The list of shipwrecks in October 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1831 .
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Commerce
British North America
The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River and Point Mille Vaches, Lower Canada . She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Quebec City , Lower Canada .[ 12]
Countess of Dalhousie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Götaland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia , to London .[ 3]
Field Marshal Paskewitsch
Russia
The ship was lost in the Mediterranean Sea off Methoni , Greece She was on a voyage from Odessa to London.[ 13]
Mary and Peggy
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 11]
Rose
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked in Luce Bay . She was on a voyage from Drogheda , County Louth , to Liverpool.[ 11]
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Bell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 21]
Ceres
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
The ship was capsized and sank in the English Channel off Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure , France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Oldenburg to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 23]
Invizca
United States
The ship departed from Málaga , Spain, for Boston, Massachusetts . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 24]
Xantho
Guernsey
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by Twee Gebroeders ( Netherlands ). Xantho was on a voyage from Guernsey to South Shields , County Durham .[ 15]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Vrouw Antina
Netherlands
The ship sprang a leak and put in to Heligoland , where she was deemed beyond economical repair. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Amsterdam , North Holland . Vrouw Antina was beached on 18 October to salvage her cargo.[ 3]
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Enige Broder
flag unknown
The ship departed from Copenhagen , Denmark, for Saint Petersburg , Russia . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 25]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Neptunus
Denmark
The ship was wreckedon the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure , France.[ 33]
Valiant
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Stag Rock, off Penzance , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Richibucto , New Brunswick , British North America , to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 27]
Wakefield
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Brazil.[ 28]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Champion
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Hogland , Russia , at the end of October.[ 37] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia, to London .[ 38] [ 39]
Diana
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Marshand". She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Helsingfors , Grand Duchy of Finland .[ 40]
George Canning
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on North Cape, Prince Edward Islands , British North America .[ 21]
Red Rover
United Kingdom
The yacht was wrecked at Rio Real , Brazil , whilst on a voyage from an English port to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 41]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Columbus
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Swansea Bay .[ 42] She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , to Blyth, Northumberland .[ 29]
Junius
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Islay . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Newfoundland , British North America .[ 43]
Lady Digby
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Magdalen Islands , Lower Canada , British North America, with the loss of 50 lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City , Lower Canada.[ 30] [ 44] [ 45]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Tynemouth , Northumberland . Her crew were rescued.[ 42]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees , County Durham , to London .[ 46]
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Devonshire
United Kingdom
The ship passed through the Skaggerak whilst on a voyage from Riga , Russia , to Antwerp , Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 48]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Caroline
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore at Thisted , Denmark, where she was burned by order of local officials. She was om a voyage from AAltona to Thisted.[ 49]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1831
Ship
State
Description
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Pilkappen", 36 nautical miles (67 km) south of Memel , Prussia . Her crew were rescued.[ 38]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831
Ship
State
Description
Alexandrine
Spain
The ship was driven ashore near San Pedro del Pinatar .[ 28]
Echo
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon .[ 36]
Louisa
France
The ship sank in the Loire .[ 43]
Lusitania
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore, County Waterford , where she broke up on 22 October.[ 50]
Manly
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Korčula , Kingdom of Dalmatia before 14 October. Her crew were rescued.[ 31]
Margaret
United States
The ship was driven ashore on Europa Point , Gibraltar , before 8 October. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[ 28]
Maria
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 15 October. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Sheerness . Kent .[ 2]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[ 51]
Three Friends
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand before 15 October. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk , to London.[ 2]
Triumvirate
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean .[ 30]
Try Me
British North America
The ship was wrecked on Burin, Newfoundland . Her crew were rescued.[ 52]
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