The list of shipwrecks in February 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1851.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Brandtaucher | ![]() | An experimental hand-cranked military submarine sunk due to hull breach, caused by ballast shifting uncontrollably due to the instability of the vessel. The crew escaped through the hatch after allowing the flooding to equalize the internal pressure with the external pressure of the water. [1] |
Catarina | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Cape St. Angelo. She was on a voyage from Galaţi to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. [2] |
Delphine | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Penmarc'h, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Douarnenez, Finistère to Bordeaux, Gironde. [3] |
Honor | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Domingo. She was refloated and taken in to Millisle. [4] |
Peter Hattrick | ![]() | The full-rigged ship was in collision with Quebec (![]() ![]() |
Sandford | ![]() | The brigantine ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Messina, Sicily. She was later refloated. [6] [7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ellen | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Bale, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to London. She was refloated on 16 February and taken into Kilrush, County Clare. [8] [9] |
Hope | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Palma de Mallorca, Spain. She was refloated on 4 February with assistance from five smacks and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex in a leaky condition. [10] [11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Absorus | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Messina and the Punta del Faro, Sicily. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to an English port. [12] |
Agenoria | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford. [13] She had become a wreck by 6 February. [14] |
Amelia | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was wrecked "on the Have". She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Honfleur, Calvados and Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. [15] |
Eleanor | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Absorus | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore between Messina and the Punta del Faro, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Levant to an English port. [16] |
Blanche | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. [4] She was refloated the next day and taken into Liverpool in a severely damaged condition. [10] |
Bonne Elise | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Messina and the Punta del Faro, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [12] |
Brothers | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Laxey, Isle of Man. [17] |
Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated. [18] |
Ellen | ![]() | The ship ran aground at "Real", Ireland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to Newhaven, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Kilrush, County Clare. [19] |
Henri Marie | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom for repairs. [19] |
Laurel | ![]() | The brig was in collision with the paddle steamer Thistle ![]() |
Le Juif Errant | ![]() | The ship departed from Calcutta, India for Réunion. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [21] |
Margary | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Bilboa, Spain. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, having refused assistance from the Ramsgate Lifeboat. [11] |
Patagonia | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Bond's Reef, off the coast of New Caledonia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Manila, Spanish East Indies. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alacrity | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester. [15] |
Charlotte and Mary | ![]() | The sloop was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort, Felixtowe, Suffolk. [18] |
Cinisca | ![]() | The polacca was wrecked on the Punta Brava Rocks, on the coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [23] |
Eleanora, and Vanguard | ![]() | The schooner Eleanora and the paddle steamer Vanguard collided off the Corsewall Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. Eleanora sank with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Vanguard, which was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin. She put back to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [20] [15] [18] |
Frederick and Alfred | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. [15] |
Grace | ![]() | The ship was in collision with a schooner and sank in the North Sea off Trimingham, Norfolk. [15] Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne. [24] |
Maria Terpsithea | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, United Kingdom with the loss of nine of her seventeen crew. One survivor was rescued by the schooner Cambria (![]() ![]() |
Midge | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in Mogador Bay, Morocco. [27] [28] |
Plover | ![]() | The paddle steamer suffered a boiler explosion at Glasgow, Renfrewshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Bowling, Dunbartonshire. [29] |
Witch | ![]() | The sloop was discovered derelict in the Irish Sea off Ulverston, Lancashire. She was beached at Aldingham, Lancashire. [24] |
Worcester | ![]() | The ship departed from Calcutta, India for the Cape of Good Hope and London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eleanora | ![]() | The schooner was in collision with Vanguard (![]() |
Unity | ![]() | The sloop was wrecked at Villers-sur-Mer, Calvados, France. Her cre were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. [32] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bee | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Zouteland sandbank, at the mouth of the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated and taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. [33] |
Betsy | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. [24] |
Shamrock | ![]() | The schooner struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lisbon, Portugal. [24] [34] |
Yorkshire | ![]() | The ship lost her rudder and sprang a leak in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York. She attempted to put back to Liverpool, but was consequently towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey, where she ran aground on 20 February. [35] [36] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Agatha | ![]() | The brig was in collision with a schooner and was damaged. She subsequently ran aground off "Peil Harbour", Walney Island, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Agatha was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated and put in to Fleetwood, Lancashire. [14] [37] |
Amazon | ![]() | The schooner was severely damaged by fire at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was consequently condemned. [38] |
James Shepherd | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued. [39] |
Rosalind | ![]() | The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Suez, Egypt. [40] |
William | ![]() | The sailing barge capsized in the River Severn between Sharpness, Gloucestershire and the mouth of the River Wye with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Chepstow, Monmouthshire. [37] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Antonio | ![]() | The brig ran aground on Collin's Patch, in the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States. [41] |
Eliza | ![]() | The barque exploded and sank at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with the loss of ten lives. There were over 200 survivors. She was on a voyage from France to California, United States. [42] |
Frederick | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and sank off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the brig Stokesley (![]() |
Frederick | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. [43] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Majorca, Spain. [8] |
Phœnix | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Anchovis Berg Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Antwerp. [14] She was refloated on 11 February and taken in to Antwerp. [44] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sisters | ![]() | The sloop struck the quayside and capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Douglas. [24] She was refloated on 14 February and beached at Birkenhead, Cheshire. [45] |
St. Claire | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India. [46] |
St. Julien | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Fromentine, Vendée and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. [32] |
Tagus | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lisbon. [24] She was refloated. [47] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eagle | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Indian Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Bueno Ventura". She was refloated and put back to Liverpool. [13] [47] |
Emilie | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked off Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [48] |
Ocean Queen | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. [49] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John Bromham | ![]() | The ship was wrecked south of the mouth of the Benin River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cameroons and Benin City, Africa. The wreck was burnt on 14 February. [50] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Remembrance | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [45] |
Rosalie | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at "Anstruweer". She was on a voyage from Antwerp to St. Ubes, Portugal. [9] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Earl of Selkirk | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. [51] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Whitehaven, Cumberland. [45] |
Maria Joaquina | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Figueira da Foz. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz to Bahia, Brazil. [52] |
Ship | State | Description |
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China | ![]() | The ship was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Jeune Vincente (![]() |
Ganges | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Penang, British Malaya. She was on a voyage from Penang to Madras, India. [54] |
Margretha | ![]() | The galiot was driven ashore between Newry and Warrenpoint, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 17 February and towed in to Warrenpoint. [8] [55] |
Rose | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Algiers, Algeria. [56] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Despatch | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in Lough Ryan. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Londonderry. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Londonderry. [9] |
Ringdove | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [43] |
Watson | ![]() | The sloop was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Filey. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [43] |
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Worcester | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the River Severn downstream of Framilode, Gloucestershire. [43] |
Commerce | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. [8] |
Dolon | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Barker Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [57] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Constantine | ![]() | The smack was wrecked on The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [58] |
Mary | ![]() | The sloop ran aground and capsized in the "River Bebble", Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. [35] |
Medora | ![]() | The smack capsized and was severely damaged at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. [8] |
Swallow | ![]() | The smack struck a rock off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. She put in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a leaky condition. [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral Collingwood | ![]() | The ship struck the pier and sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. [58] |
Laura Ann | ![]() | The sloop was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Lancaster, Lancashire. [8] |
Mary | ![]() | The flat sank in the North Channel. [9] |
Pilgrim | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated and put back to Hull in a leaky condition. [12] [59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Laura Dorothea | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Tropez with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [60] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albert | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Young's Cove, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cornwallis, Maine to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. [61] |
Celina | ![]() | The ship struck the Begueneau Rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She put in to Le Pouliguen, Loire-Inférieure, where she ran aground. [62] |
Humility | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [63] |
John | ![]() | The schooner collided with HMS Resistance (![]() |
Sarah | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Helwelk Sands with the loss of all hands. [53] |
Selina | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at "Beguenean", France. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to "Doulinguen", France in a leaky condition. [60] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fined Point, County Sligo. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Sligo. [64] [65] |
Corkscrew | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dunkerque, Nord, France. [12] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [66] |
Groja | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by Cygnet (![]() |
Matchless | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. [53] She was refloated the next day. [68] |
Mazagran | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales. [69] |
Taag | ![]() | The hooker was in collision with a brig and sank in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vlaardingen, South Holland to Lisbon, Portugal. [27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dunkerquois | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom, She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [68] |
Etoile des Mers | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at "St. Harem", Ottoman Syria. [70] |
Ivanhoe | ![]() | The ship was driven onto the Round Shoal, off Nantucket, Massachusetts and was wrecked. [71] [54] |
Nixon | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Sheringham Shoals, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk. [72] [73] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anne | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Singapore to China. [74] |
Mars | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Foy Rocks, off Kay Biscoyne. She was on a voyage from Cardenas, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. [75] |
Oriente | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Dover in a leaky condition. [76] |
Voyager | ![]() | The ship was damaged by fire at Newport, Monmouthshire. [72] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Bintang Point, Malaya. She was on a voyage from Singapore to China. [23] She was refloated in late May and towed in to Singapore. [77] |
Liberty | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Calais, France with the loss of all hands. [78] |
Victoria | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Limerick. [62] |
Voyager | ![]() | The ship was damaged by fire at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. [79] |
???? | ![]() | The brig was in collision with the brig Uredan ( ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fanny | ![]() | The ship was stranded by falling water levels in the Danube and capsized near Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. [81] [38] |
Jane Archibald | ![]() | The ship was stranded by falling water levels in the Danube and capsized near Galaţi. She was refloated on 3 March. [82] [38] |
Phœnix | ![]() | The sloop ran aground on the Mussel Rocks, in the Bristol Channel and was damaged. She was refloated and towed in to Bristol, Gloucestershire by the steamship Neath Abbey (![]() |
Ulrica | ![]() | The barque was severely damaged by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She subsequently capsized and was declared a total loss. [84] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dorothy Ann | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dantzic. [85] |
Rebecca and Eliza | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Grimsby Channel, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jersey, Channel Islands. She was refloated. [86] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexandra | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Reval, Russia before 5 February. She was refloated on 10 September. [87] |
Ann Wood | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Harrington, Cumberland. She was refloated on 1 March and towed in to Maryport, Cumberland. [27] [88] |
Antigua | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 February. [12] |
Brutus | ![]() | The brig was lost in the Bahía de San Quintín before 20 February with the loss of all but two of her crew. [89] |
Dunkerquois | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 28 February and taken in to Dover, Kent. [60] |
Jane | ![]() | The schooner foundered before 5 February. She was on a voyage from Truxillo, Mexico to Belize City, British Honduras. [16] |
Jupiter | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande de São Pedro before 26 February. [90] |
Laurel | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Penarth, Glamorgan with the loss of all hands in early February. [91] |
Lord George Bentinck | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Glamorgan in early February. [91] |
Minerva | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Charleston, South Carolina, United States before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Jamaica to the Clyde. [85] |
Nova Olinda | ![]() | The brigantine was lost off Lisbon before 11 February. Her crew were rescued by "HNLMS Ardgoeno" (![]() |
Prince of Wales | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in Fortune Bay before 13 February. [53] |
San Michele | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at "Cape Gamarth". [58] |
Veeran | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 February. She was towed in to Glandore, County Cork on that date. [80] |
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