchy of Schleswig. She was refloated and beached on Föhr. Alexander was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. She was patched up and resumed her voyage. |
| Samuel | United Kingdom | The ship capsized on the Red Sands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Carlisle, Cumberland. Samuel was refloated the next day and taken into Port Carlisle, Cumberland. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dumbarton | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Albert ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Firth of Forth. Her five crew and the ship's dog were rescued by Albert. Dumbarton was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked between Land's End and Cape Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ant | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire off Dale, Pembrokeshire. |
| Diligence | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by Westchester ( United States) in the River Mersey. She capsized and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon. |
| Emanuel | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Skanör, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. Emanuel was refloated and taken into [Helsingør], Denmark. |
| Francis Jeffery | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Stonebottoms, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to a Baltic port. She was refloated on 24 August and resumed her voyage. |
| Wohlfahrt | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Bain | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandhammaren, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. Mary Bain was refloated on 28 August. |
| Perseverance | France | The ship was wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| St. Mary | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Speculator | New South Wales | The brig was driven on shore on the south coast of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand with the loss of two of her crew. Six men belonging to a shore party drowned while attempting to rescue the crew of the Speculator and Transfer (qv), which was driven on shore during the same storm. |
| Transfer | New South Wales | The brig was driven on shore on the south coast of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. All the crew were saved, but six members of a shore party drowned whilst attempting to save the crew of the Transfer and Speculator (qv), which was driven on shore during the same storm. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Integrity | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. Her crew were rescued by John Knox and Thomas Crisp (both United Kingdom). |
| Malcolm | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Solide | Sweden | The ship capsized in a thunderstorm at Gothenburg. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St. Pierre | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off "Doulington". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |

## 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle Annette | France | The ship departed from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| London | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Grand Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hardy | United Kingdom | The steamship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Thames at Wapping, Middlesex. She was refloated on 30 August but found to be severely damaged. |
| Mary Anne | United States | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia. Eleven crew were rescued by the brig Rover ( United Kingdom). |
| Solway | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Barnhourie Sandbankm in the Solway Firth. She was refloated and consequently beached at Southerness, Wigtownshire. All on board, more than 320 people, were rescued. |
| William Hinch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Mizen Head and Sheep's Head, County Cork. She was refloated on 27 August and taken into Crookhaven, County Cork. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Theodore Korner | United States | The ship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida Territory. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and taken into Key West, Florida Territory. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Egersund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Kiel, Prussia. |

## 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lucipara Shoal. She was on a voyage from Singapore to London. She was refloated on 30 August and resumed her voyage. |
| Francis Jeffrey | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to a Baltic port. |

## 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and sank off Handa, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Uist, Outer Hebrides to Thurso, Caithness. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frederica Amalia | Stettin | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Mary Alice | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pärnu, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Handa, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from South Uist Outer Hebrides to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1841 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Bawdsey, Suffolk. She was refloated on 13 August and taken into Harwich, Essex. |
| Canadian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bude, Cornwall. She was refloated on 19 August. |
| Dolphin | Sierra Leone | The schooner was wrecked on Green Island, in the Rio Nuñez. |
| Intrupendte Ungaro | Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia | The polacca brig was abandoned in the Adriatic Sea on or before 6 August. |
| Jeune Marie Charlotte | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom before 13 August. |
| Laing | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She had been refloated by 17 August. |
| Lord Canterbury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Round Point. she was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Lord Canterbury was refloated on 16 August and taken into Bristol. |
| Marin | France | The ship was driven ashore near Kuressaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Marin was refloated on 3 September and taken into Kuressaare. |
| Oberlin | Russian Empire | The ship ran aground on the Anholt Reef, in the Kattegat. She was on refloated and subsequently put into South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom, where she arrived on 21 August. |
| Overyssel | Netherlands | The ship foundered in the Strait of Bali before 3 August. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River before 7 August. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. Paragon was refloated on 8 August and completed her voyage. |
| Perseverant | France | The ship was wrecked on Castle Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to a French port. |
| Sir F. B. Head | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Avon. She was refloated on 13 August and taken into the King Road. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The trow foundered in the Bristol Channel between Flat Holm and Steep Holm with the loss of four of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |