List of shipwrecks in December 1829

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

1 December

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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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   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

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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

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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

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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

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

17 December

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1829
Ship State Description
Aleppo   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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

30 December

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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

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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]

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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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