The ship was wrecked near the Point Lynas Lighthouse, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick.[1]
Jean
United Kingdom
The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Greenland.[2]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[1]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Congress
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Crow-Head Rocks, off Castlehaven, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Sligo.[4]
Mary & Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife, where she broke up on 4 March. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[5]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Maria
United States
The schooner struck a rock and foundered off Tiree, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from New York to Christiansand, Norway.[6]
Paulina
Portugal
The ship struck a rock and sank in the Tagus. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[7]
Peggy
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Porthleven, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[1]
Three Brothers
United States
The ship capsized off Bermuda with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by Lapwing (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Indian Island, Washington to Berbice.[8]
Williams
United Kingdom
The ship ran ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London. Williams was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven.[2]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Florestine
France
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Trinity to Port Royal, Jamaica.[8]
Fortuna
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Arendahl to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche, France[9]
The ship was severely damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[5]
Fortuna
Spain
The felucca foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Gibraltar. Her captain was later arrested for barratry[11][12]
Palladium
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]
The ship was wrecked on the , County Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Dublin.[4]
Young Halliday
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to the Clyde.[14]
The ship was wrecked at New Orleans, Louisiana. All on board were rescued.[3]
Higson
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sandbank off Mizen Head, County Wicklow and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4]
The ship was wrecked on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[17]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burry Port, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall.[4]
The ship was lost near Cape Florida, United States. Five of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Gibraltar.[3]
9 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Patriot
United States
The schooner was wrecked on the Double-Headed Shot Key. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Vittoria
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[4]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Cerberus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blaauwberg, Cape Colony, where she was wrecked on 22 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Ceylon and London.[21][22]
The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked near Belhelvie, Aberdeen, with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to the Davis Strait.[23][24]
11 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Crawford
United Kingdom
The ship was last sighted off Saint Kitts bound for the Orinoco. Presumed sucsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]
The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Hull, Yorkshire.[13]
15 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
James
United Kingdom
The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[13]
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ballina, County Mayo.[31][32]
19 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Dorset
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Workington, Cumberland.[29]
William & Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Briton
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at Black Point, near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Gibraltar and Buenos Aires, Argentina.[7]
Symmetry
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[29]
Vine
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Workington, Cumberland.[29]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Essex Junior
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Madeira, Portugal.[33]
The ship foundered off Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Bergen, Norway.[8]
Liverpool
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Ardgowan House, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Maggy Lauder
Jamaica
The ship was driven ashore at Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. She was declared a total loss.[26]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Wilhelm Gustav
Denmark
The ship was lost near Lonstrup. Her crew were rescued.[10]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Nancy
Malta
The brig was driven ashore at Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire[11][34]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands and a pilot.[7]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Argonaut
United States
The ship was driven ashore on "Gerish's Island". She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[20]
Familien Lucken
Norway
The ship was wrecked on , Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Cádiz, Spain.[35]
Garland
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Spanish Battery Rocks, North Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated.[7]
Hope
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on the Spanish Battery Rocks. She was later refloated.[7]
John Bulkeley
United States
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New Orleans, Louisiana.[32]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the Spanish Battery Rocks.[36][7] She was later refloated and taken in to North Shields.[28]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stepper Point, Cornwall with the loss of all on board.[37]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of a crew member.[36]
John Bulkeley
United States
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New Orleans, Louisiana.[31]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Gibraltar.[11]
31 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
John Bainbridge
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Crooked Island, Bahamas and then foundered. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[26]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1821
Ship
Country
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak at Fowey, Cornwall and was beached.[17]
Diogene
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Tunis to Genoa.[7]
Felicity
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Campbeltown, Argyllshire with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[23]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dublin.[36]
Higson
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[17]
Jessie
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Arranmore, County Donegal before 23 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Newfoundland, British North America.[7]
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Navigateur
France
The ship was wrecked on Chandelie Island, near the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Rouen and Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[39]
The ship was wrecked on Egg Island, Georgia, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Havana, Cuba.[39]
William & Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Liverpool.[27]
References[]
^ abc"Lloyd's Marine List – March 6". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15527. 10 March 1821.