# List of shipwrecks in March 1823

The list of shipwrecks in March 1823 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during the month of March 1823.

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John | Colony of Jamaica | The schooner was captured by a privateer while on a voyage from Kingston, Colony of Jamaica, to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. She was set afire and sunk. |
| Mad Bull | Colony of Jamaica | The schooner was lost. |
| Simon Taylor | Colony of Jamaica | The sloop was lost. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, to London. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| David | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Galway for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Easton Bavents, Suffolk, with the loss of all but her captain. |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Penzance, Cornwall, for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Cardross, Argyllshire. Betsey was refloated in early April and taken in to dock for repairs. |
| Eliza | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew and a passenger were rescued. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cumberland. She had been refloated by 17 March and taken in to Ravenglass. |
| Headley | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Corton Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Hew crew were rescued. |
| Lady Arabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Killybegs, County Donegal, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Lady Arabella was refloated on 5 March. |
| Lady Kinnaird | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hollywood Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. She was refloated on 17 March and resumed her voyage. |
| Lighthouse Yacht | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked south of Ayr with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Greenock. |
| Margaret Bogle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Demerara Margaret Bogle was refloated in early April and docked for repair. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The sloop was lost on the Trinity Sand, in the River Humber with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. |
| St. Pierre | France | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off the mouth of the Garonne. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands, to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Port Glasgow. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Southwold, Suffolk. |
| Veracity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acadia | Trinidad | The ship was lost on Anegada, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Trinidad. |
| Albatross | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Isabella and Dorothy ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and sank with the loss of her captain. |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Irish Sea south of the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Limerick to the Clyde. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dunbar Sand. She was on a voyage from Bideford to Dartmouth, Devon. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ravenglass, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Dublin. Ellen was refloated on 17 March and taken in to Ravenglass. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship foundered on Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Dublin. |
| Four Johns | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire Four Johns was refloated on 20 March and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, for repairs. |
| Henrietta | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hippolyta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to London. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool. |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Hunter was refloated on 10 March and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, Fife, to London. |
| John & Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire. |
| Johns | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |
| Marcelia | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Holywood, County Down. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay and hogged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa Maria was refloated on 10 March and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Portsmouth | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated on 6 March. |
| Prince of Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Selkar", Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven. |
| Recovery | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Kettle Bottom Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. Recovery was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. |
| Sussex | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, with the loss of all hands. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. |
| Wilhelm | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antwerp. |
| Wilton | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "Laughill". She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off Ballintrae, County Antrim. Her crew and a passenger were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Guardian | United Kingdom | The collier was abandoned off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Ebenezer ( United Kingdom). |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Walney Island, Lancashire, with the loss of three crew. |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The collier was abandoned off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Ebenezer ( United Kingdom). |
| Liveley | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Norfolk | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, with the loss of one of her six crew. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Rufford | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Broad Fourteens. Her crew were rescued by Sociable ( United Kingdom). |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to London. Sisters was refloated in late April and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Two Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Alnmouth, Northumberland, to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Holyhead. |
| Young William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to London. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Félicité | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Grist | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Sidus | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon, to London. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Guardian | United Kingdom | The collier was abandoned in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Ebenezer ( United Kingdom). |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The collier was abandoned in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Ebenezer ( United Kingdom). |
| Liveley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen. Lively was refloated on 11 March. |
| Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. |
| Pallas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland, with the loss of her captain. |
| Three Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Faversham, Kent. Three Friends was later refloated and taken in to Harwich. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle Alliance | Guernsey | The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands, to Guernsey. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Jemima | United Kingdom | The ship was dismasted in the English Channel. She was towed in to Newhaven, Sussex, and beached. Mary Jemima was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset, to London. |
| Palermo | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off the Île de Ré, Morbihan on this date. She subsequently foundered. Palermo was on a voyage from the Charente to London. |
| Sybil | United States | The ship was wrecked at Saint-Michel, 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km) west of the Île de Batz, Finistère), France, with the loss of thirteen of her seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime, France, to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Tamer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to Newport, Monmouthshire. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Liverpool | Jamaica | The ship was lost south of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore near the Cow and Calf, Pembrokeshire, and wrecked. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Her crew survived. |
| Eliza Piggott | United States | The ship was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Madeira. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Dublin. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Bowmore, Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Killybegs, County Donegal, to Rothesay, Bute. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Etoile du Nord | France | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of the Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Hoop | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Marbella, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France, to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Julia | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Honduras. She was on a voyage from Antigua to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. |
| Regulus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Île Bourbon. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gazelle | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Richmond, Virginia. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Blyth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Oliver | United States | The ship was wrecked on "Cape Marys". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the coast of Sierra Leone. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Driver ( Royal Navy). |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Barnahard Point. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Mary was refloated on 18 March. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Heworth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. She was on a voyage from London to Algoa Bay. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. Eliza was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Aberdeen. She was refloated on 26 March and taken in to North Shields. |
| Mariner | New South Wales | The ship departed from New South Wales for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cornwall | United Kingdom | The ship became stuck on a bank off Cape Aden during a voyage from Mocha to England with a cargo of coffee. She sustained considerable damage but reached Bombay on 25 May for repairs. |
| Fortune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore east of Palermo Sicily. She was on a voyage from Palermo to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fortune was declared a total loss. |
| Juno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Penzance and Newlyn, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Penzance. Juno was later refloated. |
| La Gata | Pirates | The schooner was captured and sunk in the Caribbean Sea off the Isle of Pines, Cuba, by HMS Grecian ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 30 of her 100 crew. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlas | United States | The ship was wrecked near "Kijk Dam", Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Empress | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to New York City. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire, and consequently foundered with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Barbadoes and Trinidad. |
| Leviathan | United Kingdom | The ship departed from St. Domingo for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Sankt Carlo | Russia | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Malta. |
| Sky Lark | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Littlehampton. Sky Lark was later refloated and taken in to Littlehampton. |
| Strever | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Irish Sea off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire, with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Barbados. |
| Hero | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Cape May, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Newburne, Nova Scotia, British North America, to New York. |
| Warren | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abraham and Moses | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Frau Maria | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Elbing to Cuxhaven. |
| Ranger | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Diamond ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from New York to Pernambuco, Brazil. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abraham & Moses | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Bawdsey, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship struck the West Mouse Rock, in the Irish Sea off The Skerries, Anglesey and foundered with the loss of 134 of the 160 people on board. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Eleanor & Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Kidwelly. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Lagavulin, Isle of Islay. She was on a voyage from Coleraine, County Antrim, to Tobermory, Isle of Mull. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Bristol, Gloucestershire, for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Gruggy Rock, in the River Severn. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire, to Exeter, Devon. |
| Renown | Guernsey | The ship foundered off the Smalls Lighthouse. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Jersey, Channel Islands. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | United States | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Portland, Oregon, to "Martanza". |
| Weltberger | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Rappahannock River with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Almira | United States | The two-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 13 March. |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire, on or before 10 March. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland. Anne was refloated on 15 March. |
| Antelope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to the West Indies. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Marsala, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Corn Planter | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. |
| Diana | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship struck a rock and sank between "Gallon Island" and the "Malse". She was on a voyage from "Quillea" to Lima, Peru. |
| Eagle | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Fantaisie | France | The ship was wrecked at Île Bourbon. |
| Jane | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Havana, Cuba. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, on or before 5 March. |
| Marianne | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope. Marianne was refloated and put into Blackwall, Middlesex. |
| Narford Lake | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Sarah Ann | Bahamas | The schooner was wrecked on Green Key, Bahamas, in early March. She was on a voyage from a Cuban port to Nassau, Bahamas. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. |
| Upstalboom | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was wrecked at La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from Emden to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Upton | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 14 March. |