List of shipwrecks in December 1825
The list of shipwrecks in December 1825 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during December 1825.
1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rosentown , County Wexford with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport , Monmouthshire to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 1] [ 2]
Ant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to King's Lynn , Norfolk .[ 3]
Arctic
United Kingdom
The collier was lost on the Horse Sand, in The Solent off Portsmouth , Hampshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 4] [ 5] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth.[ 6] Arctic was refloated at the end of December and towed in to Portsmouth by HMS Lightning ( Royal Navy ).[ 7]
Betriebsamkeit
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked near Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Antwerp .[ 8]
Brilliant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Youghal , County Cork . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ross-on-Wye , Herefordshire to Cork .[ 9] [ 6]
Defiance
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Sutton, Dublin . She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Dublin .[ 10] [ 6]
Dove
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan , County Waterford .[ 9] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg , Sweden to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 11]
Edward
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New York , United States.[ 10] [ 6]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Sutton, Dublin with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Dublin.[ 10] [ 6]
Fareham
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth. She was later refloated.[ 5]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rosentown. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Wick, Caithness or vice versa .[ 1] [ 2]
Felicity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the Spanish Battery, Hartlepool , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 5] Felicity was refloated in mid-December and taken in to Hartlepool.[ 12]
Fordersneslandet
Denmark
The ship was wrecked near Skagen.[ 8]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Dulin.[ 6]
Janietta
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Skerries, Dublin , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued.[ 13] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Java .[ 14]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Spanish Battery, Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Macedonia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rosentown. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Liverpool.[ 1] [ 2]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Newry , County Antrim to Liverpool.[ 6]
Marys
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Humber . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire . Marys was later refloated and found to be severely damaged.[ 10]
Mayflower
Isle of Man
The ship foundered in Derbyhaven Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Castletown .[ 6]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Youghal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Cork.[ 9] [ 6]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dundalk , County Louth . Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Rush, Dublin .[ 6]
Newcastle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Prior's Haven, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Nicholson
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Blackrock, Dublin . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Dublin . Nicholson was later refloated and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin .[ 13]
Provost
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Galway . She was on a voyage from Galway to London.[ 6]
Sam
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rosentown. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Liverpool.[ 1] [ 2] [ 6]
Susan & Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Sandhammer Reef, off Bornholm , Denmark. She later floated off and drifted to sea.[ 8] [ 15]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Clogherhead , County Louth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage rom Liverpool to Waterford .[ 16]
Telegraph
Netherlands
The galiot was driven ashore at Prior's Haven. Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Tiger
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Portaferry , County Down . She was on a voyage from Tenerife , Canary Islands to Glasgow , Renfrewshire. Tiger was later refloated and taken in to Newcastle, County Down .[ 16]
Two Sisters
United Kingdom
The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Lump's Fort, Portsmouth. Her crew were rescued.[ 4] [ 5] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Portsmouth.[ 6]
Usk
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Dundrum Bay with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Adra, Spain .[ 17] [ 16]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The schooner sank at Dublin.[ 6]
2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Londonderry .[ 18]
Christiana
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Patterson's Rock, off Sanda Island , Argyllshire .[ 18] She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Trinidad .[ 19]
Effort
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland . Her crew were rescued.[ 6]
Elbe
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Out Newton , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London .[ 10] [ 6]
Friheten
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Saint Petersburg.[ 18]
Henriette
France
The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Solon (flag unknown). Henriette was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Fécamp , Seine-Inférieure .[ 16]
Johnson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham .[ 5]
Lady Robert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Keiss , Caithness . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 16]
Lucy and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland.[ 5]
Mayflower
United Kingdom
The ship sank in Derbyhaven Bay, Isle of Man .[ 2]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Carnford Point, County Antrim .[ 1] She was later refloated.[ 18]
Newcastle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Tynemouth Castle , County Durham . She was refloated in early February 1826 and taken in to South Shields .[ 20] [ 6]
Nicholson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Blackrock, Dublin . She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Dublin .[ 10]
Orion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on South Ronaldsay , Orkney Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 1]
Return
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland.[ 5] She was refloated on 5 December and taken in to Sunderland in a severely damaged condition.[ 16]
Susannah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at South Shields , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 6]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bath, County Louth with the loss of all hands.[ 13]
Telegraph
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth Castle. Her crew were rescued.[ 16]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the Lilleground, off Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 18]
Young George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[ 6]
3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Betties
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. Bees , Cumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Whitehaven , Cumberland.[ 11]
Denton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Helsingør , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London .[ 21]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Eartholmen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to London.[ 21]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Öland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Libava , Courland Governorate to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 15]
Industry
British North America
The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (50°51′N 19°30′W / 50.850°N 19.500°W / 50.850; -19.500 ). Her crew were rescued by Essequibo ( Demerara ). Indusgtry was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada to Cork .[ 21] [ 22] [ 23]
James
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Miramichi River . She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 24]
John Thomas
Jersey
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Alchymist ( United Kingdom . John Thomas was on a voyage from Newfoundland , British North America to Jersey.[ 12]
Maria and Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Ceará , Brazil .[ 25]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to London.[ 21]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dragør , Denmark.[ 21]
4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Thisted , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London .[ 8]
Lord Crawford
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Kristianstad , Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to King's Lynn , Norfolk .[ 8]
Martha Helena
Norway
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Kopperig". She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom to Porsgrund .[ 26]
Mercurius
Sweden
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Jutland . Her crew were rescued by Frembringeren ( Sweden ). She was on a voyage from St. Ubes , Spain to Uddevalla .[ 27]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Gotland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 8]
Prince of Waterloo
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colchester , Essex to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 28] [ 12]
Star
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hela , Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Plymouth , Devon .[ 12] [ 15]
5 December
6 December
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Astrea
Spain
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Cádiz .[ 31]
Buenos Aurigo
Spain
The brig was driven ashore at Cádiz.[ 31]
Charlotte
France
The ship was driven ashore on the "White Dike". She was on a voyage from Stockholm , Sweden to Honfleur , Calvados .[ 16]
General Soublette
Gran Colombia
The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar .[ 32]
Lively
United Kingdom
The ship was run dwon and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 leagues (45 nautical miles (83 km)) south west of the Isles of Scilly by Miranda ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by Watson ( United Kingdom ).[ 16] [ 21]
Loretto
Spain
The brig was driven ashore at Cádiz.[ 31]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven , Cumberland .[ 16]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Sheringham Skiff, in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cromer , Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. she was on a voyage from a Baltic port to London .[ 16]
Rohoboth
Gran Colombia
The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz.[ 31]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 32]
St. Nicholas
Russia
The ship ran aground of Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 12]
Seven Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Golden Fleece ( United Kingdom ). Seven Brothers was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Dublin .[ 26]
Teaplant
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz.[ 31]
Washington
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz.[ 31]
Ysselstrom
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on Eierland , North Holland . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom .[ 16]
7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Tottenham ( United Kingdom ) rescued the crew. Albion was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 33] She came ashore at Loop Head , County Clare on 7 February 1826 and was wrecked.[ 34]
Ceres
Prussia
The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Stralsund to London , United Kingdom . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 35]
Diana
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to Dundalk , County Louth .[ 15]
Frau Gretha
Hamburg
The ship was lost between Borkum , Kingdom of Hanover and Schiermonnikoog , Friesland , Netherlands . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[ 36]
Lovely Cruizer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[ 37]
Marquis of Drogheda
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Prince of Orange ( Netherlands ). Marquis of Drogheda was on a voyage from Altea , Spain to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 38] [ 21]
Margaret and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was beached near Portaferry , County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Port Dundas , Renfrewshire .[ 18]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven on to rocks at Sunderland, County Durham and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Mary
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 37]
Rosella
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm , Denmark. Rosella was on the return leg of her maiden voyage, from Danzig to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 39] Emperor Alexander ( United Kingdom ), rescued part of Rosella ' s crew (the rest chose to remain on Bornholm), and the members of Severn ' s ( United Kingdom ) crew aboard Rosella .[ 40]
Star
Gibraltar
The ship was wrecked on the Barbary Coast . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mogadore , Morocco to Gibraltar.[ 37]
Susan & Sarah
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 37]
8 December
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Admiral Villaret
France
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine to Trieste .[ 41]
Argo
France
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Martinique .[ 41]
Concord
British North America
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar .[ 41]
Diana
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore crewless on "Justoen", Denmark.[ 41]
Frederick
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 41] She was later refloated.[ 37]
F. S. Johnston
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fort St Philip , Spain.[ 41]
Grace
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[ 41]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.[ 41]
Huntress
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 37]
Imperatrice Carolina
France
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 41]
Jachin
Virgin Islands
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 41]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Youghal , County Cork . She was on a voyage from Newport , Monmouthshire to Cork .[ 11]
Olympia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 41]
Oporto Packet
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba , Cuba to Trieste.[ 41] [ 36]
Pace
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 41]
Parradys
Bremen
The ship was wrecked on Ameland , Friesland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Bremen.[ 12]
San Nicolo
Spain
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 42]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 41]
Silk Worm
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain to New York .[ 41] [ 37]
Señora Trinita
Spain
The ship was run down and sunk at Gibraltar.[ 41] [ 36]
Two Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was beached at Trusthorpe , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from "Aalfstadt" to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 18]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 41]
United States
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[ 41]
Virginia
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[ 36] [ 37]
Wellesley
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Gibraltar.[ 41]
9 December
10 December
11 December
12 December
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
John & James
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz , Portugal. She had been refloated by 25 December.[ 47]
Nordes Grundsen
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Gibraltar.[ 37]
13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Halifax Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Queensferry , Lothian . She was on a voyage from Charleston, Angus to Aberdeen .[ 29]
Joseph
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , where she broke up over the next three days. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 21]
Lady Hamilton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Spanish coast 6 nautical miles (11 km) from Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Naples , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to London .[ 48]
Olive Branch
United States
The ship was driven ashore near the Race Point Lighthouse , Cape Cod , Massachusetts . She was on a voyage from Antigua to Bath, Maine .[ 49]
Rachel & Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Skitter Sand, in the North Sea and capsized. She was on a voyage from Bjornberg , Denmark to Hull , Yorkshire . She was later towed in to Hull by a steamship .[ 21]
Sprightly
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Filey Bridge , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Leith , Lothian . Sprightly was refloated the next day and taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire .[ 21]
14 December
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Busy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island , Azores to London .[ 21]
Caroline
Danzig
The ship was wrecked near Egersund , Norway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Dantzig.[ 29]
Catharine
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Maranhão , Brazil , where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Maranhão to Liverpool.[ 50]
Charles
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Ocracoke, North Carolina .[ 51]
Exchange
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Patuxent, Maryland , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 49] Exchange was refloated on 16 December.[ 52]
Charles
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked ar Ocracoke, North Carolina .[ 49]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea . She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. Neptune was on a voyage from St. Ubes , Spain to Dublin .[ 28]
Newton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea , West Sussex and broke her back. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island to London. Newton was refloated the next day and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea in a severely damaged condition.[ 21]
Prince Frederick
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Egersund. She was on a voyage from London to Larvik .[ 29]
Vigilant
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Weymouth, Dorset with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Essaouira , Morocco.[ 38]
15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the brig Hannah ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. Ann was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 12]
Bliss
United States
The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Florida Territory . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Baltimore, Maryland .[ 35]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached on the Brazilian coast, where she was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Maranhão , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 53]
Eslington
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off Föhr , Denmark with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Scarborough , Yorkshire to Hamburg .[ 54] [ 26]
Unge Tobias
Sweden
The ship ran aground at Hitterø , Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine , France.[ 49]
16 December
17 December
18 December
19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Aguilar
United Kingdom
The ship put into Cape Town leaking badly. She was coming from Sincapore, Penang, and Mauritius, bound for London when a gale at Algoa Bay on 11 and 12 December damaged her badly.[ 59] First reports were that she would be repaired,[ 59] but she was condemned and sold for breaking up.
Bolton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Tramore Bay with the loss of all hands.[ 26]
Ceres
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Cobh , County Cork .[ 26]
Diligente
Portugal
The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cobh.[ 26]
Dre Gebroeders
flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Rochefort, Charente-Maritime , France.[ 54] [ 8]
Eendracht
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Salou , Spain to London , United Kingdom .[ 8]
Expedition
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cobh.[ 26]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Tramore Bay with the loss of all hands.[ 26]
Glasgow
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Cobh.[ 26]
Godolphin
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Dungarvan , County Waterford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Terceira , Azores , Portugal to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 58]
Hurrell
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Sandwich Packet ( United Kingdom ). Hurrell was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Teignmouth , Devon .[ 26] She was taken in to Luanco , Spain on 31 December.[ 51]
Jane
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Cobh.[ 26]
Lapwing
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Great Yarmouth.[ 8]
Leod
Turks Islands
The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Campobello, South Carolina , United States.[ 57]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Cobh.[ 26]
Repute
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cobh.[ 26]
Samuel and Watkin
United Kingdom
The ship was off the Tuskar Rock on this date whilst on a voyage from Waterford to Newport Monmouthshire . No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 60]
Sylvester Healy
United States
The ship was driven ashore on Gardiners Island , New York . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to New York City .[ 57]
Union
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Cobh.[ 26]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on Wigtown Bay with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Balbriggan , County Dublin to Whitehaven , Cumberland .[ 61]
20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Barton
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Garryriske , County Waterford .[ 62]
Bolton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay with the loss of all hands.[ 54]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Whiting Bay . She was on a voyage from Youghall , County Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire . She was refloated on 22 December.[ 26]
Esther
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan , County Antrim . She was on a voyage from California to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 26]
Flora
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized in Tramore Bay with the loss of all hands.[ 62]
Fruhling
Danzig
The ship was wrecked at Danzig.[ 41]
Lady Hamilton
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Gibraltar .[ 63]
Lapwing
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Great Yarmouth.[ 54]
Royal Oak
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Tramore Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghall , County Cork to Dungarvon.[ 26]
William
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cruggleton Castle , Wigtownshire with the loss of one of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Balbriggan , County Dublin to Workington , Cumberland .[ 64]
21 December
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
City
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Dublin for Glasgow , Renfrewshire . No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 50]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . All on board were rescued by Elizabeth ( France ). She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar .[ 29]
Endeavour
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyroney , County Down with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cork to Pwllheli , Caernarfonshire .[ 26]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was refloated and beached at Great Yarmouth , where she was wrecked the next day.[ 8]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Figueira da Foz , Portugal. She had been refloated by 25 December.[ 47]
Thomas Peele
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Tacumshane , County Wexford . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 26]
22 December
23 December
24 December
25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a rock and was beached at Nigg, Ross-shire , where she was subsequently wrecked.[ 67]
Bell
United Kingdom
The collier was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London . Bell drifted off on 1 January 1826 and collided with the Newcombe Lightship ( Trinity House ).[ 54] [ 36]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Whitby , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 68] [ 31]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Whale's Back, in the Atlantic Ocean off Portsmouth, New Hampshire , United States and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Portsmouth.[ 49]
Herring
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth.[ 61]
Maria & Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Ceará , Brazil .[ 69]
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List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Fanny
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Lambay Island , County Dublin . She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Dublin . Fanny was later refloated and taken in to Kingstown , County Dublin.[ 29]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Freshwater , Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Dublin to London . Friendship was refloated on 1 January 1826 and take in to Cowes , Isle of Wight.[ 36]
Halifax Packet
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and was wrecked at North Queensferry , Lothian . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston , Forfarshire to Aberdeen .[ 72]
Jane
United Kingdom
The brig was discovered abandoned on this date. She had been on a voyage from Alvarado, Veracruz to Campeche City , Mexico.[ 73]
Johanna Sophia
Sweden
The ship ran aground on the Nidings.[ 29]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Skokholm , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dublin.[ 48]
Nouvelle Eugene
France
The ship departed from St. Thomas , Virgin Islands for Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 74]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1825
Ship
State
Description
Adele
France
The brig was wrecked on Sandy Key, off the Bahamas .[ 50]
Andoriñha de Tejo
Portugal
The ship was lost in the Pará River .[ 49]
Banon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk on or before 13 December.[ 21]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Dublin . Brothers was later towed in to Cobh , County Cork by HMS Victor ( Royal Navy ). She arrived on 15 March 1826.[ 75]
Bruce
United Kingdom
The brig struck rocks and sank off Stromstad , Sweden with the loss of all hands.[ 5]
Caledonia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Point of Ness, Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Leith , Lothian . Caledonia was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Stromness , Orkney Islands.[ 29]
Canadian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on L'Isle-aux-Coudres , Quebec City. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London .[ 76]
Caroline
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Malin Head , County Donegal . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Limerick .[ 1]
Christina den Forst
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen .[ 8]
Effort
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Langlee Island , Massachusetts , United States. She was on a voyage from Quebec to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 49]
Elisa Wilhelmina
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at La Tremblade , Charente-Maritime , France. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Antwerp .[ 15]
Eliza & Peggy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Nairn . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Nairn.[ 2] [ 6]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Málaga , Spain. She was on a voyage from Adra, Spain to Liverpool. Flora was later refloated and put into Málaga, where she arrived on 14 December.[ 37]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Campbeltown , Argyllshire in early December with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Newry , County Antrim .[ 17] [ 16]
Hancock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Marstrand , Sweden before 10 December.[ 12]
Harmonia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Bornholm , Denmark.[ 36]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft , suffolk .[ 54]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Dragør , Denmark before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 12]
Jeune Henri
France
The ship was wrecked.[ 37]
Jonge Hendrik
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Madeira to Bordeaux. Her crew were rescued.[ 15]
Joseph
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Liverpool.[ 77]
Juniata
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Java .[ 6]
Latona
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Marstrand , Sweden.[ 16]
Lady Juliana
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Falsterbo , Sweden before 6 December. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to London. Lady Juliana was later refloated.[ 21] [ 12]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the Isle of Man in early December with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newry , County Antrim to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 2]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Newfoundland) . Her crew were rescued.[ 49]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Pladda , off the Isle of Arran . She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America to the Clyde . She had been refloated by 13 December.[ 21]
Morgenster
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Antwerp .[ 26]
Neptunus
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kristianstadt to Belfast , County Antrim.[ 8]
Nordstern
Danzig
The ship was wrecked near Arundal , Norway. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[ 26]
Paquete do Maranhão
Brazil
The ship was lost in the Pará River at Vigia .[ 78]
Paris
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[ 8]
Renard
France
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bordeaux.[ 37]
Richard
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the Cattegat in early December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kiel , Duchy of Holstein to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 2]
Tranby
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Dragør , Denmark on or before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London[ 21]
Vier Gebroeders
Netherlands
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Friesland .[ 52]
William
United Kingdom
The West Indiaman ran aground off Læsø , Denmark before 10 December.[ 12]
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