List of shipwrecks in January 1831

The list of shipwrecks in January 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1831.

3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Balclutha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Terranova, Sicily.[1]

5 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Frances  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[2]

6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Abergele, Caernarfonshire with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]

8 January
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Mercury  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Gourock Bay and was wrecked.[4]

9 January
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth & Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Zante, Greece to London[5][6]
Nostra Señora de Montserrat  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Málaga.[7]

10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Margaretta Bremen The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Harbour Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Havana, Cuba.[8]
Virginie  France The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Jersey.[9]

11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Loch Indaal.[9]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship sank at Dumfries.[9]
Vulcan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[9]

12 January
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Duke of Wellington  United Kingdom The ship sank at Jersey, Channel Islands.[10]

14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Anna Elizabeth  Sweden The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London, United Kingdom.[11]

16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Helen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[12]

18 January
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Codrington Barbuda The ship was wrecked at Barbuda.[2]
Nova  Portugal The ship was wrecked on Terceira, Azores. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Lisbon.[7]

19 January
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Malvina  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Isabella ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk and was consequently beached there. Her crew were rescued by Isabella. Malvina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[13]

20 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Lucretia Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz, Spain.[6]

21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Balbriggan, County Dublin.[14][15]

22 January
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The ship driven ashore and subsequently sank at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[13]
Port of Spain  United Kingdom The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[16]

24 January
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Concordia  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent., United Kingdom Her thirteen crew were rescued by Deal boatmen. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Bergen, Norway.[17][18]
Henry  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat.[1]

25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Abigail  United States The sloop foundered at Leeds Point, New Jersey.[19]
Merino  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[20]

26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Bons Amis  France The ship was wrecked off Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Her crew were rescued.[21]

27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Cumberland  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[6]

28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Cumberland  United Kingdom The brig struck the Barnard Sand and foundered in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[22][23]

30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[24]

31 January
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Barbadoes Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire.[6]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[25]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[26]
Jane and Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Holmpton, Yorkshire.[6][27]
Jenny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and Damaged at Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hull.[6] Jenny was refloated in late February and taken in to Hull.[28]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1][6]
Neptunus  Sweden The ship struck a rock off Fleckeroë, Norway and foundered with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes. Spain to Gothenburg.[28]
York  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ingoldmells. She was on a voyage from London to York.[6]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831
ShipCountryDescription
Andrew Forbes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ballyshannon, County Donegal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Ceres  United States The ship was lost before 8 January with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Grenada.[28]
Lively  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Balbaggan, County Dublin with the loss of all hands.[17]
Opossum New South Wales The schooner may have been wrecked on Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land.[29]
Peter & Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire in late January.[6]
St. Rosalie  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to London.[7]

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  2. "Ship News". The Times (14474). London. 28 February 1831. col F, p. 6.
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  4. "Ship News". The Standard (1140). 11 January 1831.
  5. "Ship News". The Standard (1163). 4 February 1831.
  6. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury (2412). 8 February 1831.
  7. "Ship News". The Standard (1166). 8 February 1831.
  8. "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle (19191). 1 March 1831.
  9. "From Lloyd's List – Jan. 14". Caledonian Mercury (17084). 17 January 1831.
  10. "From Lloyd's List – Jan. 18". Caledonian Mercury (17086). 22 January 1831.
  11. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury (2409). 18 January 1831.
  12. "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury (17086). 22 January 1831.
  13. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury (2411). 1 February 1831.
  14. "Ship News". The Times (14446). London. 26 January 1831. col E, p. 2.
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  17. "Ship News". The Standard (1154). 25 January 1831.
  18. "Shipwreck". Jackson's Oxford Journal (4120). 14 April 1832.
  19. "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury (17103). 3 March 1831.
  20. "From Lloyd's List – Feb. 8". Caledonian Mercury (17095). 12 February 1831.
  21. "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle (19173). 8 February 1831.
  22. "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc (8142). 12 February 1831.
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  24. "Ship News". The Standard (1272). 11 June 1831.
  25. "Ship News". The Standard (1182). 26 February 1831.
  26. "From Lloyd's List – Feb. 11". Caledonian Mercury (17096). 14 February 1831.
  27. "Ship News". The Standard (1161). 2 February 1831.
  28. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury (2415). 1 March 1831.
  29. "Van Diemen's Land". The Australian. 28 January 1831.
Ship events in 1831
Ship launches: 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836
Ship commissionings: 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836
Ship decommissionings: 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836
Shipwrecks: 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836

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