The list of shipwrecks in December 1827 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1827.

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1827
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Forvie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of at least four lives. She was on a voyage from London to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[1]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Jersey, Channel Islands. All fourteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[2]
Friendship  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the mouth of the River Don with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth.[1]
Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bervie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[1]
Stirling Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Campvere, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[3]
Ville D'Auray  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Ajon". She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[4]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1827
Ship State Description
Margaret and Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1827
Ship State Description
Ann and Sarah  United Kingdom The snow ran aground and was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham.[6][7]
Lottery  United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[2]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1827
Ship State Description
Albion Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cuxhaven, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was later refloated.[8][9]
Murray  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[6]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1827
Ship State Description
Constance flag unknown The ship was wrecked off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg and Bremen. Her crew were rescued.[10]
David Malcolm  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madras, India.[11][12]
Felicitas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madras.[13][11]
Gunjava  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madras.[14]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madras. She was on a voyage from London to Penang, China.[15]
Malabar  United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea from Madras, presumed subsequently foundered.[11][12]
Mary and Ann  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[9]
Security  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madras. She was on a voyage from London to Penang.[15]
Spring  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Pagham, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London.[16][17]
Waterloo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madras.[11][13]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1827
Ship State Description
Caspian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[9]
Ceres  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Wainfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands.[18]
ARA Congress  Argentine Navy The Brig of War ran aground at Point Lara Ensidnada. She was attacked by a Brazilian Navy squadron the next day and destroyed by fire with the loss of about 30 of her crew.[19]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calcutta, India.[20]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[9]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1827
Ship State Description
City of Limerick  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Portland, Dorset.[21]
Luise  United States The ship was driven ashore on "Meyer's Leegte". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bremen.[10]
Trial  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Rye, Sussex with the loss of all hands.[21][9]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1827
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Ythan with the loss of all four of her crew.[22]
Belfast  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[23]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[21]
Neptune United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was wrecked near Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from "Gasper" to Guernsey.[21]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1827
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[21]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1827
Ship State Description
Dichos  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]
Elfreda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]
Footroendet flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to the Clyde.[25]
Golden Grove  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]
Tryphina  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of all but one of her crew.[26]
Vizentia  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She had been refloated by 19 December.[24]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1827
Ship State Description
Gawrie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Belfast.[27]
General Bolivar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Zante, Greece to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[28]
Louisa  United States The ship was driven ashore at "Meyers Legete". She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Hamburg.[4]
Wellington  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in The Wash off Boston, Lincolnshire by William and Mary ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[29]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1827
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Drumroof, Dumfriesshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were taken off on 22 December by Atalanta ( Netherlands). She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Teignmouth, Devon[31]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Lancaster, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Lancaster.[32]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1827
Ship State Description
Æolus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[8]
Avis  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Hollesley Bay, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Plymouth, Devon. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[27]
Lark  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Dartmouth.[27]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Dundee, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to the Clyde.[4]
Rover  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hastings, Sussex with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Folkestone, Kent to Exeter, Devon.[4]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Brighton, Sussex.[8]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1827
Ship State Description
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered off the Isle of Islay with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[33]
Science  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[34]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1827
Ship State Description
Reward  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Jamaica.[35]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1827
Ship State Description
Gourie  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Ardglass, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland[32]
Vine  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk by Brothers ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[10]
William  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Heysham, Lancashire. Her five crew survives. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10][36]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1827
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Morant Keys. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[37]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She floated off on 8 January 1828 and was taken in to Brightlingsea, Essex.[38]
Express  United Kingdom The ship sank at Ballina, County Mayo.[39]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Whitsand Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[40]
Vine  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk by Brothers ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[41]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1827
Ship State Description
Guerrero  Spain Atlantic Slave Trade: The privateer, a hermaphrodite brig, was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef, in the Atlantic Ocean off Key Largo, Florida, United States whilst trying to avoid capture by HMS Nimble ( Royal Navy). A total of 41 of the 561 slaves on board were lost. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to an African port.
HMS Nimble  Royal Navy The schooner ran aground on the Carysfort reef whilst trying to capture Guerrero (ship) ( Spain). She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1827
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship sank on Scroby Sands, Norfolk.[42]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1827
Ship State Description
Augusta Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship was sunk by ice at Reval, Russia.[43]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1827
Ship State Description
Myrtle  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in Labesheda Bay in a squall. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[33]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1827
Ship State Description
Jasper  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[44]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1827
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore crewless at Bispham, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Kirkcudbright to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Marchioness Wellesley  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Wexford. All on board were rescued.[45] She had been refloated by 11 January 1828 and taken in to Wexford Harbour.[46]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1827
Ship State Description
Ann Brunette  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45]
Cherub United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brig was wrecked on Bimini, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.[47]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1827
Ship State Description
Countess of Liverpool  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montevideo, Uruguay.[45][39]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1827
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Rigg, Cumberland. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32][4]
Belfast  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of New York, United States. She subsequently foundered, Bekfast was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York City.[48]
Drey Gebruder Bremen The ship foundered off Baltrum, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen.[45][33]
Gowrie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ardglass, County Antrim before 17 December. She was subsequently wrecked. Gowrie was on a voyage from Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10]
Imperial flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France before 17 December.[10]
La Seine  France The brig was wrecked on the coast of Jutland.[49]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 10 December.[50]
Marquis Wellesley  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Wexford before 25 December.[33]
Utility  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all hands.[10]
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[27]
Wilhelmina Hamburg The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean, She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to New York, United States.[51]

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