The Lively-classfrigate ran aground in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, Sussex. She was refloated the next day. HMS Undaunted was subsequently decommissioned.
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The sloop was in collision with John Deniston (United Kingdom) in the North Channel and sank. Her crew were rescued by John Densiton. Ann was on a voyage from Londonderry to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[1]
Mary and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Melmore Rocks. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[2]
Robert and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Dundalk Bay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Dundalk, County Louth.[3]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Commerce
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off Ballymacaw, County Cork. There were six crew on board. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, to Cork.[4][5]
The ship was in collision with Commerce (United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. Mary was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dingle, County Kerry.[8]
Onderneming
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France, to Hamburg.[5]
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Lambay Island, County Dublin, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia, United States or Havana, Cuba.[3]
The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Rush, County Dublin, United Kingdom.[5]
8 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penryn to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[12]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Jean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Eyemouth to the Firth of Forth.[9]
Maria
France
The ship was in collision with Patience (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off A Coruña, Spain and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Patience. Maria was on a voyage from Sète, Hérault to Dunkerque, Nord.[13]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Corsenside
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea off Kinsale, County Cork, by Columbia (United States). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Trieste.[14]
The ship departed from Stockton on Tees, County Durham, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[6]
Mary Dalgleish
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the Spanish coast. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Sebastián, Spain, to Puerto Rico.[15]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Swiftsure
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[16]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Caroline
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore at Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Antwerp.[4][14]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Emden, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.[9]
The ship was in collision with another vessel before 13 February and sank. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[19]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Fortuna
Hamburg
The ship was capsized by ice in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Hamburg.[9]
Lardmans
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Fort Augusta, Jamaica.[18]
15 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Aigle
France
The whaler was lost near the Cape of Good Hope with the loss of three of her crew.[20]
Fanny
France
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Martinique.[21]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Harwich, Essex.[22]
16 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Russel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, to Shoreham-by-Sea. Russell was refloated on 19 February.[9]
The Nelson-classship of the line was severely damaged by the explosion of Meteor (United Kingdom) and driven aground. She was refloated on 21 February after discharging all her 120 cannon.[26] HMS St Vincent was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
19 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Amy
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was opn a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to New York, United States.[10]
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Raz de Sein. Her crew were rescued by Renard (France). She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall, to Ancona, Papal States.[28]
The ship departed from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, for London. She subsequently foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, with the loss of all hands.[30]
21 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
James
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Islay, Inner Hebrides.[23]
22 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Columbia
flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[31]
St. Auben
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galway to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32]
Unity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Rye.[28]
The ship departed from Sligo for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]
Tyne
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Newton Rock. She floated off the next day but consequently foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. Tyne was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Leith, Lothian.[23]
27 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Merry Maid
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent. All on board were rescued by a Board of Customs cutter.[19]
Valentine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank in . She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, to Gloucester.[15][1]Valentine was refloated on 12 March and taken in to Milford Haven for repairs.[33]
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Leer.[1]
Jean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire.[25]
Newton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[1]
Providence
United Kingdom
The sloop struck the North Carr, in the Firth of Forth and sank. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Perth.[34]
Vesta
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Sligo for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[20]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1834
Ship
Country
Description
Argus
United States
The ship was in collision with Henry Brougham (United Kingdom) in the Mediterranean Sea off Marbella, Spain, and sank. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Málaga, Spain.[35]
British Hero
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Gothenburg, Sweden, on or before 20 February.[36]
Constant Trader
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Gothenburg on or before 20 February.[36]
Coriolanus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London. Coriolanus was refloated on 11 February and taken in to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.[37]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Hamburg.[38]
Frithioft
Denmark
The ship capsized in the North Sea off Rasvåg, Norway, on or before 8 February.[13]
The ship was driven ashore near "Eden". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime.[10]
Monitor
New South Wales
The cutter was wrecked at Newcastle, New South Wales.[40]
Rosina
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Lord Stanley and sank. Her crew were saved. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[41]
Stephanie
France
The ship was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[10]
Vine
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Galway for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]
The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the North Sea off Hamburg before 13 February. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France, to Amsterdam, North Holland.[23]
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