The list of shipwrecks in February 1824 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1824.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Birkby | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Colorados Archipelago, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Campeche, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1] |
Hector | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Isaacs with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to New Orleans, Louisiana.[2] |
Perseverance | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Isaacs with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to New Orleans.[2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fame | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Bengkulu, Sumatra before 29 May. All on board were rescued by an American schooner. She was on a voyage from Bengkulu to London.[3][4][5] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Terceira, Azores, Portugal for Liverpool, Lancashire. Reported to have subsequently capsized with the loss of all hands.[6] |
Nyade | Sweden | The ship was captured by pirates off the Isle of Pines, Cuba. She was beached and burnt the next day.[7] |
William Pitt | British North America | The ship was lost at Beaver River, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara to St. Andrew, New Brunswick.[8] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dorset | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near La Orotava, Tenerife, Spain. She was on a voyage from Tenerife to London.[1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of thirteen of the nineteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Columbine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[8][10] |
Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Glenelg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wemyss, Fife with the loss of all four people on board. She was on a voyage from Wemyss to Leith, Lothian.[12] |
Union | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Glenelg, Ross-shire. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.[13] |
Voltaire | France | The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Allonby, Cumberland. She was refloated on 14 February and taken in to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[15] |
Nautilus | United States | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea east of the Isla de Alborán, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Upton ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from New York to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Joseph | United States | The ship was wrecked on North Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Londonderry, United Kingdom.[17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Andromeda | Portugal | The ship was wrecked near False Point, India. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from China to Bengal, India.[18] |
Favorite | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to an African port.[11][19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man.[19] |
Johanna | Dantzig | The ship was driven ashore at "Webeck", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London, United Kingdom.[20] |
Maria | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Belfast, County Antrim for Bahia, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fox | United Kingdom | The sloop capsized in a squall off Great Cumbrae, Buteshire with the loss of five of her twelve passengers.[13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Columbine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground "off the Embudo". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Columbine was refloated on 1 March and taken in to Ensenada, Buenos Aires.[22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Friendship | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Howth, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Bray, County Wicklow.[19] |
Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Diamond ( United Kingdom). Mayflower was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Penzance, Cornwall.[23] |
Po | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dunbar Sand, off Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Hayle, Cornwall.[19] Po was refloated on 16 February and taken in to Padstow.[24] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Concordia | Netherlands | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea between Corsica, France and Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Amsterdam, North Holland.[25] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Trinidad for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Favourite | United States | The ship was driven ashore east of Red Bank, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[27] |
Henry | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and was severely damaged.[23] |
Swiftsure | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Spanish Beach, Gibraltar.[7] She was refloated on 23 February and taken in to Gibraltar.[28] |
Terwan | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at North Shields, County Durham.[23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lord Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cranfield Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Down.[23] |
Swiftsure | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Spanish Beach, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[29] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Federal George | United States | The ship was wrecked off Scituate, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Boston, Massachusetts.[15] |
Plantagenet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston.[30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Delight | Royal Navy | The Cherokee-class brig-sloop foundered in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius with the loss of all 75 crew and that of 110 recaptured slaves.[31][32][33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Port Louis, Mauritius. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[18][34] |
Alfred | United Kingdom | The lugger was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Andromaque | France | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Mauritius.[35] |
Angelica | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Ann | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Barrosa | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Port Louis. She was later refloated and repaired.[18][36] |
Cecilie | France | The ship was driven ashore on Île Bourbon.[35] |
Cherriby | United Kingdom | The lugger was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Clelie | United Kingdom | The brig sank at Port Louis.[18] |
Clio | United States | The ship was lost on Grand Bahama. She was on a voyage from Bath, Maine to Havana, Cuba.[37] |
Concorde | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mauritius.[35] |
Crown | United Kingdom | The galiot was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
HMS Delight | Royal Navy | The Cherokee-class brig sloop foundered off Mauritius.[36] |
Ernest | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Felicie | France | The brig was driven ashore on Mauritius.[35] |
George IV | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Port Louis. She was subsequently repaired.[18] |
Governor Billie | Denmark | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Louis. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Copenhagen[18] |
Governor Brisbane | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Louis.[18] |
Governor Phillips | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Gustave | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Mauritius.[35] |
Java | United States | The brig was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
L'Indien | France | The ship was driven ashore on Mauritius.[35] |
Nancy | United Kingdom | Captain Adler's brig was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Nancy | United Kingdom | Captain Clarkson's brig was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Peace | United Kingdom | The lugger was wrecked at Port Louis.[18] |
Scythe | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Mauritius.[35] |
Seraphime | United Kingdom | The galiot was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Suzanne | France | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged on Mauritius.[35] |
Ventienne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Île Bourbon.[35] |
Young Laura | United Kingdom | The ship full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Louis.[18] |
Young Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Young Olympe | United Kingdom | The brig sank at Port Louis.[18] |
Young Theodore | United Kingdom | The galiot was driven ashore at Port Louis.[18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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George IV | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Florida Territory. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[38] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jean Bart | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Île Bourbon. Her crew were rescued.[39] |
Magicienne | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Île Bourbon. Her crew were rescued.[39] |
Sylph | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Île Bourbon. Her crew were rescued.[39] |
Tippoo Sain | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Île Bourbon. Her crew were rescued.[39] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Concordia | Netherlands | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Tyrrhenian Sea. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Kingdom of Sardinia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[40] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Barton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[41] |
Marquis of Drogheda | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized in Courtmasherry Bay. She was on a voyage from Terceira Island, Azores to Cork.[41] |
Rialto | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[42] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Vriendschap | Netherlands | The ship departed from Vlissingen, Zeeland for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[38] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dart | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Salcombe, Devon for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28] |
Deux Frères | France | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in late February. Her crew were rescued by Carl Johan ( Sweden). She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord.[29] |
Draper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States in late February. She was on a voyage from New York to Londonderry.[14] |
Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New York in late February. She was on a voyage from New York to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[14] |
George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungarvan, County Waterford in early February.[43] She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12] |
Hannah | British North America | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Restoration ( United Kingdom). Hannah was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool.[44] She was towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall on 4 May.[45] |
Victory | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at West Quoddy, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[46] |