List of shipwrecks in December 1831

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

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Briton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Paul's Island, Labrador, British North America with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to London.[1]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands, where she broke up on 8 December. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]
Feister von Segultz Prussia The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to London.[3]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Danzig, Prussia.[4]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Fame  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[5]
William and Ann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Newfoundland.[6]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Alexander  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Patchogue, New York with the loss of four of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Balize, British Honduras to Boston, Massachusetts.[7]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at La Baye, Grenada. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[8]
Benjamin Milliken  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America.[9][10]
Thetis United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The ship was run down and sunk by Jeune Volsey (flag unknown) with the loss of ten lives. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Grenada.[11]
Vulcan Sweden The ship was wrecked at Tacumshane, County Waterford, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[12]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
William Pugh  United Kingdom The Mersey flat foundered on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[13]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
British Tar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cocagne, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Atlas United States The brig was wrecked in Chesil Cove with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Charleston, South Carolina.[15][16][17][18]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean and was consequently abandoned on 12 December. Her crew were rescued by Juno ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[19]
Margaretta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[16]
Oby  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[16][20]
William  United Kingdom The ship sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[21] She was refloated on 19 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[22]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
St. Laurent France The ship was driven ashore near Littlehampton, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Charente to London, United Kingdom.[21]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
America United States The brig was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Nanna ( United Kingdom). America was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Newburyport, Massachusetts.[23][24]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 15 leagues (45 nautical miles (83 km) north east of Bahia, Brazil with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Havana, Cuba.[25][26]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Hannah  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Scoughall Rocks, in the Firth of Forth off Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[27]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Caroline United States The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henlopen, Delaware with the loss of one of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[28][29]
Falcon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Villanova" with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Villanova.[30][31]
Kitty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Fishguard Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal, County Cork.[32]
Lady Hamilton  United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked in the Aldabra Islands. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Phaeton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Hull.[17]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
David Ricardo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Fort St. Mari, Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp.[4]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ballyshannon, County Donegal.[34]
Fabius  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to New York, United States.[29]
John Campbell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crookhaven, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Cork.[32]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Careen Point, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin.[34]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Schouwen, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.[32]
Standard  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°16′N 8°00′W / 50.267°N 8.000°W / 50.267; -8.000). Her crew were rescued by Agnes ( Bremen). Standard was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[35]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The ship departed from Saint John's, Newfoundland for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36]
Nanna  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by all on board with the loss of one crew member from Nanna. Survivors were rescued the next day by Nimrod ( United Kingdom).[24]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Fort William  United Kingdom The ship was dismasted off Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed in to Halifax.[9]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Lee and sank. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[35]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Esther  United Kingdom The ship departed from Portland, Dorset for São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was o a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Brixham, Devon.[3]
Hunter  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Crinan, Argyllshire.[38]
Margaret United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Demerara The schooner capsized off the mouth of the Orinoco River with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Demerara.[8]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundrum Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wick, Caithness.[38][3]
Lisette  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the North Sea off North Foreland, Kent and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Danzig, Prussia.[39]
Russell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pembroke and broke her back.[39] She was on a voyage from Pembroke to New York, United States.[2]
Salus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Dunoon, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[40]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Aid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Roslegh Point" with the loss of all hands.[41] She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to New Ross, County Wexford.[42]
Cyclops  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She arrived off Dunbeg, County Clare on 21 December and the survivors were rescued. Cyclops was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Dublin.[43]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Dunbaron". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to Hull.[44][2]
William Henry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America.[45]
Mary  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, captained by James Duncan of Dublin.[46] Crew and passengers were saved.[47]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
James  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mullaghmore, County Sligo. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ballyshannon, County Donegal.[19]
Miles Standish United States The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Jamaica.[48]
Standard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore crewless and wrecked at Clovelly, Devon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[22]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Aricic Kingdom of Sardinia The ship foundered off Cape Delmele. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[49]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Algeciras, Spain to Falmouth, Cornwall.[22][50]
Three Friends  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Perseverance and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham to London.[22]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[25]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Duggan Rock, in the Atlantic Ocean off Ballinskelligs, County Kerry. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Edward Walker  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore above Digby Gut with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin.[52]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Falmouth, Cornwall.[50] Two survivors were rescued by Success ( United Kingdom).[41]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Junge Jurgon Hamburg The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53]
La Bonne Julia France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bannow, County Wexford, United Kingdom with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Nord.[23]
William Smith  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[54][55][56]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Alicante, Spain.[57]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Gestrickland Sweden The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Blasket Islands, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Agnes ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Gefle to Gibraltar[19]
Royal Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel.[54]
William  United Kingdom The ship sank at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea.[41]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Eagle  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on The Skerries, County Antrim with the loss of all six of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Londonderry.[19][58]
Nancy  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Skerries with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Londonderry.[19][58]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1831
ShipStateDescription
Caroline  United Kingdom The mail boat was lost in the Digby Gut. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Digby, Nova Scotia, British North America.[52] All aboard were lost.[59]
Kallyline or Molly  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Connemara, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Galway.[10][60]
Pacific United States The ship was lost with all hands whilst on a voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[52]
Volante  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Johns to Jamaica.[52]

30 December

Unknown date

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