List of shipwrecks in March 1834
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isabella |  United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Kirk Santon Head, Isle of Man with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[1][2] |
| Matthews | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in Calf Sound, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an Irish port.[1][2] |
| Robert Russell | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Grand Bahama, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.[3] |
| Water Witch | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glandore, County Cork to Liverpool.[4] |
2 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wick, Caithness. She was on a voyage from London to Wick.[5] |
3 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brothers | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the English Channel 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off The Needles, Isle of Wight.[4] |
4 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little Liz | United Kingdom |
The ship ran agrounded on the Brazil Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by Magazine ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1][6] Little Liz was refloated on 9 March and taken in to Liverpool.[7] |
| Minerva | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Littlehampton, Sussex.[1] |
| William Penn |  United States |
The steamboat caught fire and was beached at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the loss of five lives. She was carrying 120 passengers. William Penn was on a voyage from New Castle, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia.[8][9][10] |
5 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Confiance |  France |
The whaler was wrecked on the Costa Imperial, Chile. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
| Shannon | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Greystones, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[5] |
| Star | United Kingdom |
The schooner foundered in Hoy Sound with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[12][13] |
6 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Kerr | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Grenada.[14][15] |
| Eagle | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in St Brides Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galway.[7] |
7 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Confidence | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Tiree, Inner Hebrides, She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Haiti.[14] |
| Louisa |  Lübeck |
The ship was driven ashore on "Mangen". She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Lübeck.[16] |
| Mally | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in Loch Alsh near Point Knock. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Balisadare, County Sligo[17][18][19] |
| Mary Ann |  New South Wales |
The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Newcastle. Her crew were rescued.[20][21] |
| Sea Nymph | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at "Lobbe". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to a North Sea port in the United Kingdom.[22] |
8 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colchester | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered off "Froomby", British North America.[23] |
9 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belford | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire.[24] |
| Othmarschen | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near "Robsnout", Jutland. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to a Baltic port.[22] |
| Scotia | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Westport, County Mayo.[25] |
10 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brothers | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin, Prussia.[26] |
| Charles |  Denmark |
The ship was wrecked at "Wideroe", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Copenhagen.[27][26] |
| Onkel |  Danzig |
The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Danzig.[28] |
11 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[29] |
| Manone |  Hamburg |
The ship was wrecked near "Neuvitas". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana, Cuba.[30][31] |
12 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| King George | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Faial, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Africa to the United Kingdom.[32][33] |
| Triton | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Clare, Ireland. She was on a voyage from "Cleri" to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12] |
15 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy | United Kingdom |
The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire.[17][14] |
| Seaforth | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Morant Bay to Port Maria, Jamaica.[34] |
16 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Danzig, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[35] |
| Ridley | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[35] |
17 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fortuna | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Jutland, Denmark.[16] |
| Haabet | Denmark |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Swinemünde, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Swinemünde.[16] |
18 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nautilus | United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Skegness, Lincolnshire.[36] |
| Romney | United Kingdom |
The brig foundered off Urbana. She was on a voyage from Fredriksberg, Sweden to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[23] |
19 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fama | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to a Baltic port.[16] |
20 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brunette | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[35] |
| Henrietta |  Netherlands |
The ship was driven ashore or Texel.[35] |
| Virginia |  Kingdom of Sardinia |
The ship was wrecked near "Catali". She was on a voyage from Genoa to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[23] |
23 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber.[37] |
| Eliza | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyke Bank, in Liverpool Bay, with the loss of five of her seven passengers. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Man to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37][38][25] |
| Gem | United States |
The ship was driven ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[34] |
24 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Merchant | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[37] |
25 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hector | France |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Saint Pierre.[39] |
27 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louisa Augusta | Denmark |
The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the Isle of Man.[23] |
28 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Actif | France |
The steamship was wrecked near Audresselles, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[16][40][41] |
| Helen | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in Sheephaven Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Demerara.[28] |
| Lady D'Urban | Antigua |
The schooner was wrecked at Saint Lucia.[42] |
| Royal Sovereign | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in Caernarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28][40] |
29 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Æolus |  Wismar |
The ship foundered in the Kattegat off "Grimstadt", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom[43] |
| Billow | British North America |
The schooner was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued.[44] |
| Eendraght | Netherlands |
The smack was lost off "Oddoe", Norway.[45] |
| Sylvan (Syloan) | United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Wismar.[43] |
30 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Julia | British North America |
The schooner was sunk by ice off Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[44] |
