# List of shipwrecks in August 1853

The list of shipwrecks in August 1853 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1853.

## 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Douglas | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore east of Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Fatal Oheb | Straits Settlements | The ship was wrecked in the Sapudi Islands, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Singapore. |
| Napoleon | Victoria | The ship was wrecked in the Sapudi Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Singapore. |
| Tagus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Tranum, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. |

## 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andreas | Hamburg | The barque was driven ashore and damaged at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Queenstown. |
| Melody | United States | The barque was driven ashore at Cape St. Mary. She was on a voyage from the Ilha do Sal, Cape Verde Islands to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Orbit | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition. |
| Royale Supreme | France | The sloop was abandoned in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued by the brig Alert ( United Kingdom). Royal Supreme was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. |

## 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asa Thor | United States | The brig sprang a leak and was beached on Guam, where she became a wreck. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Ascension Island. |
| Bornœuf | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Torres Strait off Booby Island, New South Wales with the loss of eight lives. Survivors were rescued by four vessels:- Earl Grey ( United Kingdom), Everdina Elizabeth ( Netherlands) and two other Dutch vessels. Bornœuf was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Bombay, India. |
| Gemini | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Dog Island, Anguilla. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London. |
| Jeune Rose | France | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |

## 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| St. Roch | United Kingdom | The steamship was in collision with the steamship Lady Elgin and sank at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |

## 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jeune France | United Kingdom | The ship put into Key West, Florida, United States in a leaky condition, having run aground. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Senegal. She was placed under repair, but was consequently condemned. |
| Panola | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip, Victoria to Bombay. |
| Stata | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Phillip to Singapore. |
| Susan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Narva River. Her crew were rescued. She was consequently condemned. |

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Melbourne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Caesar | Royal Navy | The Caesar-class ship of the line ran aground on being launched at Pembroke Dockyard, Pembrokeshire. |
| Dockenhuden | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Little Pet | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the coast of Brazil. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Leith, Lothian. Little Pet was taken in tow by Ceres ( United States) on 9 August. An attempt was made to take her in to Pernambuco but she was driven ashore and damaged. She was consequently condemned. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hirondelle | France | The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Morocco near Ceuta, Spain. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Frederikshald, Norway to Paimbœuf. |
| Sandwich | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near the mouth of the Salt River, Cape Colony with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to London. |
| Therese | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship sank in the White Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Archangelsk, Russia. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brown | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) east south east of the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Edward and Ann ( United Kingdom). Brown was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Grange | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Guardiaro. She was on a voyage from Tarsus Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork. She had been refloated by 14 August and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs. |
| Nicolettes Minde | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. |
| Solide | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship capsized at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
| William R. Hallett | United States | The ship was driven ashore at New York in a squall. She was later refloated. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Southwold. |
| Dowson | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Alexandria, Egypt for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Xarifa | New Zealand | The brig ran aground in the Western Channel. She was on a voyage from New Zealand to Melbourne, Victoria. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eclipse | New South Wales | The ship ran aground at Geelong, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Joven Emilio | Spain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Gijón. |
| Oceanica | Van Diemen's Land | The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Melbourne. |
| Oliver | United States | The brig was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Gorgona, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Virgilio (Flag unknown). |
| Sybil | Van Diemen's Land | The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Melbourne. |
| Uncle Tom | New South Wales | The ship ran aground at Geelong. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cremona | Victoria | The schooner was driven ashore near the mouth of the Tarwin River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. |
| Thomas Pierson | United Kingdom | The schooner was lost on this date. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Belize City, British Honduras. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bluff City, Dr. Franklin No. 2, and Highland | British North America | The steamships Bluff City and Dr. Frankin No. 2 were destroyed by fire at Quebec City, Province of Canada. The steamship Highland was severely damaged. |
| Forsoget | Norway | The schooner was in collision with the barque Barica ( Trieste ) and sank in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Fredrikshald. |
| Mercator | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Cowes, Isle of Wight. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ploughboy | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Princess Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire, exploded and sank in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Triumph | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Storholm Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and taken in to Slitohamn for repairs. |
| Vancouver | Hudson's Bay Company | The schooner was lost off Rose Point, Queen Charlotte Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vancouver Island to Fort Simpson. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Niobe | United Kingdom | The steamboat was in collision with Regent ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at London Bridge, London. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Woolwich, Kent. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Freeman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the "Becca Grande", Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida. |
| Limena | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Mayaquez, Puerto Rico for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Marie Caroline | France | The ship departed from a port in Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Riga, Russia. She was refloated but consequently put in to Bolderāja in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Riga to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Anna Watson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the west coast of Africa. |
| Germania | Flag unknown | The ship departed from Seville, Spain for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ludorf Theodorus | Russia | The ship struck the pier at Dunkerque, Nord, France and sank. She was on a voyage from Reni to Dunkerque. She was later refloated. |
| Magdalena | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground and sank in a river. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Honda" to "Santa Martha". |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Regent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on White Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augustine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She floated off and consequently sank. |
| Bananier | France | The ship was driven ashore on Zanzibar, Sultanate of Oman. She was on a voyage from "Lamoo" to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated on 1 September. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baring Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Eugene et Léon | France | The ship departed from Havana for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Breadalbane | United Kingdom | The three-masted barque was crushed by ice and sank in Lancaster Sound. Her 21 crew were rescued by HMS Phoenix ( Royal Navy). |
| Re Davide | Flag | The ship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coundon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to an English port. She was refloated on 26 August and put back to Dantzic, where she arrived on 3 September. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Droogden. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| William | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was run into by the collier Sir John Easthope ( United Kingdom) in the River Tyne, broke in two and sank. All on board, more than 40 people, were rescued. William was refloated on 27 August. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hannah More | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Riga, Russia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marie Françoise | France | The ship departed from Martinique for Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Janet Izat | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off the Filsand, in the Baltic Sea and was damaged. She put in to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Jessie Smith | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Orange River, Cape Colony with the loss of four crew. |
| Meridian | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Île Amsterdam with the loss of three lives. Survivors were rescued on 4 September. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Claudine Marguerite Pauline | United Kingdom | The ship was departed from Riga, Russia for Dundee, Forfarshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The smack was abandoned in the North Sea off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Cullen, Moray. She subsequently came ashore and was wrecked. |
| James | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Ferryden, Forfarshire. She was refloated |
| Maria Bertha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Cronstadt. She was refloated on 5 September and taken in to Cronstadt. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | Norway | The galeas was lost on the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Australia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Brenda | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak in the English Channel. She was beached and damaged at Newhaven, Sussex. Her ten crew were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. Brenda was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Newhaven. She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven on 3 September. |
| Cherokee | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire at New York. |
| Fingalton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Gloucester. She was refloated on 7 September and tale in the River Avon. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sable Island Bank and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to New York, United States. |
| Gabriel | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples. |
| Lady Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Kilcliff", County Down. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Drogheda, County Louth. |
| Lady Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dungarvan, County Waterford. |
| Maria | Greece | The brig was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Cardiff. |
| Maria Bertha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Marmion, or Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Gloucester. |
| Massachusetts | United States | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to New York. |
| Patience | United Kingdom | The smack was in collision with the schooner Iduna ( Norway) in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. |
| William and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Southampton, Hampshire. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dantzig | Russia or Norway | The full-rigged ship ran aground at Manzanilla, Trinidad. she was on a voyage from Manzanilla to London, United Kingdom. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Alderney, Channel Islands. Favourite was refloated and taken in to Whitstable, where she sank. She was raised the next day. |
| Kingston | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Pwllchion", Pembrokeshire. |
| Onderneming | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore between Egmond aan Zee and Wijk aan Zee, North Holland with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Vlissingen, Zeeland. |
| William | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Great Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sand Island, Alabama, United States. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Cleopatra | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and capsized in the Gut of Canso. Her crew were rescued by USS Decatur ( United States Navy). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City. Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Edward | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by Nor (Flag unknown). Edward was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off the Danish coast. Her eight crew were rescued. |
| Fair Maid | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at North Ness, Shetland Islands. She was refloated the next day. |
| Jane and Alice | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Salvo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off Fårö, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. |

## 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. |
| Java | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Kingroad. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The brig capsized in the Kingroad. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antina | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Peace | {{{flag}}} | The sloop was in collision with another vessel in the English Channel. She was taken in to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France in a derelict condition. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catania | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was driven ashore at "Gallico", Sicily. She was on a voyage from Catania to Palermo and Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Horatio | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Bremen. |
| Kirstine | Prussia | The ship ran aground off Kristiansand, Norway. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Kristiansand in a leaky condition. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Holyhead, Anglesey. She was refloated the next day. |
| Spy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Kilmichael Point, Ireland. |
| Troubadour | Spain | The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Barcelona. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. Troubadour was towed in to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom on 5 September in a leaky condition. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1853 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alten | Sweden | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. |
| Argus | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Arzila, Morocco before 9 August. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs. |
| Christophorus Columbus | Netherlands | The ship struck a sunken rock whilst on a voyage from Batavia to Onrust Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was consequently condemned on arrival. |
| Chrysalis | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Mayotte before 24 August. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. |
| Collector | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Croton | United States | The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic before 4 August. |
| Curlew | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea before 14 August. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and put in to Mandal, Norway in a leaky condition. |
| Diamond | United Kingdom | The smack was abandoned off Arran before 6 August. She was taken in to Lamlash, Arran by Happy Return ( United Kingdom). |
| Edurac | France | The barque was driven ashore on the Holms. She was later refloated and taken in to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom for repairs. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to New York, United States. She was refloated on 8 August. |
| Fellowship | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was later refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark. She arrived on 29 August in a waterlogged condition. |
| Fortunato | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Catania to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She put in to Malta, where she sank. She was refloated on 3 August. |
| Frederica Gustava | Russia | The ship was driven ashore near Domesnes. She was on a voyage from Riga to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. |
| Hoppet | Sweden | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Fredriksvern, Norway. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex before 17 Augusts. She was later refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition. |
| Lady Eveline | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. Twenty-six people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Leentje | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Portugal before 19 August. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Madagascar | United Kingdom | The Blackwall Frigate departed from Melbourne, Victoria on 12 August. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Marie | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Marie ( Spain). She was on a voyage from Lima, Peru to an English port. |
| Martin Luther | Flag unknown | The ship was lost off Osmussaar, Russia before 5 August. |
| Moses & John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark, where she arrived on 10 August. |
| Palendar | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Black Rock, south east of Grand Manan, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to the Clyde. She was later refloated and taken in to Westport, Nova Scotia in a severely damaged condition. |
| Richmond | British North America | The schooner was wrecked on Saint Pierre Island. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. |