List of shipwrecks in October 1827
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calypso |  United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with Recovery ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London.[1] |
3 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Governor Sorell |  New South Wales |
The schooner was wrecked off Betsey Island, Van Diemen's Land, Her crew survived.[2] |
5 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Der Jung John |  Imperial Russian Navy |
The transport ship was wrecked near "Kino Island" in the Gulf of Riga. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
9 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered off the Isle of May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth.[4] |
10 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barclay | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[4] |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and then sank at Lymington, Hampshire with the loss of all hands and seven passengers.[5][6] She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to London.[4] Happy Return was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[7] |
| Lord Duncan | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[4][8] |
11 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Devonshire | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9] |
| Nancy | United Kingdom |
The collier was driven ashore and damaged south of Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[6] She was later refloated and towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[10] |
13 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dove | United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees.[11][12] |
| Weddle | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch smack.[13][12] |
14 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Echo | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14] |
15 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Richard | United Kingdom |
The sloop was wrecked near Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Ballycastle, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[13] |
16 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asia |  Hamburg |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Luzon, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to China.[15][16] |
| Betsey | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America for Tralee, County Kerry. Her logbook and register were subsequently recovered in 1829 at "Itamainron", Labrador, British North America, along with the skeletons of six crew members.[17] |
| Brothers | United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Ardglass, County Down to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[18] |
20 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catharina Elizabeth |  Denmark |
The ship departed from Horsens for "Wyburg". No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[19] |
| Chase |  United States |
The ship caught fire in the English Channel and was scuttled off the Brake Sand.[20] |
| Crisham and Margaret | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[21] |
| Ihsania |  Ottoman Navy |
Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino: The frigate exploded during a gunnery duel with the frigate Sirène ( French Navy) in Navarino Bay. |
| Ghiuh Rewan | Ottoman Navy |
Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino: The ship-of-the-line was destroyed by gunfire during combat with the ship-of-the-line Breslau ( French Navy) and other ships of the French Navy,  Royal Navy, and Imperial Russian Navy in Navarino Bay. |
| Guerrière |  Egyptian Navy |
Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino: The frigate was reduced to a burning wreck by gunfire from the ships-of-the-line HMS Asia ( Royal Navy) and Azov ( Imperial Russian Navy) in Navarino Bay. |
21 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Broom | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at sea whilst on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Her twenty crew were rescued on 23 October by Henri ( France).[22] |
| Hebe | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Jersey, Channel Islands for Wivenhoe, Essex. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23] |
22 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bridget | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[20] |
| Fanny | British North America |
The ship was lost off Cape Canso, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[24] |
| Favourite | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat.[10] |
| Perceval | United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[10] |
| Welvaart | Hamburg |
The ship struck a sunken wreck at Cuxhaven, Duchy of Saxony and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Antwerp, Netherlands.[20] |
23 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heureux Décidé | France |
The ship was wrecked near Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère.[25] |
| Hoffnung | flag unknown | The ship struck a sandbank and was consequently beached at "Ancrum". She was on a voyage from "Ludwisthorn" to London, United Kingdom.[20] Hoffnung was refloated on 16 November and taken in to Kronstadt, Russia.[26] |
25 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Johanna Catharina |  Netherlands |
The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark, where she was wrecked two days later. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland.[21] |
26 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea with some loss of life.[27] |
| Elizabetha and Maria | United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lynmouth, Devon.[20] |
| Queen Charlotte | United Kingdom |
The smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk by Sylvan( United Kingdom). All on board were rescued.[28] |
| Two Brothers | Hamburg |
The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Málaga, Spain.[29] |
| Union | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland.[28] |
| Violet | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America.[23] |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Eleven survivors were rescued by Great Britain ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Plymouth, Devon.[30] |
27 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Janet and Mary | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bremen.[31] |
| Susan | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newfoundland.[32] |
28 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Five of her crew survived.[33] |
| Hoffnung |  Griefswald |
The ship was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Griefswald to Sunderland.[28] |
| Orpheus | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of South America. Survivors were rescued by HMS Cadmus ( Royal Navy).[34] |
| Renown | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost on the Salt Scarrs, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire.[35] |
29 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Janet and Marie | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground and sank off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bremen.[25] |
| Susan | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Hamburg. Survivors were rescued by Tresco pilot boat Hope ( United Kingdom).[7] According to other sources she was the Susanna ( United States) of Boston.[36][37] |
| Union | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was subsequently wrecked on 10 December. |
30 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fanny | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[38] |
| Irresistible |  Greece |
The steamship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames.[39] |
| Union | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued.[40] |
| Vrouw Anna | Netherlands |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[38] |
