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List of shipwrecks in January 1831

The list of shipwrecks in January 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1831.

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3 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1831
Ship State Description
Balclutha   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Terranova, Sicily.[1]

5 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1831
Ship State Description
Frances   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[2]

6 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1831
Ship State Description
Mary   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Abergele, Caernarfonshire with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]

8 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1831
Ship State Description
Mercury   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Gourock Bay and was wrecked.[4]

9 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1831
Ship State Description
Elizabeth & Harriet   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Zante, Greece to London[5][6]
Nostra Señora de Montserrat   Spain The ship was driven ashore at Málaga.[7]

10 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1831
Ship State Description
Margaretta   Bremen The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Harbour Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Havana, Cuba.[8]
Virginie   France The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Jersey.[9]

11 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1831
Ship State Description
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Loch Indaal.[9]
Mary Ann   United Kingdom The ship sank at Dumfries.[9]
Vulcan   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[9]

12 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1831
Ship State Description
Duke of Wellington   United Kingdom The ship sank at Jersey, Channel Islands.[10]

14 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1831
Ship State Description
Anna Elizabeth   Sweden The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London, United Kingdom.[11]

16 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1831
Ship State Description
Helen   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[12]

18 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1831
Ship State Description
Lady Codrington   Barbuda The ship was wrecked at Barbuda.[2]
Nova   Portugal The ship was wrecked on Terceira, Azores. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Lisbon.[7]

19 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1831
Ship State Description
Malvina   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Isabella (  United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk and was consequently beached there. Her crew were rescued by Isabella. Malvina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[13]

20 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1831
Ship State Description
Lucretia   Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz, Spain.[6]

21 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1831
Ship State Description
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Balbriggan, County Dublin.[14][15]

22 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1831
Ship State Description
Mary   United Kingdom The ship driven ashore and subsequently sank at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[13]
Port of Spain   United Kingdom The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[16]

24 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1831
Ship State Description
Concordia   Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent., United Kingdom Her thirteen crew were rescued by Deal boatmen. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Bergen, Norway.[17][18]
Henry   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat.[1]

25 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1831
Ship State Description
Abigail   United States The sloop foundered at Leeds Point, New Jersey.[19]
Merino   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[20]

26 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1831
Ship State Description
Bons Amis   France The ship was wrecked off Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Her crew were rescued.[21]

27 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1831
Ship State Description
Cumberland   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[6]

28 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1831
Ship State Description
Cumberland   United Kingdom The brig struck the Barnard Sand and foundered in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[22][23]

30 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1831
Ship State Description
Minerva   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[24]

31 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1831
Ship State Description
Barbadoes Packet   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire.[6]
Friends   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[25]
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[26]
Jane and Ann   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Holmpton, Yorkshire.[6][27]
Jenny   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and Damaged at Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hull.[6] Jenny was refloated in late February and taken in to Hull.[28]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1][6]
Neptunus   Sweden The ship struck a rock off Fleckeroë, Norway and foundered with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes. Spain to Gothenburg.[28]
York   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ingoldmells. She was on a voyage from London to York.[6]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831
Ship State Description
Andrew Forbes   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ballyshannon, County Donegal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Ceres   United States The ship was lost before 8 January with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Grenada.[28]
Lively   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Balbaggan, County Dublin with the loss of all hands.[17]
Opossum   New South Wales The schooner may have been wrecked on Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land.[29]
Peter & Jane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire in late January.[6]
St. Rosalie   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to London.[7]

References edit

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  9. ^ a b c d "From Lloyd's List – Jan. 14". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17084. 17 January 1831.
  10. ^ "From Lloyd's List – Jan. 18". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17086. 22 January 1831.
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