List of shipwrecks in February 1825

The list of shipwrecks in February 1825 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1825.

1 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1825
Ship State Description
Aurora   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Walney Island, Lancashire with the loss of all hands.[1]

2 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1825
Ship State Description
Anne Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off the coast of Norway and abandoned by some of her crew. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Anne Eliza was taken in to a Norwegian port on 9 February in a waterlogged condition.[2]
Aurora   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the south of Walney Island, Lancashire.[3]
Diligence   United States The ship was driven ashore at Marshfield, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Boston, Massachusetts.[4]
Relief   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ballina, County Mayo.[5]

3 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1825
Ship State Description
Alliance   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Petten, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London, United Kingdom.[5]
Ann   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the Norderdyk, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from London to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.[5]
Anna Christina   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kijkduin, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Alexandria, Egypt.[5]
Columbus   United States The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp, Netherlands. Columbus was later refloated and taken in to Campvere, Zeeland.[5]
David Owens   United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Prince's Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire and was consequently beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool.[6][1] David Owen was taken in to Brunswick Dock, Liverpool the next day.[3]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven.[7]
Happy Return   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bude, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Inclination   Bremen The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London.[5] Inclination was refloated in late March.[9]
Lord Nelson   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to London. Lord Nelson was later refloated and taken in to Vlissingen for repairs.[5]
Martha   Bremen The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Lisbon, Portugal.[5]
Maxwell   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London.[3] Maxwell was refloated on 12 February.[10]
Seraphim   France The ship was wrecked at Callantsoog, North Holland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[5]
Spring   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven.[7]
Unity   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Southampton, Hampshire.[3]
Vriesland Welvaart   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to London.[5]

4 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1825
Ship State Description
America   United States The ship was driven ashore at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[11]
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Llanelly, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Brancepeth Castle   United Kingdom The ship struck the pier and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. She was later refloated but found to be severely damaged.[3]
Christiana   United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Carlisle, Cumberland.[12]
Edward   Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, Netherlands.[7] She had been refloated by 8 February.[5]
Hendrick   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London, United Kingdom.[5]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the West Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Minet   Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Rottumeroog, Groningen, Netherlands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[11]
Neptune   United Kingdom The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay off Barmouth, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]
Paragon   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to London.[3]
Ranger   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Long Hope, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Liverpool.[10]
Somers   United States The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis.[7] She had been refloated by 8 February.[5]
Thomas & Eleanor   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. Four of her crew and a pilot were rescued.[7]
Vrow Catharina   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[5]

5 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1825
Ship State Description
Concord   United Kingdom The ship capsized and was severely damaged at Howden, Yorkshire. She was refloated and beached.[3]
Four Sisters   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of three of her crew . She was on a voyage from London to Malta and Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[7]
Helen   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to Sunderland.[13]
Virginia   United States The ship was driven ashore at Wijk aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[5]
Woodbine   United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[14][15]

6 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1825
Ship State Description
Albrecht   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Havre de Grâce. Albrecht was later refloated.[7]
Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Antwerp, Netherlands.Ann was refloated in June and taken in to Harlingen, Friesland for repairs.[16][17]
Prince Coburg   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent.[3]

7 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1825
Ship State Description
Caledonia   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Demerara. Caledonia was refloated and taken back to Liverpool.[7]
James & Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rye, Sussex.[7]
Mary Ann   United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Demerara.[4]
Point a Pitre   France The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde.[18]
Venus   Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[7]
Vernugsamkeit   Prussia The galiot was wrecked near Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands.[11][5]

8 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1825
Ship State Description
Farmer   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ballina, County Mayo.[11]
Haabet   Netherlands The ship was run down and sunk off Cape Finisterre, Spain by Corsair (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bandol, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland.[9]
Nancy   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Gulf of Mexico off Tampico, Mexico.[4]
Ocean   United Kingdom The ship ran aground 1 nautical mile (1,900 m) off Bamburgh, Northumberland.[17]

9 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1825
Ship State Description
George   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sow and Pigs Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was later refloated and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland for repairs.[5]
Haabet   Netherlands The ship was run down and sunk off Cape Finisterre, Spain by Corsair (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Corsair. She was on a voyage from Bandol, Var, France to Rotterdam, South Holland.[19]
Neptune   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands and was abandoned by her crew.[11][5]
Superior Hope   United States The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to New York.[4]
Trumbull   United States The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to New York.[4]

10 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1825
Ship State Description
Unity   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall. All six people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to St. Ives, Cornwall.[20]

11 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1825
Ship State Description
Euphemia   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel.[17]

12 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1825
Ship State Description
Good Hope   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Carolinensiel, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[11]
Mangles   United Kingdom The ship was reported wrecked on the South Head Reef, off Sydney, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Sydney to an English port.[21] Actually, she continued on her voyage seven hours after the incident.

14 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1825
Ship State Description
Derwent   United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at Old Hall, Yorkshire. She was refloated on the following tide.[11]
Ferino   United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at "Helderthorp", Yorkshire. She was refloated on the following tide.[11]
Martha   United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated on the following tide.[11]
Nymph   United Kingdom The ship struck a reef and was wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[22]
Vrow Elena   Netherlands The ship was stranded on the Schildyk. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Hamburg.[10]
William Cossar   New South Wales The schooner was wrecked on the Sow and Pigs Reef, in Sydney Harbour.

15 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1825
Ship State Description
Catharine   United Kingdom The ship ran aground south of Cullercoats, County Durham and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Catharine was later refloated and towed in to South Shields.[11]

17 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1825
Ship State Description
Doris   Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Oulu to London, United Kingdom.[11]
John & Joseph   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock at Holyhead, Anglesey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.[10]
Lovenso   Portugal The ship was driven ashore south of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[4]
HMS Pike   Royal Navy The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone.[23]
Rapid   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Buenos Aires. Argentina.[24]
Vrow Engelina   Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Mandahl, Norway to Amsterdam, North Holland.[11]

19 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1825
Ship State Description
Eliza & Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Île à Vache, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Domingo.[25]

21 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1825
Ship State Description
Caroline   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Kilrush, County Clare and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[10]

23 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1825
Ship State Description
Thetis   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the Palmones River, Spain. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Gibraltar.[26]

25 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1825
Ship State Description
General Brock   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Delaware River with the loss of three of her crew.[27]
Princess of Wales   United Kingdom The cutter on the Bahia Honda Key, Florida Territory. Hr crew were rescued.[28]

26 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1825
Ship State Description
Otto   Prussia The ship was wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[29]

27 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1825
Ship State Description
Herring   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Great Yarmouth.[2]
Resolution   Hamburg The ship was wrecked at Haroldswick, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her crew.[19][30]
Rosneath Castle   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Dumbarton to Belfast, County Antrim.[29]

28 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1825
Ship State Description
Alicia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Châtillon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to the Charente.[31] She was refloated on 10 March and taken in to Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France.[4]
Chebucto   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America.[25]
Constitution   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from London to Preston, Lancashire.[14]
Resolution   Hamburg The ship was wrecked on Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her crew.[26]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1825
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The sloop struck the Mystone Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland and sank between 1 and 8 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Gothenburg, Sweden.[17]
Catharina Margaretha   Hamburg The ship was lost in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[7]
Edward Protheroe   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Odessa. Edward Protheroe was reported to have been refloated with assistance from an Austrian man-of-war, but a later report said that she was likely to be wrecked.[32][9] She was eventually refloated on 29 April and taken in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for repairs.[33][34]
Four Sisters   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France in early February with some loss of life. There were thirteen survivors.[35]
Godt Haab   Norway The ship foundered at "Sondre Sondmoer". She was on a voyage from Bergen to Trieste.[26]
Guldberg   Duchy of Schleswig The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was taken possession of and beached at Sea Palling, Norfolk, United Kingdom on 28 February.[2]
Horace   United States The ship was abandoned at sea. She was towed in to Saint Barthélemy in a waterlogged condition.[9]
John   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats, Kent in early February. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[36] She had been refloated by 4 February and taken in to Ramsgate, Ken.[37]
Letitia Tennant   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim. Letitia Tennant was later refloated bit drove ashore again and was severely damaged.[38]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitstable, Kent in early February. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Morningfield   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the Isla de Flores, Brazil in late February and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Montevideo, Uruguay.[39]
Neptune   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. Netherlands and was abandoned.[13]
North America   United States The ship was wrecked on Bimini, Bahamas in early February. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Key West, Florida.[40]
Strong   United States The ship was wrecked on Mayaguana in early February. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Baltimore, Maryland.[40]
Woodstock   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Mayaguana in early February. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[40][41]

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