# List of shipwrecks in August 1831

The list of shipwrecks in August 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1831.

## 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hind | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore east of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Theodosia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore east of Wells-next-the-Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Newham, Essex. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Medal | United States | The ship was wrecked on Little Heneaga, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Jamaica. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Sherbrooke | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Mouse Island, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 241 of the 273 people on board. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. Her captain was subsequently found guilty of wilfully wrecking the ship and was sentenced to death. |
| Matchless | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Agenoria | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Alliance | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Antoinette | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Arethusa | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Ariel | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Aurora | Saint Vincent | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Barbadoes Packet | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Barbadoes | United Kingdom | The mailboat was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Commerce | British North America | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. All 30 crew were rescued. |
| Dasher | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Conk Reef, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from "Laguira" to London. |
| Decagon | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Delta | Saint Vincent | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane on Canouan, Grenadines. |
| Despatch | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane in Greethead's Bay, Saint Vincent. |
| Diamond | British North America | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Dove | United States | The brigantine was driven ashore at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Duncan Ferguson | Saint Lucia | The sloop was wrecked at Saint Lucia with the loss of a crew member. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Elizabeth | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Emerald | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Emily | Saint Vincent | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Eurus | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Exchange | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Fanny | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane in Greethead's Bay, Saint Vincent. |
| Henry | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Henry Clay | United States | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Horatio Nelson | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Irlam | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Jane | Mustique | The Sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mustique. |
| Kezia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Lady of the Isles | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Lady's Adventure | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Montague | United Kingdom | The mailboat was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Neptune | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Orleans | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Quebec | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Rambler | Saint Vincent | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Samuel Hinds | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbados. |
| Sarah Ward | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Sector | Saint Vincent | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Shark | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane on Bequia, Grenadines. |
| St. Vincent | Bermuda | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Susannah | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingstown, Saint Vincent. |
| Triangle | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Trinidad | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Union | Saint Vincent | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Vincent. |
| Wellwood | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Lavenscar Island". She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| William M$^c$Call | Saint Vincent | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Calliaqua, Saint Vincent. |
| Zephyr | Saint Vincent | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane on Bequia, Grenadines. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duchess of Portland | United Kingdom | The ship encountered a violent hurricane as she was sailing for England from Aux Cayes. The hurricane threw her on her beam ends and she stayed that way for eight hours. She lost one of her boats, several sails, and was obliged to cut away her spare spars. |
| Frances Ann | United States | The ship was wrecked in the "Fuskett Islands". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Martinique to Barbados. |

## 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chieftain | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Copeland Islands, County Down. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. Chieftain was refloated on 18 August and taken in to Belfast. |
| Dispatch | Nevis | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts. |
| Eight Sisters | Saint Kitts | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts. |
| Greyhound | Saint Kitts | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Industry | Sint Eustatius | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts. |
| Rambler | Saint Kitts | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked by a "severe ground swell" at Saint Kitts. |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore crewless on Barbados. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Barbados. |
| Felix Leopold | France | The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Campeche, Mexico. She was refloated on 12 November. |
| Norval | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Cape Rofo" or "Cape Roxo", Africa with the loss of at least five lives. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape Colony. |
| Rothsay Castle | United Kingdom | Rothesay Castle. The paddle steamer began to sink in heavy seas and eventually ran aground on Dutchman Bank at the eastern end of the Menai Strait with the loss of 93 lives, on a voyage from Liverpool to Beaumaris. There were 23 survivors. |
| Ulysses | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at Belize, British Honduras. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ben Nevis | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked near Campbeltown, Argyllshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Blackpool, Lancashire. Her four crew survived. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Maria ( France). |
| Prosper | United Kingdom | The trow foundered in the River Severn. Her crew survived. |
| Viewly Hill | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Yare | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Berbice | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Fancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Withernsea, Yorkshire. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off North Foreland, Kent. The seven people on board survived, but her captain died from a cause unrelated to the shipwreck before they reached land. |
| Pacific | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Key West, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from "Laguira" to London. |
| Pillhead | United Kingdom | The ship was sriven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her cre were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Scarthingwell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Strela | Imperial Russian Navy | The schooner foundered off Dagerort with the loss of all 54 crew. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Addison | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Polygon | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Rosemount | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint John, New Brunswick. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Crozet Islands. Her crew were rescued. |
| New Tamar | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Burrow Head, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, County Down to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The sloop was run down and sunk in the North Sea off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire by Lavinia ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Lavinia. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged in the River Avon, Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Bristol. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea (53°59′N 6°30′E﻿ / ﻿53.983°N 6.500°E﻿ / 53.983; 6.500). Her crew were rescued. |
| Six Brothers | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in Dublin Bay. Her crew were rescued. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Redness Point, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cherokee | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Calabar to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Frances | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsy and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in Loch Laxford on this date whilst on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Limerick. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Maria Elizabeth | Russia | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Kronstadt. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on a reef in the Pacific Ocean (29°37′S 158°58′E﻿ / ﻿29.617°S 158.967°E﻿ / -29.617; 158.967). |
| Mariner | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tampico, Mexico before 22 August. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on an ice island before 8 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |