The list of shipwrecks in March 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1831 .
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1831
Ship
State
Description
Trafalgar
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Terceira , Azores , Portugal with the loss of three of her crew.[ 1]
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1831
Ship
State
Description
Barrow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Redness Point". She was on a voyage from Garlieston , Wigtownshire to Ulverston , Lancashire .[ 7]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Workington , Cumberland .[ 7]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off The Skerries, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool.[ 8] [ 9]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean . She was set afire and abandoned. Eliza was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Cork .[ 10]
Jenny
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau , Prussia to London .[ 11]
Little John
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Portpatrick , Wigtownshire with the loss of all but one of her those on board. She was on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow . Renfrewshire .[ 8] [ 7]
New John
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Belfast , County Antrim .[ 12]
Robet and Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Boylagh Bay with the loss of all hands.[ 13]
St. Peter
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Workington.[ 7]
Travellers
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Sylph in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Cork.[ 7]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1831
Ship
State
Description
Betsey and Sophia
United Kingdom
The whaler was wrecked on Desolation Land . Fifteen of her crew survived.[ 19]
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Dolphin ( United Kingdom ) in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Dolphin . Eleanor was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 20]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Benbecula , Hebrides . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina , United States.[ 21] [ 22]
Frolic
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Nash Sand, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all 36 passengers and crew. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 17] [ 23]
Minstrel
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Ameland , Friesland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Leer , Kingdom of Hanover .[ 24]
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1831
Ship
State
Description
Phillipina
Stolp
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Stolp. She was on a voyage from Stolpe to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom .[ 30]
San José
Spain
The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Plymouth, Devon , United Kingdom.[ 31]
Saratoga
United States
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (25°46′N 46°30′W / 25.767°N 46.500°W / 25.767; -46.500 ). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Savannah, Georgia .[ 32]
Sprightly
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Gran Canaria , Canary Isles , Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands .[ 33]
William Peile
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Plymouth.[ 8] [ 13]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1831
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the coast of Norway.[ 25]
August
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord , France to an Irish port.[ 37]
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1831
Ship
State
Description
St. Joseph
Dominica
The sloop was wrecked at Dominica.[ 38]
^ "From Lloyd's List – March 25". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17114. 28 March 1831.
^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 1045. 13 May 1831.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2416. 8 March 1831.
^ a b "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17108. 14 March 1831.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2421. 12 April 1831.
^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 19263. 25 May 1831.
^ a b c d e f "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 1197. 16 March 1831.
^ a b c d e "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 1039. 1 April 1831.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Standard . No. 1200. 19 March 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 19243. 2 May 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 19240. 28 April 1831.
^ a b "(untitled)". The Times . No. 14490. London. 18 March 1831. col C, p. 4.
^ a b c d e "Ship News". The Standard . No. 1205. 25 March 1831.
^ "(untitled)". Caledonia Mercury . No. 17110. 17 March 1831.
^ a b "From Lloyd's List – March 22". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17113. 26 March 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 1198. 17 March 1831.
^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 1201. 21 March 1831.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. xxxx. 22 March 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 19197. 19 June 1832.
^ a b c d "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17111. 21 March 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 1209. 30 March 1831.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2420. 4 April 1831.
^ "Loss of the Frolic Steam Vessel". The Morning Post . No. 18808. 23 March 1831.
^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 1043. 29 April 1831.
^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 19228. 14 April 1831.
^ "Miscellaneous". The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal . No. 1458. 4 June 1831.
^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17113. 26 March 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c . No. 1554. 26 March 1831.
^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 1206. 26 March 1831.
^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 8151. 16 April 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 19220. 5 April 1831.
^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17146. 11 June 1831.
^ "From Lloyd's List – April 26". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17128. 30 April 1831.
^ a b "Dreadful Gale at Tonga" . The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . 26 May 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14749. London. 16 January 1832. col A, p. 2.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 1228. 21 April 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 18815. 31 March 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 1272. 11 June 1831.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2423. 26 April 1831.
^ "(untitled)". The North Wales Chronicle . No. 184. 5 April 1831.
^ "From Lloyd's List – April 19". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17125. 23 April 1831.
^ "Ship News". The Bristol Mercury . No. 2143. 24 May 1831.