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The list of shipwrecks in March 1821 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during March 1821.

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1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1821
Ship State Description
Applecross  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near the Point Lynas Lighthouse, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick.[1]
Jean  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Greenland.[2]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[1]

2 March

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List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1821
Ship State Description
Congress  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Crow-Head Rocks, off Castlehaven, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Sligo.[4]
Mary & Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife, where she broke up on 4 March. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[5]

3 March

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1821
Ship State Description
Maria  United States The schooner struck a rock and foundered off Tiree, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from New York to Christiansand, Norway.[6]
Paulina  Portugal The ship struck a rock and sank in the Tagus. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[7]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Porthleven, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[1]
Three Brothers  United States The ship capsized off Bermuda with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by Lapwing ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Indian Island, Washington to Berbice.[8]
Williams  United Kingdom The ship ran ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London. Williams was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven.[2]

4 March

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List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1821
Ship State Description
Florestine  France The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Trinity to Port Royal, Jamaica.[8]
Fortuna  Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Arendahl to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche, France[9]
Fortuna  Spain The felucca foundered off Cape Trafalgar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Gibraltar. Barratry was suspected.[7][10]
Lustre  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[5]
Fortuna  Spain The felucca foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Gibraltar. Her captain was later arrested for barratry[11][12]
Palladium  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]
Ranger  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]
Sally  United Kingdom The ship was damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]
Vine  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland Bridge, County Durham.[13]
Whitby  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]

6 March

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1821
Ship State Description
Hero  United States The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Chatham, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[8]
Susannah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Point of Carnes, County Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Dublin.[4]
Young Halliday  United Kingdom The ship was lost near the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to the Clyde.[14]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1821
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fowey, Cornwall.[4]
Blanch  United States The ship was wrecked at New Orleans, Louisiana. All on board were rescued.[3]
Higson  United Kingdom The ship struck a sandbank off Mizen Head, County Wicklow and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4]
Venus  United States The schooner was wrecked in the New Shetland Islands.[15][16]
Young Halliday  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[17]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1821
Ship State Description
Arthur le Juvenale  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Langton Matravers, Dorset, United Kingdom.[18][19] She was on a voyage from St. Domingo to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[4]
Chilow  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burry Port, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall.[4]
Clulow  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Hillbro' Hill".[18]
Pearl  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Cape Florida, United States. Five of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Gibraltar.[3]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1821
Ship State Description
Patriot  United States The schooner was wrecked on the Double-Headed Shot Key. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Vittoria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[4]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1821
Ship State Description
Cerberus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Blaauwberg, Cape Colony, where she was wrecked on 22 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Ceylon and London.[21][22]
Hebe  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked near Belhelvie, Aberdeen, with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to the Davis Strait.[23][24]

11 March

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List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1821
Ship State Description
Crawford  United Kingdom The ship was last sighted off Saint Kitts bound for the Orinoco. Presumed sucsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]
Eline  France The ship was driven ashore at Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Rotterdam, South Holland.[6]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1821
Ship State Description
Decatur  United States The ship foundered after striking the Turn. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Baltimore, Maryland.[26]
Jean François  France The ship struck an anchor and sank at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde.[27]

14 March

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List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1821
Ship State Description
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Hull, Yorkshire.[13]

15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1821
Ship State Description
James  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Sligo.[28]

18 March

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List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1821
Ship State Description
Amity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Workington. Amity was later refloated.[29]
Anna Sophia Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stockholm.[29]
Comet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was later refloated.[29]
Cossack  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port. Cossack was later refloated.[29]
Dorothea Louisa  Bremen The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Bremen.[29]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Workington.[29]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Louth, Lincolnshire to London.[29]
Hope United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was later refloated.[29]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey.[29] She was refloated on 5 April.[28]
Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Dunluce Castle, County Antrim with the loss of all hands.[28]
Princess of Wales  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Crozet Islands.[30]
Speculation  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ballina, County Mayo.[31][32]

19 March

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List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1821
Ship State Description
Dorset  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Workington, Cumberland.[29]
William & Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]

20 March

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List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1821
Ship State Description
Briton  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Black Point, near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1821
Ship State Description
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Gibraltar and Buenos Aires, Argentina.[7]
Symmetry  United States The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[29]
Vine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Workington, Cumberland.[29]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1821
Ship State Description
Essex Junior  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Madeira, Portugal.[33]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1821
Ship State Description
Geerdina  Netherlands The ship foundered off Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Bergen, Norway.[8]
Liverpool  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Ardgowan House, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Maggy Lauder United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The ship was driven ashore at Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. She was declared a total loss.[26]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1821
Ship State Description
Wilhelm Gustav  Denmark The ship was lost near Lonstrup. Her crew were rescued.[10]

25 March

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1821
Ship State Description
Nancy  Malta The brig was driven ashore at Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire[11][34]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1821
Ship State Description
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands and a pilot.[7]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1821
Ship State Description
Argonaut  United States The ship was driven ashore on "Gerish's Island". She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[20]
Familien Lucken  Norway The ship was wrecked on Stromsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Cádiz, Spain.[35]
Garland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Spanish Battery Rocks, North Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated.[7]
Hope  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on the Spanish Battery Rocks. She was later refloated.[7]
John Bulkeley  United States The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New Orleans, Louisiana.[32]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the Spanish Battery Rocks.[36][7] She was later refloated and taken in to North Shields.[28]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stepper Point, Cornwall with the loss of all on board.[37]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1821
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of a crew member.[36]
John Bulkeley  United States The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New Orleans, Louisiana.[31]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Gibraltar.[11]

31 March

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List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1821
Ship State Description
John Bainbridge  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Crooked Island, Bahamas and then foundered. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[26]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1821
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak at Fowey, Cornwall and was beached.[17]
Diogene Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Tunis to Genoa.[7]
Felicity  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Campbeltown, Argyllshire with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[23]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dublin.[36]
Higson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[17]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Arranmore, County Donegal before 23 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Newfoundland, British North America.[7]
Leal  Portugal The schooner was captured and sunk off Cape St. Vincent by an insurgent privateer.[38]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Navigateur  France The ship was wrecked on Chandelie Island, near the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Rouen and Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[39]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was seen stripped and abandoned at St Mary's (37°03′S 73°31′W / 37.050°S 73.517°W / -37.050; -73.517).[40]
Santa Rosa  Spain The ship was wrecked on Egg Island, Georgia, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Havana, Cuba.[39]
William & Margaret  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Liverpool.[27]

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