# List of shipwrecks in March 1830

The list of shipwrecks in March 1830 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1830.

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prosperity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Wexford. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Pacific Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) south of Fremantle, Swan River Colony. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Fremantle and Bombay, India. |
| Frau Catharina | Duchy of Holstein | The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and sank off the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Tönning. |
| Hiram | British North America | The ship was lost on the Nantucket Shoals. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Kate | 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 South Shields, County Durham to London. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| L'Aigle or Eagle | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked at Tongatapu, Tonga Islands. Her crew were rescued, and carried to Sydney by Tranmere |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Skull Martin Rock, in the Irish Sea off Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Louisa Sophia | Netherlands | The ship struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea off Scheveningen, South Holland. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Huskisson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | Netherlands | The ship capsized at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Maid of Morven | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer capsized and sank at Oban, Argyllshire. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Bulls. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Workington, Cumberland. |
| HMS Wolf | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war was driven ashore and severely damaged near Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henrick | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Manoel Luez Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maranhão to Bahia, Brazil. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Matamoros. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caldicott Castle | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Steep Holm. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the River Thames with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to London. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortuna | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Witsand. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Frolic | United Kingdom | The schooner-rigged paddle steamer foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of about 80 lives. She was on a voyage from Tenby, Pembrokeshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Leefde | Netherlands | The ship sank in the North Holland Canal. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to London, United Kingdom. |
| Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Bamburgh, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. |
| Return | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shorstone Scars. She was on a voyage from London to Leith. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | British North America | The ship departed from St. John's, Newfoundland for Halifax, Nova Scotia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christian | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore in the Maas. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allan | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Point le Praulx", British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| George Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Meridian | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barrington, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool, Nova Scotia. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tructeaux | France | The ship was wrecked near "Plencin". She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Brest, Finistère. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arkwright | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Widewall Bay. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| San Jacoba de Galicia | Spain | The ship was wrecked at Punta Maternillos, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to A Coruña. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amiable Louise | France | The brig was wrecked near Ceuta, Spain before 21 March. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to A Coruña, Spain. |
| Anna Sophia | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Pagen Sand before 24 March. She was on a voyage from Curaçao to Hamburg. |
| Prince Metternich | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked near Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Dardanelles before 10 March, She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Speculator | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked in the Five Islands. |