The list of shipwrecks in January 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1831.
| January 1831 | ||||||
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| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | Unknown date | |||||
| References | ||||||
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balclutha | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Terranova, Sicily. [1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frances | The ship was wrecked at Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Abergele, Caernarfonshire with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. [3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | The ship ran aground in Gourock Bay and was wrecked. [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margaretta | | The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Harbour Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Havana, Cuba. [8] |
| Virginie | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Jersey. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Loch Indaal. [9] | |
| Mary Ann | The ship sank at Dumfries. [9] | |
| Vulcan | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duke of Wellington | The ship sank at Jersey, Channel Islands. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Elizabeth | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London, United Kingdom. [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen | The ship was wrecked on Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Malvina | The ship was in collision with Isabella ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lucretia | | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz, Spain. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jane | The ship was wrecked at Balbriggan, County Dublin. [14] [15] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | The ship driven ashore and subsequently sank at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. [13] | |
| Port of Spain | The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. [16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Concordia | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent., United Kingdom Her thirteen crew were rescued by Deal boatmen. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Bergen, Norway. [17] [18] | |
| Henry | The brig was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat. [1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abigail | The sloop foundered at Leeds Point, New Jersey. [19] | |
| Merino | The ship was wrecked near Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [20] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bons Amis | The ship was wrecked off Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Her crew were rescued. [21] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minerva | The ship was wrecked at Buenos Aires, Argentina. [24] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barbadoes Packet | The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire. [6] | |
| Friends | The ship capsized at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [25] | |
| Isabella | The ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. [6] | |
| Jane | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Campbeltown, Argyllshire. [26] | |
| Jane and Ann | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Holmpton, Yorkshire. [6] [27] | |
| Jenny | The ship was driven ashore and Damaged at Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hull. [6] Jenny was refloated in late February and taken in to Hull. [28] | |
| Mary | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] [6] | |
| Neptunus | The ship struck a rock off Fleckeroë, Norway and foundered with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes. Spain to Gothenburg. [28] | |
| York | The ship was driven ashore at Ingoldmells. She was on a voyage from London to York. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Forbes | The ship was wrecked at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ballyshannon, County Donegal to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] | |
| Ceres | The ship was lost before 8 January with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Grenada. [28] | |
| Lively | The ship was wrecked near Balbaggan, County Dublin with the loss of all hands. [17] | |
| Opossum | | The schooner may have been wrecked on Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land. [29] |
| Peter & Jane | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire in late January. [6] | |
| St. Rosalie | The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to London. [7] |