The ship was lost on the Little Bahama Bank. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to New York.[4]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina and was abandoned by her passengers and crew. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked in Santa Rosa Bay. Margaret was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[7]
Phœnix
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Pilia (Sweden) in the English Channel and foundered. One crew member was thrown on board Pilia and survived. Phœnix was on a voyage from London to Carthagena, Spain.[8]
4 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[9]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
John
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Sunderland, County Durham.[10]
The ship was wrecked on La Folle Rock, off Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haitit of Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime.[11]
Jessie and Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[8]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on , Outer Hebrides. All on board were rescued. she was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Bacchus
United Kingdom
The ship sank in The Swin, off the coast of Essex.[13]
New Century
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Campeche, Mexico.[14]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Emma
Stettin
The ship struck a rock off "Rubeknadt", capsized and sank. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[15]
The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[16] She later floated off and was beached at Mundesley, Norfolk.[13]
Thomas & Judith
United Kingdom
The smack struck the Golden Rock, in the River Suir and sank. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[13]
The ship capsized off Copenhagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liebau, Prussia to Rochester, Kent.[8]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Lily
United Kingdom
The ship was beached at Copenhagen. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Liebau, Prussia.[17]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship, which had previously run aground on the English Bank, in the South Atlantic off Montevideo, Brazil, was wrecked on this date.[18]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the "Niddigen Lighthouse". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Coleraine, County Antrim.[19]
Post Captain
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Hampstead, New York. She was on a voyage from New York City to Bilboa, Spain.[15]Post Captain had been refloated by 17 June.[20]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Duke of Richmond
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the Irish Sea off Tarr Point, County Antrim and was beached. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.[21]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Cork for Liverpool. She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock.[12]
Europa
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.[22]
Porcupine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames near Greenwich, Kent and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. Porcupine was later refloated.[23]
The brig was wrecked at "Anegada de Feura". Her crew survived.[26]
Robert & Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She refloated but consequently sank off the Spaniard Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to London[23]Robert & Mary was later refloated. She was taken in to Whitstable, Kent on 30 June.[27]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Glasgow
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for North Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[28]
19 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Alfred
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk on the Platter Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal.[8]Alfred was refloated on 14 July and taken in to Harwich.[29]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[30]
21 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Delight
Jamaica
The sloop was wrecked on a reef in the Black River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Savannah-la-Mar.[3]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Morning Star
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Bengal River.[31][32]
The ship was driven ashore at Mazzara, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Gibraltar. Hope was refloated on 2 July and resumed her voyage.[33]
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her crew. Chilton(United Kingdom).[34]
Argus
Spain
The schooner was captured by (Gran Colombian Navy) in early June. She was ordered in to Porto Caballo but was subsequently wrecked on Grand Bahama. Argus was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Havana, Cuba.[35]
Dobson
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 May.[36]
Dolphin
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Buffalo Point, India in early June.[37]
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Dublin. Scotia was subsequently discovered at sea and taken in to Tenerife, Canary Islands in a waterlogged condition. She arrived on 24 December.[25][41]
References[]
^"Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 16709. 9 July 1824.