The list of shipwrecks in March 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1831.
3 March
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1831
Ship | Country | Description |
Trafalgar |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Terceira, Azores, Portugal with the loss of three of her crew.[1] |
12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1831
Ship | Country | Description |
Barrow |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at "Redness Point". She was on a voyage from Garlieston, Wigtownshire to Ulverston, Lancashire.[7] |
Betsey |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland.[7] |
Britannia |
United Kingdom |
The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off The Skerries, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool.[8][9] |
Eliza |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. She was set afire and abandoned. Eliza was on a voyage from St. John, New Brunswick, British North America to Cork.[10] |
Jenny |
United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London.[11] |
Little John |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire with the loss of all but one of her those on board. She was on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow. Renfrewshire.[8][7] |
New John |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Belfast, County Antrim.[12] |
Robet and Isabella |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in Boylagh Bay with the loss of all hands.[13] |
St. Peter |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Workington.[7] |
Travellers |
United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with Sylph in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork.[7] |
16 March
- For the possible loss of the paddle steamer Frolic on this date, see the entry for 16 March 1830.
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1831
Ship | Country | Description |
Betsey and Sophia |
United Kingdom |
The whaler was wrecked on Desolation Island. Fifteen of her crew survived.[19] |
Eleanor |
United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with Dolphin ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Dolphin. Eleanor was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[20] |
Henry |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked off Benbecula, Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[21][22] |
Frolic |
United Kingdom |
The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Nash Sand, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all 36 passengers and crew. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[17][23] |
Minstrel |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was n a voyage from Liverpool to Leer, Kingdom of Hanover.[24] |
23 March
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1831
Ship | Country | Description |
Phillipina |
Stolp |
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Stolp. She was on a voyage from Stolpe to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[30] |
San José |
Spain |
The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[31] |
Saratoga |
United States |
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (25°46′N 46°30′W / 25.767°N 46.500°W / 25.767; -46.500). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Savannah, Georgia.[32] |
Sprightly |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Gran Canaria, Canary Isles, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[33] |
William Peile |
United States |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Plymouth.[8][13] |
28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1831
Ship | Country | Description |
Ann |
United Kingdom |
The ship was lost on the coast of Norway.[25] |
August |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to an Irish port.[37] |
31 March
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1831
Ship | Country | Description |
St. Joseph |
Dominica |
The sloop was wrecked at Dominica.[38] |
References
- ↑ "FROM LLOYD'S LIST - March 25". Caledonian Mercury (17114). 28 March 1831.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (1045). 13 May 1831.
- 1 2 "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury (2416). 8 March 1831.
- 1 2 "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury (17108). 14 March 1831.
- ↑ "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury (2421). 12 April 1831.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle (19263). 25 May 1831.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle (1197). 16 March 1831.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (1039). 1 April 1831.
- 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Standard (1200). 19 March 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle (19243). 2 May 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle (19240). 28 April 1831.
- 1 2 "(untitled)". The Times (14490). London. 18 March 1831. col C, p. 4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Ship News". The Standard (1205). 25 March 1831.
- ↑ "(untitled)". Caledonia Mercury (17110). 17 March 1831.
- 1 2 "FROM LLOYD'S LIST - March 22". Caledonian Mercury (17113). 26 March 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (1198). 17 March 1831.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Standard (1201). 21 March 1831.
- ↑ "SHIPPING iNTELLIGENCE". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury (xxxx). 22 March 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (19197). 19 June 1832.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury (17111). 21 March 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (1209). 30 March 1831.
- 1 2 "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury (2420). 4 April 1831.
- ↑ "LOSS OF THE FROLIC STEAM VESSEL". The Morning Post (18808). 23 March 1831.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. (1043). 29 April 1831.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle (19228). 14 April 1831.
- ↑ "MISCELLANEOUS". The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal (1458). 4 June 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury (17113). 26 March 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. (1554). 26 March 1831.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Standard (1206). 26 March 1831.
- ↑ "MARINE INTELLIGENCE". The Newcastle Courant etc. (8151). 16 April 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle (19220). 5 April 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury (17146). 11 June 1831.
- ↑ "FROM LLOYD'S LIST - April 26". Caledonian Mercury (17128). 30 April 1831.
- 1 2 "DREADFUL GALE AT TONGA". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 26 May 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (14749). London. 16 January 1832. col A, p. 2.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (1228). 21 April 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (18815). 31 March 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (1272). 11 June 1831.
- ↑ "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury (2423). 26 April 1831.
- ↑ "(untitled)". The North Wales Chronicle (184). 5 April 1831.
- ↑ "FROM LLOYD'S LIST - April 19". Caledonian Mercury (17125). 23 April 1831.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Bristol Mercury (2143). 24 May 1831.
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