# List of shipwrecks in 1821

The list of shipwrecks in 1821 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1821.
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was captured by pirates and destroyed off Belize. Some of her crew were murdered. |
| Atlantic | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Kingston, Jamaica and "St. Lucas". |
| Auguste | France | The ship was lost in the Bahama Channel. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Havana, Cuba. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean, Seven crew were rescued by Robert ( United Kingdom). Another report has Aurora foundering at 51°N 31°W﻿ / ﻿51°N 31°W﻿ / 51; -31 on her way from Glasgow, with Robert taking seven crew to Quebec. |
| Barnet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at sea with the loss of her captain. Thirteen survivors were rescued by Ann ( United States). She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Cervantes | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. |
| Cossack | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Balize. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Dexterity | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on a reef off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Earl Fauconberg | United Kingdom | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. |
| Felix | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Pará, Brazil. |
| Fortuna | Sweden | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Brazil to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Free Briton | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Pembroke ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Halifax Packet | United States | The ship was declared missing on 12 April. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to New York. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. |
| Isaac Todd | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Gaspee Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec, British North America. |
| Jacob and Benjamin | British North America | The ship was abandoned at sea whilst on a voyage from Barbados to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued by Thalia ( United Kingdom). |
| James Munroe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on St Nicholas Key. Her crew survived. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The whaler was reported lost off Greenland. |
| Janus | United States | The ship was declared missing on 12 April. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to New York. |
| Janus | Sweden | The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Rocque, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona to Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Simons, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Savannah, Georgia. |
| John | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. |
| Knapton | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Galway Bay before 3 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Larkin | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. |
| Lavinia | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British North America to the Turks Islands. |
| Leviathan | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. |
| London | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at sea before 8 May. Her crew were rescued by St. George ( United Kingdom). |
| Magdalena | Russia | The ship was lost at Archangelsk. |
| Martha | United States | The ship was lost in the Currituck Inlet. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to New London, Connecticut. |
| HM hired brig Mercury | Royal Navy | The 18-gun brig was struck by lightning, driven ashore and wrecked at Curaçao. Her crew survived. |
| Partridge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Madras, India. She was refloated and taken to Bombay where she was beached and subsequently wrecked before 30 March. Partridge was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London. |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Corsica. she was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Genoa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Posthumous | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Saynce Island". Her crew survived. |
| Rapid | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked in the Cat's Key, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg. |
| Rebecca | United States | The ship was declared missing on 12 April. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York. |
| Suffolk | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City. |
| Susanna | United States | The brig was dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (31°N 55°W﻿ / ﻿31°N 55°W﻿ / 31; -55). |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Trinidad, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. |
| Symmetry | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. |
| Thornton | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost off Greenland. |
| Three Sisters | United States | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Alagoas, Brazil. |
| Virgine della Solitudine | Portugal | The ship was lost at Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Lisbon. |
| Wadstray | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Black Bay, Labrador, British North America. |