The list of shipwrecks in March 1825 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during March 1825.
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Caroline
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet Haven , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Spalding, Lincolnshire to London .[ 4]
General Jackson
United States
The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Curaçao to New York .[ 9]
Highlander
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland , Netherlands . She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Antwerp , Netherlands.[ 4]
Johanna Dorothea
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bremen to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 4]
Perfection
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Sandy Island, Grenada . She was on a voyage from Irvin's Bay to Levera, Grenada. Perfection was refloated and taken in to St. George's, Grenada for repairs.[ 10]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Chance
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered in the Firth of Tay off Balmerino , Fife . Her crew survived.[ 7]
Fowey
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Penzance , Cornwall .[ 2]
Lord Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Tynemouth Castle , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London .[ 2]
Mally
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Castletown, Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Limerick .[ 14]
Marchant
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Black Middings, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[ 2]
Princess Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Freshwater Bay, off the coast of Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 15]
Two Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Campbeltown , Argyllshire . She was on a voyage from Newry , County Antrim to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 14]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The steamboat caught fire in the River Mersey at Liverpool , Lancashire and was scuttled. She was subsequently wrecked by the action of the tide.[ 16]
Charles XIV
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunbar , Lothian , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom.[ 17] Charles XIV was refloated on 19 March and taken in to Dunbar.[ 18]
Dandy
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew were rescued by Jane ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to London .[ 17]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Spurn Point , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire .[ 2]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cullercoats , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[ 2]
Mally
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Limerick .[ 15]
Merchant
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Black Middings, in the North Sea of North Shields , County Durham .[ 19]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Twey Gezusters
Netherlands
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the Vlie to a Norwegian port. Her crew were rescued by a fishing vessel.[ 26]
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Caroline
United Kingdom
The whaler departed from Port Jackson , New South Wales for Macquarie Island on 17 November 1824. The ship was driven aground on the island during a gale. All crew survived, and were marooned on the island for five months.[ 13] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30]
Foyle
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Bannow , County Wexford . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Youghal , County Cork .[ 31] [ 32]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Black Middings, in the North Sea off South Shields , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 33]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Riga , Russia .[ 20]
Jubilee
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Maranhão , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 34]
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay . Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington , Cumberland to Dundalk , County Louth .[ 33] [ 35]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship ran dagound at Ilfracombe , Devon and was beached. She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Dartmouth, Devon .[ 32]
John Little
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Dundrum Bay with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 19]
Prospect
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Tyne and was severely damaged.[ 36]
Thomas Jackson
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Cramston Rock, in the North Sea off the Farne Islands , Northumberland and foundered with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Leith , Lothian and the River Plate .[ 18]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Temeraire ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Batavia , Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands .[ 38]
Hopewell
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Bornholm , Denmark. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Memel , Prussia .[ 39] [ 21]
Resolution
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked at Haroldswick , Shetland Islands , United Kingdom with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 26]
Stag
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Bornholm. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Memel.[ 39] [ 21]
Trader
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Bornholm. Her crew were rescued.[ 40] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Memel.[ 39]
Woodhouse
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dantzig .[ 39]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Maria
Stettin
The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Stettin.[ 21]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Brunswick
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on Scharhörn . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Hamburg. Brunswick was refloated on 31 March and taken in to Hamburg.[ 41]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1825
Ship
State
Description
Carl Johan
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to a Mediterranean port.[ 42] [ 43]
Courier
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at São Nicolau , Cape Verde Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 41]
George
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off Lossiemouth , Morayshire .[ 25] She was on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire to London .[ 14]
Gute Besserung
Rostock
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Ludwig ( Greifswald ). Gute Besserung was on a voyage from Rostock to London.[ 14]
Gute Hoffnung
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was later refloated and taken in to Landskrona , Sweden.[ 6]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (200 nautical miles (370 km) off the Brazilian coast with the loss of nine lives. Three survivors were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Pernambuco , Brazil.[ 23]
Newhall
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Whalsay , Shetland Islands before 4 March. She was on a voyage from Bergen , Norway to Lerwick , Shetland Islands.[ 25]
Pilot
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 28 March. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[ 21] [ 37]
San Francisco de Paula
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Mayaguana Reef. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana , Cuba .[ 21]
Tarantula
Spain
The armed full-rigged ship ran aground on the Florida Keys and was consequently captured by Bolivar ( Gran Colombian Navy ) and taken in to Key West , Florida Territory .[ 42]
Tom Pain
Jamaica
The ship was captured by the privateer Isabella ( Gran Colombia ) in late March whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana. She was sent in to Maracaibo but was wrecked in Buff Bay.[ 5]
Woodhouse
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Kattegat on the Swedish Coast.[ 40]
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