The sloop sprang a leak in the Moray Firth. She was beached in the early hours of 2 January near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, where she was subsequently wrecked. All fourteen people on board were rescued by rocket apparatus.[2][3]
3 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Alexander
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Robin Rigg in the Irish Sea and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dumfries.[4]
4 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Countess of Mansfield
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Annan, Dumfriesshire.[2]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Llandudno Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amlwch, Anglesey.[2]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Essex
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Astrea (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[2][5]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Horn Island. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama, United States.[6]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Ossian
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by fire at North Shields, County Durham.[4]
Speedy
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven on to rocks at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. Her two crew survived. The vessel refloated the next day and drifted out to sea.[7]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Marshal Blücher
Prussia
The ship was wrecked at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands.[8]
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Bulls. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Newry, County Antrim.[9]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Courier
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in . She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
The Cruizer-classbrig-sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Wales, during a gale. Her 121 crew were rescued.[13][14][15] The steamerHarlequin (United Kingdom) pulled her off the rocks on 12 February, but the Royal Navy deemed her not worth repairing[16] and sold her into mercantile service on 22 February.[17]
The ship was wrecked on , Morayshire with the loss of all hands.[12]
Aid
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Dick Sand, in the North Sea off Cuxhaven. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hamburg.[18]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven on to the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Kingdom of Sardinia to Liverpool. Brothers was later refloated and taken in to Hoylake, Lancashire.[10][13][19]
The ship was driven ashore at Callantsoog, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to London, United Kingdom.[12][18]
John and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Leonora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Troon, Ayrshire. Her twenty crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[10]
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool.[22]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool.[13]
Oylestrope
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Rock Ferry, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Savannah to Liverpool.[13]
Panthea
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool[10][13][21]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[19]
Rivals
United Kingdom
The ship was driven on to the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham and sank. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Aberdeen.[11]
The brig was driven ashore near Nairn. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Netherlands Navy
Java War: The 74-gun ship-of-the-line was driven ashore and wrecked at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Of the 1,300 people on board, there were 22 survivors.[23]
Westbury
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from St. Andrew, New BrunswickBritish North America to Liverpool.[22]
15 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Baron Ardrossan
United Kingdom
The Collier was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland.[24]
The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable. She was on a voyage from Berbice to London.[20][21]
Glory
New South Wales
The brig was wrecked on Pitt Island, in New Zealand's Chatham Islands, driven on shore as a result of an anchor dragging and then beached and wrecked by the heavy swell. Her crew were rescued.[25][26][27]
Jane and Mary
United Kingdom
The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven. All on board were rescued.[24]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[18]
Mandarin
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Huisduinen, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Amsterdam, North Holland.[18]
20 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Dart
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[12]
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Perseverance (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[29]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Jonge Frau Maria
Denmark
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Før.[30]
Mary and Elizabeth
Grenada
The ship was wrecked in St George's Bay, Trinidad.[31]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Kiel to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[32]
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland before 19 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to St. John's, Newfoundland[9]
Florida
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between "Port de Grave" and Verdun, Meuse, France in mid-January.[34]
Goole
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the East Barrowes Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[35]
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