The ship ran aground 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Havana, Cuba whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana. She was boarded the next day by 22 sailors from USS John Adams (United States Navy), who were relieved on 6 June by eleven sailors from USS Hornet (United States Navy). James Mitchell was refloated on 7 June and taken in to Havana, where salvage of $35,000 was claimed by the Americans. As the ship's owners declined to pay, she was subsequently taken to Key West, Florida and beached. James Mitchell became a total wreck there.[4]
4 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
Cape Colony
The cutter was wrecked at Cape Agulhas. Her crew were rescued by Thames ( British East India Company). She was on a voyage from Table Bay to the Kowie River.[5]
The ship ran aground off Domesnes, Norway, where she was subsequently wrecked in early July. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russian Empire.[12]
The Cruizer-classbrig-sloop departed from a port in Sierra Leone and was never heard from again. Her entire crew of 121 was lost. Wreckage which washed ashore in November 1827 indicated that she had been struck by lightning.[22]