List of shipwrecks in March 1829

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

1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1829
Ship State Description
Chardavoine   Denmark The ship was wrecked on Saona Island, Dominican Republic. Her crew were rescued by Durance (  France).[1]
Salacia   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands with the loss of two of her seven crew.[2]

3 March

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1829
Ship State Description
Nantais   France The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Her crew were rescued.[1]

5 March

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List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1829
Ship State Description
Persia   United States The ship was lost near Cape Ann, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Salem, Massachusetts.[3]

6 March

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1829
Ship State Description
Crescent   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey.[4]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea by Ariel (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[4]
Spring   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire.[4]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1829
Ship State Description
Corsair   United Kingdom The ship struck the Whitby Rock and capsized with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.[5][6]
Fergus   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[4]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1829
Ship State Description
William & Ann   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia River. All 26 people on board were murdered by natives. She was on a voyage from London to Fort Vancouver, Washington, United States.[7][8]

14 March

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List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1829
Ship State Description
Lord Melville   United Kingdom The smack was in collision with Lord Nelson (  United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland and sank with the loss of four lives.[9]
Thomas   British Cape Colony The brig departed from Port Elizabeth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[10][11]
Young John   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Wemyss, Fife to Aberdeen.[12]

17 March

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List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1829
Ship State Description
Louisa   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.[13]

19 March

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List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1829
Ship State Description
Jupiter   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Sidmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Sidmouth.[14]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1829
Ship State Description
Frau Cecelia   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven, Kingdom of Hanover and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Altona to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[15]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1829
Ship State Description
Rocket   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Torbay, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Saint Lawrence River.[16]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1829
Ship State Description
Thomas   Cape Colony The brig departed from Port Elizabeth for Table Bay. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[17]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1829
Ship State Description
Ann   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.[18]

31 March

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List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1829
Ship State Description
Columbine   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in St. Helen's Bay, Cape of Good Hope. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New South Wales.[19]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1829
Ship State Description
Aurora   United Kingdom The schooner was lost on "Chalonge Point". She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Windsor, Nova Scotia, British North America.[20]
Doloresy   Spain The ship was wrecked at San Lucar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to San Lucar.[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 13894. London. 21 April 1829. col B, p. 4.
  2. ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8042. 7 March 1829.
  3. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 594. 11 April 1829.
  4. ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Standard. No. 565. 9 March 1829.
  5. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18560. 11 March 1829.
  6. ^ "Aberdeen shipping". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4278. 6 January 1830.
  7. ^ "Miscellaneous Articles". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4269. 4 November 1829.
  8. ^ "Saturday, January 2, 1830". The Hobart Town Courier. 2 January 1830.
  9. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18569. 21 March 1829.
  10. ^ "Ship News". The Bristol Mercury. No. 2049. 21 July 1829.
  11. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 1828. 21 July 1829.
  12. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 13865. London. 18 March 1828. col A, p. 4.
  13. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18184. 25 March 1829.
  14. ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8045. 28 March 1829.
  15. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 583. 30 March 1829.
  16. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 635. 29 May 1829.
  17. ^ "(untitled)". The Australian. 5 August 1829.
  18. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2316. 7 April 1829.
  19. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 644. 9 June 1829.
  20. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18209. 23 April 1829.
  21. ^ "(untitled_". The Times. No. 13888. London. 14 April 1829. col F, p. 3.