The ship was lost in the Colorados Archipelago, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Campeche, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Hector
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Isaacs with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to New Orleans, Louisiana.[2]
Perseverance
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Isaacs with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to New Orleans.[2]
The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Bengkulu, Sumatra before 29 May. All on board were rescued by an American schooner. She was on a voyage from Bengkulu to London.[3][4][5]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Terceira, Azores, Portugal for Liverpool, Lancashire. Reported to have subsequently capsized with the loss of all hands.[6]
The ship was lost near La Orotava, Tenerife, Spain. She was on a voyage from Tenerife to London.[1]
5 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
John
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of thirteen of the nineteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Columbine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[8][10]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[11]
7 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Peggy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wemyss, Fife with the loss of all four people on board. She was on a voyage from Wemyss to Leith, Lothian.[12]
Union
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Glenelg, Ross-shire. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.[13]
The ship was driven ashore at Allonby, Cumberland. She was refloated on 14 February and taken in to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[15]
Nautilus
United States
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea east of the Isla de Alborán, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Upton (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from New York to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[16]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Joseph
United States
The ship was wrecked on North Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Londonderry, United Kingdom.[17]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Andromeda
Portugal
The ship was wrecked near False Point, India. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from China to Bengal, India.[18]
Favorite
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to an African port.[11][19]
The ship ran aground "off the Embudo". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Columbine was refloated on 1 March and taken in to Ensenada, Buenos Aires.[22]
The ship was abandoned in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Diamond (United Kingdom). Mayflower was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Penzance, Cornwall.[23]
Po
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Dunbar Sand, off Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Hayle, Cornwall.[19]Po was refloated on 16 February and taken in to Padstow.[24]
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea between Corsica, France and Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Amsterdam, North Holland.[25]
17 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Nautilus
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Trinidad for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26]
18 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Favourite
United States
The ship was driven ashore east of Red Bank, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[27]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and was severely damaged.[23]
Swiftsure
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the Spanish Beach, Gibraltar.[7] She was refloated on 23 February and taken in to Gibraltar.[28]
Terwan
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at North Shields, County Durham.[23]
The ship was driven ashore at Cranfield Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Down.[23]
Swiftsure
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Spanish Beach, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[29]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Federal George
United States
The ship was wrecked off Scituate, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Boston, Massachusetts.[15]
Plantagenet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston.[30]
22 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The Cherokee-classbrig-sloop foundered in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius with the loss of all 75 crew and that of 110 recaptured slaves.[31][32][33]
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Tyrrhenian Sea. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Kingdom of Sardinia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[40]
27 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Barton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[41]
Marquis of Drogheda
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and capsized in . She was on a voyage from Terceira Island, Azores to Cork.[41]
Rialto
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[42]
The ship departed from Vlissingen, Zeeland for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[38]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Dart
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Salcombe, Devon for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28]
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in late February. Her crew were rescued by Carl Johan (Sweden). She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord.[29]
Draper
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States in late February. She was on a voyage from New York to Londonderry.[14]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New York in late February. She was on a voyage from New York to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[14]
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Restoration (United Kingdom). Hannah was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool.[44] She was towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall on 4 May.[45]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at West Quoddy, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[46]
References[]
^ ab"From Lloyd's Marine ListY - March 26". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16010. 29 March 1824.