# List of shipwrecks in August 1837

The list of shipwrecks in August 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1837.

## 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henry Kneeland | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Robbins Reef. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. Henry Kneeland was later refloated and taken into New York. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
| John | Guernsey | The ship struck rocks at Havana, Cuba. She was later refloated, repaired, and resumed her voyage to Guernsey. |

## 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | France | The ship was sunk in a hurricane at Saint Kitts. |
| Anna Celestina | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. |
| Bonne Mere | France | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas. |
| Cordero | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Thomas. |
| Crocodile | Dominica | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Kitts. |
| Emelie Constance | France | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas. |
| Gaiten or Griton | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas. |
| Gig | Saint Kitts | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts. |
| Hunter | Saint Vincent | The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Jane | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Tortola. |
| Julius | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts. |
| Marblehead | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Little Bahama Bank. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Michael | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts with the loss of a crew member. |
| Montrose | United Kingdom | The barque driven ashore and was wrecked in a hurricane at Antigua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nord Risum | France | The ship was sunk in a hurricane at Saint Kitts. |
| Orana | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas. |
| San Narciso | Spain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Santander. |
| Susanna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas. |
| Vigilant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Thomas. |
| William IV | Barbadoes | The ship was wrecked on "Ramos Island". |

## 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blucher | United Kingdom | The ship ran around on the Gunfleet Sand and consequently foundered in the North Sea off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London. She was later refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex, arriving on 11 August. |

## 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William Waters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina. William Waters was later refloated and taken into Montevideo for repairs. |

## 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elvira | United States | The brig was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida Territory. She was consequently condemned. |
| Lion | United States | The brig was driven ashore at Pensacola. She was consequently condemned. |
| Providence | United States | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) east by north of the Tybee Island Lighthouse, Georgia. |
| Ridout | United States | The brig was driven ashore at Pensacola. She was consequently condemned. |

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Miranda | United States | The barque was lost in the Abaco Islands. |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anime del Purgatario | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Jiumicino River. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Rome, Papal States. |
| Mary and Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Truro, Cornwall. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Quatre Frères | France | The ship struck rock near the Runnel Stone and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Wolf | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on a reef off Lord Howe's Island. Her crew survived; they were later rescued by Psyche ( United Kingdom). |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fairfield | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Saint Charles River. She was refloated on 11 August. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adrian | United States | The schooner was lost on St. John's Island. Crew saved. |
| General Treupo | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Atherfield, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United States | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jacksonville, Florida Territory. |
| Bolivar | United States | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jacksonville. |
| Favourite | United States | The ship sank in a hurricane at Jacksonville. |
| Forester | United States | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jacksonville. |
| George and Mary | United States | The ship was lost in a hurricane at Jacksonville. Her crew were rescued. |
| Virginia | United States | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jacksonville. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to the River Spey. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of York | United Kingdom | The whaler, a three-masted barque, was wrecked north of Moreton Bay. Two of her twelve crew were killed by the local inhabitants. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United States | The schooner was struck by lightning and set afire in a hurricane at Savannah, Georgia. |
| Edmund Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Nicholas, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was later refloated and taken into Quebec City, Lower Canada for repairs. |

## 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Medway | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in the River Thames opposite Northfleet, Kent with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from London Bridge to Gravesend, Kent. |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fly | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Scalloway, Shetland Islands. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Tyne. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rosebud | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by General Sumter ( United States). Rosebud was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London. The wreck was discovered on 23 August by Emerald ( United Kingdom). After her cargo was salvaged, she was set afire the next day. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dingwall | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Spear, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Harmonie | United States | The ship was driven ashore 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of the Delaware Capes. She was on a voyage from New York to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Courtown, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brilliant | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. Brilliant was subsequently driven ashore at "Moher". |
| Ferjen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cape of Good Hope and Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was abandoned off Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. |
| Feejee | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cape of Good Hope and Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
| Forentanguet | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at Lewiston, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to St. Ubes. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Hogarth ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
| Splendid | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. All on board, over 80 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Sunderland. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Krantz, Prussia with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was severely damaged on the Newbiggin Rocks. All on board survived She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated on 14 September, repaired and returned to service. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Courtown, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Irvine. |
| Petite Village | France | The lugger was driven ashore at Bon Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was later refloated. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diligence | Netherlands | The ship caught fire, exploded and sank at "Passaroeng", Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Ida was discovered by Sorrow ( United Kingdom), which put a skeleton crew on board. She was taken in to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States, where she arrived on 12 September. |
| William and Frances | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Hurst Castle, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Hull, Yorkshire. William and Frances was later refloated. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Giuseppe | Malta | The brig was sunk at East Greenwich, Kent by the explosion of a skiff laden with gunpowder alongside her. One person on board the skiff was killed. A crew member was killed and four people were severely injured on board Giuseppe. |
| Mallard | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the English Channel off Fairlight, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Niord | Sweden | The ship was lost near Råbjerg with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Fredrikshavn, Denmark. |

## 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to King's Lynn. |
| Highland Chief | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Saugor, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Penang, Straits Settlements. |
| Spartan | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Cork and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Civitavecchia, Papal States to Cork. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bridport | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Portrush, County Antrim to Memel, Prussia. |
| Concord | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. |
| Luckless or Success | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Crantz" with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pillau to London, United Kingdom. |
| Zee Vogel | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Pillau. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Pillau. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alan | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Stag Rock, off The Lizard, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Truro, Cornwall. |
| Antelope | Cape Colony | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay. Hercrew survived. |
| Bounty | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Herd Sand and was consequently beached at South Shields, County Durham, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. |
| George | France | The ship was driven ashore at "Russen". She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Charles Adams | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the Salt River, Cape Colony. Her crew survived. She was subsequently condemned. |
| Simeon | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Pillau. She was refloated the next day but again driven ashore and was abandoned by her crew. Simeon was subsequently destroyed by fire. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Invincible | Texas Navy | Invincible. Battle of Galveston Harbor: The 8-gun schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Galveston whilst being pursued by Libertador and Vencedor del Álamo (both Mexican Navy). |
| Mentor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated on 31 August and taken into South Shields. |
| Ohio | United States | The ship was driven ashore and destroyed by fire in the Delaware River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Solebay or Solway | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by Mary ( United Kingdom). |

## 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cambria | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea off Liebau, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Riga, Russia. |
| Deux Adèles | Haiti | The ship ran aground at Jacmel, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Jacmel to New York, United States. Deux Adèles was refloated but consequently condemned. Later repaired and returned to service as Union. |
| Mars | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore near Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Nysted to Greifswald. |
| Marshall | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Roserhead". She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. Marshall was refloated on 4 September and put back to Dantsic. |

## 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Gotland, Sweden and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Ipswich, Suffolk. Minerva subsequently floated off of her side and drifted out to sea. |
| Sprightly | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of five of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlas | United Kingdom | The ship sank near "Coisée", France. She was on a voyage from London to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| St. Ives | United Kingdom | The ship struck The Manacles and foundered. Her crew were rescued. |
| Tam O'Shanter | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the north coast of Van Diemen's Land, 16 nautical miles (30 km) east of the mouth of the Tamar River. She was on a voyage from South Australia to Sydney. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Equity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Kallebotstrand", in Kioge Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Gloucester. William was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs. She arrived on 3 September. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aguila | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Bahamas Bank. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Angelique | France | The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Andes | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Bath, Maine. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane and wrecked on Catalina Island, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. |
| Edouard | France | The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Domingo with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Felicity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Godt | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was towed into Heligoland in a wrecked condition. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked at Providence, Fiji Islands. Several of her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants. |
| Heraclidæ | Bremen | The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas before 22 August. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremen. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. |
| Janus | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 11 August. |
| Margaret Gardner | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 19 August. |
| Mariners | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Bahamas Bank. She was on a voyage from Havana to Cádiz. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Norval | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Cork. |
| Perlen | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Messina, Sicily. |
| Stenervens | Norway | The ship was wrecked at Le Conquet, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France to a Norwegian port. |
| Stratfieldsay | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. Stratfieldsay was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |