# List of shipwrecks in December 1827

The list of shipwrecks in December 1827 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1827.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Forvie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of at least four lives. She was on a voyage from London to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Jersey, Channel Islands. All fourteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the mouth of the River Don with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bervie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Stirling Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Campvere, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Ville D'Auray | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Ajon". She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann and Sarah | United Kingdom | The snow ran aground and was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Lottery | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cuxhaven, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was later refloated. |
| Murray | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Constance | flag unknown | The ship was wrecked off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg and Bremen. Her crew were rescued. |
| David Malcolm | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras, India. |
| Felicitas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras. |
| Gunjava | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras. She was on a voyage from London to Penang, China. |
| Malabar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea from Madras, presumed subsequently foundered. |
| Mary and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Security | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras. She was on a voyage from London to Penang. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Pagham, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London. |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madras. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caspian | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands. |
| ARA Congress | Argentine Navy | The Brig of War ran aground at Point Lara Ensidnada. She was attacked by a Brazilian Navy squadron the next day and destroyed by fire with the loss of about 30 of her crew. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calcutta, India. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Limerick | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Portland, Dorset. |
| Luise | United States | The ship was driven ashore on "Meyer's Leegte". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bremen. |
| Trial | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Rye, Sussex with the loss of all hands. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Ythan with the loss of all four of her crew. |
| Belfast | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. |
| Neptune | Guernsey | The ship was wrecked near Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from "Gasper" to Guernsey. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dichos | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December. |
| Elfreda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December. |
| Footroendet | flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to the Clyde. |
| Golden Grove | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December. |
| Tryphina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
| Vizentia | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gawrie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Belfast. |
| General Bolivar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Zante, Greece to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Louisa | United States | The ship was driven ashore at "Meyers Legete". She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Hamburg. |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in The Wash off Boston, Lincolnshire by William and Mary ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Drumroof, Dumfriesshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were taken off on 22 December by Atalanta ( Netherlands). She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Teignmouth, Devon |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Lancaster, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Lancaster. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Æolus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Avis | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Hollesley Bay, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Plymouth, Devon. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Dartmouth. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Dundee, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to the Clyde. |
| Rover | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hastings, Sussex with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Folkestone, Kent to Exeter, Devon. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Brighton, Sussex. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered off the Isle of Islay with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London. |
| Science | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reward | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Jamaica. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gourie | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Ardglass, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk by Brothers ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. |
| William | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Heysham, Lancashire. Her five crew survives. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Morant Keys. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She floated off on 8 January 1828 and was taken in to Brightlingsea, Essex. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Ballina, County Mayo. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Whitsand Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk by Brothers ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Guerrero | Spain | Atlantic Slave Trade: The privateer, a hermaphrodite brig, was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef, in the Atlantic Ocean off Key Largo, Florida, United States whilst trying to avoid capture by HMS Nimble ( Royal Navy). A total of 41 of the 561 slaves on board were lost. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to an African port. |
| HMS Nimble | Royal Navy | The schooner ran aground on the Carysfort reef whilst trying to capture Guerrero (ship) ( Spain). She was refloated, repaired and returned to service. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship sank on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was sunk by ice at Reval, Russia. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Myrtle | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in Labesheda Bay in a squall. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jasper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore crewless at Bispham, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Kirkcudbright to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Marchioness Wellesley | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Wexford. All on board were rescued. She had been refloated by 11 January 1828 and taken in to Wexford Harbour. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Brunette | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Cherub | British North America | The brig was wrecked on Bimini, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess of Liverpool | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montevideo, Uruguay. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Rigg, Cumberland. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Belfast | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of New York, United States. She subsequently foundered, Bekfast was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York City. |
| Drey Gebruder | Bremen | The ship foundered off Baltrum, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen. |
| Gowrie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ardglass, County Antrim before 17 December. She was subsequently wrecked. Gowrie was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Imperial | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France before 17 December. |
| La Seine | France | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 10 December. |
| Marquis Wellesley | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Wexford before 25 December. |
| Utility | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all hands. |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Wilhelmina | Hamburg | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean, She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to New York, United States. |