List of shipwrecks in 1821

The list of shipwrecks in 1821 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1821.

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|ship=Alexander

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was captured by pirates and destroyed off Belize. Some of her crew were murdered.{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105226328;view=1up;seq=50 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5670 |date=5 February 1822 }}

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|ship=Atlantic

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Kingston, Jamaica and "St. Lucas".{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105226328;view=1up;seq=38 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5667 |date=25 January 1822 }}

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|ship=Auguste

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the Bahama Channel. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – Feb. 27. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=5 March 1821 |issue=15525 }}

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|ship=Aurora

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean, Seven crew were rescued by Robert ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – July 10. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=14 July 1821 |issue=15579 }}{{Cite news |title=Davis' Straits Fishing |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |date=13 October 1830 |issue=4318}} Another report has Aurora foundering at {{coord|51|N|31|W}} on her way from Glasgow, with Robert taking seven crew to Quebec.[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735031?urlappend=%3Bseq=242 Lloyd's List №5608.]

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|ship=Barnet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at sea with the loss of her captain. Thirteen survivors were rescued by Ann ({{flag|United States|1820}}). She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Distressing shipwreck |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |date=14 April 1821 |issue=16220 }}

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|ship=Cervantes

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.

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|ship=Cossack

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Balize. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006574233;view=1up;seq=158 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5591 |date=11 May 1821 }}

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|ship=Dexterity

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was wrecked on a reef off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{ship||Earl Fauconberg|1765 ship|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc. |date=19 October 1821 |issue=542 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.

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|ship=Felix

|flag={{flag|Portugal|1816}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Pará, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 28. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=1 October 1821 |issue=15613 }}

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|ship=Fortuna

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1818}}

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Brazil to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006574233;view=1up;seq=286 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5640 |date=30 October 1821 }}

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|ship=Free Briton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Pembroke ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – July 20. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=23 July 1821 |issue=15583 }}

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|ship=Halifax Packet

|flag={{flag|United States|1820}}

|desc=The ship was declared missing on 12 April. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to New York.

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|ship={{ship||Harmony|1798 ship|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.

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|ship=Henry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.

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|ship=Isaac Todd

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Gaspee Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – Nov. 6. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=10 November 1821 |issue=15630 }}

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|ship=Jacob and Benjamin

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea whilst on a voyage from Barbados to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued by Thalia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – April 17. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=23 April 1821 |issue=15546 }}

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|ship=James Munroe

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on St Nicholas Key. Her crew survived.{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006574233;view=1up;seq=114 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5580 |date=3 April 1821 }}

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was reported lost off Greenland.{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006574233;view=1up;seq=229 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5614 |date=31 July 1821 }}

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|ship=Janus

|flag={{flag|United States|1820}}

|desc=The ship was declared missing on 12 April. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to New York.

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|ship=Janus

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1818}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Rocque, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona to Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=13 June 1821 |issue=15676 }}

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|ship=Jason

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Simons, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Savannah, Georgia.{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006574233;view=1up;seq=193 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5600 |date=12 June 1821 }}

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|ship=John

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.

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|ship=Knapton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost in Galway Bay before 3 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006574233;view=1up;seq=78 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5572 |date=2 March 1821 }}

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|ship=Larkin

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.

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|ship=Lavinia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British North America to the Turks Islands.

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|ship=Leviathan

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.

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|ship=London

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered at sea before 8 May. Her crew were rescued by St. George ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – June 19. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=23 June 1821 |issue=15570 }}

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|ship=Magdalena

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was lost at Archangelsk.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 December 1821 |page=3 |issue=11427 |column=B }}

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|ship=Martha

|flag={{flag|United States|1820}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the Currituck Inlet. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to New London, Connecticut.

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|ship={{ship|HM hired brig|Mercury}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The 18-gun brig was struck by lightning, driven ashore and wrecked at Curaçao. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=London |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal |date=10 November 1821 |issue=959 }}

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|ship={{ship||Partridge|1814 ship|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Madras, India. She was refloated and taken to Bombay where she was beached and subsequently wrecked before 30 March. Partridge was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – June 12. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=16 June 1821 |issue=15567 }}

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|ship=Pomona

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Corsica. she was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Genoa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

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|ship=Posthumous

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Saynce Island". Her crew survived.

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|ship=Rapid

|flag=22px Hamburg

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Cat's Key, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – Oct. 16. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=20 October 1821 |issue=15621 }}

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|ship=Rebecca

|flag={{flag|United States|1820}}

|desc=The ship was declared missing on 12 April. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York.

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|ship=Suffolk

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City.{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006574233;view=1up;seq=214 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5610 |date=17 July 1821 }}

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|ship=Susanna

|flag={{flag|United States|1820}}

|desc=The brig was dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|31|N|55|W}}).

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|ship=Susannah

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Trinidad, Cuba. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – June 8. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=11 June 1821 |issue=15565 }}

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|ship=Symmetry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.

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|ship=Thornton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost off Greenland.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – July 31. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=4 August 1821 |issue=15588 }}

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|ship=Three Sisters

|flag={{flag|United States|1820}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Alagoas, Brazil.

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|ship=Virgine della Solitudine

|flag={{flag|Portugal|1816}}

|desc=The ship was lost at Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – May 4. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=12 May 1821 |issue=15552 }} She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Lisbon.{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006574233;view=1up;seq=150 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5589 |date=4 May 1821 }}

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|ship=Wadstray

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost in Black Bay, Labrador, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 25. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=29 September 1821 |issue=15612 }}

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