List of shipwrecks in December 1829

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The list of shipwrecks in December 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during December 1829.

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1829
Ship State Description
Bardon  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°00′N 9°00′W / 49.000°N 9.000°W / 49.000; -9.000). Her crew were rescued by Bolivar ( United Kingdom). Bardon was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America, to London.[1]
John Adams  United States The brig was wrecked on a reef north west of Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba.[2]
Jong Claas  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was wrecked on Borkum. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Emden.[3]
Leeuw  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[4]
Margarita  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore crewless and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[4]
Osmond  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[5]
Ossian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to St. Lucar.[6]
Reward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Ardmore Bay with the loss of her captain.[7]
Superb  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Haisborough Sands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia, to Sunderland, County Durham.[7]
Teignmouth  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Thomas and Martha  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Shepherd ( United Kingdom at Whitby, Yorkshire, and sank.[5]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1829
Ship State Description
John & Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat.[5]
Omond  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 North Shields, County Durham, to London.[9]
William  United States The ship was wrecked on Bermuda. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Bermuda.[10]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1829
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Planter ( United Kingdom. Betsey was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[5][9]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands. She was refloated but consequently capsized off the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House). Britannia was later taken in to Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[9]
Concord  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[11]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The sloop was run down and sunk off Staithes, Yorkshire, by a collier. All hands were lost.[9]
James  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Black Middens. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Exeter, Devon.[11]
Polybank  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Runnel Stone, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cornwall Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dartmouth, Devon.[12]
Reward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Ardmore Bay. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Sir James Kemp  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to Liverpool.[1]
HMS Success  Royal Navy
HMS Success under repair in the Swan River.

The Atholl-class corvette ran aground on the Carnac Reef in the Swan River and was damaged. She was later repaired and returned to service.

William Harvey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to savannah.[13][14]
Wortley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Humber.[5]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1829
Ship State Description
Aid  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived.[7]
Economy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off Tynemouth, Northumberland.[9]
Oak  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk.[7]
Sir James Henry Craig  United Kingdom The ship was lost.

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1829
Ship State Description
Cornelia  France The ship was wrecked on Belle Île, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haitien, Haiti to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[15]
Delight  United Kingdom The ship was run down off The Skerries, County Antrim, and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth, to Preston, Lancashire.[1]
Economy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham.[11]
Phœnix  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on North Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15]
Theodore  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on North Uist. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo, to Liverpool.[15]
William and Agnes  United Kingdom The ship foundered off "Magie Island". She was on a voyage from Sligo to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[16]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1829
Ship State Description
Rover  United Kingdom The brig struck a rock and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the coast of Ceará, Brazil with the loss of five of her eight crew.[17]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1829
Ship State Description
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]
Syren  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire.[11]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1829
Ship State Description
Delight  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore crewless at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth, to Preston, Lancashire.[19]
Idas  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore near the Mumbles Lighthouse, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America, to Gloucester.[20][11] Idas subsequently became a wreck.[21]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1829
Ship State Description
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Workington, Cumberland.[19]
General Bolivar Mexico Mexico The ship was wrecked at Vera Cruz.[22]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship sank at Limerick. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[23]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America, to Liverpool.[16]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1829
Ship State Description
Bannockburn  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Newhaven, Sussex.[23]
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Islay.[24]
Esperance  France The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from "Mallard" to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[25]
Nimrod  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[26]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1829
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ravenglass, Cumberland. She was refloated on 2 January 1830 and taken in to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[27]
Burdon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Share Island, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America, to London.[19]
Delight  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk off The Skerries, County Antrim, by a schooner. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth, to Preston, Lancashire.[25]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Castletown, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[24]
George United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked at Canso, Nova Scotia, with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Canso.[28]
Lowe Hamburg The galiot was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was abandoned on 28 December. Lowe wason a voyage from Aberdeen, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[29][30]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1829
Ship State Description
Prince Kirtersoff or Prince Kutusoff  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Baltimore, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31][32]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1829
Ship State Description
Dunbar Castle  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Dragør, Denmark with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia, to London.[33]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1829
Ship State Description
Esperance  France The ship was wrecked on Bardsey Island, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[19]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Workington, Cumberland.[34]
Gallego  UKGBI The ship was wrecked at Faial, Azores, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to London.[35]
Maria Wilhelmina Danzig The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Danzig.[30]
Nelson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bowness-on-Solway, Cumberland.[34]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1829
Ship State Description
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Therapia, Ottoman Empire.[14]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1829
Ship State Description
Hampshire  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Helford, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London.[36]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1829
Ship State Description
Aleppo United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked in the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Kingston, Jamaica.[37]
Bibby  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Kish Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[38]
Carl Hermann Hamburg The ship foundered at the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Cephalonia, Greece to Hamburg.[39]
Despique  Spain The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cabo Espichel, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Madeira to St. Ubes.[40]
Percy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[38]
Star  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on West Caicos. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Dublin.[37]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1829
Ship State Description
Dora  France The ship was wrecked on the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[40][36]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1829
Ship State Description
HMS Pelorus  Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop ran aground on a rock at Port Mahon, Menorca, Spain. She was refloated two days later but subsequently sank.[41] HMS Pelorus was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1829
Ship State Description
Ann or Avon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barebush Key. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica.[37][42]
Craig Elachie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of five of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to London.[26]
Glora Danzig The ship was lost near Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[39]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1829
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Levan Sands, Renfrewshire.[26]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Stour at Sandwich, Kent, and was wrecked.[43]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1829
Ship State Description
Denison  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Rambaska  Norway The ship ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was consequently beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to London, United Kingdom.[21]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1829
Ship State Description
Goliah  France The ship was driven ashore near Barfleur, Manche. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Goliah was later refloated and taken in to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche.[14]
Joseph  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[43]
Poetess  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef "to the windward of Great Hill". Her crew were rescued.[2]
Thornton  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the Humber Lifeboat. She was later taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, in a waterlogged condition.[21]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1829
Ship State Description
Helen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The sloop was wrecked at Culwiny Bay, Grenada. Her crew were rescued.[28]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1829
Ship State Description
St. Johannes Danzig The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hunstanton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[44][45]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1829
Ship State Description
Louise  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, by a Maltese vessel. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[46]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1829
Ship State Description
Concord  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of Ireland.[15]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, with the loss of all hands.[26]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Boston, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[47]
Leenio  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire.[47]
Nelson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bowness-on-Solway, Cumberland.[19]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Powfoot, Wigtownshire.[26]
Marigold  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire.[21]
Phœbe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Luce.[25]
Sportsman  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with a brig off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at "Port Wash". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia, United States.[24]
Three Sisters  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (49°00′N 15°00′W / 49.000°N 15.000°W / 49.000; -15.000). She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to London.[25]
Union  United Kingdom The ship foundered before 14 December. Her crew were rescued on 16 December by Deux Victoires ( France). Union was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[28]
Urania  France The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[43]

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