List of shipwrecks in August 1869

The list of shipwrecks in August 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1869.

1 August

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|ship=Nepaul

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Eastern Head, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Lowestoft, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligences |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 September 1869 |issue=7284 }}

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2 August

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|ship=Atalanta, and
François I

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
{{Flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship Atalanta collided with the steamship François I at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and ran aground. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. She was refloated. François I was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 August 1869 |issue=6717 }}

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|ship=Diligence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 August 1869 |issue=7256 }}

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|ship=Drammen

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Hardø. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to London, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Margaret

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|30|N|10|50|W}}). Her crew were rescued by the schooner Lisonjeiro ({{flag|Portugal|civil}}). Margaret was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 August 1869 |issue=6733 }}{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=7 January 1870 |issue=4432 }}{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 January 1870 |issue=14178 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Pauline David

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship caught fire at the mouth of the Mississippi River and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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|ship=São João

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cabadello. She was on a voyage from Porto to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Trafalgar

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The Mersey Flat foundered in the River Mersey with the loss of five of the seven people on board.{{Cite news |title=Domestic |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 August 1869 |issue=6715 }}

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3 August

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|ship=Flying Venus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 August 1869 |issue=6716 }}

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|ship=Ora

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked in the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to the Rio Grande.

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|ship={{SS|Persia|1856|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship sank at Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=5 August 1869 |issue=4995 }}

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|ship=Valiant

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|18|nmi|km}} west of "Chasseron", France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde France.

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4 August

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|ship=Hindoo

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered off the west coast of Scotland with the loss of eighteen of her 26 crew. Eight survivors took to a raft, feared they would be lost too, according to a message in a bottle washed up near Aberdeen on 5 October.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 October 1869 |issue=7314 }}

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|ship=Nuova Giusseppina

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar.

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|ship=Wirralite

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock and put in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire in a leaky condition. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cleveland, Ohio, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 August 1869 |issue=6717 }}

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5 August

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|ship=Bertha Louise

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew took to a longboat and a pinnace. An offer to be taken on board Magnet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) the next day was refused, the men preferring to make for land.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 November 1869 |issue=7341 }}

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|ship=Dorade

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from "Legrie", Côtes-du-Nord for Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 October 1869 |issue=14108 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Vesta

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked of Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Kronstadt, Russia.

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6 August

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|ship=Doradi

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship departed from "Legne" for Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 October 1869 |issue=6784 }}

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|ship=George Durkee

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship capsized at Doboy, Texas. She was condemned.

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|ship=Pfeil

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hawaii}}

|desc=The brig was lost at Cape York on the coast of the Department of Alaska ({{coord|65|25|N|167|28|W|name=Cape York}}). Her crew was rescued.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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|ship=Zephyr

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 August 1869 |page=12 |issue=26510 |column=D }}

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7 August

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|ship=Emma

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland or vice versa.

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|ship={{SS|Germania|1863|2}}

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Hammonia|ocean liner}} was wrecked in Trepassey Bay {{convert|8|nmi|km}} west of Cape Race, Newfoundland Colony. All 259 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 August 1869 |page=11 |issue=26513 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=3814&vessel=GERMANIA |title=Germania |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=13 October 2020}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Wrecked Steamer Germania |date=23 August 1869 |page=10 |issue=26523 |column=B }}

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|ship=Hidalgo

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Lime Point, California, United States.

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|ship=Sir William Wallace

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Preston, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the Lytham and Southport Lifeboats and taken in to Southport.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 August 1869 |issue=6721 }}

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8 August

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|ship=Cleopatra

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in Trepassey Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Ontario, Canada to London.{{Cite news |title=London, Wednesday, 1 p.m |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=11 August 1869 |issue=5382 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 August 1869 |issue=6723 }}

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|ship=Mary Bottwood

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex by the steamship {{SS|Deutschland|1866|2}} ({{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}) with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by Deutschland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fatal Collision in the Channel |date=11 August 1869 |page=9 |issue=26513 |column=F }}

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9 August

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|ship=Alma

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Queenstown ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Alma was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 August 1869 |issue=7268 }}{{Cite news |title=Total Loss of a Brig and Her Cargo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 August 1869 |issue=6728 }}

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|ship=Fede

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The brig collided with a brigantine and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of Flores Island, Azores. Two of her eleven crew were rescued by the brigantine; the rest reached Flores Island in their boat. She was on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 September 1869 |issue=6745 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner foundered off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Crimes and Casualties |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=17 August 1869 |issue=4547 |page=7 }}

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10 August

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|ship=Blizzard

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Ketoy, in the Kuril Islands.{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}

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|ship=Dawson

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Advance ({{Flag|Norway|1844}}). Dawson was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.

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|ship=Lord Stanley

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The Mersey Flat sank at Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of one of the three people on board.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 August 1869 |issue=6723 }}

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|ship=Sophia and Isabella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Kingstown, County Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Ville Dontrain

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife, United Kingdom to Pontorson, Manche. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Vanilla

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Annotto Bay, Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 December 1869 |issue=14162 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sank off Margate, Kent.

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11 August

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|ship=Adele

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in the Tromper Wiek. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Hamburg.

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|ship=Bessie

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescuedShe was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Nieuw Diep.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 August 1869 |issue=14055 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Edward

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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 ({{flag|Netherlands}}), which was struck by flying débris.{{Cite news |title=Three Persons Killed |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=12 August 1869 |issue=2072 |page=8 |volume=36 }}{{Cite news |title=Shocking Boiler Explosion in the Thames |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 August 1869 |issue=7264 }}

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|ship=Ganges

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at the bows at Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 August 1869 |issue=6725 }}

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|ship=Gem

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Lagos, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lagos.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 September 1869 |page=10 |issue=26539 |column=D }}

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|ship=Hamilla Mitchell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Leuconna Hammocks, at the mouth of the Yangtze-kiang.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 October 1869 |page=9 |issue=26573 |column=F }} She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 August 1869 |issue=7296 }}{{Cite news |title=Serious wreck |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 August 1869 |issue=9271 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 June 1870 |page=10 |issue=26789 |column=B }}

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|ship=M. A. Star

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 August 1869 |issue=7279 }}

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|ship=Recompense

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of the Brigantine Recompense, From Cardiff, in Tenby Roadstead |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=12 August 1869 |issue=89 }} She was refloated on 22 August and taken in to Tenby.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 August 1869 |issue=7275 }}

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|ship=Werthin

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship {{SS|John Bowes|1852|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by John Bowes. Werthin was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collisions in the North Sea |date=13 August 1869 |page=5 |issue=26515 |column=F }}

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12 August

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|ship=Brilliant

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to Sunderland, County Durham.

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|ship=Brothers

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop collided with the steamship St. Clair ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. Both crew were rescued by St. Clair.{{Cite news |title=Peterhead |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=25 August 1869 |issue=5012 }}

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13 August

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|ship=Aurelie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sank near Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure.

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|ship=Bellerophon

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at "Rammekensdyk", Zeeland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Claudius

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship departed from Pará, Brazil for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 February 1870 |page=6 |issue=26682 |column=E }}

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|ship=Emanuel Bouther

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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.

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|ship=Hannah Lizzie

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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.

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|ship=Jules Marie

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Riga, Russia.

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|ship=Rita

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire off Navarino, Greece.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 August 1869 |issue=6725 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|50|nmi|km}} east of Réunion with the loss of four of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by a British ship.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 September 1869 |issue=6764 }}

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14 August

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|ship=Arrow

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand, in the Thames Estuary. .{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 August 1869 |issue=6726 }}

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|ship=Atlas

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Firth of Tay off Invergowrie, Perthshire. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=An Excursion Steamer Benighted on the Tay |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=17 August 1869 |issue=2076 |page=4 |volume=36 }}

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|ship=Bazaar, and
Sandusky

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=Bazaar collided with Sandusky in the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to 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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 August 1869 |issue=6726 }}

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|ship=Cumberland

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion on the Ohio River with the loss of twenty lives.{{Cite news |title=Terrible Steamboat Explosion in America |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=17 August 1869 |issue=5005 }}

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|ship=Herstelling

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 January 1870 |issue=6856 }}

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|ship=Janna Meyer

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by European ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jana Meyer was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Harlingen, Friesland.

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|ship=Tvendre Brodre

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=12 November 1869 |issue=4064 }}

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15 August

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|ship={{ship|Russian frigate|Oleg|1860|2}}

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The frigate was rammed and sunk in the Gulf of Finland off Hogland by the ironclad {{ship|Russian ironclad|Kreml||2}} ({{navy|Russian Empire}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 445 crew. Survivors were rescued by Kreml, {{ship|Russian ironclad|Pervenets||2}}, {{ship|Russian ironclad|Petropavlovsk||2}} and {{ship|Russian corvette|Vityaz|1862|2}} (all {{navy|Russian Empire}}).{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Steam Frigate Oleo - Sixteen Lives Lost |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=24 August 1869 |issue=44490 }}{{Cite news |title=This Evening's News |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=26 August 1869 |issue=1416 }}{{Cite news |title=Russia |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 August 1869 |issue=14061 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Sandusky

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}})

|desc=The ship collided with Bazaar ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the Tuskar Rock. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Liverpool in a sinking condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 August 1869 |page=10 |issue=26518 |column=C }}

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16 August

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|ship=Alert

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Kilgea Kin". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Harburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 August 1869 |issue=6727 }}

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|ship=Jupiter

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Somme.

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|ship=Margaret

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Bird Rocks. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Annie Laurie ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada). Margaret was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. The wreck was plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 September 1869 |page=11 |issue=26541 |column=B }}

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|ship=Triumph

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bringyattee Rocks, off Alderney, Channel Islands. She broke in two on 21 August.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 August 1869 |issue=7275 }}

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|ship=Tuscan

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on "Plantine Island".{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 September 1869 |issue=6752 }}

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|ship=Witham

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop foundered in the North Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} off Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing lugger.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 August 1869 |page=10 |issue=26518 |column=C }} She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Perth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=19 August 1869 |issue=5007 }}

}}

17 August

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|ship=Emile

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered off the Salvages with the loss of two of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 September 1869 |issue=6752 }}

}}

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|ship=Flying Scud

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Cape Colony

|desc=The steamship departed from Yokohama for Hiogo, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

18 August

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|ship=Helen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from London to Wick, Caithness.

}}

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|ship=Siren

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Maldonado, Uruguay. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 September 1869 |page=9 |issue=26550 |column=F }}

}}

19 August

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|ship=Margaret

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rocks, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Mary Martha

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|300|nmi|km}} west of Malta with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Theresa (Flag unknown). Mary Martha was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks and Loss of Life |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=1 September 1869 |issue=28969 |page=3 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 September 1869 |issue=6742 }}

}}

20 August

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|ship=Aurora Australis

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Yokohama, Japan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 October 1869 |issue=7310 }}

}}

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|ship=Bezaleel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was severely damaged in a typhoon at Yokohama.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 November 1869 |issue=14119 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Flying Scud

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Kiogo Channel. She was on a voyage from Yokohama to Hiogo, Japan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 October 1869 |issue=9284 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 October 1869 |issue=6774 }}

}}

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|ship=Hesperia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Northumberland ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Northumberland. Hesperia was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 August 1869 |issue=6731 }}{{Cite news |title=A Ship Run Down near Gravesend |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 August 1869 |issue=14056 |page=6 }} She was refloated on 3 September.

}}

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|ship=Powhattan

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Yokohama.

}}

21 August

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|ship=Two Brothers

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Nore.

}}

23 August

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|ship=Beatrice

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank at Galway. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Galway. She was refloated on 18 January 1870 and taken in to Galway.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 January 1870 |issue=14193 |page=1 }}

}}

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|ship=Chili

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Suisko (Flag unknown). Chili was on a voyage from the Clyde to Shanghai, China.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 October 1869 |page=11 |issue=26578 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Clara

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Kaikoura ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames. Clara was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to London. She was refloated on 31 August and taken in to London.

}}

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|ship=Modesty

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship collided with the steamship Sirrio ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|18|nmi|km}} south east of the Codling Sandbank. Her crew were rescued by Sirrio. Modesty was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Collision in the Channel |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=24 August 1869 }}

}}

24 August

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|ship=Romp

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Kettleness, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in tow for Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 August 1869 |issue=7276 }}

}}

25 August

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|ship=Ceres

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Fleetwood, Lancashire in late September.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 September 1869 |issue=6762 }}

}}

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|ship=Methusaleh

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle washed up at Wyk auf Föhr, Prussia in mid-October.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 October 1869 |issue=6781 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Windsor|1846|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Howth, County Dublin. Female passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 August 1869 |issue=6736 }}

}}

26 August

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|ship=Anna Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Four of the eleven people on board were reported missing; the rest were rescued by the steamship Quapore ({{flagcountry|Empire of Brazil}}). Anna Maria was on a voyage from the Clyde to Valparaíso, Chile.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 October 1869 |page=4 |issue=26571 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Catharine

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 August 1869 |page=9 |issue=26529 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship=Fury

|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1867}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Bass Strait. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 November 1869 |issue=6793 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prince Regent

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Queensland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tynemouth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on a reef off Raine Island, Queensland. Her crew took to a boat, and were rescued on 30 November by the schooner Georgina ({{flagicon|UKGBI}} Queensland. Tynemouth was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Australia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=10 January 1870 |issue=8 }}

}}

27 August

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|ship=Catharina

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dunreagan Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Islay, Inner Hebrides.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tasmania

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Tasmania

|desc=The ship struck a reef in the Caramata Passage. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She put in to Singapore, Straits Settlements for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 October 1869 |issue=14106 |page=7 }}

}}

28 August

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|ship={{ship||Commodore Perry|1854 ship|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship arrived at Calcutta, British Raj on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Calcutta.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 September 1869 |issue=7281 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship on Fire |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=Sheffield |date=1 September 1869 |issue=5035 |page=2 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Susan N. Smart, or
Susan N. Smith

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The whaler, a schooner, capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 22 of the 27 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Flatworth ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). The whaler was on a voyage from "Derwinique" to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 October 1869 |issue=6770 }}{{Cite news |title=Dreadful Sufferings of a Whaler's Crew |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=7 October 1869 |issue=2119 |page=3 |volume=36 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 November 1869 |issue=6794 }}

}}

29 August

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|ship=Alexander

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground and sank at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Sligo.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie Longton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 September 1869 |issue=6744 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck and Loss of Sixteen Lives |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=Sheffield |date=9 September 1869 |issue=5042 |page=2 |volume=50 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aurora

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The galiot foundered in the North Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dispatch

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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;{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of a Vessel and Crew |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=4 September 1869 |issue=44500 }} a boat containing two pigs came ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin on 1 September.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eaglet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and damaged at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 September 1869 |issue=14071 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fawn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The fishing lugger was run down and sunk off Dover, Kent by the brig San Juan ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her eight crew survived, some reached land in their boat, others were rescued by San Juan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 September 1869 |page=9 |issue=26531 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=31 August 1869 |issue=4549 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered off Barnstaple Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pembrey, Pembrokeshire to Barnstaple.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane and Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhyl, Denbighshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks and Loss of Life |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=1 September 1869 |issue=28969 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Forde

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The yacht foundered off the Kent coast. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Yacht |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 September 1869 |issue=14067 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Venture

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Courtmacsherry, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Courtown, County Wexford.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 September 1869 |issue=7283 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wave

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Courtmacsherry. Her crew were rescued.

}}

30 August

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|ship=Moratin

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Guadalquivir.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 September 1869 |issue=6744 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pampero

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 June 1870 |issue=14301 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rose

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Orwell. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Ipswich, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vivid

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Clifton ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 September 1869 |issue=7281 }}

}}

31 August

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|ship=Garibaldi

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the East Knock Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harlech Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck a uncharted rock and was wrecked at Piedras Blancas, California, United States with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Iquique, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 August 1869 |issue=6757 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 September 1869 |issue=6760 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oxus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque struck the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall and foundered. Her fourteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab, burma to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 September 1869 |page=10 |issue=26533 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Barque Oxus |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=3 September 1869 |issue=44499 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Plantagenet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was sighted off Malta. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Missing Vessels |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 September 1869 |issue=9277 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Talbot

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque struck a sunken rock and was wrecked at Copiapó Point, Chile. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Concepción ({{Flag|Chile}}). Talbot was on a voyage from Iquique to Valparaíso, or from Valparaíso to Caldera, Chile.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Disasters and Loss of Life |date=11 October 1869 |page=5 |issue=26565 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sunderlandships.com/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=104241&vessel=TALBOT |title=Talbot |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=14 October 2020}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=West India and Pacific Mails |date=15 October 1869 |page=7 |issue=26569 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 October 1869 |page=11 |issue=26570 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Albion

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The fishing boat capsized at Fleetwood, Lancashire and was severely damaged. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann Eliza

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Charles, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 August 1869 |issue=9254 }} Three people were killed by an explosion during salvage efforts.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 September 1869 |issue=6752 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 August 1869 |issue=14082 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Benin

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Balein Bank, off the coast of Africa.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 September 1869 |issue=7289 }}

}}

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|ship=Bessie Young

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia. She was refloated on 3 August.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Constance

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Trepassey Bay. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Greenock, Renfrewshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eleanor

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked near the mouth of the Rio Grande do Norte.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War in Paraguay |date=20 September 1869 |page=8 |issue=26547 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship=Empress

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked east of Great Matuna, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indochina to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fung Shung

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The schooner was lost at Amoy, China.

}}

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|ship=Ganges

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Nepore". She was refloated on 18 August and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ido

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near the mouth of the Rio Grande do Sul.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Inez, or
Juelz

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=4 August 1869 |issue=44472 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 August 1869 |issue=9231 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=La Plata

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles near Sestos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 September 1869 |issue=6741 }}

}}

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|ship=Lightning

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Geelong, Victoria after 28 August. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Geelong and London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 December 1869 |issue=14162 }}

}}

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|ship=Louise Marie

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship collided with the brig Victoria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) 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.

}}

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|ship=Napier

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Yokohama, Japan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 September 1869 |issue=7304 }}

}}

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|ship=Neptune

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Rodrigues. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Mauritius.

}}

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|ship=Richmond

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Rio Grande do Norte. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentin to Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sophie Marie

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near "Pedro Blanco". She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan.

}}

References

=Bibliography=

Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

1869-08

Category:Maritime incidents in August 1869