# 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 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hoppet | France | The ship was wrecked on the Sarcelle/ She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to St. Ubes, Spain. |

## 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caravan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Prapatingas, Empire of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thaddeus | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Croyde Bay. Her crew survived. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peter and Maria | Netherlands | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to the Maas. |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Constantia | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix, Virgin Islands. She was later refloated. |
| Emelie | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix. She was later refloated. |
| Indian | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Phœnix | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at St. Croix. |
| Sir James Kempt | 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. |
| St. Bartholomew's | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix. |
| St. Croix | Flensburg | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at St. Croix. She was refloated the next day. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Santo Domingo. There was one survivor. |
| Samuel | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Santo Domingo with some loss of life. |
| St. Domingo | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Santo Domingo with the loss of a crew member. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Parker | United States | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Herald | United States | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Vera Cruz. |
| Joven Martha | Spain | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Parker | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Vera Cruz, Mexico. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |

## 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel. Hero was refloated on 27 August and taken in to Memel. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |
| Familien | Sweden | The ship was run down and sunk off The Neddings. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Gothenburg. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |
| Lady Burnaby | Bermuda | The ship was wrecked on the Square Handkerchief Reef. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Bermuda. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | The brig struck the Loather Rock in the Pentland Firth and foundered. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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. |

## 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |
| 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. |

## 29 August

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

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St. Antonius | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Stromness Point, Orkney Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 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. |
| 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. |