List of shipwrecks in January 1824

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1824 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1824.

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with John Albert ( United Kingdom) in The Downs and foundered. Her crew were rescued by John Albert. Betsey was on a voyage from London to Bridport, Dorset.[1]
Deux Frères France The ship was wrecked at Gatteville-le-Phare, Manche. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[2]
Hornby  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire with the loss of sixteen of the seventeen people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Christiana [sic], Norway to Poole, Dorset.[1]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Dunbar.[4]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Alliance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[5]
Cumberland  United Kingdom The ship struck an anchor and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[6]
Deux Daniel France The ship was wrecked near Cayeux-sur-Mer, Somme. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[2][7]
Hornby  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[6]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Christiana [sic], Norway to Poole, Dorset.[5]
Little Sam  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[1]
Niger  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Grenada.[5]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Abeona France The ship departed from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure for Bordeaux, Gironde and had not arrived by 27 January.[8]
Aurora Prussia The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom.[2]
Cygnet United States The ship was driven ashore on the Île à Vache, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Gran Colombia to New York.[9]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Skerries, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Pulteneytown, Caithness to Newry, County Antrim.[4]
Victoire France The ship was wrecked in the Glenan Islands, Finistère. Her crew were rescued.[10]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Love  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bilbao, Spain.[11] She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Bilbao. Love was refloated on 6 January.[12]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Sampson  United Kingdom The ship was off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on this date whilst bound from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[13]
Success  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cabadella Point, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal to Dartmouth, Devon.[14]
Vrow Gesina  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on the north east point of Terschelling, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to Brussels, South Brabant.[7]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Juno  United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at North Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated and beached.[4]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
James Barron United States The ship was wrecked off Anegada, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Barbados.[15]
Oscar United States The ship was driven ashore near Bremen.[7]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Hero United States The ship was wrecked on a reef off the southwest coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Havana, Cuba.[16]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Banon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sand at Priestholm, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. Banon was refloated on 18 January and taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[12][17]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to London.[18] Good Intent was refloated on 14 January and taken in to Margate.[11]
Levant Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Margate Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19] Levant Star was refloated on 14 January and taken in to Margate.[11]
Vriede  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp. Vriede was declared a total loss.[12]
West India Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Margate Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[1][7] West India Packet was refloated on 12 January and put into Ramsgate, Kent.[11]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Louisa Sweden Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, United Kingdom and Alexandria, Egypt. Louisa was refloated on 14 January and resumed her voyage.[2][11]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Holm Sound, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.[20]
Vreede  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore west of Ostend, West Flanders. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Antwerp.[11]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Cornelius  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon.[21]
Waterloo  United Kingdom The ship was lost off "Cayte", She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pará, Brazil.[22]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
James  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel in the Firth of Forth off Bo'ness, Lothian and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Perth.[14]
Zodiac  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Eliza ( United Kingdom). Zodiac was on a voyage from St. Andrew, New Brunswick, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[20]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Buster  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Peniche, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Lisbon, Portugal.[23]
Reaper  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Alicante, Spain. She had been refloated by 31 January.[24]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Federal George United States The ship was wrecked near the Scituate Lighthouse, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Boston, Massachusetts.[24]
Flying Fish  United Kingdom The ship departed from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north by west of Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.[26]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered on the Gore Sand, in Bridgwater Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater, Somerset.[8]
Irlam  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbados.[27]
Spanish Patriot  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Boscastle, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[14][28]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Bay of Biscay 35 nautical miles (65 km) off the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Harmonie ( Norway). Eleanor was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde.[8]
Roberts  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cordouan Rocks, in the Gironde Estuary with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux.[8]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Bull Dog  United Kingdom The ship foundered 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of "Cape St. Rocque". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]
Nancy United States The ship was driven ashore north of the Cape May Lighthouse, New Jersey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Massachusetts to Martinique.[30]
Nelson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maryport.[27]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
HMS Columbine  Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop was wrecked on Sapientza, United States of the Ionian Islands, off Methini, Greece. Her crew survived.[30]
Dorothea  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Annestown and Bunmahon, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from the Shetland Islands to Dublin.[8]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Rothesay, Bute.[20]
New Packet United States The ship was driven ashore in Loch Maddy. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. New Packet was later refloated.[31]
Rebecca  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Rothesay.[20]
Recovery  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Henrietta ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was consequently beached north of Bridlington, Yorkshire.[27] Recovery was refloated on 1 February and taken in to Bridlington.[8]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Alert United States The ship was driven ashore near the Scituate Lighthouse, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France to Boston, Massachusetts.[32]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Marianne Henriette Sweden Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Stockholm.[10]
Vrow Gesina  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boscastle, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London, United Kingdom.[20]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1824
ShipStateDescription
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newarp Sand, in the North Sea off the cost of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Poole, Dorset.[8]

30 January

Unknown date

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