List of shipwrecks in January 1825

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1825 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1825.

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Diamond  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Cardigan Bay and consequently foundered between "Mocros" and Barmouth, Merionethshire with the loss of eight of the 38 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Hannah United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2][3]
Krym  Imperial Russian Navy The corvette was driven ashore and wrecked at the "Calais Redoubt", in the Black Sea, with the loss of 49 of her 128 crew.[4]
Live Oak  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Harbour Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Havana, Cuba.[5]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Clyde United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax.[6]
Diamond United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked in Cardigan Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Paxaso Verde Gran Colombia The ship capsized in a squall off Cartagena. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena to Omoa, British Honduras.[7]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Kingstowne Bay, Ireland.[8]
Diomede United States The schooner was lost at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.[9]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
Louise Amalia Denmark The ship was lost near Thisted. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Copenhagen.[11][12]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Britannia India The ship was wrecked on the Brill Shoal, off the Celebes Islands. She was on a voyage from Singapore to China.[13]
Dove  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bremen to St. Ubes, Portugal. Dove was later refloated and taken in to Dover.[1]
Elbe Lightship Hamburg The lightship foundered with the loss of all six crew.[14] A replacement vessel entered service on 10 January.[15]
Forth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to London.[16]
Goodintent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Aberdeen.[17]
John and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The fishing smack was wrecked on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued.[2][14] She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Hamburg.[18]
Leeds  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Mersey and became severely hogged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[19]
Montagu  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Hull, Yorkshire.[1]
Pearl United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Boston, Massachusetts.[6]
Phoenix  Netherlands The brig was driven ashore at Audierne, Finistère, France.[18]
Rochdale  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Niddings, in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[10]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Charles Walker  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Yorkshire and was scuttled.[19]
Gulnare  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Liverpool.[1]
Zuma  United Kingdom The ship struck the Knowl Sandbank. She consequently foundered in the North Sea off Hollesley Bay, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[16]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Courageux France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Tunis. All on board were rescued.[20]
Zeemeuw  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore 6 leagues (18 nautical miles (33 km)) west of Dunkirk, Nord, France and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Havana, Cuba.[18][21]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kenmore Point. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Waterford.[8]
Dove  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Smyrna and Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[1]
Fanny  France The cutter was en route from Saint Malo to Jersey when she ran onto the rocks called Les Buts behind Elizabeth Castle. Thirteen passengers and crew were saved; the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, which had been founded the previous year, awarded three gold medals and a silver medal in recognition of the bravery of their rescuers.[22] Six passengers died.[8]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Amazon ( France) before she foundered. Industry was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to London.[23]
Triton Bremen The ship ran aground on the Langlutzen Sand. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Bremen.[18]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Patriot  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Pentland Firth with the loss of eight of her crew.[24]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Agamemnon  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock at Buenos Aires, Argentina and was beached. She was declared a total loss.[25]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to London.[10]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Adeona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 5 February.[2][26]
William & Kara United States The ship was wrecked on the south east point of Bonaire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Curaçao.[7]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Mathilde Hamburg The ship was wrecked at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[3]
Success  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked in Arniel Bay with the loss of fourteen of the 26 people on board. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to the River Kelvin.[27]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newry, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Belfast, County Antrim.[21]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Aberdeen.[28]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was damaged in a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean. She put into Otaheite, where she was condemned.[29]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Joseph and Son  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Ardrossan and Saltcoats, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Coleraine, County Antrim to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[30]
Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Kioge Bay. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[23] Sisters was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[31]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to London. Vigilant was refloated but consequently foundered.[18]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Myrtle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Myrtle was refloated but was consequently beached at Orfordness, Suffolk.[32]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Ann Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship departed from Leith, Lothian for Lerwick, Shetland Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[33]
James Fitzpatrick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire.[21]
Prince Regent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey, Channel Islands. Prince Regent was refloated the next day and taken in to Penzance.[3]
Rachel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Terceira, Azores, Portugal.[34]
Shillelagh  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kirkcudbright. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Workington, Cumberland.[5]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Amitie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[3]
Amity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Bangor.[3] Amity had been refloated by 22 January.[21]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship struck a sandbank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk and foundered. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[3]
British Oak  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Port Kiln, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Chester, Cheshire.[3][21]
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Clayandown, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[3] She was refloated on 21 January and towed in to Penzance, Cornwall.[23]
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Clyde west of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[3] Commerce was later refloated.[23]
Dale  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal.[31]
Deveron  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of the mouth of the River Don, Aberdeenshire with the loss of a crew member.[21]
Dorset  United Kingdom The ship struck a sandbank in the North Sea off Lowestoft and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. The survivors were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. Dorset was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to London.[3]
Harriet & John  United Kingdom The ship struck a sandbank in the North Sea off Lowestoft and foundered. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[3]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London.[3]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship collided with HMRC New Charter ( Board of Customs) off Harwich, Essex and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Prince of Saxe Coburg ( United Kingdom). Isabella was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[3]
John  United Kingdom The ship departed from Riga, Russia for a Norwegian port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands.[35]
Lord Kinsale  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of South Uist, Outer Hebrides with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to Liverpool, Lancashire.[17][26][28]
Louisa Danzig The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Danzig to Londonderry, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36]
Maria Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[3] Maria Eliza had been refloated by 22 January.[21]
Menai  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the River Loughor with the loss of all hands.[37]
Orion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Lune. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork and Jamaica.[37]
Prince of Brazil  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Prince of Brazil was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[31]
Prosperous  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the English Channel. She floated off but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. Prosperous was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[3] She was refloated in mid-February and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, where she arrived on 18 February.[38]
Renown  United Kingdom The ship struck a sandbank in the North Sea off Lowestoft and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[3]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Ajax  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto rocks at "Brackstel", Denmark and damaged. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to Hull, Yorkshire.[39]
Expedition  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[40]
Happy Return  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Aberffraw, Anglesey.[21]
Henry Addington  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the coast of Norway.[41]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Orford Ness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to London.[42]
Loft  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Hammersound". She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[31]
William Wise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool.[43]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Ardent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão, Brazil. Ardent was refloated the next day.[21]
Mary  United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked on Jarvis Island. The whalers Francis and Vansittart rescued the crew six weeks later.[44]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Christina Kerstina Hamburg The ship departed from Hamburg for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[45]
Collings  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Sand Hale, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of two on her four crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brancaster, Norfolk.[46]
Donegal  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth.[23]
Emulous United States The schooner was lost at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.[9]
Goede Verwachting Duchy of Holstein The ship departed from Tönningen for Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[47]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Holyhead, Anglesey.[48]
Queensferry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Liverpool.[21]
Richard Plaskett  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a Russian vessel. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[31]
Velocipede  United Kingdom The ship capsized with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to La Guayra, Gran Colombia.[49]
Washington United States The ship was driven ashore at Ocracoke, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Plymouth, Massachusetts.[7]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Amity  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India.[21]
Glory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Gibraltar.[39]
Margaretha  Netherlands The ship foundered in the North Sea off Vlieland, Friesland with the loss of all hands.[31]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Active United States The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.[39]
Catharine  United Kingdom The brig was lost on Cape St. Thome. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to a Mediterranean port.[50][51]
Cririe United States The ship was driven ashore at Porthscaden, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5][23] She broke up on 2 February.[52]
Superior United States The ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from the Kennebec River to Antigua.[53]
Wilhelmina Sweden The ship was lost at Falkenberg. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, United Kingdom.[38]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Amitie France The brig was driven ashore near Marazion, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[54]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) from entrance to the Bosporus. There were at least eight survivors. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[55][56]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[57]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Broughton Tower  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Harrington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58] Broughton Tower was refloated on 1 February and taken in to Harrington.[59]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[60]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Harrington. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[58] Henry was refloated on 1 February and taken in to Harrington.[59]
Margaretha  Netherlands The ship foundered in the North Sea off Vlieland, Friesland with the loss of all hands.[41]
Maria de Bon Felicade Portugal The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Margaret ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from "Fago" to the Cape Verde Islands.[61]
Nancy  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Carlingford, County Louth with the loss of all hands.[52][58]
Susan and Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk.[15]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland.[58]
Wasp  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Arbroath.[31] Wasp was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Arbroath.[52]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Carrier  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rochidan, Isle of Bute. All on board survived.[62] She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Carrier was refloated on 22 February and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[63]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[31]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship collided with at collier in Filey Bay and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[31]
Letitia Tennent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[39]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Brassay, Shetland Islands.[64]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[17]
Thistle  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank in Filey Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[15]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1825
ShipStateDescription
Atlas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hurst Castle, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork to Southampton, Hampshire.[31] Atlas was refloated on 2 February and resumed her voyage.[52]
Catharine Green  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the coast of Sierra Leone.[65] She had been refloated by 13 February.[35]
Mentor Netherlands Netherlands East Indies The barque capsized and sank in the Straits of Malacca with the loss of 34 of the 40 people on board. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Batavia.[66][67]

31 January

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