The list of shipwrecks in July 1821 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during July 1821.
Ship | State | Description |
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Speedwell | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered off Kingsbarns, Fife.[1] |
Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was captured by three Moorish vessels whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to Oran, Algeria. Three of her crew were made prisoners and the vessel was subsequently broken up.[2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Autumn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Castalazzo", Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Trieste.[3] Autumn was refloated on 7 July and resumed her voyage.[4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Portreath, Cornwall.[5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Laura Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River.[6] |
Three Friends | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered off the Isle of Skye. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bridgewater | United Kingdom | The ship was in the Indian Ocean bound for China, No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7] |
Phatisalam | India | The ship was beached on Hunter Island, Tasmania. All on board survived. The wreck was burnt in mid-October. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto to Liverpool, Lancashire.[6] |
Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Belford, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from York to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ceres | Jersey | The ship was lost on the Triangles. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Jersey. Her crew were rescued.[11][12] |
Eclair | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Gibraltar and was scuttled.[13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Blenden Hall | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Inaccessible Island with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India[15][16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Silecroft, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to the River Duddon.[17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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British King | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Quebec, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec to Belfast, County Antrim.[12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hero | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off St. Anns Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Testshill ( United Kingdom). Hero was on a voyage from Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire to Pembroke.[18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Biene | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore near "Nordingen". She was on a voyage from Stettin to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[19] |
Duke of Bedford | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) east of Cape St. Antonio, Jamaica. Six crew were rescued by Mary ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[17][20] |
Eclipse | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was lost in the Hooghly River on the "Mizen", between "Kegeree" and "Sauger" a few days before 15 July. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London via the Cape of Good Hope.[21][22][23][24] |
San Martín | Chilean Navy | The 64-gun third rate ship of the line sank off Chorrilos, Peru. Crew saved but cargo of silver mostly lost.[25] |
Urania | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near The Lizard, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg. Urania was refloated on 14 November and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall[26] |