# List of shipwrecks in December 1831

The list of shipwrecks in December 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1831.

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Paul's Island, Labrador, British North America with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to London. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands, where she broke up on 8 December. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Feister von Segultz | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Danzig, Prussia. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| William and Ann | British North America | The ship was wrecked on Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Newfoundland. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Patchogue, New York with the loss of four of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Balize, British Honduras to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at La Baye, Grenada. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada. |
| Benjamin Milliken | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Thetis | Grenada | The ship was run down and sunk by Jeune Volsey (flag unknown) with the loss of ten lives. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Grenada. |
| Vulcan | Sweden | The ship was wrecked at Tacumshane, County Waterford, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William Pugh | United Kingdom | The Mersey flat foundered on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Tar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cocagne, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlas | United States | The brig was wrecked in Chesil Cove with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean and was consequently abandoned on 12 December. Her crew were rescued by Juno ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Margaretta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London. |
| Oby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated on 19 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St. Laurent | France | The ship was driven ashore near Littlehampton, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Charente to London, United Kingdom. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United States | The brig was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Nanna ( United Kingdom). America was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Newburyport, Massachusetts. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 15 leagues (45 nautical miles (83 km) north east of Bahia, Brazil with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Havana, Cuba. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Scoughall Rocks, in the Firth of Forth off Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United States | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henlopen, Delaware with the loss of one of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Villanova" with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Villanova. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Fishguard Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal, County Cork. |
| Lady Hamilton | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked in the Aldabra Islands. Her crew were rescued. |
| Phaeton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Hull. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| David Ricardo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Fort St. Mari, Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |
| Fabius | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to New York, United States. |
| John Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crookhaven, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Cork. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Careen Point, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Schouwen, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°16′N 8°00′W﻿ / ﻿50.267°N 8.000°W﻿ / 50.267; -8.000). Her crew were rescued by Agnes ( Bremen). Standard was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Saint John's, Newfoundland for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Nanna | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by all on board with the loss of one crew member from Nanna. Survivors were rescued the next day by Nimrod ( United Kingdom). |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fort William | United Kingdom | The ship was dismasted off Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed in to Halifax. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Lee and sank. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Esther | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Portland, Dorset for São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was o a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Brixham, Devon. |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Crinan, Argyllshire. |
| Margaret | Demerara | The schooner capsized off the mouth of the Orinoco River with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Demerara. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundrum Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wick, Caithness. |
| Lisette | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock in the North Sea off North Foreland, Kent and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Danzig, Prussia. |
| Russell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Pembroke and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Pembroke to New York, United States. |
| Salus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Dunoon, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Roslegh Point" with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to New Ross, County Wexford. |
| Cyclops | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She arrived off Dunbeg, County Clare on 21 December and the survivors were rescued. Cyclops was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Dublin. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Dunbaron". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to Hull. |
| William Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, captained by James Duncan of Dublin. Crew and passengers were saved. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mullaghmore, County Sligo. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |
| Miles Standish | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Jamaica. |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore crewless and wrecked at Clovelly, Devon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aricic | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship foundered off Cape Delmele. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Algeciras, Spain to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Three Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Perseverance and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham to London. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Duggan Rock, in the Atlantic Ocean off Ballinskelligs, County Kerry. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edward Walker | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore above Digby Gut with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Falmouth, Cornwall. Two survivors were rescued by Success ( United Kingdom). |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Junge Jurgon | Hamburg | The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| La Bonne Julia | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bannow, County Wexford, United Kingdom with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Nord. |
| William Smith | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Alicante, Spain. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gestrickland | Sweden | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Blasket Islands, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Agnes ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Gefle to Gibraltar |
| Royal Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on The Skerries, County Antrim with the loss of all six of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Londonderry. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Skerries with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Londonderry. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The mail boat was lost in the Digby Gut. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Digby, Nova Scotia, British North America. All aboard were lost. |
| Kallyline or Molly | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Connemara, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Galway. |
| Pacific | United States | The ship was lost with all hands whilst on a voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Volante | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Johns to Jamaica. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adrian | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Lagos, Greece before 10 December whilst bound for Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Black Water Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rossbeigh, County Kerry with the loss of all eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to New Ross, County Wexford. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Delaware, United States before 17 December. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Ann Comer | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Hanö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Arrow | His Majesty's Coastguard | The watch vessel, a brig, was driven ashore and wrecked near Newhaven, Sussex. |
| Bellerophon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Green Point, Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The ship foundered on or after 2 December. She was on a voyage from Miramichi to London. |
| Cleopatra | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Van Diemen's Land. |
| Concordia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Öland, Sweden. |
| Congress | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Belle Île, Finistère, France with the loss of 60 lives. There were at least eighteen survivors. |
| Duke of Wellington | Jersey | The ship was abandoned off Cape San Antonio, Spain before 30 December. |
| Experiment | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 31 December. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from São Miguel, Azores, Portugal to London. |
| Glentanner | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Loch Madden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Limerick. |
| Hannah and Tomb | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Quebec City bound for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Düne, Heligoland in late December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool. |
| Henry | France | The ship was lost near Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Jones | France | The ship was wrecked near Christiana, Norway. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Saint Petersburgh, Russia. |
| Lord Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Point Aux Caux", Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Pacific | United States | The ship was lost with all hands in late December. She was on a voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Rosean | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Point Sepeau", Nova Scotia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to London. |
| Teutonia | Rostock | The ship was wrecked at "Nidinger" before 12 December. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Vigilant | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Volante | British North America | The ship was wrecked in the Gut of Canso near Sandy Cove, Newfoundland in late December with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Jamaica. |
| Young Samuel | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Bulls. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Jersey, Channel Islands. |