# List of shipwrecks in July 1823

The list of shipwrecks in July 1823 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1823.

## 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mariner | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked in the Chiloé Archipelago, Chile, with the loss of three of her crew. |

## 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Two Sisters ( Guernsey). She was on a voyage from Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast to the Havana, Cuba. |

## 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Five Sisters | Jamaica | The schooner was run into by General Drummond ( Jamaica). She was beached but was declared a total loss. |
| Mary Thomas | United States | The ship ran aground to the north west of Bermuda and was damaged. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. Mary Thomas was later refloated and put into Bermuda for repairs. |

## 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Richard | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Demerara. |

## 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. |

## 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dorset | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank near Frederikshamn, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Frederikshamn and Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was later refloated and taken in to Helsingfors for repairs. |
| Spanish Soldier | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Elbo Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Augustines, Florida Territory to Antwerp, Netherlands. |

## 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Enterprise | United States Navy | The brig was wrecked on Klein Curaçao. Her 70 crew survived. |

## 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lusitania | Portugal | The steamship was wrecked near Ericeira with some loss of life. |

## 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ainsley | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Abeona ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden, to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of "Matans", British North America. |

## 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cygnet | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "Little Mittis Cove", British North America. |

## 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Whitehaven, Cumberland, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newcastle, County Down. |

## 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concorde | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Antwerp. |

## 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Calisto | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Flaxley | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She floated off and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Goodintent ( United Kingdom). Flaxley was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Jane & Matilda | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near "Cape Baltard", Newfoundland, British North America, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Burin, Newfoundland. |

## 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Willing Mind | United Kingdom | The ship strock an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and foundered. |

## 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing smack Industry ( United Kingdom), which lost a crew member in the rescue. Oak was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Rye, Sussex. |
| Wilkin | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew survived. |

## 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Esperanza | Spanish Navy | War of Venezuelan Independence, Battle of Lake Maracaibo: The brig schooner exploded and sank in Lake Maracaibo. |

## 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Infante Don Miguel ( Portugal). She was on a voyage from Lisbon to a Baltic port. |

## 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Émilie | France | The ship was wrecked off Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| England | United Kingdom | The ship struck a reef off Trinidad, Cuba, and foundered. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. |

## 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brussa | United Kingdom | The whaler, a brig, was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Basa | Kingdom of Sardinia | The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Crete. Her crew were rescued by Stag ( United Kingdom). |
| Betsey & Caroline | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and damaged between Texel and Amsterdam, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, to Amsterdam. Betsey & Caroline was later refloated. |
| Cyrus | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost off Greenland, in July. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Plate in mid-July. She was on a voyage from Guayaquil, Gran Colombia, to Greenock, Renfrewshire. Mary was later refloated. She arrived in the Clyde in late November. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her twelve crew were rescued by William & Jane ( United Kingdom). Mayflower was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America, to North Shields, County Durham. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea in early July. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia, to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Götaland, Sweden. |
| Thomas & James | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk, with the loss of a crew member. |