List of shipwrecks in March 1824

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

March 1824
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	Unknown date
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1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Friends	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Blackburn and Sea Bank. She was on a voyage from Stranraer, Wigtownshire to Ayr.[1]
Ocean	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Memel, Prussia.[2][3]
Tamar	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Waterford for Liverpool, Lancashire. She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands on or before 6 March.[1][4]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London.[5]
Alexander	United Kingdom	The sloop was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[6]
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Trimingham, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston to London.[5]
Azores	United Kingdom	The ship was lost off Trinidad, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Jersey, Channel Islands.[7]
Charles	Netherlands	The ship was driven onto the Millhouse Rocks, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by all bar her captain and mate. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool. Lancashire, United Kingdom. Charles was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[5]
Jason	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Thames ( United Kingdom).[6]
Sisters	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore crewless and wrecked near Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to London.[5][8]
Thomas and Hannah	United Kingdom	The ship capsized in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex during a squall. Her crew were rescued.[8] She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex to Rye, Sussex.[9]
Waterloo	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[10] She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to Norwich, Norfolk.[11]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Mundesley, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London.[8]
Alice	United Kingdom	The ship collided with Harriet ( United Kingdom) in The Downs. She was then driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsdown, Kent with the loss of three of her crew. Alice was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[5][8]
Angelica	France	The ship was driven ashore at Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée. She was on a voyage from Ceará, Brazil to Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime.[12]
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Mundesley. She was on a voyage from Boston to London.[8]
Ariel	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[11][8]
Baltic	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Mullenhead", County Londonderry with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[13]
Barbara	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Perth to London.[14]
Beaver	United States	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Warwick, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Providence, Rhode Island.[15]
Clingland	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to York.[11]
Colville	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by John ( United Kingdom). Colville was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London. She was subsequently taken in to Margate, Kent.[5][8]
Delight	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland to Hull, Yorkshire.[14]
Dependent	United States	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, British North America.[16]
Diligent	United Kingdom	The ship was lost at Aberavon, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from São Miguel, Azores, Portugal to London.[14]
HMS Dwarf	United Kingdom	The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin with the loss of a crew member.[1][17]
Eolus	United States	The ship was wrecked on Eleuthera. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère, France to Mobile, Alabama.[18]
George	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Plymouth, Devon. George was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[5]
Goodintent	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Sheerness, Kent. She was later refloated.[5]
Hoffnung	Danzig	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to Danzig.[19][20]
James and Ann	United Kingdom	The Humber Keel was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.[11]
Jane	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Northern Burrows Sandbank, in the Bristol Channel off Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Southampton, Hampshire.[14]
Janet	United Kingdom	The sloop was wrecked off Howth, County Dublin. Her crew survived.[17]
Johns	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to South Shields.[11][8]
Magdalene	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais.[5]
Malvina	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[11][8]
Mayflower	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[14]
Pomona	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in Cardigan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.[5][8]
Rufus King	United States	The ship struck the Dove Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was taken in to Hoylake, Lancashire, United Kingdom nin a severely damaged condition. Rufus King was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Union	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Porthman", Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[14]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Industry	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ravenglass, Cumberland.[13]
John Dunn	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Greenock.[1]
Pomona	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Hull, Yorkshire.[14]
Portsmouth	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom).[3]
Redbourn	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Calabria, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo to Licata, Sicily and Liverpool, Lancashire.[21][22]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Jonge Josephina	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore on Walcheren, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[20]
Susannah	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Stanmer ( United Kingdom). Susannah was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire by a pilot boat.[23]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Brothers	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Carnarvon Bay with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Downpatrick, County Down.[14]
Experiment	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire.[14]
Jonge Josepha	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked off Walcheren, Zeeland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Antwerp.[13]
Sector	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Anegado. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[24]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Adamant	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged on the Black Middings, in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to North shields.[25] Adamant was refloated on 14 March and taken in to the Tyne for repairs.[12][26]
Diligent	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Aberavon Sands, in Swansea Bay. All nine people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from São Miguel, Azores, Portugal to London.[27]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Cayo Blanco, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[28]
Brothers	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Harrington, Cumberland. She was subsequently refloated.[13][3]
Carl Johan	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Gävle.[19]
Edward	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Workington.[13]
Eleanor	United Kingdom	The ship struck a sunken rock off Dunbar, Lothian and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Dunbar.[13][20] Eleanor was refloated on 12 March and taken in to Dunbar.[12]
Friendship	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Workington. She was on a voyage from Workington to Liverpool, Lancashire.[13]
Iris	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[29]
Leopold	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Workingdon.[13]
Resolution	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near St. Just, Cornwall.[30]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Isis	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Whitburn, County Durham.[30]
Naiad	United Kingdom	The ship struck the Cabezas Rocks, off Tarifa, Spain and was consequently beached at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to London.[31] She was refloated later that day and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs.[32]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Rebecca	United States	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Ocracoke, North Carolina to Barbados.[33] Her stern came ashore in Hungary Bay, Barbados in late April.[34]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Tay	United Kingdom	The ship was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. A skeleton crew from Lavinia was placed aboard her and she was taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[12]
William Cossar	New South Wales	The schooner capsized off Fort Macquarie with the loss of three lives. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Reine Blanche	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven.[35]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Pleiades	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Embudo and was consequently beached on the coast of Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires. Pleiades was refloated and taken in to Ensenada, Buenos Aires.[36]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
James Walters	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
Kate	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on The Skerries with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[3]
Liberality	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte ( United Kingdom). Liberality was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Brunswick, British North America.[33]
Three Brothers	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[3] Salvage was abandoned in late March.[2]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Independence	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.[37]
Triton	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone.[38]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
London	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Casquets, off Alderney, Channel Islands with the loss of all but two of her crew, who were rescued by a French fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[2][39][40][41]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Bertha	Prussia	The ship was driven ashore near Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau to an English port.[2]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Louisa	Stettin	The ship was driven ashore and sank at Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[42][43]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Cadmus	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Memel, Prussia.[44]
Hero	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[45] She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Teignmouth, Devon.[46]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Neptune	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Memel, Prussia.[44]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Emanuel	Norway	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom.[2][47]
Trois Sœurs	France	The galiot was wrecked at Saint-Jean-d'Acre, Ottoman Empire.[48]
Vrow Gesina	Lübeck	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[40]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Jupiter	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on Dungeness, Kent and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Teignmouth, Devon.[40]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Petronell	Norway	The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from "Dram" to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[31]
Wilhelmina	United States	The ship, which had collided with a whaler on 8 March, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Eyder (flag unknown).[15]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Isabella	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Speedwell	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Catherine	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at Terceira, Azores, Portugal. Her crew survived.[50]
Industry	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk at Falmouth, Cornwall, England, by HMS Grasshopper ( Royal Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[32]
Jane	United Kingdom	The sloop was wrecked at Terceira. Her crew survived.[50]
Lord Wellington	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at Terceira with the loss of a crew member.[50]
Probity	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Swift	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at Terceira. Her crew survived.[50]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Fly	United Kingdom	The sloop was run down and sunk in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Nautilus ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[31][51]
Hope	United Kingdom	The brig struck a rock in Galway Bay and foundered. Her crew survived.[52]
Orion	Prussia	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Memel.[44]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1824

Ship	State	Description
Amity	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Lancaster, Lancashire.[3]
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Poole, Dorset for Labrador, British North America in late March. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53]
Endeavour	United Kingdom	The ship was lost on the coast of Calabria, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Messina, Sicily.[21]
Gute Mutter	flag unknown	The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry. United Kingdom.[40]
Isabella	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Faial, Azores between 26 and 31 March.[54]
Lillie	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Faial between 26 and 31 March.[54]
Matchless	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Candia, Crete to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[33]
Oliva	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Calabria and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and taken in to Malta by Principe Christiano Augusto ( Kingdom of Sardinia).[22][55]
Plata	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate.[7]
Probity	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Faial between 26 and 31 March.[54]
Sea Lion	United States	The schooner was lost at Tenerife, Spain.[37]
Ulysses	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Calabria, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[55]
Unanimous	United Kingdom	The ship was lost on The Swin. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London.[31]