The list of shipwrecks in August 1843 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during August 1843. 
   1 August
   List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Bunbury  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyagef rom Newport, Monmouthshire to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken into the Nieuw Diep.[1]  | 
  | Memnon  |    United Kingdom  |  The British East India Company's steam frigate was wrecked off Cape Guardafui, Majerteen Sultanate. All 170 passengers, and her crew, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Suez, Egypt.[2][3]  | 
  | Rosalind  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Montevideo, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued.[4]  | 
  | Wales  |    United States  |  The ship was wrecked on Burias Island, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York.[5][6]  | 
  | William Thompson  |    United Kingdom  |  The brig was wrecked 35 to 40 nautical miles (65 to 74 km) west of the Arab's Tower, Egypt.[7]  | 
  3 August
  4 August
   List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Broughton  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on the Upgang Rock, off the coast of Yorkshire. She was refloated.[9]  | 
  | Cacilda  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship capsized at Ramsgate, Kent and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[10]  | 
  | Dove  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground near "Bratten", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[11]  | 
  | Fanny  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore at Cooke's Point, County Limerick.[12]  | 
  | Lady Emily  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[13]  | 
  | Meteor  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was wrecked on the Bocas. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London.[14]  | 
  | Water Lily  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Andes (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[15][16]  | 
  6 August
  7 August
  8 August
   List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Caclida  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship capsized at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[20]  | 
  | Ceylon  |    United States  |  The ship was driven ashore at Guanabo, Cuba. She was refloated the next day and taken into Havana.[24]  | 
  | Delphine  |    Netherlands  |  The ship capsized off Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Banjul to Goree, Zeeland.[25]  | 
  | Isis  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on Hamilton's Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[26] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]  | 
  | Mary  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner foundered off Oxwich Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Portreath, Cornwall.[27][28]  | 
  | Zephyr  |    Norway  |  The schooner was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Bilbao, Spain. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20][26]  | 
  10 August
  11 August
  12 August
  13 August
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  15 August
  16 August
   List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Chester  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore near New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York. She was refloated on 22 September and taken into New York for repairs.[37][38]  | 
  | Maine  |    Hamburg  |  The ship ran aground on the Ostriff. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and Put into Cuxhaven in a severely leaky condition.[39]  | 
  17 August
  18 August
  19 August
   List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Abiezer  |    United Kingdom  |  The brig was destroyed by fire at Topping's Wharf, Southwark, Surrey.[47][45]  | 
  | Agnes and Barbara  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship sank in the English Channel off the Nab Lightship (  Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[44][46]  | 
  | Cornwall  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner was damaged by fire at Topping's Wharf.[47][45]  | 
  | Daniel O'Connell  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued.[48]  | 
  | Dublin Lass  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was damaged by fire at Topping's Wharf.[45]  | 
  | Emily  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground at the entrance to the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Trieste.[49] She was refloated on 29 August and taken into Tenedos, Ottoman Empire.[50]  | 
  | Fleece  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner was damaged by fire at Topping's Wharf.[47][45]  | 
  | Merchant  |    United States  |  The barque was run down and sunk by Acadia (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Acadia. Merchant was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[30][51]  | 
  | Theisa  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was damaged by fire at Topping's Wharf.[47][45]  | 
  | Veloz  |    Spain  |  The ship was driven ashore at Algeciras. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated.[42]  | 
  20 August
   List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Gezina Jantina  |    Hamburg  |  The ship was driven ashore on the Praa Sands, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Hamburg. She was refloated on 21 August and taken into Penzance, Cornwall.[41][52]  | 
  | Margaret  |    United Kingdom  |  The steamship struck a sunken rock in the Sound of Mull and was holed. She was assisted into Oban, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[53]  | 
  | Reliance  |    Bermuda  |  The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Egg Island, New Jersey, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[54]  | 
  21 August
  22 August
   List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Commerce  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seatown, Dorset with the loss of a crew member.[41]  | 
  | Friends  |    Isle of Man  |  The ship ran aground on the North Wharf Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was refloated and towed into Fleetwood, Lancashire in a sinking condition.[41]  | 
  | Good Intent  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship capsized off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Humber to Louth, Lincolnshire. Good Intent was subsequently taken into Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[35]  | 
  | Leander  |    United Kingdom  |  The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[41] She was refloated an put back to South Shields for repairs.[51][43]  | 
  | Lydia  |  Flag unknown  |  The ship was lost at the mouth of the Ems. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Emden, Kingdom of Hanover.[48]  | 
  | Ovid  |    United Kingdom  |  The schooner was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Sunderland, County Durham.[48][43]  | 
  | Owen Glendower  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore west of Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire.[55] She was refloated on 27 August and taken into Pwllheli.[51]  | 
  23 August
   List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Bencoolen  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London. She was refloated and taken into port.[41]  | 
  | Bolivar  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) south west of Cape St. Antonio, Portugal. Her nineteen crew were rescued by Adastrus (  United Kingdom). Bolivar was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Falmouth, Cornwall.[56][57]  | 
  | Carpenter  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore at Nidingen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 26 August and put into Gothenburg for repairs.[42][58]  | 
  | Emilie Gabrielle  |    France  |  The ship ran aground on Company's Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was refloated and taken in to Flamand's Bay, where she was condemned.[59][60]  | 
  | Globe  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[43]  | 
  | Merchant  |    United States  |  The barque was driven ashore on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[25]  | 
  | Sir William Wallace  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was lost in the Pentland Firth with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[61]  | 
  | St. Ann's  |    United Kingdom  |  The barque ran aground on the West Spit, at the mouth of the River Medway.[55]  | 
  | Tenerife  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was severely damaged by fire at London.[48]  | 
  24 August
  25 August
  26 August
  27 August
  28 August
   List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Charlotte  |    Van Diemen's Land  |  The ship, a cutter or sloop, was wrecked at Four Mile Creek with the loss of two of the nine people on board.[69][70]  | 
  | Customer  |    British North America  |  The ship was wrecked on the Bull Rock, off Cape St. Mary's, Nova Scotia with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Lamaline, Newfoundland to St. John's, Newfoundland.[31]  | 
  | Pilot  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. She was driven ashore at "Petestone". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[51]  | 
  | Phœnix  |    United Kingdom  |  The steamship was driven ashore at "Tebor", Caernarvonshire. She was refloated the next day.[42][58]  | 
  | Zufriendheit  |    Stettin  |  The ship sprang a leak and sank 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) off the Skagen Lighthouse, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[42]  | 
  29 August
   List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Gannet  |    New Zealand  |  The ship was wrecked on a reef off "Anoma", on the east coast of New Zealand. Her crew were rescued.[40][71]  | 
  30 August
   List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1843   | Ship |  State |  Description  | 
  | Ellen  |    British North America  |  The ship was lost off "Marie Joseph". She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Buctouche, New Brunswick.[31][72]  | 
  | Isabella  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground on the Tol Bank, in the English Channel off the French coast. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[58]  | 
  | Martha  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship ran aground at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople. She was refloated.[50]  | 
  | Naiad  |    New South Wales  |  The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Swan Island. All on board were rescued by the schooner Abeona (  New South Wales).[73]  | 
  | Prudence Jean  |    France  |  The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cléder, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Brest, Finistère.[54]  | 
  | St. Andrew  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was destroyed by fire in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cape of Good Hope.[42]  | 
  | Tartar  |    United Kingdom  |  The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[74]  | 
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