# List of shipwrecks in March 1821

The list of shipwrecks in March 1821 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during March 1821.

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Applecross | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the Point Lynas Lighthouse, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick. |
| Jean | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Greenland. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Congress | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Crow-Head Rocks, off Castlehaven, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Sligo. |
| Mary & Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife, where she broke up on 4 March. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria | United States | The schooner struck a rock and foundered off Tiree, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from New York to Christiansand, Norway. |
| Paulina | Portugal | The ship struck a rock and sank in the Tagus. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Porthleven, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. |
| Three Brothers | United States | The ship capsized off Bermuda with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by Lapwing ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Indian Island, Washington to Berbice. |
| Williams | United Kingdom | The ship ran ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London. Williams was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Florestine | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Trinity to Port Royal, Jamaica. |
| Fortuna | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Arendahl to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche, France |
| Fortuna | Spain | The felucca foundered off Cape Trafalgar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Gibraltar. Barratry was suspected. |
| Lustre | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Fortuna | Spain | The felucca foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Gibraltar. Her captain was later arrested for barratry |
| Palladium | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland Bridge, County Durham. |
| Whitby | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hero | United States | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Chatham, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Point of Carnes, County Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Dublin. |
| Young Halliday | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to the Clyde. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fowey, Cornwall. |
| Blanch | United States | The ship was wrecked at New Orleans, Louisiana. All on board were rescued. |
| Higson | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sandbank off Mizen Head, County Wicklow and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Venus | United States | The schooner was wrecked in the New Shetland Islands. |
| Young Halliday | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arthur le Juvenale | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Langton Matravers, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from St. Domingo to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Chilow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burry Port, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Clulow | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Hillbro' Hill". |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Cape Florida, United States. Five of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Gibraltar. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Patriot | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the Double-Headed Shot Key. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vittoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cerberus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Blaauwberg, Cape Colony, where she was wrecked on 22 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Ceylon and London. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked near Belhelvie, Aberdeen, with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to the Davis Strait. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crawford | United Kingdom | The ship was last sighted off Saint Kitts bound for the Orinoco. Presumed sucsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Eline | France | The ship was driven ashore at Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Rotterdam, South Holland. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Decatur | United States | The ship foundered after striking the Turn. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Jean François | France | The ship struck an anchor and sank at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Sligo. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Workington. Amity was later refloated. |
| Anna Sophia | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stockholm. |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was later refloated. |
| Cossack | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port. Cossack was later refloated. |
| Dorothea Louisa | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Bremen. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Workington. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Louth, Lincolnshire to London. |
| Hope | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was later refloated. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was refloated on 5 April. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Dunluce Castle, County Antrim with the loss of all hands. |
| Princess of Wales | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Crozet Islands. |
| Speculation | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ballina, County Mayo. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dorset | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Workington, Cumberland. |
| William & Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Black Point, near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Gibraltar and Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Symmetry | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Workington, Cumberland. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Essex Junior | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Madeira, Portugal. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Geerdina | Netherlands | The ship foundered off Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Bergen, Norway. |
| Liverpool | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Ardgowan House, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Maggy Lauder | Jamaica | The ship was driven ashore at Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. She was declared a total loss. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wilhelm Gustav | Denmark | The ship was lost near Lonstrup. Her crew were rescued. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nancy | Malta | The brig was driven ashore at Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands and a pilot. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argonaut | United States | The ship was driven ashore on "Gerish's Island". She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. |
| Familien Lucken | Norway | The ship was wrecked on Stromsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Garland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Spanish Battery Rocks, North Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on the Spanish Battery Rocks. She was later refloated. |
| John Bulkeley | United States | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the Spanish Battery Rocks. She was later refloated and taken in to North Shields. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stepper Point, Cornwall with the loss of all on board. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of a crew member. |
| John Bulkeley | United States | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Gibraltar. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Bainbridge | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Crooked Island, Bahamas and then foundered. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1821 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak at Fowey, Cornwall and was beached. |
| Diogene | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Tunis to Genoa. |
| Felicity | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Campbeltown, Argyllshire with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dublin. |
| Higson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Arranmore, County Donegal before 23 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Leal | Portugal | The schooner was captured and sunk off Cape St. Vincent by an insurgent privateer. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. |
| Navigateur | France | The ship was wrecked on Chandelie Island, near the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Rouen and Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was seen stripped and abandoned at St Mary's (37°03′S 73°31′W﻿ / ﻿37.050°S 73.517°W﻿ / -37.050; -73.517). |
| Santa Rosa | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Egg Island, Georgia, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Havana, Cuba. |
| William & Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Liverpool. |