List of shipwrecks in February 1831
The list of shipwrecks in February 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1831 .
1 February
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1831
Ship
State
Description
Alexander
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore in the Mull of Galloway , Ayrshire .[ 1]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire .[ 2] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 3]
Beer & Wyngett
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Gallipoli , Ottoman Empire to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 4]
Bell
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 5]
Cygnet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet.[ 4]
Dwyna
United Kingdom
The collier , a brig , was wrecked at Bridlington , Yorkshire with the loss of all eight of her crew.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulby , North Riding of Yorkshire .[ 4]
Fame
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked near Rye, Sussex with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sciacca , Sicily to London .[ 10] [ 11]
Gleaner
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Cambois , Northumberland with the loss of four of her six crew.[ 4]
Helen
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Queensferry , Lothian with the loss of all hands.[ 9]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet.[ 4]
Hibberts
British North America
The ship was driven ashore 2 leagues (6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Oporto , Portugal.[ 12] Her crew had abandoned her in the Atlantic in October 1830.
Industry
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore near Saltfleet.[ 4]
Jarman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from London to Selby , Yorkshire .[ 4] Jarman had been refloated by 15 February and taken in to Hull.[ 13]
Maid of the Mill
New South Wales
The schooner capsized off Nobbys Island . Her four crew were rescued.[ 14]
Margerie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Achabone". She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Irvine, Ayrshire .[ 15]
Mark & Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet.[ 4]
Mary
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Auchmuthie , Forfarshire with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland.[ 9]
Mearns
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from London to York .[ 4] Mearns had been refloated by 15 February and taken in to Wainfleet, Lincolnshire .[ 13]
Newcastle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at North Berwick , Lothian . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Aberdeen.[ 5]
Peggy and Jenny
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in the Mull of Galloway.[ 1]
Petrel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields , County Durham .[ 16]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Blyth and was abandoned by her crew.[ 4]
Rambler
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to London.[ 4] Rambler was later refloated.[ 3]
Robert and Jean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Kilkenny Bay . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[ 17]
Robert and Mary
United Kingdom
The barge was wrecked at Dundee.[ 5]
St Charles
France
The ship was driven ashore east of Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom and sank with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Tréguier , Côtes-du-Nord to Dunkerque , Nord .[ 18]
Stranger
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet.[ 4]
Surprize
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Peterhead , Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to London.[ 19]
Treore
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields.[ 16]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds , Yorkshire . Venus was refloated on 3 February.[ 4]
Vulcan
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex .[ 5]
2 February
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1831
Ship
State
Description
Argo
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 17]
Alfred
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bamburgh , Northumberland .[ 2]
Amelia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Guernsey , Channel Islands .[ 4]
Boston Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Ryhope , County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Commerce
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Warkworth . Northumberland.[ 5] [ 2] Her crew were rescued.[ 20]
Diamond
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Leith , Lothian . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth , Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 13] [ 19]
Duke of Kent
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Warkworth.[ 5] [ 2] Her crew were either rescued,[ 20] or lost.[ 5]
Enterprize
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland with the loss of all hands.[ 17]
Flora
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Warkworth.[ 5] [ 2] Her crew were either rescued,[ 20] or lost.[ 5]
Friore
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham .[ 17]
Good Intent
United Kingdom
The collier was wrecked on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Humility
Jersey
The ship was driven ashore in Whitburn Bay .[ 17]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hendon , County Durham.[ 17]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto the Seaton Rocks, County Durham and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Juno
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at St Monans , Fife with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 21] [ 22]
Lilley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hendon.[ 4] [ 17]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Warkworth with the loss of a crew member[ 5] [ 2]
Masham
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool with the loss of two of her crew.[ 4]
Peterel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Prince Regent
United Kingdom
The collier was driven ashore and wrecked near Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[ 4] [ 6]
Romulus and Regulus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Whitsand Bay.[ 17]
Samuel
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Warkworth.[ 5] [ 2] Her crew were rescued.[ 20]
Stockton Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Ryhope. Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Thomas and Mary
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Warkworth with the loss of a crew member.[ 5] [ 2]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Venus
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Warkworth.[ 5] [ 2] Her crew were rescued.[ 20]
Webster
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Warkworth.[ 5] [ 2] Her crew were rescued.[ 20]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
William and Henry
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point , Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from North Shields to London.[ 5]
William and Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Whitby , Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[ 4]
3 February
4 February
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1831
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rosto do Cão, Azores , Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[ 24]
Arundel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar , Lothian . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arundel , Sussex to South Shields , County Durham .[ 19]
Belvidera
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Sluice , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunbar with the loss of all hands.[ 5] [ 21]
Commerce
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Ribble Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 25] [ 26]
Corsican
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 22]
Czar
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunbar with the loss of 27 lives. She was on a voyage from London to Leith , Lothian.[ 5] [ 19]
Dolly
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Goodwick Sands , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 3]
Hester
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Requexado" with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to "Requexado".[ 27]
Johanna
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Nieuwland, Zeeland . She was on a voyage from Vlissingen , Zeeland to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 13]
Newcastle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed. Her crew were rescued.[ 21]
Scilly
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seacliff , Lothian. All six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arundel to South Shields.[ 9]
Trident
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat.[ 3] [ 5] Trident broke up on 7 February.[ 13]
5 February
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1831
Ship
State
Description
Fame
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Pakefield , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London .[ 11]
Frances
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Barbuda . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 28]
George & William
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Hartlepool , County Durham . She was refloated on 14 February and taken in to North Shields , County Durham.[ 13]
HNLM Gunboat No. 2
Royal Netherlands Navy
Belgian Revolution : The gunboat ran aground in the Scheldt at Fort St. Lawrence, Antwerp , Belgium and was boarded by twelve Belgian Free Corps soldiers, who wished her captain to surrender. The boat was scuttled by the detonation of her magazine with the loss of 30 of her 32 crew and all Belgian Free Corps members that were aboard, 42 lives in total.[ 21] [ 29] [ 30]
Jupiter
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Lowestoft , Suffolk .[ 25]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Margate, Kent.[ 3]
6 February
7 February
9 February
10 February
12 February
13 February
14 February
15 February
17 February
19 February
20 February
21 February
22 February
23 February
25 February
27 February
28 February
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1831
Ship
State
Description
Industry
New South Wales
The sealing brig was wrecked at "Easy Harbour", Stewart Island , New Zealand, with the loss of seventeen of the nineteen people on board. The ship had been operating at Codfish Island and moved to take shelter on the larger Stewart Island due to an oncoming storm. The crew, not expecting the command to sail, had become intoxicated, and the combination if poor handling and a rising sea led to the Industry running aground.[ 45] [ 46]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831
Ship
State
Description
Anne
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Ox Scarrs with the loss of all hands.[ 9]
Anson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kinghorn , Fife before 3 February.[ 13]
Elizabeth and Mary
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand. Her crew were rescued.[ 47]
Enterprize
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Drum Sand, in the Firth of Forth off Cramond , Lothian .[ 9]
Fame
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off Point of Ayre , Isle of Man .[ 48]
Flor de Amizade
Portugal
The ship was lost near Pará , Brazil before 2 February.[ 31]
Gaspee
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Heneaga , Bahamas .[ 49] [ 50]
Gilbert Ruggles
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Arno before 11 February.[ 42]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the north west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Galway .[ 51]
Peter & Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was refloated on 26 February and taken in to Bridlington. Peter & Jane was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 24]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire .[ 51]
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