List of shipwrecks in October 1827

The list of shipwrecks in October 1827 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during October 1827.

1 October

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List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1827
Ship State Description
Calypso   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Recovery (  United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London.[1]

3 October

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List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1827
Ship State Description
Governor Sorell   New South Wales The schooner was wrecked off Betsey Island, Van Diemen's Land, Her crew survived.[2]

5 October

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List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1827
Ship State Description
Der Jung John   Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was wrecked near "Kino Island" in the Gulf of Riga. Her crew were rescued.[3]

9 October

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List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1827
Ship State Description
Mary   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Isle of May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth.[4]

10 October

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List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1827
Ship State Description
Barclay   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[4]
Happy Return   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and then sank at Lymington, Hampshire with the loss of all hands and seven passengers.[5][6] She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to London.[4] Happy Return was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[7]
Lord Duncan   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[4][8]

11 October

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List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1827
Ship State Description
Devonshire   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]
Nancy   United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore and damaged south of Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[6] She was later refloated and towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[10]

13 October

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List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1827
Ship State Description
Dove   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees.[11][12]
Weddle   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch smack.[13][12]

14 October

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List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1827
Ship State Description
Echo   United Kingdom The ship departed from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]

15 October

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List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1827
Ship State Description
Richard   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked near Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Ballycastle, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[13]

16 October

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List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1827
Ship State Description
Asia   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Luzon, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to China.[15][16]
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship departed from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America for Tralee, County Kerry. Her logbook and register were subsequently recovered in 1829 at "Itamainron", Labrador, British North America, along with the skeletons of six crew members.[17]
Brothers   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Ardglass, County Down to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[18]

20 October

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List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1827
Ship State Description
Catharina Elizabeth   Denmark The ship departed from Horsens for "Wyburg". No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[19]
Chase   United States The ship caught fire in the English Channel and was scuttled off the Brake Sand.[20]
Crisham and Margaret   United Kingdom The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[21]
Ihsania   Ottoman Navy Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino: The frigate exploded during a gunnery duel with the frigate Sirène (  French Navy) in Navarino Bay.
Ghiuh Rewan   Ottoman Navy Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino: The ship-of-the-line was destroyed by gunfire during combat with the ship-of-the-line Breslau (  French Navy) and other ships of the French Navy,   Royal Navy, and   Imperial Russian Navy in Navarino Bay.
Guerrière   Egyptian Navy Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino: The frigate was reduced to a burning wreck by gunfire from the ships-of-the-line HMS Asia (  Royal Navy) and Azov (  Imperial Russian Navy) in Navarino Bay.

21 October

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List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1827
Ship State Description
Broom   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at sea whilst on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Her twenty crew were rescued on 23 October by Henri (  France).[22]
Hebe   United Kingdom The ship departed from Jersey, Channel Islands for Wivenhoe, Essex. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23]

22 October

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List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1827
Ship State Description
Bridget   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[20]
Fanny   British North America The ship was lost off Cape Canso, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[24]
Favourite   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat.[10]
Perceval   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Welvaart   Hamburg The ship struck a sunken wreck at Cuxhaven, Duchy of Saxony and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Antwerp, Netherlands.[20]

23 October

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List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1827
Ship State Description
Heureux Décidé   France The ship was wrecked near Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère.[25]
Hoffnung flag unknown The ship struck a sandbank and was consequently beached at "Ancrum". She was on a voyage from "Ludwisthorn" to London, United Kingdom.[20] Hoffnung was refloated on 16 November and taken in to Cronstadt, Russia.[26]

25 October

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List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1827
Ship State Description
Johanna Catharina   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark, where she was wrecked two days later. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland.[21]

26 October

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List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1827
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea with some loss of life.[27]
Elizabetha and Maria   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lynmouth, Devon.[20]
Queen Charlotte   United Kingdom The smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk by Sylvan(  United Kingdom). All on board were rescued.[28]
Two Brothers   Hamburg The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Málaga, Spain.[29]
Union   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland.[28]
Violet   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America.[23]
Wanderer   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Eleven survivors were rescued by Great Britain (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Plymouth, Devon.[30]

27 October

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List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1827
Ship State Description
Janet and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bremen.[31]
Susan   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newfoundland.[32]

28 October

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List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1827
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Five of her crew survived.[33]
Hoffnung   Griefswald The ship was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Griefswald to Sunderland.[28]
Orpheus   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of South America. Survivors were rescued by HMS Cadmus (  Royal Navy).[34]
Renown   United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Salt Scarrs, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire.[35]

29 October

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List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1827
Ship State Description
Janet and Marie   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bremen.[25]
Susan   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Hamburg. Survivors were rescued by Tresco pilot boat Hope (  United Kingdom).[7] According to other sources she was the Susanna (  United States) of Boston.[36][37]
Union   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was subsequently wrecked on 10 December.

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1827
Ship State Description
Fanny   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[38]
Irresistible   Greece The steamship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames.[39]
Union   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Vrouw Anna   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[38]

31 October

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List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1827
Ship State Description
Amphion   Sweden The brig foundered in the North Sea off The Maze. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Jacobstadt.[31]
Eclipse   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[41] She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Ostend.[42]
Favorite   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Stronsay, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Jacobstadt, Sweden to liverpool, Lancashire.[30]
Harmony   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend. She was on a voyagefrom Dordrecht, South Holland to Marennes, Charente-Maritime, France.[41]
Memel   Prussia The ship was wrecked at Sarkau. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Memel.[19]
Venus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[43]
Vigilante   Duchy of Schleswig The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein to Hull, Yorkshire.[7][42]
Vrow Christina   Kingdom of Hanover The ship foundered on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Emden.[44][45]
Vrow Helena   Kingdom of Hanover The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel. She was on a voyage from Hull to Leer.[45]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1827
Ship State Description
David   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America before 15 October.[46]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Spalding, Lincolnshire. No further trace presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[21]
Fortune   United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk.[47]
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Wellwood (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[31]
Latona   Stettin The ship foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Stettin.[6]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was lost off Carlingford, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[28]
Olympic   France The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa in late October. About 300 people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Montevideo, Uruguay.[48]
Susan   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 29 October by Urania (  Netherlands). She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newfoundland, British North America.[34]
Union   United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland for Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[21]
25 de Agosto   Imperial Brazilian Navy The Brig of War was lost near Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay with the loss of most of her crew.[49]

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