The ship was wrecked on Jersey, Channel Islands. All fourteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[2]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the mouth of the River Don with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth.[1]
Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bervie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[1]
Stirling Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Campvere, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[3]
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
3 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Ann and Sarah
United Kingdom
The snow ran aground and was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham.[6][7]
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cuxhaven, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was later refloated.[8][9]
Murray
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[6]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Constance
flag unknown
The ship was wrecked off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg and Bremen. Her crew were rescued.[10]
The ship was wrecked at Madras. She was on a voyage from London to Penang, China.[15]
Malabar
United Kingdom
The ship was driven out to sea from Madras, presumed subsequently foundered.[11][12]
Mary and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[9]
The ship 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 London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[9]
Ceres
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands.[18]
The Brig of War ran aground at . She was attacked by a Brazilian Navy squadron the next day and destroyed by fire with the loss of about 30 of her crew.[19]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calcutta, India.[20]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[9]
The ship was driven ashore on "Meyer's Leegte". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bremen.[10]
Trial
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Rye, Sussex with the loss of all hands.[21][9]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Ythan with the loss of all four of her crew.[22]
Belfast
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[23]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[21]
Neptune
Guernsey
The ship was wrecked near Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from "Gasper" to Guernsey.[21]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[21]
11 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Dichos
Spain
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]
Elfreda
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]
The ship was damaged in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were taken off on 22 December by Atalanta (Netherlands). She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Teignmouth, Devon[31]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Lancaster, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Lancaster.[32]
14 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Æolus
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[8]
Avis
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Hollesley Bay, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Plymouth, Devon. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[27]
Lark
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Dartmouth.[27]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Dundee, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to the Clyde.[4]
Rover
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hastings, Sussex with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Folkestone, Kent to Exeter, Devon.[4]
Thetis
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Brighton, Sussex.[8]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered off the Isle of Islay with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[33]
Science
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[34]
The sloop was driven ashore at Ardglass, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland[32]
Vine
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk by Brothers (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[10]
William
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Heysham, Lancashire. Her five crew survives. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10][36]
18 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Morant Keys. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[37]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She floated off on 8 January 1828 and was taken in to Brightlingsea, Essex.[38]
Atlantic Slave Trade: The privateer, a hermaphrodite brig, was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef, in the Atlantic Ocean off Key Largo, Florida, United States whilst trying to avoid capture by HMS Nimble (Royal Navy). A total of 41 of the 561 slaves on board were lost. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to an African port.
The steamship ran aground at Wexford. All on board were rescued.[45] She had been refloated by 11 January 1828 and taken in to Wexford Harbour.[46]
25 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Ann Brunette
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45]
The brig was wrecked on Bimini, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.[47]
30 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Countess of Liverpool
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montevideo, Uruguay.[45][39]
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of New York, United States. She subsequently foundered, Bekfast was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York City.[48]
The ship was driven ashore near Ardglass, County Antrim before 17 December. She was subsequently wrecked. Gowrie was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10]
Imperial
flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France before 17 December.[10]
The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all hands.[10]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[27]
Wilhelmina
Hamburg
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean, She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to New York, United States.[51]
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