The list of shipwrecks in February 1825 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1825.
1 February
2 February
3 February
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1825
Ship
State
Description
Alliance
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore at Petten , North Holland , Netherlands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London , United Kingdom .[ 5]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off the Norderdyk, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from London to Harlingen, Friesland , Netherlands.[ 5]
Anna Christina
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore at Kijkduin , North Holland. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 5]
Columbus
United States
The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen , Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp , Netherlands. Columbus was later refloated and taken in to Campvere , Zeeland.[ 5]
David Owens
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier at Prince's Dock, Liverpool , Lancashire and was consequently beached at Tranmere, Cheshire . She was on a voyage from Pernambuco , Brazil to Liverpool.[ 6] [ 1] David Owen was taken in to Brunswick Dock, Liverpool the next day.[ 3]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven .[ 7]
Happy Return
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bude , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued.[ 8]
Inclination
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore in the Weser . She was on a voyage from Bremen to London.[ 5] Inclination was refloated in late March.[ 9]
Lord Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Netherlands to London. Lord Nelson was later refloated and taken in to Vlissingen for repairs.[ 5]
Martha
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 5]
Maxwell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan . She was on a voyage from Waterford to London .[ 3] Maxwell was refloated on 12 February.[ 10]
Seraphim
France
The ship was wrecked at Callantsoog , North Holland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gävle , Sweden to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 5]
Spring
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven.[ 7]
Unity
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Bude , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 3]
Vriesland Welvaart
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Texel , North Holland. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to London.[ 5]
4 February
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1825
Ship
State
Description
America
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany .[ 11]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Llanelly , Glamorgan . Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Brancepeth Castle
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier and sank at Sunderland, County Durham . She was later refloated but found to be severely damaged.[ 3]
Christiana
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Carlisle, Cumberland .[ 12]
Edward
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis , South Holland , Netherlands .[ 7] She had been refloated by 8 February.[ 5]
USS Ferret
United States Navy
The schooner capsized in a gale off Cuba. Five crew killed.[ 13]
Hendrick
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland , Friesland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London , United Kingdom .[ 5]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the West Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Minet
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore on Rottumeroog , Groningen , Netherlands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Guernsey , Channel Islands .[ 11]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay off Barmouth , Caernarfonshire . She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 12]
Paragon
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Dunbar , Lothian to London .[ 3]
Ranger
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Long Hope , Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from Peterhead , Aberdeenshire to Liverpool.[ 10]
Somers
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis.[ 7] She had been refloated by 8 February.[ 5]
Thomas & Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque , Nord , France. Four of her crew and a pilot were rescued.[ 7]
Vrow Catharina
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[ 5]
5 February
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1825
Ship
State
Description
Concord
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and was severely damaged at Howden , Yorkshire . She was refloated and beached.[ 3]
Four Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure , France with the loss of three of her crew . She was on a voyage from London to Malta and Smyrna , Ottoman Empire .[ 7]
Helen
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunbar , Lothian to Sunderland.[ 14]
Virginia
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Wijk aan Zee , North Holland , Netherlands . She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 5]
Woodbine
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[ 15] [ 16]
6 February
7 February
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1825
Ship
State
Description
Caledonia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Demerara . Caledonia was refloated and taken back to Liverpool.[ 7]
James & Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rye, Sussex .[ 7]
Mary Ann
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Demerara .[ 4]
Point a Pitre
France
The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 19]
Venus
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany .[ 7]
Vernugsamkeit
Prussia
The galiot was wrecked near Hoorn , North Holland , Netherlands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Schiedam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 11] [ 5]
8 February
9 February
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1825
Ship
State
Description
George
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Sow and Pigs Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland . She was later refloated and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland for repairs.[ 5]
Haabet
Netherlands
The ship was run down and sunk off Cape Finisterre , Spain by Corsair ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by Corsair . She was on a voyage from Bandol , Var , France to Rotterdam , South Holland .[ 20]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on Texel , North Holland , Netherlands and was abandoned by her crew.[ 11] [ 5]
Superior Hope
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook , New Jersey . She was on a voyage from Jacmel , Haiti to New York .[ 4]
Trumbull
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to New York.[ 4]
10 February
11 February
12 February
14 February
15 February
17 February
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1825
Ship
State
Description
Doris
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland , Friesland , Netherlands . She was on a voyage from Oulu to London , United Kingdom .[ 11]
John & Joseph
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock at Holyhead , Anglesey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Plymouth , Devon .[ 10]
Lovenso
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore south of Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 4]
HMS Pike
Royal Navy
The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone.[ 24]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Buenos Aires . Argentina.[ 25]
Vrow Engelina
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on Ameland , Friesland. She was on a voyage from Mandahl , Norway to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 11]
19 February
21 February
23 February
25 February
26 February
27 February
28 February
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1825
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The sloop struck the Mystone Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland and sank between 1 and 8 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 18]
Catharina Margaretha
Hamburg
The ship was lost in the Vlie . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands .[ 7]
Edward Protheroe
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Odessa . Edward Protheroe was reported to have been refloated with assistance from an Austrian man-of-war , but a later report said that she was likely to be wrecked.[ 33] [ 9] She was eventually refloated on 29 April and taken in to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire for repairs.[ 34] [ 35]
Four Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Le Tréport , Seine-Inférieure , France in early February with some loss of life. There were thirteen survivors.[ 36]
Godt Haab
Norway
The ship foundered at "Sondre Sondmoer". She was on a voyage from Bergen to Trieste .[ 27]
Guldberg
Duchy of Schleswig
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was taken possession of and beached at Sea Palling , Norfolk , United Kingdom on 28 February.[ 2]
Horace
United States
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was towed in to Saint Barthélemy in a waterlogged condition.[ 9]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats , Kent in early February. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Bordeaux , Gironde , France.[ 37] She had been refloated by 4 February and taken in to Ramsgate , Ken.[ 38]
Letitia Tennant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Stromness , Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Belfast , County Antrim . Letitia Tennant was later refloated bit drove ashore again and was severely damaged.[ 39]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitstable , Kent in early February. Her crew were rescued.[ 6]
Morningfield
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off the Isla de Flores , Brazil in late February and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Montevideo , Uruguay.[ 40]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Texel , North Holland . Netherlands and was abandoned.[ 14]
North America
United States
The ship was wrecked on Bimini , Bahamas in early February. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Key West, Florida .[ 41]
Strong
United States
The ship was wrecked on Mayaguana in early February. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves , Haiti to Baltimore, Maryland .[ 41]
Woodstock
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Mayaguana in early February. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London .[ 41] [ 42]
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