The list of shipwrecks in December 1827 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1827.
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1827
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Forvie , Aberdeenshire with the loss of at least four lives. She was on a voyage from London to Peterhead , Aberdeenshire .[ 1]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Jersey , Channel Islands . All fourteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London .[ 2]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the mouth of the River Don with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth .[ 1]
Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bervie , Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[ 1]
Stirling Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Campvere , Zeeland , Netherlands . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 3]
Ville D'Auray
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Ajon". She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure .[ 4]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1827
Ship
State
Description
Æolus
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 8]
Avis
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Hollesley Bay, Suffolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 27]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Plymouth, Devon . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to London.[ 27]
Lark
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Dartmouth, Devon . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey , Channel Islands to Dartmouth.[ 27]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Dundee , Forfarshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to the Clyde .[ 4]
Rover
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hastings , Sussex with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Folkestone , Kent to Exeter , Devon .[ 4]
Thetis
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Brighton , Sussex.[ 8]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1827
Ship
State
Description
Alexander
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Rigg , Cumberland . All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 32] [ 4]
Belfast
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of New York , United States. She subsequently foundered, Bekfast was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York City .[ 48]
Drey Gebruder
Bremen
The ship foundered off Baltrum , Kingdom of Hanover . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen.[ 45] [ 33]
Gowrie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Ardglass , County Antrim before 17 December. She was subsequently wrecked. Gowrie was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 10]
Imperial
flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Rochelle , Charente-Maritime , France before 17 December.[ 10]
La Seine
France
The brig was wrecked on the coast of Jutland .[ 49]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 10 December.[ 50]
Marquis Wellesley
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Wexford before 25 December.[ 33]
Utility
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all hands.[ 10]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Scarborough , North Riding of Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London .[ 27]
Wilhelmina
Hamburg
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean , She was on a voyage from St. Ubes , Spain to New York , United States.[ 51]
^ a b c "Melancholy Shipwrecks". The Times . No. 13458. London. 10 December 1827. col D, p. 3.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2247. 11 December 1827.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18173. 12 December 1827.
^ a b c d e "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 17787. 19 December 1827.
^ a b "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 866. 28 December 1827.
^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 172. 6 December 1827.
^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 7887. 8 December 1827.
^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2248. 18 December 1827.
^ a b c d e "From Lloyd's Marine List – Dec. 11". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16586. 15 December 1827.
^ a b c d e f g "Ship News". The Times . No. 13468. London. 21 December 1827. col D, p. 3.
^ a b c d "City - Monday, Twelve O'clock". The Standard . No. 283. 14 April 1828.
^ a b "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16641. Edinburgh. 21 April 1828.
^ a b "City - Friday, Two O'clock". The Standard . No. 281. 11 April 1828.
^ "(From the [Bombay] paper of the 21st". The Standard . No. 285. 16 April 1828.
^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18277. 12 April 1828.
^ "Sussex". Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle . No. 1472. 24 December 1827.
^ "Devonshire". The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal . No. 1295. 19 April 1828.
^ "Dreadful Shipwreck and Loss of Lives". The Standard . No. 177. 12 December 1827.
^ "(untitled)". The Standard . No. 254. 11 March 1828.
^ "Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, July 31". The Times . No. 13981. London. 1 August 1829. col C, p. 3.
^ a b c d e "Ship News". The Standard . No. 175. 10 December 1827.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 17782. 13 December 1827.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18210. 25 January 1828.
^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18192. 4 January 1828.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 17785. 17 December 1827.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 178. 13 December 1827.
^ a b c d e "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18178. 18 December 1827.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 17811. 18 January 1828.
^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 7889. 22 December 1827.
^ "Shipwreck". The Morning Post . No. 17789. 21 December 1827.
^ "From Lloyd's List – Jan. 4". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16596. 7 January 1828.
^ a b c "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 865. 20 December 1827.
^ a b c d "Ship News". The Times . No. 13475. London. 29 December 1827. col D, p. 3.
^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – Dec. 24". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16592. 29 December 1827.
^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 879. 28 March 1828.
^ "Ship News". The Lancaster Gazette and General Adveriser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c . No. 1384. 22 December 1827.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 224. 5 February 1828.
^ "From Lloyd's List – January 11". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16599. 11 January 1828.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 13480. London. 4 January 1828. col F, p. 3.
^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16592. 29 December 1827.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 184. 20 December 1827.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 186. 22 December 1827.
^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – March 18". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16628. 22 March 1828.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 13471. London. 25 December 1827. col F, p. 3.
^ a b c d "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 867. 4 January 1828.
^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 868. 11 January 1828.
^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 874. 22 February 1828.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 13503. London. 31 January 1828. col D, p. 3.
^ "(untitled)". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18170. 8 December 1827.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 13460. London. 12 December 1827. col D, p. 3.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 17807. 11 January 1828.
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