List of shipwrecks in August 1844
Ship Country Description
Britannia United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Wangeroog , Kingdom of Hanover . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland to a Baltic port
Express United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Thorsminde , Denmark . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Saint Petersburg , Russia
Hoffnung Kingdom of Hanover The ship was wrecked off Rawenburg , Denmark . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to Leer
Jupiter Brazil The brig was burnt in the Corimba River , Portuguese West Africa by the Portuguese Navy as she was engaged in the African slave trade
Lena United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Aberdeen . She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Aberdeen
Nostra Senora de Belvedera Kingdom of Sardinia The brig was driven ashore north of Pernambuco , Brazil
Robert and George United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Skagen , Denmark . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Saint Petersburg , Russia . She was refloated and put in to Skula , Sweden
Skylark United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Elbe . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham . She was refloated and put back to Hamburg in a leaky condition
St. Antonie Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on Langeoog , Kingdom of Hanover . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to Hamburg
Wilhelmina Stralsund The ship was driven ashore near Aubery , Demark . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Dantsic
The list of shipwrecks in August 1844 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1844.