The ship was in collision with Recovery (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London.[1]
The transport ship was wrecked near "Kino Island" in the Gulf of Riga. Her crew were rescued.[3]
9 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the Isle of May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth.[4]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Barclay
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[4]
Happy Return
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and then sank at Lymington, Hampshire with the loss of all hands and seven passengers.[5][6] She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to London.[4]Happy Return was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[7]
Lord Duncan
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[4][8]
11 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Devonshire
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The collier was driven ashore and damaged south of Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[6] She was later refloated and towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[10]
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch smack.[13][12]
14 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Echo
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Luzon, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to China.[15][16]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America for Tralee, County Kerry. Her logbook and register were subsequently recovered in 1829 at "Itamainron", Labrador, British North America, along with the skeletons of six crew members.[17]
The ship departed from Horsens for "Wyburg". No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[19]
Chase
United States
The ship caught fire in the English Channel and was scuttled off the Brake Sand.[20]
Crisham and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[21]
Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino: The ship-of-the-line was destroyed by gunfire during combat with the ship-of-the-line Breslau (French Navy) and other ships of the French Navy, Royal Navy, and Imperial Russian Navy in Navarino Bay.
The ship was wrecked at sea whilst on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Her twenty crew were rescued on 23 October by Henri (France).[22]
Hebe
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Jersey, Channel Islands for Wivenhoe, Essex. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23]
22 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Bridget
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[20]
Fanny
British North America
The ship was lost off Cape Canso, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[24]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat.[10]
Perceval
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Welvaart
Hamburg
The ship struck a sunken wreck at Cuxhaven, Duchy of Saxony and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Antwerp, Netherlands.[20]
The ship struck a sandbank and was consequently beached at "Ancrum". She was on a voyage from "Ludwisthorn" to London, United Kingdom.[20]Hoffnung was refloated on 16 November and taken in to Cronstadt, Russia.[26]
The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark, where she was wrecked two days later. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland.[21]
26 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea with some loss of life.[27]
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Eleven survivors were rescued by Great Britain (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Plymouth, Devon.[30]
27 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Janet and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bremen.[31]
Susan
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newfoundland.[32]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Five of her crew survived.[33]
Hoffnung
Griefswald
The ship was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Griefswald to Sunderland.[28]
The ship was wrecked on the coast of South America. Survivors were rescued by (Royal Navy).[34]
Renown
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the Salt Scarrs, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire.[35]
29 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Janet and Marie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bremen.[25]
Susan
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Hamburg. Survivors were rescued by Tresco pilot boat Hope (United Kingdom).[7] According to other sources she was the Susanna (United States) of Boston.[36][37]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was subsequently wrecked on 10 December.
30 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Fanny
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[38]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[38]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
Amphion
Sweden
The brig foundered in the North Sea off The Maze. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Jacobstadt.[31]
Eclipse
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[41] She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Ostend.[42]
Favorite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Stronsay, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Jacobstadt, Sweden to liverpool, Lancashire.[30]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein to Hull, Yorkshire.[7][42]
The ship foundered on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Emden.[44][45]
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel. She was on a voyage from Hull to Leer.[45]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1827
Ship
Country
Description
David
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America before 15 October.[46]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Spalding, Lincolnshire. No further trace presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[21]
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Wellwood (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[31]
The ship was lost off Carlingford, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[28]
Olympic
France
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa in late October. About 300 people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Montevideo, Uruguay.[48]
Susan
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 29 October by Urania (Netherlands). She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newfoundland, British North America.[34]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Sunderland for Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[21]
Brazil Navy
The Brig of War was lost near Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay with the loss of most of her crew.[49]
References[]
^"Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 7879. 13 October 1827.
^"Extracts". Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser. 12 October 1827.