The list of shipwrecks in March 1833 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1833.
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| Ship | State | Description |
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| Osprey |  United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked on Tory Island, County Donegal with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from the ClydetoWestport, County Mayo.[1][2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sagamore |  United States
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rhode Island. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, RussiatoNew York.[4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Good Statesman | United Kingdom
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The schooner struck a floating log and consequently foundered about 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km) off St Ives Head, Cornwall. Her crew survived.[5] |
| James Wilson | Isle of Man
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The ship was driven ashore at Laxey. She was on a voyage from Douglas to Laxey.[6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minstrel Boy | United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cape Split and Cape Blow-me-down, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Demerara Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom
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The ship was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Lady Vaughan ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth was on a voyage from WaterfordtoNewhaven, Sussex.[8]
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | United Kingdom
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The ship was lost in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Colne. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, NorfolktoLondon.[8][9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Ewbank | United States
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The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South CarolinatoLondon, United Kingdom.[10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sukhum-Kale |  Imperial Russian Navy
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The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pitsunda. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enigheden |  Norway
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The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from "Dram" to Sunderland.[12][13] |
| Nelson | United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Youghal, County Cork.[2] |
| Traveller | United Kingdom
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The sloop foundered in the North Sea north of Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[14] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | United Kingdom
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The ship was lost near Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Nieuwpoort.[1] |
| Marion | United States
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The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Mobile, Alabama.[2] |
| Teatshill | United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore on Île Pelée, near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Newport, MonmouthshiretoHavre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[15][16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| British Queen | United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Swansea, GlamorgantoPwllheli, Caernarfonshire.[2] |
| Enigheden | Norway
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The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[2] |
| Sophia | United Kingdom
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The whaler was destroyed by fire off the Seychelles. Her crew were rescued.[17][18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wellington | United Kingdom
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The ship was driven ashore at Pennington.[2] |
| Union | United Kingdom
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Liberal Wars: The brig entered Oporto, Portugal flying a distress flag. She was fired upon by shore based artillery and was abandoned by her crew. Union was subsequently looted and set afire by the Miguelites.[19] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arethusa | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked off Aveiro, Portugal with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Gibraltar.[20] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[15][16] |
| Helen | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked on the Little Cork Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[21] |
| Henriette |  Bremen
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The ship was wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Amsterdam, North Holland.[22] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph and John | United Kingdom
|
The Humber keel ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, LincolnshiretoLondon. Joseph and John was later taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[22] |
| Pizzaro | United Kingdom
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The ship ran aground on the Fish Key. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to London.[23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bee | United Kingdom
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The ship departed from Grenada for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[24] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vigilant | UKGBI
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The ship was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from "St. Catalina" to Montevideo, Uruguay.[25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duncan |  Saint Lucia
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The drogher was wrecked off "Micond".[26] |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked on Glover's Reef. She was on a voyage from British HondurastoLiverpool, Lancashire.[27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | Bremen
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The ship was wrecked near Concepción. She was on a voyage from Sète, Hérault, France to Bremen.[28] |
| Edward | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked at Nykøbing, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, PrussiatoWaterford.[20] |
| Elizabeth Fredericke |  Danzig
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The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Danzig.[4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked on the Whiteness Rock. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel IslandstoLondon.[22] |
| Alexander | United Kingdom
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The ship foundered before 13 March whilst on a voyage from Sierra Leone to a British port. Her crew were resched.[28] |
| Barleycorn | United Kingdom
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The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off St. Gowans Head, Pembrokeshire.[9] |
| Brisbane | New South Wales
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The cutter was wrecked in Jervis Bay before 11 March.[29] |
| Ellen | United Kingdom
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off Littlehampton, Sussex before 11 March.[6] |
| Fanny | United Kingdom
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The ship was lost in the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone.[30] |
| John | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked near Bordeaux, Gironde, France on or before 8 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux.[9] |
| Olinda | United Kingdom
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The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[31] |
| Turners | United Kingdom
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The ship was wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States.[20] |
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