List of shipwrecks in December 1833

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The list of shipwrecks in December 1833 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1833.

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with the brig Blakeney ( United Kingdom) at Leith, Lothian and sank. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Theresa Alicia  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near New York, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to New York.[2]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Dorothea  United States The ship was driven ashore at Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[3][4]
Pommerania Hamburg The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Jersey, Channel Islands.[5][6]
Trident  United Kingdom The ship departed from Porthcawl, Glamorgan for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[7]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Harlingen.[8][9]
Lord Blayney  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at the Point of Ayr, Cheshire with the loss of all seventeen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Warrenpoint, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
Success  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[11]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Helen  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Foyle She was on a voyage from Ayr to Londonderry.[12]
Lively  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Widewall Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Sligo.[13]
Walney Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland.[14]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Bien Aime  France The ship was driven ashore at Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais.[8]
City of Limerick  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballybunion, County Kerry. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[15]
Siren  United Kingdom The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall.[17]
Grace  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak off "Cape Granitala" and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[18]
Laurel  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
Plymouth  United States The ship was driven ashore at Plum Point, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Baltimore, Maryland.[20]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Earl of Aberdeen  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim.[21][19]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was a wreck by 16 December.[22]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Atlantic  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Patchogue, New York. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York.[20] Atlantic broke up on 17 December.[23]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[21][24]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from the Douro to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[13]
Michael Wickham  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Wexford. She was on her maiden voyage, from Wexford to Dublin.[21][19]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Atlantic  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Far Rockaway, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York City.[25]
Providence  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Carmarthen Bay. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Spray  United Kingdom The ship departed from Demerara for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[27]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Adrian  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (45°55′N 13°00′W / 45.917°N 13.000°W / 45.917; -13.000). Her crew were rescued by James Dunn ( United Kingdom).[28] Adrian was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[13]
Comet  Norway The ship was wrecked in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[29][30][31]
Hyperion  United States The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate.[32]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Rowley  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Acorn ( United Kingdom).[8]
Duncan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France. with the loss of her captain. Her crew were subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder.[33] They were later acquitted.[34]
Eliza  United States The ship was wrecked on the Calcot Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Salem, Massachusetts.[29][31]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands.[29]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Shetland Islands.[31]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was repaired and refloated. Mary Ann was on a voyage from Dunfanaghy, County Donegal to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[5]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Danzig, Prussia but was later refloated. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[35]
Neptune  France The ship was driven ashore near "Pasawark", Prussia.[35]
Rusco Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.[36] She was refloated on 18 December.[37]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Jane  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in Llandudno Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Killybegs, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick.[38]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Killybegs.[39]
Neptune  France The ship was driven ashore near "Pasarark", Prussia. She was on a voyage from Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to Danzig, Prussia.[28]
Ovington  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Euboea, Greece Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Liverpool.[40]
HMS Thais  Royal Navy The Thais-class fireship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[41]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Edward  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River, United States.[42]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with a Dutch galiot and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between Cape Spartel and Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[30]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the River Wyre. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Lancaster, Lancashire.[5]
Spring  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Kent.[43]
Superbe  French Navy
Superbe.

The Téméraire-class ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked at Naoussa, Paros, Greece with the loss of nine of her 602 crew.[44][45][46]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Branch  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[47]
Daphne  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne.[22][48]
Falcon  United Kingdom The brig was driven wrecked on the Apple-bed Reef, near Belfast, County Antrim with the loss of three lives.[47][49]
Hazard  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the west coast of Tory Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to Runcorn, Cheshire.[50]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Conwy, Caernarvonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[6]
Lady Shaw  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antigua.[47] Lady Shaw was refloated on 24 December and taken in to Belfast.[51]
Syren  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Llanmadoc, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Malta.[52][53]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Ann Elizabeth  United States The ship was wrecked at Gloucester, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[37]
Brandy Wine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire.[30]
Canadian  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[29]
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on an island off Gatehouse of Fleet, Wigtownshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[13][54]
Dois Irmaos  Portugal The ship was wrecked near Lisbon.[2]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cant Sands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Faial, Azores, Portugal to London.[5]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London.[43]
European  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned.[29] Her crew were rescued by David ( United Kingdom).[55]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Peile Foudrey". She was on a voyage from Ulverston, Cumberland to the Clyde.[56]
Industry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[37]
Jane  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore near Sheephaven, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Sligo.[50]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Islay. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Sunderland, County Durham.[2]
Lord Nelson  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Spurn Point.[30]
Morrin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Point. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hull.[30]
Norwich Packet  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east north east of Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne.[47]
Ringdove  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Noordwijk, South Holland.[57] Her crew were rescued.[29]
Sovereign  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Point. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Wakefield, Yorkshire.[30]
Standard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]
Twins  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Brighton, Sussex by Horatio ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Falmouth, Cornwall.[6]
Wesley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the Mull of Galloway, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[50] Wesley was refloated on 28 December and taken in to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[58]
Wortley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Islay.[40] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Sligo.[59]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Aboyne  United Kingdom The ship struck the harbour bar and sank at Chichester, Sussex, arriving from Portsmouth, Hampshire.[47][60]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[61]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Carmarthen Bay. with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28]
Economy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Nidingen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[62][63] Economy floated off on 7 January 1834 and was taken in to "Skalla".[37]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Nidingen. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[62]
Junge Tromp  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at "Malon". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[62]
Mervin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[28]
Pontiff  United States The ship was wrecked on the Cat Keys. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[64]
Saxony  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Weymouth, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the Charente.[30]
Sisters  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[35]
Ulrica Stettin The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[31]
Uranus Hamburg The ship was abandoned off the Weser Lightship ( Bremen). She was towed in to Bremen on 22 December.[58]
Water Witch  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the coast of County Wexford with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[50][65]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Euphemia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Chatham, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Wexford.[37]
Henry Brougham  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Valentia Island, County Kerry with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Ross, County Wexford.[62][66]
Priscilla  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the West Burrows Sandbank with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[67][68]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Morant Keys She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[69]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Severn. She was on a voyage from Worcester to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[30]
Haabetsanker  Norway The ship was wrecked near Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Stavanger.[29][70]
Leverix Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cuxhaven.[71]
Lorenz Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven.[58]
Louise Agathe  Netherlands The brig was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, United States.[23]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Swansea Bay She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to St. John's, Newfoundland.[30]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Wash off Boston, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Boston.[28]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend.[28]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Swansea.[30]
Salvatore Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship was wrecked at Berck, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of eleven of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Palermo to London, United Kingdom.[29][56]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Stoke Point, Devon. She subsequently came ashore there and was wrecked. Albion was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Lisbon, Portugal.[51]
Atlas  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a journey from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Strangford Lough.[72]
Crown  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Osteringer". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[73]
John and Thomas  United Kingdom The ship struck the Cannon Rock, in the Irish Sea, and was abandoned. She was subsequently towed in to Portaferry, County Down.[58]
Sappho  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 445 nautical miles (824 km) south east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London.[74]
Swift  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[75][76]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Advena  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Everhand ( Bremen). Advena was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Chatham, Kent.[37]
Countess of Chichester  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Bonny, Nigeria. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[77]
Comet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pennington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Southampton, Hampshire.[29]
Ellida  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Mull. She was on a voyage from "New Carleby" to Liverpool.[62] Ellida was refloated on 2 January 1834.[18]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[28]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Jamaica  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Liverpool, Lancashire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.[78]
Windsor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew survived.[35]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Avina  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea having previously been abandoned by her crew.[63]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship departed from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No furthert trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[79]
Thetis  United Kingdom The pilot boat was run down and sunk by the steamship Messenger ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off the Nab Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Messenger.[28]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Experiment  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Kinfinan Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[59]
Experiment  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Tyne. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Glasgow.[56]
Hopewell  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands.[71]
Hull Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hastings, Sussex.[63]
Onyx  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Bosphorus near "Chila", Ottoman Empire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russian Empire to Liverpool[7][36]
Telemachus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hastings.[63]
William  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Nap Sands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London.[71]
Zante  Greece The cutter sank at Trieste.[73]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Diadem  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "the Koll". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[66]
Entreprenant  France The whaler was wrecked on Goree Island, South Holland, Netherlands.[62]
Hull Packet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hastings, Sussex.[66]
Union  France The ship was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar.[80]
William Donald  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[81][82] William Donald subsequently drove ashore in Saint Tudwal's Islands in mid-January and was wrecked.[83]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Alliance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands.[84]
Heckington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wainfleet with the loss of all hands.[84]
Helen  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Arisaig, Inverness-shire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Hull, Yorkshire.[85][63][86]
Juventus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Killybegs, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Limerick.[62][87]
Seaton Castle  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Good Intent ( United Kingdom). Seaton Castle was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States.[88]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1833
ShipStateDescription
Hero  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore near Parkgate, Cheshire.[89][90]
Jemima  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Sicily.[75]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Sicily.[75]

31 December

Unknown date

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