List of shipwrecks in January 1827

The list of shipwrecks in January 1827 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during January 1827.

January 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 January

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

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Liverpool |  United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Cork.[1]
Rose |  United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak in the Moray Firth. She was beached in the early hours of 2 January near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, where she was subsequently wrecked. All fourteen people on board were rescued by rocket apparatus.[2][3]

## 3 January

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

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Alexander |  United Kingdom | The ship struck the Robin Rigg in the Irish Sea and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dumfries.[4]

## 4 January

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

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Countess of Mansfield |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Annan, Dumfriesshire.[2]
Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Llandudno Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amlwch, Anglesey.[2]

## 5 January

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

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Essex |  United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Astrea ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[2][5]

## 7 January

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

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Britannia |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Horn Island. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama, United States.[6]

## 8 January

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

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Ossian |  United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at North Shields, County Durham.[4]
Speedy |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven on to rocks at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. Her two crew survived. The vessel refloated the next day and drifted out to sea.[7]

## 9 January

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

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Marshal Blücher |  Prussia | The ship was wrecked at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands.[8]

## 10 January

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List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Bulls. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Newry, County Antrim.[9]

## 11 January

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

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Courier |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]

## 12 January

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

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Volentia |  Kingdom of Hanover | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Baltic ( United Kingdom).[11][12]

## 13 January

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

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HMS Nimrod |  Royal Navy | The Cruizer-class brig-sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Wales, during a gale. Her 121 crew were rescued.[13][14][15] The steamer Harlequin ( United Kingdom) pulled her off the rocks on 12 February, but the Royal Navy deemed her not worth repairing[16] and sold her into mercantile service on 22 February.[17]
Rose |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Holywood, County Down.[11]

## 14 January

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

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Aid |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Stotfield Head, Morayshire with the loss of all hands.[12]
Aid |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dick Sand, in the North Sea off Cuxhaven. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hamburg.[18]
Brothers |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven on to the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Kingdom of Sardinia to Liverpool. Brothers was later refloated and taken in to Hoylake, Lancashire.[10][13][19]
Cedric |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Liverpool[10]
Eris Mahony |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Cork to Dublin.[20][21]
Fanny |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Liverpool.[22]
Friends |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore crewless at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Killough, County Down to Liverpool.[13]
Globe |  United States | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool.[22]
Henry |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Nairn, Inverness-shire. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Hoop |  Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Callantsoog, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to London, United Kingdom.[12][18]
John and Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Leonora |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Troon, Ayrshire. Her twenty crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[10]
Marion and Ann |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Garmouth, Morayshire. Her crew survived.[12]
Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool.[22]
Nancy |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool.[13]
Oylestrope |  United States | The ship was driven ashore at Rock Ferry, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Savannah to Liverpool.[13]
Panthea |  United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool[10][13][21]
Perseverance |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[19]
Rivals |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven on to the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham and sank. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Aberdeen.[11]
Rover |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[21]
Samuel Robertson |  United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardmore, Barra, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to the Clyde.[10][19]
HNLMS Scheldt |  Netherlands Navy | Java War: The troopship was driven ashore and wrecked at Terneuzen, Zeeland.[23]
Vertumnus |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Nairn. Her crew were rescued.[12]
HNLMS Wassenaar |  Netherlands Navy | Java War: The 74-gun Boree-class ship-of-the-line was driven ashore and wrecked at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Of the 1,300 people on board, there were 22 survivors.[23]
Westbury |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from St. Andrew, New Brunswick British North America to Liverpool.[22]

## 15 January

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

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Baron Ardrossan |  United Kingdom | The Collier was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland.[24]
Dædalus |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London.[20]
Eagle |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable. She was on a voyage from Berbice to London.[20][21]
Glory |  New South Wales | The brig was wrecked on Pitt Island, in New Zealand's Chatham Islands, driven on shore as a result of an anchor dragging and then beached and wrecked by the heavy swell. Her crew were rescued.[25][26][27]
Jane and Mary |  United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven. All on board were rescued.[24]
Utility |  United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore at Whitehaven.[24]

## 16 January

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

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True Blue |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[10]

## 17 January

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

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Fareban | flag unknown  | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[11]

## 18 January

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

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Hoop |  Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[18]
Mandarin |  United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Huisduinen, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Amsterdam, North Holland.[18]

## 20 January

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

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Dart |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[12]
George |  India | The barque was wrecked on "Catapalam Point".[28]

## 21 January

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

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Jeune Augustine |  France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Perseverance ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[29]

## 25 January

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

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Jonge Frau Maria |  Denmark | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Før.[30]
Mary and Elizabeth |  Grenada | The ship was wrecked in St George's Bay, Trinidad.[31]

## 26 January

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List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Eliza |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Kiel to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[32]

## 27 January

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List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Ferguson |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Dover and Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to London.[32]

## 28 January

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List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1827  Ship | State | Description

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Earl Belmore |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from St. Andrew, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[33]

## Unknown date

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

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Caledonia |  British North America | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland before 19 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to St. John's, Newfoundland[9]
Florida |  United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between "Port de Grave" and Verdun, Meuse, France in mid-January.[34]
Goole |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the East Barrowes Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[35]
Heistelde |  Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland.[2]
Hope |  United Kingdom | The sloop sank in the River Medway off Queenborough, Kent.[10]
Lady Hunter |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr, Flintshire.[36]
Lady Mackenzie |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stranraer, Wigtownshire.[36]

## References

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1. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – Jan. 9". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16444\. 15 January 1827.
2. ^ a b c d e "Ship News". The Times. No. 13171\. London. 9 January 1827. col F, p. 3.
3. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16440\. 6 January 1827.
4. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 13174\. London. 12 January 1827. col E, p. 3.
5. ^ "Truro". Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal. No. 1229\. 13 January 1827.
6. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 17931\. 6 March 1827.
7. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16444\. 15 January 1827.
8. ^ "From Lloyd's List". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16446\. 20 January 1827.
9. ^ a b "Ship-News". The Times. No. 13206\. London. 19 February 1827. col F, p. 2.
10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 2512\. 19 January 1827.
11. ^ a b c d "Lloyd's List – Jan 19". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16447\. 22 January 1827.
12. ^ a b c d e f g "Ship News". Glasgow Herald. No. 2514\. 26 January 1827.
13. ^ a b c d e f "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 17891\. 18 January 1827.
14. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 13235\. London. 24 March 1827. col C, p. 6.
15. ^ "The Storm". The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. No. 1336\. 20 January 1827.
16. ^ Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3., p. 159.
17. ^ Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. pp. 302–303. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
18. ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser. No. 2202\. 30 January 1827.
19. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 17892\. 19 January 1827.
20. ^ a b c d "North American Coffee House". The Morning Chronicle. No. 17891\. 18 January 1827.
21. ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17502\. 18 January 1827.
22. ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17501\. 17 January 1827.
23. ^ a b "The Late Hurricane". The Times. No. 13183\. London. 23 January 1827. col B, p. 4.
24. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Times. No. 13179\. London. 18 January 1827. col E, p. 4.
25. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 21.
26. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 20 March 1827.
27. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Monitor. 23 March 1827.
28. ^ "London". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16531\. 6 August 1827.
29. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17509\. 26 January 1827.
30. ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser. No. 2208\. 13 March 1827.
31. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser. No. 2209\. 20 March 1827.
32. ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17512\. 30 January 1827.
33. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 17903\. 1 February 1827.
34. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 13186\. London. 26 January 1827. col B, p. 2.
35. ^ Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers. Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. p. 169\. ISBN 00-950944-2-3.
36. ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17505\. 22 January 1827.

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