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The list of shipwrecks in August 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1869 .
1 August
2 August
3 August
4 August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1869
Ship
State
Description
Bertha Louise
Chile
The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean . Her crew took to a longboat and a pinnace . An offer to be taken on board Magnet ( United Kingdom ) the next day was refused, the men preferring to make for land.[16]
Dorade
France
The ship departed from "Legrie",
Vesta
Norway
The
6 August
7 August
8 August
9 August
10 August
11 August
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1869
Ship
State
Description
Adele
Flag unknown
The
Bessie
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Sunderland, County Durham to the Nieuw Diep.
[10]
Edward
United Kingdom
The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the River Thames at Custom House , Middlesex with the loss of both crew and a Dutch sailor on board the steamship Hollandia ( Netherlands ), which was struck by flying débris.[38] [39] [40]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at the bows at Liverpool , Lancashire .[40]
Gem
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Lagos, Portugal . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lagos.[41]
Hamilla Mitchell
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Leuconna Hammocks, at the mouth of the
M. A. Star
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Ledge, Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia .[46]
Recompense
United Kingdom
The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered off Tenby , Pembrokeshire . Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Southampton , Hampshire .[47] She was refloated on 22 August and taken in to Tenby.[48]
Werthin
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the steamship John Bowes ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by John Bowes . Werthin was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to London .[49]
12 August
13 August
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1869
Ship
State
Description
Aurelie
France
The ship sank near
Bellerophon
Flag unknown
The barque was driven ashore at "Rammekensdyk", Zeeland , Netherlands.[37]
Claudius
Hamburg
The ship departed from Pará , Brazil for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]
Emanuel Bouther
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland.[29]
Hannah Lizzie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the North Breakers, off Galveston, Texas , United States and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Galveston.[14] [52]
Jules Marie
Belgium
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Riga , Russia .[14]
Rita
United Kingdom
The steamship was destroyed by fire off Navarino , Greece .[14]
Unnamed
Spain
The ship foundered 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Réunion with the loss of four of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by a British ship.[53]
14 August
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1869
Ship
State
Description
Arrow
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand, in the Thames Estuary . .[37]
Atlas
United Kingdom
The Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.
[54]
Bazaar , andSandusky
United States
Bazaar collided with Sandusky in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She put in to
Milford Haven ,
Pembrokeshire , United Kingdom in a severely damaged condition.
Sandusky was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia. She was towed back to Liverpool in a sinking condition.
[55] [29]
Cumberland
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion on the Ohio River with the loss of twenty lives.[56]
Herstelling
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off the coast of Florida , United States whilst on a voyage from "Chiltepec" to an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57]
Janna Meyer
Netherlands
The ship was run down and sunk in the
Tvendre Brodre
Flag unknown
The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank .[58]
15 August
16 August
17 August
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1869
Ship
State
Description
Emile
France
The ship foundered off the Salvages with the loss of two of her crew.[65]
Flying Scud
Cape Colony
The Hiogo,
Japan . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[36]
18 August
19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1869
Ship
State
Description
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rocks, in the
Mary Martha
United Kingdom
The
20 August
21 August
23 August
24 August
25 August
26 August
27 August
28 August
29 August
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1869
Ship
State
Description
Alexander
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and sank at Rhoscolyn , Anglesey . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Sligo .[68]
Annie Longton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent with the loss of all sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Africa.[93] [94]
Aurora
Flag unknown
The galiot foundered in the North Sea .[31]
Dispatch
United Kingdom
The brig was sighted off the Calf of Man , Isle of Man whilst on a voyage from Garston , Lancashire to Belfast , County Antrim . Presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands;[95] a boat containing two pigs came ashore at Balbriggan , County Dublin on 1 September.[1]
Eaglet
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and damaged at Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire .[32]
Fawn
United Kingdom
The fishing lugger was run down and sunk off Dover , Kent by the brig San Juan ( United Kingdom ). Her eight crew survived, some reached land in their boat, others were rescued by San Juan .[96] [97]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Barnstaple Devon . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pembrey , Pembrokeshire to Barnstaple.[96]
Jane and Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhyl , Denbighshire .[68]
John Forde
United Kingdom
The yacht foundered off the Kent coast. Her crew survived.[98]
Venture
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Courtmacsherry , County Cork . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Courtown , County Wexford .[68] [99]
Wave
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Courtmacsherry. Her crew were rescued.[68]
30 August
31 August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1869
Ship
State
Description
Albion
Isle of Man
The
Ann Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
[110] [19] Three people were killed by an explosion during salvage efforts.
[63] [111]
Benin
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Balein Bank, off the coast of Africa.[112]
Bessie Young
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on St. Catherines Island , Georgia , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia .[10] She was refloated on 3 August.[6]
Constance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Trepassey Bay . She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[14]
Eleanor
France
The barque was wrecked near the mouth of the Rio Grande do Norte .[113]
Empress
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked east of Great Matuna,
Fung Shung
United States
The
Ganges
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Nepore".[14] She was refloated on 18 August and resumed her voyage.[6]
Ido
Flag unknown
The schooner was wrecked near the mouth of the Rio Grande do Sul .[113]
Inez , orJuelz
United States
The ship was wrecked at New York . She was on a voyage from New York to Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[114] [115]
La Plata
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles near Sestos , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire.[67]
Lightning
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Victoria after 28 August. She was on a voyage from
Melbourne , Victoria to Geelon and London.
[36]
Louise Marie
Norway
The ship collided with the brig Victoria ( United Kingdom ) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. Louise Marie was on a voyage from Korsør , Denmark to Skien . She was taken in to Gothenburg , Sweden in a derelict condition.[14]
Napier
United States
The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Yokohama , Japan .[116]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Rodrigues . She was on a voyage from Singapore , Straits Settlements to Mauritius .[110]
Richmond
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Rio Grande do Norte . She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentin to Cork .[37]
Sophie Marie
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near "Pedro Blanco". She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama , Japan .[14]
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Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
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