The list of shipwrecks in January 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during January 1829.
1 January
2 January
3 January
4 January
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1829
Ship
State
Description
Anglem
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead , Anglesey .[ 8]
Ark
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Essex and sank with the loss of a crew member.[ 8] [ 10]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near the Corsewall Lighthouse , Dumfriesshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Dundalk , County Louth .[ 11]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boscastle , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Youghal , County Cork to London .[ 5]
Hoppet
Denmark
The ship was lost near Saltfleet , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 12]
John and Matilda
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Padstow , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued.[ 13]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked in Widemouth Bay . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[ 14]
Matty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the "Pile of Foudry".[ 7]
Molly
Hamburg
The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Danzig , Prussia to Boulogne.[ 1] [ 15]
Sally
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead.[ 8]
Venerable
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Boscastle with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newport , Monmouthshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 5] [ 14]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London.[ 8] [ 9]
William
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne. She was on a voyage from London to Weymouth, Dorset .[ 1] [ 16]
5 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1829
Ship
State
Description
Amity
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent .[ 5] She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to London .[ 17]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 5]
Bienenkorb
Prussia
The ship was wrecked at North Foreland , Kent.[ 8]
Hope of Hoffnung
flag unknown
The ship was wrecked near Saltfleet , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Copenhagen , Denmark to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 5]
Malta
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off Land's End , Cornwall whilst on a voyage from Looe , Cornwall to Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 2]
Maria Regina
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aldeburgh , Suffolk , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London , United Kingdom.[ 5]
Scarboro
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Margate , Kent.[ 10]
Shannon
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the English Channel off Cap La Havre , Seine-Inférieure , France. Her crew were rescued by the Le Havre pilot boat .[ 18] [ 19]
Sir Alexander Mc Kenzie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven on to the Mundaca Bank, 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Bilbao , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bilbao.[ 7]
Tranby
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and capsized in the Humber 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Hull. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Hull.[ 20] Tranby was refloated on 7 January and taken in to Hull.[ 14]
Young Norval
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Humber.[ 13]
6 January
7 January
8 January
9 January
10 January
11 January
12 January
15 January
17 January
22 January
23 January
24 January
25 January
26 January
27 January
28 January
29 January
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1829
Ship
State
Description
Agincourt
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on a reef at Antigua on her way to Nevis. Her crew was saved but her cargo lost.[ 41]
30 January
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1829
Ship
State
Description
Bramley
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the Shingles Sand, in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued.[ 21]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all on board.[ 43]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship sank near Formby , Lancashire .[ 14]
Curlew
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off the Île de Ré , Charente-Maritime , France. She was on a voyage from London to the Charente River .[ 36]
Dwina
Russia
The ship was wrecked in early January whilst on a voyage from Archangelsk to Bergen , Norway.[ 36]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea by Ocean ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by Ocean . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dingle , County Kerry .[ 2]
Fortuna
Sweden
The ship foundered in the Kattegat off Varberg with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Malmö to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom .[ 12]
Frau Maria
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom in early January.[ 44] [ 45]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Miltown, County Clare . Her crew had abandoned her before she came ashore.[ 46]
Isabella Johnston
United Kingdom
The sloop sprang a leak and was beached at Balcomie , Fife , where she was subsequently wrecked.
Kern
Hamburg
The ship was lost on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued.[ 14]
Lady Montgomery
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the Ribble Banks, in the Irish Sea .[ 5]
New Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on or near the Wolf Rock, Cornwall before 19 January.[ 23]
Queen Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Leeds , Yorkshire .[ 10]
Rambler
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Harwich , Essex in late January. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Liverpool.[ 24] She was refloated on 28 January and taken in to Harwich.[ 36]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool.[ 2]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France between 4 and 7 January. Her crew were rescued.[ 47]
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