# List of shipwrecks in January 1831

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

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balclutha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Terranova, Sicily. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frances | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Abergele, Caernarfonshire with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mercury | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Gourock Bay and was wrecked. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth & Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Zante, Greece to London |
| Nostra Señora de Montserrat | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Málaga. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaretta | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Harbour Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Havana, Cuba. |
| Virginie | France | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Jersey. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Loch Indaal. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Dumfries. |
| Vulcan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Jersey, Channel Islands. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Elizabeth | Sweden | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London, United Kingdom. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Codrington | Barbuda | The ship was wrecked at Barbuda. |
| Nova | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on Terceira, Azores. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Lisbon. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Malvina | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Isabella ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk and was consequently beached there. Her crew were rescued by Isabella. Malvina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lucretia | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz, Spain. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Balbriggan, County Dublin. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship driven ashore and subsequently sank at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Port of Spain | United Kingdom | The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concordia | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent., United Kingdom Her thirteen crew were rescued by Deal boatmen. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Bergen, Norway. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abigail | United States | The sloop foundered at Leeds Point, New Jersey. |
| Merino | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bons Amis | France | The ship was wrecked off Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Her crew were rescued. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The brig struck the Barnard Sand and foundered in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Buenos Aires, Argentina. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barbadoes Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Campbeltown, Argyllshire. |
| Jane and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Holmpton, Yorkshire. |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and Damaged at Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hull. Jenny was refloated in late February and taken in to Hull. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Neptunus | Sweden | The ship struck a rock off Fleckeroë, Norway and foundered with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes. Spain to Gothenburg. |
| York | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ingoldmells. She was on a voyage from London to York. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andrew Forbes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ballyshannon, County Donegal to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Ceres | United States | The ship was lost before 8 January with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Grenada. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Balbaggan, County Dublin with the loss of all hands. |
| Opossum | New South Wales | The schooner may have been wrecked on Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land. |
| Peter & Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire in late January. |
| St. Rosalie | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to London. |