The list of shipwrecks in August 1842  includes ships  sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1842 .
1 August 
2 August 
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1842
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Autumn 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The brig  ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea  off the coast of County Wicklow .[ 4]  
  
Margaret 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground in the Castletown River  near Soldier's Point, County Louth . She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan  to Dundalk , County Louth.[ 5]  >
  
Oracle 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan , County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Waterford  to Caernarfon . Oracle  was refloated and put back to Waterford.[ 6]  
  
Scipio 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the River Severn . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Gloucester .[ 5]  
  
Sophia 
 
  Norway 
 
The ship was driven ashore on Messing Island, in Christianafjord . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom  to "Walloe". She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 3]  
  
Splendid 
 
  United States 
 
The ship was in collision with the steamship  Narrangasset  (  United Kingdom  ) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean  off New London, Connecticut . She was on a voyage from New York  to Bangor, Maine .[ 7]  
  
Victoria 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the River Usk  at Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 5]  
  
 
3 August 
4 August 
5 August 
6 August 
7 August 
8 August 
9 August 
10 August 
11 August 
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1842
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Comet 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore on Long Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Cork . Comet  was refloated and towed into Brier Island ,  Nova Scotia.[ 31] [ 32]  
  
Coquette 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground on the Batten Reef, in the Cattewater . She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon  to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . Coquette  was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 33]  
  
Kate 
 
  New Zealand 
 
The schooner  was wrecked on a reef off Cape Terawhiti .[ 34] [ 35]  
  
Maraboo 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground on the Bird Rock. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London . She was refloated and put into Nassau, Bahamas .[ 36]  
  
Tynemouth Castle 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea  off the coast of County Durham . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America to South Shields , County Durham .[ 37]   She was refloated and put into South Shields.[ 33]  
  
 
12 August 
13 August 
14 August 
15 August 
16 August 
17 August 
18 August 
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1842
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
George 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The schooner , which had sprung a leak in the Bay of Biscay , hoisted a distress signal. The crew of the brig  Seabird   (  United Kingdom  ) refused to rescue her crew. They were rescued the next day by the barque  Byron  (  United States ) when the ship was off Cape Clear Island , County Donegal . George  was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 46] [ 47]  
  
John and Jean 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Arbroath , Forfarshire  to Dunkirk , Nord , France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 48]  
  
Minerva 
 
  New South Wales 
 
The schooner  was wrecked on a reef in Open Bay, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued.[ 49]  
  
Robert Harret 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea  20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon  to Hamburg .[ 48]  
  
 
19 August 
20 August 
21 August 
22 August 
23 August 
24 August 
25 August 
26 August 
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1842
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Elizabeth 
 
  Tortola 
 
The drogher  was wrecked in Carroll Bay.[ 56]  
  
 
27 August 
28 August 
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1842
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Abercrombie Robinson 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
Abercrombie Robinson . The troopship  was wrecked in Table Bay . All on board, over 500 people, were rescued.[ 63]  
 
Albatross 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The cutter  was driven ashore in Table Bay.[ 21]  
  
Ghika 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The schooner  was driven ashore in Algoa Bay.[ 22]   She was on a voyage from London to Algoa Bay. She was consequently condemned,[ 64]   but was refloated on 2 October.[ 65]  
  
Fairfield 
 
  United States 
 
The barque  was driven ashore in Algoa Bay . She was consequently condemned.[ 64] [ 22]  
  
Henry Hoyle 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The brig  was driven ashore in Table Bay. All on board were rescued.[ 21] [ 22]  
  
John Bagshaw 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The full-rigged ship  was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India  to London . She was consequently condemned.[ 64] [ 22]  
  
Reform 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The brig   was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Algoa Bay to the Breede River . She was consequently condemned.[ 64] [ 22]  
  
Saldanha-bay Packet 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope . She was on a voyage from Cape Town , Cape Colony  to Saldanha Bay . She was refloated on 7 October and resumed her voyage.[ 65]  
  
Tanfield 
 
  United States 
 
The ship was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was consequently condemned.[ 66]  
  
Union 
 
  Russia  
 
The ship was driven ashore near Falsterbo , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg  to Granville, Manche  France. she was refloated and put into Helsingør , Denmark for repairs.[ 53]  
  
Waterloo  
 
  United Kingdom  
 
Waterloo . The convict transport was wrecked at Table Bay with the loss of 189 lives.
 
Zone 
 
  France 
 
The ship departed from Veracruz , Mexico for Bordeaux , Gironde . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 67]  
  
 
29 August 
30 August 
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1842
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Ann Maria 
 
  United States 
 
The whaler  was run down and sunk during a storm in mid Indian Ocean, near Île Saint-Paul , by the whaler Ajax  (  France ). Her crew were rescued.[ 70]  
  
Avis 
 
  United States 
 
The whaler  was wrecked in Two Peoples Bay .[ 70] [ 71]  
  
James Graham 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore north of Cape Razo, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire  to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 72]  
  
Loyalist 
 
  British North America 
 
The ship was wrecked on "Langlois Island". Her crew were rescued.[ 23]  
  
Magdalena 
 
  Norway 
 
The ship was in collision with Delphin  (  Prussia ) off the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom  and was abandoned by her crew.[ 72]  
  
Middlesex 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The full-rigged ship  was wrecked near Maceió , Brazil . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales  to London .[ 73] [ 74]  
  
Prebene 
 
  Denmark 
 
The ship was driven ashore between Helsingborg  and "Ra". She was on a voyage from Copenhagen  to Brazil .[ 75]  
  
St. Louis 
 
  United States 
 
The ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts  to New Orleans, Louisiana . All on board were rescued by the brig  Impulse  (  United Kingdom  ).[ 76] [ 77]  
  
 
31 August 
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1842
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Anna Maria 
 
  United States 
 
The whaler  was in collision with the whaler Ajax  (  France ) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean  off São Paulo , Brazil . Her crew were rescued by Ajax .[ 78]  
  
Hillgrove 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Cape Henry , Virginia , United States. She was on a voyage from Trinidad  to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 23]  
  
Hope 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship struck the South Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland  to Swansea , Glamorgan . She put into Donaghadee , County Down  in a severely leaky condition and was subsequently towed to Belfast , County Antrim  for repairs.[ 53]  
  
HMS Victor 
 
  Royal Navy 
 
The Cruizer -class  brig-sloop  departed from Veracruz , Mexico for Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 79]  
  
 
Unknown date 
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1842
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Agenoria 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The schooner  sank in Port Phillip Bay  before 12 August.[ 80]  
  
Clorinde 
 
  France 
 
The ship was lost south of "Cape Blanc", Ecuador before 15 August. She was on a voyage from Callao , Peru to Guayaquil , Ecuador.[ 81]  
  
Eleanor 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles  before 23 August. She was on a voyage from Odesa  to Falmouth, Cornwall  or Cork . she was later refloated.[ 55]  
  
Frederick 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Severn  at Sharpness, Gloucestershire  before 22 August. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Gloucester .[ 7]  
  
Jealous 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Marshchapel , Lincolnshire  before 7 August.[ 14]  
  
Minerva 
 
  New Zealand 
 
The ship was wrecked in Hawke Bay.[ 34]  
  
Philander 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean  before 10 August.[ 23]  
  
Red Rover 
 
  United States 
 
The ship was driven ashore at Lewes, Delaware . She was on a voyage from New York  to Montevideo , Uruguay. She was refloated and put back to New York.[ 31]  
  
Robert 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Barletta , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies  to Dublin.[ 9]   She was refloated on 4 August.[ 14]  
  
Sarah and Mary 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was abandoned before 1 September whilst on a voyage from Sligo  to London . She was discovered in Mallinby Creek on that date.[ 69]  
  
Seagull 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore at Maldonado, Uruguay  before 29 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montevideo , Uruguay.[ 82]  
  
Sylphe 
 
  France 
 
The ship departed from Bordeaux , Gironde  for Lima , Peru. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 83]  
  
Tynemouth Castle 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea  off the coast of County Durham . She was refloated on 11 August and taken into South Shields , County Durham.[ 84]  
  
Vesta 
 
  United Kingdom  
 
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 23 August. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Falmouth or Cork. She was later refloated.[ 55]  
  
 
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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