# List of shipwrecks in March 1824

The list of shipwrecks in March 1824 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1824.

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Blackburn and Sea Bank. She was on a voyage from Stranraer, Wigtownshire to Ayr. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Memel, Prussia. |
| Tamar | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Waterford for Liverpool, Lancashire. She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands on or before 6 March. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London. |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The sloop 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 Hull, Yorkshire to London. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Trimingham, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston to London. |
| Azores | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Trinidad, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Charles | Netherlands | The ship was driven onto the Millhouse Rocks, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by all bar her captain and mate. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool. Lancashire, United Kingdom. Charles was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Thames ( United Kingdom). |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore crewless and wrecked near Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to London. |
| Thomas and Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex during a squall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex to Rye, Sussex. |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to Norwich, Norfolk. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Mundesley, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London. |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Harriet ( United Kingdom) in The Downs. She was then driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsdown, Kent with the loss of three of her crew. Alice was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
| Angelica | France | The ship was driven ashore at Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée. She was on a voyage from Ceará, Brazil to Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Mundesley. She was on a voyage from Boston to London. |
| Ariel | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Mullenhead", County Londonderry with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Barbara | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Perth to London. |
| Beaver | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Warwick, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Providence, Rhode Island. |
| Clingland | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to York. |
| Colville | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by John ( United Kingdom). Colville was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London. She was subsequently taken in to Margate, Kent. |
| Delight | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Dependent | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Diligent | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Aberavon, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from São Miguel, Azores, Portugal to London. |
| HMS Dwarf | United Kingdom | The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin with the loss of a crew member. |
| Eolus | United States | The ship was wrecked on Eleuthera. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère, France to Mobile, Alabama. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Plymouth, Devon. George was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. |
| Goodintent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Sheerness, Kent. She was later refloated. |
| Hoffnung | Danzig | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to Danzig. |
| James and Ann | United Kingdom | The Humber Keel was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Hull. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Northern Burrows Sandbank, in the Bristol Channel off Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked off Howth, County Dublin. Her crew survived. |
| Johns | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to South Shields. |
| Magdalene | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais. |
| Malvina | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Cardigan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Chepstow, Monmouthshire. |
| Rufus King | United States | The ship struck the Dove Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was taken in to Hoylake, Lancashire, United Kingdom nin a severely damaged condition. Rufus King was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Porthman", Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ravenglass, Cumberland. |
| John Dunn | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Greenock. |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Portsmouth | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom). |
| Redbourn | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Calabria, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo to Licata, Sicily and Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jonge Josephina | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Walcheren, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Stanmer ( United Kingdom). Susannah was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire by a pilot boat. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Carnarvon Bay with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Downpatrick, County Down. |
| Experiment | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. |
| Jonge Josepha | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked off Walcheren, Zeeland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Antwerp. |
| Sector | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anegado. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adamant | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged on the Black Middings, in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to North shields. Adamant was refloated on 14 March and taken in to the Tyne for repairs. |
| Diligent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Aberavon Sands, in Swansea Bay. All nine people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from São Miguel, Azores, Portugal to London. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cayo Blanco, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Harrington, Cumberland. She was subsequently refloated. |
| Carl Johan | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Gävle. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Workington. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off Dunbar, Lothian and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Dunbar. Eleanor was refloated on 12 March and taken in to Dunbar. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Workington. She was on a voyage from Workington to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Leopold | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Workingdon. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St. Just, Cornwall. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Whitburn, County Durham. |
| Naiad | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Cabezas Rocks, off Tarifa, Spain and was consequently beached at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to London. She was refloated later that day and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rebecca | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Ocracoke, North Carolina to Barbadoes. Her stern came ashore in Hungary Bay, Barbadoes in late April. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tay | United Kingdom | The ship was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. A skeleton crew from Lavinia was placed aboard her and she was taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| William Cossar | New South Wales | The schooner capsized off Fort Macquarie with the loss of three lives. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reine Blanche | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pleiades | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Embudo and was consequently beached on the coast of Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires. Pleiades was refloated and taken in to Ensenada, Buenos Aires. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James Walters | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on The Skerries with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. |
| Liberality | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte ( United Kingdom). Liberality was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Salvage was abandoned in late March. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Independence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| London | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Casquets, off Alderney, Channel Islands with the loss of all but two of her crew, who were rescued by a French fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bertha | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau to an English port. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisa | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cadmus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Memel, Prussia. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Teignmouth, Devon. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Memel, Prussia. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emanuel | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. |
| Trois Sœurs | France | The galiot was wrecked at Saint-Jean-d'Acre, Ottoman Empire. |
| Vrow Gesina | Lübeck | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jupiter | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Dungeness, Kent and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Teignmouth, Devon. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Petronell | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from "Dram" to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Wilhelmina | United States | The ship, which had collided with a whaler on 8 March, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Eyder (flag unknown). |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. |
| Speedwell | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Terceira, Azores, Portugal. Her crew survived. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk at Falmouth, Cornwall, England, by HMS Grasshopper ( Royal Navy) with the loss of a crew member. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Terceira. Her crew survived. |
| Lord Wellington | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Terceira with the loss of a crew member. |
| Probity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Terceira. Her crew survived. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fly | United Kingdom | The sloop was run down and sunk in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Nautilus ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The brig struck a rock in Galway Bay and foundered. Her crew survived. |
| Orion | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Memel. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1824 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amity | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Poole, Dorset for Labrador, British North America in late March. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the coast of Calabria, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Messina, Sicily. |
| Gute Mutter | flag unknown | The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry. United Kingdom. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Faial, Azores between 26 and 31 March. |
| Lillie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Faial between 26 and 31 March. |
| Matchless | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Candia, Crete to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Oliva | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Calabria and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and taken in to Malta by Principe Christiano Augusto ( Kingdom of Sardinia). |
| Plata | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate. |
| Probity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Faial between 26 and 31 March. |
| Sea Lion | United States | The schooner was lost at Tenerife, Spain. |
| Ulysses | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Calabria, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
| Unanimous | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on The Swin. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London. |