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List of shipwrecks in October 1827

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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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 Denmark 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]

Unknown date

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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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