List of shipwrecks in December 1827

The list of shipwrecks in December 1827 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1827.

December 1827

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
References

## 1 December

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List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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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]

## 2 December

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List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Margaret and Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]

## 3 December

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List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Ann and Sarah |  United Kingdom | The snow ran aground and was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham.[6][7]
Lottery |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[2]

## 4 December

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List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Albion Packet |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cuxhaven, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was later refloated.[8][9]
Murray |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[6]

## 5 December

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List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Constance | flag unknown  | The ship was wrecked off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg and Bremen. Her crew were rescued.[10]
David Malcolm |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras, India.[11][12]
Felicitas |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras.[13][11]
Gunjava |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras.[14]
Hope |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras. She was on a voyage from London to Penang, China.[15]
Malabar |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea from Madras, presumed subsequently foundered.[11][12]
Mary and Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[9]
Security |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras. She was on a voyage from London to Penang.[15]
Spring |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Pagham, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London.[16][17]
Waterloo |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras.[11][13]

## 6 December

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List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Caspian |  United Kingdom | The ship 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 London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[9]
Ceres |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands.[18]
ARA Congress |  Argentine Navy | The Brig of War ran aground at Point Lara Ensidnada. She was attacked by a Brazilian Navy squadron the next day and destroyed by fire with the loss of about 30 of her crew.[19]
Hope |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calcutta, India.[20]
Liberty |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[9]

## 7 December

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List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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City of Limerick |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Portland, Dorset.[21]
Luise |  United States | The ship was driven ashore on "Meyer's Leegte". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bremen.[10]
Trial |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Rye, Sussex with the loss of all hands.[21][9]

## 8 December

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List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Albion |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Ythan with the loss of all four of her crew.[22]
Belfast |  United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[23]
Liberty |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[21]
Neptune |  Guernsey | The ship was wrecked near Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from "Gasper" to Guernsey.[21]

## 9 December

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List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Albion |  United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[21]

## 11 December

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List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Dichos |  Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]
Elfreda |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]
Footroendet | flag unknown  | The ship was wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to the Clyde.[25]
Golden Grove |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]
Tryphina |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of all but one of her crew.[26]
Vizentia |  Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]

## 12 December

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List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Gawrie |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Belfast.[27]
General Bolivar |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Zante, Greece to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[28]
Louisa |  United States | The ship was driven ashore at "Meyers Legete". She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Hamburg.[4]
Wellington |  United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in The Wash off Boston, Lincolnshire by William and Mary ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[29]

## 13 December

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List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Alexander |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Drumroof, Dumfriesshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30]
Favourite |  United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were taken off on 22 December by Atalanta ( Netherlands). She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Teignmouth, Devon[31]
Nancy |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Lancaster, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Lancaster.[32]

## 14 December

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List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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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]

## 15 December

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List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Minerva |  United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered off the Isle of Islay with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[33]
Science |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[34]

## 16 December

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List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Reward |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Jamaica.[35]

## 17 December

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List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Gourie |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Ardglass, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland[32]
Vine |  United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk by Brothers ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[10]
William |  United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Heysham, Lancashire. Her five crew survives. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10][36]

## 18 December

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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Morant Keys. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[37]
Brothers |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She floated off on 8 January 1828 and was taken in to Brightlingsea, Essex.[38]
Express |  United Kingdom | The ship sank at Ballina, County Mayo.[39]
Jane |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Whitsand Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[40]
Vine |  United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk by Brothers ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[41]

## 19 December

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List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Guerrero |  Spain | Atlantic Slave Trade: The privateer, a hermaphrodite brig, was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef, in the Atlantic Ocean off Key Largo, Florida, United States whilst trying to avoid capture by HMS Nimble ( Royal Navy). A total of 41 of the 561 slaves on board were lost. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to an African port.
HMS Nimble |  Royal Navy | The schooner ran aground on the Carysfort reef whilst trying to capture Guerrero (ship) ( Spain). She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.

## 20 December

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List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Hope |  United Kingdom | The ship sank on Scroby Sands, Norfolk.[42]

## 21 December

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List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Augusta |  Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was sunk by ice at Reval, Russia.[43]

## 22 December

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List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Myrtle |  United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in Labesheda Bay in a squall. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[33]

## 23 December

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List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Jasper |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[44]

## 24 December

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List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Agnes |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore crewless at Bispham, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Kirkcudbright to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Marchioness Wellesley |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Wexford. All on board were rescued.[45] She had been refloated by 11 January 1828 and taken in to Wexford Harbour.[46]

## 25 December

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List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Ann Brunette |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45]
Cherub |  British North America | The brig was wrecked on Bimini, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.[47]

## 30 December

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List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Countess of Liverpool |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montevideo, Uruguay.[45][39]

## Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1827  Ship | State | Description

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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]

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