- Source: List of shipwrecks in August 1881
- Orang Māori
- List of shipwrecks in August 1881
- List of shipwrecks in 1881
- List of shipwrecks in January 1881
- List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (1881–1890)
- List of shipwrecks in October 1881
- List of shipwrecks in April 1881
- Lists of shipwrecks
- List of shipwrecks in March 1881
- List of shipwrecks in July 1881
- List of shipwrecks in February 1881
The list of shipwrecks in August 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1881.