List of shipwrecks in October 1831

The list of shipwrecks in October 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1831.

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October 1831
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
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3	4	5	6	7	8	9
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24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31	Unknown date
References

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Brunswick	United Kingdom	The ship was in collision with Brunswick (  United Kingdom ) and foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. [1] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. [2]
Meddlenot	United States	The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Havana, Cuba. [3]
Sarah	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia, to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [4]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Pilgrim	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Cape Gaspé, Lower Canada, British North America. [5]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Countess of Dalhousie	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Götaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [6]
London	United States	The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Boston, Massachusetts. [7] [8]
Mantura	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Götaland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [3]
Wellington	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in Dublin Bay. [4]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Acasta	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia, to Plymouth, Devon. [9]
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Drogheda, County Louth, for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. [10]
Union	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore near Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. [11]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Commerce	British North America	The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River and Point Mille Vaches, Lower Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Quebec City, Lower Canada. [12]
Countess of Dalhousie	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Götaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [3]
Field Marshal Paskewitsch	Russia	The ship was lost in the Mediterranean Sea off Methoni, Greece She was on a voyage from Odessa to London. [13]
Mary and Peggy	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire. [11]
Rose	United Kingdom	The sloop was wrecked in Luce Bay. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, to Liverpool. [11]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Fershampenuaz	Imperial Russian Navy	The Trekh Sviatitelei-class ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Cronstadt. with the loss of 49 of her crew. [14]
Huntcliff	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Zerkshall". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool, Lancashire. [15]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Adeona	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near "Sescar Island" whilst bound for Saint Petersburg, Russia. [16] [17]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Charles Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Starcross, Devon. [4]
Mermaid	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Salt Key, Florida, United States. [18]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Chance	Jamaica	The brig was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. [19]
Napoleon	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Anegada, Virgin Islands, and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to New York, United States. [20]
Theodosius	United Kingdom	The ship sank on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London. [4]
Three Friends	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, to London. [4]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Hannah	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from New Ross, County Wexford, to Miramichi. [21]
Mary Macdonald	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Randers, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [15] She floated off on 16 October and was anchored off Randers. [16]
Thistle	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Portknockie, Morayshire. Her crew survived. [22]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Bell	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America. [21]
Ceres	Grand Duchy of Oldenburg	The ship was capsized and sank in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Oldenburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [23]
Invizca	United States	The ship departed from Málaga, Spain, for Boston, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [24]
Xantho	Guernsey	The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Twee Gebroeders (  Netherlands ). Xantho was on a voyage from Guernsey to South Shields, County Durham. [15]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Vrouw Antina	Netherlands	The ship sprang a leak and put in to Heligoland, where she was deemed beyond economical repair. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Amsterdam, North Holland. Vrouw Antina was beached on 18 October to salvage her cargo. [3]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Dawn	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the Lemon sand. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to London. [9] [15]
Luistania	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kinsale, County Cork. All on board were rescued. She was in a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Oporto, Portugal. [9]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Enige Broder	flag unknown	The ship departed from Copenhagen, Denmark, for Saint Petersburg, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [25]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Charles	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Burghead, Morayshire. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Whitehaven, Cumberland. [26]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was holed by an anchor and was consequently beached at South Shields, County Durham. [7]
Stad Rotterdam	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. [27]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Effort	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on "Dorgey Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Limerick. [28]
Emerald	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Pillau, Prussia, with the loss of a crew member. [29]
Themis	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. [30]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
James	United States	The ship departed from Málaga, Spain, for Boston, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [24]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Alfred	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Mary (  United Kingdom ). Alfred was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to London. [5] [12]
Catherine	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Catalan Bay, Gibraltar, with the loss of three of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire ro London. [16] [31]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Ajax	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, to Cork. [30]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Carl Ludwig	Grand Duchy of Finland	The ship ran aground on the Bear Rock, in the Baltic Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Öregrund, Sweden, where she was wrecked two days later. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Helsingfors to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [32]
Cleopatra	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. She was refloated on 23 October. [33]
Commerce	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on a reef at Youghal, County Cork. [28]
Nostra Señhora del Gracia	Spain	The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands. [20]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Neptunus	Denmark	The ship was wreckedon the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. [33]
Valiant	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Stag Rock, off Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America, to Hull, Yorkshire. [27]
Wakefield	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Brazil. [28]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Leonidas	Spain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William Pitt (  United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Portland, Maine, United States. [34] > [35]
Raven	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Armagh, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [26]
Vigilant	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on Lizard Point, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. [36]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Champion	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Hogland, Russia, at the end of October. [37] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [38] [39]
Diana	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at "Marshand". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Helsingfors, Grand Duchy of Finland. [40]
George Canning	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on North Cape, Prince Edward Islands, British North America. [21]
Red Rover	United Kingdom	The yacht was wrecked at Rio Real, Brazil, whilst on a voyage from an English port to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [41]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Columbus	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in Swansea Bay. [42] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Blyth, Northumberland. [29]
Junius	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Islay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Newfoundland, British North America. [43]
Lady Digby	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America, with the loss of 50 lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Lower Canada. [30] [44] [45]
Liberty	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. [42]
Wellington	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham, to London. [46]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Commerce	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Chatham, Kent. [47]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Devonshire	United Kingdom	The ship passed through the Skaggerak whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [48]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Neptune	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William and Mary (  United Kingdom ). [10]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Caroline	Hamburg	The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark, where she was burned by order of local officials. She was om a voyage from AAltona to Thisted. [49]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Minerva	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Pilkappen", 36 nautical miles (67 km) south of Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. [38]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Europe	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Karlskrona, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. [38]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831

Ship	Country	Description
Alexandrine	Spain	The ship was driven ashore near San Pedro del Pinatar. [28]
Echo	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. [36]
Louisa	France	The ship sank in the Loire. [43]
Lusitania	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore, County Waterford, where she broke up on 22 October. [50]
Manly	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Korčula, Kingdom of Dalmatia before 14 October. Her crew were rescued. [31]
Margaret	United States	The ship was driven ashore on Europa Point, Gibraltar, before 8 October. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [28]
Maria	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 15 October. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Sheerness. Kent. [2]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [51]
Three Friends	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand before 15 October. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, to London. [2]
Triumvirate	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. [30]
Try Me	British North America	The ship was wrecked on Burin, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. [52]

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